Inside the room, Yi Qingqing had carefully cleaned Chen Ruru's wound, applied medicine, and wrapped it with gauze. She also carefully reminded him, "Don't get your hand wet for now. Be careful. If it gets infected, it will be very painful. I'll change the dressing for you tomorrow."

At this time, Li Mengxue came in angrily. When she saw Chen Ruru, she couldn't help but throw herself into her sisters' arms and burst into tears.

She didn't know why she was crying. It might be because of her own messy emotions, or because she suddenly saw the unbearable flaws of her lover, or maybe it was because of this girl who was hurt and didn't know how to cry out in pain.

"What's wrong? Why are you crying again suddenly?"

"Wow~ I'm so pitiful. All kinds of bad things have happened to me!" Li Mengxue cried out of breath: "I can't hate my love rival. Instead, I feel like my boyfriend has changed so much that I can't recognize him. How could Xiaolong be such a person? So careless and irresponsible, wuwu..."

Chen Ruru poked the beautiful bow tied with gauze on her hand and suddenly said, "He is just like that. He has been spoiled by his parents since he was a child. He is a big boy who never cares about others. The first person he cares about is probably you..."

"You are indeed a good person and deserve to be loved, but I have no choice but to give him to you. I'm sorry..." Chen Ruru said with her head down.

Li Mengxue sobbed and said, "Of course I know I'm good, but you're not bad either. Why don't you treat yourself better? What's good about a man who doesn't care about you?"

"I'm not okay. I'm not okay at all. My father paid for this engagement with his life. My uncle and aunt like me and take care of me because of this engagement. My mother... Without this engagement, no one would like me. I can't give up. I must marry him. I'm really sorry." Perhaps because she felt the kindness of Li Mengxue and the others, Chen Ruru's tone of voice fluctuated rarely. She was no longer indifferent and calm as before.

"Did your mother cause the injuries on your body?" Qian Lailai keenly caught the pause in her tone.

"It's my fault. I couldn't even keep the engagement that my dad risked his life for. Mom didn't mean it," Chen Ruru quickly shook her head.

“…”

Li Mengxue forgot to cry: "Chen Ruru, are you stupid? What's the point of exchanging your father's life-saving grace for a man who doesn't care about you? If it were me, I would exchange it for a large sum of money and live a good life, isn't it? If your father is still alive, he wouldn't want to see his daughter living a wronged life with injuries all over her body, right?"

"I don't know! I don't know!" Chen Ruru shook her head violently. Could she really do this? No, her mother wouldn't agree. She would only be happy if she married Brother Zheng.

Yi Qingqing didn't say anything the whole time, but just looked carefully at the description in the golden book, trying to figure out the crux of the problem through Chen Ruru's psychological activities, and now she finally saw it.

Yi Qingqing held her in her arms, gently stretched her back, and comforted her. After her emotions calmed down, she said, "A mother who deserves her children's filial piety and protection will not abuse her children like this, and will not force her children to marry someone who doesn't like her at all. Sometimes, when others don't love us, we have to love ourselves more. Now this place is 108,000 miles away from Haishi, and your mother is not here. You don't have to be afraid. Think carefully. Do you really like Zheng Xiaolong and want to marry him?"

"I... I don't... know." Chen Ruru didn't like him deep down in her heart. It was all just because of the heavy engagement that she dared not disobey.

I just envy these girls and wish I could become like them.

Yi Qingqing saw her mental activities.

"It doesn't matter if you can't figure it out for now. You have escaped from Hai City now. No one here will force you to do anything you don't want to do. You can think carefully about what kind of life you want."

Chen Ruru hummed softly, "Is this the life I want? Is it really possible?"

Yi Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that her attitude had softened. It was important for her to be able to stand on her own feet, but it was not something that could be changed overnight. She had to do it slowly. As for the mother who abused her, that matter had to be handed over to Zheng Xiaolong. After all, he owed her that.

He can have such a comfortable life because his father paid for it with his life. He enjoys the benefits but wants to escape from the responsibilities. This is really irresponsible.

Although love cannot be forced, at least we should ensure that the other person's daughter lives a good life, instead of being abused like this without knowing it.

Yi Qingqing knew without thinking that her mother must have been obsessed with this engagement and forced Chen Ruru to get close to Zheng Xiaolong. She was even cruel to her own daughter. After so many years, Chen Ruru became like this.

"You haven't had lunch yet, right? Here's a bowl of fried rice that we didn't finish. You can eat some first." Li Mengxue wiped her tears, climbed down from the kang and served the remaining bowl of rice in the pot to Chen Ruru.

Anyway, Zheng Xiaolong paid for this bowl.

She now clearly realizes that Zheng Xiaolong is not a suitable marriage partner, but the feelings she has had for him over the past six months are not fake, and she is just a little reluctant to let him go for the time being.

While Chen Ruru was eating, Qian Lailai and Wang Lingling accompanied her, and Yi Qingqing and Li Mengxue came out.

The two men went outside the back door to discuss the matter and agreed that they should tell Zheng Xiaolong and his family about it and that they had the responsibility to resolve the matter.

So Zheng Xiaolong was called over by the two of them again.

Zheng Xiaolong was still thinking about Li Mengxue's previous series of questions. When he came over, he heard Li Mengxue say, "Do you know that Chen Ruru has been pestering you because of the engagement that her father risked his life to get? She doesn't feel any pain when her hand is injured because she has been abused and is used to it. Don't you and your family know this?"

"We suspect that her mother is also obsessed with this engagement. She may have been forcing her to please you, and would strangle and abuse her if she was not satisfied, causing her to feel that she cannot live a good life if she does not marry you. She may not like you that much, but has been forced and abused and does not know how to resist. If your family really still remembers the kindness, can you inform your parents about this and ask them to check the situation of Chen Ruru's mother?" Yi Qingqing also said.

Zheng Xiaolong was stunned. This was completely beyond his understanding: "Abuse? How could it be possible?"

I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, I wanted to go out and play with my classmates, but it was inconvenient to bring a little girl with me, so I asked her not to follow me and sent her back home. She refused to go back halfway.

When we arrived at her door, we saw bruises on her lower back as she struggled. Aunt Xu said that she bumped into the leg of a table. At that time, she seemed to be only a head taller than the table.