Wei Mingyuan felt annoyed. "It's just a little money and a little gold jewelry. I've sent all my money home, but my mother won't give it to me. What can I do? After we get married, you can manage all my money. If we save it up for a few years, it will definitely be more than this."
Wei Mingyuan's mother didn't want to pay, so she asked Wei Mingyuan to coax the woman into bed and force her into marriage.
Zhuo Linmei refused to back down. She felt that Wei Mingyuan was too cunning. He had deceived her before marriage. If they were really married, would Wei Mingyuan stop deceiving her? Would he reform and become a good man who doesn't lie?
Zhuo Linmei wasn't stupid; she had no hope for Wei Mingyuan, so she coldly said:
"If this isn't resolved, we won't get married."
"Not getting married? Zhuo Linmei, are you kidding me? We've already submitted the report, and now you're telling me you're not getting married? Won't I, Wei Mingyuan, become the laughingstock of the team?"
Zhuo Linmei didn't care. She had always been proud and arrogant. She had already boasted to her sisters that Wei Mingyuan had lied to her and made her lose face. Zhuo Linmei couldn't swallow this insult.
Zhuo Linmei refused to communicate, and Wei Mingyuan, who already had a bad temper and was not one to compromise, became even angrier.
He stared at Zhuo Linmei and sneered, "If you don't marry me, who else can you marry? We've had a relationship, I've slept with you, so you're my woman, Wei Mingyuan's woman. If you want to marry someone else, you'll have to see if that person wants you!"
Wei Mingyuan's words were extremely hurtful. Zhuo Linmei regretted giving herself to him and even more so, regretted being with Wei Mingyuan. She cried and stamped her feet, saying, "Wei Mingyuan, you bastard! You son of a bitch!"
Zhuo Linmei's crying brought Wei Mingyuan back to reality. He hadn't expected to say such a bastard thing and quickly slapped himself in the face.
“Linmei, I’ve had a few drinks and I’m talking nonsense, please don’t mind me. I really like you, and you like me too, so why can’t we be together without money or dowry, just based on our love? We can definitely create a wonderful life together. These are all material things, and you shouldn’t let them hold you back.”
Zhuo Linmei was still thinking about what Wei Mingyuan had just said.
When drunk, he speaks the truth; that was Wei Mingyuan's true feeling!
Wei Mingyuan thought that once he slept with her, she couldn't escape, which is why he manipulated her in various ways. Zhuo Linmei was too naive. She thought Wei Mingyuan was honest and a down-to-earth person, but she never expected him to be so calculating.
Zhuo Linmei could no longer hold back and ran away crying.
Wei Mingyuan felt a little flustered, inexplicably feeling that he had done something wrong. It's true what they say, drinking can lead to trouble. He had a few drinks and his mouth was loose. How could he say those kinds of things to Zhuo Linmei?
Zhuo Linmei is beautiful and proud. If she gets angry and really ignores him, where else can he find a suitable wife?
Moreover, Zhuo Linmei has her uncle behind her. Without her uncle, Wei Mingyuan would have no support in the team. How would he survive in the future?
A cool evening breeze blew against his face, instantly sobering Wei Mingyuan up. He shouldn't have acted like a scoundrel for such a small amount of money, and he shouldn't have offended Zhuo Linmei. Marrying Zhuo Linmei would have meant gaining a beautiful and hot wife, as well as Zhuo Linmei's uncle as a powerful backer!
Qiao Shanshan returned to her dark home and lay in bed unable to fall asleep.
It was bitterly cold in Beijing at night, freezing cold. There was no heating in the team, so she could only burn a coal stove. But the stove wasn't warm enough, and even though Qiao Shanshan covered herself with two thick quilts, she was still shivering from the cold!
She tossed and turned, unable to sleep, her mind wandering between Dai Donglin and Lu Jinwen.
Dai Donglin was exceptionally kind to Chu Yu. In front of everyone, he would serve Chu Yu food and rice, completely disregarding how others viewed him. Qiao Shanshan was jealous of Zhou Chu Yu, jealous that she had a man's open and aboveboard love and favoritism!
The men in the team are chauvinistic; they all think that women are meant to be married off to do laundry and cook, and they all expect women to serve them food.
But Dai Donglin didn't care. She cherished Chu Yu dearly and treated her well without regard for others. This kind of favoritism was exactly what Qiao Shanshan longed for but could not obtain.
But she couldn't help but think of Lu Jinwen.
Lu Jinwen treated Qiao Ru as well as Dai Donglin treated Zhou Chuyu.
But Qiao Ru likes meatballs, so Lu Jinwen would subtly place meatballs in front of her.
Qiao Ru was wearing red high heels, and her back would ache if she stood for a long time, so Lu Jinwen supported her from behind to make sure she was comfortable.
Qiao Ru was afraid of the cold, so Lu Jinwen asked his mother to send several new quilts from their hometown.
Whenever Lu Jinwen is kind to Qiao Ru, Qiao Ru blushes and stares at Lu Jinwen with gratitude. Lu Jinwen can also feel her affection, and the couple will look at each other without caring about others, filled with sweetness.
This sweetness made Qiao Shanshan feel uncomfortable all over. The happiness that should have belonged to her had now been taken by someone else.
In her past life, her husband married her younger sister.
She was unwilling to accept it.
Qiao Shanshan turned over and suddenly heard rustling sounds coming from next door. Qiao Shanshan's mind went blank. Could it be that Qiao Ru and Lu Jinwen were about to sleep together?
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