"They look down on us women, always acting superior. If you run into them at the factory, just ignore them!"
"Exactly, just ignore them."
Sister Yang patted Xia Lan's hand, and Xiao Ling, who was standing next to her, nodded in agreement.
"But you don't need to come tomorrow, right? Your admission notice will be sent soon. When are you planning to register at university?"
"Hmm... I don't know either." Xia Lan shook her head; she hadn't discussed this with Qin Yu yet.
Seeing Xia Lan like this, Xiao Ling probably understood what she was worried about.
As Xia Lan was about to go home with her award certificate, two big men blocked her way after she had only taken a few steps.
Looking at the two refined men, Xia Lan remained calm and asked softly.
"Comrades, why are you blocking my way?"
"We'd like to be your friend!" The two men exchanged glances. They had assumed Xia Lan would be the outgoing and carefree type, but she turned out to be the delicate and pretty type.
This immediately softened their tone, which they had initially intended to use to warn him.
Xia Lan looked at the two men in front of her with a puzzled expression and blinked.
"But I don't know you, and I don't want to be your friend."
The two of them didn't look particularly menacing, but the arrogance and confidence in their eyes made people uncomfortable.
Xia Lan suddenly remembered what Sister Yang had said: "a real man."
I suppose this is the kind of man in the factory who looks down on women.
But what do they want from her?
"You got into university by luck, it's just good fortune. Don't think that this will make you a substitute for a man."
"That's right, women still have to get married in the end, and their primary focus is on family."
"Women should stay at home..."
Listening to their chauvinistic remarks, Xia Lan listened quietly for a while before asking a question.
"The Qing Dynasty has been gone for a long time. Are you all so obsessed with discussing how women should be good wives and mothers that you've become stupid from all your reading?"
Xia Lan looked at the two men and had had enough.
"What did you say?" The two were interrupted and, not having heard Xia Lan's words, were stunned.
"Tell me, what gives you the confidence to think that women are inferior to men?" Xia Lan raised her head and glared angrily at the two of them.
"Without women, did you spring from stones?"
"Without women, would you have been so carefully cared for as you grew up?"
"What right do you have to look down on women? Just because we're not as strong as you?"
Xia Lan's question made both of them blush.
"So what we're saying is that women should stay at home and take care of the children, right?"
One person retorted.
"What you men can do, we women can do just as well. Why should we be confined to the house? Besides being a little stronger than us, what else do you have? Do you know what kind of hardships a woman has to go through to give birth to a child?"
Xia Lan said coldly.
"Giving birth is like enduring the pain of having ten ribs broken; every delivery is like walking through the gates of hell!"
"Can you understand these pains? You don't understand anything. You just use your old-fashioned pride to ridiculously criticize women for not going out to work and for staying at home to dedicate everything to their families."
"What gives you such confidence? Is it the excrement in your brains?"
"And you're still telling me about luck? Getting into university is luck? Then why don't you have that kind of luck? Blaming others for not getting into university, why don't you think about whether you even tried to study?"
People say that gold always shines, but you shards of glass are always just reflecting light!
Xia Lan's repeated words left the two men blushing and speechless.
"You..." The two men were furious and wanted to teach Xia Lan a lesson when a deep, cold voice sounded behind them.
"Touch her and I'll break one of your fingers. Go ahead and try?"
The two turned around in fright, only to see a man standing behind them, emanating a low-pressure aura that enveloped his entire body.
Qin Yu's eyes were filled with a sinister murderous aura, and his thin lips were slightly pursed.
With his height of 1.9 meters, he is even more intimidating and intimidating.
"Brother Yu." Xia Lan walked to Qin Yu's side, and Qin Yu ruffled Xia Lan's hair.
Are you alright?
“It’s alright, you’ve come at just the right time.” Xia Lan shook her head and pointed at the two men.
“They said I got into college by luck, and that I should have stayed at home.”
Qin Yu's gaze toward the two grew increasingly cold.
"What? You have a problem with my wife?" Qin Yu's voice was deep, his eyes slightly narrowed as he stared at the two of them.
"No, no." The two of them turned pale with fright, feeling that Qin Yu was not someone they could afford to offend. They didn't even dare to refute him, and kept their heads down, not daring to look at him.
"That's not what we meant, we just want to be friends with you..."
The other person was halfway through speaking when he sensed the air pressure dropping even lower, so he quickly shut his mouth.
"You still want to be friends with my wife?" Qin Yu laughed in exasperation.
To dare to say you want to be friends with his wife in front of him—isn't that openly provoking him? Is he ignoring me, or not taking me seriously at all?
"We're sorry, Comrade Xia Lan, we were wrong." Looking at Qin Yu's unfriendly expression, the two trembled, fearing that Qin Yu's fist would hit them at any moment.
"Get lost." Qin Yu glanced at the two trembling cowards with disdain.
Upon hearing Qin Yu's words, the two quickly turned to run, but their legs gave way and they collapsed to the ground after only a few steps. They scrambled to their feet in a pathetic manner, and Xia Lan couldn't help but roll her eyes at their pathetic, rolling-and-scrambling appearance.
That's the kind of person he is—a coward who bullies the weak and fears the strong.
"I'm late. Were you scared?" Qin Yu turned around and looked Xia Lan up and down, concerned about whether she was hurt.
"No, you've come at the perfect time." Xia Lan smiled at Qin Yu and happily took his hand.
"Look, Brother Yu, the factory rewarded me with three hundred yuan." Xia Lan proudly handed Qin Yu an envelope containing three hundred yuan.
Qin Yu gently patted Xia Lan's head.
"My wife is really amazing."
Xia Lan and Qin Yu returned home and went to the kitchen to cook together. They then sat in the yard to eat. After the meal, Xia Lan sat leisurely in the yard, with Xiao Xue sitting beside her, enjoying Xia Lan's caresses.
After spending some time together, Xiaoxue had completely trusted Xia Lan and Qin Yu, and would occasionally run up to Xia Lan and act coquettishly, asking for cuddles.
Xia Lan was content and happy living like this.
“Brother Yu…” Remembering the questions they asked today, Xia Lan mustered her courage and looked at Qin Yu.
If she were to go to university, she would inevitably be separated from Qin Yu for a while. For the sake of their future, Xia Lan had to go to university.
"What's wrong?" Qin Yu finished washing the dishes and slowly walked over to sit next to Xia Lan.
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