The students smiled and waved goodbye to Xia Lan.
"Everyone agreed that when they come back, they will bring back some local specialties from their hometown to share with everyone."
Xia Lan explained with a smile as she walked with Qin Yu on the way to the university.
"You two have a good relationship."
Qin Yu noticed that Xia Lan got along quite well with her classmates.
"They're pretty good, they all take good care of me!"
Since she became pregnant, her classmates have taken good care of her. Although they were a bit strangers before, after a semester together, they have become like family.
Aside from those who are truly antisocial, everyone gets along quite well.
"fine!"
Qin Yu nodded; it was clear they all cared about Xia Lan.
Qin Yu was about to go home with Xia Lan when Wu Shishi rushed over.
"Lanlan!"
"What's wrong? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Seeing Wu Shishi's anxious expression, Xia Lan quickly asked.
"It's Pan Di! Her parents actually sold her to someone else as a wife! That person is at the school gate now, saying he wants Pan Di to go home with him! And he won't let Pan Di go to school anymore!"
Wu Shishi was just about to go home!
Suddenly, a man covered in pudding caught her attention. The man came to the school gate and told the security guard that he was looking for Zhao Pandi, which Wu Shishi overheard.
When Wu Shishi heard the man say that the Zhao family had already sold Zhao Pandi to him and that he was now going to take Zhao Pandi home with him, she was shocked.
She had never heard of such an outrageous thing. How could someone who was at Beijing University sell their own daughter?
So she turned around and went back to school, wanting to find Zhao Pandi and tell her about it.
"how so?"
Xia Lan knew that Zhao Pandi's family favored sons over daughters, but would they sell their daughter?
Qin Yu frowned.
"Let's go to the school gate and ask what's going on!"
Xia Lan asked Wu Shishi to go to Zhao Pandi and tell him about it.
Qin Yu shook his head.
"Don't go, I'll go!"
Qin Yu patted Xia Lan's head, then walked out the door and headed towards the man.
Xia Lan pursed her lips.
"Then I'll go find Sister Pandi!"
Just as Wu Shishi was about to go find Zhao Pandi, she saw Zhao Pandi already appearing in front of her with her luggage.
"What do you want from me?"
Zhao Pandi asked curiously.
"Hope for my brother and sister!"
Wu Shishi was startled and looked at Zhao Pandi.
"What's wrong? You all look so pale. What happened?"
Zhao Pandi had a feeling that something was wrong, so she looked at Xia Lan, who pursed her lips.
Wu Shishi, who was standing nearby, immediately told Zhao Pandi what had happened.
“A man came to the door and said that your family had sold you to that man! That man also said that you have to go back with him and that you are not allowed to go to school anymore!”
Xia Lan noticed that Zhao Pandi's eyes were becoming increasingly dim, and she knew that Zhao Pandi had probably already anticipated this.
“…I long for my younger brother.”
Xia Lan grabbed Zhao Pandi's hand.
"I knew my mother was going to sell me, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon..."
Zhao Pandi smiled bitterly and took out a letter from his pocket. Xia Lan took the letter from Zhao Pandi and her face darkened when she saw the first line.
Looking at Xia Lan's expression, Wu Shishi knew that the contents of the letter were definitely not good.
After Xia Lan finished reading the letter, she handed it to Wu Shishi. Wu Shishi got angry as soon as she took it and read it.
"Is this your real mother? How could she do this! It was only two hundred yuan! She actually sold you out? Without even asking you?"
Wu Shishi stomped her feet in anger.
This was the first time she had encountered something like this, and it made her very angry.
My own mother! How could she say such a cold-hearted thing?
Just because that man offered two hundred yuan, she sold Zhao Pandi, who was still in school, without hesitation! And she even sold her to a remote mountain village.
Zhao Pandi is already in college! She can get a job as soon as she graduates!
Then you'll have money!
“I begged her... as long as I graduate from university, I'll be able to earn money! Then I'll send her all my money…”
"Why can't you even give me two years...?"
Zhao Pandi stared blankly at the letter, like an empty shell devoid of life.
Xia Lan pursed her lips angrily.
"You are a human being, not an object. She has no right to do this without your consent!"
“It’s no use! My sister was sold to my mom in the same way… If I refuse, she’ll come to the school and make a scene, making it impossible for me to go to school anymore…”
Zhao Pandi closed her eyes in despair, and scenes of her sister flashed through her mind once again.
She couldn't stop the tragedy back then, and she still can't stop her own tragedy now.
Xia Lan pursed her lips.
"Don't despair yet, things haven't gotten to that point yet!"
Xia Lan grasped Zhao Pandi's hand, giving her courage.
"What hope is there?"
Zhao Pandi was ultimately brainwashed from a young age. Her mother had been telling her these things since childhood, making them accept their fate in advance.
The older sister accepted her fate, but she didn't.
So she studied hard.
Because her teacher said that studying was the greatest opportunity to change her destiny.
This was the best she could do.
In the end, it still couldn't change this fate.
"Isn't all your mom wanting money?"
Xia Lan sneered.
"If she's only after money, why not just have someone else buy you for a higher price?"
"Who wants to buy me...?"
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