Toxic chicken soup is nothing more than this.
"Do women have to work very hard and be very outstanding to be entitled to a bright future? Am I suffering because I'm not working hard enough?"
Jiang Mingxin knew that she shouldn't vent her anger on Xing Haodong. His intentions were not wrong, but she just felt unhappy after hearing what he said.
Not only was he unhappy, but he also couldn't agree with this logic. He couldn't hold it in and exploded.
Xing Haodong was slightly stunned.
Jiang Mingxin looked him straight in the eyes, her voice trembling slightly. "Do you know how much effort I've put in to survive these years? I get up at five every day, make a fire to cook, and cut grass to feed the chickens. If I don't do these things well, Jiang Dawei will beat me and won't let me go to school."
"He did nothing at home except drink and gamble. Sometimes there was nothing to eat at home, so I had to go out to dig wild vegetables, buy rice and noodles on credit from neighbors, and pick up rotten vegetable leaves from their fields. He said I was feeding her pig feed, and he beat me even harder."
"I went to ask the uncle and aunt next door for meat, and they said I was embarrassing! I went to help others harvest grain to earn money, and they said I was out fooling around and seducing men! I got a perfect score on the exam, but he said it was useless for girls to study, because they would have to get married sooner or later!"
"I worked from dawn to dusk, keeping the household in good order, just to prevent him from finding fault and agreeing to let me continue my studies. Did you know? He originally wouldn't even let me go to high school, wanting to marry me off to fill the family's financial deficit. It was only after I threatened to commit suicide that he finally agreed. Later, he sold everything he could, but still couldn't pay off his gambling debts... so he planned to sell me off too."
"Do you think I cut off that tomb robber's penis because he was suddenly attracted by my beauty? No, that day was my birthday! He invited me home for dinner and said he wanted to celebrate my birthday, but then he turned around and pushed me into the room and locked the door!"
"Guangming? I was almost raped because I didn't work hard and wasn't good enough?"
Xing Haodong's eyes were silent and he fell into a long silence.
Jiang Bin was holding his chopsticks, with a noodle hanging from the corner of his mouth, but his expression had already frozen.
Even if most people hear some things with their own ears, they cannot empathize with the victims. At most, they can express their pity and then sigh sympathetically: How pitiful.
Other people’s tragedies are just tragedies; only your own tragedies can cause pain.
Jiang Mingxin had no intention of taking his anger out on Xing Haodong, as these things had nothing to do with him, but he accidentally vented the resentment that had been suppressed in his heart.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have gotten mad at you." She lowered her eyes and took a breath. "I haven't thanked you for helping me at the birthday party yet. You meant well just now, and I'm a little ungrateful."
Xing Haodong looked at her steadily, still without saying a word.
Under the table, he had already clenched his fists.
"Woo, woo, woo..." Suddenly, they heard a cry.
Jiang Mingxin turned around in surprise and found Li Han secretly wiping away tears not far away.
"Brother Li, you...don't be like this. What I just said was a bit exaggerated."
Li Han shook his head. "Exaggeration? Not necessarily. You have serious old injuries on your knees and waist. Ah Hong told me about it. She was also a hard-working person...but she never mentioned how hard it was, and you never talked about those things either."
"But the more this happens, the more I know that what you're going through will only get more horrific. Some of it can be spoken, but some simply can't be. If this big brother hadn't provoked you today, wouldn't you still be enduring it and hiding it?"
A glimmer of light flickered in Jiang Mingxin's eyes.
She suppressed her tears, but the feeling of suffocation in her nose became stronger and stronger.
"It's all in the past. I still have to move on with my life, right? Sister Hong didn't mention it because she was afraid you'd worry."
Li Han picked up her apron and wiped her tears. "I know, so I didn't ask. But she always has nightmares at night, how could I not know? Oh, forget it, I won't say it anymore."
Xing Haodong's heart felt like it was blocked by a ball of wet cotton. He took a few deep breaths and lowered his head in shame.
"Jiang Mingxin, I apologize for what I said just now... I thought the problem was too simple."
This kind of empty encouragement can't help her at all.
Hearing him say this, Jiang Ming felt much more relieved.
"I think as long as a woman is a normal person who doesn't commit crimes or do evil, she should be respected and understood. Why should she be so exceptional to deserve this? It's so unfair that men demand higher standards from us to get what we deserve."
"You were born to enjoy your parents' favoritism, your sisters' humility, and the tilt of all your family's resources. But has anyone ever considered whether he is a good person? I know you sympathize with me, but I don't need this kind of sympathy. You just need to keep a closer eye on the tomb robbers' case and do what you should do."
Xing Haodong frowned in thought and nodded solemnly.
"I understand. Jiang Bin, let's go."
Today, he was too embarrassed to stay any longer.
Jiang Bin looked at Jiang Mingxin and took a deep breath. Now he not only admired her, but also had more respect for her.
Watching the two people leave in the car, Jiang Mingxin frowned in frustration.
Just now, she actually wanted to find an opportunity to test Xing Haodong's attitude towards Zhou Suyun, but she couldn't help it and exposed her true emotions.
It seems that I can only wait for the next opportunity.
…
Bai family.
As soon as Bai Ruoxi returned home, she went into her room and buried herself in the quilt.
She sobbed sadly, recalling the look Xing Haodong had given Jiang Mingxin just now. Her heart felt like it was pierced by countless needles and turned into a funnel.
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