Chapter 1209: Self-Reliance and Self-Love

, besides sleeping, he spent his days either in his mother Hui Niang's arms or on her back.The first thing ripples do when they return is absorb spiritual energy, then slowly help their younger siblin...Zhao Xinru saw that everyone was smiling and egging her on, and as Lianyi, who had once been pursued by Hu Xingbang, didn't take this matter to heart at all. She finally let out a sigh of relief and then said somewhat embarrassedly:

"It's nothing really, just that I went to the library to reserve a spot earlier and left in a hurry. When I was going up the stairs, I tripped and fell, books scattered everywhere, and my knee got scraped. My skin on my hand also got rubbed raw. It was quite embarrassing at the time."

Hu Xingbang just happened to see it, so he helped me aside. He even took my seat for me and then sent me to the infirmary.

Later on, I met him a few more times. The class monitor still cared about my previous injury and even gave me a box of Band-Aids. I felt embarrassed to take things from others for free, so I also helped him occupy a few seats in return.

"At first, we just chatted casually. But then I realized that we actually got along really well, so we slowly became closer.”

"I see, it seems that our hearts were captured because we were saved by a hero. That's why we developed feelings for him."

Li Xingyue immediately said with a smile.

"This proves that the two of them are destined to be together."

Ripple smiled and teased.

That's it.

Sun Guoguo also agreed, but Qian Luoxi didn't speak, only smiling and nodding.

"Xinruo, as both roommates and classmates, we all wish you well and are on your side. However, we are just students after all, and you are a girl. Even if feelings run deep, you should still keep yourself in check."

Ripple, seeing that the other party had a good heart, still mentioned it.

Xin's heart skipped a beat, surprised that the conversation had taken such a turn. She simply nodded unconsciously. As a girl, she still possessed at least a minimum of self-respect and dignity.

"Ripples Sister, you wouldn't say this without reason, would you Have you heard something"

Qian Luxi immediately frowned, she seemed to have misunderstood, thinking Hu Xingbang had done something improper.

Zhao Xiner also looked over with an unreadable expression.

Ripple immediately waved her hand and then explained:

"Don't misunderstand me, squad leader. I haven't heard any rumors about you being bad. I just suddenly remembered this."

Last week, I went back to visit my parents. Coincidentally, an old classmate from home emailed me and told me about what happened in Murakami.

As you know, my home is in the countryside. Although love is free now, people in the village are more conservative and still think matchmaking is more reliable. At least the introduced objects are known quantities.

There was a girl in our village who got engaged to a guy two years ago. Both families were very satisfied, so they got engaged and even held an engagement ceremony. The girl thought it was a done deal and became quite intimate with her fiancé. She lost control and let the man take advantage of her.

Actually, they were already engaged, which is understandable. However, the girl became pregnant at the beginning of the year, and it was the man's child, so they decided to get married as soon as possible.

When the man's mother found out that her future daughter-in-law was pregnant, she decided she was definitely going to marry into their family. So when they discussed the marriage, she kept the dowry very low.

The girl's parents naturally disagreed. This was different from what they had previously agreed upon, and the two families started arguing, neither willing to compromise. The man acted like a quail, hiding behind his mother without saying a word. He probably didn't want to spend money marrying a wife for nothing.

The girl's mother was also worried, after all, her daughter's belly was getting bigger and bigger. If she didn't get married, the girl would be embarrassed, and their family would lose face.

Her fiancé's mother was calm because she knew the woman in distress was the bride. She pushed further, saying that the girl was immoral for getting pregnant before marriage and that they were already being generous by agreeing to marry her at all. So, they decided not to give any dowry, claiming the bride could choose to marry or not as she pleased, unafraid of the consequences.

The other four people, upon hearing this, all had expressions of anger on their faces, feeling like their fists were hardening.

"Sister Ripples, how did it go later"

Zhao Xiner anxiously asked.

"Right! So, what happened next"

“The girl from our village was also strong-willed. Seeing that her fiancé was so irresponsible and her future mother-in-law such a person, even if she endured it now and married in, she would be controlled later. She didn't want to shame her family, so she jumped into the river...”

"Ah!"

"What"

"How could she be so stupid She should have just sued that animal!"

Everybody was outraged and spoke up indignantly.

"Don't worry, that girl is lucky. She was rescued, but she miscarried."

When the girl's parents saw their daughter had suffered such injustice, they led the villagers to his door and directly broke off the engagement with the groom.

The groom's family was frightened after a near-death incident at home. Coupled with the loss of their child, they felt that the woman had already broken off the engagement and suffered a miscarriage, making it difficult to find a suitable match for her. They believed their son could still marry a virgin girl, so they readily agreed to cancel the engagement.

Then that man came out again to harass the girls from our village. They were beaten by the girls' families, but he still comes every few days to pester them, acting very romantically.

"Ugh, what a jerk. Why didn't he stand up for his daughter-in-law when she was being bullied by her mother-in-law Now that everything is fine, he suddenly comes out with all this fake sympathy. He's such a creep."

Qian Luo Xi curled her lip.

"That's right! Men like that are the worst."

“Indeed, the girls in our village feel just as you do about this man. They find him irresponsible and utterly disgusting. That’s why, through an introduction from a cousin living in the county town, she eloped to marry a man stationed on an island. His wife passed away over a year ago, and they had no children, so it’s not a bad choice.”

The ripples gave their own story a pretty good ending.

"Where is that man"

Li Xingyue wants to know what happened to that man.

"Their dirty deeds were known to everyone after being exposed by the woman's family. I ask you, would your parents be willing to marry their daughters into such a family"

Their family is out of their minds! Even if my parents were willing, I wouldn't be.

Sun Guoguo coldly snorted.

"That's the way it is! So, as soon as someone introduces a match to the man and someone asks about his family, the neighbors will bring this up and talk about it. Over time, no matchmakers come knocking."

Ripples spread his hands.

"Serves you right!"

"That's right, that kind of man should just spend his life with his mother, dutifully serving his own old lady. He shouldn't go out and harm innocent girls."

Qian Luxi patted the table and said.

"Indeed, so I think when choosing a partner, he can have this or that shortcoming, but the only thing he absolutely cannot lack is responsibility. If he can't give his partner the respect and care they deserve, it's better not to start at all."

In the end, Lian Yi made a concluding statement, while Zhao Xinru on the side listened thoughtfully.

The female students in the dormitory chatted about it for a while longer before each going to rest.

The three people staying in the city yesterday were all preparing to leave school, Sun Guoguo and Li Xingyue also bought train tickets and prepared to go home.

Just before leaving, Qian Luoxi suddenly came to find Lian Yi for a meal, as if she had something important to tell her alone.iaolan to a teahouse and said as they walked:"Miaolan, what I just said was a temporary measure. It's not necessary for you to join our task force. Just like before, after you meet the other team memb...