Chapter 322 - 296: Emergency Situation
“The biological instinct is to reproduce, men who particularly care about chastity actually value not only the membrane but also fear an unknown sense of insecurity, amplifying the male’s desire for better reproduction many times over. From the perspective of evolutionary psychology, it is natural for men to like virgins, but having an excessive obsession, escalating to attacking others or even hostility, is a pathological state,” Xiao Qian objectively commented.
Yu Mother agreed with Xiao Qian’s words.
“Yes, I also think that man is sick. They could have divorced if they couldn’t get along, but he chose to torture my sister, often beating her. At first, he beat her behind people’s back, and later he didn’t care, publicly humiliating her with harsh words.”
“This man has obviously reached a pathological state. I guess he must be an insecure, extreme-thinking man who lacks self-confidence.”
Yu Mother nodded, “I think so too, and sadly my sister couldn’t live any longer. I still have dreams of her with her two big braids. If she had lived until now without choosing to die young, she would be almost seventy now. I still don’t understand whether it was the man or the slanderous gossip that made her choose to end her life. I really hate her. I hate her for not giving herself a chance. Why did she have to pay with her life for other people’s mistakes? Why couldn’t she figure it out?”
As Yu Mother spoke about this, she was already in tears.
She wiped the corner of her eyes, speaking with nostalgia for her dear sister.
“She thought about divorce, but at that time there were too few divorces, and everyone talked about her, completely breaking her psychological defense. I understand her pain, but I don’t understand why she didn’t have the courage to start a new life if she wasn’t afraid of death. So I especially hate men who care about this and gossiping people who push others to a dead end.”
“This comes from two factors: one is the despair of a lover, and the other is the fear of public opinion. If you look at those who have been killed by gossip, such as Yang Guifei and Ruan Lingyu, all their deaths are due to gossip. Gossip is a soft double-edged sword that can harm many people to the point of death.”
Xiao Qian seemed to understand why Yu Mother beat Yu Minglang after misunderstanding him touch her heart’s wound.
Discussing this topic with her future mother-in-law was a very interesting experience. Xiao Qian thought that no other woman might have this experience.
Yu Mother probably told her this story to prevent her from having psychological shadows.
“As long as you understand, the higher you stand, the more various gossips will target you. I tell you this story hoping that you and Youngest can face any problems together and live your lives well. This family can be your strong support, and maybe someday you will become the support for this family. I often think that if my sister had the support of her family, she would not have died young.”
The tragedy of fate came when hearts and the wrong person crossed each other, in a time when they had no control over their lives. Their life was so long, how could they not encounter any storms? Regrettably, the family at the time did not give any support to the poor girl. Yu Mother wanted to ensure that no such incident would happen again in her family, so she sincerely told Xiao Qian so much.
“I won’t punish myself for other people’s mistakes. I will only punish those who make mistakes against me. Aunt, don’t worry, this tragedy will not be repeated on me,” Xiao Qian said firmly.
Yu Mother’s support touched her.
She knew she was safe, but how many people would gossip about a beautiful woman falling into that kind of desperate situation? Their gossips were probably just casually meant for talking about others’ misfortunes. However, the power of one gossip after another can be even more terrifying than violent harm.
She was lucky to be a very intelligent and strong-minded person, and her lover was someone who was willing to support and understand her.
Yu Minglang had made it clear just now that whether Xiao Qian had any trouble there or not, he only chose her. His cleanliness came from the spirit, not the body. He chose the person and would not change for a lifetime.
Even more luckily, Xiao Qian met an open-minded family and received unconditional support and understanding.
In a sense, this incident not only promoted Xiao Qian and Yu Minglang’s feelings but also greatly increased Xiao Qian’s liking for the Yu Family.
People are like this, treating each other with sincerity, rewarding each other’s efforts, not being bound by blood but becoming a real family by treating each other’s hearts with sincerity.
After Yu Mother spoke openly to Xiao Qian, their feelings improved. Yu Mother appreciated Xiao Qian’s protection of Yu Minglang, and Xiao Qian liked Yu Mother’s objectivity and fairness. When confronted with a dilemma, it showed who was reliable and who was not.
After Yu Mother spoke to Xiao Qian, she left the problem-solving to the men in the family. She called Boss Yu’s daughter-in-law and led Xiao Qian and Niang San by hand to go shopping.
Xiao Qian originally wanted to stay with Yu Minglang to deal with the problem. She was used to being independent, but Yu Mother pulled her, saying that this was a matter for men. If women could solve it, what would the men do?
Then what are women supposed to do?
Spend money and shop.
The more people gossip about you, the more you should live well as if nothing had happened. Yu Mother knew this well.
Were they doubting the youngest son’s daughter-in-law? Weren’t they just trying to look down on his daughter-in-law? They wouldn’t let them succeed. They would go shopping for clothes and buy heaps of them!
With one on the left and one on the right, Yu Mother led her two daughters-in- law to shop ostentatiously, buying new clothes for the two daughters-in-law and the grandchildren. They had a fabulous time.
Meanwhile, Yu Minglang quickly investigated, filtering out the suspicious people one by one.
Following Xiao Qian’s reasoning and checking the phone usage information on the day he was injured, he finally identified a suspect.
But before Yu Minglang could go to that person, his phone rang.
“One, there’s an emergency. There’s a kidnapping case downtown. A man has taken a little girl to the rooftop of the International Trade Center, claiming he’ll kill the girl if your girlfriend and Hawkeye’s younger sister aren’t turned in!”
Why is that man targeting Xiao Qian and Shi Yu?” Yu Minglang was shocked.