Chapter 181: Older Women's Blind Date
Chapter 181: Older Women's Blind Date
Wang Shanshan is 28 years old this year. She has no idea about men or marriage.
Because her original family was filled with quarrels, beatings, scolding, sarcastic remarks, roundabout ways, and hidden agendas since she was a child.
She could not feel any love, and even had to judge her family's mood from their tone, whether it had anything to do with her, and how to take care of and persuade their emotions to calm them down.
She was taught to be filial to her parents and had not yet learned how to resist. She could only waste her energy and drag her feet, not wanting to get married.
In her opinion, marriage is just jumping from one pit to another. But she is not one to resist, so she still listens to her family and goes on blind dates frequently.
We have been together for more than four years. Most of the time, we just met once, had a meal together and nothing happened afterwards.
It was obvious that her blind date partners all had the same idea as her. After all, she wasn't a beauty, but she was pretty and had a good job.
A few years later, her mother Qi Fangcao was very worried. How exaggerated did it get? Eavesdropping on her phone calls, tracking her whereabouts,
Every day I have to interrogate her about what man she met, what they had eaten together, what they said, what the other party meant, how she responded, if her response was wrong, and what she should have said.
Wang Shanshan was a little depressed because of this kind of life every day. At that time, she didn't realize the problem, and she just kept wasting her time.
Later I thought maybe if I really found a man to marry, she would calm down?
So I started taking blind dates seriously and finally met a man who also wanted to get married and I fell in love with him.
The other party's job and family were both good. Our two families were similar, so we settled on them quickly.
The two agreed not to get married yet or have children, but to simply deal with their parents, pay their own expenses, and each have their own room. As for whether they would develop a romantic relationship, Zhongyi would, of course, hand over all of his salary to cover household expenses. All of this was written into the agreement.
Two weeks before her wedding, Wang Shanshan suddenly received a call from an unknown person. The caller started yelling at her, saying she was shameless and had seduced her boyfriend.
Wang Shanshan was puzzled and called the introducer, who turned out to be an elderly relative of hers.
My relative said that the woman was indeed in love with her ex-girlfriend. They had been dating for several years, and her family wanted a house in her name. (At that time, a house in the county town cost about 30 yuan.)
So Zhongyi went abroad for a few years. After finally earning a few hundred thousand, he bought a house in the county town with full payment and had it renovated.
The girl's mother said she wanted to give a betrothal gift of 30 yuan because her brother was almost old enough to marry, and the money had to be saved for her son to buy a house.
Zhong Yi was no longer willing to do this. According to local customs, the maximum betrothal gift was around 2 yuan. Because they had agreed to add her name to the property deed. (At that time, the pre-marital property had not been changed, and adding her name to the title was equivalent to owning the house.)
He hoped his girlfriend would rebel against her family, but she ended up siding with her mother. The two of them parted ways on bad terms.
My relative said, "I introduced this kid to you because he's a good person." I asked him about it, and he said he'd completely cut it off. I never expected they'd gotten back in touch.
Wang Shanshan called to ask Zhong Yi what he thought. If he still wanted to marry his girlfriend, then their marriage would be cancelled.
At first, the other party said, "Don't worry, I will definitely handle it." However, two days passed and Wang Shanshan still didn't receive a call from Zhongyi. She knew that the marriage was probably off again.
This time, because Qi Fangcao had already spread the news about the marriage, she thought it was a done deal and that this son-in-law would give her face, but who knew that in the end it turned out to be a false alarm and she lost all face.
Now he was even more disgusted with Wang Shanshan, and often insulted, mocked, ridiculed, and even attacked her by appearance.
For example, they inexplicably said she was ugly, had a bad body proportion, had small eyes that looked even smaller when she smiled, and that her mouth was wide when she smiled, which was not the way it should be.
Even if she eats one more mouthful of rice, they will think she is wasting food.
Follow her whenever you get the chance and tell others wherever you go, "My daughter is so old, but she still doesn't have a husband and can't get married. Does anyone have a suitable one? Can you introduce her to someone?"
Wang Shanshan felt more and more suffocated, and finally after the last quarrel, she jumped off the bridge.
“I know I have a mental problem, but I don’t know what to do. I want to escape from this suffocating home, but I can’t make up my mind.
I always think that they have raised me so much, I can’t help but repay them. So the desire to escape and the strong sense of responsibility tore back and forth, making me finally want to escape from this world.
"Then let me help you," Sheng Jiang said, and took Wang Shanshan back to her high school days. It was the first time Wang Shanshan was completely disappointed in her mother.
Sheng Jiang asked Wang Shanshan to watch how she operated in the space.
"Shanshan, don't fall in love at school. Your mission now is to study hard, understand?"
In the past, Wang Shanshan kept silent, believing Qi Fangcao would stop nagging after a while. Sometimes, Wang Shanshan couldn't stand it anymore and resisted, but all she got in response was Qi Fangcao's endless crying, beatings, and Qi Wuyong's condemning gaze.
Sheng Jiang sneered, "Thanks to you, your daughter and I are at school. Not only the male classmates, but even the female classmates don't talk to me. The mosquitoes in the school stay away from me. I'm a lonely person. I want to have a relationship, but who will talk to me?"
"You!" Qi Fangcao's voice rose in anger. "Are you blaming me? Just because I went to school last time? Wasn't it all for your own good?"
"For my own good? Just because another boy secretly wrote me a love letter, without even investigating, you immediately assumed I was in a relationship, stopped studying, went to school and made a scene, even harassing the teachers?
Are you doing this for my own good? Are you afraid I'll slip out of your control? When you did all this, did you consider my feelings? Did you even think about how I'd face my teachers and classmates in school?
You didn't! You just treated me the way you thought you should. You controlled me the way you thought you should control me!
Qi Fangcao saw that Sheng Jiang had said so many words at once. This was completely different from the past when she could not even make a sound even after being beaten with three sticks. She wondered what had stimulated her.
He immediately repeated the same trick, sat down on the ground and started wailing.
Before she could start howling, Ginger quickly stuffed a smelly sock into her mouth, wrapped her mouth with tape, and tied her hands behind her back.
"You're going to cry again, huh? Cry first, make a scene, then hang yourself. How come you've only learned to cry and make a scene? Why don't you just hang yourself?"
"Let me help you!"
Sheng Jiang looked around, found a rope, ran to a big tree in the community, tied it up, and dragged Qi Fangcao to hang her up.
At this time, Wang Wuyong hurried out and said, "What are you doing? That's your mother!"
Sheng Jiang said indifferently, "Is she my mother? Why do I feel like she is my enemy? And what are you doing here? When my mother was yelling at me and beating me, what were you doing? Aren't you just an indifferent spectator? Then be indifferent to the end and don't help anyone. Otherwise, I will beat you up too."
"What nonsense are you talking about, kid? How can a mother and daughter hold grudges overnight? Isn't your mother doing all this for your own good? To help you get into a good university, find a good job, and marry into a good family."
"Haha, I'm dying of laughter. Marrying into a good family? From childhood to now, I haven't even had a member of the opposite sex around me. And I still want to get married?
Even if we borrow a workbook from one classmate, she'll question us for ages. I still don't know how to interact with the opposite sex. Are you sure she wants me to get married? She doesn't just want me to follow her way?
Wang Wuyong was about to say something when Sheng Jiang interrupted him, "Go away! We didn't need you before, and we won't need you in the future. If you just want to be an indifferent spectator, then play your role well and don't interfere in our affairs."
Sheng Jiang still beat him up, breaking his ribs and leaving him bedridden for months. Qi Fangcao was a manipulative person. But without Wang Wuyong's indulgence, Wang Shanshan wouldn't have been depressed.
Because of the barrier set up by Jiang, no outsiders can see or hear what happens in this house.
Qi Fangcao saw that her neck was about to be put on, and began to struggle violently.
She just wanted to make some trouble, she didn't really want to die.
She hoped that her neighbors would come out to rescue her, but no one came out. She wanted to curse, but no words came out, so she could only look fiercely at Sheng Jiang.
Ginger doesn't care.
"Don't you like to make trouble? Just crying and making trouble is so boring. Hanging yourself is more interesting. Just wait here. Wait for the rope to slowly make a mark on your neck, and slowly your breathing will become more and more difficult. Then you will open your mouth to breathe, and your tongue will stick out, just like the Black and White Impermanence. Your eyes will open so wide, like copper bells. Tsk tsk, it's ugly just thinking about it."
After a while, Qi Fangcao, who was struggling violently, finally felt the fear of death, her face began to turn blue, and her eyes began to beg for mercy.
"Beg for mercy? It's only been a short while. I thought you were so strong-willed, but you can't stand it so soon?"
"Let me ask you, will you control me again in the future?"
Qi Fangcao shook her head. She had to coax her into putting him down first.
Ginger didn't care, put her down and untied her.
Qi Fangcao, who had just regained her freedom, reached out to twist Sheng Jiang's ear, something she often did to Wang Shanshan.
Ginger dodged and broke her finger in the next second.
"It seems you still haven't realized your mistake. My dear mother, why do you either poke me with your fingers or twist me with your hands? Are you the only one who has hands?"
Ginger twisted her ears and spun her around 99 times. She was so dizzy that she couldn't stand and fell to the ground, unable to think anymore.
When she woke up again, she saw a finger pointing at her.
Qi Fangcao really wanted to break her finger, but she didn't have the strength.
"What? Do you really want to break that finger? I'm not saying you're being too hypocritical.
Do you know that when you point your finger at me normally, I was thinking the same thing as you are now? When you pointed your finger at me, did you ever consider my feelings? Now that it's your turn, you can't stand it? You have such a poor mental state!
Jiang's contempt made Qi Fangcao do nothing. She finally realized that her daughter was completely different from before.
"Are you still making trouble? If you're not going to make trouble anymore, just go do your own thing! Stop controlling me in the future!"
Qi Fangcao couldn't help but say, "But wasn't everything Mom did for your own good?"
"For my own good? Or for your own good? There's no need to discuss this question anymore. You know it in your heart. You can't stand me treating you the way you treat me.
Why do you think I should just accept the way you treat me? After all, I'm just a tool of yours. I only need to listen to you and don't need a tool with my own thoughts.
Qi Fangcao doesn't go to work. She just picks up and drops off the children and does housework every day.
When she was young, she was always suspicious of Wang Wuyong and would follow him to his workplace to see if he had done anything to offend her.
Wang Wuyong considered divorce, but she refused. Back then, divorce was still considered shameful. And for a woman with no income and unwilling to work, divorce meant she would be left with no one to support her. So, she sought to control everyone in the family.
To avoid a divorce, she even tried to drink pesticide. Scared, Wang Wuyong quickly snatched it away. He wanted a divorce, not a life.
In the end, he decided not to divorce, but Qi Fangcao could no longer interfere with him.
So Qi Fangcao focused all her attention on Wang Shanshan, controlling her every word and action 24 hours a day.
Now, Jiang no longer lives on campus and goes home every day. As soon as he gets home, he starts to find fault.
"I'm starving! Is dinner ready? What are you doing at home all day? You haven't even prepared dinner? You're so useless!"
"There are still strands of hair on the floor. Did you clean the house today? You didn't even mop the floor enough to reflect your reflection."
"Also, the dust under the refrigerator is so thick, don't you know how to clean it?"
Qi Fangcao wanted to refute, but when she saw Sheng Jiang's vicious eyes, she shut up.
The next second, Sheng Jiang slapped her in the face, "Also, let me ask you, who is that wild man you were talking to today? My dad and I are not at home, are you going to steal a man behind our backs?
As a woman, you must be a good wife! Today I saw you, this is the first time, next time I see you, it won’t be as simple as today!
The world is full of women and men, so how could she avoid interacting with men? But every time she spoke to a man, she would be discovered by Jiang and beaten up. After a long time, she no longer dared to talk to men casually.
There was no one else in the house to talk to her, and she gradually became depressed.
My depression became more and more serious, and I felt that life was becoming more and more meaningless, so I walked to the bridge and jumped off.
Soon after her death, Wang Wuyong decided to remarry. Sheng Jiang did not object, but simply stole all his money.
At this time, Sheng Jiang had already been admitted to a university thousands of miles away from home.
Wang Wuyong, however, ran out of money and his partner left him. He discovered that whenever he had a little money, she would mysteriously disappear, leaving him only with a small amount for food. No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't find any information. He had to live frugally all his life.
As for Wang Shanshan's blind date in her previous life, Sheng Jiang ignored him. He was willing to spend 30 yuan in betrothal gifts to marry that woman and even put her name on the property deed. It's easy to imagine how lively his life would be after marriage.
As for his girlfriend, how dare she scold Wang Shanshan? Humph, her family is so rich, giving her 30 yuan as compensation is not too much, right?
Hehe, with this money, it’s enough to open a small shop!
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