Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Fiancée Vs. Girlfriend (Part 4) Chapter 25: Chapter 25 Fiancée Vs. Girlfriend (Part 4) Chapter 25 Fiancée vs. Girlfriend (Part 4)
“It’s an arranged marriage by our parents, that’s correct,” Mengyu said confidently.
Ye Rushui immediately relaxed, “See, your marriage is arranged by your parents, while Brother Dong and I are boyfriend and girlfriend out of a consensual love. So, I’m the one Brother Dong likes, and you’d better back off. Otherwise, when Brother Dong and I get married, you won’t even be able to cry.”
Mengyu tilted her head and looked at Ye Rushui, “But in our village, proper girls all date with their parents’ approval. Going behind their backs to find a man, that’s something only improper girls would do.”
Ye Rushui almost cursed again—was this damn servant girl insinuating she was improper?
“How old-fashioned you are. In modern society, we advocate for love freedom. Arranged marriages by parents are to be criticized as outdated feudalism.”
Mengyu seemed puzzled, “But Dongxing and I aren’t in an arranged marriage. Our relationship began with our parents’ approval and only then did we openly date. Or are you suggesting that sneaking around behind parents’ backs to find a man is what freedom of love is? Your urban ways are so strange. Your parents raise you, yet you even undertake something as serious as dating without them knowing. In our village, that’s shameful and unfilial!”
Ye Rushui finally understood, this Mengyu was clever indeed, twisting and turning, all her words aimed at berating her, calling her improper, shameful, unfilial!
At that time in the countryside, actually, free love wasn’t very common. Most people were introduced by someone, dated, and then got married.
Even if you fancied someone, you’d first find an intermediate to convey the feelings. Only after both families agreed and cemented the relationship would you date and marry.
If a girl took the initiative to find a man, that would indeed be called improper and shameful. And if you got married without parental blessings, that truly was unfilial!
So, to the rural folks, actions like Ye Rushui moving into a man’s house would be deemed highly improper.
But Ye Rushui wasn’t rural folk, so naturally, she thought Mengyu was beating around the bush to insult her.
Moreover, for Mengyu to say these things now, in front of Ye Rushui who proclaimed to be Gu Dongxing’s girlfriend, was indeed a roundabout way of calling Ye Rushui improper and shameless.
Having been insulted, Ye Rushui was not going to let it slide, “You country bumpkin, you dare to insult me? I was here first; get out of this house!”
She reached to slap Mengyu across the face.
But her hand had not yet reached Mengyu’s face when it was grabbed by Mengyu.
Don’t be fooled by Ye Rushui’s height of 1.65 meters, while Mengyu was only 1.60 meters tall. Mengyu had been involved in labor for years, and most crucially, she was now a Level 1 Martial Artist, so Ye Rushui, whose wrist was caught by Mengyu, couldn’t move at all.
“Ouch, let go of me!”
Ye Rushui didn’t expect this skinny rural girl to have such strength, and was somewhat flustered and exasperated.
She had trained in military boxing with her brothers since she was young, not just any ordinary woman, even an ordinary man wouldn’t be able to beat her.
But now, she couldn’t budge her wrist, caught by a girl of fifteen or sixteen.
What the hell, this is so weird!
Ever since Mengyu entered Gu Dongxing’s room, many people had been watching the drama quietly unfold. Especially those idle family members.