novelraw Chapter 1135 - 1134: Kidnapping Public Opinion
Chapter 1135 - 1134: Kidnapping Public Opinion
Chapter 1134: Kidnapped by Public Opinion
Gu Dongxing glanced at the man and continued:
"When I was six, my father remarried, and I was sent to my mother’s side, becoming a rural child, growing up in the countryside. For the next decade or so, I grew up in Hai Village until I joined the army, later retiring and starting a business, having never met Ye Qing.
As for the Ye Family, they never suggested finalizing the marriage agreement before marrying Ye Qing off, which shows they never intended to honor the betrothal.
As for why my family never actively fulfilled the marriage contract, it’s because, since moving to Hai Village and becoming a rural child, my mom wondered whether the Ye Family, given our differing social standings, would honor a verbal betrothal. But she didn’t want to break her word, so she let me stay unmarried until the Ye Family’s daughter gets married.
Thus, in the first twenty-five years of my life, I never dated or married."
"So, whatever childhood friendship I had with Ye Qing only happened before I turned six. At that age, you don’t understand anything, so what childhood romance could there be? Yet, despite knowing the vast difference between our families, my mom didn’t want to break the promise first.
But this childhood betrothal, I was unaware of. Last year, I inadvertently saved a girl and, due to work requirements, claimed her as my fiancée. Eventually, as we interacted, the facade turned real, and she became my only girlfriend. That girl was Nan Family’s lost pearl—Nan Mengyu.
It wasn’t until last year that I heard from a friend that Ye Qing, whom I knew in childhood, had married her stepmother’s nephew Sun Erliang years ago and was reportedly mistreated by the Sun Family."
The crowd reacted with a collective "Oh."
Some started discussing eagerly.
"Turns out, it was the girl who got married first."
"Yeah, she was the one who broke the childhood marriage promise and got married, so how can she blame others for being ungrateful?"
"Hey, aren’t you curious how his mom could establish an overseas connection with just a golden lock and get expelled from military service?"
"Exactly, if Old Sir Ye wanted to protect a child raised by poor farmers, who wasn’t even aware of having overseas connections, he could have done so, right? His ’favor’ doesn’t seem particularly significant."
"That’s right. If she truly cared, could she be classified as having overseas ties and expelled from military service?"
"I think, even if a rural girl has a golden lock that proves her lineage, it wasn’t her fault, was it? Raised by poor farmers, she’s become one of ours, so why pin her with overseas connections?"
"I agree, if she was genuinely cared for, she wouldn’t have been termed overseas ties, much less as a spy, unless there’s proof of her collusion with foreign entities. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have been expelled from the revolutionary ranks. After all, she’s just a child from the countryside, and if it wasn’t orchestrated, she wouldn’t have been expelled; Old Sir Ye’s favor—if any—isn’t that huge."
"In my view, it hardly counts as a favor and certainly doesn’t warrant lifelong repayment!"
"Hey, you all talk about lifelong repayment, but the problem is, didn’t the Ye Family initially refuse to recognize him? Gu Dongxing was merely a rural soldier then, only after he became an entrepreneur with a promising future did they start catching up."