Before dawn.

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The next day, Yun Doudou and Zhou Hanliang came to the Zhou family as guests. When they were alone with Chuxia and Luo Xiaoqiong, Yun Doudou was a bit embarrassed and apologized to them, "I’m sorry for making you come all the way for nothing yesterday."

"Come on, give it a rest," Luo Xiaoqiong rolled her eyes at her, "We’ve known each other for more than a day, do we really need these empty formalities? If we go by what you said, then Chuxia and I should be the ones apologizing to you. We showed up unannounced, which made your adoptive parents unhappy. That was really uncalled for."

"You and your mouth..." Yun Doudou shook her head helplessly, "Can’t you cut me some slack?"

"You started it. Can you really blame me?"

"Okay, it’s all my fault..." Helplessly, Yun Doudou had to compromise and turned to Chuxia, "You see, this is how it usually goes with me and her. I’m always the one giving in."

"Who told you to be overly polite?" Luo Xiaoqiong said defiantly, "I consider you my best friend and share everything with you. And what do you do? You keep putting on airs, which is what I dislike about you the most."

"Do you really tell me everything?" Yun Doudou raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"

Luo Xiaoqiong nodded without thinking, "Of course."

Yun Doudou mischievously sized her up, "A month ago, Zhou Hanliang and I ran into you and Zhao Qiliang on Hukou Road. Did you ever tell me where you two were going?"

"You..." Luo Xiaoqiong’s face instantly turned red, "What nonsense are you spouting?"

Seeing their attitudes, Chuxia understood what they were talking about and remembered that when Yun Doudou called her, she mentioned this incident. At the time, Chuxia was also suspicious but didn’t say anything. Yun Doudou probably felt the same and simply didn’t have the courage to bring it up.

Now that Luo Xiaoqiong and Zhao Qiliang are married, discussing it doesn’t seem as taboo.

"Alright, alright, it’s my fault for talking nonsense. No need to get this worked up..." Yun Doudou sighed, "It just reminded me of my sister’s situation.

Ah, I have to say, girls really shouldn’t drink too much. My sister had too much to drink and accidentally got taken advantage of by her boyfriend, and then had no choice but to get married.

Originally, she was quite satisfied with Li Youpeng, but after they got married, he seemed like a completely different person. Not only was he not as attentive as before, but he was also entangled with female workers at the factory.

My sister wanted to break up, but he said that if she dared not to marry him, he would spread their affair and make it impossible for her to keep her job at the factory.

Only when things reached this point did my sister realize that Li Youpeng had been lying to her. His family was so poor they couldn’t even afford a proper pot, with seven people squeezed into a tiny room of just over ten square meters. You can imagine how it was."

"Seven people in a room of just over ten square meters?" Chuxia scratched her head in disbelief, "Did they line up and sleep on the floor?"

"One big bed was for his grandparents and parents, while he and his brother shared a small bed. There was a small space by the balcony partitioned with a curtain for his sister to sleep in.

His brother doesn’t even have a girlfriend now, and after he got married, he and my sister still have to live in that room..." Yun Doudou shrugged, "I really can’t imagine how it works."

"I can’t imagine it either." Chuxia shook her head, "Your sister seems so smart. How did she end up with such a person? It’s not that we’re snobbish, but at the very least, there should be a decent place to live, right?

Even if there isn’t, he should at least have some character, right? A man who resorts to such despicable means to threaten people, marrying him brings nothing but regret. It would be better to cut ties quickly and be done with it.

However..." she sighed, "it’s easier said than done for outsiders. The person involved has to deal with social pressure, which is precisely what that guy took advantage of to act so brazenly."

"Xiaoqiong, why haven’t you said anything all this time?" Yun Doudou glanced at Luo Xiaoqiong, who had remained silent, "You usually get the angriest about this sort of thing. Why so unusual today? Are you still mad at me? We can’t be so petty, you know."

"Who’s mad at you?" Luo Xiaoqiong rolled her eyes at her and forced a smile, "I just don’t know what to say. Things have gotten to this point, and no amount of anger or blame from us can change it.

The key point is whether your sister... is pregnant. If... if she’s not, maybe she could try transferring jobs to another location to lay low. But if she is, there’s really no way out."