They wouldn't allow it, but she insisted on showing them.

Yu Fei refused to accept her fate and went back to school to repeat her studies.

Mr. and Mrs. Yu didn't want to air their dirty laundry in public, so they let her have her way, acknowledging that her efforts were futile.

Misfortune seems to target the unfortunate, and Yu Fei's fate has once again encountered obstacles.

last night.

Yu Fei dragged his exhausted body slowly toward the cage.

Pushing open the door, Yu's parents and Yu Jing were sitting around in the living room, the food on the table still steaming, but this warm scene had nothing to do with her.

Yu Jing broke the silence first, her face beaming with undisguised excitement, her voice clear and melodious like a silver bell.

"Mom and Dad, I have something to tell you! I've received an offer from the university I applied to study abroad. I'll be able to go abroad to study soon!"

As she spoke, she waved the document in her hand, which was the passport to the future she had been dreaming of.

Yu's mother was full of pride. She took Yu Jing's hand and patted it gently, saying, "My Jingjing is so promising. Studying abroad is great. She will definitely make a name for herself in the future."

Mr. Yu nodded in agreement, a satisfied smile on his face.

Yu Fei stood quietly at the door, watching this scene, but a bad feeling inexplicably welled up in his heart.

“But studying abroad must cost a lot of money, right?” Mrs. Yu frowned slightly, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.

Yu Jing's smile faltered slightly, then she said coquettishly, "Mom, this is a rare opportunity. You and Dad, please work hard. I will definitely study hard when I get out and make a lot of money to support you in the future."

At this moment, Yu's father's gaze suddenly fell on Yu Fei, and that look made Yu Fei tense up.

“Yu Fei, you heard it too. Your sister’s study abroad is a great opportunity, and our family should fully support it. So we’re planning to let you stop studying.”

Yu Fei felt a buzzing in his head and looked at them in disbelief.

"What? They won't let me study anymore? I just started repeating a year..."

Yu's father interrupted her, his tone firm and unyielding: "Your sister going abroad to study is the best thing for our family. Besides, we've already received the bride price. That man is a nouveau riche. Your marriage to him will be for your own good, and it will also alleviate our family's financial pressure."

Yu Fei felt as if he had been struck by lightning; his body swayed, and he almost lost his balance.

They were so willing to use Yu Jing's future as a bargaining chip for her own sake.

She had seen that nouveau riche before; he was pot-bellied, greasy-faced, and old enough to be her father. After his ex-wife passed away, he had always wanted to find a young and beautiful woman to remarry.

"No, I won't marry him! How could you treat me like this? I'm your daughter too!"

Yu Fei cried out at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face. Her cries echoed in the small living room, but they did nothing to move her parents.

Yu Jing whispered from the side, "Yes, Mom and Dad have no choice. Just consider it a sacrifice for the family."

"Sacrifice? Why should I always be the one to sacrifice? From childhood to adulthood, you've given me everything. Don't I even have the right to choose my own life?"

Yu Fei roared at Yu Jing, his grievances and anger surging out like a flood.

Yu's parents remained unmoved. Yu's father stepped forward and tried to grab Yu Fei: "Stop making a fuss. This marriage is already arranged, and you have no choice but to agree."

Yu Fei struggled desperately, forcefully shaking off her father's hand and turning to rush out the door.

"Yu Fei, come back here!" Yu Fei's parents shouted from behind, but Yu Fei ignored them. She only wanted to escape this cold home and this suffocating fate.

Yu Fei took a taxi to the city center and wandered aimlessly around the bridge. The water shimmered with a ghostly light in the night, as if beckoning her.

Yu Fei stared at the bottomless water, and his despair reached its peak.

She felt that her life was like this river in the cold night, pitch black and endless.

"Why? Why is my fate so tragic?" she murmured to herself, her voice quickly carried away by the wind.

The fire department encountered the incident on their way back from a call, and realizing something was wrong, they immediately got out of their vehicle.

The shouts of Yu's parents came from afar, growing closer and closer.

Yu Fei glanced back, and the familiar yet unfamiliar figure chilled her to the bone. With a determined look, she leaped off the bridge.

The water was icy cold and instantly submerged her.

Yu Fei struggled desperately in the water, but his body felt as if it were filled with lead, and he kept sinking.

Her consciousness gradually faded, and images flashed before her eyes: as a child, she played with Yu Jing, her parents smiling. Later, the fortune teller's prediction of misfortune, like a curse, changed everything; and all the injustices and grievances she had suffered in this family over the years…

Just when she thought she was about to die, a strong hand grabbed her.

Yu Fei was pulled out of the water, surrounded by a cacophony of voices and rapid breathing.

She struggled to open her eyes and saw a strange young man holding her tightly, his eyes filled with anxiety and concern.

Wei Lai: "It's alright, you're safe now."

After being rescued and brought ashore, Yu Fei's eyes were glazed over.

When Yu's parents rushed over and saw her like this, their first reaction wasn't to show concern, but to scold her.

Yu Fei cried and then laughed, "I've lost my studies, and I'm being forced to get married. There's no hope for my life, and I can't see the end of it all."

Yu Fei looked at Wei Lai, "I don't think I've ever told you my name. Yu Fei, which means 'excessive right and wrong.' You know, that's not my original name. That so-called fortune teller ruined my life with just a casual remark."

"I'm really tired. This world is so bitter. I won't come back next time."

Hearing Yu Fei's sorrowful words of suicide, Wei Lai was at a loss for words.

Her life was even more tragic than his.

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I can help you."

Yu Fei had no hope, but asked again, "How can you help?"

"How old are you?"

"18."

"Is the information on the ID card consistent with the information on the ID card?"

"No, the number on my ID card is two years too big."

I wasn't unaware, so I answered anyway.

The legal marriage age in China is no earlier than 22 years old for men and no earlier than 20 years old for women.

She agreed, and he, at 24, also agreed.

Wei Lai made a surprising statement: "Marry me, and we'll get married."

Yu Fei was truly shocked, and stammered, "You... what did you say?"

Wei Lai analyzed, "If you get married, they won't have the right to control you anymore. I have no plans to get married. You can get a divorce anytime when you have completed your studies or no longer need the protection of marriage."

But looking into Wei Lai's sincere eyes, the long-extinguished flame of hope in her heart seemed to flicker slightly again.

There's no better option than this, isn't there?

She had wanted to die twice, and he saved her twice. Besides being decent-looking, what could he possibly want from her? Even if he did, he was still better than that nouveau riche.

A drowning person always tries to grab onto a piece of driftwood.

Was he her lifeline?

"Are you serious?"

“Yes,” Wei Lai said. “Let me tell you my story too. My situation is somewhat similar to yours; my parents didn’t like me either…”

After listening, Yu Fei seemed to be deep in thought.

half an hour.

"I marry."

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