Gu Ya's parents were from N City, so their betrothal gifts were more expensive, usually around $200,000.
However, Gu Ya's parents heard from Gu Ya that Li Chen's parents were ordinary people and did not have much money. So, they simply asked for $80,000.
Of course, as they only had one daughter, Gu Ya's parents had secretly told Gu Ya that they would give her the 80,000 yuan betrothal gift when they got married. Furthermore, they were willing to give Gu Ya some money to buy a car for the two of them.
However, what Gu Ya's parents did not expect was that when Li Chen's parents heard that the dowry was eighty thousand yuan, they immediately said that eighty thousand yuan was too expensive and turned around to leave.
Although Gu Ya's parents said that it was 80,000 yuan, they weren't unreasonable people. It wasn't like they couldn't negotiate the amount. However, Li Chen's parents didn't even discuss it before they turned around and left. Their actions were a little inappropriate.
Gu Ya's parents immediately had a bad impression of Li Chen's parents.
As a result, their impression of Li Chen also worsened.
One could see the shadows of their parents in their children. Similarly, one could also see the appearance of their children in their parents.
If Li Chen's parents were so rude and did not know how to write the word 'respect', their son, Li Chen, would naturally not be any better.
However, Li Chen was still the person that their daughter liked. So, no matter how much Gu Ya's parents disliked Li Chen, they did not say a single bad word about him.
On the other hand, when Li Chen received news that Gu Ya's parents wanted $80,000 as a betrothal gift, he immediately turned hostile and questioned Gu Ya in front of her. He even asked her if her family had gone crazy from being so poor. She was practically selling her daughter.
Li Chen's blunt accusation stunned Gu Ya. She stared blankly at her boyfriend who had suddenly become a stranger and did not regain her senses for a long time.
When she regained her senses, Gu Ya hurriedly explained to Li Chen that her parents had no intention of selling their daughter. Her parents would return the betrothal gifts as their living fund in the future. Of course, they would also give them a sum of money to buy a car for the two of them to travel conveniently.
However, Gu Ya's words did not calm Li Chen down at all. Instead, Li Chen became even more sarcastic. "Your family sure knows how to talk. Since you're going to bring the money back sooner or later, why don't you just reject it?"
Although Gu Ya felt that Li Chen's words made her a little uncomfortable, she still patiently explained to Li Chen, "Our betrothal gifts are more expensive. Usually, it's two hundred thousand yuan. My parents only need eighty thousand yuan, which is already very little. If we don't want anything, my parents and I will be laughed at."
Although the betrothal gift was not a good thing, in some people's eyes, the betrothal gift was still the standard to measure whether a person married well or not.
However, Li Chen did not believe Gu Ya's explanation. Instead, he continued to say that Gu Ya's entire family had gone crazy from poverty. They were simply waiting to sell their daughter to make a fortune.
Li Chen said that he could do it, but he kept talking about her parents. No matter how good Gu Ya's temper was and how much she liked Li Chen, she was still angry.
Gu Ya looked at Li Chen and said, "If you continue to say this, then let's break up."
Gu Ya only said this out of anger. It was like a girl trying to scare a boy with a breakup and get him to coax her.
However, Gu Ya did not expect that as soon as she said this, Li Chen would agree without hesitation. He even quickly packed his luggage and moved out that night.
Even after Li Chen left, Gu Ya still did not realize how things had developed to this point.
What made Gu Ya even more upset was that before she could recover from the shock of their breakup, Li Chen had already started going on blind dates. He quickly got engaged to one of the blind dates and paid a hundred thousand yuan as a betrothal gift. They were going to get married a month later.
Gu Ya had been with Li Chen for five years. The two of them had experienced hardships from university to graduation.
She originally thought that their relationship would see a rainbow after going through hardships. However, she did not see a rainbow. Instead, it fell apart.
She had only asked Li Chen for eighty thousand yuan and was even willing to bring the money back. Li Chen was not willing to give her any. In the end, they had only known each other for less than two months, and Li Chen was willing to give her a hundred thousand yuan. Moreover, the other party was not willing to bring the money back.
Such an outcome made the words that her parents had whispered to her in the past extremely laughable.
Her family had all sorts of thoughts about not wanting money and hoped that the two of them could lead a better life in the future. However, not only did they not appreciate it, but they also felt that her family was selling their daughter to earn money.
The most ironic thing was that they despised her family for selling their daughter to earn money. In the end, the person they married was actually selling their daughter to earn money.
They kept saying that they despised them for selling their daughter, but in the end, they married someone who was really selling their daughter. How ironic.
The saddest thing was that Gu Ya found out from her friend that Li Chen was still telling others that the reason they broke up was because Gu Ya's family had asked for an exorbitant betrothal gift.
Li Chen's friend had a good impression of Gu Ya, so he could not help but ask, "Since you despise Gu Ya's family's exorbitant betrothal gift, why are you still willing to marry someone whose betrothal gift is even higher than Gu Ya's?"
What did Li Chen say at that time?
He said that he had been in a relationship with Gu Ya for more than five years, but Gu Ya still wanted money from him. As for this person, he had met her through a blind date. The two of them did not have a deep relationship, and she wanted 100,000 yuan for a sense of security. It was only right for him to give her money.
When his friend heard Li Chen's words, he thought that there was something wrong with Li Chen's brain.
He was willing to give a stranger 100,000 yuan to give her a sense of security, but he was unwilling to give 80,000 yuan to his girlfriend, who had brought the betrothal gift back and had been in a relationship for five years, to give her a sense of security.
Li Chen's friend looked at the sad Gu Ya and sighed. "Li Chen is not worthy of you."
He was a man, so he knew better than anyone what a man was thinking.
No matter how self-righteous Li Chen sounded, his thoughts were definitely that Gu Ya was not worth 80,000 yuan.
To put it bluntly, he had been together for a long time and was tired of her. He did not want her anymore and found an excuse to push the blame to the woman.
If he really did not like her, he could have made things clear to the other party and broken up.
However, Li Chen wanted to break up with her, but he did not want to bear the reputation of being a jerk. Therefore, he pushed all the blame to the woman and made her the responsible party.
A man like this was irresponsible and irresponsible. It could be said that he was a piece of trash.
Gu Ya understood that her friend was telling the truth. But, they had been in a relationship for more than five years.
Li Chen could easily give up, but she could not give up on her feelings.
Gu Ya had worked hard for three years to get over this matter. But, after five years, this was the result. She was no longer willing to trust men.
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