The more Chen Chen talked, the angrier and more worked up he became!
Words poured out of him as though he wanted to spill every last grievance and bitter complaint.
He was like a child complaining to a parent.
"I could put up with all of that, as long as her family contributed just as much! So I swallowed my anger and asked, 'Then how much are you providing as a dowry?'"
"And that shameless woman actually said that her daughter would be mine, body and all, so how could I have the nerve to ask her for a dowry! Her expression was practically saying: how could I be so shameless, so brazen? Anyway, she looked utterly contemptuous, disdainful, and baffled..."
Chen Chen's words struck a chord with many livestream viewers.
"??? I can't take this!!"
"That hit a nerve. When I got married last year, they demanded bride money from me three separate times too. But my wife really loved me. She nearly went to a loan shark just to satisfy her parents!"
"Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous!"
"I don't think this is asking for bride money. It's human traffickers selling their daughter! I suggest calling the police!"
"Looking up bride money online is so real, because I did that too. I almost wondered if I'd traveled to another era..."
"This is actually pretty normal... especially in smaller cities. It's the same where I live. Bride money, a house, and a car are treated as three completely separate expenses. It's practically a custom now. If you don't do it, you're looking down on the bride's family, and they simply won't let you get married..."
"Shameless. That custom is so fucking shameless."
"Using tradition as an excuse to sell their daughter and extort money like it's their right?"
"Fuck this!"
However.
Chen