Wei Ting's answer sparked a flurry of discussion in the livestream.
"They're both talking about exorbitant bride prices, but it feels like two completely different things."
"He Ya was probably asking about 'selling your daughter,' but this young woman is talking about getting married and building a family. There's nothing wrong with that kind of bride price, and she even has a dowry and personal savings! Forget two hundred thousand, I'd agree to five hundred thousand."
"So the conclusion is: rural girls have much sounder values than city girls?"
"Not necessarily. This is only the first girl!"
"Suddenly, I feel like everyone has misunderstood exorbitant bride prices. Or rather, those engagement-farming accounts online deliberately led us astray."
"For real! What she said makes perfect sense. If you have no money, are you supposed to live on air after you get married?"
"So it's those men online who want girls for free and don't want to spend any money who keep shouting about exorbitant bride prices. Maybe they never thought about the future at all and just wanted some free fun. Then those engagement-farming accounts hyped it up, and the whole meaning of the bride price got completely twisted."
"That really opened my eyes! My girlfriend wants an exorbitant bride price, so it looks like I need to reconsider! Thank you, beautiful He Ya! I nearly ruined my lifelong happiness!"
"Person above... I think there's a problem with what you said... The bride price isn't the point, is it? The point is whether the girl herself really wants to spend her life with you. If she doesn't, it's no use even if she asks for no bride price. Would you be happy being cheated on and left picking up someone else's mess?"
As Xiao Yu saw it,
He Ya had merely