Chapter 3019: Marriage Was the Best Solution

Everyone in the village was gossiping about Wang Ying.

Her family, feeling disgraced by the incident, took out their anger on her.

They berated her, saying things like, you’re so disgraceful, why don’t you just die? You being alive only brings us more humiliation.

Since the incident, Wang Ying had been hiding at home, too afraid to face anyone.

Eventually, she secretly drank a bottle of pesticide. Fortunately, she was found in time and rushed to the hospital for repeated stomach pump treatments, and her life was saved.

However, the procedure severely damaged her stomach, leaving her with chronic gastric issues.

To make matters worse, the hospital said that she was pregnant.

She had gotten pregnant from the assault.

The rapist then came forward, saying he was willing to marry Wang Ying, adopting an air of superiority as he said this.

Since she was already pregnant, marriage was the best solution.

Wang Ying was unwilling, but the people around her all urged her to accept. They told her that, as someone who had been violated, she should be grateful that any man was willing to marry her.

And so, at the age of 18, Wang Ying married her rapist.

Her family, still resenting her for bringing them shame, was unwilling to give her any dowry.

Then even give her a single suitcase for her belongings, let alone something like a television.

All the money Wang Ying had earned was handed over to her mother without exception.

That money was saved for her brother, Wang Chao.

The rapist, having spent almost nothing, now had a young bride and a child on the way.

He felt no shame for being a rapist and even took pride in having acquired a young virgin and an heir for free.

Although he was the perpetrator, he acted brazenly, while Wang Ying, the victim, bore all the blame and became the target of endless ridicule.

This is all due to the feudal oppression and discrimination against women, due to all those ignorant and outdated beliefs.

The most absurd part was that the rapist claimed that Wang Ying had seduced him.

After marrying him, Wang Ying had no standing in the household.

Her mother-in-law constantly insulted her, calling her a shameless woman. “If you were a decent woman, why would you shamelessly seduce people?”

A decent woman wouldn’t stay out working late, purposefully giving men opportunities to take advantage of her.

In short, Wang Ying was not a virtuous woman and marrying her was their greatest misfortune.

She conveniently ignored the fact that her son was a rapist and the true cause of the tragedy.

Wang Ying’s mother-in-law kept a tight leash on her, forbidding her from interacting with any other men.

She said that Wang Ying with her promiscuous nature would definitely try to seduce someone else and cheat on her son.

These statements left Ning Shu utterly speechless.

Such blatantly misogynistic views–if not for the speaker’s gender, Ning Shu would have mistaken the mother-in-law for a man with terminal stage of chauvinism cancer.

You’re dressed so revealingly; aren’t you just asking for someone to touch you?”

A decent woman wouldn’t go out for midnight snacks–it’s her fault she got raped.

In their eyes, all the blame lay with the woman. “Why did you tempt me? Why did you seduce me?”

Wang Ying’s married life was miserable.

Bearing the stigma of being a rape victim, she was despised by everyone.

Men ogled her with lustful eyes, while women hurled insults and mockery at her.

Even her son, once he grew older, looked down on her. His playmates taunted him, saying, “Your mom is a slut.”

Her mother-in-law never let the boy stay close to Wang Ying, insisting that he sleep with her instead.

As a result, Wang Ying’s son became distant and cold toward her, feeling ashamed of having her as his mother.

No one stood by Wang Ying’s side. No matter how hard she worked, she never earned any respect or affection.