HLnovel Chapter 303 Shen Xing is an ominous person
Chapter 303 Shen Xing is an ominous person
The couple looked at each other, as if they had made up their minds. The man stepped forward and said in a low and sincere voice: "We are from the neighboring village and we are old friends of your parents. We came here to tell you something."
When Shen Xing heard this, he had a bad feeling in his heart. He asked the two to come in and sit down, while he stood aside, quietly waiting for their next words.
The room was simple but tidy, and the air was filled with a faint herbal scent, which Shen Xing had kept specially to commemorate her mother. The couple looked around, with a barely perceptible sadness in their eyes, and then the woman spoke: "Shen Xing, we...are here to break off the engagement."
This sentence was like a bolt from the blue, and Shen Xing's face turned pale instantly. Although he had expected that it was related to their purpose, he had never thought that it would be such a cruel reality. He suppressed the grief in his heart and tried to make his voice sound calm: "Why? Didn't you arrange a marriage for your children back then?"
The man sighed and explained, "To be honest, my daughter has recently met a new scholar in our village. They are in love and have decided to spend their lives together. We... don't want her to be unhappy in her life, so..."
Shen Xing did not continue listening. He knew that what followed was just some high-sounding excuses. He smiled bitterly and interrupted the man: "I understand. You two don't need to say more. I have no objection to breaking off the engagement."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but he heard the woman calling out anxiously, "Shen Xing, please wait a moment!" She took out an exquisite purse from her bosom, which contained a few glittering silver ingots, "This is a little gift from us, I hope you can accept it."
Shen Xing stopped but didn't look back. His voice was firm and resolute: "I appreciate your kindness, but I can't accept the money. Although I, Shen Xing, am down and out, I still have my integrity and I don't want to exchange it for pity."
After saying that, he strode out of the house, leaving the couple standing there, looking at his receding back, their eyes filled with mixed emotions...
The news of Shen Xing's broken engagement spread quickly throughout the village like fallen leaves in the autumn wind, becoming a hot topic among the villagers after dinner.
Whenever night falls, one can always hear a few whispers under the old locust tree in the village. When his name is mentioned, it is always accompanied by a bit of sympathy and regret.
Shen Xing's life became even more difficult. He was already immersed in deep grief because of the loss of his parents, and now with the blow of the broken engagement, he felt unprecedented loneliness and helplessness. Whenever he walked on the path in the village, those once familiar faces would become strange and distant, and some people would even cast strange looks at him, making him feel a chill.
The girls in the village seemed to have kept their distance from him overnight. Those who once had a crush on him now avoided him, fearing that they would have anything to do with him. Shen Xing knew that he had been labeled an "unlucky person" and had become an untouchable person in the village.
He became more taciturn and shut himself up in his inner world. Every day, apart from doing farm work to make a living, he would study hard, trying to find a little comfort in the sea of books. However, every night when it was quiet, the loneliness and helplessness would surge in like a tide, making it difficult for him to fall asleep.
The elders in the village saw it all and were worried.
They knew that Shen Xing was a good kid, but he just had a bad fate.
Therefore, some enthusiastic elders secretly arranged a marriage for him, hoping to find a woman willing to spend the rest of his life with him. But the results were always disappointing. Whenever Shen Xing's name was mentioned, the women's families would politely decline, unwilling to let their daughters fall into this endless suffering.
Shen Xing knew this very well, but he could only smile bitterly.
He understood that in this village full of prejudice and misunderstanding, it would be difficult for him to find his own happiness.
Shen Xing's life seemed to have fallen into a deeper valley.
Shen Xing's life seemed to be shrouded in a thick haze, and the night became the most difficult time for him to endure.
Whenever the moon was at its highest point in the sky and everything was silent, a burst of tiny noises would always break the tranquility at an inopportune moment - it was the sound of pebbles hitting the dilapidated window frames of his house, accompanied by the sound of "bang bang" that shattered, like a merciless mockery, piercing his heart.
One night, Shen Xing was awakened by a loud noise. He got up and put on his clothes. In the dim moonlight, he saw a few small figures running away in a hurry, holding stones in their hands. Although he was angry, he looked at those young faces and finally sighed softly, whispering, "Children, why bother?"
However, this tolerance did not bring understanding.
Not long after, a young man named Aqiang became the leader of this unknown storm.
He stood under a big tree at the entrance of the village, shouting loudly:
"Shen Xing is an unlucky person, we can't let him stay in the village!" The children around were infected by his aura and echoed him one after another. For a time, Shen Xing's name became a taboo and was stared at by countless pairs of eyes, as if he was really some kind of monster.
What made Shen Xing most heartbroken was that the family he risked his life to save, Uncle Li's family, turned against him in this turmoil. That day, Uncle Li stood in the crowd and said to Shen Xing with a complicated expression:
"Shen Xing, we know you are kind-hearted, but we cannot ignore the opinions of the villagers. Look, isn't it..." The words were not finished, but the meaning was clear.
Shen Xing looked at Uncle Li, his eyes no longer filled with pure disbelief and heartache, but with a bit more determination and insight. He made his voice more firm and powerful, and then slowly spoke:
"Uncle Li, my parents disregarded their own safety and rushed into the blazing sea of fire to save your family's lives from the hands of death. But I never thought that today I would be treated like this by you."
Shen Xing's words were like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart.
There was no resentment in his words, only deep reflection and disappointment on human nature. "I thought that repaying kindness was a common human nature, but I didn't expect that there is so much greed and indifference in this world. Uncle Li's family, your actions today are not only a betrayal of my parents, but also a trampling on the kindness of human nature!"
Uncle Li's family's expressions became extremely complicated at this moment, with both shame and anger.
Finally, one of them couldn't help but retort:
"Shen Xing, stop talking nonsense! When will we repay kindness with hatred? If it weren't for the kindness your parents showed us in the past, do you think we would really let you go so easily? You are just an orphan with no one to rely on. If it weren't for the kindness we showed you in the past, you would have no place to stand in this village long ago!"