My boyfriend got into Qingbei University for the third time, but chose to repeat his final year of high school again.
Each time, it was because his childhood neighbor, Su Xixi, happened to need the two hundred thousand yuan he received as a stipend for repeating the year.
The first time, Su Xixi's family needed money for surgery.
The second time, she couldn't find a job and needed startup capital.
This time, her brother didn't have the money to get married and wanted to marry her off for a two-hundred-thousand-yuan bride price.
My boyfriend's parents had no other choice. To make him cut ties with his neighbor, they could only ask me to trick him into going to Qingbei.
Who knew that after Su Xixi got married, her husband would abuse her until she couldn't bear it anymore and chose to kill herself?
My boyfriend never mentioned Su Xixi again, so I thought he had finally let her go.
Years later, however, with our wedding just days away, my soon-to-be husband tied me up.
He put a wedding dress on a mannequin bearing Su Xixi's photo and made me watch them entwine all night.
Afterward, using the mannequin's hand, my boyfriend stabbed me again and again.
"If it weren't for you, how would Xixi have been forced to marry, then forced to kill herself?"
"Your death is the best wedding gift I can give her!"
When I opened my eyes again, I was back on the day my boyfriend chose to repeat his final year for the third time.
"Sorry, Shishi. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for me at Qingbei for another year."
I smiled and replied, "It's fine. Xixi is so pitiful. You should help her as much as you can."
