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pregnancy. You shouldn’t make her sad. If she stays

sad then the baby will get hurt.”

I lowered my head and didn’t say anything.

Monkey King then said, “If you find it too hard

to express yourself, I can speak for you. I think you

are a well-matched couple.”

I threw him an angry glare. Monkey King

became unhappy and said, “Soapy, you have already

made her pregnant and yet you still refuse to marry

her. You are too cruel! What kind of a woman do

you want to marry? Do you want to marry a fairy?

Take a look at yourself in the mirror. You are no

more than a toad. As a toad, do you wish to eat swan

meat (Chinese proverb indicating that an ugly man

wants to marry a beautiful girl)?

Monkey King had been belittling me to elevate

himself. He had been looking down upon me since

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