"Jing Mingqiu, you scumbag! Eating from the bowl while looking at the pot! Why don't you just die!"
"What the heck?" Jing Mingqiu looked up and down at the pimple-faced girl holding a phone and livestreaming, utterly bewildered. "Miss, I don't think I know you."
The girl, adopting the pose of a crusader for justice, declared, "You really don't know me. I just can't stand by and watch you deceive innocent girls' feelings. You rely on being male, engaging in PUA, and having women on both sides. This is blatant gender discrimination!"
After putting a heavy hat on Jing Mingqiu, the girl immediately turned, grabbed Jing Rou's arm, and said, "Don't be afraid, classmate. Even though he's a big professor with influence, we girls aren't pushovers either."
"Come with me. I will definitely protect your safety. We girls can live well on our own. We have our own dreams, and we don't have to rely on men to live, be housewives, and end up as withered old women."
"But," Jing Rou said with a dazed look, "Husband has never stopped me from pursuing my dreams. He has always encouraged me to practice my dancing diligently and strive to reach the stage that symbolizes the queen of dance, showcasing my abilities to the world."
The girl continued to stir up trouble: "He only supports you verbally, but in reality, he's secretly holding you back. Men are selfish; how could they tolerate their women being out in the open?"
"Moreover, Jing Mingqiu doesn't love you at all. Otherwise, he would have broken up with Mo Ruixue long ago. He's just lusting after your body and sees you as a mere tool for reproduction..."
At this point, Mo Ruixue finally realized that this girl had ill intentions and was maliciously trying to sabotage the relationship between Jing Mingqiu and Jing Rou. Seeing Jing Rou's expression darken with each of the girl's accusations, Mo Ruixue stepped forward, intending to speak up for Jing Rou. However, Jing Mingqiu reached out and stopped her, "Don't rush. Let Rou'er play with her for a bit. Don't worry, with me here, she can't cause any trouble."
To be honest, Jing Mingqiu had always felt a bit guilty. After all, he was a modern person who had received nine years of compulsory education, not an ancient person accustomed to male superiority and having multiple wives.
He didn't want to like two people at the same time, but love was never reasonable. If you liked someone, you liked them. Burying your head in the sand like an ostrich wouldn't make it go away.
Although with the system's help, Jing Mingqiu could master cross-era black technology and resolve public criticism, he couldn't see through people's hearts, especially those of girls.
This was a good opportunity to see how Jing Rou truly felt about him having two women and playing the field.
As Jing Mingqiu was lost in thought, Jing Rou's angry shout interrupted the girl's incessant gossip.
"Shut up!"
"I know what my husband is like better than you do. Just because he likes me, does that mean he has to break up with Sister Xue? What kind of logic is that! During the freshman military training, we both fell for Husband at the same time, and Husband liked us too. Why can't lovers be together?"
The girl's lips moved, and she subconsciously retorted, "If he likes two people at once, he doesn't love you!"
"Heh," Jing Rou sneered, "According to your logic, if someone likes you, do they have to stop loving their parents too? Love is about wishing them happiness, not selfish possession."
"You said earlier that Husband only supported me verbally, but in reality, the mechs I use for rehearsing new dances were all personally made by Husband. It was he who led us to cause a ruckus at the Haiya Military Court. How could he possibly forbid me from appearing in public?"
"As for lusting after my body and treating me as a reproductive tool, with Husband's capabilities, there are countless women pursuing him, many prettier than me and with more temperament. If Husband were truly driven by lust, his girlfriends would number in the triple digits by now, and he'd have kids running around everywhere!"
"And the comment about becoming a withered old woman is even more laughable. The medical pods Husband invented can even regenerate severed limbs. Do you think maintaining skin and preventing aging is difficult?"
Jing Rou enumerated her points, finger by finger, calmly and logically, refuting each of the girl's arguments.
Seeing that she couldn't win the argument, the girl could only shout into the camera, "The women of Long Country are too oppressed and brainwashed. We need to unite and protest together to reclaim everything we've lost!"
Seeing her stubbornness, Jing Rou's eyebrows knitted. Just as she was about to retort further, Jing Mingqiu, having received the answer he was looking for, walked over with a smile. He leaned down and gently kissed Jing Rou's lips.
"Rou'er, you've worked hard. Leave the rest to me."
"Mhm!" Jing Rou nodded obediently, her cheeks flushed. She retreated behind Jing Mingqiu and went to find Mo Ruixue.
Jing Mingqiu walked in front of the girl, straightened his back, and looked down at her, "You just said women are oppressed, right?"
Feeling the imposing aura that Jing Mingqiu had cultivated through countless battles, the girl's legs trembled, and she was already wet between her legs. But for the two million US dollars in dog food from the United States, she forced herself to stand straight and raise her head.
"That's right! The women of Long Country are facing unprecedented oppression. Only by uniting and resisting, by overthrowing the decadent patriarchy, can we gain freedom."
While the girl was speaking, the commenters in the livestream also began to chime in.
Some gave positive feedback about being victims of oppression: "I am a victim of gender discrimination. I was actually ranked first, but they chose the person ranked behind me, simply because he was male and I am female."
"I am also a victim of gender discrimination. My father favors sons over daughters and forced me to drop out of school to work and support my brother's education. To help my brother get married, he even wanted to marry me off to a lame old man."
Others took the opposing stance, siding with men and mocking relentlessly: "Women are just tools for procreation and should serve men."
"Talking about oppression? It's been like this for years! Women shouldn't go to school; they've all become bad. They should just stay at home and serve their husbands and raise children!"
With both sides clashing, many passersby were incited and joined the fray with their keyboards.
For a time, the internet was in chaos, with men and women arguing fiercely. One might have thought Long Country was still in the old society with male superiority.
In Long Country's White House, seeing the increasingly sharp divide between men and women in Long Country, Joseph Biden was so happy he almost jumped.
A few insightful individuals in Long Country, recalling the troubles caused by the so-called "feminists" in Europe, Korea, and Japan, frowned.
Facing this chaos, Jing Mingqiu calmly said, "You say you're oppressed as a woman. Why don't you just become a man?"
"Gender change, you say that so easily!" the girl retorted dismissively. "Gender reassignment surgery is not only expensive but also extremely dangerous. Why should I have to go through such great hardship to obtain something they possess naturally?"
Jing Mingqiu's lips curved upward slightly as he wagged a finger in front of the camera, "That's not necessarily true..."