Chapter 301 - 296: Deadlocked (Part 2)
But seeing Luo Zhiyong still not finished, she sat up and discussed the matter logically, "Luo Zhiyong, think about it from another perspective. If Zhiming did something wrong to Fang Xiu without us knowing, you probably wouldn’t tell me either."
While talking, she recalled the incident involving Luo Zhiming and Fang Pingying, and looked at him with a cold snort, "Not to mention anything else, that last time with Zhiming and the divorced woman, did you eventually tell Fang Xiu voluntarily?"
Seeing Luo Zhiyong not speaking, she continued coldly, "You didn’t, you only spoke when the matter came to light. So I feel the same way as you did then, hoping in my heart to minimize the issue."
Luo Zhiyong paused, then suddenly added, "Men and women are different."
"What’s different?" Fang Pingying raised her eyebrows and looked at him, trying to understand his implication, "Do you mean to say that men can fool around outside and women should unconditionally forgive them after finding out, but if a woman does even a little thing wrong outside, she should be executed?"
"That’s not what I meant." Luo Zhiyong’s rebuttal was somewhat feeble; in reality, he kinda had that thought.
After all, the times were still relatively feudal, and in most people’s minds, there was this idea.
Moreover, soldiers are considered iron-boned men, most of whom are somewhat patriarchal and cannot accept such things mentally.
And even ordinary men probably couldn’t accept it.
For instance, when a woman finds out that a man has been involved in an affair, they often choose to forgive, but if a woman truly does something wrong, she gets abandoned and her reputation is badly damaged.
But Fang Pingying couldn’t bear to hear Luo Zhiyong speaking like this, her expression becoming severely stern, "I think that is exactly what you mean."
Feeling Fang Pingying’s intense gaze, Luo Zhiyong seemed to realize his mistake; he knew that Fang Pingying always adhered to gender equality, insisting that whatever men expect from women, they must also do themselves.