Chapter 424 - Scumbags

Su Hong Shan then continued as he could now confirm that everyone was still with him, "Yes, cheating isn't the right way to get their partners' attention. However, do you think they would do that if they could think of other ways? I doubt so."

"What about those that cheat on their partners because they don't love them anymore? Why don't they tell their partners and divorce them?"

"Excellent question. Some people cheat on their partners because they don't love their partners anymore, or at least they believe that they don't love their partners anymore because the sparks aren't around anymore. As an outsider, would we know how they truly feel? No. Even they themselves don't know sometimes. Yes, if they don't love their partners anymore, then they should just tell them and leave them. However, sometimes, just sometimes, they just don't want to hurt their partners' feelings by telling them that they don't love them anymore. Of course, it sounds very ridiculous to all of you now. However, have you all ever lied just because you don't want to hurt others' feelings? I am sure everyone did before. Be it big or small. Perhaps lying to your parents about doing well on your exams when you didn't because you don't want to see them being sad. Although I am quite sure most of you lied because you don't want to get scolded. However, there are really people out there that know how hard their parents work to afford their school fees. That's why they don't want to see their parents' disappointed faces. However, as a parent, I am sure they would rather hear the truth because a lie is a lie. Be it with good or bad intention, they still lied. However, would the parents really scold them when they know the truth? No. Because they know that their children lied to them because they didn't want to see them sad. As an outsider, some would think that the children are really filial. Others would think that those children are bad because they lied. However, who are we to judge? Only those involved are allowed to speak."

"Now, we have also seen people who cheat because they wanted to feel the love and spice in a romantic relationship again. Wait. Then, why didn't they just divorce, right? Well, some of them just wanted to have a complete family, and if they broke up, it meant that their family would be ruined. Hence, they cheat to make sure that they get to have the spice and yet secure their family. Does this give them a real reason to cheat? No. Does this justify their actions? No. Does this give us the right to call them scumbags? No. I mean, we would call them scumbags because we have freedom of speech, but that doesn't mean that we can decide that they are scumbags. Whether or not they are scumbags depends on how the person they cheated on felt and how they see it."

"All these sounds pretty fake, right? I don't know how many of you have encountered them before. However, I have seen all of them happening to the people around me before. They all sound like they are still pretty decent cheaters, right? Not saying that they are good, but they don't sound like the cheaters that we are all familiar with, right? The kind of cheaters that people would throw eggs and want to slap the sh*t out of them, right?"

Su Hong Shan made the so-so hand gesture as he said that sentence.

The audience nodded quickly upon hearing Su Hong Shan's questions.

"Then are there any of those that you guys call as scumbags and jerks in the world? Well, yes, of course there are. Some people cheat on their partners simply because of the thrill of hiding and playing around without getting found out. We have seen how the wives of those men ended up, right? They are left broken and despaired. We have also seen how the husbands of those women ended up, right? They no longer trust women and no longer believes in love. The most innocent party in those relationships is always the children. However, I would say that it is better than dragging it out because more damage could be done on the child in a broken family than a broken marriage."

"We have also seen people that cheat on their partners and don't want to divorce because they want their fortune or support at work. This sounds familiar, right? If you all recall, this is the story of our collaborators, Mrs. Shao, and her ex-husband."

"There are also people who cheat on their partners even before marriage and continue their affairs after marriage because they married their partners for their wealth. This sounds pretty familiar as well, right? This is the story of Mo Yu Ze's parents. Now, do I have the right to call them a scumbag? No. Even though we believe that we are the heroes or could be the heroes of those who are hurt, we have no right to call them scumbag because they did not do anything wrong to us. The only people who have the right to call them that are the people that they have hurt."

"With the improvement of technologies and with the rise od the media, we are so used to voicing our opinions. However, what most of us don't realize is that there are people out there that make use of all of these to create the things they want. Do you all remember how Xing Jue was blamed when an incomplete video of whatever that had happened in the changing room with Liang Wen Xuan was posted? Yeap, you guys called him a jerk because he supposedly slapped Liang Wen Xuan because she didn't want to fall under his feet. However, what truly happened was nothing of the sort. It was all an act that Liang Wen Xuan had put on to gain fame."