âRight, didnât you lend your cousin tens of thousands last time? Youâd better hurry up and get it back. With a cousin like that, donât wait until the moneyâs not returned and she starts playing dirty. If she can do this with the wedding, then what about the money we lent her? That would truly be throwing our money away!â Father Ye said to his wife.
It had just occurred to him that Ye Fanâs aunt had also borrowed tens of thousands from them a while back, claiming it was for opening a branch store. A couple of months had passed, so it was time to get the money back.
He also wanted to use that money to buy his granddaughter delicious food and nice clothes to wear.
If they also played dirty like this, then it would really beâ¦
âShe wouldnât dare not return it!â Mother Ye immediately became furious when she heard this!
This was the five hundred thousand they had scrimped and saved, which their son, Ye Fan, didnât take, and they still had it saved.
Not long ago, her cousin said she needed to borrow money to open a branch, so she lent it to her.
If it couldnât be taken back, she would make sure they had no peace. She would camp at their doorstep every day and would even sue them.
But she also started to worry.
She hadnât expected this cousin to be so unreliable.
She was getting nervous herself.
âDonât worry about it, weâll know everything when the time comes. If it really comes to that, weâll find a way to deal with it!â Ye Fan said.
Seeing his parents anxious, he couldnât bear it.
His parents had not easily saved up the money, and being rural folks, if the aunt really had the gall to not return the money to his parents, Ye Fan wouldnât let them off either.
There had to be limits even among relatives!
They were relatives, yet they swindled their own family. It would be better not to have such relatives.
Just like others said, never have financial dealings or work for relatives. Itâs the most troublesome.
But it was because his own parents were too soft-hearted that it had come to thisâ¦
So, it was best for them to be honest. Otherwiseâ¦
If they wonât listen to reason, then the hard way it would be.
Soon, they arrived at the brideâs familyâs house.
A two-story western-style building, surrounded at the entrance by lots of people.
Ye Fan and his parents barely managed to squeeze in.
Inside, they heard loud arguing.
The people around them started to talk.
âI always say, a girl must protect herself. She must not get pregnant too soon!â
âExactly, look what happened now. Itâs embarrassing for both her own family and the in-laws!â
âThe agreement was eighteen grand, with ten given during the engagement and the remaining eight at the wedding. But now, theyâre backing out on the wedding day. Itâs disgusting to see such two-faced behavior. If she marries into that family, who knows what life awaits her!â
âThatâs true. Theyâve shown their true colors before anything has even started. If she hadnât gotten pregnant, she could have backed out of the wedding. But with the child already on the way, what can she do? If her family concedes to this, the girlâs life is ruined. This is a power move by the groomâs family!â
âBeing parents themselves, how can they act like that? Theyâre not human!â
The surrounding crowd all expressed their opinions, their eyes full of disdain.
Such people, with a little money, think theyâre incredible. Whatâs there to be proud of?
Sheesh, just thinking about it is disgusting.
Ye Fan listened to everyoneâs words and frowned slightly, but he didnât say anything.
After glancing at his parents, he led the way inside.
Even through several rooms, the noise from upstairs could be heard clearly.
âNice, so you think you can bully our family, is that it? Is this how you act? If you didnât plan on giving, why didnât you say so during the engagement, instead of waiting until the wedding day to go back on your word? Who are you looking down on?â the brideâs mother yelled, her eyes bloodshot with rage.
Damn it!
She hadnât expected them to show such a nasty side.
But it was too late to say anything now.
After all, today was the wedding day, and her daughter was pregnant, over four months along.
What regret!
The wedding hadnât even happened yet, and this was the situation. What kind of life awaited her precious daughter once she married into their family?
âWhat do you mean? Did I say I wouldnât give? I said Iâd keep it, so when the children need money in the future, I would naturally take out that eighty thousand. Itâs you whoâs insisting I wonât give it!â the groomâs mother retorted.
ââKeep itâ you say? You clearly just donât want to give. The kids can save on their own. Besides, this is the betrothal gift; itâs what you owe us. I might give it to my daughter, but thatâs for her, not you, so you need to give that eighty thousand to me to give to my daughter to hold!â
âTo think youâre a parent too! My daughter will marry into your family, serve you tea and water, do the laundry, cook, bear and raise children⦠All this and you play tricks over the betrothal gift. Do you think weâre easy to bully? Arenât you afraid of retribution? Arenât you ashamed, with all these people watching?â
âWhat now? The money is in my hands. If I want to give it, Iâll give it; if not, then not. What can you do to me!â
âGood, I see that you finally admit it. My daughter is blind to have seen anything in your family. Zhou Tao, tell me, are you marrying a wife, or is your mother? Dear father-in-law, is this how you let your wife behave!â the brideâs family shouted angrily.
Zhou Tao was Ye Fanâs cousin.
âThereâs nothing I can do, I donât have any money, itâs all with my parents!â Zhou Tao said helplessly, glancing at his own mother.