Chapter 64 caused a bit of a commotion

Aunt Zhou pressed on, unwilling to give up, "Sister, whose son is he? Is he from our brigade?"

Zhang Xiuying shook her head, her tone earnest: "Sister Zhou, the previous annulment of the engagement with the Lu family has already damaged my daughter's reputation. So we want to wait until everything is completely settled before announcing it, and we will definitely invite you to our wedding banquet then. Please don't tell anyone yet."

Having said all that, Aunt Zhou could only nod reluctantly: "Fine, then I... I'll pretend I don't know."

She glanced at Liu Zhixia one last time, then sighed and left.

As soon as she left, Zhang Xiuying became worried: "Daughter, if she finds out, the Lu family will definitely find out soon too. That Lu Huaiyuan is narrow-minded; if he can't have it, he'll never let anyone else have it easily. You have to be careful these next few days!"

Liu Zhixia gave a cold laugh: "If Lu Huaiyuan knows, then Gu Mansheng knows too. Right now, the person who wants me to get married the most is Gu Mansheng. Mother, don't worry."

She paused for a moment and explained, "I don't want Shen Yi to announce the marriage now, mainly because they are still living at Lu Kai's house, and it's inconvenient since they see each other all the time. Once we get our marriage certificate, it will be proper for us, and Shen Yi can move into our house directly."

"My daughter is so thoughtful!" Zhang Xiuying exclaimed in realization, her face full of admiration.

Aunt Zhou returned home dejectedly and plopped down in the main room, unsure how to broach the subject with her son.

Just then, Lu Kai returned.

"Mother, Lu Huaiyuan said the wedding will be simple. We can just go for a meal then."

After he finished speaking, he noticed that his mother's face was deathly pale. He asked worriedly, "Mother, what's wrong?"

Aunt Zhou looked at her son, hesitated, and finally sighed: "Son, what kind of girl do you like? Should I go and find one for you? You're not getting any younger."

Upon hearing this, Lu Kai's face instantly turned red: "Mother, you know perfectly well..."

“But Xia’s marriage is already arranged.” Aunt Zhou hardened her heart and said it directly, “I heard that she’s not from our brigade.”

The color drained from Lu Kai's face instantly.

"Mother... what do you mean?"

"Son, let's go to another one."

"...Who is it?" Lu Kai's voice trembled.

"I don't know." Aunt Zhou shook her head. "Their family doesn't want to announce it too early, for fear of something going wrong."

"Go wrong?" Lu Kai grasped at a straw, a glint of madness flashing in his eyes. "Then let's go and cause some trouble for it! Mother, you know I like her..."

"Smack!"

Before she could finish speaking, Aunt Zhou slapped her hard across the face.

"You scoundrel!" She trembled with rage. "You want to follow in your cousin's footsteps and do those despicable things? What did Xia owe your Lu family? No wonder they wouldn't tell me who it was when I asked around today! They really were wary of my family! Let me tell you, forget about it!"

Lu Kai was stunned by the blow, and after a long while, he lowered his head guiltily: "Mother... I was just saying."

"Alright, that's enough about it! I'll take care of your marriage!"

After saying that, Aunt Zhou stormed into the yard.

She glanced instinctively at the guest room next door.

That was where Shen Yi and Xu Zhigang lived.

To be honest, I haven't seen those two all day, and they didn't even come back for lunch.

A thought flashed through her mind like lightning.

Her heart skipped a beat, but then it turned into a sense of understanding and relief.

"Heh, I didn't expect that this kid would beat me to it."

She was just about to go back inside when she caught a glimpse of Gu Mansheng sneaking out from behind the wall.

She frowned, and was about to chase after him, but then she looked back at her distraught son in the house and finally stopped.

Forget it, it's better not to get involved in this mess.

Whether or not they are destined to be together depends on the fate of their own foolish son.

Gu Mansheng excitedly ran into the Lu family home.

At this moment, Lu Huaiyuan and Li Xuemei were discussing their marriage with dark expressions.

“Huaiyuan, future mother-in-law,” Gu Mansheng walked in with an expectant look on her face, “we’re getting married the day after tomorrow, shouldn’t we go to the city to buy some things?”

Li Xuemei looked up at her as if she were trash: "You? You want something? It's a miracle you were even allowed into the Lu family!"

"Huaiyuan~" Gu Mansheng immediately turned to Lu Huaiyuan, coaxing him sweetly, "You promised to buy me a watch! Even if I don't have the 'three turns and one ring' (referring to a specific type of jewelry), I should at least have a watch, right?"

"Go back home!" Lu Huaiyuan felt annoyed just looking at her. "We're not even married yet, and you're already running to our house every day. Have you no shame?"

Gu Mansheng's face instantly darkened: "Lu Huaiyuan, what do you mean? You want to marry me without spending a single penny?"

Lu Huaiyuan stood up, walked up to her, and said coldly, "Gu Mansheng, you schemed against me and made our Lu family lose face. You still have the nerve to ask me for things? Let me tell you, the whole brigade saw that I was willing to marry you, and I had no choice but to accept it! If you dare to mess with me again, I'm not going to go through with this marriage!"

Gu Mansheng laughed: "Lu Huaiyuan, still thinking about your Liu Zhixia? Stop dreaming, she's getting married soon!"

"What?!" Lu Huaiyuan's anger instantly turned to tension. "Who is she going to marry?"

"Who else could it be?" Gu Mansheng scoffed. "She had an affair with that soldier, ruined her reputation, and since he didn't want her, she had no choice but to marry just anyone. I heard it's not even from our brigade. It's obvious she's just looking for a sucker to take her place!"

"How could this happen..." Lu Huaiyuan's face was full of heartache, and he was lost in self-pity. "She must have been heartbroken because I'm getting married, so she just married someone random person..."

"Ha," Gu Mansheng looked at his demeanor and mocked mercilessly, "Just give up on that idea!"

"Smack!"

A resounding slap landed hard on Gu Mansheng's face!

"You...you hit me?" Gu Mansheng covered her face, incredulous.

She angrily raised her hand, but Li Xuemei grabbed it and shoved her to the ground!

"You little bitch, you dare to fight back?" Li Xuemei pointed at her nose and cursed, "If it weren't for you, you troublemaker, my son would have married Zhixia long ago! Now look what's happened, the whole brigade is laughing at us!"

She then turned to Lu Huaiyuan, saying nervously, "Son, maybe... we shouldn't go through with this marriage!"

"What do you mean?!" Gu Mansheng exploded upon hearing this. "Lu Huaiyuan! I'm already yours, and now you want to shirk responsibility?!"

Seeing Lu Huaiyuan remain silent, Gu Mansheng angrily got up from the ground, pointed at them, and said with venomous eyes, "Fine! Since you are heartless, don't blame me for being ruthless! I'll go to the police station right now and report you! I'll put you in jail!"

After saying that, she ran out without looking back, her attitude resolute.