Upon hearing that they didn't have to pay back the money, everyone looked over.

Zhao Gang slowly exhaled a smoke ring, wiped his face with his chubby hand, and said with a slightly sarcastic tone, "As you all know, the 500,000 yuan dowry our family gave is an astronomical sum in this area. Now that our marriage with Miss Qiu is off, it is only right that I ask you to return the dowry. If you really don't want to return it, then let her continue to marry into our family!"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Guihua looked at Zhao Gang with gratitude, "Little Zhao, you are so understanding. You know how hard it is for us, and you are still willing to marry our Amang!"

After saying that, Zhang Guihua slapped Qiu Mang's arm, "You brat, you've met a good person! They don't look down on you, so hurry up and thank them!"

Before Qiu Mang could speak, Zhao Gang quickly waved his hand, "No, no, no! Don't misunderstand, I'm a clean freak and don't want to marry such a promiscuous woman. I meant for her to marry into our family, but I didn't mean for her to marry me!"

Zhang Guihua looked at him blankly, not understanding what he meant.

Zhao Gang glanced at the elders standing behind him, then walked to the back and pushed out a wheelchair. In the wheelchair was a middle-aged man with a stubble beard, who looked to be about fifty years old.

Zhao Gang said, "My uncle has been in a wheelchair for many years because of a leg ailment. He didn't get married when he was young because his family was poor. Now that our family has spent 500,000 yuan, we can't just let it go like this. Qiu Mang, if you marry my uncle, this matter will be over."

The man in the wheelchair squinted slightly, sizing up the girl in front of him with the eyes of someone looking at prey, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Qiu Mang felt a chill run down her spine from the man's gaze. She pursed her lips and said firmly, "I don't want to!"

At this moment, a buzz of discussion began to ripple through the crowd.

Some people accused Qiu Mang of being ungrateful, saying that everyone knew she had cheated on her husband and that it would be difficult for her to get married in the future. They said it was already good enough that someone was willing to marry her, and that the man was even willing to spend 500,000 yuan on a bride price, which was already very generous. What did she have to complain about?

Some people felt that Zhao Gang's actions were too much. In this day and age, cohabitation before marriage is a normal phenomenon. How could he use such an excuse to cancel the marriage? The key point is that Qiu Mang is just a young girl in her early twenties. Zhao Gang is making her marry a fifty-year-old man in a wheelchair. Isn't that an insult?

Zhang Guihua didn't care about any of that. Thinking that as long as Qiu Mang married Zhao Gang's uncle, she wouldn't have to pay back the 500,000 yuan, she immediately put on a smile, walked towards Zhao Gang, patted her chest, and assured him, "Little Zhao, it's settled then. We'll pick a good day and have Qiu Mang and your uncle hold their wedding. What do you think?"

"Mom!" Qiu Mang looked at Zhang Guihua and pleaded loudly.

“Ah Mang, you know our family is poor, and it wasn’t easy raising you all. You girls will eventually get married. The Zhao family is well-off, and your mother visited us many times before they agreed to the marriage. Once you marry into our family, you can just enjoy your life! Isn’t that a wonderful thing?” Qiu Heping stepped forward to comfort him.

Neighbor Zhang couldn't stand it anymore. "Old Qiu, you're letting your daughter marry a disabled man who could be her father? You call that enjoying life? Look at what you're saying! When she gets there, she'll be serving tea and water, cleaning up after her, practically a maid. How can you say this is a good thing?"

Qiu Heping's chest heaved with anger as he pointed at Zhang Sao, "Zhang Sao, this is our family matter, what business is it of yours?"

“Of course, this is your family matter. You sell your own daughter, and that’s none of my business. I’m just expressing my opinion as an observer. Is that illegal?” Aunt Zhang put her hands in her pockets, glanced at the furious Qiu Heping and Zhang Guihua, and continued.

"Back when you married Qiu Dao off to Sun Qiang at the village entrance, you knew he was an alcoholic and had violent tendencies. Didn't you marry Qiu Dao off for that 200,000 yuan dowry? Do you think no one can see that your family is just selling your daughter to buy a house and a car for your son? Your daughter isn't even human; she's just fertilizer, used specifically to irrigate your son!"

Qiu Hongwei, who was being watered, was about to speak when he realized he had no idea how to defend himself.

The Qiu family members' faces flushed red and then turned pale. Although they had indeed done it, they still felt very uncomfortable having it brought up in public like this.

Zhang Guihua stepped forward anxiously, "What are you saying? It's Qiu Mang's own fault for being immoral and having affairs outside. The Zhao family is already being kind by not disliking her. What right does she have to be picky!"

Qiu Mang looked at Zhang Guihua in disbelief. Although Zhang Guihua usually suppressed her, this was the first time that her mother had said she was immoral in front of so many people.

If it were anyone else saying that, it wouldn't matter, but she was her mother, and Qiu Mang felt the blood rush to her head.

Her hands clenched into fists, trembling slightly, her teeth biting her lower lip, until a metallic sweetness filled her mouth again.

Qiu Mang slowly walked up to Zhang Guihua and spat a mouthful of blood onto the cement ground in front of him.

Zhang Guihua was startled and took a step back.

"Mom, I told you, I don't want to marry Zhao Gang, and I don't want to marry that man! As for the fact that I lost my innocence, it was because Zhao Gang drugged me. If it weren't for him, none of this would have happened!" Qiu Mang's voice was hoarse as she raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth.

After finishing his cigarette, Zhao Gang threw the butt on the ground and swished it around. He neither agreed nor disagreed with what Qiu Mang had said.

Zhang Guihua persisted, "We'll be family sooner or later anyway, what's wrong with letting someone touch you? If you hadn't made a fuss, nothing would have happened. But by making such a scene, you've just given the opportunity to another man. If you had listened to me, you would still have married Zhao Gang, and you wouldn't have had to marry his uncle. You brought this all on yourself!"

Qiu Mang's last glimmer of hope was extinguished. She clutched her stomach, her face contorted in pain. "Mom! Can't you be reasonable? Didn't I tell you I didn't want to marry him and that you should return the bride price? Now he's the one who tricked me! And you're still siding with him and blaming me?"

Zhao Gang stepped forward and said, "Alright, alright! You all better give me a unified response. Otherwise, the bride might run away again. Our family can't stand being played like this time and time again."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Heping walked over to Qiu Mang, pulled her aside, and whispered, "Amang, you know how tough it is for your brother. He's almost thirty and still can't get married. If this drags on, he'll be a bachelor for life. I'm begging you, okay? You can't bear to let your brother grow old alone like this, can you?"

After Qiu Heping finished speaking, his entire shoulder slumped, and he looked very pitiful.

A tear rolled down Qiu Mang's cheek. "So, Dad, you're really determined to sacrifice me?"

Qiu Heping's face was bitter. After a long while, he finally managed to squeeze out a sentence, "Please, please? In this life, I've let you down!"