Chapter 25 A Lawful Marriage to Xu Yunrou

Meng Yanzhi acted submissively mainly to annul the engagement. Now that she has achieved her goal, she will naturally not tolerate it any longer!

"They did such shameless things in my room in broad daylight, am I supposed to just sit idly by?"

"Why should I be allowed to walk into the Xu family with a fly in my mouth? You are all my family, how come you're siding with outsiders?"

Meng Yanzhi silently took a step back, coldly looking at the empty room.

Xu Shize had calmed down by this time. After straightening his clothes, he stood up, took Xu Yunrou's hand, and looked at Meng Yanzhi through gritted teeth: "Don't think I care about a country bumpkin like you. You're not even as good as one of Rou'er's fingers. It's good that the engagement is called off. I'll go back and tell my parents right now that I want to marry Rou'er properly!"

This was exactly the attitude Meng Yanzhi wanted. She smiled and then nodded silently: "Then congratulations to my cousin and Young Master Xu."

Xu Yunrou was initially ashamed of this matter, but upon hearing these words, she immediately became excited. She never wanted to be a concubine, so how could she not be happy now that she had the opportunity to become a wife?

In her previous life, Meng Yanzhi was tortured to death in the Xu family's back courtyard, mainly because of Xu Shize's mean-spirited mother.

Although Xu's mother came from a humble background, she was still very clever and shrewd. Although she didn't like Meng Yanzhi, she liked Meng Yanzhi's identity. Now that Meng Yanzhi had become Xu Yunrou, it would be strange if Xu's mother didn't get angry.

The two of them could have just left like that, but Xu Yunrou insisted on making Meng Yanzhi unhappy.

She walked up to Meng Yanzhi, knelt on the ground, and sobbed uncontrollably: "Big Cousin, I'm sorry, it's all my fault, I took you away!"

"Since you know it's your fault, then give me half of your dowry, okay?" Meng Yanzhi chuckled as she helped Xu Yunrou up, then said, "We're cousins. If you really like Young Master Xu, just say so. Why do something so shameless? Aren't you just ruining your own reputation?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yunrou's face flushed bright red.

She looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief, unable to believe that someone who was always submissive could be so sharp-tongued.

"Meng Yanzhi, are you crazy? We're all family, what do you need your cousin's dowry for!"

"Why would someone want money if they like it?"

Meng Yanzhi glanced at Meng Anxian with disdain. This person never lifts a finger and has no idea how expensive firewood and rice are!

The Meng family simply couldn't tolerate Meng Yanzhi, so she had already decided that she had to leave the Meng family and make a living on her own. The most important thing was money!

"you!"

Meng Anxian was truly defeated by Meng Yanzhi's bluntness, and was so angry that she couldn't speak.

"He's such a country bumpkin, he's never seen the world before. Disgusting!"

"Rou'er, give it to her, give it all to her! You reek of money, ptooey!"

Xu Shize, brimming with confidence, grabbed Xu Yunrou's hand and strode outside, clearly determined to see how far things would go.

Meng Yanzhi didn't care about any of that. She turned around and looked at Lu Ping happily: "Sister Lu, hurry up and follow her to get half of my cousin's dowry back!"

"Meng Yanzhi!"

Mencius' mother finally reached her breaking point.

She walked up to Meng Yanzhi with her eyebrows furrowed tightly, her eyes filled with disappointment as she looked at her.

"Is this how I raised you? Bullying your sister and trying to steal her dowry? Are you crazy?"

Meng Yanzhi met her angry eyes and smiled.

"Mother, have you forgotten that you didn't teach me?"

“I grew up in the countryside, and after I came back, you guys just left me in the backyard. You haven’t even found me a husband yet.”

Everyone knew how much suffering Meng Yanzhi had endured, but they were at ease as long as she didn't say anything. Now, however, Meng Yanzhi was no longer willing to endure it. She wanted to get back all the suffering she had endured in her previous life!

"You...you're insane?"

Meng's mother looked at Meng Yanzhi in disbelief and subconsciously took a step back. This girl's eyes were really too scary. She seemed to have become a completely different person!

Meng Anxian strode forward and stood beside her mother, gritting her teeth as she muttered, "Meng Yanzhi, what do you mean by this? Are you blaming me? Blaming me for taking yours?"

"You stole it from me, you know that yourself."

After saying this, Meng Yanzhi turned around and went back into the house.

She didn't want to waste words with these people right now, because she would harvest them all one by one in the future!

"mother?"

Meng Anxian looked at her mother in disbelief, her face full of doubt.

"This Meng Yanzhi seems like a completely different person?"

"Could she have discovered something?"

Meng's mother's expression immediately changed, and she grabbed Meng Anxian's hand.

"Shut up, we'll talk about this when we get back!"

Meng Yanzhi stood by the window, coldly watching the two turn and leave.

But Mingchu couldn't laugh. She tidied up the mess in the room with some frustration, and said sullenly, "Miss, this person went too far. It's utterly shameful!"

Meng Yanzhi glanced back, then picked up a pair of scissors and cut off the marks on the bed sheet.

"Burn the rest."

"Miss!"

The early Ming dynasty was indeed in a bit of a hurry.

The young lady is too kind and too weak; she doesn't even realize the seriousness of the matter.

“Miss, although Xu Shize is no good, you are already engaged to him. Breaking off the engagement now will be very bad for your reputation.”

"Those people outside already misunderstand you, and now they're even more likely to look down on you. Where will any good families come looking for you in the future?"

As Mingchu spoke, she burst into tears, realizing that Meng Yanzhi had suffered the greater loss in this matter.

Seeing the little girl's tearful face, Meng Yanzhi wasn't worried at all. She sat to the side, sighed, and teased, "Mingchu, what do you think I should do now?"

Mingchu was stunned for a moment, then slumped down on the edge of the bed and said in a low voice, "This servant doesn't know what to do. You are so kind, Miss. Those people don't understand anything at all. They're just idiots!"

"Alright, you're so young and you're always frowning. You'll turn into a little old lady in the future." Meng Yanzhi smiled, then sat down next to her and reached out to smooth her eyebrows. "Little girl, you're too young to understand. A man's family background isn't important. What's important is his character. The Xu family's young master has a bad character, so he's not a good match. I'm just happy that this marriage is over."

Mingchu looked at Meng Yanzhi curiously: "Miss, whose character is better?"