Chapter 17 Selling for a Good Price

When Song Hechao heard Xia Baijiao say she had a solution, he quickly went over, grabbed her shoulders, and said with shining eyes, "Jiaojiao, have you been hiding some money? This money of yours could save all of our lives!"

Xia Baijiao still didn't dare to face Song Hechao, her eyes darting around guiltily. She turned to the others and told them her thoughts and plans.

It turned out that she had heard that a family was willing to pay a high dowry of over a thousand yuan to get their son a wife, but they had not yet found a suitable one.

She was curious about where this family got so much money, and then she learned that the son of the family had served in the army on the frontier, and had been discharged due to injury, bringing back a large sum of discharge money.

What's a thousand dollars? It could easily be tens of thousands!

But the son preferred to do manual labor to make a living rather than use his demobilization pay, and the elderly couple would never use it either, so they thought of using the money to find a good marriage partner.

Xia Baijiao said, "I'm sure Xia Fanxing isn't pregnant at all. We can let her marry him. With her face, what man would be willing to 'return' her? Once we get the bride price, we'll have money to buy a boat ticket, right?"

Everyone was shocked that Xia Fanxing wasn't pregnant, but they didn't have time to be angry. They immediately considered the feasibility of Xia Baijiao's suggestion.

Mr. Song was the first to agree.

Even if Xia Fanxing were pregnant, it would be of no use to the Song and Xia families, who have both lost their family fortunes.

After all, they no longer need to hide their identities.

It would be better to "sell" Xia Fanxing for a good price.

Xia's mother had no objections.

She has completely broken ties with Xia Fanxing, and there is no longer any mother-daughter relationship between them.

Xia Yu readily agreed.

Only Song Hechao showed hesitation.

Song's father warned: "He Chao, those who achieve great things must avoid being indecisive and soft-hearted, lest they make mistakes."

Song Hechao remained silent.

Without delay, Xia's mother and Xia Baijiao immediately set off to find that family, while Song's father and Xia Yu discussed how to capture Xia Fanxing.

During this time, Song Hechao was constantly distracted.

Xia Yu held back for a long time, but finally couldn't help but yell, "Didn't you say you liked my sister? Xia Fanxing is going to marry someone else, who are you trying to fool with that deadpan face? Can't you let her go?"

Song Hechao did not explain, nor could he explain.

He couldn't very well say that his grandparents still had money, but that they would only take out the money if Xia Fanxing went over and took good care of them, could he?

How could he possibly let the Xia family get involved in something he didn't even want to tell his parents?

Xia's mother and Xia Baijiao returned quickly, both with beaming smiles.

Xia's mother said, "It's all settled! The Ma family had met Xia Fanxing before and were very satisfied with her. The old couple said they would give her a dowry of 27,000 yuan as soon as they met her!"

Song's father's eyes turned sinister. "To prevent any unforeseen complications, let's take action tonight."

Everyone went to Xia Fanxing's courtyard to set up traps, but Song Hechao quietly disappeared.

"Did he tip off Xia Fanxing? That scumbag!" Xia Yu gritted his teeth, and was about to rush out to catch him.

Song's father pulled Xia Yu back, saying, "My son would never do that. He must have other things to do. Let's keep going."

Xia Yu was skeptical, but said, "It had better be that way!"

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Song Hechao searched for a long time before finally finding Xia Fanxing in the state-run restaurant.

There was a nearly finished three-dish meal and soup on the table, and she was finishing up.

Since his family's property was robbed, Song Hechao had never eaten such a good meal.

He couldn't help but swallow hard. "You ordered so much food by yourself? Can you finish it all? Do you want me to help you with some?"

Xia Fanxing was too lazy to scold him. After finishing the last bite of rice and soup, she wiped her mouth and got up to leave.

Song Hechao chased after her, "Fanxing, your grandparents really miss you. Could you go see them?"

Xia Fanxing reached into her bag.

Song Hechao was terrified and quickly distanced himself from her. Then, he said angrily, "Xia Fanxing, I've begged you so humbly, and you're still so cold-blooded and heartless? Aren't you afraid of retribution if anything happens to Grandpa and Grandma?"

Xia Fanxing sneered: "Whether I will suffer retribution or not, nobody knows, but you will soon suffer retribution."

Song Hechao turned and ran, running until he realized he couldn't throw the dagger anywhere. He yelled at the top of his lungs, "I'm doing this for your own good! I advise you to come back with me to see your grandparents right now, or you'll regret it!"

Xia Fanxing didn't speak, but silently took out ten daggers and threw them one after another towards Song Hechao, each one flying farther than the last.

Song Hechao was so frightened that he turned and ran away.

Xia Fanxing strolled around the night market for a while, and only slowly rode her bicycle home as it got dark.

She sensed something was wrong as soon as she entered the house; it was just too quiet.

Even if no one argues, Xia Baijiao, with her personality, will wait for her to come back and go crazy with her.

She walked back to the yard, and her extraordinary senses came into play, allowing her to hear several breathing sounds inside the house.

Recalling what Song Hechao had said that evening, she easily guessed that someone was going to make a move against her again.

But she pretended not to know anything and opened the door without any suspicion—

In that instant, a large net fell from above, trapping Xia Fanxing, and then a large club came crashing down on her head.

She didn't even struggle before collapsing limply to the ground.

"Well done!" Song's father gave Xia Baijiao a thumbs up and then, without stopping, carried Xia Fanxing out with Xia Yu.

Xia Baijiao looked at the large club in her hand and fell into self-doubt.

Did she really hit Xia Fanxing just now?

Is it because the movement was too fast that I didn't feel anything?

Song's father and Xia Yu put Xia Fanxing on the pre-prepared stroller, and Xia's mother followed them out through the back door.

The group soon arrived at the Ma family's house.

The Ma family's house is a very ordinary bungalow. You would never guess from the outside that they could afford a dowry of nearly 30,000 yuan.

Ma's mother was waiting outside the door.

When she saw Xia Fanxing lying unconscious in the stroller, she couldn't help but question Xia's mother: "Didn't you say she did it willingly? If she did it willingly, why did she do this?"

Xia's mother smiled and grasped Ma's mother's hand, "Oh, my dear in-law, how could I lie to you? She did it willingly. I've already delivered her. Don't think about anything else, just think about your son."

Ma's mother looked at Xia Fanxing, seemingly wanting to say something but then hesitated, thinking of her son, and finally swallowed her words.

She took out the money she had prepared, and Xia's mother put it directly into her bag. The group then abandoned the cart and turned to leave.

Ma's mother sighed and beckoned Ma's father to help them escort Xia Fanxing into their son's room.

At 10 p.m., Ma Nanzheng finished work and returned home exhausted.

As soon as he entered the room, he heard the sound of the lock being locked outside.

He immediately sensed something was wrong and quickly lit the kerosene lamp with trembling hands. Sure enough, he found a beautiful woman lying on the bed, still unconscious.

Ma Nanzheng broke down!

He had struggled to grip the scissors even with his severed tendons. He limped to the door and roared in despair, "Open the door and take him back, or I'll kill myself!"