Chapter 83 Coercion

Wang Shi, as if grasping at a straw, lunged forward, her cold, rough hands gripping Xie Wulu's arm tightly, her nails almost digging into his flesh, her voice trembling with tears.

"Where have you been?! You don't know! That vicious woman Xie Sangning! She...she came to the teahouse today! Deliberately picking a fight! The manager kicked us all out! We don't even have a place to stay in the woodshed! She did it on purpose! She deliberately tried to force us to our deaths! That damned little bitch! She deserves to die a horrible death!"

Xie Wulu's vision blurred, and his temples throbbed!

waste!

A complete and utter bunch of useless trash!

He went to the Marquis's mansion to negotiate, and only by using every means possible could he obtain a slim chance of survival!

And what about them? They can't even hold onto a doghouse to shelter them from the wind and rain!

Xie Sangning swept it out as easily as sweeping up trash!

Xie Wulu suddenly flung Wang's hand away with such force that Wang staggered and almost fell over!

"Shut up!"

He growled, "What are you howling about! What can you do besides wailing and cursing?!"

Startled by her son's angry roar, Wang looked up.

Xie Wulu's chest heaved violently as he forcefully suppressed his anger.

Now is not the time to deal with these useless people!

The most urgent task is to persuade Xie Wuyou! And to get that annulment letter!

He took a deep breath, and the icy air cleared his confused mind for a moment.

He walked up to Xie Wuyou, squatted down, and tried to make his voice sound calm, even with a hint of coaxing:

"Sister, look at me."

Xie Wuyou's empty gaze slowly focused and landed on Xie Wulu's face.

"I know it's difficult right now."

Xie Wulu lowered her voice, "Are you thinking that you could still marry Wei Zikai?"

"The Marquis's mansion is definitely not your way out. Going there with your current status will only subject you to endless contempt and bullying you to death! Because you were forced into this marriage!"

Xie Wuyou's lips trembled slightly.

Xie Wulu seized this opportunity and immediately raised her bargaining chip: "Listen to me, call off the engagement! Use this marriage to give me a chance! A chance to join the army! As long as I can become a staff officer under Wei Zikai and achieve military merit, our Xie family can turn our lives around! Then, sister, what kind of good family wouldn't you want? Why jump into that fire pit now? Taking a step back opens up a whole new world, that's the real way out!"

"Announcing the engagement?" Xie Wuyou was stunned when he heard this.

But once they realized what was happening, they immediately erupted!

"And then what? You expect me to bear the stigma of breaking off the engagement and continue being a street rat with you? Waiting for your vague military merit to come and save me? Xie Wulu, do you take me for a three-year-old?!"

"The army?! A place where you live on the edge, where you're constantly on the verge of death! And you?! A second-class scholar who's so badly misread his books and only knows how to steal chickens and dogs?! You're lucky to be alive! Military merit?! What makes you think you can turn things around?! Are you going to use my life to pave the way for you?!"

"presumptuous!"

Wang shrieked, stepping forward and pointing her finger at Xie Wuyou's nose, yelling, "How dare you speak to your brother like that?! Wuyou is doing this for your own good! For our whole family! What do you know?! Do you think you can aspire to a place like the Marquis's mansion? Didn't you hear what your brother said? Breaking off the engagement was to save you! And also to save our whole family!"

"Help me?"

Xie Wuyou suddenly raised her head, her eyes blazing with resentment. She stared intently at Wang Shi, then glanced at Xie Chengzong, who was silent but clearly siding with Xie Wulu. Suddenly, she let out a shrill, maniacal laugh, "Hahaha! Save me?! You're selling me out! Using my marriage to exchange for your sons' futures! Using my reputation to fill your sons' ambitions! How cruel you are! How biased you are!"

She scrambled to her feet, staggering slightly from exhaustion, but disregarding everything, she pointed at Wang Shi and Xie Chengzong, her words dripping with anguish:

“From childhood to adulthood! You only have this precious son in your eyes! All the good things are his! I can only pick up what he leaves behind! I go to great lengths to please my grandmother just to earn some dignity for myself!”

"I finally managed to secure a marriage with the Marquis's family, which was my only hope! Now, for this good-for-nothing son, you're going to extinguish even that last hope with your own hands! Use it to buy him a stepping stone! Are you even human?! Do you deserve to be parents?!"

"You...you unfilial daughter!" Wang Shi was struck where it hurt, and enraged, she raised her hand to strike!

"Hit me! Kill me!"

Xie Wuyou advanced instead of retreating, bringing his face close to Wang Shi's hand, his eyes filled with madness: "Kill me, and you'll be able to sell my bones to pave the way for your son with a clear conscience! Hit me!"

Wang's hand froze in mid-air as she looked into her daughter's bloodshot, hate-filled eyes, unable to bring herself to lower them.

"Enough!"

Xie Wulu's patience has completely run out!

He stepped forward and roughly grabbed Xie Wuyou's wrist, the force almost crushing her bones! His eyes held no more pretense, only naked threat:

"Xie Wuyou! Listen to me clearly! This is not a discussion! This is your only choice! This is your last remaining value!"

"Agree to annul the engagement and cooperate with me to obtain the annulment document. If I can truly turn my life around in the future, perhaps I can spare your life! If you don't agree..."

He leaned close to Xie Wuyou's ear and whispered, word by word, as if a demon were speaking, in a voice only the two of them could hear:

"As long as you're still my sister, I have a million ways to make sure you never get married! I'll make you wish you were dead! I'll make you regret not being obedient today!"

Xie Wuyou's body trembled violently. Looking at the undisguised ruthlessness and madness in Xie Wulu's eyes, she had no doubt that he would really do it!

"You madman...you devil..." she murmured, tears streaming down her face, her heart utterly broken.

Have you thought it through?

Xie Wulu released her hand as if discarding a piece of trash, looking down at her with icy eyes, "Will you obediently listen to me, or... try my methods?"

Xie Wuyou looked at her younger brother, who resembled a demon, and then at her cold and biased parents beside her. Her last shred of illusion about family ties was shattered.

She suddenly stood up.

She didn't want anyone to control her destiny, nor did she want to become Xie Wulu's stepping stone!

Don't even think about it!

She wanted to break free from the relationship! First and foremost, she needed to get away from these three predatory individuals who were eyeing her marriage like wolves!

"From this day forward! I, Xie Wuyou, sever all ties with you!"

She practically screamed those words, then turned and ran away abruptly!

"No worries!"

Wang called out instinctively, but ultimately did not chase after her, only staring blankly in the direction where her daughter had disappeared.

Xie Chengzong opened his mouth, but it turned into a heavy sigh, and he closed his eyes wearily.

Xie Wulu stared at the direction Xie Wuyou had disappeared in, his eyes showing no emotion whatsoever.

Do you think you can escape? You're being too naive.

"Alright, stop looking."

He coldly interrupted Wang's meaningless gazing, his voice tinged with impatience: "Find a place to stay right now! Do you really want to freeze to death on the street?!"

He looked around the filthy street corner, and a huge sense of powerlessness and disgust welled up in his heart again.

waste!

There's not a single one who can do anything!