Chapter 326: Liquidation
Seeing Lin Zihuai protecting Du Juan, Mrs. Fan was even more furious. "Why are you interfering, you young boy? This is a matter between our two families. It's none of your business!"
Lin Zihuai did not back down. "Du Juan is my girlfriend. She is an independent individual. She is not a tool for you to calculate and use. In today's society, freedom of marriage is important. I don't think anyone dares to force her!"
Mrs. Fan sneered, "Humph, freedom? Our Fan family has paid the betrothal gift, so the matter is set in stone. She has no say in it!"
Du Juan stood out from behind Lin Zihuai, her eyes full of disgust, "I never agreed to this marriage, I won't acknowledge it. As for the betrothal gift, go find whoever received it."
Mrs. Fan's eyes widened. "You are such a stubborn girl! Your mother accepted the betrothal gift, which means your family has agreed to it, and you have to marry her!"
Lin Anan clenched his fist, glanced at Captain Xu and Father Du, and said patiently, "Comrade, don't be angry first, we can sit down and talk slowly.
Du Juan was indeed unaware of this engagement, and legally speaking, it is invalid. We are all reasonable people, so there is no need to force it, right?"
Mrs. Fan didn't listen at all. "Law? I don't understand what law is. I just know that our Fan family can't afford to lose this man. If there is no explanation for what happened today, none of you will have a good life!"
Lin Anan's face darkened. "Then how do you want us to live a hard life?"
The Fan family really didn't take Lin Anan, the skinny little girl, seriously. After a few whispers, they were welcomed by Jiang Bilan into the main hall.
There were seven people from the Fan family in total, and when they stood in the main hall, it seemed particularly crowded.
"It's not impossible to make a big deal out of a small matter. Lin Zihuai hooked up with my brother's wife. This is promiscuous and a hooligan crime! He's a soldier. It won't look good if a scene gets out of this..."
Mrs. Fan clicked her tongue twice, thinking she was quite right.
The other members of the Fan family had a similar attitude, and they obviously thought that Mrs. Fan was right.
Lin Anan couldn't help but almost laughed out loud.
"Oh? So what do you think we should do about this?"
Lin Zihuai was so angry that he wanted to argue, but was stopped by Lin's mother, who shook her head slightly at him.
Mrs. Fan looked at her two sisters-in-law and said, "We in the Fan family are straightforward people. As long as you apologize and promise not to have any contact with Du Juan in the future, the matter will be half settled."
"What about the other half?"
"You beat my mom and falsely accused her of intentional trouble. You must pay compensation and bail her out."
Lin Anan raised her hand to cover her mouth and suppressed her laughter.
Fan Xinhe added hurriedly: "People like Lin Zihuai can't stay in the art troupe! You guys also caused me to be expelled from the song and dance troupe, so use his quota in the art troupe to make up for it."
"Yes, that's fine." Mrs. Fan agreed.
Mrs. Fan also nodded, "In the future, Xinhe and his wife should go in and out of the art troupe together. Only then can they be considered a good match. Otherwise, it would be embarrassing for a girl like Dujuan to be in the art troupe! Besides, she is a wanton person, who knows who she will seduce again..."
The Fan family felt that it was not over yet, so they discussed it in a low voice for a few more sentences, wanting to continue to make demands.
But Lin Anan suddenly started coughing, "Cough cough cough~"
The heart-wrenching cough interrupted everyone's thoughts.
Mother Lin tried to calm her down, and the look she gave the Fan family was murderous.
She received a reminder from her daughter not to act impulsively, which was why she had been holding back.
But this family is too self-righteous and they want to shit on other people's heads.
I can't stand it at all!
"Mom." Lin Anan still shook her head at her, then straightened up with great effort, raised her slightly pale hand, and pointed directly at the Fan family, "How dare you blackmail, threaten and intimidate in the military compound?"
Everyone in the Fan family was stunned!
"We are being pragmatic. How can this be considered a threat? What do you mean by this? Do you not want to agree?"
"That's right. It's no use pretending to be sick here. Just do what needs to be done. If you don't respond, we will turn around and sue you in the army."
"Having affairs between men and women is a serious crime!"
Lin Anan looked at Captain Xu, "Captain Xu, ahem... I'm sorry. We invited you to propose marriage today, which was supposed to be a good thing, but I didn't expect... to run into the Fan family who bumped into me yesterday. They are threatening me now, I'm so scared..."
Everyone was stunned again!
Captain Xu's face looked so cold that water seemed to be dripping out of it.
With a "bang", he slapped the armrest of the sofa hard, "Du Jianbing!"
Father Du was startled and quickly responded, "Yes, Captain."
Captain Xu's eyes widened with anger. "Look at what happened to your family! I came here with good intentions to propose marriage, but you let these people run wild here! Are you still a soldier? Do you have any discipline? Who allowed your wife to let people in without permission?"
Mr. Du is also a veteran in the army. He usually does his job well and has made some achievements.
Captain Xu has always been a kind person and rarely is he so strict.
Just now, Captain Xu was talking to him as a relative, but now it was different. He was reprimanding him as the captain.
"Captain, I was wrong. I didn't handle this matter well..."
The Fan family members looked at each other, and when they heard the word "captain", their legs went weak.
Seeing this, Jiang Bilan stepped forward to smooth things over. "Captain Xu, calm down. This is not Lao Du's fault! They are our relatives, and this was a marriage we had agreed on long ago. We can't just..."
Captain Xu glared at her fiercely, "Stop confusing me here! Whether the marriage is successful or not is another matter. You let these people in, didn't you? They dared to intimidate our military personnel in front of me, and one of them was detained for intentional injury. They are habitual offenders!"
Without waiting for Jiang Bilan to explain, he turned to look at the Fan family and said, "How dare you come here in broad daylight to threaten people? Do you know where this place is? This is a military compound! This is a place where discipline and military law are enforced!"
Mrs. Fan waved her hands and said, "Leader, why are you so unreasonable? We are also forced to do so. Our Fan family cannot give the betrothal gift for nothing. My mother is still in prison. You have to give us an explanation."
Captain Xu snorted coldly, "An explanation? You can give an explanation, but you have to do it through legitimate channels. Du Juan herself was not aware of the engagement, so it is legally invalid, there is no doubt about that. As for those messed up conditions you mentioned, don't even think about it!"
Lin Anan coughed twice again, then said slowly, "I understand that you feel bad about the betrothal money, and you also want to fight for a chance for Fan Xinhe. But you can't force love, and a forced melon is not sweet.
Moreover, Du Juan is a thoughtful and principled girl, she will not compromise with evil forces. You are only hurting yourselves by fooling around like this. If you really want to do good for your brother, you should let go and take the opportunity to cancel the marriage. "
"It's easy for you to say that, but what about our losses? The betrothal money, my mother's reputation, and Xinhe's future, which one is not important?" said Fan Ersao.
"If you don't retreat, then... it will be too late."
"What do you mean?"
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