But Li Guixiang had other ideas.
"That's true, we definitely need Lin Yao to marry, but Zhou Qiqi has been eating our food for over ten years. We can't just let her get married like that! That would be too easy for her!"
Recalling Zhou Qiqi's cold attitude just now, she was furious, and her chest heaved violently.
“If you had told us about this beforehand, we wouldn’t have let her come looking for you. We could have married her off to the old widower in the next village, and she could have gotten at least thirty or forty yuan. That’s better than having nothing now!”
Xu Shu turned pale with fright, and nervously looked around to make sure no one was around before gathering his family closer together and speaking in a low voice.
"Mother! You mustn't say that!"
"You don't know, that man just now, his name is Shen Huaichuan. His family has been kind to Yaoyao's family, and to repay that kindness, they were betrothed to Yaoyao since childhood. He's also a soldier, so he can't just break off the engagement directly, otherwise it wouldn't be right with his family, and he wouldn't be able to explain it to the military either. What if he gets charged with disrupting a military marriage? So, Yaoyao came up with a plan..."
He lowered his voice and recounted in detail how Zhou Qiqi and Shen Huaichuan were caught "cheating".
As Li Guixiang listened, her slanted eyes grew increasingly critical, and finally she nodded in satisfaction.
"This Lin Yao is quite quick-witted, better than Zhou Qiqi."
But after a short while, she frowned again, her face full of worry, "But this is too dangerous, what if..."
Xu Shu quickly put his arm around his mother's shoulder and patted her, "Don't worry, Mom! Nothing will happen! Qiqi really thought she had gone into the wrong room. At that time, she even wanted to die. How could she suspect anything? As for Shen Huaichuan, he would agree to anything as soon as Yao Yao cried."
His gaze swept over the three people in front of him, and his eyes turned sinister.
"In short... only the two of us know the truth about this, and now with our whole family added to the mix, as long as we all keep our mouths shut, no one will know. Even if someone suspects something, they have no evidence and can't prove anything!"
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