Chapter 65 I Only Like You
Upon hearing the words "police station," Lu Huaiyuan and Li Xuemei's faces turned pale instantly, and they rushed forward to stop Gu Mansheng!
"Xiaoman! Calm down!" Lu Huaiyuan panicked. "What good will it do you to ruin me?"
These words made Gu Mansheng laugh in anger.
"Lu Huaiyuan, you still only have yourself in your heart! You were the one who said you wanted to marry me, and now you want to go back on your word?"
As more and more villagers gathered to watch the commotion, Lu Huaiyuan grew anxious and, in a fit of desperation, roared, "Have you had enough?! You may not care about your reputation, but I do! You were the one who gave me the medicine that night! You were the one who planned to scheme against Liu Zhixia, so how come you were the one who ended up in the woodshed? This was clearly your trick!"
These words shocked the onlookers!
Good heavens! It turns out Lu Huaiyuan's real target was Liu Zhixia, but he got the wrong person!
When Li Xuemei saw that her son had revealed everything, her face turned pale and then red. She vented all her anger on Gu Mansheng, rushing over and giving her a resounding slap!
"Shameless slut! You think it's something to be proud of to spread such a scandal? Someone as filthy as you doesn't deserve to enter the Lu family!"
Gu Mansheng covered her face, her expression turning ferocious: "No matter what, Captain Lu has already agreed to the marriage! If you dare to back out, I'll not only go to the police station, I'll also report you to the commune! We'll fight to the death!"
"You..." Lu Huaiyuan stared incredulously at the unfamiliar woman before him, "How did you become like this?"
"What about me?" Gu Mansheng laughed, a laugh full of sarcasm. "Are you saying that when you and Liu Zhixia were still engaged, we were secretly together? Or are you saying that when you were planning to marry Liu Zhixia first and make her your slave, and then we would elope outside?"
With each word she spoke, Lu Huaiyuan's face paled a little more!
When she finished speaking, Lu Huaiyuan had lost all color in his face, and his lips were trembling: "You... what nonsense are you talking about!"
"I'm talking nonsense?" Gu Mansheng looked at the commotion of the villagers around her and laughed even harder. "Everyone knows the truth! Don't try to pin all the blame on me. What I said was all your own idea!"
The villagers were in an uproar!
They then realized that this adulterous couple not only wanted to ruin Liu Zhixia, but also used them all as pawns, trying to use public opinion to force Liu Zhixia to submit!
Li Xuemei felt dizzy and disoriented. She looked at her son in disbelief, her voice trembling, "Son... what she said, is it all true?"
Lu Huaiyuan's face was gloomy, and he didn't say a word.
At this moment, his eyes were filled with murderous intent as he looked at Gu Mansheng! If there weren't so many people around, he would have strangled this woman on the spot!
Just when the two sides were deadlocked and the scene was extremely ugly, Liu Zhixia slowly walked over.
She only wanted to watch the spectacle from the back of the crowd and see how the two who were "loving" in their past life had become enemies.
But as soon as the villagers saw her, they spontaneously made way for her, pushing her directly into the eye of the storm.
Upon seeing Liu Zhixia appear, Lu Huaiyuan's face paled even more. He seemed to have grasped at the last straw and hastily confessed his feelings:
"Zhixia! Don't listen to Gu Mansheng's nonsense! I... I've always only liked you! I've liked you since we were little!"
Liu Zhixia looked at him coldly, a mocking smile playing on her lips.
"It's true!" Lu Huaiyuan exclaimed in a panic, blurting out a shocking revelation, "The Lu family originally wanted you to be engaged to Lu Kai, but it was me! I secretly hid their family's engagement token and had my grandmother go to your house to propose first!"
He looked at her with a pleading tone, his voice full of affection: "Zhixia... I won't marry Gu Mansheng anymore, will you marry me?"
Looking at his pitiful appearance, Liu Zhixia recalled the disdainful and disgusted look in his eyes when she was dying in her previous life.
"hehe."
She couldn't help but laugh.
Upon seeing this, Lu Huaiyuan was overjoyed: "You're willing? I knew you still had feelings for me! Look, you're smiling happily!"
The surrounding villagers all looked at him as if he were a fool.
How did he manage to tell that he was happy when the other person was clearly mocking him?
Liu Zhixia slowly wiped the smile off her face, and with each word, shattered all his illusions:
"Lu Huaiyuan, have some shame. A piece of trash like you who has no responsibility and no shame wouldn't even be wanted if you were given away for free."
"Exactly!" Gu Mansheng looked at him with disdain. "I really don't know how I could have been so blind to fall for you! I was truly blinded by greed!"
Rejected in public by Liu Zhixia and then humiliated by Gu Mansheng, Lu Huaiyuan completely broke down! He rushed over and grabbed Gu Mansheng by the neck!
"Shut up! You slut!" he shouted, acting like a madman. "You only seduced me because my dad is the brigade leader! If it weren't for you, I would have married Zhixia long ago!"
Gu Mansheng's face turned purple from being choked, and she had difficulty breathing, but a vicious smile still lingered on her lips as she intermittently provoked him:
"It's no use making a scene now! Liu Zhixia...she...is already...engaged!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Huaiyuan abruptly released his grip, then, remembering the incident, turned and roared at Gu Mansheng, "I won't allow you to talk nonsense! Zhixia will only marry me, Lu Huaiyuan!"
Gu Mansheng greedily inhaled the fresh air and coughed violently.
She slumped to the ground, clutching her neck, a smug, malicious smile playing on her lips: "I'm talking nonsense? Liu Zhixia, she was slept with by that soldier for nothing. He didn't even want her, so he just found some sucker to take her in! She's already engaged to someone else!"
"You...are you getting married?" Lu Huaiyuan suddenly looked at Liu Zhixia, his eyes filled with the pain of betrayal.
Liu Zhixia crossed her arms and sighed leisurely, "Sigh, I originally wanted to keep a low profile, but I didn't expect you to find out anyway. Since that's the case, I have no reason to hide it from everyone."
She paused, her gaze sweeping across the room, and announced clearly:
"That's right, I'm already engaged."
The entire audience erupted in uproar!
Ignoring the shock of the crowd, Liu Zhixia continued, "However, what Gu Zhiqing said later was all nonsense. My marriage was a proper and respectable affair, arranged by a matchmaker."
"The betrothal gifts include Shanghai-brand printed fabric, high-grade woolen fabric, two catties of white sugar, two cans of assorted canned goods, ten cartons of Double Happiness cigarettes, twenty catties of refined white flour, plus five catties of fatty pork!"
She concluded, "This marriage was arranged only after my parents gave their approval."
After he finished speaking, no one around him cared about those messy rumors anymore.
All that remained in everyone's mind was that astonishingly generous dowry!
What a wonderful family they must be, and how much they must value this marriage, to be able to offer so many good things!
Even Gu Mansheng's smug smile froze completely.
On what grounds?!
Why should Liu Zhixia, a village girl whose reputation is ruined, be worthy of such a lavish betrothal gift?
But he himself would be treated like trash, kicked out of the Lu family, and left with nothing!
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