Chapter 187
This grand and luxurious wedding was like a gorgeous feast presented before everyone's eyes, allowing everyone to see it clearly.
It’s not that Xia Ruoan is marrying above her status as Leng Zexi, the fact is quite the opposite!
You know, Leng Zexi's current status and position is indeed extremely noble, but compared with the power and connections behind Xia Ruoan, it seems insignificant.
Because as long as Xia Ruoan has someone she loves and wants to marry, she only needs to get the approval and support of Xia Ruoan's family, then she can rely on the huge power behind her family.
It will be easy to push the person chosen by Xia Ruoan to the same remarkable height as Leng Zexi is today.
It is conceivable that when the news of this grand wedding spread through various channels, Zhou Mufan's family must be the ones who felt the most regretful.
The remorse in their hearts surged like a tide, and they could hardly suppress it.
Mrs. Zhou, in particular, lost her appetite and even had difficulty swallowing a bite of food whenever she recalled the wonderful wedding videos and sarcastic messages sent to her by those ladies who usually confronted her.
What made Mrs. Zhou even more angry was that Xia Meihui, who was sitting next to her, was eating with relish as if nothing had happened.
As a result, Madam Zhou could no longer suppress her anger and shouted at Xia Meihui, "Eat, eat, eat. How can you still eat? You shameless fake! You still had the nerve to say that you were from the Xia family!"
"Your whole family are complete liars! If I hadn't believed you guys who claimed that you were the heir to the Xia family, I would have believed you guys.
How could I force Xia Ruo'an and Mu Fan to break up, and marry a fake like you who came out of nowhere into the family! "Mrs. Zhou said angrily, her face flushed as she became more and more agitated.
Hearing this, Xia Meihui couldn't help but sneer: "In the beginning, you were eager to rush over, and your precious son went to great lengths to curry favor with my family, crying and begging to marry me!"
"Besides, we never said that we are the heirs of Xia Group! Isn't all this just your wishful thinking and self-righteous belief?" At this time, Xia Meihui was already disheartened and could only choose to accept the arrangement of fate silently.
Thinking back on her parents' plans and calculations, she lost all courage to resist.
Moreover, she even suspected that Mr. Xia might have known all this inside information for a long time, but he had remained silent.
Because of this, she carefully planned to get married with Zhou Mufan as soon as possible, wanting to get rid of the constraints of her family as soon as possible.
However, what she had not expected was that Mr. Xia's heart was so cruel and ruthless.
She thought she could gain a firm foothold in the Zhou family with this marriage, but she never expected that the old man would use her engagement ceremony as a springboard to push the real Xia Ruoan in front of everyone.
Looking back now, it’s no wonder that I always felt a little familiar with Xia Ruoan when I first saw her. It turned out that it was because she looked very similar to Mr. Xia’s wife.
Mrs. Zhou was so embarrassed that her face turned red and her eyes were dumbfounded. For a moment, she couldn't find a word to refute.
All this was because she had taken it for granted that Xia Meihui's father would inherit the Xia family business in the future, so she fawned on him in every way.
But who could have expected that the young master who resolutely left the Xia family that year would suddenly return! What was even more unexpected to her was that this young master was actually the biological father of Xia Ruoan, whom she had always despised and looked down upon.
At this moment, Zhou Muyu looked at Xia Meihui with eyes full of disgust and resentment.
Ever since these things happened, every time she went out, she would be the target of gossip and become a laughing stock among the people around her.
People laughed at her for being short-sighted and unable to recognize the real rich girl. The real rich girl was right in front of her, but she chose not to curry favor with her and instead focused on catering to the fake girl who had no redeeming qualities.
Some people even ridiculed her for not being able to keep precious flowers worth millions, but only being interested in cheap bags worth tens of thousands of dollars.
"It's all because of you! It's all because of you, this jinx! I've lost all face in front of my friends and can't even hold my head up!"
"Since you don't have money to buy me something nice, it would be fine, but why did you bother to treat me with that outdated bag? You are simply deliberately making me look bad in front of my friends!"
Zhou Muyu shouted at the top of his lungs and couldn't help but cover his face and burst into tears.
"Mom, you too! If you hadn't kept saying that Xia Ruo'an was just a woman of humble origins who was trying to cling to the rich and powerful, how could I have hated her with you?"
"What a result! Now I have no chance to get close to her even if I want to! This is all my fault. Because I offended Xia Ruo'an, who among those aristocratic families is willing to accept me now? It's all your fault!"
Zhou Muyu became sadder and sadder as she spoke, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably, and finally she simply ran back to her room crying.
Mrs. Zhou felt very upset as she watched her daughter leaving.
She did this all for the sake of the children. Did she really do anything wrong?
Old Man Zhou on the side sighed heavily, shook his head helplessly, then turned around and left without saying a word.
He was still mumbling, "They say you should marry a virtuous woman. If your wife is not virtuous enough, it will ruin the happiness of three generations."
Seeing this, Mrs. Zhou felt even more aggrieved.
She turned to look at her son Zhou Mufan and said anxiously, "Son, everyone agreed with my approach at the beginning. Why is it that now that something went wrong, everyone blames mom?"
"Mu Fan, listen to me. You are so outstanding, why do you have to stay with Xia Meihui? Tomorrow, you should get a divorce certificate from her. After a few days, I will help you find a better woman who is more suitable for our family."
However, Zhou Mufan just sneered coldly and did not respond to his mother's words.
He wondered in his heart how much of his mother's words were sincere, and how much of them were out of consideration for the family's interests...
"Mom, don't you realize that you have messed up my life? Xu Lan and I are truly in love, but you refuse to agree because you think her father's shares in the Xu family are too small."
"Later, who would have thought that her father would inherit the entire Xu family! Then you made a 180-degree turn and insisted that I go after Xu Lan again. What was the result? She was so pissed off by you that she had to go abroad!"
Zhou Mufan became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice unconsciously rose an octave.
"After all the hard work, Xia Ruo'an and I got together, and you started to find fault with me, disliking this and that, and forcing me to break up with her."
"But now, after you know her hidden life story, you start to regret it. But what's the use? She has already married someone else, and the family she married is much better than ours!"
At this point, Zhou Mufan sneered, his face full of sarcasm towards his mother.
"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll listen to you and marry Xia Meihui. I thought you would be satisfied now, right? I didn't expect that now you think she's useless and want me to divorce her quickly."
"Mom, have you ever thought that after all this trouble, which girl would dare to marry into our Zhou family in the future?" Zhou Mufan stared at his mother with sharp eyes, as if he wanted to see through her innermost thoughts.
"And Lin Cai came to see me. He already knew that Xia Meihui and I had obtained a marriage certificate. He also threatened that if I dared to divorce, the Zhou family would face bankruptcy!" Zhou Mufan took a deep breath and slowly told his mother about this.
Hearing this, Mrs. Zhou's eyes widened and she exclaimed in disbelief: "How could he do this? Isn't this clearly a threat to us!"
"Because he asked someone to ask our Zhou family how we treated Ruo'an in the past, and he knows that you definitely don't like Xia Meihui now, and he really doesn't want you to have an easy life."
"So now not only can you not hate Xia Meihui, you also have to provide her with good food and drink, otherwise if she files for divorce, our family will be finished." Zhou Mufan didn't know whether this was what he deserved.
When Mrs. Zhou heard this, she slumped in her chair and wanted to scold Xia Meihui but she had to hold it in.
The Zhou family felt sad, and so did Xia Meihui. She knew very well that it was impossible for the Zhou family to develop further. The Zhou family was now struggling to survive, neither going up nor down. It was impossible for them to live a better life, as could be seen from the fact that the Zhou family originally had seven or eight servants, but now only two were left.
Xia Meihui gently stroked her belly, her eyes slowly moved to the person in front of her, and she opened her lips slightly: "I'm pregnant, and this child is Zhou Mufan's."
However, it is regrettable that no one present had the slightest expectation for this little life that was about to be born.
After hearing these words, Zhou Mufan frowned tightly, and a trace of barely perceptible disgust and dislike flashed across his originally deep and bright eyes.
He asked in a stiff tone, "Didn't I tell you to take your medicine on time? How could this happen?"
Faced with Zhou Mufan's questioning, Xia Meihui chose to remain silent.
In fact, she did not take birth control pills as Zhou Mufan requested, because she knew very well that if she became pregnant with Zhou Mufan's child, it would not be a sure thing for her.
However, what she never expected was that she actually got pregnant unexpectedly.
Just as Zhou Mufan was about to say something else, suddenly, a clear and pleasant cell phone ringtone broke the solemn and depressing atmosphere.
Zhou Mufan subconsciously took out his cell phone. When he saw the caller's name displayed on the screen - Xu Lan, a look of surprise that was hard to conceal flashed across his eyes.
Despite this, he still pressed the answer button, put the phone close to his ear and whispered, "Hello."
Xu Lan's sweet voice came from the other end of the phone: "Brother Mu Fan, are you free now? Can you pick me up at the airport? I'm already back home!"
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