Ma's mother and Ma Facai remained hesitant. They knew, of course, what the token meant to them—it was something that allowed them to continue to manipulate Grandpa Jiang.
As long as the token remains, the fact that their family is related to the Jiang family is public knowledge. The Jiang family is powerful, and they can gain a lot of benefits by leveraging the Jiang family's reputation.
The token was returned with a written explanation, making it impossible for anyone to claim it again.
Thinking about all this, Ma's mother and Ma Facai were extremely unwilling, but then, thinking about Ma Facai's hands, they hesitated.
The question is whether to break off the engagement or get rich quickly.
If they break off the engagement, they will be separated from wealth and honor; if they don't, Ma Facai will be a useless person from now on.
The situation remained deadlocked when Grandpa Jiang stepped forward.
“The Ma family, when your ancestors and our family got engaged, they left tokens. When the engagement was broken off, the tokens were exchanged and returned between the two families.”
At this point, whether Mr. and Mrs. Ma take the bait or not is their own business.
Mr. and Mrs. Ma looked at each other, weighing the pros and cons in their minds. The only token the Jiang family had given them was a broken stone and a document. What good things could their ancestors have given them as tokens?
"Forget it, you only have one option: to break off the engagement."
Li Yiyi's words brought them back to reality. Mr. and Mrs. Ma immediately calmed down and tried to discuss the matter with Li Yiyi.
“My...my niece, how about we just exchange the tokens and forget about writing the explanation? My niece, you're young and don't know how unpredictable life can be. One second your family might be powerful, and the next second something bad might happen to them.”
Pretending to have said something wrong, Mr. Ma even patted his mouth.
"I'm sorry, my dear niece, I misspoke just now, but this is what I meant: people shouldn't be too ruthless; always leave yourself a way out."
Mr. Ma looked at Li Yiyi with a beaming smile, appearing to be a kind and gentle man.
But Li Yiyi wasn't buying it at all. Anyone can hide a knife behind a smile! It's just a few boasts, isn't it?
Of course, she's skilled in combat and likes to speak the truth.
"Exchanging tokens is necessary, and I wrote this explanation in case your family goes back on their word and continues to harass my grandfather."
To put it bluntly, Li Yi didn't give Mr. and Mrs. Ma any face at all.
"Stop dawdling and hurry up and write. I know exactly what I did. If we keep going and it gets late, Ma Facai's hand won't be healed."
Mr. and Mrs. Ma's expressions changed drastically. Mrs. Ma was still hesitating, but Ma Facai dared not hesitate any longer. Whether it was psychological or not, Ma Facai felt his hand was getting worse.
"Father and Mother, it's fine if the marriage is called off. Your son is a genius, and you'll never be short of money in the future. But if my hand really can't be restored, you know the consequences."
Ma Facai's words awakened Ma's mother's desire for money. Yes, things were different now; their son was a genius.
Earning a little money is easy, but if you break your hand, who knows how much trouble you'll face later?
Just as she figured it out, her father, who couldn't stand her dawdling, slapped her on the head.
A buzzing sound filled her left ear, and she felt dizzy. Ma Mu wanted to faint, but dared not.
"Hurry up!"
After Mr. Ma finished speaking, Mrs. Ma, without daring to delay, said to Li Yiyi,
"Let's retreat and write."
Turning to look at Ma Mei, she was already gone. Ma's mother suppressed her anger, stiffly holding the pen, and carefully wrote on the clean paper, stroke by stroke.
She wanted to ask Ma Mei to write it, but Ma Mei was nowhere to be found. She couldn't ask Ma's father or Ma Facai, so in the end she had to do it herself.
As she was writing, the words in front of her suddenly changed. Ma's mother felt a little dazed and tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyes wouldn't cooperate.
I slowly closed my eyes, and just as I was about to close them, my mind cleared up again. I could see the words clearly, and my hands regained their strength.
Li Yiyi stood aside, keeping his merits and fame hidden. He could faint if he wanted, but not now. He would faint after finishing the task.
Actually, the relationship between Mr. and Mrs. Ma is quite contradictory. When it comes to making decisions, Mrs. Ma basically has the final say, and Mr. Ma is quite obedient to her.
However, Ma's father would occasionally hit Ma's mother, and Ma's mother didn't dare to fight back, which was truly a contradiction.
However, these are other people's business and have little to do with her.
The pen stopped, the instruction manual was finished, and Ma's mother handed it to Li Yiyi. She glanced at it, then raised her chin.
"Come over here and sign and put your fingerprints on it."
Anyone can write on a blank sheet of paper, but a signature and fingerprint are different; fingerprints cannot be imitated.
"My hand is injured, so I can't write."
With a grudge simmering inside, Ma Facai used his injured hand as an excuse, and glared at Li Yiyi with accusatory eyes.
Li Yiyi didn't care at all and said lazily,
“Ma Facai, if you want your right hand to be broken too, I don’t mind granting your wish.”
The moment the stick came out, Ma Facai didn't dare utter a word. He quickly walked over, wrote his name on it, and even stamped his fingerprint on it.
"Look, can't you still write?"
With a cold laugh, Li Yiyi said in a rather sarcastic tone,
Ma Facai walked to the side with a dark expression, wanting to argue but not daring to, and could only sulk to himself.
Their beloved son has already signed the consent form, so there's no point in the parents insisting; in fact, it might delay Ma Facai's optimal treatment time.
The agreement was signed, and the exchange of tokens was very quick.
Ma's mother took out the token from her breast pocket. Looking at the stone and the document, Li Yi felt a deep sense of admiration for her.
You know, just now, Ma's mother chased Ma Mei for a long time while carrying this rock. Didn't she mind that the rock was hurting her?
"Bring out my Ma family's belongings."
Since things had already escalated to a point of no return, Ma's mother just wanted to leave as quickly as possible so as not to delay her precious son's treatment.
Li Yiyi turned to look at Grandpa Jiang, who also took out the keepsake left by the Ma family.
It was a dark, indistinct mass, about the size of a palm, and you couldn't make out what it was at all.
"No, you old geezer, did you steal my Ma family's things?"
Grandpa Jiang came out with something unidentified, and Ma's mother was the most unable to accept it.
"Look closely, this has your Ma family's logo on it."
The dark object flipped over, revealing a brightly colored character for "horse" on one side, just like the stone blocks from the Jiang family's house; flipping them over revealed a character for "Jiang" on the other side as well.
Li Yiyi could hardly believe her eyes. Her eye twitched violently. Everyone was so casual about it!
With the logo revealed, Ma's mother had no reason to make a scene, so she could only shut her mouth and give Li Yiyi another fierce glare.
Li Yiyi, used to being glared at, simply ignored it and turned her gaze away.
The biggest blow is being ignored; for someone like Ma's mother, ignoring her is the best solution.
Sure enough, after Li Yi ignored Ma's mother, she almost jumped up in anger. Fortunately, Ma Facai, who was standing next to her, let out a groan, stopping Ma's mother from flying into a rage.
Even after taking her own belongings, Ma's mother was still furious and fiercely smashed the stone in her hand on the ground.
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