When Su Yueya chatted with Meng Yingxin, she heard Meng Yingxin talk about some things about her family. So, by a combination of guesswork and deduction, she managed to match up the identities of everyone involved.
As for the younger sister who took Meng Yingxin's university spot, her name is Meng Yaxin, but she doesn't seem to have shown up this time.
"Running away from a wedding? That's exciting! I didn't realize Meng Yingxin had this ability?"
"They were already engaged and then ran away from the wedding. Wasn't that deliberately embarrassing their family? No wonder they had to come to the military base to arrest him. What a troublemaker!"
"She really does have a seductive look. Keeping someone like that in the army is just tarnishing the image of our soldiers!"
Here we go again, that feeling of being talked about, gossiped about, and misunderstood by everyone.
Meng Yingxin felt that all the sounds around her were being amplified infinitely, filling her mind and eardrums, especially the fingers her parents were pointing at her and scolding her, which were almost poking her face.
"Quiet down, everyone!" Su Yueya shouted, squeezing her way to Meng Yingxin's side and whispering in her ear, "Meng Yingxin, if you have any grievances, just say them. This is the military base, don't worry, they can't do anything reckless."
Su Yueya's words gave Meng Yingxin boundless courage.
If she herself doesn't dare to stand up, who else can stand up for her?
"No, that's not how it is!" Meng Yingxin suddenly shouted.
She had never spoken to anyone so loudly before, but at this moment, all the painful memories of the past came rushing back to her. She had only one thought in her mind: she could not repeat the same mistakes, she could not let these so-called family members take advantage of her again, she had to explain herself and fight for herself.
“I’ve never been engaged to anyone, I never have! It was you—” Meng Yingxin looked at them, at the people closest to her by blood, and choked up, “You, you forced me to marry an old man, you forced me to marry an old man in order to get dowry money, I never agreed, I didn’t!”
"I'm not running away from my wedding, I just want to escape from you all!"
The female soldiers nearby were stunned when these words were spoken.
However, because they had always had a bad impression of Meng Yingxin, they subconsciously did not believe Meng Yingxin's explanation and thought she was lying.
Moreover, even if an average family doesn't love their daughter, they wouldn't go so far as to marry her off to an old man in exchange for a dowry.
No one, even a biological child, would do something so vicious.
"Meng Yingxin, are you deliberately spouting nonsense to evade responsibility?"
"That's right. It's normal for a woman to marry a man who is older than herself. It's not like what you're saying, that some old man would arrange such a marriage for his own daughter."
"To lie without even thinking it through is outrageous..."
“I didn’t lie,” Meng Yingxin looked at everyone helplessly and tried her best to explain, “I really didn’t lie. They just wanted to force me to marry an old man. He’s an old man, not just a few years older than me. Otherwise, why would I insist on escaping my family?”
Meng Yingxin turned to look at Su Yueya, who kept shaking her head.
"Dr. Su, believe me, believe me! I'm not lying, I wouldn't lie about something like this..."
Su Yueya certainly believed it; they had discussed this matter before at the training ground.
Moreover, judging from the appearances of these people, Su Yueya felt that Meng Yingxin's words were more credible.
"You must be Meng Yingxin's parents and family, right?" Su Yueya patted Meng Yingxin's shoulder to calm her down, then stepped forward and asked, "Is what Meng Yingxin just said true?"
"How is that possible—"
"What utter nonsense—"
Meng Demao and Pan Wenfang instinctively opened their mouths to refute; how could they possibly admit it?
But Su Yueya raised her hand to interrupt them, calmly adding a sentence.
"Please think carefully before you answer."
Su Yueya's demeanor was quite different from these new recruits. She was originally a military doctor, with much more experience than them, and she had seen the world, so she naturally seemed extraordinary.
“This is no longer the old society where arranged marriages are based on parental orders and matchmakers. Now we talk about freedom of love and marriage. Young people have the right to choose their own partners. If you force your daughter to marry someone she doesn’t want to marry in order to collect a bride price, that is considered human trafficking and is illegal.”
Su Yueya's casual words startled the Meng family, leaving them all somewhat flustered.
"Is that really true?" Pan Wenfang turned her head and whispered to her son Meng Chengfu.
"How would I know?" Meng Chengfu had a headache. He had never heard of human trafficking involving the sale of daughters. That was something only human traffickers did. Meng Yingxin was a member of the Meng family. How could this be considered human trafficking? "Mom, don't listen to this woman trying to fool us!"
“That’s right, Dad, Mom, we finally found the army, we absolutely can’t go back empty-handed!” Sister-in-law Wu Xiulan added fuel to the fire, encouraging Meng Demao and Pan Wenfang to continue making a scene.
It's best to make a big fuss about it. After all, this is a family matter. Even an honest official has a hard time settling family disputes. Why should these soldiers have the right to interfere so much?
"What business is it of yours, little brat, that you have the right to interfere?" Meng Demao, relying on his age, even lectured Su Yueya. "This is a matter for the Meng family, only those with the surname Meng can participate. Get out of the way!"
As he spoke, Meng Demao reached out to push Su Yueya.
Meng Yingxin was used to being timid, but when Meng Demao tried to push Su Yueya, she bravely stood up and blocked Su Yueya's way.
"Dad, you can't push her! She's a military doctor in our unit! You can't push her!" Meng Yingxin said, her eyes red.
Although she still called this man "Dad," Meng Yingxin felt as if her heart had been ripped out.
She treated them like family, but did they treat her like family?
Meng Demao didn't care who Su Yueya was or whether she was a military doctor or not. All they wanted was to take advantage of this disturbance to take Meng Yingxin away and make her go back to marry someone honestly. They just wanted to get the bride price; nothing else mattered.
If they keep making trouble, the military, not wanting to cause any trouble, will definitely persuade Meng Yingxin to leave, leaving her with only one way out: marriage.
"Fine, I won't push her. Then you come with us and go back to get married!" Meng Demao said, reaching out to pull her away.
“I won’t marry him! I don’t want to marry an old man! I don’t want to go back with you either, I don’t want to…” Meng Yingxin shook her head, she was very resistant.
She knew that if she left the army and went back with this group of vampires, her life would be over.
Even if she tries her best and doesn't marry this old man, there will be another old man, and the one after that, waiting for her.
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