Meng Demao was so angry that he stomped his feet. That dowry was no small sum!
"Dad, Mom, what do we do now?" Meng Chengfu asked anxiously. "She's dead, and the bride price is gone. It's 888 yuan! Where are we going to find someone else willing to give that much?"
“You still want the bride price? Now that the person is dead, the bride price is gone!” Wu Xiulan said.
“If she were alive, she would only be worth 888 in betrothal gifts. If she’s dead… Old Meng, we should try to arrange a ghost marriage for her. At least we can make some money. But ghost marriages aren’t easy to arrange, let alone finding someone willing to spend a lot of money in a short time… Tsk, if the body decomposes, it’ll be worthless!” Pan Wenfang said.
The whole family, each with shrewd calculations in their eyes, were also very worried—
But the only concern is not being able to make money from Meng Yingxin. As for Meng Yingxin's life or death?
If they cared, they wouldn't have done all these good deeds.
The female soldiers, who were initially worried about Meng Yingxin's situation, were all stunned when they heard the Meng family's discussion.
Especially when Pan Wenfang said that it was possible to use corpses for ghost marriages, everyone doubted their hearing, otherwise how could a mother say such a thing?
"Are they... are they insane?"
"Is this even human language? A ghost marriage? How could they even think of that!"
"It's absolutely outrageous, they have no humanity left!"
"Isn't arranging ghost marriages illegal? They'll do anything for money!"
"They're even selling their daughters for dowry money, so it's not surprising they'd arrange a ghost marriage. If they still have time, they might even sell organs! As long as they can make money, what illegal things won't they do? They have no humanity whatsoever, they don't deserve to be parents!"
"Meng Yingxin is really unlucky..."
Most of the women who became soldiers came from families that weren't well-off. Only a very few did so out of personal ambition, while most did it to support themselves, just like Meng Yingxin back then.
Therefore, many of these female soldiers were neglected at home to varying degrees.
Seeing the true colors of the Meng family at this moment, one understands Meng Yingxin's situation. In fact, they are in the same boat as Meng Yingxin, or perhaps a little better off, as they were not sold off so thoroughly.
"I never imagined she was in such a terrible state. I shouldn't have yelled at her like that..."
Perhaps it was because she was about to die that even those who had bullied Meng Yingxin felt a pang of remorse.
While Su Yueya was examining Meng Yingxin, she discovered that Meng Yingxin had temporarily stopped breathing and immediately began resuscitation efforts.
Su Yueya also heard what the Meng family said.
Her reaction was similar to that of the female soldiers; she was almost driven mad with anger, but at the moment, she simply couldn't care less about settling scores with them.
"Meng Yingxin, are you willing to die like this?" Su Yueya asked while trying to save her.
"Can you accept this yourself?"
Su Yueya had no intention of giving up. From the moment she was discovered, she had been trying to save her, working herself to the bone until she was almost exhausted, and seeing that hope was becoming increasingly slim...
"Meng Yingxin, you can't just die like this."
"Wake up!"
However, the only response Su Yueya received was Meng Yingxin's motionless body and her unresponsive pulse and heartbeat.
She lay there, as if she had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
It is death, or perhaps it is liberation.
As for how the Meng family will continue to exploit her after she dies, she's no longer aware of it.
In broad daylight, even if Su Yueya wanted to save someone, she couldn't possibly transfer Meng Yingxin into her spatial dimension.
Given the current limited resources, she has already tried everything she could...
If this is the final outcome, then Su Yueya has no choice but to accept it.
Looking at the motionless Meng Yingxin, she regretfully announced to everyone, "Meng Yingxin, she—"
At that very moment, Meng Yingxin's eyelids twitched.
"Meng Yingxin?!" Su Yueya noticed and immediately moved closer, leaning close to Meng Yingxin's face and carefully examining her eyelids. "Meng Yingxin, are you awake? Meng Yingxin?"
It wasn't a case of my eyes playing tricks on me.
The eyelid twitched once, then twitched a second time, and then... the eyelid slowly opened.
"Meng Yingxin!" Su Yueya exclaimed excitedly.
The miracle that is happening before our eyes is even more awe-inspiring.
"Meng Yingxin, you're awake! Do you feel uncomfortable anywhere?" Su Yueya asked quickly, anxiously watching her every reaction.
Meng Yingxin's reaction was a bit strange.
She glanced at Su Yueya first, then looked into the void and murmured, "Wasn't I dead?"
"You're not dead!" Su Yueya heard this and excitedly replied, "You're not dead, you're awake! Look, this is the entrance to the military base!"
Meng Yingxin seemed to come to her senses, and first glanced at Su Yueya with a puzzled look in her eyes.
"Medic Su?"
Su Yueya: "..."
Something seems off.
"Dr. Su? How come you suddenly look so young?" Meng Yingxin asked in confusion, as if she had seen something strange.
Looking younger?
Su Yueya found it even stranger. Clearly, only a short time had passed between Meng Yingxin's fainting, death, and resuscitation. How could she possibly "become younger"?
In an instant, a strange thought popped into her mind.
"Could it be..." Su Yueya found it extremely unbelievable. She looked at Meng Yingxin, not daring to make any rash moves.
After all, she had no experience in this kind of thing and didn't know what consequences her actions might have, so she could only proceed cautiously and wait and see.
Lying on the ground, Meng Yingxin first propped herself up and sat up. Then, her gaze slowly swept over the crowd, including the female soldiers and the Meng family members who were looking in her direction...
How come they're all so young?
Meng Yingxin's eyes were strange. She quickly touched her face and looked at the clothes she was wearing.
"Meng Yingxin isn't dead? She's not dead! She really isn't dead!"
The female soldiers, who had previously thought they had killed Meng Yingxin, were immediately relieved and breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, no one wants to be implicated in a murder case for no reason. Even if they are not the direct murderers of Meng Yingxin, in the chaos, if the murderer cannot be found, then everyone is a murderer.
"That's great, then I can rest assured... I don't want to become a murderer for no reason."
"It's alright, it's alright."
Just when everyone thought this was a happy ending, the Meng family discovered that Meng Yingxin had woken up and immediately rushed over.
Pan Wenfang, in particular, quickly grabbed Meng Yingxin's wrist, as if she were afraid that Meng Yingxin would run away.
This is no Meng Yingxin, her eldest daughter!
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