“I don’t think Shen Liang is a good match for Shi Murou. Putting aside their family background, just look at their character,” Da Cheng said.
This rich girl has a few flaws, but she doesn't have those insidious, cunning, or scheming thoughts.
Coming to the village to cause trouble is certainly bold, but it's also an open and aboveboard way of fighting for oneself.
They did nothing behind the scenes with the Qiao family.
To be honest, with a family like that, if they hired a bunch of thugs to force the Qiao family to submit through violence, there would be nothing they could do.
"The Shi family has never agreed to Shen Liang and Shi Murou's request, so the Shen family may not get what they want," Qiao Lian'er said.
"What?" Old Qiao was shocked. "You mean, Shen's parents didn't agree, so what about Shi Murou—"
What kind of sect is this?
"That's not important. What's important is that the Shen family has nothing to do with our Qiao family anymore," Old Mrs. Qiao said cheerfully.
Madam Feng felt a surge of satisfaction: "The Shen family originally wanted to find a better horse while riding a donkey. Once they thought they had found the horse, they rushed to kick the donkey away. Little did they know that the horse they thought they had found might not be one they could actually ride."
“Yes, it would be much more satisfying if both of the Shen family’s plans fell through,” said Madam Lü.
Qiao Lian'er thought for a moment: "When Shi Murou came to make trouble, the Shi family might think that the Shen family was impatient and deliberately instigated her to cause such a scene in order to make the Shi family give in, which would worsen their impression of her. Originally, the Shi family was only testing Shen Liang."
She believed that Old Master Shen would likely think the same way. Having served as an official in the prefecture for many years, Old Master Shen had witnessed countless instances of lower-ranking officials resorting to any means to climb the ranks, so naturally he would think the same way about the Shen family.
Everyone knew the Shen family had other plans, but no one expected them to come so quickly.
After lunch, Old Mrs. Shen, Old Master Shen, and Madam Liu came to the door.
"What is it?" Old Mrs. Qiao grabbed a broom and blocked the doorway.
Old Man Qiao also held a stick; the two old men looked like two door gods.
"Oh dear, Qiao brothers and sisters-in-law, you don't need to be like this. You're in-laws now, and even if you can't be true in-laws, you're still from the same village, you'll see each other all the time," said Old Mrs. Shen.
Grandma Qiao laughed: "You know you'll run into each other all the time, so why did you do such a shameless thing?"
Liu said, "Second Aunt Qiao, the girl has come to our door and the whole village knows about it. There's nothing we can do."
“There’s nothing we can do. Shen Liang is seeing other girls in private. Who forced him to do this?” Madam Feng also came over: “You are innocent little flowers, you are pitiful little dogs. You were forced into this situation, right?”
"Sister-in-law Qiao, don't be so rude. Let's go inside and talk, okay?" Liu said.
"That's impossible. Speak your mind right here, or shut up," said Boss Qiao. "You Shen family members will never be allowed to set foot in our Qiao family home."
Old Mrs. Shen had no choice but to lower her voice: "Actually, we have made good arrangements for your Xi'er, so our two families are not considered to have broken off the marriage."
"What's the best arrangement?" Boss Qiao didn't believe that anything nice would come out of the Shen family.
"Go away, go away, the Qiao family doesn't want to hear it. The marriage is off, and that's it. Let's just pretend our two families never had any relationship." Old Mrs. Qiao waved her broom to shoo them away.
The Shen family retreated, waving away the dust they had kicked up, but they still refused to leave.
"Oh, Aunt Qiao, don't be so fierce. We've come to bring you good news," said the eldest son of the Shen family. "We guarantee that Xi'er will have no worries about food and clothing and will live a life of wealth and luxury."
Grandma Qiao: "Heh, then tell me about it."
Old Mrs. Shen said almost in a whisper, "The Shi family is a wealthy family. Once Shen Liang and Miss Shi get married, Xi'er can become Shen Liang's concubine. Wouldn't that be a life of luxury?"
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