Chapter 4 Chen Zhaoyue: Dad, how about we break off our relationship?
"Your childhood sweetheart..." Liu Hongyang paused, frowned, and seemed to be thinking about what excuse to use to get rid of her.
"I heard that he is serving in the army now. Then I can get married without going to the countryside." Chen Zhaoyue said first.
Her voice was neither loud nor soft, but it was like a bomb dropping on the dining table. The table was instantly so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
This was the information she read from the original owner's memory last night.
Old Master Shen Bowen was a man of profound thoughts. Before his death, he held the original owner's hand and solemnly explained this child marriage.
The original owner also inquired about it later, but learned that the other party was serving in the army, and was on the northern border. It was said that the conditions were quite bad, so he gave up the idea of joining him.
Clang——
Liu Qingqing's soup spoon smashed into the bowl, and the splashing soup created a stain on her new clothes.
"What are you dreaming about?"
Liu Qingqing's voice was shrill, and her fingers painted with colorful nail polish almost poked the tip of Shen Zhaoyue's nose.
"What era is it now and you still have child marriages? Besides, with your current status, who would dare to marry you?" Liu Qingqing never thought that Chen Zhaoyue had a child marriage, and he was a soldier!
The marriage that Mr. Shen arranged for Shen Zhaoyue must be to a good family. What if the family is an officer?
no!
Liu Qingqing felt uncomfortable just thinking about it. Chen Zhaoyue had taken her parents away for fourteen years, so why could she still marry into such a good family?
No matter what, she couldn't be allowed to marry him. How could Chen Zhaoyue live better than her?
Even if she wants to get married, she should only marry a country bumpkin!
Chen Zhaoyue drank his porridge calmly, quietly admiring Liu Qingqing's broken look.
The jealousy in the other person's eyes almost solidified into substance. This fake daughter who had usurped the throne was probably worried even in her dreams that she would live a better life than her.
But it's so easy to break the defense, your skills are not that good!
"It's not up to you to decide whether to do it or not. Grandpa always values his promises. He even specifically instructed about this child marriage before he died." Chen Zhaoyue spoke slowly.
"Zhaoyue, it's not that I want to break the contract," Liu Hongyang frowned upon hearing this, "but this happened so many years ago. We haven't been in touch for so many years, maybe the other party has forgotten about it."
Although he knew about this child marriage, he obviously did not agree with it.
"Besides, we haven't seen each other for so many years. Who knows what that kid has become? You two have no feelings for each other, and we are not by your side. What if he treats you badly?"
Liu Hongyang's words persuaded people with both reason and emotion.
"That's right!" Cao Jing suddenly raised her voice, then quickly lowered it. "Soldiers are very concerned about their background. If they knew your grandfather was a capitalist, just imagine..."
She didn't finish her words, but her trembling legs under the table betrayed their fear—they were terrified of being reported.
You know, she panicked when she first heard the word "join the army".
"What are you talking about?" Liu Hongyang glanced at her sharply. Cao Jing realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly lowered his head.
Chen Zhaoyue also lowered his head to drink his porridge, a sneer on the corner of his lips.
In the original book, this family was doing very well in Hong Kong. Now that she has traveled through time, she naturally wants to take back everything that belonged to the original owner!
"Zhaoyue, we're all doing this for your own good." Liu Hongyang's fingertips tapped out a dull rhythm on the mahogany tabletop. "How about this? You stay in the countryside for now. Once we're settled, we'll pick you up right away. What do you think?"
Liu Qingqing immediately chimed in, her newly permed hair trembling with her exaggerated movements: "Yes, yes, the countryside is so nice, the air is fresh."
She pointed her nail-polished finger at Chen Zhaoyue again: "Don't be ungrateful!"
"Is that so?" Chen Zhaoyue fiddled with the jade bracelet on her wrist casually. "If Dad is worried, I can go to the countryside to avoid the limelight, but..."
"Just what?" Liu Qingqing was a little anxious. The chair scraped against the ground, making a harsh sound. Her swollen face looked even more hideous due to excitement.
Chen Zhaoyue deliberately dragged out her tone: "It's just that my identity is sensitive, and I'm afraid that I'll be disliked in the countryside, otherwise..."
"Just say what you want to say. Why are you hesitating? Tell me what you want?" Liu Hongyang asked impatiently.
"You all know that I can't endure any hardship. If I'm despised and bullied again, I won't be able to live. So, how about we break off the relationship first?" Chen Zhaoyue said this lightly, as if discussing the weather, "This way I can be a little safer."
The time is very chaotic right now, and breaking off relations can not only get rid of this troublesome family, but also prevent being implicated by them in the future.
"What did you say? You want to break up the relationship?" Liu Qingqing took a breath when she heard that.
It's not like she hadn't thought about kicking Chen Zhaoyue out before, but when she said the word "severing the relationship", the meaning was completely different. When she said "severing the relationship", it sounded like she looked down on the Liu family and didn't want them anymore.
Cao Jing: “?”
She stared at her in shock, her hands still.
Liu Hongyang narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Zhaoyue as if he were a stranger.
No one in the family of three had expected that Chen Zhaoyue would say something like breaking off the relationship.
"That's right. As long as the relationship is severed, I will no longer be a member of your Liu family. At least when I go to the countryside, others won't exclude me." Shen Zhaoyue nodded obediently, with a pair of big eyes, very harmless, "You also know what I can't stand."
Although the original owner had no status at home in the past four years, she was still a capitalist lady after all. She had been pampered for so long, and it was definitely not okay for her to suffer bullying at home and outside as well.
So there is nothing wrong with Chen Zhaoyue using this reason.
"Severing ties..." Liu Hongyang chewed over the word, "Zhaoyue, do you know what severing ties means?"
"Of course." Chen Zhaoyue looked him straight in the eyes, "From now on, if we meet on the road, we'll just be strangers."
Liu Hongyang stared at her for a while, and suddenly chuckled, thinking that she was angry about going to the countryside.
But he couldn't help stroking his chin and began to think: Although breaking off the engagement is troublesome, it can stabilize this girl. Once the ship sets sail, who will care whether the engagement is broken off or not?
Anyway, once we get to Hong Kong, it will be no different from breaking off the relationship!
"Okay." He slammed the table, "Dad will write the letter of severance right away."
Cao Jing was so anxious that she kept pulling at her husband's sleeve: "Hongyang, you..."
"Shut up!" Liu Hongyang shouted, then turned around and put on a kind face again, "Zhaoyue, Dad is doing this for your own good. When the storm is over, Dad will definitely take you back to the city. Just bear with it for a while."
"Uh-huh."
Chen Zhaoyue lowered his head to hide the sarcasm in his eyes and immediately took out a pen and letter paper.
"Alright." Liu Hongyang finished writing and pushed it in front of Chen Zhaoyue: "Hurry up and go to the street office to handle the formalities. Once you're done, you can go to the countryside with peace of mind."
Shen Zhaoyue glanced at the document, which read in black and white: "Voluntarily severing family ties with Shen Zhaoyue", and the date of signature was deliberately advanced by half a month.
She sneered in her heart. This man even falsified the date. He must have been waiting to do so for a long time.
"I hit my head yesterday and I'm still dizzy." She rubbed her temples, pretending to be weak. "We still have time, so let's go in a couple of days."
"Why are you pretending..." Liu Qingqing couldn't stand it anymore and said angrily.
"Enough!" Liu Hongyang frowned and shouted, "Two days later is two days later."
He was busy these past two days secretly transporting the Shen family's last valuables onto the ship, and he really couldn't spare the energy to keep an eye on Shen Zhaoyue.
Anyway, the engagement has been severed, so I'm not worried about her causing any trouble.
"..." Liu Qingqing pouted in grievance and did not dare to talk back to Liu Hongyang.
"I'll accompany you when the time comes!" Liu Qingqing said after thinking for a while.
There must be something wrong since Chen Zhaoyue refused to go through the formalities. She couldn't let Chen Zhaoyue run away, and she couldn't let her go to find some child marriage. She had to let her go to the countryside!
And this kind of thing can only be assured if she personally watches it.
Thinking of this, she squeezed out a malicious smile on her red and swollen face: "My sister is not feeling well, so as her elder sister, of course I have to take better care of her."
"That's really true. Thank you, sister~" Chen Zhaoyue glanced at her with a smile.
“…”
hateful!
Such a sarcastic way of saying thank you is really infuriating!
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