Chapter 106 Chapter 106 Mom is doing this for your own good
“Shen Miao?”
It’s good to have acquaintances in the police station!
Shen Miao thought that she might not be able to eat the melon this time, and was just thinking about who to ask about the situation after it was over, when Xiao Li from the police station came to find her.
“Is it the group of people just now?” Shen Miao asked tentatively.
Xiao Li didn't say anything, just nodded, and curled his lips meaningfully.
Xiao Li usually interacted with Shen Miao the most, and he knew best what kind of gossip Shen Miao liked to eat: family matters, matters between men and women, and preferably those involving the grievances between two generations...
Such gossip is really lively, and when people start arguing, the scene can become a complete mess.
Today's melon hit Shen Miao's "satisfaction point" precisely, she would definitely love it!
Picking up the medical box in the room, Shen Miao followed Xiao Li to the police station.
There were more people in the mediation room than Shen Miao had imagined. Shen Miao remembered that she only saw six or seven people just now, but at this moment, all ten chairs in the mediation room were filled, and the police officer in charge of mediation could only stand by.
“Which auntie is feeling unwell? The doctor is here.” After leading Shen Miao in, the police asked the group of people.
Gao Huifen raised her hand weakly: "My heart hurts..."
Gao Huifen secretly glanced at the doctor brought by the police, and her eyes, which were half open and half closed a second ago, suddenly paused.
Their eyes met, although Shen Miao was a little speechless, she still walked to her side with the medicine box, and placed her fingers on her wrist as she usually did when diagnosing ordinary patients.
Not only Gao Huifen, He Manru and Gao Zhiwan also recognized her, but at the moment they had more difficult things to deal with and really didn't have the mood to greet her.
In just a few seconds, Shen Miao knew Gao Huifen's physical condition.
As expected, she was still pretending to be sick.
Gao Huifen's pulse was normal, without the slightest abnormal fluctuation, and her complexion showed no problem. Moreover, even without Shen Miao saying anything, she couldn't pretend anymore and subconsciously wanted to avoid Shen Miao's gaze.
"Tell me, how are you going to deal with this?"
"What do you mean by how to deal with it? If it's not suitable, then it's not suitable. Do I have to marry you just because we go out together a few times?!"
"Eh? Does this have anything to do with you? Why are you, a little girl, interfering in other people's family affairs?"
"That's right! You are not from the Gao family, so you have no right to speak here."
"So what do you want to do now? Does Gao Zhiwan have to marry into your family?"
"Of course, we have already given the betrothal gifts and set the date, so this wedding must take place!"
…
The atmosphere in the room was quiet for less than five minutes before it was soon stirred up again by the gossips of some women, becoming even more tense than before.
Fortunately, Shen Miao had a lot of experience in eating melons, and even if there was no previous situation, she could still hear what was going on from their words:
Gao Zhiwan was forced to get married, and the man who forced her to get married was a man named Xu Heng.
No, actually it cannot be said to be a forced marriage, because they were actually already engaged, it was just Gao Huifen who advocated the engagement, and Gao Zhiwan himself was completely unaware of it.
This happened more than two months ago.
After the Chinese New Year, Gao Huifen kept complaining about Gao Zhiwan not having a boyfriend, complaining about her age, and complaining about how family is the only support for a woman...
Gao Zhiwan is now focused on making money and has never thought about finding a partner. However, in order to reassure Gao Huifen, he still promised her that he would find a partner so that she could rest assured.
As a result, before she started looking, Gao Huifen took the initiative to push a man towards her.
Xu Heng is twenty-nine this year, three or four years older than Gao Zhiwan.
Xu Heng was not from Yu City, but from Fengcheng next door. He just worked in a company in Yu City. His salary was not high, and his position did not have much development prospects, but the Xu family in Fengcheng was not short of money. Not only did they have several houses, but they also had several acres of land.
Gao Zhiwan had no feelings for Xu Heng, not because he was not good-looking, but because she had no intention of falling in love. She also told Gao Huifen that she did not want to go on a blind date with Xu Heng, but Gao Huifen insisted that they get to know each other first, so Gao Zhiwan gritted her teeth and agreed.
In the past two months, the two of them had eaten out several times, walked on the street several times, and watched movies several times... But the facts proved that Gao Zhiwan still couldn't fall in love with him. At most, he was just an ordinary friend with some common topics.
Gao Zhiwan doesn't like Xu Heng, but Gao Huifen is very satisfied with him.
Every time Gao Zhiwan told her that he wanted to cut off contact, Gao Huifen would say that they could try to get in touch again, until today...
Today Xu Heng came to the mall to visit Gao Zhiwan and brought her some food. When the two were chatting in the stairwell, Xu Heng kissed her on impulse.
Gao Zhiwan was startled and pushed him away quickly. Unexpectedly, Xu Heng mistook her shock for shyness and wanted to force her. Fortunately, Gao Zhiwan called for help, so he did not take advantage of her further.
Xu Heng was taken to the police station because his employees called the police and reported him as a hooligan. Soon, after receiving the notification, Xu's relatives in Yu City also found Gao Huifen and went to the police station together.
After both parties discussed it, they contacted the frightened Gao Zhiwan again. Finally, Gao Zhiwan, accompanied by He Manru and Mrs. He, came to the police station to cooperate in understanding the situation.
After sorting out the matter, the police confirmed with Gao Zhiwan: "Are you really unaware of your mother's acceptance of the betrothal gift?"
"Really, I really don't know anything," Gao Zhiwan said to the police with some tears in her eyes. "When I first contacted him, my mother just said he was a friend's child and that he was a nice person and asked me to try to get in touch with him. She never mentioned anything about engagement or betrothal gifts."
Before Gao Zhiwan finished speaking, Gao Huifen, who had just said she was dizzy and had high blood pressure, stood up and said, "You, you are really wronging your mother?!"
"I told you from the beginning to get in touch with Xiao Xu, but later on, wasn't it you who told me that he was a nice guy and asked me to discuss marriage with him that led me to accept the betrothal gift from his family?"
Gao Zhiwan: ???
Gao Zhiwan was so shocked by Gao Huifen's words that he didn't know how to express himself: "Marriage? When did I ask you to get married? I have always told you that he and I are not suitable for each other and I don't want to see him anymore. When did you say you wanted to get married?"
"That night, when you got off work, you said that Xiao Xu was a nice guy and you thought he could marry you."
"I didn't!" Gao Zhiwan's voice rose an octave, "I didn't say that! I never said that! Mom, why, why!!"
The person who really had high blood pressure was Gao Zhiwan. She already had red eyes, and after her own mother poured such a basin of dirty water on her, she almost fainted.
Fortunately, He Manru was by her side to help her, so she was not overwhelmed by those people's gazes.
"Look, look, your mother has said so. Would your mother lie to me?"
"Girl, you can't be like this."
"My Xu Heng has been very good to you. What else are you dissatisfied with? Why do you have to kill him unjustly?"
Gao Zhiwan wanted to explain, but Gao Huifen had just said that, so what else could she say?
They wouldn't believe anything you said, because they wouldn't believe a mother would betray her own daughter, and they certainly wouldn't believe Gao Huifen would lie.
But…Shen Miaoxin.
Although Shen Miao had not had much dealings with them, she knew what kind of mother Gao Huifen was, and what kind of daughter Gao Zhiwan was. Shen Miao also knew.
If one of the two people had to lie, it would definitely be Gao Huifen.
Because Gao Zhiwan had no reason to lie, but Gao Huifen...she had a very expensive hobby, and a betrothal gift of tens of thousands of yuan was not a small amount for her.
Bang!
Mrs. He, who had been sitting next to Gao Zhiwan, didn't say anything. She just picked up her bag and slammed it hard on the table, shutting out the noise of everyone talking with a muffled sound.
"How much dowry did Sister Lan take from you?"
"Sixty-six thousand six."
Taking out a stack of checks and a pen from her bag, Mrs. He wrote down a string of numbers, tore off the top one and slapped it on the table: "I'll give you 70,000. This money will be considered as Sister Fen borrowing from you, and the rest will be the interest for the past two months."
The woman was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"
Slowly putting the checkbook back into her bag, Mrs. He said casually, "It means that if you don't get married at a high age, it doesn't count whether you've been engaged or not."
Another relative of the Xu family glanced at her with disgust: "Who are you? Do you have the final say on Gao's affairs?"
"You don't need to care who I am," Mrs. He laughed. "I don't have the final say on Gao's affairs, but money does. If you think 70,000 is not enough, I can give you another 5,000."
A problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
Mrs. He would rather spend a little more money than listen to these people talking nonsense like cockfighting and wasting their time.
"Aunt He, don't..."
"It's okay, you don't have to worry about it."
Gao Zhiwan stretched out his hand to stop her, but was gently pushed back by Mrs. He.
Then he wrote another check for seventy-five thousand dollars and placed it on the table. "Is it ok now?"
This is 8,000 yuan more than the original gift...
Looking at the check, the women fell silent and started talking to each other in low voices.
While they were discussing whether or not to accept it, Mrs. He stared at Gao Huifen who was sitting next to them. In addition to disdain, there was also a hint of disgust in her eyes.
After all, Gao Zhiwan is her daughter, but she actually sat with outsiders.
"Okay, let's forget about today's matter."
Taking the check from the table, Xu Heng's aunt made the decision for them.
"Then you have settled the matter privately." The police confirmed with her.
"Yes, it's settled privately."
Police: "Why don't you sue them for marriage fraud?"
"I won't sue you anymore. It's all just a misunderstanding."
The matter that had been going on for so long finally came to an end. Although the process was a mess and it was difficult to tell who was right or wrong, the important thing was that the matter was finally settled with money.
The people from the Xu family left, and only two pairs of mother and daughter from the Gao family and the He family were left in the mediation room.
"doctor?"
Just now everyone’s attention was on the quarrel, and when it was over, only Mrs. He remembered Shen Miao who had been like a transparent person: “How is Sister Fen’s health? Does she need to go to the hospital?”
Shen Miao glanced at Gao Huifen and did not expose her pretending to be sick, "It's nothing serious, I was just too emotional just now, there's no need to go to the hospital."
Mrs. He had no intention of blaming her, she just sighed heavily.
Mrs. He and Gao Huifen have known each other for more than 20 years. Gao Huifen had been working for the He family long before He Manru was born. After the two children were born one after another, Mrs. He, who came from a noble family, did not know how to coax the children, so she took care of them alone day and night.
It was Gao Huifen who taught her how to be a mother, and it was she who accompanied her through many days and nights without her husband. She had long regarded Gao Huifen as her own sister.
Even though this "sister" did a lot of things that she couldn't understand, but... maybe it was because she had some unspeakable difficulties.
After putting away the stack of checkbooks, she said calmly, "Okay, since everything is fine, let's go home."
"Yeah, okay."
When Gao Huifen stood up from her chair, she immediately noticed the blaming gaze from across the table. The breath of relief that she had finally let out rose to her throat again.
"Manru, I remember you were very busy these past two days. How did you find time to come to the police station?"
Gao Zhiwan certainly resented Gao Huifen, but she did not show it because she knew that no matter how much she explained it to her, she would not think she was wrong.
Only He Manru would look at her with undisguised resentment, even though she was her elder.
He Manru was almost laughing at her question.
Does she want to come?
Originally, she called the mall today, wanting to secretly inform Gao Zhiwan's boss and ask him not to assign too much work to Gao Zhiwan on the weekend, as she wanted to have dinner with Gao Zhiwan.
After the call, she found out that Gao Zhiwan was almost bullied by a scumbag today.
He Manru knew that Gao Zhiwan was a person who didn't like to cause trouble, so she rushed from the company to stand up for her. Unexpectedly, Mrs. He, who was here to inspect the mall, also knew about this, so they accompanied Gao Zhiwan.
Holding Gao Zhiwan's arm, He Manru mocked her sarcastically, "Such a big thing has happened and no one is with her, so I have to accompany her."
The smile on Gao Huifen's face dimmed a little, "Do you also think this is my fault?"
He Manru: ???
It was clear that Gao Huifen was the culprit, but at this moment, her tone became that of the wronged victim.
"I am doing this for Wanwan's sake, right? I am her biological mother, how can I harm her?"
"I'm old now, I can't take care of her forever. If I don't find a man to marry now while I'm still young, what will I do in the future?"
"Relationships are cultivated slowly. If you feel it's not suitable now, you will wake up after you get used to it after marriage. Isn't that the case for our generation?"
Gao Huifen, who was arguing with a shrill voice just now, now seems like a mother with a miserable life. She is clearly thinking about her daughter wholeheartedly, but not only does she not get her daughter's understanding, but she also...
He Manru obviously didn't take her words to heart.
At first glance, it makes sense, but even if it's for the good of my daughter, I can't force her, right? What's more, I accepted the betrothal gift without her knowing.
Outsiders might believe Gao Huifen's words, but He Manru obviously didn't.
She just does it for the money!
Seeing that Gao Huifen was about to become emotional again, Mrs. He said, "Forget it, forget it. It's all in the past. Let's not talk about it."
"Sister Fen, we are all old, and our children and grandchildren have their own blessings. We should not worry about their affairs. At our age, we should think more about ourselves and go out to play more." Mrs. He took out the checkbook again and wrote another check to her. "I heard that you often support Manru's performances. It's not easy for Wanwan to make money. If you need to buy any tickets in the future, just come to me."
Looking at the check handed over by Mrs. He, Gao Huifen did not take it.
Gao Huifen seemed to have heard the hidden meaning of Mrs. He...
"No, no, I, I have money." Gao Huifen picked up the bag beside her, with an awkward expression on her face, "It's getting late, I'll go back first, I have something else to do at home."
After saying that, she glanced at Gao Zhiwan who was sitting opposite her and said, "Let's go?"
After receiving Gao Huifen's signal, Gao Zhiwan was about to stand up when Mrs. He stopped him and said, "No hurry, go back first. Wanwan and I still have something to say."
Gao Huifen looked between them and left without saying anything.
After Gao Huifen and Shen Miao left, Mrs. He took Gao Zhiwan's hand and said softly: "Your mother did the wrong thing and did not respect your opinion, but..."
Mrs. He wanted to say a few good words for Gao Huifen, but when she opened her mouth she found that she had nothing to say to help her.
This matter was Gao Huifen's fault, and her initial "good intentions" were completely untenable.
Mrs. He couldn't lie against her conscience, so she had to remain silent.
"If you have anything to say, just tell me directly," Mrs. He changed her tone and continued, "Your mother has had a hard life, so it's inevitable that she might be a little extreme in her actions. Please bear with her."
After saying that, she stuffed the written check into her hand.
"I……"
"Here."
Gao Zhiwan wanted to push it back, but was held down by Mrs. He. "Your mother usually spends a lot of money on Manru to support her. She shouldn't be the only one to pay for it."
Gao Zhiwan shook her head and replied, "She likes Manru. Supporting Manru is also supporting her own dream. Aunt, I can't accept this money, and she certainly doesn't want me to accept it."
"Then don't tell her, just keep it secret," Mrs. He insisted, "and give it to her when she needs to buy something. Just don't say it was given by me, okay?"
Mrs. He felt sorry for her. Even though she was not her biological daughter, she had watched her grow up. She could not bear to watch Gao Zhiwan work overtime all day for a little money.
Even if Gao Huifen wanted to support He Manru, she shouldn't waste her daughter's hard-earned money.
"Just accept it." He Manru also said, "As long as you don't tell anyone and I don't tell anyone, Aunt Gao won't know."
Since they all said so, He Manru had no choice but to accept the check. To prevent Gao Huifen from finding it, she deliberately put it in the compartment of her bag.
When the three of them came out of the police station together, Gao Huifen had not left yet, but was waiting for them at the door.
"Sister Fen, Manru and I will leave first. Call me if you have anything."
"Okay, thank you for your help today. Please be safe on the road."
Watching their car leave, Gao Huifen's expression changed in just a few seconds.
Turning around again, Gao Huifen had that gloomy expression again.
In front of Mrs. He, she still looked like she knew she was wrong and would correct it, but now...
"What did she tell you?"
"Nothing, you just want me to give you the check so I can spend it on you later."
"You stayed?"
"No, I haven't."
"We should have integrity. We are no longer working for her, so we cannot accept her money. Do you understand this?"
"Yes, I understand."
Gao Huifen seems to be able to change her expression.
When talking about Mrs. He, there was no gratitude or decades of sisterhood on her face. Instead, there was only disdain for her kindness, as if her helping the Gao family was just charity from someone in a higher position.
Looking at the angry expression on her face, Gao Zhiwan didn't know what to say.
Is it jealousy? Is it envy?
Gao Huifen often does this. On the surface, she seems to be on good terms with Mrs. He, but she would say bad things about her behind her back.
When Gao Zhiwan was young and ignorant, she really thought that she hoped to have backbone, hoped that she would not accept their charity, and really stand up straight.
It was not until now that she vaguely realized that the truth was not what she thought.
Gao Huifen is jealous of Mrs. He, so she takes every kindness of Mrs. He as alms and misinterprets her every effort.
But she couldn't figure out the reason...
"This Xu one is not good enough. I'll find you another one in a few days."
Walking in front, Gao Huifen brought up the blind date again, "You have to behave well this time. Relationships are cultivated slowly. As long as the person doesn't have any disabilities or defects, they can be resolved. Get married first, and there will be nothing to worry about in the future."
"Mom, I don't want to talk about it now." Gao Zhiwan replied weakly.
Gao Huifen stopped in her tracks: "If you don't get married now, when do you want to wait? When you are 30 or 40? Or do you want to become a manager or a boss?"
"I'm not destined to have this fate. No matter how hard you try, it's useless! It's better to find someone to marry and enjoy life at home!"
Gao Zhiwan frowned in embarrassment: "But I..."
"Okay, okay, you won't listen to me when you grow up...Okay, okay, okay! Then there's no point in me living anymore, I might as well just die! When I die, no one will care about you, and you'll have peace!"
As she spoke, Gao Huifen pretended to rush towards the road.
"mom!"
Gao Zhiwan was quick to pull her back just as she was about to step off the curb. "That's not what I meant. I don't want to make much money. It's just, it's just..."
Committing suicide? She wasn't that stupid.
It's just a means to force her.
Seeing Gao Zhiwan compromise, Gao Huifen continued to persuade her earnestly: "It's nothing, will your mother hurt you? Isn't it also hoping that someone will treat you well when I'm old in the future?"
Holding Gao Zhiwan's hand, Gao Huifen sighed, "Don't worry, Mom will definitely choose carefully this time and find someone with better conditions."
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