Grandma Lu didn't know why, and she was extremely anxious.
I just sent one of Lu Huai's workers to check on the bride.
Lu Huai dressed up in the morning and was sent by his grandmother to pick up the bride. When he arrived at the Bai family's courtyard, he showed no sign of joy.
The courtyard gate was closed, and the few people who had come with him to pick up the bride looked at each other in bewilderment.
"Brother Lu, why...why is this door closed?"
"Yes! It's such a joyous day, why aren't they even putting up a 'double happiness' sign?"
Lu Huai stopped his bicycle, walked to the gate, and knocked on the door.
No one opened the door for a long time.
The young men who came with Lu Huai also often worked with him.
They had also seen white pearls.
When Brother Lu was working on the construction site, Comrade Bai would always try to be attentive to him from time to time, bringing him water and food.
They could all see that Comrade Bai adored their Brother Lu.
But why didn't they even open the door when they got married? That's really strange.
Lu Huai knocked on the door for about ten minutes before it slowly opened.
A middle-aged man emerged, wearing gold-rimmed glasses and exuding an imposing presence.
Lu Huai recognized him at a glance; this was Bai Zhenzhu's father, Bai Rong.
"Uncle, where is Pearl? We've come to fetch the bride."
Mr. Bai looked Lu Huai up and down and, to be honest, thought the young man was quite good.
However, it's still a bit lacking when paired with their pearls.
But their daughter had been insisting on getting married, and the elderly couple could tell that Pearl genuinely liked him.
The child was making a huge fuss, so I reluctantly agreed.
But last night, he overheard his daughter talking to her cousin.
"Sis, how did you manage to win over Lu Huai? You couldn't even get him last time, and you even said he had someone he liked. How come you're getting married tomorrow?"
Bai Rong happened to be passing by their room at that moment, and he overheard the girl's voice, which was quite loud.
He was actually quite curious about how his daughter had managed to win over that Lu family boy, since she always came home looking worried.
Until recently, he suddenly came back and said he wanted to get married.
It startled the elderly couple.
They disagreed, and the daughter threatened to kill herself.
The elderly couple had no choice but to agree.
When the two families discussed the marriage, he could clearly see that Lu Huai was unwilling.
The old lady from the Lu family was quite happy, though.
Just as Bai Rong was thinking this, his daughter's voice came from the room: "I gave him sleeping pills and then lay down with him, so he has to take responsibility for me."
Hearing this, he could hardly believe that his usually sensible and lovely daughter would do such a thing.
The voice inside continued; "Does he know?"
"He guessed it."
"Then why did he still marry you?"
"Because we slept together, he definitely has to take responsibility for me!"
After listening to the conversation between the two girls inside, Bai Rong was deeply moved and could not calm down for a long time.
He notified his relatives overnight that the wedding was canceled.
This led to the scene that Lu Huai witnessed that morning.
Looking at Lu Huai in front of him, Bai Rong thought to himself, "To be honest, this young man has a really upright aura."
But one cannot only look at the present. If he likes his own daughter, he can reluctantly accept such a son-in-law.
If it's because of a sense of responsibility, then we need to test just how strong his sense of responsibility really is.
After all, Pearl is his only daughter.
"Comrade Lu, right? Please come in first!"
Lu Huai followed several people who were there to help with the wedding into the courtyard.
Not only were there no "double happiness" characters outside the door, but the courtyard was also deserted.
Anyone could see that this family had no intention of getting married.
The others looked around the courtyard, then glanced at Lu Huai, and saw that he remained calm and showed no sign of getting angry.
He didn't say anything.
I just felt inexplicably heavy in the atmosphere here.
Bai Rong led the group to the living room and gestured for them to sit down.
Seeing that Lu Huai didn't seem nervous or anxious at all, Bai Rong knew in his heart that this marriage proposal probably had to be called off.
Lu Huai knew it was getting late, but he wasn't stupid.
From knocking on the door outside the courtyard to seeing the scene inside, he could clearly sense that the Bai family was probably not willing to agree to this marriage.
To be honest, he felt a little smug when he thought about this possibility.
But he quickly suppressed the matter, after all, he had ruined Bai Zhenzhu's reputation and he still needed to get to the bottom of things.
"Uncle, our two families agreed that I would come to pick up the bride today, so what's going on here...?"
Bai Rong chuckled after hearing Lu Huai's words, "We have some customs in our hometown that I forgot to tell you about before, but we still need to go through this process."
Lu Huai nodded in understanding; "Uncle, please tell me the procedure. We'd better hurry up and go now, the guests over there are still waiting."
A man walked up to Bai Rong and said to Lu Huai, "Our Bai family rule is one son for one daughter. If you want to marry our Pearl today, you must first step over this brazier, and then you must kneel and worship heaven and earth in our house."
Several people who had come with him to fetch the bride changed their expressions drastically upon hearing his words.
"This, this won't do. We're here to pick up the bride, not to become live-in sons-in-law."
A son-in-law is like half a son; everyone knows that.
The father of the white pearl said that he wanted Lu Huai to become a son-in-law who would live with his wife's family.
The people who came to pick up the bride were sweating profusely with anxiety, but Lu Huai remained calm and composed.
Bai Rong didn't rush to explain anything; he just quietly looked at Lu Huai.
"Uncle, what if I don't want to?"
Bai Rong took a sip of the tea on the table and said calmly, "Then it can only mean that you don't really want to marry our Pearl."
Lu Huai stood up; he could clearly see the situation before him.
Apart from the man standing next to Bai's father, not a single relative from the Bai family came.
There was no intention to hold a wedding here, so it seems that they didn't even think much of him.
He wasn't really willing to get married in the first place, so he had nothing more to say.
"Uncle, I apologize for disturbing you today. Please pretend I was never here. My marriage to Comrade Bai is now over, and we will have no further connection in our own marriages."
Bai Rong also stood up and said to Lu Huai, "Young man, I actually admire you quite a bit. As long as you're willing to marry into our family and promise to treat our Pearl well in the future, this marriage can still proceed."
Bai Rong's words were a direct statement; frankly, this was already the result of him making a concession.
Lu Huai doesn't like his own daughter. He has elderly parents and young children at home, and he doesn't know how much mistreatment his daughter, Pearl, will suffer if she marries into the family.
This was the best solution he could think of.
"I don't want to."
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