Chapter 35 Annulled Engagement
Shen Yuanzhu also lost her temper after being yelled at.
"Then go back to the Xie family now and tell Grandmother Xie that our engagement is off."
"Fine, then say it, Shen Yuanzhu. You'll regret it."
Xie Xuchuan was furious that Yuanzhu had so easily given up on their engagement, and he hated her even more for not considering his feelings at all.
The frustration of constantly hitting roadblocks these past few days kept building up, and the taut string in my heart snapped with a "snap".
Driven by rage, Xie Xuchuan stormed off in a fit of anger, his reason overwhelmed.
In this world, who can't live without whom?
If it weren't for the Shen Yuan Pearl, why would he have been blackmailed by Ye Yunyi?
He asked for more than 10,000 taels of silver as soon as he opened his mouth, but now that the engagement has been called off, the money has been saved.
Enraged, Xie Xuchuan returned to the Xie family and went straight to Xuanji Academy.
Hua Nanzhi was sitting in the house beating the old woman when she saw Xie Xuchuan's displeased expression and quickly sent her away.
She was afraid that the other party would say something reckless and expose her scandalous affair with Jiang Wansu.
Sure enough, as soon as the old woman left, Xie Xuchuan said, "I want to break off my engagement with Shen Yuanzhu."
"break off an engagement?
"Are you crazy?"
Hua Nanzhi was furious and rebuked, "Do you think the marriage agreement between the Xie and Chen families can be so easily broken off? And where do you place Yuanzhu? Have you ever thought about her?"
"How can a girl who has no parents, whose brother has such a grudge against her mother, and then has her engagement broken off, cope with this?"
Xie Xuchuan knew, of course, that their engagement couldn't be called off, but at this moment, anger and despair ultimately prevailed over reason.
"You all think of her, but has anyone thought of me even a little bit?"
“Today I went to the Shen family to find Ye Yunyi, and she actually asked for 10,000 bolts of this year’s new cotton cloth, and also asked me to buy a dye house in Songjiang for her younger brother. If that’s not enough, the Xie family also needs to give 1,000 taels of gold, as compensation to the Shen family.”
"What?"
Hua Nanzhi's face darkened: "She certainly dares to speak up."
"That's not all. Her words were full of insults and threats, and so was Yuanzhu's..."
His voice trailed off, and Xie Xuchuan choked up for a moment: "Yuanzhu didn't say a word for me. I don't even know if she cares about me."
"After what you did, what did Yuanzhu say on your behalf? It's already quite tactful that she didn't throw you out."
Seeing her son's eyes welling up with tears, Hua Nanzhi said with heartache, "You did something wrong first, and it's not unreasonable for the Shen family to be dissatisfied and demand an explanation from the Xie family, but..."
Hua Nanzhi wanted to say that Ye Yunyi shouldn't ask a junior for help, and that if it was to compensate the Shen family, it should be done by her. But before she could finish speaking, Xie Xuchuan started making a fuss.
"Not excessive? What else would be excessive?"
"Is it because of the 'Shen Family Dyeing Manual' that you pretended not to see how the Shen family treated me?"
Feeling wronged and having nowhere to vent, Xie Xuchuan said, "This engagement was something Yuanzhu wanted to cancel. Since she's willing, I'll grant her wish."
"It's just a marriage, what difference does it make if I break it off?"
"What? What about annuling the engagement?"
When Xie Boyu came in from outside, she happened to hear Xie Xuchuan shouting loudly that he wanted to break off the engagement.
He frowned and entered the room, saying, "What kind of behavior is this, yelling at your mother like that? And what are you talking about breaking off the engagement? Who wants to break off the engagement with whom?"
"I……"
Xie Xuchuan was somewhat afraid of his father.
But the emotions that had been building up for days had left him exhausted, and all he wanted to do was release that pressure.
It's not a bad thing to let my father know; once he knows, someone in the family will have to help him deal with it.
Whether it was Jiang Wansu or Ye Yunyi demanding those things, someone had to take responsibility for them.
With his mind in turmoil, Xie Xuchuan impulsively knelt down in front of Xie Boyu with a thud: "Father, I want to annul my engagement with the Shen family."
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