Chapter 80: A Big Investment
"Okay, I get it. I won't be fooled by him."
Cen Yan felt amused when listening to Wei Zan's words. Ji Yunzhan had already told her the truth, and she naturally believed Ji Yunzhan more than him.
Then he thought, speaking of deception, it was Ji Yunzhan who was deceived by her first!
She looked at Wei Zan and continued to order him to leave. "So? Anything else?"
"You!" Wei Zan choked again.
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and soon put on a gentle face, saying softly, "Cen Yan, we haven't seen each other for so many days, don't you miss me at all? After all, we will be married in less than three months... You won't even forget this, right?"
These words made Cen Yan's eyes flash.
In less than three months...
Yes, their marriage was only decided not long ago.
In her previous life, almost three months later, she married Wei Zan and began her life of suffering, misery and failure!
As for this life...
She will never make the same mistake again!
"It's true that I haven't seen you these past few days because grandpa has issued a house arrest order, and we're not allowed to go out unless there's something special. But, it's OK that you haven't seen me, but are you not going to see Cen Shuang either?" Cen Yan was determined to confront him and asked directly.
"You, what do you mean by that?"
Wei Zan felt guilty for a moment, but soon, he looked righteous and said with a frown, "Cen Yan, I understand that you are not happy with me, but how can you do this? What do you mean I won't even see Cen Shuang? It's you who is engaged to me, not her!"
"But, weren't you the one who secretly dated and met with her, and even made her pregnant?" Cen Yan's next words were like a thunderbolt, striking Wei Zan on the head.
"What did you say!" Wei Zan was shocked.
"Are you still pretending not to know?" Cen Yan raised the corner of his lips sarcastically, "Do you want to use that bag of saffron on Cen Shuang or on me?"
"What, what saffron! Why is Cen Shuang talking nonsense? I don't know anything at all! You can't believe her!" Wei Zan immediately denied.
However, he was so eager to deny it that he did not notice the trap in Cen Yan's words.
When Cen Yan heard this, his eyes turned cold.
She asked, "Did I mention the saffron thing? Was it Cen Shuang who said it? Why are you so sure it was she who said it? Could it be that you gave him that bag of saffron?"
After listening to her, Wei Zan realized that he had been fooled!
This bitch!
He gritted his teeth secretly, but his face remained unchanged, even though his smile seemed a little stiff. "I just thought she was talking nonsense. I really don't know about saffron! To be honest, she did seduce me, but I have clearly rejected her. I told her that you are the only one in my heart and I will never betray you. Cen Yan, we have known each other for so long. Don't you know what kind of person I am? My feelings for you have never changed."
"Your hypocritical face really makes me sick." However, Cen Yan was not moved at all by his affectionate words.
She looked at him with disgust in her eyes, "I don't know what's going on between you and Cen Shuang, but now everyone in the Cen family knows that the irresponsible man next to Cen Shuang is you! Now we are just concerned about our reputation and haven't broken this window paper!
"Wei Zan, let me make it clear right now, there is no way I will marry you!
"I will definitely return to you how much money Grandpa took from you for the engagement!"
"Return it to me? You want to exchange it for money and then break off the engagement with me?" Wei Zan heard the words of breaking off the engagement from her again. He was no longer willing to pretend. His face changed and he sneered directly. He looked at Cen Yan with eyes as if he was looking at a little girl who didn't know the immensity of the world. "But the problem is, a total of 55 taels of silver. According to the attitude of your second branch that can't even save a penny, are you sure you can return all this money to me before we hold the wedding?"
"What? Fifty-five taels? Wei Zan, even if you don't want to cancel the engagement, you don't have to make up such a high price here, right? My grandfather clearly only accepted twenty-five taels from you at the beginning!" Cen Yan was shocked by the number and retorted with a frown.
"You are right. Mr. Cen did take only twenty-five taels of silver from me, but have you forgotten how you and I met?"
Wei Zan looked at her with contempt, a look that showed his determination to win. "Your aunt accepted thirty taels of silver from me before she agreed to help me by letting you and I meet in private and then helped to finalize this marriage!
"Cen Yan, fifty-five taels of silver is all the money I have saved over the years, all for marrying you. You say you don't want to marry me, so you don't want to marry me? I tell you, no way!
"Unless you can bring this fifty-five taels of silver to me before the wedding!"
His words were completely devoid of the gentleness and affection he had pretended to have before.
Remove this layer of hypocritical affection and what is revealed is pure aggression.
After the initial shock, Cen Yan quickly calmed down.
"Since you said so, then it's settled! Before the wedding, I will definitely find a way to get the fifty-five taels of silver!" She frowned and looked at Wei Zan, "I hope you won't regret it when the time comes! Otherwise, I will have no choice but to appeal to the government!"
After saying these words, Cen Yan walked away from Wei Zan and returned home without looking back.
Her indifferent look hurt Wei Zan's eyes.
He stood there with his fists clenched, staring at her disappearing figure, his heart filled with rage.
Fifty-five taels of silver. Considering the status of the poor Second Branch in the Cen family, they might never see so much silver in their lifetime!
Wait until he marries Cen Yan and then see how he tortures her to make her obedient!
When Cen Yan returned home, he was not as calm as he appeared.
As soon as she entered the room, she clenched her fists and cursed Gao in her heart.
Although she knew early on that Gao would help with this marriage, most likely in exchange for benefits from Wei Zan, she could never have imagined that the benefit was a full thirty taels of silver!
In order to marry her, Wei Zan really spent a lot of money!
She now doubted very much that the reason why Wei Zan was so cold-blooded to her in her previous life was not because he paid such a high price, which made him feel that he could humiliate her at will?
Normally, a family could earn 10 or 20 taels of silver by selling their daughter, not to mention that she would have to work like a slave for the Wei family all her life.
Wei Zan really thought this was a cattle trade.
She was the beast he bought home for fifty-five taels of silver, so naturally he could enslave, humiliate, and curse her at will!
The more clearly she realized this, the angrier she became!
Cen Yan clenched his fists and hit the stone table in the yard hard. His hands were numb from the pain but he didn't feel anything. After finally venting his emotions a little, he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.
Calm down, she needs to calm down.
She looked deeply ahead and made a decision - it was time to meet Ji Yunzhan!
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