Chapter 3: Broken Engagement
Chen Xiaohua was completely panicked at this moment! She subconsciously covered her stomach with both hands, and shook her head desperately with tears in her eyes.
"No, I didn't...Xu Daya is slandering me, I am innocent."
Hearing this, Xu Zhiyi sneered, "Haha! Did I wrong you? If you have the guts, why don't you ask Doctor Li from our village to come over and take your pulse?"
Chen Xiaohua was terribly frightened when she heard this, and glanced at Gu Yun at a loss.
Gu Yun on the side couldn't figure out how Xu Daya knew about Xiaohua's pregnancy. Obviously, the two of them had never revealed any flaws.
"Xu Daya, even if you want to break off the engagement with me because of Li Mazi, I, Gu Yun, will accept it! But I have always been innocent with Chen Xiaohua and have never crossed the line. How can you just open your mouth and accuse me?"
"Even if Chen Xiaohua is really pregnant, it can't be my Gu Yun's. Don't even think about putting it on me."
Chen Xiaohua, who was standing by, heard what Gu Yun said and looked at him in disbelief! What does Brother Gu mean by this?
If the villagers knew that she was pregnant today and Brother Gu didn't acknowledge her, how would she cope with the situation?
A villager in the crowd saw that the matter had gotten out of hand, so he quickly squeezed out of the crowd and ran back to the village to find Lin Lizheng.
After Xu Zhiyi heard Gu Yun's words, his eyes flashed, and he suddenly looked at Chen Xiaohua sadly, and said in a crying voice:
"Chen Xiaohua, in this Liuhe Village, I am your best friend. Even if we are sisters, we are no better than each other. Now, you have betrayed our sisterhood for a man."
Then she suddenly hugged Chen Xiaohua and said, "Chen Xiaohua, this hug is just a token of our sisterhood. From now on, I, Xu Daya, will no longer have any contact with you, Chen Xiaohua."
After saying that, he deliberately whispered in her ear: "Chen Xiaohua, you can't hide the fact that you are pregnant today! Are you going to protect your big brother Gu? Are you going to endure the world's pointing fingers at you for the rest of your life?"
"If I were you, I would take advantage of today's situation to entangle Gu Yun, so that I could marry into the Gu family as a victim. If you miss it today, do you think the Gu family will accept you in the future?"
"I think you have your own plans in mind, right? If a man does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth, right?"
After Xu Zhiyi finished speaking, he quickly stepped back and stood aside, looking at Chen Xiaohua and Gu Yun with a half-smile.
At this moment, Chen Xiaohua was so shocked by Xu Zhiyi's words that she couldn't calm down for a long time.
No matter why Xu Daya gave her this reminder, she really took her words to heart!
However, if she did so, Brother Gu’s image in Liuhe Village would probably be completely ruined!
However, Xu Daya said that if she had to carry it all on her own, she would have to live under the guidance of the world, and by then, she really had no confidence that Brother Gu would marry her.
After a while, the village head came hurriedly, followed by Chen Xiaohua's parents.
Chen Jun came to Chen Xiaohua, twisted her ear, and cursed: "You little bitch, you are so bold, aren't you? Just now someone went back to the village and said that you...what's wrong with your stomach?"
"Ah! It hurts, mother~"
Seeing this, Chen's mother Yun hurried over to pull Chen Jun and said, "Hey, father, the matter hasn't been clarified yet, don't wrongly accuse your own daughter later."
"Hey, Doctor Li is here!"
Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted that.
After hearing this, Gu Yun felt uneasy and looked at Chen Xiaohua, signaling with his eyes that she should handle it herself first.
Chen Xiaohua also understood what Gu Yun meant in his eyes, but after hearing what Xu Daya said, she felt confused...!
Doctor Li felt Chen Xiaohua's pulse in front of everyone and said, "The fetus is very healthy and is two and a half months old!"
"Wow, no way! Is Chen Xiaohua really pregnant?"
"Oh, it's still two and a half months."
"Whose is it? Is it really Gu Yun's?"
Chen's father and mother were also very angry.
Chen Jun: "Whose?"
Yun was crying on the side: "Wuwu, Xiaohua, are you going to make your parents anxious to death? Wuwu, whose is it? Tell me!"
Chen Jun: "I asked you a question, are you speechless?"
Seeing this, Wang Shi also worriedly tugged at Gu Yun and asked softly, "Son! Tell me, this has nothing to do with you, right?"
Gu Yun heard this and glanced at Chen Xiaohua. She lowered her head and said nothing. It seemed that she was going to take it all by herself! Thinking of this, he heaved a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, he was about to open his mouth to comfort his mother before he could open his mouth.
Chen Xiaohua suddenly knelt down in front of the headmaster and cried, "Uncle headmaster, you have to make the decision for me! I'm pregnant with Gu Yun's baby."
"What???"
"Is it really Gu Yun?"
Not only was the village head extremely surprised, but even the villagers who were watching were stunned!
"Wow, I can't tell! Gu Yun is usually so gentle and polite, how come...ah..."
"Bah, he still has Daya as his fiancée, he is so ungrateful and sorry for Daya's father"
"Shut up, Chen Xiaohua said it was my Yun'er's child. Where's the evidence? Who knows who she got pregnant with? Maybe the child ran away and she wants to blame my Gu family. What a nice thought!"
Wang stood in front of Gu Yun, with her hands on her hips, cursing.
Gu Yun was furious at this moment, but he had to hold it back. He didn't understand why Chen Xiaohua did this. Didn't she love him very much? Why couldn't she think more about him?
Village head: "Chen Xiaohua, you must understand that you can't just say what you want to say, you need to have evidence"
Chen Xiaohua glanced at Gu Yun after hearing this and said, "Uncle Lizheng, I have evidence. The clothes he is wearing now were sewed by me, and all the clothes I gave him were embroidered with our names."
"You can tell by looking at the clothes he's wearing now!"
"Also, our affair was accidentally seen by a little kid from the village named Hutou. I bribed Hutou with candy afterwards and told him not to tell anyone else."
At this point, the head of the village quickly asked someone to find Hu Tou and also asked someone to check Gu Yun's clothes, but it was exactly what Chen Xiaohua said.
When Hu Tou was brought in, the village head squatted down and asked him softly: "Hu Tou, did you see Chen Xiaohua and Gu Yun together before?"
"Sister Chen Xiaohua gave me candy, but I can't tell anyone else. If I tell anyone, I won't be a good kid anymore. I can't go back on my word," the six-year-old Hu Tou answered like a little adult.
Upon hearing this, the village head coaxed, "What if the village head uncle gives you candy, one more candy than Chen Xiaohua, how about that?"
Hu Tou shook his head, hesitated for a moment, and raised three fingers: "No, unless you give me three candies, I will tell you that Sister Chen Xiaohua and Brother Gu Yun kissed under the tree, so embarrassing"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this! Now, all the truth was revealed! I didn't expect that Gu Yun, who was always a gentleman, really did it behind his fiancée's back and had an affair with Chen Xiaohua!
Gu Yun knew he couldn't refute it! He squatted on the ground in pain. It was over! It was all over! His good reputation of 18 years was completely ruined!
Meanwhile, Chen Jun and Yun Shi were quite satisfied when they found out that their daughter was pregnant with Gu's baby. Gu Yun was the only scholar in Liuhe Village.
Xu Zhiyi thought that she had nothing to do with it, and announced in a cold voice: "From today on, my marriage with Gu Yun is over. From now on, life and death, marriage and death have nothing to do with each other. Today, I would like to ask all uncles and aunts to help bear witness."
“Okay, let’s all help witness this.”
"Yes, Daya, it's not your fault today. It's a good thing you canceled the marriage."
"That's right, it turns out that my previous gentlemanly demeanor was all fake."
Xu Zhiyi looked at Gu Yun, who was squatting on the ground with a painful expression, and said coldly: "Gu Yun, since our verbal marriage is over! Then my father lost his life for you, and now you betray me again, don't you have to compensate me?"
Wang was furious when she heard this. She stood with her hands on her hips, staring at Xu Zhiyi and yelling, "What compensation? My Yun'er didn't ask your father to save him. It was your father who volunteered. Don't try to blackmail me."
Xu Zhiyi: "Blackmail? Don't forget, this marriage was arranged by your Gu family because of my father. Now your Gu family is betraying you. Is there anything wrong with compensating you in a different way now?"
"Alas, I haven't been to school, so I don't really understand. How about I go to the town tomorrow to ask for advice from Master Gu Yun? If Master Gu Yun also thinks that your Gu family is right, then I have nothing to say!"
Wang Shi was so angry that her chest hurt when she heard Xu Zhiyi's threats. She put her hands on her waist and was about to retort, but Gu Yun spoke first: "Xu Daya, how are you going to compensate me?"
"Ten taels of silver"
When Xu Zhiyi said this, the villagers held their breath. Even in the past, it would have been impossible to come up with ten taels of silver, not to mention that now because of the drought, the price of grain has doubled, and no family has any silver in savings.
Gu Yun was also shocked. He didn't expect Xu Daya to be so bold as to ask for such a high price.
After hearing this, Wang sat on the ground and said, "Ten taels of silver? You might as well take my life! Now everyone is struggling to make ends meet, where did you get so much silver?"
Seeing this, the village head nearby tried to mediate: "Daya, ten taels of silver is really hard to come by. Before the drought, these ten taels were enough for a family to use for three and a half years! Now... let's both take a step back and how about seven taels of silver?"
Xu Zhiyi knew that this was the maximum limit when he heard this! He just stood aside and said nothing, which was considered as his consent.
Wang was about to refuse when she heard this, but the village head glared at her and said, "Why? Do you think seven taels of compensation is too little?"
Gu Yun pulled Wang, and Wang reluctantly took out her purse. After counting the money, she found that there were only one or two hundred or three hundred coins.
Seeing this, Gu Yun also took out two taels of silver from his sleeve pocket, and finally Wang took out her own family heirloom silver bracelet to offset the loss.
The village head helped check the bracelet and only handed it to Xu Zhiyi after confirming that there was no problem with its weight and value.
Xu Zhiyi took the silver and turned to leave.
After she left, the Gu family and the Chen family started quarreling again.
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