Marriage in the 1980s 1
As Tao Yuan opened his eyes, he heard a clamor of voices. He turned and saw the original owner's grandfather, his eyes filled with anger and his face stern. Sitting or standing nearby were a number of middle-aged men and women, as well as some elderly men and women around the original owner's grandfather's age. These were his close relatives, each with an unhappy expression on their face, and they were constantly discussing something.
Tao Yuan lowered his head in thought for a moment, then stood up, walked over to the original owner's grandfather, and said, "Grandpa, since this is my major marriage matter, let me make the decision."
"Xiao Ling, don't be anxious. If the Zhao family doesn't give us a reasonable explanation today, grandpa will never let them go!" Grandpa Xiao said fiercely.
"Yes, Xiao Ling, if the Zhao family really dares to break off the engagement, we uncles will definitely help you get an explanation. Otherwise, we will be irreconcilable with the Zhao family in the future!"
"The Ke family is truly shameless. They just left without a second thought. Now that they've gotten the marriage certificate, they're actually showing up to steal the groom from someone else's wedding. What do they think of us?"
"Now that things have turned out like this, the Zhao family's indecision has already made my uncle lose face. Do they really think that my Xiao family is easy to mess with? This is simply too much!"
The original owner's relatives started cursing indignantly again. When they just came down from the wedding banquet, they had already cursed both the Zhao family and the Ke family. They were so angry because they really felt sorry for the original owner. Although these were not the original owner's biological uncles, they were all from the same clan. Today, as relatives of the original owner's grandfather, they came to attend the wedding, so naturally they had to protect the original owner.
"Grandpa, from the moment the Zhao family started to hesitate, this marriage meant that it had to end for me. Before, it was the Zhao family who begged me to marry him. Now, if I insist on continuing this marriage, it would seem like I'm trying to give myself to the Zhao family. Besides, it's obvious that Zhao Haoyu has someone else in his heart. I won't be happy if I insist on being with him. I don't want to gamble with my life's happiness."
"...You're right." Old Master Xiao stood up, then looked at Tao Yuan and said, "There are many people in this world who are better than Zhao Haoyu. Grandpa will find you a better one later. Let's go and tell them that this wedding doesn't count. Go and complete the divorce procedures immediately. From now on, our Xiao family will have no more dealings with their Zhao family!"
The original owner's grandfather took the lead and walked out, followed by more than 20 relatives. They looked very imposing and powerful. This is called not losing in person or in formation.
The guests were still sitting in the hall and had not left because the wedding had just begun when it was interrupted. Neither family had said that the wedding would not be held. Relatives and friends who had a good relationship with the couple would definitely not leave immediately, and the other guests mostly stayed to watch the fun.
The original owner and Zhao Haoyu just got their marriage certificate yesterday. After the wedding today, the original owner will go back to the Zhao family with Zhao Haoyu and officially live with Zhao Haoyu.
But just as the wedding was about to begin, a group of people rushed in and interrupted it.
Before Zhao Haoyu met the original owner, he had been engaged to someone named Ke Yi for many years. However, just when the two were about to get married, Ke Yi ran away with another man. Their family sent people to look for her for a long time but couldn't find her.
Ke Yi's elopement with another man brought shame not only to the Ke family but also to the Zhao family. Zhao Haoyu's grandfather canceled the engagement and would not recognize it even if she returned. The Ke family knew they were in the wrong and had no choice but to apologize.
Zhao Haoyu's grandfather had a good relationship with the original owner's grandfather. Two years after Ke Yi eloped, Zhao Haoyu's grandfather wanted to ask for the original owner to marry him on his behalf. Because the original owner was excellent in all aspects, with outstanding appearance and temperament, and his parents had died early, the original owner's grandfather only had him as a grandson. In the future, all of Mr. Xiao's property would belong to the original owner.
The original owner's grandfather was quite satisfied with Zhao Haoyu and felt that as long as the original owner was willing, he would be fine, so he allowed the two to meet. After a few months of getting along, they seemed to be in love, so the two families began to discuss the marriage. The main reason was that the Zhao family wanted to marry the original owner as soon as possible to avoid any complications.
But just as the wedding was about to begin, Ke Yi and his parents barged in and stopped the wedding. Ke Yi looked at Zhao Haoyu and said that he had not run away with someone, but because the hospital diagnosed him with a terminal illness. He did not want his parents and Zhao Haoyu to be sad for him, nor did he want them to keep looking for him, so he pretended to run away with someone to make them give up looking for him.
Ke Yi tearfully told Zhao Haoyu how much he had missed him in the past two or three years since he left. He loved him so much that he would rather he hated him than feel sad for him. He had originally wanted to die alone in silence, but he hadn't felt any worsening of his condition in the past two or three years. So he went to the hospital for another checkup some time ago and found that he didn't have a terminal illness at all. It was either a misdiagnosis or the doctor had mistaken the test results for a patient with the same name.
When he found out that he didn't have a terminal illness, he rushed back to meet his parents in ecstasy, but he learned that Zhao Haoyu was getting married today. So he rushed in regardless of everything, wanting to ask Zhao Haoyu and the Zhao family to give him another chance.
Ke Yi spoke eloquently about his longing for Zhao Haoyu and his feelings for him, describing the pain and loneliness he had endured over the past few years. Not only were Zhao Haoyu and his family moved, but many of the guests were also touched by his words. Ke Yi's parents chimed in, suggesting that since the two children loved each other, they should give them another chance and make their relationship a reality.
So the wedding was put on hold. Zhao Haoyu was determined to cancel the wedding and get back together with Ke Yi because he already loved Ke Yi in his heart. Although he had resented Ke Yi for eloping with someone else before, when he learned the truth, he was not only deeply moved, but also loved Ke Yi even more.
The Zhao family, especially Zhao Haoyu's grandfather, were deeply moved, but they also had more to consider. If they canceled the wedding, they would undoubtedly offend the Xiao family, which could lead to many problems in the future. Therefore, the Zhao family was hesitant. Both the Xiao and Ke families were very helpful to their business, leaving them unsure how to choose.
The Zhao family's indecision has angered the original owner's grandfather and the Xiao family's relatives. It was the Zhao family who had been eager to ask to marry the original owner, but now it was the original owner who had to be chosen by the Zhao family. Moreover, Zhao Haoyu was still determined to cancel the wedding, which made Mr. Xiao very angry.
But was what Ke Yi said really the truth? From the moment Tao Yuan opened his eyes, until now, only Tao Yuan and Ke Yi knew the truth. As soon as Ke Yi got home, he heard that Zhao Haoyu was getting married today. Before he could explain anything to his family, he rushed over to stop it. His family had just heard what he said and thought it was true, but that wasn't the case.
Ke Yi didn't secretly leave because he mistakenly believed he had a terminal illness. He eloped with someone and even had a child. He suddenly returned and came to stop Zhao Haoyu from getting married because he was reborn. Because his elopement in his previous life led to a tragic ending, he wanted to change his fate in this life. The first step in his plan was to prevent Zhao Haoyu from marrying the original owner and then marry Zhao Haoyu himself.
The Ke and Zhao families were well-matched. Ke Yi and Zhao Haoyu had been engaged since childhood. Zhao Haoyu was very fond of Ke Yi, and Ke Yi had also liked Zhao Haoyu, but she was too young and easily attracted to another man. That man was a painter, and his family was relatively well-off, but compared to the Ke and Zhao families, there was a huge gap. Moreover, Ke Yi was already engaged to Zhao Haoyu, so the Ke family would never agree to Ke Yi being with a man who only knew how to paint.
However, Ke Yi fell deeply in love with the man, and his family's opposition and obstruction only aroused his rebellious heart. He felt that he should bravely fight for his own happy life, instead of obeying his parents' arrangements and marrying a man he no longer loved. So he eloped with the man. His original plan was to wait a few years and then go home to let his parents know that he was happy, so that his parents would no longer be angry with him.
But in her previous life, Ke Yi did spend several years of happy days with that man, because Ke Yi left with a lot of money, and the man's parents also left him some savings, so the two settled down in a beautiful remote town, lived a life with no worries about food and drink, and thought about new ways to have romance every day.
Soon they had their first child. When Ke Yi was pregnant, she fantasized about a happy life with her family of three. But once the child was born, they were completely overwhelmed and had no idea what to do. They had no choice but to hire someone to take care of him. Raising a child is the most expensive thing, especially one that is prone to illness. Since neither of them had the ability to earn money, they could only live off their savings.
A couple in poverty often suffers from many problems. After a few years, as their savings dwindled and their lives became increasingly difficult, they no longer cared about romance and only thought about how to make ends meet. As life became increasingly difficult, conflicts arose. The two people who were once inseparable and could not wait to be together every day gradually began to argue and dislike each other more and more.
But for the sake of their child, they endured for a few more years. As Ke Yi's life became worse and worse, she gradually regretted her elopement, but she was too embarrassed to go back to see her parents. Later, for a period of time, their lives suddenly improved a little because the man's paintings could be sold and they finally had an income. Then they had their second child.
Until one day, Ke Yi suddenly realized that there was something wrong with the man. He became suspicious and followed him when he went out to paint. He found that he was behaving intimately with a well-maintained middle-aged woman. He rushed up to the man to ask what was going on. The man saw that he had caught him and forcibly dragged him back home.
After returning home, the man realized that he could no longer hide the truth, so he confessed to him that all his paintings were bought by that woman, and the condition for buying the paintings was that he had to accompany that woman.
Ke Yi was nearly devastated. He felt like he had endured such difficult times over the years, but he kept telling himself that it was all for their love. He hadn't expected to be betrayed like this. Furthermore, the man had told him to pretend he knew nothing, because he was doing it for their better lives, and they still had two children to raise.
Then endless quarrels, mixed with the crying of children, became the main part of Ke Yi's life.
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