When he got home, Gu Yiming had already made up his mind to tell his parents about his marriage to Jiang Hua.
He knew this was not a simple matter, so he first reassured Jiang Hua and told her not to worry.
Jiang Hua was aware of the Li family's attitude towards her, but she was willing to trust Gu Yiming, knowing that his feelings for her were genuine.
As they expected, Gu Yiming's announcement of his desire to marry Jiang Hua was met with strong opposition from Li Hao and Wan Qing.
"Dad, I love her, and I want to marry her," Gu Yiming emphasized.
Li Hao sneered, looking at his son who had made such a foolish decision about marriage, and said, "Like? Do you even know what liking is? And what makes her think she can marry into the Li family?"
"Bai Su..." Gu Yiming was about to say that Bai Su was of the Li family bloodline when Li Hao interrupted him.
"You unfilial son, kneel down!" With that, he stepped forward and kicked Gu Yiming in the knee. Caught off guard, Li Ming fell to the ground.
The sound was so loud that it startled Wanqing.
Li Hao was still not satisfied with that kick, so he slapped him a few more times.
"You bastard, look at yourself! Do you even resemble a member of the Li family anymore!" Li Hao was furious, feeling that Gu Yiming had been bewitched by Jiang Hua and was nothing like his mature and steady son from before.
Thinking about it this way, he became even more dissatisfied with Jiang Hua. Seeing Gu Yiming kneeling on the ground, looking like he wouldn't get up unless he agreed, he became even angrier.
No matter how Li Hao hit him, Gu Yiming obediently knelt there, neither resisting nor dodging.
Wanqing couldn't bear to watch any longer. She felt so sorry for her son that she stopped Li Hao from hitting her anymore. She walked up to Gu Yiming and advised, "Why are you only looking at her? You're blinded by her now. Once you see the other ladies, you'll realize how low-class Jiang Hua really is."
The words were spoken politely, but the insults directed at Jiang Hua were too strong.
Gu Yiming looked at Wanqing with some pain: "Mom, she's not what you think. She's a good person. You'll know once you get to know her."
Hearing this from the side, Li Hao became even angrier, furious that he had argued with Wan Qing over a girl and still insisted on marrying her.
"As a member of the Li family, you enjoy the life provided by the Li family, so you have to make sacrifices for the Li family. Marriage is a matter between two families, how can you choose for yourself? Besides, does Jiang Hua really think her dream will come true?" Wanqing looked down on Jiang Hua, feeling that she was clearly targeting Gu Yiming and wanted to marry into a wealthy family.
"Mom, she's sincere." Gu Yiming held Wanqing tightly, hoping to find a way out.
But Wanqing couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "My silly son, of course I know she is sincere, but I'm afraid she really wants to enter the Li family."
"No." Gu Yiming didn't know why Wanqing insisted on thinking about Jiang Hua this way. "She and I are truly in love. Mom, I beg you, please say yes."
Looking at Gu Yiming's pitiful appearance, Wanqing not only felt sorry for her son, but also hated Jiang Hua. She said to him angrily, "Are you stupid? I think she's a vixen who wants to seduce you into marrying into the Li family. Impossible! Your father and I will never agree to that."
"Look at yourself! Look at the state you've become!" Li Hao couldn't stand it anymore, and his voice trembled with anger.
Gu Yiming looked at Li Hao with some worry: "Dad, I haven't changed. I just want to marry someone I like."
"No change? No change in the way you are?" Li Hao felt that he could no longer communicate with Gu Yiming, so he said directly to him, "I don't care about your bullshit ideas. You want to marry her? Fine, then wait until I starve to death and no one will stop me."
After saying that, Li Hao went straight upstairs.
"Dad, what do you mean by this?" Gu Yiming sensed something was wrong and tried to call out to Li Hao, but Li Hao didn't even turn his head. He turned to Wanqing and said, "Mom, Mom, I really like her. I will definitely do my best in the future. Don't you believe in my abilities? I can do a good job even without the marriage alliance."
"You even know about arranged marriages?" Wanqing looked at Gu Yiming with exasperation. "You think you can do it just because you say so? Of course I know your abilities, but sometimes ability alone isn't enough to do things well." Wanqing also felt that Gu Yiming was completely bewitched and couldn't be reasoned with.
Gu Yiming was about to retort when he saw Wanqing turn around and go upstairs, leaving behind the words, "You can decide for yourself. If you want to get married, wait until your father and I starve to death and no one will care."
"Mom." Gu Yiming called out to Wanqing in vain, then collapsed to the ground as if all his strength had left him.
When lunchtime arrived, Gu Yiming, hoping for the best, delivered the food upstairs.
But neither Li Hao nor Wan Qing opened the door, and no matter how much Gu Yiming knocked, there was no response.
When neither of them showed up for dinner, Gu Yiming started to panic.
"Dad, please open the door and eat. You haven't eaten lunch yet, and your health will definitely suffer if you don't eat soon." There was still no response from the study. He had already knocked on the bedroom door, but there was no response there either.
Gu Yiming closed his eyes in pain and roared, "I'm not getting married! I'm not getting married, okay?!"
Before he could finish speaking, the study door opened, and Li Hao's voice came out: "Then you'd better take Jiang Hua away from the Li family right now!"
Gu Yiming had previously arranged for Jiang Hua to stay in a room and told her to handle the matter himself.
Now, he still wants to force her to leave the Li family.
Gu Yiming painfully slapped himself before he could barely muster the energy to go find her.
Jiang Hua knew the outcome just by looking at him. She couldn't help but laugh at herself in her heart. See? The result was obvious all along, yet she still held onto wishful thinking.
Gu Yiming opened his mouth, but didn't know how to say it.
"Uncle and Aunt still disagree, right?" Jiang Hua kindly spoke up for Gu Yiming, but she kept her head down as she said this, not wanting to reveal the tears welling up in her eyes.
It's always like this, yet I still can't give up.
All I want is to give Bai Su a normal family, but it's so hard...
She had probably overheard the heated argument earlier, but she held back, afraid that going out would only escalate the conflict.
"I... I'll take you home first." Gu Yiming didn't know what else to say at this point, and after a long while, he managed to utter this sentence.
When they arrived at Jiang Huahua's door, Gu Yiming suddenly hugged Jiang Huahua tightly and comforted her, "I'm sorry, but I'll get them to agree sooner or later."
Jiang Hua smiled, suppressing her heartache, and said to him, "Okay, I'll wait."
Gu Yiming comforted her again before leaving.
However, the door rang again after only a short while. Jiang Hua thought there was something he had forgotten to say, but when she opened the door, she saw a thug.
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