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Huo Qizhen looked at him with exasperation, "You've got the order wrong. You should meet your parents first, discuss the wedding date, hold the wedding ceremony, and then get your marriage certificate."
Jian Yu chimed in, "Exactly! If you get your marriage certificate first, aren't you afraid he'll lie to you?"
Lin Ningning waved her hand, "If it were any other man, I definitely wouldn't dare to get a marriage certificate like this, but this is our class monitor with a very strong sense of responsibility. We've been classmates for several years, and he's different from those other men."
Jian Yu: "Strong sense of responsibility? Really strong? The result of that is that he ignored you for three weeks. Anyone who didn't know better would think he just wanted a casual fling."
Lin Ningning didn't want to hear her lover being criticized, so she changed the subject, "Alright, today is my big day of registering my marriage, can't you guys just say congratulations?"
Jian Yu said, "I can't explain it."
Lin Ningning: "Never mind. I'm going home now."
Watching Lin Ningning skip away, Jian Yu finally understood why Lin Beichen had been watching her so closely.
"Unfortunately, no matter how closely you watch, you can't stop someone from being love-struck."
Huo Tingzhen said, "Jian Yu, do you want to check her class monitor's information?"
Jian Yu shook her head. "Let's just forget about it! They've already registered their marriage, so even if something really happened, it's too late."
Huo Tingzhen thought that made sense. "Let's go! Let's find another coffee shop."
Bao Yanbai, who was standing behind them in disappointment, quickly stopped them upon hearing this, asking, "Are you really not pregnant?"
Huo Tingzhen pointed to her ear, "Didn't you hear? The pregnancy test was Lin Ningning's."
Bao Yanbai said, "If I heard it, I just hoped I had misheard it."
Huo Tingzhen made a face at him, "Too bad, that's right."
He lifted his foot and walked outside.
But it was pulled by a strong force.
Bao Yanbai held onto Huo Tingzhen's arm tightly, refusing to let go. "I want to talk to you."
"There's nothing to talk about."
Bao Yanbai looked at Jian Yu, "Could you leave some space for us?"
Jian Yu shook his head. "Tingzhen is unwilling."
Huo Tingzhen raised his chin. "Let go."
Bao Yanbai pursed his lips, remained silent, and did not let go.
Just as Huo Tingzhen was about to start cursing, Bao Yanbai suddenly pulled her into his arms and rested his head on her shoulder.
"You..." Let me go.
She didn't finish her sentence because she noticed her neck was wet, followed by suppressed, low sobs.
Bao Yanbai cried.
"Please don't leave me."
The question, tinged with timidity, humility, probing, and caution, pierced Huo Tingzhen's heart like a sharp sword, causing excruciating pain.
The words of refusal, which I had already said many times before, remained stuck in my throat for a long time.
Even the hand that was pushing them unconsciously lowered.
It even implies embracing.
Seeing this, Jian Yu quietly left the private room and returned to his office.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, they're going to make up.
But what about dealing with Bao Yanbai's elders?
That evening, Huo Qizhen hugged Jian Yu and grumbled, "That Bao Yanbai is such a good actor! He's had people following Tingzhen the whole time, how could he not know about Tingzhen's situation?"
Jian Yu thought it was quite possible that he didn't know.
After all, that person could only watch from afar; there were many private spaces he couldn't enter at all.
The next day, Jian Yu was woken up by the ringing of the telephone.
Lin Beichen asked her to investigate Lin Ningning's new boyfriend.
Is something wrong with him?
The photo looks alright, it shouldn't be too outrageous, right?
"No, he's alright, it's just that his parents seem difficult to get along with."
"What's wrong with getting along?"
"Although his parents were quite friendly, my gut feeling told me that they definitely had some ulterior motives."
Jian Yu trusted Lin Beichen's keen observation. "What did you discover?"
"They said they bought a house for the wedding and hoped that Ningning would also give a house as a dowry, preferably a villa within the Third Ring Road."
Lin Beichen's family lives in the best house among their relatives, but it is not located in the city center.
Lin Ningning's family is not as well-off as theirs, so there is no way she could afford to accompany them.
"But his parents were adamant about not compromising, saying that their family lived in the city center and that Ningning should also bring a house in the city center as part of her dowry in order to be a good match; in addition, they also demanded a dowry of five million yuan in cash."
Five million?
"Yes! Their family offered a dowry of five million, and they demanded that my aunt also provide an equivalent amount of dowry."
Jian Yu frowned. This kind of petty person could never treat his daughter-in-law well.
What did Ningning herself say?
"She was initially very willing, but after her aunt told her that she could bring a dowry of five million, but couldn't afford a house in the city center, she naively asked if it was okay not to bring a house as part of the dowry. As a result, she was criticized by her kind mother-in-law so badly that she couldn't even lift her head."
"......"
That's so unfair!
“My aunt is feeling extremely guilty right now, angry at herself for not keeping the household registration book safe, which allowed Ningning to be coaxed into getting a marriage certificate.”
Even Jian Yu, an outsider, was angry after hearing this; one can only imagine how angry the person involved must have been.
Jian Yu spent an hour compiling the information about the other family of three.
Lin Beichen got his hands on it, and after reading only the beginning, he was so angry that he almost rushed out to confront the person responsible.
It turns out this was a scam targeting Lin Ningning.
They didn't buy a house for their wedding; they're still renting. The homeowner is an elderly woman in her seventies who is currently living in another city.
At the end of each month, they would promptly transfer the rent to their household.
If it's a day late, the old lady will rush back to urge her personally.
They didn't have a five million dowry either; on the contrary, Lin Ningning's newly appointed father-in-law had five million in gambling debts.
The debt collectors were at their doorstep. The family had tried everything they could think of, but with nowhere else to turn, the class monitor thought of Lin Ningning, who had a crush on her.
"This person heard that Lin Ningning has a cousin who is a famous writer with a considerable net worth, and her maternal uncle's family is worth hundreds of millions, so he had wicked ideas."
Lin Beichen thanked Jian Yu and then took the documents to his aunt's house.
Lin Ningning fainted from anger upon seeing the information.
After waking up, she cried even harder, unable to catch her breath.
Seeing this, Lin Beichen felt embarrassed to scold her anymore.
"This child cannot be kept."
Lin Ningning was already at a loss, and since she was used to being obedient, she immediately nodded, "Okay."
Aunt Lin was afraid that her fever would continue, so upon hearing this, she immediately took her to the hospital.
During the journey, Lin Ningning's phone kept ringing; it was her newlywed husband.
Lin Beichen opened her phone and looked at the long, cheesy, and flirtatious messages. He couldn't help but cover his face. "Ningning, how could you like someone like this?"
Lin Ningning wiped away her tears. "He wasn't like this when we were at school."
Aunt Lin said earnestly, "We were afraid you would be deceived, which is why we didn't let you date at school. We never expected that you would still fall for your classmate in the end."
Lin Ningning took her phone and sent a text message to the other end, "Come to the Civil Affairs Bureau at 2 PM."
The other party replied instantly, "What are we going to the Civil Affairs Bureau for? Didn't we just get our marriage certificate yesterday?"
Lin Ningning pressed the voice button and roared, "I want a divorce!"
After sending the message, I blocked the other person.
After the surgery, Lin Ningning looked extremely haggard.
The girl was so beautiful, but now she's like this. Aunt Lin and the others were heartbroken and kept crying.
Refusing the suggestion to go home and rest, Lin Ningning took her household registration booklet and went directly to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Aunt Lin was afraid that she would suffer a loss, so she dragged Lin Beichen along to accompany her.
As expected, the other party was unwilling to divorce easily.
"I truly love you, so why are you asking for a divorce?"
Lin Ningning couldn't keep it to herself and immediately told everyone the information she had found.
The other person's face contorted in pain, and facing the accusation, they gritted their teeth fiercely, "If you want a divorce, five million."
Five million? You might as well rob a bank!
"Heh... I know your family can afford it. If you don't pay, you can forget about getting rid of me."
Lin Ningning refused to believe it and ran to the counter to hand over the documents.
The staff asked her for the man's information.
Lin Ningning did not.
As a result, it naturally failed.
Why?
Lin Ningning shouted at the staff.
The staff had no choice but to say, "This is a work regulation, please don't make things difficult for us."
"Making things difficult? Are you the ones making things difficult for me?"
The staff member bypassed Lin Ningning and said, "Next couple."
The people in line behind Lin Ningning pushed her aside, saying, "Please make way."
"See? As long as I don't cooperate, you can't leave me."
The other party looked smug.
Lin Ningning burst into tears in anger.
Aunt Lin's eyes also turned red with anger.
Lin Beichen quickly pulled them into the car, saying, "Don't cry. We're going to file for divorce."
Lin Ningning had no hope. "It's no use."
Lin Beichen waved his phone. "I just took pictures of all the things he said to threaten you. I have my own ways of dealing with him."
Aunt Lin said, "No wonder you didn't come forward earlier; you were recording."
Lin Beichen said, "I learned it from Jian Yu."
Aunt Lin tapped Lin Ningning's head, "Your brother found you such a friend, how come you didn't learn a single good thing from him?"
Lin Ningning shrugged, not daring to retort.
When Jian Yu learned that the other party was demanding five million yuan for a divorce, he was utterly shocked. "Ningning doesn't even have a job, where would she get any marital property to share with him?"
Lin Ningning said the other party was a smart person, but Jian Yu thought he was too smart.
Before Lin Beichen could react, Jian Yu reminded him, "You guys quickly find a few people and see what the other party's parents are doing?"
"you mean?"
“I’m worried they’ll cause trouble near Ningning’s house. If Ningning’s parents care about their reputation and Ningning’s future, they’ll definitely choose to pay money to settle things.”
Lin Beichen was unsure who to ask to stop them.
Jian Yu then helped him contact Brother Wu.
After two weeks of wrangling, Lin Ningning is finally single again.
The moment she received the divorce certificate, Lin Ningning rushed to find Jian Yu.
As a result, they happened to run into Huo Tingzhen and Bao Yanbai downstairs.
Lin Ningning cupped her face in her hands and exclaimed, "Wow! Did this guy step out of a novel? He looks handsome, rich, and devoted."
Bao Yanbai really liked the word "devoted" that Lin Ningning used, and immediately gave Lin Ningning a big smile, "Ningning, right? Let's have dinner together later?"
"OK!"
Lin Ningning nodded. "Consider it a celebration for me. I'm single again today."
Bao Yanbai nodded, "That's something to celebrate. I'll call a few more people over later, and if you find one you like, I'll pack it up and send it to you."
Lin Ningning's face immediately lit up with a smile, "That's great, I want a handsome one."
Jian Yu had just walked downstairs when he heard this sentence.
Immediately, "..."
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