Luo Qingyuan strolled over slowly: "Mom, how can you launch a surprise attack like this? You even lied to me about when you were coming back to China..."
Ms. Zhao poked Luo Qingyuan's head hard with her finger, saying with a hint of disappointment, "You dare to complain about me? Huh? If I hadn't pulled this surprise attack, would I have known you'd already gotten married in Kyoto? Huh?!"
Ms. Zhao was clearly very angry, her chest heaving.
Luo Qingyuan quickly sat down and patted Ms. Zhao's chest: "Mom, I wanted to tell you about this after you and Dad returned to China."
Ms. Zhao became even angrier: "You want us to come back to China? Don't you have our WeChat? Or our phone number?"
Just as Luo Qingyuan was about to say something, Duan Ye came out with two cups of hot tea and placed them awkwardly in front of Ms. Zhao and Luo Qingyuan.
Luo Qingyuan gave him a reassuring look.
Ms. Zhao took it all in and scoffed, "I don't like tea?"
Duan Ye thought for a moment and said, "Then I'll pour wine for Mom."
As he spoke, Duan Ye was about to stand up.
Ms. Zhao was so angry she jumped up and down: "I told you not to call me Mom!"
Duan Ye was silent for a moment: "Okay..."
The next second.
Duan Ye: "Mom, would you like some hot water?"
"Pfft..." Luo Qingyuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Ms. Zhao almost lost her composure, but she still glared at Luo Qingyuan.
Luo Qingyuan quickly composed herself: "Mom, please don't make things difficult for Aye. He's just an honest man who only listens to me."
Duan Ye nodded in agreement: "Yes, Mom."
Ms. Zhao: "..." She thought her son-in-law wasn't honest, he was stupid!
Ms. Zhao picked up her cup and took a sip of hot tea before calmly taking out a document from her bag and handing it to Luo Qingyuan.
Upon seeing this, alarm bells immediately went off in Luo Qingyuan's mind.
"Mom! Why are you searching my room?!"
Luo Qingyuan was really angry!
This is the contract she and Duan Ye signed for their fake marriage...
Duan Ye saw it too, and for a moment, he was filled with remorse.
They come home every day and do nothing productive, completely forgetting about these precious documents buried deep inside…
This is going to be a problem.
Luo Qingyuan: "Mom, let me explain. It was because..."
Ms. Zhao interrupted Luo Qingyuan directly: "I don't want to hear your nonsense reasons."
"Your brother spoils you too much. He kept such a big thing from us. You two siblings are really something! If I hadn't seen the news about that girl jumping off the building and investigated this matter, who knows how long you would have been kept in the dark?!"
As she spoke, Ms. Zhao looked at Duan Ye: "Duan Ye, right?"
Duan Ye nodded, his face showing a hint of seriousness.
Ms. Zhao took out a card from her bag and pushed it directly in front of Duan Ye: "Didn't the contract say ten million per child?"
“It’s perfect, you don’t have any children right now, and my daughter is quite immature, so I, as her mother, will cover for her.”
"There's fifty million in here. With this money, you'll be set for life."
"I'll get straight to the point: I want you to divorce my daughter, and it would be best if you went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to complete the divorce procedures tomorrow."
Luo Qingyuan frowned: "Mom..."
Ms. Zhao looked at Luo Qingyuan: "You don't like Jiang Jingchuan and don't want to marry into the Jiang family, fine. The Jiang family is a mess right now and can't even take care of itself, so I don't care about these things."
"As long as you divorce Duan Ye, Mom won't force you to get married, okay?"
Luo Qingyuan flatly refused: "No way."
As she spoke, Luo Qingyuan stood up and sat down next to Duan Ye, taking his arm and saying, "Mom, that contract was just a means I used to keep Duan Ye by my side. I love Duan Ye very much now, and I will not marry anyone but him."
Duan Ye wanted to say something fair, but Zhao Ruoxi glared at him fiercely: "Shut up!"
He then looked at Luo Qingyuan with a disapproving expression: "Luo Qingyuan, can a relationship maintained with money really last?!"
"What do you think this man loves about you? He only loves your young and beautiful face and figure, and he only cares about the Luo family's wealth and power. He's after your money. If you had nothing, would he still marry you?!"
This time, Duan Ye took Luo Qingyuan's hand and said decisively, "Yes!"
Luo Qingyuan and Ms. Zhao were both stunned and didn't react for a moment.
Luo Qingyuan's eyes reddened slightly, and she immediately retorted to her mother, "Mom, your assumptions are simply not valid."
"Duan Ye is younger than me. Is it a problem that I like him because he's young, handsome, and in good health?"
"The Luo family is wealthy, but when I was with Duan Ye, he had no idea about the Luo family's wealth. Does that count as coveting riches and honors?"
"Besides, it's only a few tens of millions. If he likes it, what's wrong with giving it to him to play with?"
Ms. Zhao was completely speechless.
But this contract is evidence that the relationship was not genuine.
Zhao Ruoxi gave Luo Qingyuan a deep look, and finally stood up: "I don't want to talk to you about this. Come home with me."
Luo Qingyuan turned her head, also somewhat angry with her mother: "I'm not going back."
Seeing the tense atmosphere between the mother and daughter, Duan Ye quickly stepped in to mediate: "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely not let Qingyuan suffer any injustice. I will give her a proper wedding, and I will personally come to apologize to you in a couple of days..."
Zhao Ruoxi looked at him with disdain: "Duan Ye, don't think you're so great just because your grandfather and your brothers have some ability."
"You're just a newly graduated engineer, and your house was bought for you by your dad, right? I really don't know where you get the nerve to say you won't let my daughter suffer..."
Luo Qingyuan could accept Ms. Zhao scolding her, but she couldn't tolerate Ms. Zhao humiliating Duan Ye like this.
She stood up, her face pale: "Mom, you can talk as you please, but why resort to personal attacks? If you have any complaints, take them out on me. I insisted on being with him, and I won't allow you to talk about him like that!"
Luo Qingyuan blocked Duan Ye behind her.
Duan Ye helplessly tugged at her hand: "Qingyuan, let me have a good talk with your mother."
Luo Qingyuan's eyes were red, but she stubbornly stood in front of him, refusing to move aside, and stubbornly glared at Ms. Zhao.
Zhao Ruoxi was genuinely disappointed. She pointed at Luo Qingyuan and said, "Well, you really are my good daughter, always siding with outsiders!"
After saying that, Ms. Zhao picked up her bag and the contract, and left without lingering.
With a loud "bang," the door was slammed shut.
This startled Luo Qingyuan, making her tremble.
Duan Ye quickly pulled Luo Qingyuan into his arms and gently patted her back: "It's alright, I'm fine. I know your mom is just worried about you. It's just a couple of scoldings, right? Boys sometimes need to be a little thick-skinned, after all, I have to marry someone's daughter."
Luo Qingyuan hugged his waist, her voice muffled: "I just can't stand seeing you suffer. My mom went too far..."
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