There's no such thing as a free lunch, so Li Xiaoyu immediately suspected that there might be something wrong with the man's side.
"Mom, could you have been scammed? Or is there something wrong with that guy? Otherwise, why would such a good thing happen?"
Ma Yulian couldn't tolerate anyone questioning her. Upon hearing Li Xiaoyu's words, Ma Yulian's face instantly turned cold, and she reached out and pinched Li Xiaoyu's arm.
"What problems could there be? This is such a good thing, you should just rush to marry into it and enjoy a life of luxury. Would I ever cheat you? Listen to me, I'll agree to this marriage on your behalf!"
Li Xiaoyu felt a sharp pain in her arm. She quickly slapped away Ma Yulian's vicious hand and shook her head repeatedly.
"Mom, I don't agree to this marriage. There must be something wrong with the guy. Besides, I... I'm already in a relationship. I don't want to go on blind dates anymore. What kind of nonsense is this?!"
Ma Yulian's eyes widened. Her eyes were already small, but now that they were wide open, they looked even more frightening, with the whites of her eyes showing.
Harsh words just come out of his mouth without warning.
"Li Xiaoyu, have you no shame? You ignore the arrangements your family made for you, and insist on messing around with other men outside? What inappropriate things have you done with that other guy?"
Ma Yulian pretended to pinch Li Xiaoyu's ear, but Li Xiaoyu quickly dodged, frowning and saying with annoyance, "No, we're both decent people, looking forward to marriage. How can you say that about your own daughter?"
Ma Yulian took a deep breath, not even bothering to find out what kind of person her daughter's boyfriend was, and said decisively, "No, I don't agree to you two being together. Break up with him right now!"
"Marriage has always been arranged by parents. I tell you who to marry, so you should listen to me. Can the one you're talking about give such a large dowry? If they can afford to give you six hundred, you'll be living a life of luxury after you marry them."
"Mom, how could you arrange a marriage like this!"
Ma Yulian looked disdainful and even brought up Li Junsheng's name to put Li Xiaoyu in a bad light.
Because Ma Yulian knew that all along, this girl had always cared more about Li Junsheng than about her own mother, and she listened to Li Junsheng more!
"Your father has already agreed to this marriage, so don't even think about deciding who you marry."
Ma Yulian glanced at Li Xiaoyu sideways and said sarcastically, "You're just like your father. You have no choice but to suffer and be an honest person instead of enjoying the good life. You're nothing like me!"
"Do you think it was easy for me to raise you? If you're going to be filial, you should ask for more dowry to repay me for giving birth to you and raising you."
Li Xiaoyu never expected that her father, whom she had always doted on, would agree to the marriage. What difference was there between this and selling his daughter?
Li Xiaoyu stood frozen in place, her face filled with despair.
Li Xiaoyu and her boyfriend had a very good relationship; they loved each other deeply. But now her parents were insisting that she marry someone else…
A resolute glint flashed in Li Xiaoyu's eyes as she firmly told Ma Yulian, "In this life, I will only marry someone I love and who loves me back. If you force me to marry someone else, I'd rather die. Don't even think about arranging my marriage!"
Li Xiaoyu thought that by saying this, her mother would stop pressuring her to marry someone else, but in reality, she still thought too highly of Ma Yulian.
Ma Yulian completely ignored Li Xiaoyu's resolute attitude and just looked at her with a mocking gaze.
"Go ahead and die! If you've got the guts, just go die! Don't try to threaten me here!"
Realizing her insignificant importance in Ma Yulian's eyes, Li Xiaoyu felt utterly desperate.
They're not even afraid of their own mother dying!
Li Xiaoyu thought about it and realized that since she didn't even like her second brother, who was also her son, why would he treat her differently?
She even named herself casually. It was drizzling on the day she was born, so she simply called herself Li Xiaoyu (Little Rain)!
Ma Yulian, oblivious to Li Xiaoyu's despair, said to her with a disdainful look, "If you're going to die, go somewhere far away. Don't die at home, or we won't be able to sell this house!"
"You've really grown wings now, daring to threaten me with death. Do whatever you want, if you die, consider it a waste of my time raising you as my daughter. You're shameless, trying to kill yourself for a man!"
Ma Yulian's words were like sharp knives, stabbing deeply into Li Xiaoyu's heart, filling her with despair and causing her face to instantly lose all color.
This made Li Xiaoyu feel extremely ashamed!
Ignoring everything else, Ma Yulian directly asked Li Xiaoyu for money.
"Since you don't want to live anyway, hand over the money Li Junsheng just gave you."
Li Xiaoyu quickly took a few steps back and reached out to cover her pockets.
"No, this was given to me by my dad. How can you take it? I've given you all the money I earned as a temporary worker at the textile factory. Isn't that enough?"
With a sullen face, Ma Yulian raised her hand and slapped Li Xiaoyu!
Snap!
The slap was crisp and clear. Li Xiaoyu felt pain in her right cheek and also experienced some tinnitus in her ear, indicating that Ma Yulian had used considerable force.
Before Li Xiaoyu could say anything, Ma Yulian pointed at her and cursed, "You ungrateful brat! Li Junsheng was drunk today, that's why he's thinking about splitting the money! You worthless thing, you actually believe him?"
"Give me the money right now! Weren't you yelling that you didn't want to live and threatening to kill me? What are you still holding onto this money for?"
Ma Yulian directly grabbed the money from Li Xiaoyu. Li Xiaoyu's earlier action of protecting her pockets also made Ma Yulian realize that the money was in her pocket!
Ma Yulian's behavior of snatching money was extremely barbaric, and the thin and slender Li Xiaoyu was also desperately protecting the 275 yuan.
She had to protect this money, or she would really have no way to survive!
With this money, even if her mother forces her to get married, she can simply go somewhere else, rent a place, and find a new job and life.
If you don't have a single penny left, then you've truly reached a dead end!
Ma Yulian also really wanted the 275 yuan in Li Xiaoyu's hand. Ma Yulian was planning to get all the money from her two daughters.
Then, marry off the youngest daughter and get a dowry of six hundred yuan, which will be just enough to give Chen Dazhu the money!
For a moment, neither of them would give in, and they started pulling and tugging at each other in the room.
Li Junsheng has become more difficult to deal with lately, and Ma Yulian dared not make too much noise during the robbery.
She was afraid of alerting Li Junsheng, who would then come and beat her.
Otherwise, Ma Yulian would have pushed Li Xiaoyu away long ago!
Li Xiaoyu didn't think too much about it; she just wanted to protect her 275 yuan.
The loud thud startled Li Junsheng, who was sitting on the living room sofa trying to comfort Xiaowei!
Hearing the sound, Li Junsheng looked towards Ma Yulian's room and realized that Li Xiaoyu and Ma Yulian were both gone.
Inside the room, Li Xiaoyu was not paying attention to her footing and tripped over Ma Yulian.
She was huddled in the corner, clutching her pockets tightly with both hands!
Ma Yulian looked fierce and tried to pry Li Xiaoyu's hands apart, making them turn red.
Just then, Li Junsheng strode to the door and kicked it open!
"Ma Yulian, what are you doing?!"
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