Mother Lou once again tried to smooth things over for her daughter Lou Xinyue, "It's all a misunderstanding, Xinyue, you and Zhizhi go to the room and talk it out..."
Since Lou's mother had given her a way out, Lou Xinyue quickly signaled Qiao Zhiyi to go to the room with her.
Qiao Zhiyi looked at Pei Zheng, and Pei Zheng nodded...
Qiao Zhiyi went into the room with Lou Xinyue.
In fact, the Lou family only has three rooms. The master bedroom is for her parents, another is for her son, and the third is where she used to live with her elder sister Lou Yujia.
After her eldest sister Lou Yujia got married, she went back to the countryside, and this room naturally became Lou Xinyue's.
Lou Xinyue took out an envelope from the drawer and said in a bad tone, "There are 600 yuan in it, which is to pay back your betrothal money, plus 100 yuan, which is for my parents."
Qiao Zhiyi took out the money and counted it. "One hundred yuan for mom and dad?"
"Well, tell your sister-in-law not to come here and make trouble." Lou Xinyue said with a gloomy face, "I won't owe the Qiao family anything from now on, and don't say those things in front of Brother Changrong, otherwise I won't be polite to you..."
Qiao Zhiyi repacked the money and asked, "How can you be so rude to me?"
Lou Xinyue stared at Qiao Zhiyi with hatred, "Don't forget, your work assignment is still in the hands of our Lou family..."
Qiao Zhiyi smiled and said, "Do you think I care about this?"
"If you don't mind, why do you come here today?" Lou Xinyue said with a contemptuous smile.
"I came here, of course..." Qiao Zhiyi leaned closer to her and said word by word, "I came here to see you laugh..."
After saying this, Qiao Zhiyi turned and left.
Lou Xinyue was so angry that she was shaking all over.
This bitch!
When she came out again, Xie Changrong had already left. Lou Xinyue panicked and asked her parents, "Where is Brother Changrong?"
"He left first because of something." Mother Lou said with difficulty.
"How could it be? How could it be?"
Lou Xinyue looked incredulous.
We clearly agreed to go shopping for wedding supplies together in the afternoon.
Qiao Zhiyi said to her adoptive parents, "Then we'll leave first..."
Lou's mother had originally planned to invite them to have lunch together, and had already bought the dishes, but the relationship between the two young couples had just become very strained, and now Lou's mother couldn't bring herself to ask Qiao Zhiyi and Pei Zheng to stay for lunch.
Of course, Qiao Zhiyi also has self-knowledge.
Since childhood, I have never had much importance in Lou's mother's heart. Now that she knows that there is no blood relationship between them, how could her adoptive mother sacrifice her own daughter for her!
Mother Lou looked at Lou Xinyue, who was now speaking in a daze. Qiao Zhiyi still asked with a hint of anticipation: "Mom, I'm getting married, will you come?"
Mother Lou was stunned again.
The wedding banquets for both children were scheduled on the same day, and she was... in a difficult position.
Qiao Zhiyi smiled coldly, "It's okay. If you don't have time, we can come and give you gifts when the time comes. You can talk to your elder sister and elder brother and ask them to come when they are free..."
After she finished speaking, she and Pei Zheng walked out.
Lou's father saw them out and said, "Zhizhi, if you need anything for your wedding, please tell us and we will prepare it for you..."
"Well, okay..." Qiao Zhiyi responded indifferently and left with Pei Zheng.
Lou's mother followed out and stared at Qiao Zhiyi as she went downstairs.
After all, she is the daughter who has called her mother for many years. Lou's mother is reluctant to let go of Qiao Zhiyi emotionally, but the reality of blood relationship forces her to make a choice between the two daughters.
The two daughters are destined to not coexist peacefully, and she... doesn't know what to do?
Mother Lou wiped her tears with a handkerchief and went into the house with her husband.
At this moment, Lou Xinyue's face was gloomy, and she said angrily, "Mom and Dad, can't you see? Qiao Zhiyi came here today just to cause trouble for me. She probably has a grudge against me..."
Father Lou said with a gloomy face: "Why don't you just refrain from provoking Zhizhi? How could she target you like this?"
"Dad, why are you still speaking for her..."
Father Lou snorted, "If you weren't greedy and wanted to take the Pei family's betrothal money, would they embarrass you?"
Lou Xinyue bit her lip, her face full of indignation and grievance, tears as big as beans fell one by one, "Do you really believe what Qiao Zhiyi said? You have no idea of the hardships I have suffered since I was a child. I have suffered the hard life of a poor family for twenty years. The Qiao family is also a member of the "five black categories". They want to sell me for a betrothal gift. I just want some money to compensate myself..."
When Lou's mother heard her daughter say such things, her heart ached. She immediately became angry, "Zhizhi is really something. Saying such things in front of Changrong is clearly trying to embarrass Xinyue. We really raised her in vain. When she went to the countryside, we gave her two hundred yuan..."
Father Lou took out an envelope from the pile of gifts sent by Qiao Zhiyi and Pei Zheng: "The two hundred yuan you mentioned, here it is..."
"Ah?" Lou's mother went over to take a look.
It was indeed two hundred yuan.
Mr. Lou knew Qiao Zhiyi's personality very well. "She has always been strong-willed. Maybe now that she has found a place to live, she will return the money to us..."
In comparison, he really looked down on his own daughter Lou Xinyue who loved to take advantage of others. She clearly didn't want to marry into the Pei family, but she still wanted to take 600 yuan from them and made them come to her door to ask for it back.
It's so embarrassing.
Although the experience of the second daughter being taken away by mistake since childhood is indeed heartbreaking, the first thing she did when she came back was to snatch Xie Changrong away. Based on this point alone, Lou's father is more rational than emotional towards her and will not let her judgment be affected by a few tears she shed.
But because she is his biological daughter, he has to favor her.
Mother Lou fell silent.
Lou Xinyue was so embarrassed that she dug her toes into the ground.
Father Lou lectured her, "Mom and Dad know you didn't have a good life in the countryside before, but you must stop taking advantage of others, or you'll make a fool of yourself for the Xie family..."
Lou Xinyue couldn't stop crying.
I'm not pretending.
It’s really unfair.
This was the first time she was scolded so harshly by her father after returning home to recognize her relatives.
It’s all because of Qiao Zhiyi.
Was that bitch now plotting revenge against her step by step? Humiliating her by asking for money, and then winning her parents' hearts again by paying her back?
Don’t even think about it!
Her biological parents are hers, and she can't take them back.
So Lou Xinyue choked up and said, "Dad, I was worried that I didn't have enough money to come to the city to recognize my relatives. I was afraid that you wouldn't believe me, and I had nowhere to go, so after thinking about it, I brought the money. Besides, I really hate Pei Zheng. Even if the recognition doesn't work out, I don't want to go back and marry him..."
Mother Lou expressed her understanding. "Mom knows you're feeling wronged. I don't think Pei Zheng is easy to get along with. He speaks harshly. You're right not to marry him."
Thinking of Pei Zheng's aggressive tone just now, Lou's mother became angry.
In comparison, Lou's mother still prefers her son-in-law Xie Changrong, who is gentle and refined. Even if he is dissatisfied with the marriage, he will consider the overall situation and take responsibility, and is quite polite to the two elders.
She thought that if her daughter followed the army in the future and they cultivated their relationship well, they would still live a happy life.
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