Chapter 15 Betrayal of Family
"Mom, I don't want to marry Old Hu. Have you been fooled by someone? Tell me quickly!" Qin Lanlan quickly reminded her mother when she saw her mother's shocked and helpless expression.
"Oh, right, right, this has nothing to do with me. What do you mean I sold my daughter? I don't even know this old guy."
"That old man must have drugged and harmed my daughter because he thought she was pretty."
As Li Fen spoke, her thoughts suddenly became clear, and she almost applauded her own clever little brain.
As long as she doesn't admit it, how will anyone know she took the money?
That old man Hu is just a lousy latrine cleaner, who can stand up for him?
At worst, I'll give him back twenty or thirty yuan, and then have my son scare him a little, and he definitely won't dare to say another word.
"Everyone, grab him quickly! This old lecher, send him to the jail!"
As soon as Li Fen finished speaking, Old Hu went crazy. The thought of going in made his legs stop shaking.
He suddenly grabbed the marriage certificate that had fallen to the ground and showed it to the people around him.
"My God, the Qin family is trying to force me to my death! Everyone, look, she dares to deny everything even though it's written in black and white."
I'm going to fight you to the death today, let's go to the police station and confront each other.
Li Fen! Do you think I wasn't prepared for this? I not only have a marriage certificate but also witnesses. The officials and neighbors in the neighborhood all know about my relationship with your family.
I even gave them wedding candy. They were all outside listening to our discussion; they can all testify to that.
What is that?
This old geezer actually tricked her. Li Fen was in a dilemma. It seemed that she couldn't back out of this marriage.
Seeing the situation before her, Jiang Ruzhen immediately made a suggestion in order to provoke Li Fen.
"No matter what you discuss or what marriage certificate you have, Lanlan is now in my house, and I have the final say on her marriage."
"Li Fen, return the five hundred yuan betrothal gift to Old Hu, and we'll call it even. We won't pursue this matter any further."
Upon hearing this, Qin Lanlan nodded vigorously, "Alright, alright."
Once she returns to the Shen family, will she still have any chance to scheme against Shen Shuxin?
Even if Shen Shuxin is gone, the Shen family will still treat her like a treasure, and everything Shen Shuxin has will still belong to her.
She excitedly winked at Li Fen, "Mom, hurry up and give the money back to them. I will never marry this old man, Bi Deng."
Everyone looked at Li Fen upon seeing this. Since their daughter had said so, the marriage certificate was definitely going to be void.
But to everyone's surprise, Li Fen glared at Qin Lanlan with her two small, triangular eyes, clutched her pockets, and cursed angrily.
"You little brat, when did you become the boss in this house? Once the money's in my pocket, nobody's going to take it away."
"You'd better come home with me today and get married. You're my daughter, your surname is Qin. Even if you go to the King of Hell, I'll still say you're my daughter, and your marriage is my decision."
As Li Fen spoke, she winked at Qin Liang. Qin Liang was already furious after being beaten, and seeing the instigator only made him angrier.
He wiped the blood off his face, strode over, grabbed Qin Lanlan, and dragged her outside, not caring whether she was properly wrapped in a sheet.
In addition, Qin Lanlan cried and struggled desperately, and the sheets were quickly trampled underfoot, exposing Qin Lanlan's body to the public once again.
The rough men around them, seeing this, got all excited and swarmed over.
They pretended to help Qin Lanlan pull back, but in reality, everyone wanted to take advantage of the situation.
It's foolish not to take advantage of a good deal.
Soon, the crowd engulfed Qin Liang and Qin Lanlan.
Jiang Ruzhen heard Qin Liang's angry curses and Qin Lanlan's heart-wrenching screams.
"Which bastard touched me? You filthy, rotten-hearted bastards, you'll all die a horrible death... Let me go..."
Jiang Ruzhen and Shen Zhuoyi exchanged a glance, then pretended to be angry and stepped forward to pull the crowd away, but their strength was weak and they couldn't even pull a child away.
Old Hu was so angry that his eyes turned red. He had spent five hundred yuan to buy his wife, and he had only enjoyed her once, yet so many people had seen and touched her.
He figured he couldn't get a refund, and he felt like a green meadow was sprouting up on his head.
“Captain, the people in your village are causing trouble, you just stand by and watch.”
Xiao Changgeng looked grim. He led his four sons and more than a dozen nephews forward and finally managed to rescue Qin Liang and Qin Lanlan.
Although Qin Lanlan was vicious, she was still just a 19-year-old girl. She didn't care how the boys took advantage of her in private at school.
But now, being taken advantage of in public by so many people, she was still somewhat ashamed and angry. She put the sheet back on, her face covered in snot and tears.
Jiang Ruzhen quickly shielded the person behind her, and roared angrily at Li Fen with a heart full of grief.
"Li Fen! Which is more important, money or the child?"
Li Fen didn't care about any of that. A money-losing product is a money-losing product no matter what. Since she no longer had any use, she didn't need to put up with her.
She retorted defiantly, "Widow Jiang, Qin Lanlan is my daughter. She was sent to live with you because your husband killed her father, and I couldn't afford to raise her myself."
"What, you've actually developed feelings for her after raising her for several years? Her surname is Qin, she's my daughter, even if I told her to die, she'd listen to me."
Li Fen glared arrogantly at Jiang Ruzhen, and seeing the heartache on her face made her feel extremely happy.
Back in the factory, this seductive vixen was always flirting with men. She was the most beautiful woman in the factory, and she bewitched all the workers.
Even her deadbeat husband, Qin Youcai, would call out Jiang Ruzhen's name when he was with her at night.
How could she not hate?
Although she didn't know why she hadn't managed to harm her own daughter today, seeing her suffer so much because of Qin Lanlan made Li Fen happy, even happier than if she had received five hundred yuan.
"Old Hu, what are you still looking at? That's your wife, why don't you take her away right now?"
Old Hu gritted his teeth, panting heavily as he stepped forward to drag Qin Lanlan away. He was determined to get back at this brat after losing face today.
Qin Lanlan was stunned by her mother's scolding. She never expected that in her mother's eyes, she was not even worth five hundred yuan.
From childhood, seeing her mother being frequently beaten and scolded by her father, she felt sorry for her mother.
Even when her mother abandoned her at the Shen family's house without hesitation, she felt it was the right thing to do.
Her mother really couldn't support her, so she should eat and use the Shen family's food and things, and move all the valuables from the Shen family to her own home to be considered a filial daughter.
Over the years, she has emptied the Shen family's coffers, giving all the money she had besides her own food and clothing to Li Fen. She does whatever Li Fen asks her to do.
Unexpectedly, despite how obedient and sensible she was, her mother still abandoned her when it came to the real life-or-death moment.
Today's events were already quite strange. Now that I think about it, it must have been something her mother had already discussed with Old Hu beforehand, planning to marry her off to him.
On the surface, they agreed to her proposal, but in reality, they were just waiting for her to walk right into their trap.
Otherwise, how do you explain the fact that she was suddenly knocked unconscious today?
Qin Lanlan's mind raced as she recalled Li Fen's actions. Compared to Jiang Ruzhen, Li Fen was truly unworthy of being a mother.
Only Jiang Ruzhen truly pitied her; she couldn't go back to the Qin family, she couldn't ruin the rest of her life.
"Li Fen, since you are so heartless to me, then don't blame me for being ruthless."
Qin Lanlan shook off Old Hu's arm, turned around and looked at Jiang Ruzhen with tears streaming down her face.
"Mom! I'm sorry. Actually, everything that happened today was planned by my mom and my brother. They thought Shen Shuxin was blocking my way."
He threatened me, telling me to come back and lie to him that I had reformed, and then trick Xin Xin into leaving and giving her to Old Hu.
I couldn't bear to see Xin Xin suffer, so I wanted to save her, but I didn't expect to be betrayed by my relatives and end up being given to Old Hu to be abused.
"Mom! Please, for the sake of me saving Xin Xin, save me! I don't want to go back to the Qin family. I want to treat you like my own mother. I'll definitely take care of you when I earn money."
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