Chapter 44 Daddy Comes to Claim My Life
"Li Beibei, come out here! I fought with others for you, and you're just a coward, running away!"
Fang Xiuyue's sharp scream rang out from outside the door. Ye Jiao looked at Li Beibei nervously, "How did she find her way here?"
Li Beibei bit her lip, put down the enamel cup, and stood up from the bed. "I'm going to go back first. Thank you for the clothes. I'll change them and give them to you when I get home."
Ye Jiao waved her hand, "Why are you being so polite to me? But do you really want to go back with Fang Xiuyue?"
Li Beibei smiled bitterly, "Where can I live if I don't go back with her? There's no way to avoid disaster."
She put on her shoes, opened the door and walked out.
Ye Jiao looked at her thin back and felt sorry for her for a moment. She and Huang Yan used to envy Li Beibei because she was pretty, liked by many people, and even her treatment in the countryside was better than theirs.
I lived in the village chief's house and worked as a timekeeper, the easiest job in the brigade.
Unlike them, who get up early and go to bed late, and have endless work to do every day.
But now, seeing her so haggard, it makes people feel pity.
Being liked by many men is not a good thing.
Li Beibei lowered her head and walked over to Fang Xiuyue, fumbling to admit her mistake. "Auntie, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to run away. I was soaked and freezing, so I thought of coming back with Ye Zhiqing to change clothes..."
Her thin body stood in the cold wind, feeling somewhat shaky, with her lowered brows and submissive look, she looked particularly lovable.
Fang Xiuyue was originally still a little angry, but this relieved a lot of her anger.
After all, this wasn't her own yard. She groaned, "Come back with me! Stop running around!"
She did not ask about Li Beibei's jumping into the river. In her opinion, it was most likely because of the quota for Workers, Peasants and Soldiers University. Although the Xu family was in the wrong first, Li Beibei's intention to compromise with Xu Guo was not pure from the beginning.
Li Beibei nodded and followed her obediently.
Until the evening, she returned to the Xu family without crying or making a fuss, which made Fang Xiu Yue feel uneasy. When the men at home came back, she told them what had happened during the day.
Xu Dehuai first criticized her. After all, she was the village chief's wife. How could she lead a fight?
Xu Guoyi was extremely worried. "It's all your fault! We agreed to give her the spot, and now how can I face her in person?"
The thought of being called a loser by Li Beibei again made Xu Guoye extremely angry.
Fang Xiuyue, with a look of dismay on her face, lectured him, "I think she's fooled you. It's a good thing we didn't give her that place. If she had really gone to college, with so many good men out there, she would have definitely dumped you in the future!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? I've already slept with her, is there any other man who would want her? If you dare to dump me, I'll find her at the ends of the earth!"
Xu Guoyi is not afraid of these at all.
Xu Dehuai sat on the bench, smoking a pipe, his mind in turmoil, his brows furrowed tightly. "In this matter, we were indeed the ones who broke our promise first. How about this, Xiuyue, you go and tell her that we'll double her betrothal gift. How about that?"
"Are you crazy?" Fang Xiuyue slapped Xu Dehuai's arm. "That damn girl is not even a virgin anymore, how can she be so valuable!"
"You can't say that. Give her more money and get married sooner!" Xu Dehuai didn't want to cause any more trouble. "She jumped into the river today, but who knows if she'll commit suicide in the future. Let's make her happy first. Once we get married and have children, she won't have any say in what she does."
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