Chapter 17 Cancellation of Engagement



"Plant these in the fairy space first. I'll find some seeds for you tomorrow when we go back home." Father Yan said, and handed the cloth bag of seeds wrapped in newspapers to his daughter. He then said, "I've written my name on them. If you need anything else, just tell me."

Yan Sisi took the bag and said with a blunt smile, "Dad, I want a cabinet full of drawers to store the seeds, and some commonly used tools and baskets."

Although she can control everything with her consciousness in the space, her head will hurt if she uses it too much. For some things that are within her ability, she still has to take some tools and do them herself.

"OK."

Yan Sisi brought the seeds and fruit tree seedlings into the space, and planted the fruit trees one by one around the edge of the space. After all the trees were planted, she poured some spiritual spring water on them.

Yan Sisi put the seeds in the cloth bag together with the seeds that had not been used up before. She was overwhelmed when she looked at the vines crawling all over the place. No one could help her, so she had to stand at the edge of the vines and start picking fruits.

There were about five melons on a vine. After Yan Sisi carefully picked all the melons, the vine on the ground turned into a green smoke and floated towards the ancient tree right in front of her eyes.

Yan Sisi looked at the ancient tree and then at the empty land on the ground. Could this be the plant that the ancient tree needs?

Everything is possible in the immortal world. Yan Sisi looked for a while and then lowered her head to continue picking fruits. As she picked the fruits, streams of green smoke floated towards the ancient tree.

When Yan Sisi stood up, half of the vines on the ground disappeared, leaving most of the space empty, saving her the trouble of dealing with the vines.

Yan Sisi looked down at the watermelons, melons and cantaloupes she had picked, then went out and brought back a cloth bag, carefully put all the fruits and vegetables in it, and stored it in the space.

Yan Sisi brought some strawberries and a watermelon and just as she left the room, she saw that her mother had already prepared the meal. The dishes on the table were all made with vegetables brought out yesterday, and they tasted absolutely delicious, crispy, juicy and tender, just as delicious as it could be.

After resting for a while after dinner, Yan Sisi stood up and walked towards her room. Halfway through her walk, she was suddenly stopped by her father, "Sisi, your engagement with Xu Weiming, your mother and I went to see his grandfather today. From today on, your engagement is cancelled."

Yan Sisi was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses and nodded, "Oh, I see."

After saying that, he returned to the room and closed the door.

Yan Sisi sat on the stool and her mind flashed back to the time she spent with Xu Weiming. They had known each other since they were ten years old. She actually disliked him when they first started dating because he always interfered in her affairs as her fiancé, not allowing her to do this or that, which made her very disgusted.

Their relationship became good when a group of boys chased her and wanted to pull her braids. He suddenly appeared in front of her to protect her, and was beaten for it, with his nose bleeding and his face covered with bruises.

Since then, their relationship became closer. They went to school and went home together, and he would often take her out to play. But when they grew up, their relationship became distant again. She still remembered that once when they went out to play, Xu Weiming called her his sister to his friends, but when he came back, he explained to her that he was afraid of affecting her reputation.

She didn’t understand before and thought he really worried about her reputation. But it turned out that he just didn’t want to marry her anymore, so she was his younger sister.

There was a loud knock on the door, accompanied by Wei Ming's mother's loud shout: "Yan Sisi, come out here."

Yan Sisi's heart started pounding when she was frightened by the sudden knock on the door. Why was Xu Weiming's mother here?

Someone who came here for no reason must be here to cause trouble. As soon as Yan Sisi walked out of the room, she saw Yan's mother running over with a nervous look on her face, grabbing her hand and trying to pull her back into the room.

Father Yan stood majestically at the door. He opened the door with a fierce look on his face and said fiercely to Xu Weiming's mother who was about to knock on the door, "Why are you knocking? Our two families have no relationship anymore. Why are you looking for my daughter?"

Wu Fang looked at the scowling Yan Aiguo and couldn't help but get a little scared. But when she thought about how she was scolded by her father when she just got home, and how her son was beaten up when he came back, she couldn't help but get angry and said directly: "Then I have to ask your good daughter, what did she say to our father that made him beat Wei Ming up and keep him kneeling until now? Let your daughter come out and explain to the old man with me."

After saying that, he was about to go into the house and take Yan Sisi away.

Father Yan's tall figure stood at the door, blocking it tightly. He snorted coldly and said, "I was the one who broke off the marriage. After what your family did, do you still expect me to marry my daughter to you?"

Wu Fang only remembered that her son was suffering at home, so she didn't care why her father wanted to beat him. Her men tried to push Yan Aiguo in, but they didn't expect that they couldn't even push him open. She was so angry that she shouted loudly at the door: "Yan Sisi, get out of here. How did my Wei Ming wrong you that you had to scheme against him like this? You said nice things before, saying that we should part ways in peace, but today you suddenly came over to cancel the engagement. Do you want to kill him?"

Whenever Wu Fang thought of her son's back being beaten to pieces by his grandfather, she felt a pain in her heart. The old man didn't even know how to be gentler. That was his grandson, how could he be inferior to a little girl who was not related to him in any way?

Facing the questioning of Wei Ming's mother, Yan Sisi didn't want her parents to bear her anger for her. She suppressed her panic and walked to her father's side. She looked into her angry eyes and said, "I promised you that we would cancel the engagement together on Sunday. It was our fault that we canceled the engagement without telling you in advance. I apologize to you here. I'm sorry for not doing what I said."

Yan Sisi admitted that she had broken the contract and continued, "What has happened cannot be changed. Our two families have already cancelled the engagement. From now on, whether Xu Weiming is good or bad has nothing to do with me. Please don't come to our house again. The old man beat him up, which is your family affair. How can I, an outsider, intervene? If you have nothing else to do, please go back!"

Wu Fang sneered when she heard such ruthless words and said angrily: "Oh, this is the person my son has always protected. You just cancelled the engagement and didn't care about his life or death. It's really a waste of his efforts for you. You guys remember this, if my son doesn't live well, your family won't live well either."

She had never thought that the girl who was so delicate and weak before could be so cruel. As long as she said a few good words to the old man, she could avoid her son's punishment, but she was unwilling to even go.

Neighbors on both sides had already come out of their houses at the sound of Wu Fang's loud shouts. Those downstairs looked up, and those upstairs looked down, all discussing what had happened to the Yan family.

A neighbor who heard the commotion at the beginning came out to persuade them, "Xiao Xu's mother, the two children can't be married, so they should just part ways amicably. Why did they become enemies?"

"Yes, both families have cancelled the engagement. What's the point of you coming here? You might as well go back and ask your father to be gentler. It's better than asking a little girl to do it here."

Wu Fang turned her head and glared at the woman who was helping to speak, and said in a sharp voice: "I want you to mind your own business."

It turned out that nothing had happened to their bodies and they didn't feel the pain. If the old man could persuade them, there would be no need for her to come to find this yellow-haired girl.

Before she came out, her son was kneeling at home with wounds all over his body. The sooner she brought him back, the sooner her father would agree to let her son go to the hospital to treat his wounds.

Wang Li, who was mixed in the crowd, saw an opportunity in the scene before her, and said in a pinched voice, "Didn't Yan Sisi fall into the water and be rescued by a man? How dare she ask for a breakup?"

Wu Fang seemed to have caught something wrong when she heard this. She turned around and angrily scolded Yan Sisi, "Well, you bitch, you were the one who was fooling around with the man, but you dared to break off the engagement first, causing my son to get beaten for nothing."

After saying that, he quickly reached out to Yan Sisi, grabbed her arm, and pulled her outward with force, saying, "Come on, come back with me and explain everything to the old man."

Yan's father pulled Wu Fang's hand away from his daughter's. He glared at the women in the crowd and said loudly, "My daughter fell into the water accidentally. Your son took the initiative to go on a blind date without telling our family. I told my father about this. If you have anything to say, come to me."

As soon as these words came out, the neighbors started talking about it.

"Xiao Xu looked like a very honest child, but he actually did something like this."

"I think there are too many disputes in this big family. It might be a good thing for Sisi to break off the engagement."

"Who says it's not true? She dares to go on blind dates behind her partner's back before she's even married. If she's going to get married, she'll definitely have a mistress outside."

Wu Fang heard others talking about her son, and immediately glared at them one by one, "Is my son something you lowly people can talk about? Shut up."

A group of lowly workers. If it weren't for her son, she would never set foot in such a lowly place in her life. It was all because of her father's meddling in finding such a marriage for Wei Ming. How could it be of any help to Wei Ming?

They are from such a family, how could such a good son of hers be worthy of such a lowly family.

The most angry neighbor said "Pah" and said, "Are you a royal relative? The Qing Dynasty has been gone for so many years, but you are still lowly. Without people like us, would you be able to live such a comfortable life?"

"That's right, she has a capitalist attitude, she should be reported and arrested."

Wu Fang knew she had said the wrong thing. She knew that if she was labeled a capitalist, she would be doomed. She calmed down and retorted, "My whole family is working class. You said I was bourgeois, right? You have to have evidence for everything. Remember, you can take random medicines, but you can't say random words."

Before she achieved the purpose of her coming here, she was splashed with dirty water. Wu Fang turned around and looked at Yan Sisi who was protected in the house. She was furious. If she had known that Yan Sisi had fallen into the water and her innocence had been ruined, she would not have persuaded her son to go on a blind date.

Wu Fang continued to attack unwillingly, "A fallen slut actually has the nerve to break off the engagement first. If anyone should bring it up, it should be our family that brings it up. I want to see who would dare to marry a slut? Maybe some country widower would be willing to take a liking to your daughter. After all, your daughter is still presentable."


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