"You're not getting married?"
Jiang Hongyan's eyes were filled with undisguised astonishment.
Since she was the daughter she raised, she naturally knew her best.
Jiang Xiachu fell in love with Lu Huaiyan when she just entered junior high school, and she couldn't hide her little thoughts.
Later, after the two families got married, the girl would smile foolishly from time to time.
As long as Jiang Xiachu is around Lu Huaiyan, he will be like a little tail, and can't wait to stick to him!
How could she just give up on someone she loved so much?
"Yeah." Jiang Xiachu could tell at a glance that Jiang Hongyan didn't believe him, "I'll go change my clothes first."
She was too lazy to waste time talking to Jiang Hongyan. From the moment she got up from the river until now, she only felt an unprecedented fatigue surging in her heart.
Especially when facing Jiang Hongyan, her biological mother who disappointed her so much.
After Jiang Xiachu entered the house, he naturally walked towards the utility room with poor lighting.
In this house, Jiang Hongyan and He Dayuan lived in the bedroom with the best orientation, and the other one was for He Yiran.
At the beginning, they had no plan to prepare a room for Jiang Xiachu, an "outsider". After all, she had lived in the school for many years, and the family felt more at ease.
Even when it comes to clothes, Jiang Hongyan rarely buys new clothes for Jiang Xiachu, and just lets her wear hand-me-down clothes discarded by relatives.
Jiang Xiachu took out the only relatively new Dacron dress from her closet, which she bought with the salary she saved from working for her tutor.
When she walked out, Jiang Hongyan was still standing at the door, looking at her in disbelief:
"You're just going out like this? I prepared a red one for you... you damn girl! Didn't you hear me?"
"You don't have to come." Jiang Xiachu said calmly, "You might lose face later."
Jiang Hongyan was stunned for a long time. When she came out cursing and changing her clothes, there was no trace of Jiang Xiachu.
"Crazy! What's wrong with this girl today?"
"Is she really going to break off the engagement with Lu Huaiyan?"
Jiang Hongyan found it difficult to describe her current mood. She hoped that Jiang Xiachu would never have anything to do with a family like Lu Huaiyan's, so that she could stay away from people in the army.
But she didn't want to give up the generous betrothal gift from the Lu family. She felt sad just thinking about giving out all that money.
Jiang Hongyan slapped her thigh and said, "Ouch! This damn girl has never given me peace of mind. I really owe her!"
At this moment, Jiang Xiachu was walking in the alley that he had walked through countless times, feeling more relieved than ever before.
Over the years, from the expectation of first love to the heaviness of accumulated disappointment, it has been a long time since she walked towards the Lu family so easily.
Her marriage to Lu Huaiyan was known to the people in the neighboring alleys.
So at this time many neighbors looked over, with all kinds of looks.
Some were surprised, while others were enjoying the show.
Jiang Xiachu's face was only roughly disinfected, and the scratches were clearly visible, but she was particularly calm.
"What happened to Jiang Hongyan's daughter? How could she be disfigured out of nowhere?"
"And it happened on the engagement party day. How unlucky! This girl is so careless!"
"It would be great if my daughter could marry into the Lu family. My daughter is so pretty."
"Just think about it, can you just marry into the Lu family?"
"Xia Chu is so lucky, it's a pity that she didn't cherish this good opportunity! Huai Yan is an officer now, and it wouldn't look good to take an officer's wife out with a disfigured face! Oh!"
They were whispering quietly behind Jiang Xiachu, and she knew what they were talking about without having to guess.
Just like at this moment, some distant relatives of the Lu family gathered in the Lu family compound, looking at her as if she were an alien.
Lu Huaiyan's mother Cheng Nianhua was just busy preparing the banquet. Just the three tables were enough to keep her busy.
She was just muttering, "Why haven't Huai Yan and Xia Chu come yet?", and now she heard that Jiang Xia Chu had arrived, but the noise outside seemed a little strange.
Cheng Nianhua put down what he was holding and ran outside in two or three steps, only to find that all the lively guests were silent.
Jiang Xiachu stood at the door, not moving forward.
It was as if I had drawn a line between myself and them, as if we were from two different worlds.
Cheng Nianhua saw the wound on Jiang Xiachu's face at first sight and felt distressed: "Xiachu girl, what happened to your face? Let auntie see it quickly."
"I'm fine, thank you, Auntie." Jiang Xiachu raised the corners of her lips and smiled, "Auntie, I'm sorry, I've agreed with Brother Lu that we won't get married."
"It's not too late now, since we haven't got the marriage certificate yet."
What?
Not only Cheng Nianhua, but all the relatives of the Lu family were stunned.
The neighbors who were joining in the fun outside stopped eating the melon seeds in their hands and looked at Jiang Xiachu in surprise, as if they were trying to confirm whether she was stupid.
Such a good opportunity, and she just wants to give it up?
Cheng Nianhua saw the apology and a hint of sadness in Jiang Xiachu's eyes, and felt heartbroken.
It's already this late and this girl is the only one here. What is she apologizing for?
It’s not this girl’s fault at all!
The relatives at the table couldn't hold back:
"No, the date has already been set, how can you just not get married?"
"You young people are too frivolous. You want to cancel a marriage, such an important matter?"
"In the final analysis, when the old man arranged this marriage, Huaiyan was probably not happy about it. Look, he was absent. I'm afraid it's not..."
"You're breaking off the marriage?"
Cheng Nianhua himself was an experienced person, so he put away his smile when he heard this, and said seriously: "Family members, don't say these things carelessly. Let's eat first, and I will ask about this matter clearly."
Cheng Nianhua has always had the final say in the family. When Mr. Lu was still alive, no one among the relatives of the Lu family dared to find fault with what she, the daughter-in-law, said.
She hurried forward, pulled Jiang Xiachu aside, rubbed her cold hands, and her gentle eyes were full of worry.
"Xia Chu, tell your aunt, what happened?"
Her own biological mother didn't notice her abnormality at the first time, and even if she did, she wouldn't care so much. Jiang Xiachu sighed lightly.
After the marriage with the Lu family was cancelled, she realized that the person she couldn't let go of the most was not Lu Huaiyan, but the mother-in-law who treated her like her own daughter.
Jiang Xiachu lowered her eyes, fearing that if she met such a gentle gaze again, she would not be able to help feeling wronged.
In fact, she had no regrets about breaking off the engagement. It was just that from the moment of her rebirth until now, Cheng Nianhua was the first person who cared about her.
She couldn't help but reveal her vulnerable side.
Seeing Jiang Xiachu's eyes were red, as if she had been wronged, Cheng Nianhua misunderstood her and gritted his teeth and said, "Don't cry, don't apologize, you are not wrong! Huai Yan is such a bully!"
She knew that her son was very resistant to this marriage, but she didn't expect him to do such a thing!
"I will go find Huai Yan now and give you an explanation—"
Cheng Nianhua was about to say something when he was stopped by Jiang Xiachu.
"Auntie, no thanks, but this marriage really can't be concluded."
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