Tang Liping managed a stiff smile.
He lowered his head and called out, "Auntie."
That counts as giving a heads-up.
A hint of impatience flashed in Granny Yu's eyes, but she still warmly pulled Tang Liping to sit down at the dining table.
"There's nothing fancy, just a simple meal."
"Zhengbao, what are you standing there for? Hurry up and get your food."
Yu Zhengbao nodded to Tang Liping, then quickly went to the stove and brought the food up.
"Thank you, thank you."
Tang Liping feigned surprise and accepted the bowl from Yu Zhengbao with both hands.
Then his head tilted strangely, and he stood there blankly for several seconds.
"Liping? Liping?"
Grandma Yu and her son exchanged a glance, and Grandma Yu waved her hand in front of Tang Liping.
"Oh, oh, Aunt Yu, please sit down."
Tang Liping seemed to come to her senses and, as if to cover something up, pulled Granny Yu to sit down.
Grandma Yu laughed and said, "What were you thinking about just now? You didn't answer when I called you."
"By the way, didn't you say you were going to town to send a telegram to your parents the other day?"
"What was their reply?"
"Now that you're getting married, you should at least get some dowry and allowance, right?"
When Granny Yu saw that Tang Liping did not respond, she looked at her.
I found her standing there, stunned and dazed.
"Liping, Liping?"
The mother and son looked rather displeased; were they no longer happy with this charade?
Tang Liping shuddered, as if her departed soul had suddenly returned to her body.
"Aunt Yu, what did you say?"
A sharp glint flashed in Yu Zhengbao's eyes, but he asked gently, "Liping, are you feeling unwell?"
Tang Liping was shocked and seemed to be covering something up when she shouted loudly.
"No, I'm fine."
"I'm perfectly fine, nothing's wrong with me."
"Aunt Yu, didn't you tell me to get things done with Zhengbao as soon as possible?"
“I think it’s better to do this sooner rather than later. Now, wherever I go, the members of the team point and whisper about me.”
"I can't take it anymore, I can't sleep at all."
"My hair is falling out in clumps, and I feel like I'm about to break down."
"Zhengbao, things have come to this. I have no other choice but to marry into the Yu family."
"I don't want any dowry or anything, I just hope to get the process done as soon as possible."
"This way I feel more confident walking around the village, and I can get a good night's sleep."
Yu Zhengbao looked at Tang Liping with a suspicious expression.
If the other person pretends that something is wrong, he might actually suspect that they are faking it.
Now that the other party is so eager to explain, he feels that they might be hiding something.
He probed, "Liping, when we were in the Revolutionary Committee, we were detained separately."
"you......"
Tang Liping's face turned pale, as if she had been frightened, and she covered her ears and let out a scream.
"Ah~ stop talking, stop talking, nothing happened, nothing at all."
"Nothing happened, nothing happened, no one hit or scolded me."
"No, no, no, I was wrong, I was wrong, I will never do it again."
Granny Yu and Yu Zhengbao exchanged glances, both looking rather unpleasant.
After a while, Tang Liping recovered, her eyes darting around as she helped Granny Yu pick some food for her.
"Aunt Yu, have some vegetables."
"Where were we? Dowry, right? Yes, dowry."
"You don't know, I have two older brothers, a younger brother, and a younger sister in my family."
“My parents don’t really value me, so I don’t think my family will contribute much to my dowry.”
"However, I have my own subsidies from the educated youth sent to the countryside, which I haven't spent much of, so I'll consider it my dowry."
"Aunt Yu, have you chosen an auspicious date?"
“I don’t need to make it that complicated. Just pick a good day and have Zhengbao pick me up from the educated youth settlement.”
"I don't have much stuff, so it's very convenient."
Seeing how anxious the other party was, Granny Yu's doubts grew even stronger.
"Liping, are you really alright?"
"What you just did...."
Tang Liping's face turned pale. "What...what happened to me just now?"
"I've been having a bad memory lately and I keep forgetting things. It's probably because I was frightened a while ago."
"It's alright, Auntie, I'll be fine after a rest."
Yu Zhengbao slammed his fist on the table.
"Tang Liping, can you stop pretending? Just tell me what's going on."
"If you hide something and it's only discovered after the marriage, then you've committed marriage fraud."
Tang Liping seemed to have been stimulated by something.
With a ferocious expression, he said, "What marriage fraud? What marriage fraud?"
"We fell in love freely and were dating legally."
"We swore an oath in front of the portrait of the Chairman."
"Are you trying to back out and abandon me?"
"Let me tell you, no way! I'm going to marry into the Yu family."
After shouting, Tang Liping, like a controlled puppet, stepped onto the dining table in one leap, using a stool as a springboard.
His dark eyes were filled with coldness as he stared expressionlessly at the Yu family mother and son.
Yu Zhengbao's gaze was fixed on Tang Liping's slender legs beneath her skirt.
Suddenly, a stream of yellow liquid shot onto the table, splattering all over the table and Yu Zhengbao's face.
The stench of urine filled the air instantly.
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