As she spoke, she turned on the recording, and Li Chen's voice came through clearly.
"My mother-in-law...discussed our marriage with me..."
"Wait! Did she ask you for money?" It was Xie Li's voice.
"Ah, yes, of course a wedding costs money. She doesn't want much, 300,000, plus another 500,000 for the bride price..."
This short conversation, which ended abruptly, revealed information that was quite shocking.
"Don't you want to admit it?" Ming Xiaoxiao stared at Xie Li with a satisfied look in her eyes, glad that she had kept a backup plan that day.
“I didn’t want to release this recording, after all, it’s your privacy, but you turned around and got engaged to the Pei family, and you’re even targeting me…”
Xie Li: "Who said I don't admit it? The recording is real. My adoptive mother did ask Li Chen for money on her own initiative, but I have already paid her back."
Xie Li never felt the need to hide these things, since Li Chen, that idiot, always liked to shout that he wanted to marry her or marry her.
Although the other person had a quirky personality, he was her first friend in her seventeen years of life, and someone she planned to keep as a friend.
She doesn't plan to go around making a fuss about this, but she's not afraid of it being exposed either, since friendships should be based on openness.
Ming Xiaoxiao gave a mocking "ha." It was good that Xie Li was willing to admit it, but with the recording, she couldn't deny it.
She refused to believe that, knowing Xie Li was two-timing, his classmates would still be bewitched and praise him.
"So you also acknowledge the engagement with Pei Si?"
Xie Li: "Why should I admit it? I've said it before, I don't have a penchant for collecting garbage."
Ming Xiaoxiao's eyes widened. "How can you deny it?"
She clenched her fists and took a deep breath. "If it weren't for your engagement to Pei Si, would Aunt Pei have bothered to beat me to give you an explanation?"
Xie Li looked at Ming Xiaoxiao with a strange expression, "Are you sure you want to keep bringing this up?"
In Xie Li's view, while Ming Xiaoxiao was beaten because she exposed the matter, ultimately, wasn't it their own fault?
Ming Xiaoxiao pursed her lips, looking up at Pei Si with a wronged expression.
Xie Li is threatening her. Shouldn't Pei Si stand up for her?
Pei Si glanced at Xie Li with a complicated expression, as if his eyes held a thousand words, yet were also filled with a thousand thoughts he didn't know where to begin.
To be honest, he's been really hurt these past few days. He's always been the center of attention since he was a child, and now Xie Li actually wants to break off the engagement. It's a huge blow to his pride.
Pei Si was very unhappy, and he did consider canceling the engagement, since it would be Xie Li's loss anyway.
However, Madam Pei refused to give up. Although the Xie family did not withdraw their investment, it was clear that the Pei family would not benefit from it. Having already tasted the benefits of such a huge concession, who would want to give it back?
After much discussion, the couple agreed that the best solution was for Pei Si and Xie Li to reconcile.
Every day when Pei Si saw his parents, he would be lectured and told to take the initiative to show goodwill to Xie Li.
Su Ying was very unhappy with Pei Si's staring intently at Xie Li. What was he trying to do?
"Can you take your eyes off Xie Li now?" Su Ying said coldly. "What are you looking at? Did you give me permission to look?"
Didn't you see Ming Xiaoxiao's eyes were practically brimming with tears of grievance? Can these two please stop causing trouble?
Su Ying: "Xie Li said she doesn't collect garbage, isn't that clear enough?"
Pei Si suddenly felt a surge of anger rising within him.
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