"What do you think I should say, aunt?" Kang Mingyuan looked at his mother-in-law indifferently. He thought he had given the aunt's family enough face. If it weren't for their daughter's reckless behavior, Chu Maoshen wouldn't have almost drowned in the river.
"Our Xiaomei is a virgin, and now her virginity has been ruined by Chu Zhiqing. Naturally, he has to take the responsibility." Wang Aimei said without thinking.
"Impossible. Even though they both fell into the river together, they were both wearing thick cotton clothes. How could their safety be ruined?" Liu Ruoling retorted.
"They are hugging each other, how can it not be considered as ruining Qingqi?" Wang Aimei exploded when she saw Liu Ruoling denied it.
"It was your daughter Xiaomei who took the initiative to hug that man and threw Chu Maoshen into the river. She didn't let go even after they were in the river. Not only did she almost drown him, but she also caused him to catch a serious cold. Not only do you not repent, but you also want to blame us. Do you think that we, the Chu and Liu families, have no one and can only let you bully us?" Liu Ruoling became anxious when she saw that her family really wanted to blame Chu Maoshen.
She was angry with Chu Maoshen. She had not taken care of him after bringing him here. She felt a little regretful when she knew he had a fever. Now, she must try her best to protect Chu Maoshen's interests. Otherwise, even if her family could not achieve their goal, she and Chu Maoshen would not be able to get along as before.
"This is a matter between our family and Chu Zhiqing. What does it have to do with you?" Wang Aimei pointed at her angrily.
"Chu Maoshen is my fiancé, how come he has nothing to do with me?" Liu Ruoling held her head high and puffed out her chest. "You all came to steal my fiancé, so why should I say anything?"
"What? You're engaged, how come we didn't know?" Wang Aimei was anxious when she heard Chu Maoshen was engaged. If he was engaged, what would happen to her daughter? She had finally had the chance to snag a rich and handsome son-in-law from the city, and she didn't want to let him go.
"Our two families are old friends, and we've had this idea before, but we were young back then, so we didn't commit. Now we're both older, so this past Chinese New Year, my parents decided to get us engaged," Liu Ruoling said proudly. "As for why we didn't tell you, it's because we only arrived yesterday, and we didn't think it was necessary."
"If you get engaged, what will happen to my Xiaomei? She'll lose her chastity, how can she get married in the future?" Wang Aimei cried. "If you don't, Chu Maoshen must take responsibility, otherwise, my Xiaomei will be ruined."
"Chu Maoshen really can't be held responsible for this, and it's not his fault. He was standing by the river fine. If Xiaomei hadn't jumped over, they wouldn't have fallen into the river, and Chu Maoshen wouldn't have suffered so much. If you insist on blaming us, we're not pushovers either." Liu Ruoling became anxious when she saw that they were determined to blame Chu Maoshen.
Although she had many complaints about Chu Maoshen, he was the man she had liked for many years. Even if she didn't like him, she had to let him go after returning to the city. Otherwise, who would take care of her in this remote village? Otherwise, she wouldn't have lied that they were an engaged couple.
"How can you talk like that? If Chu Zhiqing hadn't fallen into the water, how could our Xiaomei have misunderstood? If it wasn't a misunderstanding, how could she have saved him at the cost of her own safety?" Wang Aimei got angry when she saw Liu Ruoling putting all the blame on Xiaomei.
"What's wrong with jumping into the water? He wanted to experience what it's like to swim in the water in winter. How does that bother others? Besides, Xiaomei knew that Chu Maoshen could swim, but she didn't save him even if he fell into the water. Why was she so anxious? Did she have some ulterior motive?" Liu Ruoling was also angry.
"Who knew he could swim? He went into the river in such cold weather. Anyone who saw him might have misunderstood. How can you slander him?"
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