After dinner, they put the two little ones to bed, and everyone else sat in Cheng Mingyue's room.
When Shen Shumin and Lu Qizhou saw that the Cheng family had even asked their two daughters-in-law to participate in the matter, they looked up to their family more highly and believed more that there was absolutely no problem with Cheng Mingyue's character.
After having this idea, Shen Shumin and Lu Qizhou stood up directly and said very sincerely:
"Brother, sister-in-law, Mingyue, we have come here specifically to apologize. It was me who mistakenly trusted a villain and made such a big mistake. I hope you can put aside the past and forgive us."
After saying this, he bowed to the village chief and his wife.
This scared the village chief and his men. In their eyes, this was a great gift, and the other party was Lu Chen's parents, so they could not do anything about it.
The village chief stood up and said, "No, no, no, please don't do this. If there is any misunderstanding, we can just talk it out.
Our family loves Lu Chen from the bottom of their hearts. The two children have shared hardships and have a deep bond. If possible, we would never want to separate the two children. "
Wang Guihua continued, "Lu Chen has been gone for over two years, with no news from us. My daughter Yue'er has been miserable these past two years, and some people in the village have been gossiping about her. We've watched her either study or bury her head in books, and she's become increasingly depressed. It's more painful than cutting our hearts out."
When she was moved, Wang Guihua couldn't help but choke up with sobs.
Everyone else turned their faces away uncomfortably, but Cheng Mingyue remained calm, showing no emotion either sad or happy.
But it was her appearance that made Lu Chen feel even more distressed. His eyes turned red and he wished he could hold Cheng Mingyue in his arms and comfort her.
Shen Shumin and Lu Qizhou felt even more guilty, thinking that they were really guilty for having such dirty thoughts about Mingyue before.
The two apologized again and again, telling her about how Lu Chen was on a mission, how his grandparents and uncle had sent letters and things to Cheng Mingyue that were intercepted by Ye Xue, and how Ye Xue had instigated her to mistakenly believe that Mingyue had relied on her status as the village chief's daughter to force Lu Chen, who had gone to the countryside, to marry her.
The Cheng family finally understood the whole story.
It was impossible to say that they were not angry, but seeing the regretful looks on their faces, they couldn't vent the anger in their hearts.
"Ye Xue, who is that Ye Xue?" Why do you believe everything she says!
Shen Shumin smiled awkwardly when she heard this.
"That's the daughter of a close friend of mine. When she was little, we arranged a marriage for her and my son, Ah Chen. Who could have known that she would become so evil when she grew up? She deceived our whole family."
Shen Shumin's words did not comfort the village chief's family, but instead made them feel anxious again.
Cheng Xiangnan was the first to say, "Since Lu Chen has already arranged a marriage, why haven't I ever heard him mention it? Isn't this making Yue'er's life difficult?"
"That's right, no wonder that girl is interfering. In the final analysis, it was Lu Chen who wronged her first! The most pitiful one is my Yue'er. What did she do wrong to deserve all this injustice?"
Although Cheng Xiangdong and the others didn't say anything, the look they gave Lu Chen clearly expressed their dissatisfaction.
Lu Chen turned around and met Cheng Mingyue's half-smiley gaze. He was startled and hurriedly explained:
"That's not the case! As soon as my grandpa and uncle were released, Ye Xue's parents came to my house to cancel the engagement. I have nothing to do with her now. Mingyue, please don't misunderstand me and don't be angry, okay?"
Before Cheng Mingyue could say anything, Shen Shumin exclaimed: "What?! Are you saying that Ye Xue's parents have already broken off the engagement?! Then she is saying openly and secretly that our family is sorry for her?!"
"Mom and Dad, of course it's true. All the neighbors around our house know about this. I felt that it had nothing to do with her anymore, so I didn't mention it to you."
Hearing this, not only Shen Shumin was angry, but Lu Qizhou was also so angry that he wanted to fly back to Beijing right now to ask Ye Xue what their family had done to her. Is it really fun to play tricks on people like this? !
Now, not only Ye Xue, but even Ye Xue's parents, they all feel disgusted.
As soon as the Shen family let go, they came to cancel the engagement. This is clearly the behavior of a mean person. She has always treated her as a best friend. She should just stay as far away from her as possible!
Seeing how angry they were, Cheng Mingyue said quietly, "Ye Xue was able to deceive you so blatantly. The reason is that you guys don't communicate enough. If you had communicated with each other a little, you wouldn't have been so fooled by her!"
A word can wake a dreamer up!
That was exactly what happened. Lu Chen was always on a mission and left after the college entrance examination. He only had time to tell them how to decorate the wedding room and had no time to tell them anything else.
The father and son of the Shen family have been staying in the military area for the past two years. After they were demoted, power fell into the hands of others. They were busy fighting for power and only occasionally remembered to write letters or send things to Cheng Mingyue, but in the end, all of their money was intercepted.
The root cause was that they communicated too little, and they trusted Ye Xue too much, which led to many misunderstandings and almost created a rift between her and Lu Chen.
No matter what, everyone present hated Ye Xue in their hearts, and believed that if they were given a chance, they would never let her off.
Now that the misunderstanding had been explained, Shen Shumin opened the bag in his hand and took out a bundle of money from it.
"Brother, sister-in-law, when Ah Chen married Mingyue, we didn't give you a penny of betrothal money. This money is our compensation. I hope you don't mind it!"
Everyone in the Cheng family just took a look and estimated that the bundles must be worth 10,000 yuan in total. They were almost scared.
Ten thousand yuan!
bride price!
The girls in their village would be secretly happy if they got a 100 yuan betrothal gift, but Yue'er from his family actually got 10,000 yuan!
And looking at the expressions of Shen Shumin and Lu Qizhou, they seemed to think that the 10,000 yuan was too little, and they felt that it was not worth it.
Is this world fantasy?
After a long time, the Cheng family finally woke up.
The village chief glanced at Cheng Mingyue and asked her what she thought. When Cheng Mingyue nodded at him, he took the money with trembling hands.
After a while, Cheng Mingyue went out. When she came back, she was holding a box in her hand. She handed it to Lu Chen casually and said in a clear voice: "This is my return gift to you!"
Lu Chen was stunned at first, then he understood and a smile appeared on his face.
Lu Chen did not refuse, and handed it directly to Shen Shumin, his voice full of joy: “Mom, keep the things Mingyue gave you.”
Seeing that the box was ordinary, Shen Shumin didn't care, but she thanked Cheng Mingyue in a very intimate manner.
Cheng Mingyue raised her brows slightly but didn't say much.
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