Luo Zhiyong originally planned not to interfere with Luo Cuilan’s affairs anymore after knowing that she shalessly had a second abortion.
Now hearing Luo Cuilan blaming them, her brothers, he couldn’t hold back anymore. Following Zhou Yuni’s words, he said, "Exactly, Cuilan, now you co to us to complain we don’t stand up for you or fight for your dignity. But when you went behind the family’s back to get an abortion and insisted on moving to live with the Zhang family, did you ever consider fighting for our dignity?"
"I..." Luo Cuilan glanced at Luo Zhiyong, her head lowered and she remained silent. She knew in her heart she was in the wrong and truly had nothing to say.
"Let tell you, Luo Cuilan, you might as well not co back in the future. When people ask, you shouldn’t even say you are a daughter of the Luo Family; I can’t afford to lose that face," Zhou Yuni scolded, and then no longer concerned herself with Cuilan, instead instructing the household to prepare for the al.
But Luo Cuilan just stood there motionless, her head bowed, looking sowhat pitiful.
Luo Honglan couldn’t stand it anymore and pleaded with Zhou Yuni, "Mom, please think of another way to help sister. After all, she’s the first daughter of the Luo Family to be married off. If we can prevent people from laughing at us, we should."
Zhou Yuni glanced at Luo Honglan, apparently finding the argunt reasonable. She thought for a mont and pointed at Luo Cuilan, saying, "Then just tell the Zhang family straight, our family demands a grand ceremony. If other families provide certain things for their brides, the Zhang family can’t provide any less. They should arrange a banquet if needed and give a dowry if it’s customary."
Upon hearing this, a helpless look passed over Luo Cuilan’s face, "They won’t be willing..."
Zhou Yuni got extrely annoyed seeing her so helpless at the ntion of the Zhang Family, and she couldn’t help but jump up, slap Luo Cuilan, and cursed fiercely, "Are you dead? Can’t you speak up in the Zhang family’s house? Why is it that when you co back here, you suddenly have such a sharp tongue against your own family?"
Luo Cuilan said nothing but began to cry softly.
"I’m telling you, if the Zhang family is willing to provide a dowry, I won’t take a cent of it. All of it will go towards your dowry," Zhou Yuni said, which was essentially a concession. She no longer thought about making money from marrying off a daughter but only about winning so dignity for her. That really wasn’t too much to ask.
But Luo Cuilan still dared not agree because she knew that even by the standards of ordinary families at that ti, the Zhang family would not consent.
At this point, Zhou Yuni had no other solutions and could only helplessly yell at her, "If you can’t sort things out with the Zhang family, it’s fine if you want to marry them without status. Otherwise, don’t get married and return to the Luo Family. At worst, we will find soone else for you. Even if a better match can’t be found, you can still marry off sowhere. If worse cos to worst, follow your younger sister to the provincial city and earn money. Once you have money, I don’t believe you won’t be able to get married."
"Mom, don’t talk so lightly. If I leave the Zhang family, what kind of good person do you think I can marry?" Luo Cuilan completely broke down from Zhou Yuni’s words, her body suddenly grew limp and she collapsed to the ground, crying loudly,
"In these past few months, you don’t know the kind of life I’ve had at the Zhang family’s house, just like a servant, getting up early and staying up late to serve their whole family. Even so, they still constantly belittle because they look down on my maternal family for not fighting for ."
Even now, she still speaks these words that imply her maternal family didn’t fight for her, and that’s why the Zhang family disdains her.
She’s clueless that it turned out this way because she humiliated herself.
Although Luo Cuilan looks a bit pitiful now, Fang Pingying has been watching all of Luo Cuilan’s affairs with the Zhang family, so she doesn’t feel pity for her.
In the past, whether it was her, Luo Zhiyong, or any other family mber, they all had advised her. But she was determined to believe the Zhang family’s words and said she didn’t want the family to interfere. Even if she’s more pitiable now, she truly doesn’t deserve anyone’s sympathy.
Moreover, just this morning, Luo Cuilan said she didn’t want Fang Pingying to interfere with her matters.
Fang Pingying had just been looking on silently, without saying a word.
"Don’t be here wailing and sobbing. You chose the Zhang family yourself, so even if it’s tough now, you have to bear it. Crying and complaining are useless." Zhou Yuni looked at her, "We’ve told you before that the Zhang family isn’t good. Zhang Jianguo’s parents are clearly tough cookies, and that sister of his is nothing but trouble. Jianguo himself is even more useless, blindly believing whatever his parents say. But you were like possessed. It’s no use talking about it now."
"Mom, then what should I do now? I’ve already lost any status in the Zhang family. If you hadn’t stood up for when I got married, how will I even live my days in the Zhang family from now on?" After Luo Cuilan finished speaking, she began to cry loudly again.
"You..." Zhou Yuni was both furious and heartbroken, torn with internal conflict and couldn’t take it anymore, she pushed Luo Cuilan in exasperation, "Go die then, dying will solve everything."
"I’ll die, I’ll do it right now, and don’t you regret it," Luo Cuilan said, and indeed stopped her weeping, standing up from the ground.
Zhou Yuni waved her hand, pointing outside, "Go ahead, whoever regrets it is a loser."
This was always Luo Cuilan’s temperant. As soon as she couldn’t get what she wanted, she’d threaten others, and it was always talking about death. She’d said this countless tis and never died, so the family didn’t take it seriously.
Especially because of Luo Cuilan’s successive actions and behaviors, which had truly chilled the Luo family’s heart, the family mbers really didn’t want to deal with her anymore.
Unexpectedly, this ti Luo Cuilan actually took action.
Just a few minutes after Luo Cuilan left, while the Luo family was sitting down at the table ready to eat, they heard shouting from outside, "Big brother, sister-in-law, co out quickly, sothing’s happened to your Cuilan."
Luo Zhiyong vaguely recognized it was Qiu Xiu’s voice and hurriedly said to Zhou Yuni, "Mom, it’s Auntie Qiu’s voice."
Zhou Yuni, still angry about Luo Cuilan’s matter, didn’t go outside and simply sent Luo Honglan instead, "Hong Lan, go take a look and see what happened."
"You go out and have a look as well, what’s going on?" Fang Pingying felt so urgency in Auntie Qiu Xiu’s voice from outside and was sowhat worried, so she sent both Luo Zhiyong and Luo Honglan out.
Inside the house, Fang Xiu and his spouse did not take it too seriously, muttering that it couldn’t be anything serious, probably just Cuilan outside complaining about our family neglecting her...
Before Fang Xiu could finish speaking, they saw Luo Honglan rush back in flustered, "Mom, big sister jumped into the pond, big brother has already rushed over there."
Upon hearing this, Luo Dashan imdiately ran out.
"What?" Zhou Yuni was so scared she leapt up from her stool. After reacting, she started heading outside, calling out for Luo Honglan and Luo Zhiming, "Quick, quick, Zhiming, Hong Lan, go and see what’s happened."
"Zhiming, be careful, this..." Fang Xiu actually wanted to say that in this freezing cold, even if Luo Cuilan really jumped into the pond, Luo Zhiming shouldn’t go down to save her, but after all, those words were hard to say out loud, so Fang Xiu stopped mid-sentence.
Fang Pingying gave her a glance, then followed them out as well. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welco to vote for recomndation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian to read.)
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