"Oof..."
He Xiaohui, who had just been hit with a slap across the face, had swollen, red eyes and a trembling nose. The tears of humiliation and pain instantly fell to the ground, and her emotions were on the verge of collapse.
All she wanted was to be with the man she loved, but why was it so difficult?
First, it was her parents who absolutely refused to consent without a higher dowry; now it was Peng Ye’s parents’ turn to humiliate her, even going so far as to offer her money to terminate the pregnancy.
Standing aside, Luo Ning could no longer stand to watch. She stepped in front of her best friend, glaring at Peng Ye’s parents with outrage, "Uncle, Aunt, I am an outsider and it’s not my place to comnt, but you are really going too far!"
"Do you realize how much Xiao Hui has tried, just to be with Peng Ye?"
Peng Ye’s mother sneered, pointing at He Xiaohui’s belly, her voice dripping with sarcasm, "Of course I know! She even got pregnant, talk about effort!"
"You!"
Luo Ning was furious. She took a deep breath to calm herself and then said, "Aunt, what do you really want before you would allow Xiao Hui to enter your family?"
Peng Ye’s parents looked at each other and smiled, the forr with her arms crossed, teasing, "As my husband said just a mont ago, marriage is about matching social status. Our Peng family might not be extrely wealthy, but we are worth tens of millions."
"I’m not forcing her. As long as she can bring a dowry of fifty million today to our Peng family, I guarantee that we will hold the wedding smoothly for them today!"
"If she can’t bring that, she should roll back to wherever she ca from!"
Fifty million for a dowry?
He Xiaohui’s expression went from shocked to overwhelmingly furious.
In the whole Jiangnan City, how many people could co up with fifty million for a dowry? They were clearly making a mockery of her.
By now, it was clear to her that the Peng Family had never wanted her as a daughter-in-law.
With that thought, He Xiaohui lifted her head abruptly, suppressing her fury, "Aunt! When Xiao Ye and I were getting married, your family didn’t offer a penny for the bride price, and I tolerated it!"
"You didn’t send a wedding car to pick up from Lu County, and I had to get here on my own, I tolerated it, too!"
"But now, demanding a dowry of fifty million from , I just can’t tolerate it!"
"If you didn’t want to marry into the Peng Family, you could have said so earlier. But since you agreed to help Peng Ye and hold the wedding, why are you causing all these obstacles now? What are you really trying to do?"
"You poor girl, do you really think the wedding was being held for you?"
Peng Ye’s mother sneered inwardly but kept the words to herself. She sternly said, her tone leaving no room for debate, "I’ve said it here today, you either bring a dowry of fifty million, or you get lost!"
"Mom! Are you trying to drive to death?"
Peng Ye, who had been silent for a long ti, approached his mother with red-rimd eyes. His facial muscles trembled from extre agitation.
"Xiao Ye, Mom is not pressuring you, I’m helping you!"
Peng Ye’s mother held her head high, commanding, "Mom has been through more than you have. I’ve eaten more salt than you’ve had your als!"
"Marrying a country girl will not help your career or life in any way! Do you understand?"
"I don’t understand! And I don’t want to understand!"
At that mont, Peng Ye wasn’t listening to his mother. He shook his head, his gaze fixated on He Xiaohui, dressed in her wedding gown. She was his wife, and in this life, he would only be with He Xiaohui.
"Slap!"
Peng’s father furrowed his brows and gave his son a heavy slap, "You unfilial son! Get over here!"
As he spoke, he pulled his son into the room, with Peng’s mother swiftly following.
With a bang, the door closed.
Peng’s father, with a darkened face, scolded his son, "Xiao Ye, you’ve disappointed greatly!"
"For a country girl, you had the gall to defy your mother and in front of so many outsiders! Where do you think you’ve put our faces?"
Peng Ye hung his head, tears swirling in his eyes, feeling incredibly aggrieved.
All he wanted was to be with He Xiaohui, but why couldn’t his father and mother understand?
"Xiao Ye, you’re still young, and there’s a lot you don’t see clearly!"
As a businessman, Peng’s father knew how to persuade people by mixing firmness with kindness, and now he tried to convince his son earnestly, "In this world, only money is the most stable! As for things like love, it’s all nonsense!"
"You may not feel it now, but give it five years, ten years, and you’ll truly understand what I’m saying!"
"I’m your father, I would never harm you!"
Peng Ye raised his head and said stubbornly, "Dad, I can make money! With my abilities, I can definitely..."
"Your abilities?"
Peng’s father scoffed, "You think graduating from a prestigious university is impressive? I have three Tsinghua graduates working in my company, earning only twenty thousand a month!"
"Do you know what the average housing price is in Jiangnan City now? The average is thirty-five thousand per square ter, and it’s over sixty thousand in the better East City district. Just buying an ordinary apartnt of over a hundred square ters costs seven to eight million!"
"Tell , with your abilities, how long will it take you to buy an apartnt?"
Peng Ye chuckled bitterly, unable to say a word. His current monthly salary was only slightly more than ten thousand. After deducing insurance and other expenses, it was just over eight thousand. Thinking about buying a seven to eight million apartnt in Jiangnan City was indeed a daunting challenge.
"Xiao Ye, I know you are proud and defiant, and you don’t want to inherit the Peng family’s toy business, hoping to carve out a career on your own." Peng’s father guided him earnestly, "But tis have changed, it’s not like before, just having abilities doesn’t an you can make it!"
"You need connections, you need money!"
"Do you know why these big families like arranged marriages? Because only through marriage can they ensure close relations, and continue developing the family!"
He changed the subject, finally revealing his motive, "Xiao Ye, there’s a great opportunity right before you!"
"You know about Zhan Corporation, right? It’s one of the top five foreign trade companies in Jiangnan City, with an annual turnover of several billion!"
"I know Chairman Zhan of their group. Chairman Zhan has only one daughter, Zhan Linna. This young lady is quite attractive and recently returned from abroad due to so inevitable circumstances."
"Chairman Zhan and his daughter have both taken a shine to you, and as long as you go to the hotel today to carry out the engagent ceremony with Zhan Linna and then get the marriage certificate in the afternoon, not only will Chairman Zhan give our Peng Family a dowry of twenty million in cash, but he will also gift a 300 square ters mansion in Golden Eagle Mansion!"
"Besides, they’ll give you two Porsche Cayennes, and if you don’t like them, you can directly exchange them for sports cars!"
"Just agree, and next year Zhan Corporation’s toy factories for export will be ours at the Peng Family, and the profits for one year will be at least twenty to thirty million!"
"Once you have the engagent with Zhan Linna and collect the certificate, you’ll be Zhan family’s son-in-law! The Zhan family has only this one child, as the saying goes ’A son-in-law is half a son,’ who will inherit the Zhan Corporation worth billions in the future?"
"Even if you divorce Zhan Linna in the future, you can still walk away with several hundred million from the Zhan family!"
"At that ti, if you want to find your true love, or be with that Miss He, I definitely won’t stop you!"
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