Chapter 229: The One Who Was Broken Out of Engagement
Chapter 229: The One Who Was Broken Out of Engagement
Lin Mulan's parents died the year she took the college entrance exam. Her uncle, aunt, and grandmother disliked her and arranged for her to be engaged to Lu Mingze, a man from the same village.
She also gave her father's job to her cousin, Lin Rulan, the daughter of her uncle.
Lu Mingze was going to study in another province, so Lin Mulan was kicked out by her family and ran to her fiancé's house to take care of Lu's father and mother.
This care lasted for 4 years.
The first thing Lu Mingze did after graduating was to break off his engagement with Lin Mulan. He reasoned that Lin Mulan, with only a high school diploma, was not worthy of him. Only his true love from college, Liu Yiran, was worthy.
Lin Mulan, "You can cancel the engagement. You can pay me back the cost of taking care of your parents for so many years. According to the city's standards, 50 yuan a month, 600 yuan a year, 2400 yuan for four years."
"What? You actually want money? As a fiancée, isn't it your responsibility to take care of your in-laws?"
"You also said that she was your fiancée, but now you want to break off the engagement with me, then she's not your fiancée anymore. What's wrong with me asking for money?"
Mother Lu, "You still want 50 yuan? You're trying to steal me! You've been eating and drinking for free at my house for so many years, why don't you count the money?"
"Oh right, if you say that, I'm considered a live-in nanny, so that's 80 a month, which is 3840 for four years.
Also, last year when you two were hospitalized, I paid 2000 yuan in advance for your surgery. The total is 5840 yuan. I'll round off the amount for you and give me 5900 yuan, and we can part ways amicably."
Lu Mingze, "You're blackmailing me! I'm calling the police!"
"It's up to you! As long as you're not afraid of your company finding out you're two-timing."
Before Lu Mingze could say anything, Lin Mulan opened her mouth and said, "6000! Add 100 for every extra word."
Mr. Lu stopped his wife and son and wanted to say something nice to Lin Mulan, but was pulled away by his mother.
When Lin Mulan was at the Lu family, she opened a small clothing factory, doing everything from design to production by herself.
The reason why she went to the Lu family was that if she went to the Lin family, her parents were no longer around, and her uncle, aunt, and grandmother would never agree to anything she did, and might even try to make things difficult for her.
Lu's parents also knew that their son was not around and needed her to take care of him. Seeing that she was diligent, they naturally did not stop her and instead offered to help.
If their son had not married into a wealthy family, they would naturally not agree to his breaking off the engagement.
Lin Mulan had brought in most of the garment factory's business, and all the distributors and suppliers were connected to her. Now that she was gone, the garment factory quickly fell into crisis and soon went bankrupt.
Lin Mulan used the compensation from the Lu family to reopen a clothing factory, and her recruitment criteria were based solely on ability and character, regardless of relationship.
Seeing the business growing, Liu Yiran unexpectedly used her family connections to find fault everywhere. She even threatened, "I don't know how to support a factory, but I have ten thousand ways to destroy it. Who told you to let Lu Mingze be obsessed with you?"
Lin Mulan tried many ways to make a comeback, but all failed. Later, she just wanted to find a stable job, but she couldn't find one, and she died in depression.
“I want to create my own brand”
"As you wish!" After saying that, Sheng Jiang disappeared.
……
Sheng Jiang thought for a moment and decided to deal with Liu Yiran first.
That day, Qingqing was crossing the zebra crossing with a big belly, and Liu Yiran ran a red light and hit her with his car.
With a "squeak", Qingqing fell to the ground, bleeding all over the floor.
Liu Yiran stopped the car for a moment and wanted to continue driving. But was stopped by a group of enthusiastic spectators.
"Who is it? You hit someone and you want to run away?"
"That's right, this is a human life. You didn't even come down to take a look, and just ran away?"
Seeing she couldn't escape, Liu Yiran opened the car door and shouted directly to the audience, "My dad is Liu Jianguo! What's wrong?"
That same day, this sentence immediately broke the news, with newspapers all over it and many people making fun of it.
The discussion was so loud that the higher-ups had no choice but to start investigating Liu Jianguo. They didn't know what was going on until they did.
Since taking office as director, Liu Jianguo has embezzled millions in bribes, owned dozens of properties, and kept dozens of mistresses, including a mother and a daughter.
The higher-ups took it very seriously and put it on a dual track.
The masses were also moved. To bring down a corrupt official, all they needed to do was say, "My father is Liu Jianguo."
Liu Yiran had lost her power, and it was impossible for the Lu family to sever ties with her because Lu Mingze had already registered his marriage with her.
Of course, the Lu family would definitely not treat her well. In the past, she was the boss's daughter, and even if she did nothing at home, Lu's father and mother had to give in to her and endure his spoiled temper.
And now? Without the powerful family, all his anger must be directed at her.
"Yi Ran, why don't you cook?"
"Nope"
"Don't you know how to learn? Look at other wives, they can't do anything like you. Boil some water first and use it later."
After a while, Mother Lu choked and ran out. "Liu Yiran! I asked you to boil some water, what are you doing?"
"It's lighting a fire."
"Then why is it so choking?"
“I don’t know either.”
"How stupid! How can you use wet firewood? Don't you know how to use dry firewood?"
“There is no dry firewood at home.”
"Then why don't you just pick it up? How stupid! I really wonder how you grew up like this."
Liu Yiran: ...I can bear it.
"Pah!" Mother Lu spat out the food in her mouth. "Yi Ran, what did you make? Is it edible?"
"Cabbage"
"Look at what you've done! Don't you even know it's burnt? Your nose is for breathing, can't you smell anything? And why put so much salt in it? Do you want to choke us to death? Doesn't salt cost money? You really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you run the household!"
Liu Yiran: ...I can bear it. Who made my family unable to hold our heads up?
"I'm sorry, I'll definitely correct it next time!"
"You want another chance?" Mother Lu scowled. "Do it again right now! I've been working outside all day. If I come home and can't even have a hot meal, what kind of wife am I?"
Mother Lu stood at the kitchen door, directing her work. "I really don't know what my son saw in you in the first place? He insisted on breaking off the engagement with Mulan. If it weren't for you, our garment factory wouldn't have gone bankrupt, and we wouldn't be burdened with foreign debt now."
My son won't be fired from his job, so he can only farm at home. I think you're a jinx, and whoever marries you will be unlucky for the rest of their lives!"
"That's sugar, not salt! Who cooks with sugar but not salt? Do you know how to cook? If you can't, you won't learn from others. I think you are just a foxy woman who can only seduce my son! You can't do anything else!"
Liu Yiran: ...I'll endure it! Wait until your son comes back and see how he deals with you!
That night, Lu Mingze returned home. Before Liu Yiran could complain, his mother started moaning, "Son, you don't know how tired I am at home. I'm busy all day long. My waist, which I finally managed to heal, seems to be back again."
Lu Mingze felt distressed and said, "Mom, I'll give you a massage after dinner."
Liu Yiran wanted to say, "She was just pretending. She's been scolding me all day long."
Mother Lu spoke first, "Forget it. You and your father have been tired all day. I, your mother, have a life of hard work. Unlike some people who don't have to do anything all day and can still sit at the table to eat."
After saying this, he glanced at Liu Yiran.
Liu Yiran: ...? You old dog! You've been bullying me all day, yet you're actually the first to complain?
"Mom, please explain clearly, which of the housework is not done by me?"
Mother Lu started to groan again, "What? Did I say something wrong? What can you do? You burn wet firewood, and the food is not cooked through, and most importantly, it is burnt. If I hadn't been there to help you, would the men in our family have a hot meal when they get home?"
"You're helping me? You almost scolded me to death, okay?"
Seeing that Liu Yiran still dared to talk back to her mother, Lu Mingze angrily interrupted her, "That's enough! My mother is the elder. Even if there is something wrong, it's for your own good. Just listen to her. Why are you still arguing with her? Can't you just give in?"
"Why should I give in?" Liu Yiran was furious. "I used to be a well-to-do young lady, and I didn't have to worry about anything at home or outside.
For you, I learned to do everything. I can't do it, but can't your mother just speak properly? Why does she have to beat around the bush and make indirect accusations every day? Do you really think I'm a fool and can't hear it? "
"That's enough!" Lu Mingze had recently learned about Lin Mulan's abilities from his father, and he was regretting breaking off the engagement with Liu Yiran because of his desire for her family's power. Otherwise, he wouldn't be graduating and still unemployed.
(At that time, jobs were assigned. Once you were fired, it was extremely difficult to find a job that matched your major.
Because of Sheng Jiang's report, his classmates and teachers all knew what he had done and kept their distance from him.
Plus, Liu's father got into trouble, and everyone knew about his father-in-law, so they didn't dare get close to him.)
"Lin Mulan has taken care of my parents for three years, but I've never heard her say anything bad about them. It's obvious that you don't want to take care of my parents at all! Can't you learn a little more from her?"
"Okay! Lu Mingze, you're comparing me to her? What gives you the right to compare me to her? It was you who pursued me in the beginning, and it was you who wanted to break off the engagement with her and marry me.
What, now that she's living a better life than before, you can't stand it? I tell you, you deserve it! "
"Pa!" Lu Mingze slapped her. "Besides your family background, what else do you have? Do you have any ability at all? You still want to compare yourself to her? You're not even half as good as her!"
"You hit me? Lu Mingze! I want to divorce you!"
"Divorce me if you want! For someone like you, whose father is the daughter of an embezzler, who else can you marry if you leave me?"
"You!" Liu Yiran was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Since the relationship was already broken, Lu Mingze no longer tried to hide it and ran straight to find Sheng Jiang. However, he was stopped outside the door.
Inside, Ginger was beating up a group of people.
Lu Mingze opened the crack in the door and looked inside. It turned out to be Lin Mulan's grandmother, uncle and aunt, and Lin Rulan.
It turned out that Lin Rulan relied on her formal job and good looks to have very high standards. Her family introduced her to countless candidates, but she was not satisfied with any of them.
I kept putting it off until I was 25. (At that time, I was considered an older woman.)
Finally, she fell in love with an officer in the army, and the two of them got engaged soon. They had planned to get married at the end of this year, but her fiancé injured his leg while on a mission and became disabled.
When Lin Rulan heard that he might have to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, she immediately threatened to break off the engagement.
The marriage was cancelled, and not only did the betrothal gifts have to be returned, but also the 8000 yuan betrothal gift. However, Uncle Lin had already spent the betrothal gift. After building a house for his son, the rest was gambled away by his son.
Unable to come up with the money, Old Lady Lin suggested that they let Lin Mulan marry in her place, as she was still a daughter of the Lin family. Furthermore, once she got married, her factory would belong to her family.
What a good plan!
"Sister, you're already so old, how can you find a good family? Even though Zhao Yunfei has retired, I heard the pension is quite generous. If you marry him, you will definitely have a good life."
"Then why don't you marry me? You're older than me."
"you!"
Old Lady Lin said, "I understand because I'm thinking of you. Don't be ungrateful. You've already been rejected, what good family can you marry? If your sister hadn't thought of you, do you think this good marriage would have happened to you?"
"If you think they're good relatives, then you can marry them. I won't marry them anyway. Besides, I've already left the Lin family, and my household registration is in a separate book. What right do you have to control me?"
"If you weren't related to our family by blood, would we be willing to take care of you?" Uncle Lin was angry.
"Who cares about you guys? Are you going to leave or not? If not, don't leave later. Don't blame me for not giving you a chance!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sheng Jiang took out the red-hot tongs and started beating the group of people.
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to. If you want to cancel the engagement, then you should also return the betrothal gift.
You guys have spent all the betrothal gifts, and now you want to use me to pay off your debts? You also want me to take over my factory after I get married? You have thought of everything that is wrong in the world, right? "
"You dare to hit us? I'm your grandma!"
"I'm going to hit you! You're the worst, you old woman!" He said, and then he hit her with the pliers, frightening her to the point of peeing. A red mark was left on her body.
Uncle Lin pleaded, "No, stop hitting me, niece, let's go now."
But when he ran to the gate, he couldn't open it.
Ginger has already caught up, "You want to run, I tell you it's too late."
The pliers also left red marks on his body, and there was a smell of roasting.
Lu Mingze, who was outside the door, was so frightened by the brutal scene that his legs went weak and he ran away.
He did not spare any of the Lin family members. After finishing off the crime, he went to the officer's house and cured his disability.
Lin Rulan, since you don’t want to get married, then you will regret it!
Sure enough, knowing that the officer's leg had healed, Lin Rulan ran to his house again, begging for reconciliation. Unfortunately, before she even got through the door, she was swept out by the officer's mother with a broom.
After that, she was ridiculed by the villagers for a long time. She began to hate her family and felt that if they had not agreed to her breaking off the engagement, she might have become an official's wife.
So they poisoned all the food in the house with arsenic.
On the other side, Lu Mingze has not given up since he was scared and wants to find another woman as a stepping stone.
After being discovered by Liu Yiran, not only was he shameless, but he was also blamed for it.
How could Liu Yiran, who had been pampered since childhood, keep swallowing her anger? So she also put arsenic in the family's food. A family should be in good order.
The factory, which only had ginger, grew bigger and bigger. It insisted on using only pure cotton clothes, which were close-fitting and soft. They were very popular in the market and it established its own brand.
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