Chapter 7

Ye Yao just looked at her calmly, neither agreeing nor refusing.

Her half-closed eyes were deep and unreadable.

She hadn’t said it outright, but she had also been considering calling off this engagement.

No matter what the previous Ye Yao had thought, for her, the only reason to get married was love.

She didn’t even know if this Li Cheng was round or square, so why would she marry him?

Earlier today, Zhao Qingqing and her group came to stir up trouble, trying to pressure her into calling off the engagement. And now, even the old lady was saying the same thing? Instead of backing down, she suddenly felt the urge to rebel.

Zhang Qiufeng felt uneasy, completely unable to guess her thoughts.

“Yao Yao, Mom knows that Li Cheng is excellent, but he’s not suitable for you…”

That one sentence made Ye Yao immediately frown.

So, she meant that she wasn’t good enough for him?!

“Mom, the wedding date is already set. If we go back on it now, wouldn’t that embarrass the Li family?”

Ye Yao’s sarcastic tone actually made Zhang Qiufeng seriously consider her words, misinterpreting her meaning.

Yes, their family had been the one to propose the engagement. The Li family had kept their word and agreed. If they suddenly backed out now, it would seem like they were playing with them.

“How about we just endure the situation for now and quietly cancel the engagement with the Li family in private?”

Ye Yao immediately stood up from her chair, her expression turning extremely unpleasant.

Cancel it in private? What would the people in the compound say?

They would definitely assume that the Li family had rejected her. In the end, the ones who would be humiliated wouldn’t be the Li family—it would be her!

If she hadn’t retained all her past memories, she would have seriously doubted whether this woman in front of her was actually her biological mother.

“I don’t agree. The wedding must go on as planned!”

She coldly threw down her words and walked straight into the west room without looking back.

Zhang Qiufeng stiffened, completely shocked by her intense reaction. Her chest felt tight with pain.

She had been through this herself, and as her mother, everything she did was for her own good.

But now, it seemed like Ye Yao really didn’t understand…

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“I won’t let this go! I’m going to settle the score with that mother and daughter right now! Do they really think that just because they’re about to marry into the Li family, they can act all high and mighty? What a joke!”

Wang Guihua cursed angrily as she looked at Zhao Qingqing’s swollen face, heart aching with distress.

This was her precious daughter, the one she cherished like a treasure! She had never even laid a finger on her since she was little, so how dare Ye Yao hit her?!

Zhao Qingqing looked pitiful and aggrieved.

With her mother stepping in, there was no way this matter wouldn’t be resolved.

“Enough already! Kids fighting is normal, isn’t it? Besides, if Qingqing hadn’t provoked her first, how would there have been a conflict?”

Just as the mother and daughter were about to storm out, Ye Jianshe blocked their way.

After all, their families were on good terms. Making a big scene would just become a joke for others to watch.

Wang Guihua’s face immediately dropped, and she snapped, “Whose father are you really?! Don’t you see what happened to Qingqing’s face?”

Ye Jianshe took a deep breath and glanced at both of them.

He knew exactly what kind of people Zhang Qiufeng and Ye Yao were. And he knew his own wife and daughter even better.

Today, it was most likely that his own daughter had bullied Ye Yao too much, which provoked her to fight back. And now, they wanted to go over and make a fuss?

“Go boil two eggs for Qingqing and let her use them to reduce the swelling. It’ll be fine by tomorrow. Over the years, Qiufeng has raised Yao Yao alone, and they’ve had a tough life. As the eldest sister-in-law, you should be more understanding.”