Chapter 7

Zhang Xiyue used mind-reading cards, which allowed her to hear people’s inner thoughts just by looking at them.

Shen Xiaoyun was also quite thoughtful. She was terrified and kept denying it. “No, you’re talking nonsense. I didn’t fool around with anyone.”

How is that possible? It was clearly just Liu Yang and I when we were rolling the haystack. I didn’t see anyone else. Liu Yang said that if I worked hard for him, he would consider marrying me.

[She said she liked me and not Zhang Xiyue anymore, but this bitch always tried to please her before. How come she dared to hit her today?]

Li Hongmei, who was stewing chicken soup in the kitchen, slammed He Chunhua on the head with her spatula. “Kill you, you vicious woman! You’re in cahoots with Yang Tiantian, aren’t you? How dare you slander my daughter’s reputation? Are you sick? Ah, my daughter was knocked unconscious by Yang Guihua, understand?”

“That bastard Wei Zhiguo dared to make a move. I’ll send him to death today. He can be punished for being a hooligan. How dare he?”

“Wei Zhiguo, tell me, did you touch my daughter? Yang Guihua, tell me, did you knock her unconscious and carry her on your back?”

Wei Zhiguo’s heart was pounding with fear, and he quickly shook his head, “Aunt, it was my mother who carried Xiyue on her back. I just followed behind. She was like a dead person at the time. I didn’t dare to carry anyone on my back.”

“Yes, it’s me, Hongmei. I was wrong. Don’t let your fifth brother shoot Zhiguo. He doesn’t deserve to die.” Yang Guihua was scared out of her wits. This evil spirit was not to be trifled with.

If I had known, I wouldn’t have come to watch the fun.

He Chunhua stiffened her neck and said, “You two must be lying. Wei Zhiguo, a man, didn’t carry Zhang Xiyue on his back, but asked Yang Guihua to do so. It’s impossible. We must cancel the engagement today.”

“Zhang Xiyue has an ambiguous relationship with a man in the village, and she’s even chatting and laughing with Wei Zhiguo. Everyone says she’s fickle. I don’t want a daughter-in-law like that.”

“Shen He is my only son, my precious baby. No one can stop him from moving forward. Zhang Xiyue has a bad reputation and is weak. My family doesn’t want a daughter-in-law like her.”

“Bah, you’re talking nonsense! Xiyue, Wei Zhiguo, and Yang Tiantian are all classmates. They’re from the same village and go to school together. What’s wrong with them talking to each other? Are you confused because of bound feet?”

“I think you should go to labor reform. If a man talks to a woman, it’s considered fickle. Does that mean everyone is a bitch?”

Shen He is a handsome man with a strong body and a handsome face. I didn’t expect that he had a bad conscience. Forget it. During the founding period of the People’s Republic of China, there were some bad men in the army who did this. They kept saying that arranged marriages were feudal superstitions, divorced their wives in their hometown, and married young and beautiful girls.

What was this man thinking at this moment? Zhang Xiyue couldn’t wait to know, so their eyes met.

Shen He frowned and looked at Zhang Xiyue.

[Xiyue, I am a man, and a man should make great achievements. For my future, sacrificing you is nothing.]

[After much effort, Captain Liu’s sister Liu Ling fell in love with me. Marrying her would be a huge help to me. Xiyue, if you want to blame someone, just blame your family for not being able to live up to their expectations.]

[I’m in the Army, and you have a brother who’s a deputy battalion commander in the Navy. We’re not in the same place or system, so he can’t help me at all.]

“As long as I cancel the engagement, I can marry Liu Ling. Captain Liu also has a father who is a division commander. He has connections, enough to save me ten years of detours.”

Zhang Xiyue said coldly: “Shen He, do you want to cancel the engagement? Just for those reasons?” Very good, Shen He is a snob, and she also wants to cancel the engagement.

The Shen family was not easy to get along with. None of them took the original owner seriously. The original owner was in poor health and was worried about being disliked by the Shen family. In order to please them, the original owner often went to the Shen family to help with work.

She couldn’t do heavy work and could only do simple tasks like cooking and washing clothes. Even with this, He Chunhua was unhappy. Her biggest dissatisfaction was that the original owner was in poor health and she was worried that it would affect her ability to give birth to a son.

Shen He said arrogantly, “Xiyue, let’s part ways amicably. We didn’t have much affection for each other to begin with, right? Child marriage is a feudal superstition. What happened between you and Wei Zhiguo is hard to explain, so I want to cancel the engagement. I hope you’ll agree to my request.”

[Xiyue, please forgive me. I want to succeed so badly. I’m the only son of the Shen family. My father is lame, and my mother and sister have no one but me to rely on. I want to rely on the Liu family to become a general as soon as possible and become a superior person.]

[What are you looking at? Do you know that the sweater I’m wearing was knitted by Liu Ling, and the socks were also made by Liu Ling?]

Zhang Xiyue sneered: “Shen He, why didn’t you tell me earlier that you wanted to cancel the engagement? Oh, your lover in the army is urging you to get married, right?”

“Are the socks she knitted for you comfortable? Is her name Liu Ling correct?”

“I also made clothes for you. You must have been very happy at that time. After all, your family was so poor that you could barely afford to eat. You wished I would give you the money.”

“Shen He, what are you pretending to be? You’re just a coward. You just want to get rid of me by currying favor with the high-ranking military officers. Do you think I, Zhang Xiyue, am made of mud? You have to spit out everything you ate and used from me.”

“Liu Ling has a brother who is a regiment commander and a father who is a division commander. You are going crazy trying to climb up the social ladder.”

She knew the address of Shen He’s army unit, and she would inform the unit once she received the compensation. If Liu Ling was still devoted to him, she deserved it. She was just in love. If she became useless one day, she would definitely be kicked out by Shen He.

Shen He was shocked: “You, how did you know? Who told you?”

Zhang Xiyue put the blame on Shen Xiaoyun. Doesn’t this person hate the original owner? Then try to hate her. It will be easier for her to slap her in the face later, right?

“When Shen Xiaoyun and your mother found out you were going to marry your teacher’s daughter, they were both so happy their faces almost broke.”

“Ah, it’s not me. I didn’t tell Zhang Xiyue.” Shen Xiaoyun was confused.

“Did you hear me talking to Mom?”

Zhang Xiyue nodded calmly: “Yes, that’s right. Shen He went home to visit his family for three days and didn’t come to see me. I couldn’t help but look for him, and that’s when I heard it.”

Very good, Shen’s mother is now the one taking the blame, it’s so lively.

Zhang Tieniu was furious and punched Shen He, and the two started fighting.

“Big brother, big brother, come here and take care of Shen He. This bastard dared to betray Xiyue and is tired of living.”

After suffering two shocks in one day, he was afraid that his daughter would faint from crying.

“yes.”

Soon, Shen He’s pair of black socks and black sweater were pulled off.

Zhang Tieniu clenched his fists, “Shen He, what else do you have to say now?”

Everyone spoke up for Zhang Xiyue.

“Shen He, you are such a dishonest boy. You can cancel the engagement if you want, but you can’t tarnish someone’s reputation.”

“That’s right. Xiyue has finally lived to the age of seventeen and is about to get married. Aren’t you harming her?”

“This man is willing to sell himself out just to climb the social ladder. His heart is truly corrupt.”

“Xiyue is really devoted to Shen He. The Shen family is not well off, but they have been helped a lot by the Zhang family. What an ungrateful person!”

Shen He roared with a red face: “Enough, what do you know? You are just a bunch of ignorant peasants. Which soldier doesn’t want to become a general and climb up the social ladder? Zhang Xiyue, I’m canceling the marriage. You’d better agree.”

Zhang Xiyue raised her eyebrows and said, “If you want to cancel the engagement, you can. Let’s settle the accounts. Sister Xi, give me your paper and pen.”

“Okay, wait.” Zhang Wenyue walked into the house quickly. Before leaving, she glared at Shen He and cursed, “Humph, you ungrateful man, a fickle bitch.”