Chapter 49: Twisting the Truth

Lei Honghua froze for a moment, then quickly explained to the Deng family, “Father-in-law, mother-in-law, I know the situation best. You’ve misunderstood.

Because I know Fangfang is innocent, and I’m her mother, seeing her like this, which mother wouldn’t be anxious?

So, heh, so I accidentally hurt Daming. I apologize.”

Deng’s mother snorted coldly. Lei Honghua’s implication was that she hit her son because her daughter was misunderstood by the Deng family and beaten, and she acted impulsively in her anxiety.  Moreover, she subtly blamed them for not clarifying the situation before beating Qiao Fangfang.

Heh, they caused such a huge commotion for no reason, and now, according to Lei Honghua, it’s the Deng family’s fault?

Deng’s mother immediately raised her eyelids, her tone cold, “You’re right, it concerns our children, which mother wouldn’t be anxious?

You feel for your daughter, and I feel for mine. If we’re talking about innocence, Xiangcui is the truly innocent one.

A good unmarried girl suddenly has a fiancé, and he’s forced his way into our house.

This morning’s commotion alone… not only did our Deng family get splashed with dirty water, but just the fact that Xiangcui is involved… I’d rather she suffer physically than…”

Here, Deng’s mother choked up.

Even if this matter passed, Xiangcui’s reputation was mostly ruined.

In this society, if a girl falls into a river and is rescued, she has to marry the rescuer to clear her name.

Xiangcui was even chased to our doorstep with firecrackers, accused of being greedy and deceitful, and the other party is a dog like Chen Sheng.

She’ll inevitably be gossiped about, and even finding a husband will be affected.

She’s been harmed by Qiao Fangfang for life.

Thinking of this, Deng’s mother’s eyes were like knives, fiercely glaring at Qiao Fangfang.

Qiao Fangfang trembled and involuntarily leaned towards Lei Honghua.

Lei Honghua’s expression froze. She glanced at Qiao Jiangxin’s family watching from the wall and quickly explained in a low voice.

“Mother-in-law, this is how it happened. My granddaughter turned sixteen this year. You know how things are, there have been many incidents at home recently, and we’re short of money.

My second daughter-in-law is about to give birth, and my eldest son isn’t married yet.

I thought the Chen family was well-off, and my granddaughter is lazy.  Marrying into that family wouldn’t be a bad match.

Jianguo was hospitalized last time, and I heard about this, so I had Fangfang sound them out.

Mother-in-law, I assure you, we told the Chen family about my eldest granddaughter Daya. Even if Fangfang is bold, she wouldn’t go behind your backs and marry off her sister-in-law.  Either the Chen family made a mistake,

or they deliberately set a trap, targeting you.”

Here, Lei Honghua insinuated, “Our Qiao family is far from town, and we have no conflict with the Chen family.

Look at this mess! Fangfang has been terribly implicated!”

Deng’s mother was almost choked by Lei Honghua’s shameless words.

“I’ve truly seen what twisting the truth means.  So, according to you, Fangfang was implicated by my Xiangcui?”

Lei Honghua quickly raised her hands, “Hey, I didn’t say that! Of course, if you want to think that way, I can’t help it!”

Deng’s mother stood up abruptly. Deng Shuibing slapped the table, “Alright, shut up!”

Qiao Jiuwang also pretended to scold Lei Honghua, “You should say less too.”

Deng Shuibing looked at Qiao Jiuwang with a frosty face, “I don’t care if this is a misunderstanding or intentional, you caused this mess, you solve it.

Let me make it clear, my daughter is absolutely not marrying into the Chen family.

Because of this, Xiangcui’s future marriage will be affected.  Of course, we’ll talk about that later.

Let’s deal with this first.

The Chen family wants either the person or the money!

The person is impossible, and you took the money, so you pay it back!

I won’t beat around the bush. You can go and find out what kind of person I am, Deng Shuibing.

I’m not a coward. If my Xiangcui has a hard time, your daughter will have an even harder time.

If anything happens to my Xiangcui, your daughter will be the first to pay the price!”

Deng Shuibing’s menacing words shocked not only the Qiao family of three but also Deng’s mother, who sat up straight.

Her husband wasn’t very capable, but he was definitely ruthless.

If pushed too far, he could easily find another wife for Daming.  It’s easy to force a daughter-in-law to death.

Qiao Jiuwang and his wife didn’t know what kind of person Deng Shuibing was, but Qiao Fangfang had a vague idea, and she also vaguely understood what her father-in-law meant.

She fearfully grabbed Lei Honghua’s arm, “Mom, Mom, quickly give them the money, quickly.”

But Lei Honghua wasn’t willing to give up the money she’d pocketed.

She forced a smile, “Oh, it doesn’t have to come to this. The Chen family misunderstood. We’ll go and talk to them, and send Daya over…”

Qiao Fangfang broke down, “Mom!!! Are you trying to kill me?!”

The Chen family clearly didn’t like Qiao Jiangxin, so they set a trap for her. The Chen family are influential townspeople, running a coffin shop and doing business throughout the town.

The Deng family made it clear that if anything happened to Deng Xiangcui, she would die first.  Her mother was still trying to evade responsibility; wasn’t she indirectly trying to kill her?

Qiao Jiuwang belatedly reacted and said to Lei Honghua, “Give them the money!”

Lei Honghua stiffened her neck, “This is Daya’s bride price, not the Deng family’s.”

Qiao Jiuwang raised his voice, “I told you to give them the money!”

Seeing Qiao Jiuwang get angry, Lei Honghua shrunk her neck, went into the house with a dark face.

After a long while, she slowly came out. Qiao Fangfang quickly stepped forward to take the money. Lei Honghua raised her arm, “You and Daming go to town, talk to the Chen family, say…”

She glanced at the wall in the distance.

“Tell them about Daya first. If they’re willing to take Daya, then you don’t have to return the money.

If not, we’ll give them a lower price.

Tell them 200 kuai is also fine.

Only return the money if they really don’t want her, understand?”