Chapter 471: If You Don't Marry Him, Who Else Can You Marry?

Cheng Laizi was not actually a good-for-nothing from the start; seeing his mother, who despite his sister-in-law giving her a hard look, still stood under pressure with red eyes to hand him one hundred and fifty yuan, his heart couldn't help but ache terribly, and suddenly he knelt on the ground: "Mom, your son is unfilial, making you worry."

He knocked three loud heads against the ground for his own mother.

Laizi's mother couldn't stand this; tears fell like beads on a broken string: "Good child, get up quickly; once you're married, work hard, and don't be so idle anymore."

She feared that even after her son married, he still wouldn't be up to anything; by then, the Liu family probably wouldn't indulge him either—they would either make him suffer or sweep him out the door; neither outcome was what she wanted to see.

He nodded heavily to his mother: "I understand, Mom; you take care of yourself; once I make something of myself, I will definitely honor you well."

Having finished speaking, he turned and strode away in big steps.

Laizi's mother, her heart aching, cried again; only when she could no longer see her son's figure did she withdraw her gaze with a face full of desolation.

Just then, a snort of laughter came from behind: "Still waiting for him to make something of himself? Those words, I'm afraid even he doesn't believe them."

Cheng's eldest brother tugged his own wife: "Mom is feeling very upset right now; say a few less words."

"If she feels upset, then I feel better; that was a full one hundred and fifty yuan; we can't even earn that much in a whole year."

Those words were indeed true; in these years, the second son, Cheng Dali, had caused no end of trouble; although their own mother was fierce and blocked many who came to cause trouble at the door, they still paid out a lot of money, and the family's reputation had been ruined by the second son.

That's right; Laizi's real name was Dali; because his sister-in-law couldn't tolerate him, little by little he developed a rebellious psychology; after a long time, he gave up on himself and became the Cheng Laizi people spoke of.

And in the Liu Quanwen household, they were currently talking about Cheng Laizi: "Shuqin, Cheng Laizi—oh, no, Cheng Dali—despite his bad reputation, if someone properly disciplines him, he will surely turn over a new leaf in the future."

Peng Ailan also, with a face full of pity, urged: "Once he comes to our family, you discipline him well; with us watching over him, we will definitely make him change those bad habits."

Liu Shuqin felt terribly aggrieved in her heart, thinking her parents were forcing her: "He looks the way he does; how can you expect me to live with him?"

Peng Ailan sighed lightly in her heart: "Can good looks feed you? After such an incident, if you don't marry him, who can marry you?"

Liu Shuqin suddenly thought of someone: "I won't marry Cheng Laizi; I'll go find Liu Cunyi; he liked me so much before; this time, to help me, he even lied to Chuxue; I'll marry him."

Peng Ailan, seeing her daughter in such a frenzied state: "Stop making a scene; after such an incident, even if Liu Cunyi is willing to marry you, his parents won't agree; if you really go there, you can only bring shame upon yourself."

Liu Shuqin burst into tears with a "Wa!": "I just wanted to join in the fun; how did I get so unlucky, made to marry Cheng Laizi? It would be better if I died."

Peng Ailan knew her daughter couldn't accept it, but now, besides marriage, there was no better solution; besides, as long as they, the couple, were around, if that Cheng Laizi still didn't strive to improve, then don't blame them for dealing with him.

Seeing her daughter hugging the quilt and crying again, the couple withdrew from the room.

Liu Er Yin, waiting outside: "Quanwen, about bringing in a live-in son-in-law, shouldn't we tell Shujian? What if he gets angry; this family probably won't have peace afterward."

Liu Quanwen, hearing his own father's words, his face grew even darker: "He's practically a live-in son-in-law already; naturally, I must think ahead for the future; there's no need to tell him."