Chapter 335: Women Cannot Be Spoiled

In her past life, Si Rong did exactly that; although she was angry and felt humiliated, she felt that since the matter had occurred, it had to be resolved.

So, in the end, she took two hundred yuan from the gift money envelope and gave it to Shen Jia Xiao Gu, and only then could the wedding continue, and everything was settled.

No one remembered that the back of her head had hit the ground; back then, she was young and didn't feel any discomfort, and she never thought this small bump would cause a surgery in her old age, as well as an early death from a brain hemorrhage.

It was truly a blessing from the heavens that she had actually experienced a Rebirth to the very day she was to marry Shen Lan.

At this moment, she had not yet given herself to Shen Lan, and they had not yet obtained their marriage certificate.

All the bitter fruit had yet to be brewed.

Looking around, she did not see the person she wanted to see.

No rush; she would first draw a clear line with this pack of wolves from the Shen Family.

"The wedding is cancelled!"

Shen Lan looked at her in disbelief, even doubting if he had heard correctly.

"Si Rong, what did you say?"

"I said the wedding is cancelled! I am not marrying you anymore!" she said loudly, and this time everyone at the wedding venue heard her.

"What?" Shen Jia Xiao Gu subconsciously looked at Shen Mu; this—this was the idea Shen Mu had given her.

She had told her to ask Si Rong for those two hundred yuan in front of so many people, saying that Si Rong would prioritize the big picture in order to marry her son.

How could this be? It wasn't her fault if the wedding couldn't be held.

"You can't do this," Li Xuan hurriedly advised, "Si Rong, after you marry Shen Lan, you will be living your life with him; as long as he treats you well, these relatives are unimportant. If it really comes to it, I will pay this two hundred yuan for you."

Si Rong looked at her coldly, blaming herself for not being observant enough to see through Li Xuan's various unreasonable behaviors sooner.

"Why don't you just marry Shen Lan for me instead? I think you two are quite a match!"

Li Xuan's expression changed instantly, her small face turning from pale to red—it was quite a spectacle.

"I think that works!" Ming Zi immediately chimed in, "I've long felt that you and Shen Lan are a perfect match, like a turtle looking at a green bean; anyway, in your eyes, everything about Shen Lan is good."

"Being poor is good, being shameless is good, and liking to smooth things over is good—you go marry him!"

Ming Zi retorted so sharply that Li Xuan couldn't say a word and could only look at Shen Lan helplessly.

Shen Lan was also left completely bewildered by Si Rong's declaration that she wouldn't marry him; what was going on?

Could it be that given the feelings they had for each other now, Si Rong wouldn't marry him just because of these two hundred yuan?

That was impossible.

Although he hadn't spoken when Shen Mu and the aunt were discussing this matter, he had tacitly agreed to it.

To marry Si Rong, this banquet at Zuiyun Lou alone had emptied his purse.

After marriage, he and Si Rong would be one, and once this two hundred yuan for the aunt was paid off at this juncture, there would be no need to worry about such things anymore.

Si Rong pulled off the red velvet flower from her chest and walked over to her mother, who looked worried.

"Mom, I'm not marrying Shen Lan."

Si Mu truly disliked the Shen Family; it was as if their ancestral graves had been smoking with good fortune for eight hundred generations to be able to marry her daughter, yet they still pulled such disgraceful stunts.

She had opposed it before, but her daughter liked him.

Hearing her daughter say she wouldn't marry Shen Lan, Si Mu's first reaction was joy, but she immediately worried it was just a fit of temper, "Have you thought this through?"

Si Rong answered her with great certainty, "Mom, I've thought it through. If his family dares to bully me like this at the wedding, who knows how they will bully me in the future! Fortunately, the wedding hasn't started yet. Mom, can we go home?"

"Good! Mom will take you home!"

Si Mu's spirits lifted, and she shouted, "Eldest! Second! We're taking your little sister home!"

"To the friends and relatives who came today, I apologize. Our Si Family will return the gift money, and we will come to apologize in person another day."

As for those whispering below that they were losing face, they were completely outside of Si Mu's considerations.

Marrying her daughter into another family to be bullied—that would be the true loss of face!

"You, you can't leave!" Shen Mu stretched out her arms to block the Si Family, "The wedding has already been held, so Si Rong is the daughter-in-law of our Shen Family! You can leave if you want, but leave my daughter-in-law behind!"

Although she didn't like Si Rong, this delicate capitalist's daughter, she knew in her heart that the Si Family was helpful to her son's official career.

Slap—

Si Mu slapped her directly across the face, "You old hag! My daughter has neither obtained a marriage certificate with your son nor bowed to the elders with him. If you dare call her daughter-in-law again, I will smash your mouth!"

Shen Mu wanted to retaliate, but Wang Ma immediately stood in front of her mistress and young lady, her thick shoulders giving Si Rong a great sense of security.

The Si Family's eldest and second sons also looked angry and appeared to be people not to be trifled with.

"You, you," seeing that she was no match for them in a physical confrontation, Shen Mu simply began to throw a tantrum, "You Si Family, relying on being capitalists, are bullying us common folk..."

It was 1976; although capitalists were not as sensitive a topic as they had been a few years prior, it was still not a glorious label.

Si Mu raised her hand and slapped her again, "Our Si Family's assets have all been donated to the state, and we have already shed the label of capitalists. What? Do you want to decide for the state?"

"I, I," Shen Mu was left speechless by her retort and simply began to wail, "My son, my son, just look at how others are bullying your mother!"

Shen Lan was speechless; he didn't know how things had turned out like this.

Suddenly, as if all of a sudden, Si Rong had decided not to marry him.

He glared fiercely at his aunt.

Seeing the situation, Shen Jia Xiao Gu said, "It was you two who told me to come; if she won't have you, you can't blame it on me!"

After saying this, she greased the soles of her feet and ran away.

Shen Lan:...

"So this person was called here by you two?" Ming Zi couldn't help but laugh loudly, "You two from the Shen Family are truly calculating! Was the two hundred yuan dowry not something you, Shen Lan, proposed yourself? And now you have your aunt come and ask Si Rong for it? Are you planning on having Si Rong marry herself?"

For a moment, everyone began to mock the Shen mother and son.

"Rong girl really shouldn't marry such people. She hasn't even entered the door yet, and they are already calculating against her. Once she enters the door, won't she be eaten alive? They might even drag the whole Si Family down with them."

"Truly shameless!"

"To be connected to such a family and still play those little tricks, wanting both the substance and the face—pfft!"

"To pull such a scheme for two hundred yuan, it really is both stupid and lacking in stature!"

Shen Lan only felt his face burning; he had not expected things to develop into this state.

Not far away, Li Xuan had been signaling him with her eyes, the meaning of which was clear: she wanted him to hurry up and coax Si Rong.

Shen Lan was merely weighing his options; if he were willing to speak up and coax Si Rong, he would certainly be able to soothe her, but he was worried that Si Rong would be spoiled by him.

If she were to become arrogant because of his favor after marriage, wouldn't he have to coax her every other day?

His mother said that women cannot be spoiled.