Chapter 555: Rural Absurd Past Events Chapter 555: Premarital Negotiation, Like a Transaction

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

Wang Erhai felt this whole thing was like an absurdly unreal dream; he had only come to have a meal with Zhang Sheng, never expecting to have his lifetime marriage settled just like that.

Marriage is a major matter—how could it be a joke?

But isn't this now just like playing house?

He felt he and Liu Mei Qi weren't even that close, yet they were about to get married!

So to say he wasn't resistant or opposed would definitely be false.

"If you're not willing, then we just won't get married; no one is holding a knife to your neck forcing you."

Liu Mei Qi, sitting in the passenger seat, said coldly, then added sarcastically:

"Don't act like I'm forcing you. What's the point of complaining to me? If you really have guts, you should have refused this in front of Zhang Sheng and Deng Hongyun!"

Wang Erhai was depressed and speechless, unable to say a word.

Because he indeed didn't have that courage.

He still wanted to get the sales agency rights for Huangsheng New City.

"Liu Mei Qi, do you like me or not?"

Wang Erhai suddenly asked this.

"Isn't that nonsense? If I didn't like you, would I let you..." Liu Mei Qi almost said that word starting with the letter C, but finally stopped, feeling the word was too vulgar, "If I didn't like you, would I let you succeed again and again?"

Liu Mei Qi changed to a milder way of saying it.

Wang Erhai said:

"I hope you're telling the truth, and won't regret it later. As long as you like me, I can marry you."

Liu Mei Qi retorted:

"Then why were you so resistant just now?"

"I wasn't resistant. I was just sighing. Don't you think things are moving too fast?"

Liu Mei Qi said nothing.

The pace between them was indeed a bit fast.

It hadn't been long since they announced their relationship, and now they were talking about marriage.

"Besides, my eldest brother isn't even married yet. I never expected I'd get married before my eldest brother. You know, my eldest brother and my eldest sister-in-law have been together for several years!"

Liu Mei Qi asked:

"Does your family have a rule that the older brother must marry before the younger brother can?"

Some places did indeed have such a rule in the past, but Shangou Village didn't.

"No," Wang Erhai replied.

"Then what's the problem?"

Liu Mei Qi replied unhappily.

Wang Erhai then said:

"If we're getting married, I have two requirements."

"Look at you, so full of yourself, making demands of me?" Liu Mei Qi rolled her eyes, because in her view, she should be the one making demands.

Wang Erhai ignored her arrogant attitude and continued:

"First, we must undergo premarital medical examinations, and exchange our examination reports with each other!"

"Why should I get a premarital exam? I'm very healthy!" Liu Mei Qi resisted a little.

Actually, she herself wasn't too sure whether she was healthy or not.

Most importantly, Wang Erhai demanding she get examined—wasn't that doubting her body wasn't clean?

She couldn't stand others questioning her like that.

"If you're unwilling to get examined, I'd rather offend Zhang Sheng than marry you." Wang Erhai's attitude was very firm.

Seeing his attitude was so unyielding, Liu Mei Qi could only compromise in the end:

"Fine, let's get examined. But if they find anything wrong with you, don't blame me for abandoning you then!"

Liu Mei Qi put it harshly, but it was also very realistic.

Wang Erhai didn't think it was hurtful, after all, their relationship from beginning to end wasn't based on feelings; without feelings, how could there be talk of hurting someone?

"If I have problems and you choose to leave me, I won't blame you either." Wang Erhai said lightly, then continued with the second requirement:

"Second, after marriage our properties will be separate. You manage your money, I manage mine."

Hearing this, Liu Mei Qi immediately became unhappy:

"Wang Erhai, so you've been guarding me like a thief all along? Then what's the point of me marrying you?"

Wang Erhai said coldly:

"If you don't want to marry me, you go give Zhang Sheng an explanation yourself."

Hearing this, Liu Mei Qi finally realized Wang Erhai knew everything; he just hadn't completely exposed that layer, which was why he was so fearless.

If they didn't marry, the one who would lose the most wasn't Wang Erhai, nor Liu Mei Qi, but Zhang Sheng.

If Deng Hongyun therefore demanded a divorce from Zhang Sheng and took half his family property, Zhang Sheng would definitely lose more than he gained.

So Zhang Sheng would rather actively hand over the sales agency rights for Huangsheng New City, just to make Wang Erhai and Liu Mei Qi's marriage happen.

Liu Mei Qi was furious inside, but couldn't say anything.

Because she could not possibly go tell Zhang Sheng this matter herself.

She gritted her teeth:

"What if we have a child in the future? Am I supposed to raise it myself?"

Wang Erhai said:

"If we have a child, child support will all come from my side, and I'll give you some subsidy too, but our finances must still be separate."

Liu Mei Qi was furious inside, but in the end she still agreed.

Because she knew a little law, even if Wang Erhai required financial independence, as long as it was joint property of a married couple after marriage, she definitely had a share.

So she said:

"I agree to your two conditions, but I have two conditions too."

"Say it."

"First, I want bride price, 388,000, isn't that reasonable?"

"You still say that's reasonable? Are you from County City?"

"How am I not from County City?"

"Then how can you open your mouth to ask for 388,000? You speak like that, I thought you were from Jiangxi. Don't you know, our local custom, bride price generally won't exceed one hundred thousand?"

Wang Erhai's words were not wrong; bride price here is very low. Generally twenty or thirty thousand settles it, some more reasonable ones even settle for nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine, just for good fortune. It's not necessarily insisting on how much; mainly it depends on the groom's home's economic strength. Very few would have that deformity marriage of emptying family assets to pay bride price.

"Wang Erhai, you're not short of this 388,000 now, are you!"

Liu Mei Qi was huffing with anger.

Her purpose was very simple: to squeeze as much benefit as possible from Wang Erhai. That was why she made such an exorbitant demand.

"I indeed am not short of this 388,000. It's just that I think, if I give you this much bride price, people will laugh at me as an idiot. I'll give you thirty-eight thousand bride price. Take it or leave it!"

Wang Erhai's attitude was very firm, giving Liu Mei Qi no room to negotiate at all.

"You..."

Liu Mei Qi exploded with rage.

Seeing the two were about to start making noise again.

Liu Mei Qi finally swallowed this anger.

Because she knew, Wang Erhai's demand was not excessive; what was excessive was herself.

388,000, according to local custom, indeed already counted as sky-high bride price, and indeed might be laughed at as having more money than sense.

"Fine, thirty-eight thousand it is. Actually I don't want your money; I just want your attitude."

Wang Erhai said coldly:

"Isn't my attitude clear enough? You want to marry, then marry; don't want to, then forget it! You need to straighten your posture. Don't act like I'm begging you to marry me!"