Chapter 644: Biting Back

Xu Liqin was a typical egoist.

For anything, the only thing she considered was whether it could bring her benefits.

If it could bring her benefits, even if it were a scavenger on the side of the road, she would welcome them with a smiling face and put on a full show;

But if it couldn't bring her benefits, even if it were the President of the United States, she wouldn't bother to pay attention.

So even though Ye Chen and his wife came to send the bride in luxury cars worth over 100 million, Xu Liqin still didn't change her view of Zhang Xiaoman.

She knew that things like face were all empty, and only the benefits that could be obtained were real.

So what if Zhang Xiaoman knows rich friends? Can this money give me a cent? Can she take care of our family's business? Can she take our family to a higher level?

If she can, then I will naturally be kind to you, and even worship you like a great-aunt is no problem.

But if she can't, you still can't enter the door of my Sun family today.

The reason for setting up this banquet and this display was that she didn't want to directly oppose the marriage and make her son resent her. Therefore, she first agreed to hold the wedding, and then found various ways to find fault, mock, and ridicule, forcing Zhang Xiaoman to give up voluntarily, so her son couldn't blame her.

Now, she had sufficient reasons to find trouble with Zhang Xiaoman. The biggest reason was, since today is a wedding, why didn't her parents come?

So, she walked up to Zhang Xiaoman and said coldly, "Xiaoman, where are your parents? Why didn't they come?"

Zhang Xiaoman hurriedly said, "Auntie, my parents, they, they..."

As Zhang Xiaoman spoke, she couldn't help but hesitate.

In fact, she knew very well in her heart that her parents not appearing at her wedding today was indeed a bit unjustifiable. And now that her future mother-in-law asked her this question, she didn't know how to answer at all.

Seeing Zhang Xiaoman not speaking, Xu Liqin gave a cold shout, "Yo, Xiaoman, your airs are quite big. Having known a few rich friends, you don't have me, your future mother-in-law, in your eyes anymore? You don't even bother to answer when I talk to you, right?"

Zhang Xiaoman hurriedly waved her hand and explained respectfully, "Auntie, to tell you the truth, my parents are a bit unhappy, so they might not come to attend today. Please forgive me!"

"Oh my!" Xu Liqin said with a face full of anger, "So your family doesn't look down on our family, right? Your parents are really interesting. They don't even show up when their daughter is getting married. Look at the whole Jin Ling, is there anyone who does things like your parents? If this gets out, where will our Sun family's face go?"

Zhang Xiaoman's eyes turned red, and she hurriedly apologized, "I'm sorry, Auntie. The situation with my parents is indeed special. They were already unhappy because of the dowry issue before. They weren't very happy when I left home this morning, so please forgive me..."

"Not happy?" When Xu Liqin heard this, her eyebrows twisted, and she suddenly shouted, "This is really unreasonable! What are your family's conditions? What are our family's conditions? She is marrying into our family, so you are climbing a high branch. Your parents are still not happy? Why? Do you look down on our family? If you look down on our family, then just stop her and don't let her marry over!"

Hearing Xu Liqin say this, Zhang Xiaoman's tears immediately flowed down.

When Sun Hongwei saw his fiancée being so humiliated by his mother, he couldn't stand it anymore and hurriedly said, "Mom! Xiaoman and I are getting married to live our lives together. As long as the two of us can live well, that's enough. We don't want to worry about so much. So don't worry about it anymore. It's getting late, just prepare and hold the wedding, isn't that enough?"

"That won't do!" Xu Liqin looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a face full of disgust and said disdainfully, "I'm just angry in my heart. Ever since I married your father, I have never suffered such a great grievance. It's clearly her family climbing up to us, so why does it seem like we are climbing up to them? Your father and I have been waiting here since early morning, and our relatives and friends also came early in the morning. But what about her family? Except for the bride, no one else came! This is clearly looking down on us!"

Zhang Xiaoman hurriedly waved her hand to explain, "Auntie, you really misunderstood. My parents don't mean to look down on you at all. They are just a bit angry, so they didn't come."

Xu Liqin shouted coldly, "Stop talking so much nonsense with me. Marriage is a major event in life, and you are not an orphan without a father or mother, how can you attend the wedding by yourself? I have grown up so big, and I have never heard of parents who are still alive but don't come to attend the wedding. If this gets out, not only is there no face, but it is also inauspicious."

Having said this, Xu Liqin gritted her teeth and said, "Zhang Xiaoman, I'll put it here today. If your parents don't come, I don't think there's any need for this wedding!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhang Xiaoman almost collapsed.

She had finally relied on the help of Xiao Churan and Ye Chen to avoid her parents' obstruction and rush to attend the wedding.

She thought that she could marry Sun Hongwei, and even if she fell out with her family, it would be worth it. Unexpectedly, after arriving, she realized that there were so many difficulties waiting for her in her husband's family.

Xiao Churan couldn't stand it anymore at this time, and she said indignantly, "Auntie, do you know how many grievances Xiaoman has suffered and how much price she has paid to attend this wedding?"

Xu Liqin looked at Xiao Churan with raised eyebrows and said, "This girl, I don't know you at all, so I don't want to offend you. But some things, we have to be reasonable. I am marrying a daughter-in-law today and invited so many relatives and friends to support us, but what about the bride's family? Not a single person came. Have you ever seen things done like this?"

Xiao Churan hurriedly said, "Isn't the situation special? Xiaoman's parents do have a lot of opinions on this matter. Xiaoman also made a great determination to fall out with her family and marry Hongwei."

Xu Liqin curled her lips, "Oh my, our family can't afford it. Let me tell you, for marriage, we must follow the old rules. If the bride's parents don't come, this wedding won't be held. Even if the King of Heaven comes to tell me, it's useless."

Xiao Churan said angrily, "How can you be like this?"

Ye Chen stopped Xiao Churan at this time, looked at Xu Liqin, and asked with a smile, "Alright, I don't think you need to spend so much effort here looking for various reasons. Everyone is an adult, so just say it directly. Under the circumstance that Xiaoman's parents don't come, what exactly do you need to agree to hold the wedding as usual?"

Xu Liqin smiled, "That's very simple. Our family looking for a daughter-in-law is supposed to be a match in social status. But Zhang Xiaoman's family is so poor, I endured it for my son's happiness, but her parents can't look down on people like this. I have already endured them, but they are giving me a cold face at this time? In that case, let's just do things according to the rules. Our family is at least a wealthy family with tens of millions in assets. If Zhang Xiaoman wants to marry into our family, she must bring at least 10 million in dowry, otherwise, don't even think about it."

When Zhang Xiaoman heard this, her good temper, which she had been enduring all along, was almost worn out by the other party.

She didn't expect that Xu Liqin, who had been causing trouble between her and Sun Hongwei all along, would actually bite back at this time and push all the responsibility onto her family.

So, she couldn't hide her anger and said, "Auntie Xu, if you had said earlier that you didn't want me to cross the threshold, I wouldn't have begged you shamelessly. But you promised to let me hold the wedding with Hongwei on one hand, and then obstructed me in every possible way on the other hand. What exactly do you mean?" ===== CHAPTER 645 =====