Chapter 28: Letting the Cousin Get Married

The moment the Aunt saw Bai Wei, fire erupted in her eyes.

"You wretched girl, you conspired with outsiders to swindle me, causing me to pay over two million in compensation. If you don't come up with the money today, I'm not finished with you."

"Stop arguing." Grandma slapped the table. "Bai Wei, I called you over today to discuss your marriage."

"There is a chicken farm owner surnamed Zhang who wants to spend money to marry a young female college student. He'll offer a bride price of five hundred thousand. You marry him and take that money to pay your Aunt's compensation."

Bai Wei sneered in her heart.

She smiled. "Grandma, I haven't spent a single cent of yours since I grew up. But my cousin was raised by you all. Since the Aunt needs to pay compensation, just marry off my cousin as a live-in son-in-law and collect the bride price!"

"You!"

Grandma trembled with rage; the cousin was her precious treasure.

"If you refuse to marry, then hand over the Farm. Otherwise, don't blame me for driving you and your mother out of the Bai Family, and from this day on, you will no longer be my granddaughter."

Upon hearing they would be driven out of the Bai Family, Li Hong was terrified.

In the countryside, if a family has no male descendants, they will be bullied by the villagers.

"Xiao Wei, hurry and apologize to Grandma."

Grandma wore a cold, arrogant expression. "Then let her either be obedient and marry, or hand over the Farm."

Bai Wei remained expressionless, feeling only immense irony.

They want to drive her out of the family?

She had long since not wanted to stay in the Bai Family.

Bai Wei walked forward and pulled her mother over.

"Mom, let's go!"

After saying this, she raised her head and looked directly at the crowd.

"Since you want to expel me from the family, please make it clean and swift, because from now on, I am making a clean break with you, the Bai Family."

As soon as her voice fell, everyone was shocked.

They simply hadn't expected that Bai Wei would actually want to leave the family herself.

Grandma's face was gloomy to the extreme and furious to the extreme; she gritted her teeth and spoke.

"Bai Wei, think this through."

"I have thought it through." Bai Wei lifted her head, her voice crisp. "Since the family elders are all here, please act as witnesses. From this moment on, I have no further connection to the Bai Family!"

Grandma trembled with anger and pointed a finger at her. "You... you won't regret this in the future!"

"I only fear that you will regret it."

After Bai Wei finished speaking, she pulled her mother and turned to leave.

She had long since seen through the true faces of these people and had no desire to associate with them at all.

Today, since Grandma took the initiative to sever ties with her, she actually felt a sense of relief.

She still had over ninety million in her pocket; fortunately, the Bai Family didn't know and still thought she was a pauper, otherwise they would definitely cling to her and never let go.

Seeing Bai Wei walk out the door, the Uncle grew anxious. "Mom, Bai Wei's bride price is hundreds of thousands, and there's the Farm. Are you just going to let her go like this? It's not worth it."

Grandma snorted coldly. "She's just a little girl, with neither money nor ability. She won't be able to survive in the village; in a few days, she will definitely come begging me."

Leaving the Bai Family, Bai Wei felt a sense of relief, as if a burden had been lifted.

She would never return to a home like that.

Seeing her daughter determined to break away from the Bai Family, Li Hong didn't know what to say, her face full of worry.

"You've been driven out of the family; what will you do in the future?"

Bai Wei shook her head; she wasn't afraid.

Because she had money!

Li Hong said, "Wait until your Grandma's anger subsides in a while, and I will take you back to apologize."

"Mom, I will not go back." Bai Wei refused firmly.

Her mother was old-fashioned, had been long-term PUA'd, and was still very afraid of Grandma.

But she was different from her mother.

Bai Wei sent her mother to the entrance of the village and shoved fifty thousand yuan into her hand.

"Mom, don't rely on the Bai Family! If something happens, come to me; I'll have your back!"

Bai Wei sent her mother off and drove the Recreational Vehicle back to Qingshan Village.

Back at home, her mood remained very low.

The overbearing Grandma, the greedy Aunt, and a weak mother...

Bai Wei walked to the wardrobe.

She was in a bad mood and wanted to talk to Xiao Moting.

But when she opened the wardrobe, she was instantly stunned.

Inside the wardrobe lay a huge pile of things, sparkling and shining—they were all antique jade artifacts.

Among them was a jade disc inlaid with exquisite gemstones, shimmering under the light; one look told her it was very valuable.

"They actually sent so much this time." Bai Wei was surprised, and at the same time, her heart leaped with joy.

It was as if she were looking at a mountain of gold, just placed right in front of her.

Bai Wei smiled.

The gloom in her heart was dispelled without a trace.

She knocked on the wardrobe.

"Xiao Moting, are you there?"

In less than a minute, she received a reply.

"Shennü Daren, is there something you need from me?"

Bai Wei did not know whether to laugh or cry.

She had told Xiao Moting many times not to call her "Daren," but he simply could not change the way he addressed her, remaining incomparably respectful toward her.

"Xiao Moting, you are not allowed to call me Shennü Daren today; call me by my name."

After a long while, Xiao Moting finally replied.

"I understand, Bai Wei."

The corners of Bai Wei's lips curved, and she finally revealed a faint smile.

Isn't this much more casual?

Before the great battle, Xiao Moting had sent her a pottery figurine of a bird via Teleportation, which she kept in a cabinet.

Xiao Liujin had also sent her a pottery figurine of a puppy.

She kept them all, intending to add them to her collection.

"Xiao Moting, I really like the pottery figurine you sent over. Did Xiao Liujin make it?"

A long time passed without receiving a reply.

Just as Bai Wei was feeling puzzled, Xiao Moting finally answered.

"As long as you like it; it was Cangyun, which I molded out of pottery clay during my leisure time in the camp."

"What?" Bai Wei widened her eyes in disbelief.

That pottery figurine was actually made by his own hands!

Bai Wei could not help but run into the room to dig out the pottery figurine.

The little eagle was charmingly naive and molded to look vivid and lifelike.

She had not expected that while Xiao Moting was fierce in battle, he would also be so skillful with his hands.

Suddenly, an image appeared before Bai Wei's eyes.

Xiao Moting, in his full suit of armor, his tall figure crouching on the ground, was focused on molding a tiny mud figurine.

"Pfft."

Bai Wei finally could not help but laugh out loud.

Who could have imagined that the Zhenbei King, revered by all the people, would secretly mold little Mud Figurines to pass the time in private?

This contrast was just too great.

The gloom in her heart vanished completely, and Bai Wei's mood finally improved.

However, when she stepped down from the Recreational Vehicle, her brows immediately furrowed again.

Zhou Yuchuan said that Xiao Moting would "die for treason."

No!

She would not allow it!

Xiao Moting fought bravely to kill the enemy, protected the common people, and would even chat with her and mold little Mud Figurines for her.

She did not want to watch him die.

As soon as she returned, Bai Wei immediately opened her computer to search for information regarding "Zhenbei King colluding with the enemy and treason."

However, Bai Wei searched the entire internet and could not find any clues.

Daliang was an extremely unique dynasty; there was simply no information about it online.

Bai Wei could not eat.

She knew that Xiao Moting was filled with passion for Daliang and would certainly never collude with the enemy or betray his country; there must be a grievance in this.

She did not want Xiao Moting to die, and even less did she want him to be left with an infamous reputation for eternity after his death.

I am afraid that only in three days, when she goes to the Zhenbei King Tomb, will she be able to find the answer.