My Multiple Identities Revealed After Marrying the Bigshot-Chapter 40 - Wanting something back after it has

Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Wanting something back after it has entered her hands?

Chapter 40 -40: Wanting something back after it has entered her hands?

But now that the marriage arrangement had fallen through, Foolish Hu’s mother didn’t want the Lu Family to benefit in any way.

Even a single grain of rice, a drop of milk, she wanted nothing left for the Lu Family.

Foolish Hu’s father stopped and turned around just to hear Foolish Hu’s mother say, “Our marriage agreement wasn’t finalized, we can’t let them benefit!”

“Exactly!” Foolish Hu’s father agreed, finding the reasoning sound, and immediately pushed Foolish Hu’s mother to head back, “Let’s go, take back our stuff!”

So, the two of them squeezed through the crowd again, “Move! Everyone move!”

“Scram!” Foolish Hu’s father grew furious from the crowd’s pressure, “What are you staring at!”

Is other people’s business that interesting to watch?

The two once again emerged disheveled from the crowded throng, their hair messy and clothes wrinkled.

They re-entered the main gate of the Lu Family’s residence.

The Lu Family members saw them return and thought they had changed their minds. But then they heard Foolish Hu’s mother say, “We’ve come to take back what we brought!”

Old Madam Lu heard this and turned her eyeballs feigning ignorance, “What stuff?”

What a joke!

Old Madam Lu was always about taking, and never about giving.

Getting something back from her possession?

Foolish Hu’s mother scoffed coldly, thinking to herself: What a despicable old lady, every one of the Lu Family is just the same!

Foolish Hu’s mother didn’t bother arguing with Old Madam Lu and directly addressed the still-present village chief, “Village chief, we brought a box of rice and a box of milk thinking that our families were about to become relatives. But now that’s not the case, we need to take back what we brought. We won’t have any dealings with the Lu Family anymore, nor do we have any reason to leave those things for them for free!”

Foolish Hu’s father hadn’t expected Old Madam Lu to be so shameless and became enraged, jumping up and down, “A box of rice and a box of milk, and you even think of hoarding these! Lucky we didn’t form ties with your family; otherwise, we wouldn’t know how much more your family would take from us!”

“You also said it’s just a box of rice, a box of milk! Which family visits without gifts? Where are the manners now? Your family came to ours, drank our tea, ate our food; does that not cost money?” Old Madam Lu counted on her fingers, deciding to minutely calculate everything with the Hu couple, “If you want to calculate like that, you can pay us for these costs!”

Lu Zhenguo heard it and felt utterly humiliated!

He kept silent, clenched his fists, entered the house, and stood in the center quickly searching around. Eventually, in a corner, he saw a box of rice and a box of milk, still nicely packed, evidently brought by the Hu Family.

Lu Zhenguo strode forward, grabbing a box of rice in one hand and a box of milk in the other, then hurried back to the courtyard and threw both at the feet of the Hu couple, “Here’s your stuff, take it!”

Thinking about how they had brought these two boxes wanting to marry Lu Youxi, Lu Zhenguo was seething.

He hadn’t known they had brought gifts, and had he known, he wouldn’t have waited for them to come back for them; he would have thrown it back at them from the start.

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“Hmph!” Foolish Hu’s mother coldly snorted, with a dark expression, she picked up the box of milk near her feet.

Foolish Hu’s father picked up the other box of rice, and the two left with their items.

Outside, the shouts and curses of Foolish Hu’s parents resounded again.

Until the sound grew fainter, it was clear the two had left.

The village chief was about to leave, but suddenly he heard Lu Youxi say, “Uncle Village Chief, I’m afraid I have to trouble you to stay a bit longer.”

As the crowd, originally there for the spectacle, was dispersing, they halted their steps upon hearing Lu Youxi’s words and crowded back around outside the courtyard.

As long as Lu Youxi spoke, there was bound to be some excitement!

The village chief stayed, curious about Lu Youxi’s intentions.

Lu Youxi looked around the courtyard, but didn’t see Lu Youxue.

However, Lu Youzhen somehow appeared from somewhere and was now standing next to Ge Guifen.

Lu Youxi then asked Liu Yushu, “Mom, where’s Youxue?”

Liu Yushu had been working in the fields with Lu Zhenjia and rushed back only after hearing that the Lu Family’s elders intended to have Lu Youxi marry into Foolish Hu’s family, unaware of Lu Youxue’s whereabouts.

Lu Zhenguo felt the same and turned to ask Lu Family’s elders, “Dad, mom, where’s Youxue?”

Old Madam Lu of course knew where Lu Youxue was, but how could she say so at this moment?

Letting people see that to push forward Lu Youxi’s marriage to Foolish Hu, they had locked up Lu Youxue, would likely place her under the condemnation of the entire village.

Old Madam Lu could only strain her voice to say, “He seems to have gone out to play, not at home now.”

Lu Youxue, in the room, heard Old Madam Lu’s words outside and tears streamed down in desperation.

But his mouth was gagged, having struggled too much earlier, he had no strength left now and could only be tied to the chair squirming anxiously.

This time, Lu Youxi didn’t suspect otherwise, not just Lu Youxi, but also Lu Zhenguo, Liu Yushu, including the village chief, no one doubted Old Madam Lu’s words.

After all, everyone in Hexing Village knew Old Madam Lu favored sons over daughters.

She would mistreat Lu Youxi, but would never mistreat Lu Youxue.

So Lu Youxi didn’t pursue further about Lu Youxue, instead, he turned to Lu Zhenguo saying, “Dad, as you saw, grandpa and grandma agreed to sell me to Foolish Hu’s family for just a few words.”

Lu Zhenguo moved his mouth, ashamed, and lowered his head.

“Dad, don’t you want to say, ‘this time it wasn’t sold successfully?'” Lu Youxi sarcastically tugged at his lips.

“It’s not…” Lu Zhenguo’s tone sounded a bit too hesitant.

Lu Youxi knew, there was at least a small part in Lu Youxue’s heart that indeed thought so.

“I was even admitted to Jing University, and they could sell me without blinking an eye. If it didn’t happen this time, wouldn’t there be a next time? Are you counting on grandpa and grandma to keep their words, to act honorably? Or for aunt and uncle not to plot against us again? Initially, grandpa and grandma also agreed to let me attend Jing University, even without asking them to pay the fees, they had agreed just days ago but turned around sold me.”

Lu Zhenguo remained silent.

“I’m definitely going to Jing University, but I’m truly uneasy about leaving mom behind in Imperial Capital,” Lu Youxi declared.

Liu Yushu looked at Lu Youxi in surprise.

“With Youxue and me here, grandma, grandpa, aunt, and uncle can bully my mom. If I’m not here, and Youxue goes to school, there’ll be no one at home to speak for my mom. I’m really afraid they might wear her down to death,” Lu Youxi spoke coldly.

“You impudent girl, spouting nonsense! Stop defaming us in front of the village chief!” Lu Zhenjia jumped angrily.

“I can’t be bothered to argue this with you.” Lu Youxi was too lazy to talk more, “Who in the village doesn’t know your true nature, why do I need to defame you in front of the village chief? Besides, what I’m saying is the truth, how can that be defamation?”

“Dad, mom has suffered enough with you for a lifetime,” Lu Youxi took a deep breath, “I’m going to university, and I’m definitely bringing mom and Youxue with me. Letting Youxue go to the city to study provides higher quality education and would make him more insightful. Either you come with us, or as mom mentioned, you divorce her, and I’ll take mom and Youxue with me.