Chapter 9: Defending the Title of Family Head

The members of the Lu family all looked toward Li Meng. This woman really knew how to tell lies. Their eyes were full of wariness.

Li Meng hurriedly waved her hands. “No, I didn’t...”

The facts were right there in front of everyone. Could she really explain them away clearly?

Fang Yuan glared at Li Meng and warned her, “From now on, you’d better stop looking at our Lu Er. He’s educated and handsome, not someone you get to covet. If I catch you looking, I’ll beat you every time.”

Lu Er really was having trouble adapting to the title “our Lu Er.” He could not help baring his teeth. Even his melancholy had vanished.

Mother Lu looked worriedly at Li Meng, then glanced at Lu Er. If that were true, then it would be the source of chaos in the family. They had to keep a close eye on it. Fang Yuan really had been farsighted.

Li Meng was so angry that she clenched her teeth. Trembling, she could barely get her words out. “I was praising you. The only one I care about is my Brother Feng.”

Fang Yuan pointed at Li Meng’s nose and cursed, “Bah. That just proves you’re shameless. You can actually say shameless things like that out loud.”

Honestly, Fang Yuan’s actions and words were unreasonable to the extreme.

Yet somehow they carried a certain logic.

Lu Chuan watched as Li Meng trembled over there, unable to say a single complete sentence. No matter what she said, Fang Yuan found a way to scold her. He thought to himself, Evil people really do need other evil people to deal with them. Our family has never been able to reason with this Li Meng.

Look at Fang Yuan. She’s completely unreasonable, yet she instantly has her under control.

Fang Yuan instructed the old couple of the Lu family, “Keep an eye on this woman in the future. Don’t let her run around embarrassing the family.”

Li Meng was furious and lost a bit of her rationality. “What business is that of yours?”

Fang Yuan replied, “Even though we’ve divided the family, it still looks bad if people point fingers at us. Men rely on their reputations when working outside. Treasure that reputation a little. Stop ruining it. Third Son still needs to find a wife in the future.”

The old couple of the Lu family did not dare offend Fang Yuan, and what she said made sense. They immediately nodded. “We definitely won’t let you worry about that, girl. Don’t worry, we’ve got it covered.”

Li Meng was only able to endure because she believed she would have a good life in the future.

Whatever she said, Fang Yuan would scold her for it, so she simply stopped talking.

When she looked at Lu Feng, her eyes were full of sympathy. Even if he became the richest man in the future, living with a woman like this could not be easy.

Lu Feng got goosebumps from the way Li Meng looked at him. This woman was sick.

Seeing that she had good control of the situation and that everyone could distinguish right from wrong, Fang Yuan was very satisfied.

Only then did she step down from the heated discussion and throw a nasty remark at Lu Er. “Let’s go. What’s with that pale face? Are you letting that shameless woman stare at you?”

Lu Er did not even know how to react. He only wanted to throw back his head and howl at the sky. What kind of woman was this? What kind of life was he going to live in the future?

For 350 yuan, she had sold off Lu Feng.

Could he really live with a woman like this? Why did he feel so insecure?

If Lu Feng was worth 350 yuan, Lu Er could not help estimating his own price.

He even wondered whether, if another woman suddenly appeared wanting to buy him, how much Fang Yuan would sell him for.

Could this woman get rich through this sort of business?

In the end, he still had to follow Fang Yuan out.

Otherwise, the entire family would have to keep watching Fang Yuan’s expression.

There was another reason. Lu Er was quick-witted. He could see that Fang Yuan was a troublemaker. If he did not follow her, she might drag him out herself. That would look even worse.

Looking at his parents, who were timidly watching Fang Yuan’s mood, Lu Er sighed. After an entire day of chaos, today’s matter should finally come to an end.

The Lu family watched the two leave one after the other through the doorway. Lu San was the first to lose control and burst into tears. “Dad, Mom, will Second Brother be okay? Is he going to get beaten up?”

Lu San had always been clever since childhood, but he was also cowardly. Getting him to do good deeds was not easy, but getting him to do bad deeds was difficult too.

Everyone looked toward Lu Feng, the one who had already been beaten.

Wasn’t the answer obvious?

Lu Er’s situation could not possibly be much better.

Lu Feng’s expression darkened. Putting on a brave front, he shouted, “What are you all looking at? She’s still a woman. She wouldn’t dare.”

Then everyone fell silent again.

She really would dare.

She had already done it.

She had even beaten up both Lu Feng and that unchaste woman right in front of the entire family.

There was a living example right there.

Coming from Lu Feng, those words had absolutely no credibility.

Lu Feng muttered, “Lu Er didn’t do anything wrong.”

After he said that, everyone fell silent once more.

So even you know you disgraced yourself and deserved the beating.

Lu Feng directly squatted on the doorstep, covered his head with his hands, and shut himself off from the world.

Mother Lu was still worried about her son. Tugging on Father Lu, she spoke tremblingly, “Old man, will our second son be okay?”

Father Lu wore a bitter expression. He had no plan at all. If he had really been a strong and decisive man, his second son would never have been handed over so easily.

What he could not say aloud was that, given Lu Er’s situation, marrying Girl Fang was actually not bad. When Lu Er went off to university, perhaps his in-laws could help support him.

Without that calculation in mind, he would never have sacrificed his son.

Lacking confidence, he said, “Let’s watch and see. He should be fine.”

What else could they do?

The son had already been taken away.

Mother Lu steeled herself and stamped her foot. “As long as she doesn’t beat him to death, our family will have another daughter-in-law. From now on, our second son is a married man too.”

Then she wailed, “My poor second son!”

It was obvious that she truly had very little confidence.

Lu San also started crying. “Mom, I don’t want a wife like that.”

Mother Lu smacked Lu San. “Nonsense. We don’t even have money to get you a wife anymore. Otherwise your second brother wouldn’t have had to suffer like this.”

At the same time, she glanced at the bargain daughter-in-law who had delivered herself to their doorstep, Li Meng.

Not marrying someone like Fang Yuan was one thing, but they definitely could not accept someone like this either.

Later she would have to explain that clearly to her third son.

A fierce wife was acceptable.

A wife who ruined the family absolutely was not.

After saying that, mother and son looked at each other through tear-filled eyes, then both started crying loudly.

Father Lu became so irritated that his temper flared. “Stop crying, all of you. Do you want everyone to know about our family’s business?”

Fine.

Mother Lu hugged Lu San. The two covered their mouths and cried silently.

The scene was even more heartbreaking.

Li Meng looked at this family. They did not even have money left to find a wife for the third son.

How long would it take before she could become a wealthy lady?

She wanted to cry too.

Turning to look at Lu Feng, she found hope again. “Brother Feng, I’m not afraid of hardship. We’ll build a good life together.”

In the future, Lu Feng would drive cars whenever he went out. He would own houses everywhere.

Now all of that belonged to her.

Thinking of this, Li Meng calmed down and became full of hope once more.

Li Meng’s heartfelt confession earned her nothing but Lu Feng’s back and a door being slammed shut with a loud Bang!

His wedding day had been completely ruined by this crazy woman.

That money and that family property had all flown away.

Lu Feng was not someone without any thoughts of his own.

This was simply the result of being poor. Poverty had worn away even a hero’s courage.

Li Meng had first broken off the engagement, then later come running back. Her attitude had changed completely.

There was definitely something suspicious going on.

Still, at least he had managed to get himself a wife.

The family assets, however, had been completely squandered.