Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 542 542

Chapter 542: Breaking Off Engagement ( 3 )
While Grandma Huang was thinking about what to do, Mother Huang already walked to Aunt Lin and said, “Sister-in-law, you are finally here. We have been waiting for you.”

Aunt Lin smiled at her, gave Huang Tingyun and Xiao Mei a meaningful look, and said, “Sister-in-law, I didn’t know you had guests today. If I had known you were busy, I wouldn’t have come to bother you today.”

Hearing her meaningful words, Mother Huang paused for a moment and smiled stiffly, “What kind of guest is she? She is just an insignificant person. Please come in.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Huang Tingyun said firmly, “Mother, I have already told you that I will only marry Xiao Mei. Even if you beat me to death today, I will not marry Liu Hua.”

Although everyone thought he was humiliating Liu Hua, only he and Liu Hua knew the real reason why he did what he did today. In fact, it was Liu Hua who asked him to be the one to break off the engagement.

Huang Tingyun didn’t understand why she asked that at first. After all, if he breaks off the engagement, Liu Hua’s reputation will hit rock bottom, and it will be even harder for her to get married in the future.

He hesitated for a long time and thought about how to resolve their engagement without harming Liu Hua’s reputation, until that day when he met Xiao Li. When he realized Xiao Li’s situation, he finally knew why she wanted him to break off the engagement.

With Xiao Li’s qualifications, the Liu family would not agree to let her marry him. Therefore, she is willing to destroy her reputation to force her family to agree to Xiao Li’s proposal. Another reason is that she doesn’t want Xiao Li or her family to compensate the Huang family.

Since he didn’t lack the money, he agreed to her request. On the one hand, Liu Hua owes him a favor, and on the other hand, he can also use this incident to convince his girlfriend that he is serious about marrying her and is willing to go against his family for her. As they expected, his girlfriend agreed to marry him as long as he broke off the engagement.

Mother Huang was irritated and felt embarrassed by his words. She wanted to explain, but before she could speak, Aunt Lin interrupted her, “Sister-in-law, your son already has someone in mind. I think it’s better to break off the engagement. Otherwise, people might say Liu Hua is a vicious woman who destroys a pair of lover’s relations.”

After hearing what she said, Grandma Huang said, “Impossible! My family will not agree to break off the engagement. If you want to break off the engagement, you must compensate my family!”

After hearing her words, everyone shook their heads. No one in their village could match Grandma Huang’s shamelessness.

Aunt Su didn’t know that the Liu family planned to break off the engagement, and was angered by Grandma Huang’s words.

She crossed her arms and said, “Aiyoyoyo~ Aunt Huang, how can you be so shameless? The people who violated the marriage agreement are your family members. Your son already has someone in his mind yet your family still proposed marriage to the Liu family.”

“We didn’t even complain yet, yet you have the face to ask us to compensate your family? Logically speaking, your family should compensate Liu Hua instead. Your family is ruining her reputation by humiliating her like this!” She added angrily.

As Aunt Su laid the foundation for the attack, Aunt Lin quickly joined the battle, “Aunt Huang, your grandson already rejected her in public like this. How do you expect Liu Hua to find a good marriage in the future? In order to save your family’s face, we have already taken a step back and proposed a breakup. But not only do you not appreciate it, you also ask us to compensate your family. I didn’t expect you to be such a bully!”

Grandma Huang was bombarded by their words and was left speechless. Because it was his grandson who refused to get married, their position was now weaker.

Just when she motioned to Mother Huang to speak for her, Huang Tingyun interrupted them, “Grandma, mother, please grant my wish. I will only marry Xiao Mei in this life.”

As soon as she finished speaking, Xiao Mei’s eyes turned red, and she tightened her grip on Huang Tingyun’s hand. She didn’t know what meritorious deeds she had done in her previous life to enable her to meet him in this life. She was really lucky to have his love.

Taking a deep breath and mustering up her courage, she kowtowed to Mother Huang and Grandma Huang and said, “Grandma, Aunt, I love Brother Tingyun. Please give me your blessing. I swear I will treat him well and never let him down.”

Huang Tingyun was stunned when he heard her words. This was the first time she had been so open about her feelings for him in front of others.

Onlookers saw Huang Tingyun and Xiao Mei kowtowing heavily, and one of them finally couldn’t watch it anymore and shouted, “Aunt Huang, just give them your blessing. Do you know that destroying a couple will bring you bad karma?”

When Grandma Huang heard this, her face turned red from anger. When Mother Huang saw her son kowtowing heavily, her heart softened.

Seeing that his forehead was already red, she quickly stopped him and said, “Son, that’s enough!”

Being held by his mother, Huang Tingyun did not insist on kowtowing, but looked at his grandma firmly.

Mother Huang looked at her mother-in-law and said, “Mother, Tingyun is twenty-seven years old this year. He is already an adult and can make his own decisions. As his elders, we should support him instead of forcing him to do things he didn’t want to.”

Aunt Lin nodded and said, “Aunt Huang, what my sister-in-law said makes sense. You are too controlling. Your grandson is not a 15-year-old boy who doesn’t understand anything. He is old enough to know what he wants. Why should you hurt your relationship with your grandson because of this matter?”