Chapter 585 - 576: The Stepmother Who Refuses to Be a Doormat 64

Chapter 585: Chapter 576: The Stepmother Who Refuses to Be a Doormat 64

Everyone guessed that Li Zhiyuan would definitely not come up with such a large dowry for the Lu Family, fearing that Jingming’s marriage could be off.

But when the Xu Xiyue family was reunited, Li Zhiyuan suddenly announced that Li Jingming’s marriage was on, and he would be getting married on the eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

At that time, Anning was in the kitchen cooking with Liu Ru and An Jinling, and hurried out when she heard the noise outside.

She came out just in time to hear Zhang Fengfeng asking Li Zhiyuan: "What’s really going on? Did you actually agree to give such a big dowry?"

Li Zhiyuan was also worried about this.

"We can’t do it without giving."

"Why can’t we skip it?"

Zhang Fengfeng seemed quite angry, and Li Baolai also turned off the TV and came over to ask.

Li Zhiyuan took out a cigarette, thought about it since they were indoors, and put the cigarette back: "Jingming insists on marrying Lu Yi. After you left, the girl ran out from her home, knelt before us with tears and snot all over, saying if Jingming didn’t marry her, she wouldn’t want to live anymore, and it involved life. What can we do?"

Zhang Fengfeng was also stunned.

Everyone in the kitchen also came out to ask.

Li Zhiyuan sighed: "Lu Yi is not Lu Family’s biological child; she was adopted. It’s said that Lu Fu couple couldn’t have children, and they heard from someone that adopting a child might bring them a biological one later. Lan Cui took that to heart, went out to the market and just happened to see someone abandoning a child and running away. She went over, saw a rather fair-skinned little girl who was also quite pretty, and decided to bring the child home."

Zhang Fengfeng frowned: "With such a family background and that kind of origin for the child, there will be a lot of trouble in the future."

Li Zhipeng also said, "Yeah, what if the child’s biological parents come looking for her?"

Li Zhiyuan grew more worried: "The key issue isn’t even this; the key is that the Lu Family later actually had a son, but this son has been suffering from polio since he was young, and it’s going to be trouble for him to work and marry in the future, so Lu family demanded such a high dowry."

He smiled bitterly: "Lu Yi’s life in Lu family is not easy. She has to do a lot of chores every day and take care of her brother who is incapable of moving much. Everything needs someone to look after him. Lan Cui is inhuman, telling Lu Yi that if she couldn’t bring a high dowry, she would marry her off to her brother, which also saves future worries about finding a wife for him."

In another room, where Tang Shi was playing with the children, somehow she heard this and her face turned pale instantly.

Li Jingyu noticed that Tang Shi looked unusual, and quickly held her hand: "Shishi, what’s wrong?"

"Nothing."

Tang Shi forced a smile: "I’m fine."

"Truly inhumane."

Zhang Fengfeng cursed.

Li Zhicheng looked disapprovingly at Li Zhiyuan: "You pity that girl, but you shouldn’t involve your own family, that’s not marrying a bride, you are preparing for poverty relief."

Sun Xiumei said with a touch of bitterness, "Originally we really didn’t want to get involved, and we told Lu Yi we couldn’t handle this matter, but Jingming is stubborn, insisted on marrying the girl no matter what. Afterwards, we had no choice but to find the Lu Family to discuss it, and we signed an agreement with them. We agreed to the dowry, and once the dowry is paid, Lu Yi is part of our family and from then on, she has no relation with Lu Family. They can’t come looking for Lu Yi for any reason in the future, otherwise, we would call the police, accusing them of child trafficking. Even if we don’t call the police, since Lu Yi isn’t their biological child and they don’t have formal adoption papers, if Lu Yi walks away in frustration, they have no grounds to demand the child."

Anning looked at Sun Xiumei, pondering for a moment.

That’s what she thought, when they first met, she noticed that Lu Yi was not a simple girl, and now it seems to be the case indeed.

The girl must have planned all this in advance.

When she and Li Jingming were dating, she had already thought out her escape route. Now she is using the Li family to escape the control of the Lu family.

That agreement must have been proposed by Lu Yi; otherwise, with Li Zhiyuan and his wife’s capabilities, they wouldn’t have thought of this method.

But on second thought, Li Jingming is somewhat naive, marrying such a savvy girl like Lu Yi might not be a bad thing if Lu Yi genuinely likes Li Jingming and wants to live a good life with him, perhaps their future could be very promising.

Thus, Anning didn’t say much.

Sun Xiumei said it all, and even though the people of Li Family had their thoughts, they didn’t express them.

Zhang Fengfeng, however, was a bit worried: "What about Jingdong and Jingqiu in the future when they need to marry?"