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Chapter 8
Emily asked to meet with me.
We were supposed to meet.
It was unexpected, so I decided not to go.
“It’s just one meeting, I need to talk to you about something important.”
“Don’t you want to know what Alex did to you?”
“Reply to my messages!”
I blocked her messages, keeping them for my own amusement. I always had a feeling she wouldn’t give up so easily.
Who knows what kind of trouble she might cause.
She pestered me for a few days, but when she saw I didn’t respond, she stopped harassing
- me.
To avoid Alex bothering me again, I moved back to my parents‘ house.
Surprisingly, Alex didn’t show up for two days straight. I thought maybe he had finally accepted his fate.
But I still overestimated him.
Early on the weekend, the yard was shaken by loud banging sounds.
Through the security cameras, I saw it was Alex’s whole family–him, his parents, his aunt, uncle, and cousins–gathering in front of the house. They could fill up two tables for a meal.
Alex’s mom: “In–laws, I brought Alex to apologize to your daughter. I’ve already scolded him for everything he did wrong, please don’t be angry.”
Her mom quietly nudged my dad to apologize, but gave a dismissive eye roll to the camera.
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I immediately figured out their intention–they came to pressure us.
My dad immediately called the security and asked for some of our relatives to come over. We didn’t have as many people as they did, but we could hire some muscle.
Before long, our backup arrived. A few big guys stood at the door, and Alex’s family immediately backed off.
They stopped demanding to be fed and stood quietly at the door, waiting to be let in.
Dad: “Why are they even here after we’ve broken up? How can they think we’re not angry? As if we should apologize to them.”
Mom: “Yeah, they must be eyeing our family’s wealth, thinking they can still get married and live off us.”
I nodded in agreement. “Leeching off us, but still acting all high and mighty, wanting to eat for free and take our money. There’s no way it’s that easy.”
My mom spat, grumbling about kicking them out.
I stopped her, took out the projector, and opened the door to let them in.
As soon as the door opened, a crowd of people rushed in, and the loud crying of kids instantly gave me a headache.
Alex’s mom: “Why did it take so long to open the door? My grandson is starving!”
She was holding Alex’s brother’s kid and made it clear she was unhappy with how long we took to open the door.
Alex’s brother dropped out of high school and went to work in a factory. A few years later, he came back with his pregnant girlfriend to get married. They couldn’t afford the bride
price, so Alex even tried to get me to pay.
He said it would count as an advance on the dowry.
Luckily, I didn’t agree. If I gave the dowry early, why wouldn’t I give the bride price early
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