Chapter 176: Breaking Off the Engagement
“Xiaoxiao? You’re Shen Xiaoxiao? Impossible, absolutely impossible!”
Gu Yuehua tried to pull Shen Xiaoxiao back as if she had gone crazy, but Shen Jinwen was just standing there. How could he let this woman get close to Shen Xiaoxiao? He immediately berated her.
“Gu Yuehua, stop pretending. Who doesn’t know that you like your stepdaughter and not your own biological daughter? I’m talking about the matters of my Shen family now. If you’re from the Liu family, you’d better keep your mouth shut.”
“Pei Dongguo, my Miss is back. Can I talk to you about breaking off the engagement now?”
Pei Li was already very surprised. This woman was not just the president of the KN Group. She was actually the Eldest Miss of the Shen family, his fiancée, the woman he wanted to spend his whole life with. He did not know why, but at this moment, he actually felt a sense of joy. That was great. If it was her, that would be great.
However, Pei Li seemed to have forgotten that Shen Xiaoxiao was going to break off the engagement. Instead, he continued to stare at her with eyes full of affection.
Shen Xiaoxiao did not even look at him. She turned her head and looked into Pei Dongguo’s eyes.
“Old Master Pei, can you break off the engagement now? How can such a disgusting couple be worthy to be the son-in-law of the Shen family? Are you really bullying the Shen family?”
“This, this, are you really Shen Xiaoxiao?”
“What a joke. You can’t even recognize me and you still want to talk about the engagement? Old Master Pei, don’t tell me you’re not returning my Shen family’s keepsake just because you want it?”
Pei Dongguo did not expect this lass to speak so openly about the keepsake. His heart pounded. Although this Pei Li was a bastard and the engagement was canceled, he could not bear to part with the Shen family’s secret inheritance fund. All these years, he had already treated this thing as his Pei family’s. Wouldn’t it be harder for him to take it out than to kill him?
“You went abroad to study when you were six years old. It’s understandable that Grandpa Pei did not recognize you. However, this engagement was made when your grandpa was still alive. How could it be canceled so easily?”
“There’s also more than one descendant of my Pei family. Back then, our marriage contract never mentioned that Pei Li was the one who made the engagement with you. Hence, Niece, this is a misunderstanding. Our Ah Xi is the one.”
Shen Xiaoxiao had truly witnessed how the black and white could be turned into a horse. When she saw that Pei Dongguo had made up his mind not to annul the engagement, Shen Xiaoxiao lost her good temper. Of course, her temper was not that good either.
However, there were still more fiery people waiting there. When Third Uncle heard this, he jumped up immediately.
“What a joke, Old Man Pei. You’re too shameless. Do you really think that we’re all blind? Are you bullying the Shen family because we only have a young lady to support us? Do you want to swallow the Shen family’s assets? Although our Shen family is not as big as before, we still have a big business. Do you have such a big appetite? You have to eat whatever smells good or smelly?”
“Also, let me tell you, even if you rotate all your descendants today, the engagement will still be canceled.”
“With such a shameless daughter-in-law, you have the nerve to let your grandson marry someone else. Like mother, like son. Look at Pei Li. I don’t want us to be in a scandal.”
“Retreat, we must retreat. Even if we were photographed, they wouldn’t admit to it. What a bunch of shameless people.”
This time, the faces of the Ouyang family members turned even more ashen. Today, they had truly been stripped and slapped in the face.
Furthermore, Third Uncle had already said this. Pei Dongguo was really furious. This prodigal daughter-in-law was really not good enough to do anything.
However, he was not willing to accept it. Even if he did not want this old face, he was not willing to accept it.
“If you want to break off the engagement, you have to have the marriage contract from back then. You should know that after your grandfather left, the marriage contract and the keepsake were all gone. Also…”
“Alright, Old Master Pei, this is the marriage contract and this is the keepsake. Let’s exchange it for our Shen family’s keepsake so that we won’t be confused in the future. The things of our Shen family belong to our Shen family. No one can snatch them away. If they don’t belong to our Shen family, I don’t want them either.”
Shen Xiaoxiao took out the marriage contract and the jade pendant. Pei Dongguo’s face turned pale. They had searched for so long but still couldn’t find this thing. It was actually in the hands of this little lass? This was simply hateful.
“Alright, since that’s the case, you may withdraw. However, this token…”
“Pei Dongguo, you’ve been hanging it around your neck for so many years. You can’t bear to use it as an amulet after wearing it for so long, right?”
Third Uncle added once again. Everyone looked at Pei Dongguo’s neck at the same time. What exactly was the token that this old man had brought with him?
Pei Dongguo saw that they had obviously come prepared and were pressing him step by step. Perhaps these people were the ones who had prepared the videos for tonight. He felt extremely resentful in his heart, and a murderous aura rose in his heart.
However, when he saw that almost all the famous people in China had arrived tonight, he had already lost all his face. He could only take out the item temporarily. When he had the opportunity, he had to think of a way to snatch the item back and put it into his pocket. It was impossible for him to take it out.
“Take it!”
“Grandfather–”
“Shut up!”
A metal rod the size of a baby’s fist appeared in front of everyone. Shen Xiaoxiao deliberately held the token in her hand and said to Pei Dongguo, “Old Master Pei, don’t blame this junior for being too ruthless. No matter what, this is my grandmother’s dowry. After all, it’s not good for it to be snatched away by outsiders. Furthermore, I’ve been away for many years, so the things in my house have been completely destroyed. Of course, I have to keep this as a memento.”
Shen Xiaoxiao was very smart. She knew that if Pei Dongguo carried this thing with him, people would definitely be curious about what kind of treasure it was. Now that Shen Xiaoxiao said so, everyone saw that it was actually a golden rod with an inconspicuous color. At that moment, they were no longer curious.
However, there were many people who still felt that something was strange. For example, Ouyang Tian was one of them.
Shen Jinwen understood the crux of the matter too well. When he saw that the item had been changed back, he heaved a sigh of relief in his heart and continued to say to Pei Dongguo, “Old Man Pei, my mother has been gone for decades. It’s about time for you to let go of the matter of you being so persistent in pursuing my mother. You say that you’re so sentimental, but your descendants are really different. It’s time to teach them well. Let them learn from the only good thing about you, isn’t it?”
After Shen Jinwen finished speaking, the fire in the house was completely released. After all this time, there was still this scene. Of course, Shen Jinwen was speaking the truth. Back then, Pei Dongguo had pursued the old lady of the Shen family, but the old master of the Shen family was an open-minded person. He did not mind and even formed a good relationship between the two families. Otherwise, how could such a thing happen?
Although this matter had been going on for decades, there were still old people around. After Shen Jinwen finished speaking, he heard someone mutter:
“I seem to have heard my old man mention it before. Otherwise, their families wouldn’t have gotten engaged. But in the end, it’s getting worse with each generation.”
“Oh, so that’s how it is? I knew it. What’s so precious that it’s worn so closely? So it’s nostalgia. But why hasn’t this grandson learned anything?”
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The discussions were endless. Shen Xiaoxiao was extremely satisfied with Third Uncle’s wit. Since she had already settled the matter tonight, now it was time to watch a good show.
As for Gu Yuehua and the Liu father and daughter, how could they dare to talk about other people’s matters when such a huge scandal had been exposed?
It was probably too late to run now, but this wasn’t a place that they could run to just like that. And just then, an unexpected scene happened…