“I found you a job, I bought your car and I paid for the renovations of your house in your hometown. You know I'm not in good health and I've done my best to make up for it. Are you still not satisfied?
“And now you want to take even my dowry and betrothal gifts? Are you and your family so determined to drain me dry, until there’s nothing left of me?”
After a few words were shouted, the scene suddenly became noisy.
“This guy wasn't after the money from the beginning, was he?”
“The woman is really nice. She almost treats his parents like gods. The betrothal gifts and dowry belong to the woman. Isn't this just living off her?”
“How dare a gigolo speak so shamelessly? This entire family is nothing but a pack of greedy gigolos!”
“I've never seen such brazen people, demanding both dowry and betrothal gifts. It's not like they just found out she couldn't have children. What is this if not taking advantage of someone else's misfortune?”
“They humiliated the girl’s family right at their own engagement party! Those who knew the details called it an engagement, but those who didn’t would’ve thought it was a public feud between enemies.”
Tears welled up in my mother’s eyes as she was so angry that she kept searching for the medicine bottle on my father’s body.
I was just about to call emergency services.
As soon as I took out the cell phone, it was knocked to the ground by Rod’s mother.
Not feeling satisfied yet, she stepped on it twice.
The triple-fold screen went black instantly and broke into pieces.
“You little bitch, why are you talking so harshly? We are all family; shouldn't you give a little respect? You should be proud of my son's work and earning money, you know!
“If it weren't for you, would my family have been extinct? My family has been a single-line family for three generations! I only have this one son, so what's wrong with me asking for some security for my son?
“I’m putting it right here. You won't be able to enter my house until these dowries are changed into my son's name!”
As soon as she finished speaking, my father's trembling body fell to the ground.
His lips were bruised, but his hands were still pointing at Rod’s mother angrily.
The latter took several steps back and kept some distance.
“Don't blackmail me. Everyone present is a witness. I didn't do anything to you!”
Seeing that something was about to happen, the relatives from both families fled the box on the pretext of having something to do.
My mother anxiously took out her phone and called an ambulance.
At this moment, Rod walked up to me and said, “You don't want the news of your infertility to spread, do you? The Dudley Family has such a big business, they must have some face.
“My mother is doing this for our own good. Besides, we'll be a family from now on, so it doesn't matter who has the money, right?
“As long as you agree to my conditions, I will get the marriage certificate with you immediately.”
Seeing my father in imminent danger, I could no longer suppress the anger in my heart.
I slapped Rod hard in the face and shouted, “Don't flatter yourself! I’m telling you, I won't get married.
“You can have a baby with whomever you want, just give birth to a son to inherit your family's pots and pans.”
Rod got angry after being beaten. He raised his hand to take revenge on me.
But when he caught a glimpse of the property certificate on the table, his expression instantly calmed down.
“Think about it yourself. Who else would want a hen that can't lay eggs except me?” he mocked me in a cold tone.
I sneered on the spot, “Rod, don't you understand what I'm saying? I'm saying, let’s break up, I don't want to get married.
“Get lost! I don't want to see you again.”
Rod was about to speak when his mother grabbed his arm and spat hard in my face, “Son, don't talk too much to her. She is born with a disability and won't be able to get married. There will be many times when she kneels down to beg you.
“Isn't it just a couple of lousy coins? Her family doesn't even have a son, who will the money go to after they die?
“It's already a great honor for our family to accept a disabled person. Just wait and see. Once the news of this bitch's infertility spreads, she will come back to beg you in two days.”
