Liu Zhen stared, dumbfounded.
Sun Li's thought process was truly baffling.
Seeing Liu Zhen remain silent, Sun's mother immediately raised an eyebrow.
"My dear sister-in-law, our Sun Li has been with your Chen Xiao for over three years. What, are you planning to renege on your word now?"
Liu Zhen replied helplessly, "But the fact is, your Lily dumped our Chen Xiao. She got involved with a rich second-generation heir. Even I know about this. Surely you can't be unaware?"
Sun's father snorted and said, "Lily, tell her exactly what happened!"
Sun Li put on a pitiable act.
"Mom, you've misunderstood me. A few days ago, you were sick and needed twenty thousand for surgery. Think about it, where would Chen Xiao get so much money?"
"In the end, he came up with this terrible idea, asking me to pretend to be with Long Yaoyang for a few days and trick money out of him to pay for your treatment."
"Mom, I did all this for you. Chen Xiao wouldn't have kept even this from you, would he?"
Liu Zhen frowned. Rationally, she didn't believe Chen Xiao would do such a thing.
But this family was too good at acting, and she was starting to question the truth. She could only try to stabilize the situation for now.
"Please don't rush. This is a big matter. Let's wait for Chen Xiao to return, and we can discuss it together."
Sun Li pouted, "Whether Chen Xiao agrees or not is just a matter of your word, isn't it?"
Sun's mother added fuel to the fire, "What's there to wait for? Let's settle this matter early and let that brat be happy about it!"
The way Sun's mother and daughter seemed so sure of Chen Xiao made Liu Zhen very uncomfortable.
She said with a stern face, "Marriage is not a child's play. Although I am Chen Xiao's mother, I respect his personal choices."
Seeing that Liu Zhen hadn't taken the bait, Sun Li became anxious.
"You don't actually think that bitch Li Ziqing will marry Chen Xiao, do you?"
"Her and Chen Xiao are just playing around, it's nothing serious!"
Liu Zhen blinked.
Her son found a girlfriend? And it was Li Ziqing? Why didn't he tell me?
At this moment, Sun's mother chimed in, "Sister-in-law, marriage is about matching social status. I advise you to be realistic. You can't afford someone like Li Ziqing!"
Sun's mother spoke with arrogance, as if her words were gospel.
Just then, the sound of a door opening was heard.
Then, Chen Xiao returned with Li Ziqing.
Li Ziqing smiled and greeted Liu Zhen respectfully.
"Hello, Auntie!"
Speak of the devil, everyone was stunned.
Liu Zhen was both surprised and delighted, "Oh, you are, you are Xiao Qing!"
Li Ziqing maintained a spring-like smile on her face.
"Auntie, did I just hear someone say Chen Xiao isn't good enough for me?"
"That's ridiculous. Chen Xiao and I are a perfect match, like talented scholars and beautiful ladies. When did it become the turn of a monster to object!"
Sun's mother's face turned green, "Who are you calling a monster?!"
Sun Li stamped her foot and gave her mother a look.
Sun's mother immediately understood what to do next.
She suddenly ran her hands through her hair, making it disheveled.
Then she ran to the door of Chen Xiao's house and sat down on the ground.
Finally, she started wailing at the top of her lungs.
"Everyone, come out and see! There's no justice! The Chen family is truly despicable!"
With her shout, the neighbors on both sides poked their heads out to see what the commotion was about.
Sun's mother glanced sideways, seeing that the time was ripe, and began her next performance.
She yelled with all her might, crying out:
"Everyone, please judge this for me! Chen Xiao, that damned scoundrel, abandoned her after playing with her! He's not a good person!"
"Our Sun Li followed him for three years without any official status. Now that he's successful, he immediately dumped my daughter and found a vixen!"
"My poor good daughter, her prime youth for three years, wasted on a dog!"
Chen Xiao snorted, "I abandoned her? Why don't you mention your daughter sleeping with my friend behind my back?"
Chen Xiao's words only made Sun's mother curse even more fiercely.
"You ungrateful wretch, how dare you say that? Wasn't it all your terrible idea?"
"You useless piece of trash, for money, you made my daughter seduce rich men, and then you accuse my daughter of being unfaithful?"
"You are truly wicked and heartless!"
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"Chen Xiao, I never realized you were such a scoundrel!"
"You always put on a good show, but I never expected you to do something so ungrateful!"
"Your mother worked hard to send you to school. Did all that education go to the dogs?"
The neighbors, hearing Sun's mother's tearful accusations, were indignant and began to criticize Chen Xiao harshly.
Liu Zhen tried desperately to explain, "Neighbors, it's not like she says at all. You all watched Chen Xiao grow up. Don't you know his character?"
Unfortunately, her soft voice was no match for Sun's mother's shrieking and rolling on the ground. The neighbors simply didn't listen to her.
Li Ziqing watched the scene with amusement.
She wanted to see how Chen Xiao would resolve this situation.
With Chen Xiao's abilities, beating everyone present was an easy task.
However, that would be playing into their hands and giving them more to talk about.
Just then, she noticed Chen Xiao's hands moving up and down in the air behind his back.
Watching the movements, it looked as if he was... forming hand seals.
Immediately after, Chen Xiao lightly tapped Sun Li on the body.
Sun Li frowned and looked at Chen Xiao, "What are you doing?"
Then Chen Xiao's intimidating voice was heard:
"Sun Li, tell me the truth!"
Sun Li's eyes widened, and then she walked straight towards her mother.
At this moment, Sun's mother was still spewing venom.
"Chen Xiao, you must give me an explanation today, or I won't leave your house! Let's see who wears out whom!"
Just then, Sun Li walked up to her mother.
She spoke with a blank expression, her voice calm and devoid of emotion.
"To be honest, I am a vain bitch."
Everyone was taken aback. Sun's mother was even more shocked.
"Lily, what are you talking about?"
Sun Li ignored the surrounding sounds and continued:
"I slept with Long Yaoyang. He paid me a hundred thousand yuan per night. With this, I earned 1.5 million!"
Everyone was shocked. What was going on?
Sun's mother was also dumbfounded. Why was Sun Li telling the truth?
She quickly grabbed her daughter, "You brat, what nonsense are you spouting? Have you no shame?"
Sun Li's eyes were vacant, her tone flat, devoid of any emotion.
"I'm just vain, what wrong have I done."
"Mom, don't lecture me. Don't say one hundred thousand per night, even if it was a thousand per night, you'd be overjoyed to sleep."
"It's a pity that even for a hundred yuan, no one would look for you."
Sun's mother's face turned red with suppressed anger.
Although Sun Li's words were embarrassing,
She had to admit that what she said was indeed the truth!
"You damn woman, what the hell are you talking about? Get out of here!"
Sun Hu became agitated and pushed Sun Li.
Unexpectedly, the usually frail Sun Li displayed extraordinary strength today.
With a flick of her arm, she sent her two-hundred-pound younger brother flying.
"Sun Hu, you have no right to curse me."
"Half of the money I earned with my body went into your pocket."
"If it weren't for me, where would you get the money to buy a new house, a new car?"
"With your lazy and good-for-nothing self, you still want to get married? Dream on!"