After being jilted, the entire neighboring village was filled with deep regret.

Chapter 2: The Heartbreaking Rejection of the Engagement

Su Chunlin and his wife knew that it was unreasonable to hide the fact that their daughter was mentally challenged from their future in-laws. They were not confident in the face of Ding's questioning, but when they thought of Su Tai's performance just now, they straightened their backs a little.

Han glared at Ding and the others angrily, "How dare you talk like that? My daughter has been in the village for so many years, who said she's stupid? If she were really stupid, how could we have kept it a secret for so long! I think you're only here to cause trouble because you didn't get anything out of today's incident, shameless!"

Su Tai's illness was a thorn in Han's side. She couldn't stand others slandering her daughter and spoke very rudely to them.

Ding was furious that even after things had come to this, Han could still so brazenly distort the facts. She jumped up and down in anger, shouting, "I'm telling the truth! So many people saw it. If she wasn't stupid, how could she be smiling and joining in when others were fighting? Don't try to twist the truth with me!"

"Try cursing my daughter again!" Han was furious and grabbed a carrying pole from the wall, ready to fight Ding.

At the critical moment, a rather unremarkable-looking man stepped forward from behind Ding and shielded her. "Aunt Su, we're here to reason things out, not to fight. Although my aunt's words are harsh, she's not just talking nonsense. News of Miss Su's strange behavior today has spread. In just half a day, half the villagers have come to my house to laugh at me. My aunt was so angry that she brought me here to resolve this matter."

Su Chunlin, who hadn't intended to speak up, couldn't remain silent any longer when he saw Xiong Kai step forward. He asked expressionlessly, "How do you plan to resolve this?"

He had already decided that if Xiong Kai asked Su Tai to go to Ximen Village, he would go with her; it wouldn't be a big deal.

Xiong Kai bowed respectfully to Su Chunlin and said solemnly, "This junior hopes that Uncle will agree to dissolve my engagement with Miss Su."

"What did you say?" Su Chunlin stood up angrily.
Han was faster than him, grabbing a carrying pole and hitting Xiong Kai directly on the forehead.

Xiong Kai was caught off guard and was hit squarely.

Ms. Ding was so frightened that she screamed and cursed.

The people from Ximen Village were so angry that they wanted to take action.

"Stop!" Village chief Su Changxi arrived in a flurry with a group of people.

Seeing this, the group from Ximen Village wisely withdrew, but believing they were in the right, they did not back down in the slightest.

"The Su Chunlin family deceived our Xiong family first, and now they've even physically assaulted and injured Xiong Kai. If you want to side with them, don't blame us for making a big scene. Let's see which village will dare to marry a girl from your Dongmen Village in the future!"

Su Changxi pursed his lips and stepped forward to examine Xiong Kai's condition carefully. Seeing that he was covering his forehead but there was no blood or bumps, he immediately understood and nodded slowly: "This matter was indeed impulsive on Chunlin's part. I will have Chunlin go to Ximen Village to apologize afterwards."

The Xiong family members were surprised that Su Changxi was so easy to talk to, and for a moment no one responded.

Xiong Kai's face was ashen, and he stared directly at Su Chunlin, saying loudly, "Uncle, today's carrying pole is my repayment for what I owe you. You've already done the beating, so you should have vented your anger. Can you now grant my request?"

"You," Han, are about to make a move again.

Su Chunlin stopped her, glaring fiercely at Xiong Kai, "What if I don't agree?"

The atmosphere suddenly became somewhat tense.

Xiong Kai gave Su Chunlin a deep look, sneered, stood up from the ground, and unceremoniously patted the dust off his backside. "If Uncle doesn't agree, there's nothing I can do. But our Xiong family is poor and can't afford to raise a fool. If Uncle insists on sending Miss Su to our Xiong family, then we can only let her fend for herself."

"Is that even human language you're speaking?" Han was so angry she rolled her eyes.

Xiong Kai, however, acted like a shameless rogue with nothing to lose, saying, "My family consists of an orphan and a widow. The situation is what it is. If you don't believe me, you can go and ask around. If Miss Su is not doing well, don't blame me."

"That's right! Our Xiong family isn't exactly wealthy, yet you insist on clinging to our Xiong Kai. It's clear your daughter is an unmarriageable idiot!" Madam Ding insisted that Su Tai was an idiot.

Unable to bear it any longer, Han threw down the carrying pole and lunged at Ding, shouting, "I'll fight you to the death!" Xiong Kai shielded Ding and pushed Han away.

Having found a reason to act, Su Chunlin immediately rushed forward, and Su Zhan seized the opportunity to help Han Shi.

The rest of the Xiong family wanted to join in, but there were also villagers from Dongmen Village watching them intently. They didn't want to get beaten up, so they could only watch anxiously from the sidelines.

Inside the house, Su Tai knew these people had ill intentions and was worried that her family would be taken advantage of. Just as she was about to go out, she suddenly felt her clothes being tugged. When she turned around, she saw Su Ming holding her firmly in his eyes.
Su Tai felt helpless. She looked outside, then looked down at the little radish Su Ming, squatted down, and whispered to Su Ming in a not-so-fluent accent, "Call your father in. I have something to say to him."

Su Ming's mouth was wide open, and Su Tai quickly covered his mouth, making a shushing gesture, "Don't make a sound, quietly call Dad over."

Su Ming widened his eyes and nodded, obediently going out to call for help.

"Dad! I pooped on the bed!"

Su Ming's shout left everyone bewildered. Seeing that the fight had gone on for a while, Su Changxi quickly sent people to separate them.

Su Chunlin's face darkened, and he grabbed a carrying pole and chased Su Ming into the house, yelling, "You brat, I'll give you a good spanking!"

When Su Chunlin caught up with Su Tai and entered her room, Su Tai grabbed the furious Su Chunlin and whispered to comfort him, "Father, don't be angry. I had my younger brother trick you into coming in."

Su Chunlin was stunned, looking worriedly at Su Tai's head wrapped up in a ball. "Girl, listen to your father. Don't worry about things outside. This marriage is definitely not going to fall through. I still have leverage over the Xiong family. If you really anger me, no one will have a good time!"

Su Chunlin clenched his fists fiercely, making a solemn vow.

Su Tai was touched, but shook her head and said, "Father, forget it, let's just break off the engagement. That Xiong Kai is obviously not a good person. If I really marry him, I will definitely not have a good life in the future. Now that they have taken the initiative to break off the engagement, they are not in the right. We can take this opportunity to ask them for benefits. That's more practical."

Su Chunlin seemed not to recognize Su Tai, "Girl, how can you be so optimistic?"

Su Tai thought to herself, "No woman who isn't blind would marry such a shameless man. What's there to be so upset about!"
“Dad, don’t ask anymore. If Xiong Kai doesn’t break off the engagement, I will too. We can’t marry such a scoundrel.”

These words amused Su Chunlin. "Alright! Since you've said so, I'll listen to you and definitely squeeze some meat out of the Xiong family!"

Su Chunlin went out happily.

Su Tai took the opportunity to close the door. She figured the commotion outside would continue for a while, so she could use this opportunity to study the portal to time and space properly.

Yesterday she only got a rough look at it, but today when she came in, she found that there were three buttons in the upper right corner of the screen of the Time Gate Transfer Station: one was to check the virtual currency balance, one was to automatically trade, and the last was to purchase media tools.

She clicked through the instructions one by one and finally understood the purpose of this transfer station.

The entire Time-Space Gate transfer station can be understood as a time-space trading station. She can sell any compliant and legal items to the automated trading cabinet. As long as the goods are put into the cabinet, the automated trading cabinet will actively identify the category and quality of the goods and make an estimate. She can choose to complete the transaction or terminate the transaction.

Successful transactions earn virtual currency. Once the virtual currency accumulates to a certain amount, it can be used to open or upgrade time portals. At the same time, virtual currency can also circulate in other time portals and be exchanged at equivalent value.

The rules state that you can open a portal to time and space by accumulating fifty virtual coins. It seems that the time and space behind these portals should correspond to their attributes. The portal to time and space is water. Could it be a water world? It just so happens that she needs water, lots and lots of water.

Su Tai had only one thought left in her mind—a deal.

(End of this chapter)