1970s: A hot-tempered wife who accompanied a soldier to the military compound and made a fortune.

Chapter 466 Conditions
Upon hearing this, Cheng Laizi's mother slapped her thigh and began to wail, "This is outrageous! My son hasn't even seen the person, and we still have to pay compensation. This is simply outrageous!"

The village officials of Huaihua Village were already used to it: "This isn't our Huaihua Village, and nobody here is related to you. Your tricks probably won't work."

Seeing that things had gone well enough, Chu Xue deliberately stirred things up, saying, "If you say he's innocent, then he's innocent. It's his own fault for being used because he's wicked."

As she spoke, she deliberately emphasized the phrase "being used." Cheng Laizi's mother's eyes immediately changed, and she jumped up from the ground. Knowing that she was a lone villager from another village and was outnumbered, she turned to Peng Ailan and said, "Both of our families have been used. There is a cause for every grievance, and the debtor should be held accountable. This matter should be addressed to Liu's son."

Peng Ailan then realized what was happening: "Yes, if Liu Jiandong hadn't had ulterior motives and instigated my daughter, this wouldn't have happened. Liu Jiandong must take responsibility for this."

Liu Shanliang and Ge Xiulan were furious: "Isn't it all because your daughter and son have wicked intentions? Don't come after us when something happens, we won't take responsibility."

But Cheng Laizi's mother and Peng Ailan were not easily fooled. The two went straight to Liu Jiandong: "You were the one who started this, you were the one who found the people, and you were the one who came up with the idea. If you don't take responsibility for this, we'll fight to the death. We can send you to the woodcutter's den without the village officials and Chuxue even having to get involved."

Seeing their posture, how could Liu Jiandong not be afraid? He turned to look at Ding Surong, his meaning all too clear.

Seeing that Ding Surong ignored him, he had no choice but to move closer and say in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "I originally did not intend to tell the whole story, but the situation forced me to. If you don't care, I have no choice but to tell the truth to protect myself."

Upon hearing this, Ding Surong's expression turned even uglier than if she had eaten excrement. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's not impossible for me to pay this money, but I have one condition."

Liu Jiandong asked urgently, "What? Tell me."

Ding Surong leaned closer to him, her voice extremely low: "A fake marriage." Her father had said before that he would try to get her transferred back to the city, but he also said that jobs were hard to find these days, not to mention that there were people watching their family, and those who stood out would be targeted, so her return to the city would probably have to wait.

But after such an incident, it's easy to imagine how difficult life would be if she didn't marry Liu Jiandong. Those hooligans from the surrounding villages would likely come to harass her. Rather than that, it's better to use Liu Jiandong as a shield.

But now that he wants me to pay those compensations for him, I naturally have to take this opportunity to make demands.

When Liu Jiandong heard the conditions she proposed, he frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Ding Surong also pouted and said, "If it weren't for that incident, I wouldn't have agreed to marry you given my circumstances. Since you want me to pay to settle things with them, it's not unreasonable for me to make demands. It's a win-win situation, and you won't lose out."

Liu Jiandong's eyes were full of hostility, but then he thought that since she was already married to him, what difference did it make whether it was real or fake? He would have plenty of ways to make her obey him.

He had ulterior motives for wanting to marry her, and he could make demands of her later, ensuring he would profit without losing out: "Okay, I agree."

After a heated debate, Liu Jiandong agreed to cover half of the compensation owed to Liu Shuqin and Cheng Laizi, while they would pay the other half themselves.

Peng Ailan knew about the Liu family's situation, so she decided to stop while she was ahead.

Cheng Laizi's mother was not happy and wanted to argue again, but Ge Xiulan stepped forward: "If you keep making trouble, we won't care about the other half. Do whatever you want."