After being reborn, the school beauty's entire family knelt down to repent.

"Chen Ming, come out here! You have to give me an explanation!" Ah San continued to shout, his voice echoing in the night sky.

Upon seeing Chen Ming, Kong Chunhua immediately scrambled to her feet and rushed to his side, crying, "Chen Ming, you have to stand up for me! That Indian is too ruthless!"

Chen Ming frowned and looked at Ah San: "Ah San, I have already given her the five hundred yuan as compensation."

Ah San glared at Chen Ming, a cold smile playing on his lips: "Five hundred yuan? I spent five thousand yuan on this fish! You're clearly trying to fob me off!"

Upon hearing this, Kong Chunhua felt even more guilty.

She lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Ah San.

Ah San turned to Kong Chunhua and said angrily, "You compensate me five thousand yuan, and we'll call it even!"

"Otherwise, I'll take your daughter to sell herself. Who told you to try and get something for nothing?"

Kong Chunhua turned pale with fright at Ah San's words. She knelt down with a thud and kowtowed to Ah San, saying, "Ah San, please forgive my rudeness. Xiao Rou is still young. Please don't ruin her future!"

Ah San kicked Kong Chunhua away and sneered, "Even if you kneel down, I won't let you go!"

Seeing this, Chen Ming frowned and stepped forward, trying to ease the tension: "Ah San, Aunt Kong is indeed a bit impulsive, but you can't go too far."

"She's out of money. How about this, I'll give you another five hundred yuan, is that alright?"

Ah San rolled up his sleeves, his face full of disdain: "Five hundred yuan? Do you think I'm a child? This isn't over until you come up with five thousand yuan!"

Seeing Ah San's rudeness, Kong Chunhua felt even more desperate.

With tears in her eyes, she turned to Chen Ming and pleaded, "Chen Ming, please help us! We can't afford the five thousand yuan!"

Chen Ming looked at Kong Chunhua, a hint of sarcasm flashing in his eyes: "Aunt Kong, you really are a great actress. You even took out five hundred yuan, are you really out of money?"

"Shouldn't you return the favors you received from me before?"

Kong Chunhua was taken aback, then a hint of panic flashed across her face as she muttered, "Why do you care about such a small matter?"

Chen Ming sneered: "Such a small matter? Aunt Kong, look at all these people around, they've all seen it."

"Don't think I don't know you've come here to get revenge on me. Do you know how important this fishpond is to my family?"

"Your unauthorized intrusion and attempt to drug us are disrupting our livelihoods!"

Upon hearing Chen Ming's words, the villagers began to discuss among themselves.

"Kong Chunhua, your behavior is going too far!"

"Yes, the Chen family has treated your family quite well, yet you did such a thing!"

Overwhelmed by the villagers' chatter, Kong Chunhua lowered her head, not daring to look at anyone.

Chen Ming continued, "If you really have no money, shouldn't you return everything you got from me before, such as the jewelry, clothes, and money?"

Kong Chunhua was speechless for a moment. She reached into her pocket and rummaged around for a while before finally pulling out some loose change and jewelry.

She hesitated for a moment, then handed all the items to Chen Ming: "Here, consider this compensation."

Chen Ming took the items and placed them on the stone table beside him. He turned to Ah San and said, "Ah San, this money and jewelry, plus the five hundred yuan I gave you, should be enough to buy some fish fry, right? Let's not make a big fuss. Let's leave it at that for today."

Seeing this, the Indian man was unwilling, but he could no longer continue to be arrogant.

He glanced down at the money and jewelry, then nodded: "That's more like it. But if this happens again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Kong Chunhua breathed a sigh of relief and quickly bowed to Chen Ming, saying, "Thank you, thank you! You're such a good person!"

Chen Ming said coldly, "Don't speak too soon. This matter is over, but if you do such a thing again, I won't show any mercy."

Kong Chunhua dared not refute any further, but simply lowered her head and repeatedly replied, "I know, I know."

Just as Kong Chunhua was about to leave with her things, Zhao Rou suddenly came out of the house.

When she saw this scene by the fishpond, her face changed drastically, and she rushed over: "Mom, what are you doing?"

Kong Chunhua looked up at Zhao Rou, a hint of guilt flashing in her eyes: "Xiao Rou, Mom is doing this for your own good. We can't tolerate them bullying us!"

With tears welling in her eyes, Zhao Rou gently shook her head: "Mom, doing this will only hurt me!"

"Chen Ming did nothing wrong. He has the right to choose his own life. Besides, I have someone I love now."

Upon hearing this, Kong Chunhua flew into a rage and slapped Zhao Rou across the face.

Zhao Rou staggered from the blow and almost fell to the ground.

She covered her face, tears streaming down her cheeks, and whispered, "Mom, listen to me, I have my own choices, you can't force me!"

Kong Chunhua glared at Zhao Rou, her voice trembling: "You have someone you like? Who? Are you in cahoots with those people?"

"Chen Ming will be one of our family sooner or later. Are you going to betray our family?"

A determined light shone in Zhao Rou's eyes: "Mom, I don't care about Chen Ming's money. I have my own life to live!"

Upon hearing Zhao Rou's words, Chen Ming revealed a mocking smile: "Zhao Rou is right. Who cares about my money? I'm all grown up now, and I see things much more clearly."

"I can understand that you, Kong Chunhua, wanted to take advantage of my family's money, but you actually hit your daughter! You have no conscience!"

Enraged by Chen Ming's words, Kong Chunhua loudly retorted, "I'm doing this for you, for the future of our family!"

Chen Ming shook his head and sighed: "Doing this will only make things worse. Your daughter has her own choices, and you can't force her."

"Even if you do this, it will only make her hate you more and completely sever the relationship between the Chen family and your family."

Kong Chunhua scoffed resentfully, "Chen Ming, don't go too far! You'll regret bullying us today!"

Chen Ming sneered: "Regret? Aunt Kong, I saw through your family's intentions long ago."

“Your actions today have completely severed the relationship between Zhao Rou and me. I never intended to have anything to do with a family that only values ​​money.”

Kong Chunhua's face turned ashen, and she said through gritted teeth, "You brat, you're too arrogant! Just you wait!"

Chen Ming ignored Kong Chunhua, turned to the villagers, and smiled slightly: "Thank you all for your help. Let's consider today's matter over. I hope that nothing like this will happen again in the future."

The villagers all nodded in agreement and dispersed.

Seeing this, Kong Chunhua became even angrier. She grabbed Zhao Rou's hand and said fiercely, "Let's go home!"