“Asking for money sounds so awful. I’m just here humbly asking for a dowry,” Ren Rongzheng corrected him.

Humble?

Ren Naiyao glanced at her again. Was there any cell in her body that exuded humility?

"Rong Zheng, do you know how much money three thousand yuan is? Even if our family is relatively well-off, we can't expect you to hand over half of the Ren family's wealth just for your wedding."

I don't only have you as my daughter, I also have Xiaoxue. If I really give you this three thousand yuan as your dowry, then when Xiaoxue gets married, do I also have to give her three thousand yuan?

"I've worked hard all my life, and all the money I've earned has gone to your in-laws. How are your mother and I supposed to take care of us when we're old? You only think about yourself, not your parents' well-being!"

Listen to how pathetic that sounds.

"Dad, I made it very clear when I was home last time. The three thousand yuan I want is not just a dowry, but more accurately, it's compensation you owe me for everything I've done since I was a child."

After all, we are father and daughter, and we are related by blood. I really don't want to break the unspoken understanding between us, and I don't want to go too far, but you forced me to do this, so I have no choice but to speak up.

My mother was considered to be marrying down when she married you. My mother was a college graduate, and my maternal grandfather was a leader in a steel factory. If it weren't for your relationship with my mother, she wouldn't have had the opportunity to enter the steel factory, let alone be promoted all the way to the factory director.

It's not an exaggeration to say that you benefited from my mother's marriage, is it? But your personality is contradictory; you're both insecure and arrogant. You're arrogant to the core, but because you married my mother, you're considered to have climbed up the social ladder, so you also feel insecure in front of her.

After my mother passed away, everyone assumed you would find a cultured young woman like her who was well-educated and polite. Who would have thought you would marry Liu Lanying, a rural woman who couldn't even read many characters?

Others can't understand it, but I can see it clearly: you've been feeling inferior in front of my mother for too long, so you want to find someone who's very different from you, someone you can completely control and manipulate..."

Ren Rongzheng!

At this point in Ren Rongzheng's sentence, Ren Naiyao became angry and slammed his fist on the table.

"What's wrong, Dad? Did I hit a nerve, and now you're angry?"

"Ren Rongzheng, do you have any manners at all? Do you even know that I am your father? Do you think that just because you married Zhan Beiqin, a military region leader, you can run rampant in the Ren family?"

Let me tell you, I am your father. As your junior, you must always be respectful and never be presumptuous!

Saying this really brought out his usual official arrogance.

“Dad, I’m not being presumptuous, I’m just telling the truth. Ren Rongxue is your daughter, and I am your daughter too. Besides, my mother passed away early, while Ren Rongxue still has her own mother. Shouldn’t you care more about me?”

No, you never have. You really weren't aware of all the bullying and mistreatment they've inflicted on me over the years? If you truly weren't aware, that's your stupidity and incompetence. If you were aware and tacitly approved, then you're even more despicable than that stepmother!

"Ren Rongzheng, I really underestimated your daughter. I never expected that you, who have always been so quiet and gentle, would be so eloquent."

“I was too weak before, which is why I was forced to commit suicide by drowning. God saved my life. How can I live such a pathetic life again?”

Dad, you've been living off the benefits Mom gave you all this time, yet you haven't treated her only child in this world well. You owe me so much. Now that I'm getting married, asking you for only three thousand yuan is already more than enough.

Once the marriage application is approved, Zhan Beiqin and I will register our marriage. You should prepare the money in the next few days; I'll come to collect it on the day we register. If you don't give it to me, I will seriously consult a lawyer. You're a factory manager now, a person of standing; it wouldn't look good if things went to court.”

After Ren Rongzheng finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Hearing the knock, she said, "It's still your working hours, so please go ahead and do your work. I won't disturb you any longer."

After speaking, Ren Rongzheng left his office, leaving Ren Naiyao standing in front of the desk with a face ashen with embarrassment.

After leaving Ren Naiyao's office, Ren Rongzheng rode her bicycle around the steel plant and couldn't help but marvel at how big the steel plant was. Her father, as the plant manager, was truly impressive.

Logically speaking, it would have been easy for her father, the factory manager, to arrange a job for her at the steel factory. However, Ren Naiyao kept saying that girls would get married sooner or later, and once married, they would go to their husband's family to be good wives and mothers. Working would be useless.

If it were due to the poison of feudal society, she would accept this feudal ideology. But he insisted that Ren Rongxue study accounting, hoping that she could become an accountant at the steel factory in the future.

Therefore, Ren Naiyao is a terrible father! He's not much better than his stepmother, Liu Lanying!

After leaving the steel plant, Ren Rongzheng went to the busiest street in the city to conduct research on what kind of shop to open. He needed to do a good job of preliminary research before he could decide.

As dusk approached, and calculating that it was almost time for Zhan Beiqin to have dinner, she rode her bicycle back to the military region.

Upon arriving at the military region, Ren Rongzheng learned that Zhan Beiqin was in a meeting, so he waited in the military region compound.

Last time, during the battle of Beiqin, he said that the deputy political commissar was a useless and idle position. Now, hearing that he was going to hold a meeting, Ren Rongzheng was quite happy, which at least shows that his position is still valued by the military region leaders.

She had only been in a hurry last time, so this time she planned to explore the military area properly. But after walking around for a short while, she heard a man's voice behind her.

"Rong Zheng!"

Hearing the shout, Ren Rongzheng turned around and saw the man running towards her. She searched through the original owner's memories.

Jiang Linhai?

Wasn't he punished and put in solitary confinement for breaking off their engagement? Is he out of solitary confinement now?

"Hello, Battalion Commander Jiang," Ren Rongzheng said politely.

Hearing her unfamiliar way of addressing him, Jiang Linhai stopped and kept a distance from her, feeling rather uncomfortable.

"I'm so sorry, Rong Zheng." Jiang Linhai said, his face filled with guilt and remorse. "I only heard about your suicide attempt after I was released from solitary confinement. I... I deserve to die!"

After saying that, Jiang Linhai slapped himself hard across the face.

"No, Battalion Commander Jiang, please don't say that. As the saying goes, of the three unfilial acts, the greatest is having no offspring. I have wronged you, and it is right for you to break off the engagement."

In the original owner's memories, Jiang Linhai fell in love with her at first sight. During their relationship, Jiang Linhai treated her very well, and the two were very sweet together.

The original owner was truly overjoyed and looking forward to marrying him, but unexpectedly...

Being ridiculed by the world as a hen that couldn't lay eggs was the reason she committed suicide, but the fact that the man she loved abandoned her for the same reason was the final straw that broke her.

The original owner must have been overwhelmed with mixed feelings when he saw him, but Ren Rongzheng, whose soul had been replaced, saw this man from God's perspective as nothing more than an irresponsible mama's boy, not worth the slightest pity!

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