After being wrongly married, I stabbed my husband to death and became famous throughout the world.

Listening to the matchmaker's words, Li Shu had already shrewdly extracted useful information from them.

Matchmakers often try to downplay major issues and resolve minor ones altogether.

Since she said he was spoiled, then Young Master Ren must be a pretentious, self-righteous, and even extremely mediocre person who treats others around him with malice.

The youngest son of the Xue family is even more troublesome; he likely suffers from some mental illness, or rather, he is a homosexual.

She just beat up Ma Chengting, what good could the Ma family possibly have in store?

Li Shu looked at Chen Ying and said, "Cousin, don't forget to bring a few more jars when you get married."

"What are you doing?" Chen Ying was taken aback.

"Fake tears, huh!" Li Shu chuckled gloatingly. "Luckily my father is dead, otherwise how would I have had a chance to refuse this marriage? Besides... come to think of it, my father hasn't been gone that long, has he? Someone's already come to propose marriage so soon, they seem to be in such a hurry, it's like they want me to leave this world sooner?"

Upon hearing Li Shu's words, even Madam Zhu belatedly realized that she was thinking of the Li family...

Li Chutian died in the mountains, and the funeral was not held in a big way, so much so that... she really didn't remember that Ah Li was still observing mourning!

Not to mention the Zhu family, even the Chen siblings had forgotten about Li Chutian.

In their minds, Ali is from Wuzhuang and is now the Ghost General's goddaughter, making it difficult to associate her with Li Chutian...

“People often die here. It’s proper for young children to observe mourning, but Miss Ali, you’re already eighteen and there’s no other important person in your family, so… even if you don’t observe mourning, no one will say anything…” Matchmaker Li knew this, but she didn’t say it.

Li Shu glanced at Matchmaker Li.

The other party was restless: "Miss Li, I'm just a matchmaker. If business comes knocking on my door, someone else will do it. Besides... I've told you the whole truth! Please... please don't get angry!"

"Moreover, these two young masters do have some flaws, but their families are wealthy. If you marry into their families and have a son or daughter, your suffering will surely be over..." Matchmaker Li immediately added.

“Cousin, go and invite everyone over.” Li Shu looked at Chen Feiqing. “Matchmaker Li worked so hard to arrange a marriage between my cousin and me, we should thank her properly.”

Chen Feiqing didn't say anything and immediately went out.

Zhu stood there dumbfounded, her gaze blank, as if she had lost all her strength.

Before long, everyone arrived, and Li Shu asked them to send the matchmaker, Li, out.

Matchmaker Li was practically carried out.

Watching the other person's departing figure, Zhu got up anxiously and looked outside for a moment before sitting down blankly again.

"Mother," Chen Ying called out.

Madam Zhu looked at her, stood up, and touched her daughter's face: "Didn't your mother almost harm you again?"

"It's alright, Mother. Didn't you hear? It was Commander Ma who couldn't tolerate Ah Li and me, so he deliberately tried to lure us with benefits. We just refused, so we didn't lose anything!" Chen Ying quickly comforted her. "Besides... Matchmaker Li is definitely in trouble. Those guys will give her a good beating!"

Madam Zhu sighed, "I just hate myself for being so stupid. I thought my daughter's luck had really turned around..."

"Mother! Can you please stop worrying about my marriage?" Chen Ying became more serious. "I know what you want, but Mother, I'm very scared. I don't know any of the families you've found for me, and I'm even less familiar with their sons..."

"It doesn't matter. As long as the son-in-law is a good person, he'll get through it all," Zhu said with heartache.

"How do we gamble on a person's humanity?" Chen Ying asked.

"..." Zhu's breath caught in her throat, and she was unable to speak.

Human nature is indeed a difficult thing to gamble on.

Was Li Chutian a good person? No, he wasn't. His sister-in-law died after giving birth to a daughter after marrying into the family and was quickly forgotten.

During those peaceful years in the Li family, Li Chutian treated his second wife very well and raised his other children with great care. At that time, no one called him a bad person.

"I just want you to have a good life," Zhu said weakly.

"But why should I rely on strangers to live a good life?!" Chen Ying was also somewhat unwilling.

“Mother knows that you think Changdong is a good boy, you know his background and he is a good person, but if you two get together, you are destined to end up like me, not seeing your husband more than a few times a year, worrying every day about how long he can live, and also worrying about the future of your children! Absolutely not!!” Madam Zhu said directly.

Chen Ying's face turned pale.

She was also a little angry and said unhappily, "Then I'll rely on myself! I won't marry anyone. I'll live alone like Ali. Unless one day I can stop living like my mother, I will never get married. Is that okay?"

"..." Li Shu took a step back, looking at Chen Ying in shock.

What business is it of hers if the mother and daughter are arguing?!

She was just leading a bunch of people to catch some bandits; she never said she wouldn't get married while she was with them!

Zhu was furious at Chen Ying's words. She raised her hand, but couldn't bring herself to hit her: "You're such a jinx! You'll regret this one day!"

“I don’t regret it. I’d rather never get married than marry someone I don’t want to marry!” Chen Ying said, feeling much lighter. “Mother, please don’t treat those families as your lifeline.”

She had never thought about these things before.

She listened to what her mother said, because her mother would never harm her.

But recently she couldn't help but wonder, even if she changed her fate by getting married, would she be happy?

Is it right to spend your whole life owing someone a huge favor, and then compromise and pander to them just to repay that favor?

Zhu closed her eyes in despair, then got up and left silently.

Chen Ying was afraid she would get angry, so she followed behind her.

Looking at the mother and daughter, Li Shu felt that it must be hard to have someone to care about. She was different. Having been an orphan for two lifetimes, she was never afraid of letting anyone down. She would only remember whoever wronged her and make them pay.

On their way back, the mother and daughter bumped into Duan Changdong and his group.

Zhu glanced at Duan Changdong with a distant and indifferent expression. Duan Changdong lowered his head slightly and simply said, "That matchmaker was beaten and threatened, so she probably won't come back."

"Thank you, Brother Changdong." Chen Ying forced a smile and thanked him.

"The marriage..." Duan Changdong hesitated for a moment, then swallowed the rest of his words.

Zhu left directly, ignoring Duan Changdong.

Chen Ying looked at him and said, "I told my mother that I want to rely on myself in the future. If one day I am no longer bound by this identity, I will consider getting married. If I can't do that for the rest of my life, then I will stay at home and take care of my parents."

Duan Changdong paused for a moment, his gaze dimming slightly. He didn't say much, but simply said, "Okay."

Chen Ying smiled at him and immediately caught up with Madam Zhu.

“Brother Dong, it’s all because of money. Ever since we got our share of the silver, all the elders in the family have been thinking about getting married! Luckily, my dad is in the army and can’t interfere, otherwise I would probably be forced into an engagement by now.” Chang Fa scratched his head. “Ah Ying is really brave. She actually confronted her mother directly. But we’d better not go to the Chen family recently, or we’ll get a dirty look from her mother.”