Best friends transmigrate into a book! They marry a high-ranking official! If you run, I run too!

How selfish can a person be to turn a blind eye to their own sister's suffering and only care about a marriage that is currently meaningless to them?

While Chi Yue was still in shock, Lin Jiaojiao had already crawled over the courtyard wall with the child in her arms. She pouted, looking like a difficult sister-in-law, and showed Song Dayan and the others Jiajia, who was chubby and had a wide grin that revealed her little white teeth. "If you're taking your sister-in-law back, then take Jia... this child back with you!"

"Who would want to bring it?" she asked, pouting.

She said she'd take care of Jiajia if she wanted to, but she tightened her grip on Jiajia's arm. She was genuinely afraid that the Chi family would take Jiajia away in a fit of pique.

After a pause, seeing that the Chi family didn't seem inclined to take the child, she said with a look of disdain, "Take her back. You've been feeding her rice porridge every day, and she's already so chubby. She's easy to feed." Lin Jiaojiao said this because she was afraid that the Chi family would suspect something if they saw that Jiajia was chubby.

"Although they are a bit difficult to raise, they can help your family when they grow up."

Lin Jiaojiao: Jiajia is no good at all, no good at all, you don't want her, you don't want her!!!

"Don't stay in our house, my brother will get married in the future."

Although Lin Jiaojiao pouted, her eyes darted around, hoping that her sister-in-law wouldn't misunderstand her!

Gu Jinfeng was initially taken aback by her daughter's behavior. After she came to her senses, she didn't know whether to be angry or amused.

She discovered that as long as you don't let your daughter study, she excels at everything else—being mischievous and clever.

Lin Jiaojiao brought out another child, and Song Dayan suffered a heart attack.

The woman who came with her whispered to her, "Why don't you just give up? You can't really take your daughter back with you, can you?"

Chi Xing was also unhappy and said to Song Dayan, "If she goes back, I will find it even harder to find a good family and good people."

"We can't just give them a daughter for nothing, can we?"

“This family is inhuman. They’re not giving us anything now. What can we expect from this girl in the future?” Song Dayan protested.

She thought that if all else failed, she would take Chi Yue back and marry her off to an old bachelor. This time, she would keep the bride price, which would be better than being so depressed now.

She absolutely would not want a child.

She's just a little girl, she can't even walk properly, what does she want to go back for?

It's not about adding another mouth to feed.

"Just now, didn't that aunt say she was buying out the property?" The woman gestured for Song Dayan to look at Wen Tang, who was standing there.

Song Dayan wondered, "Can her words really carry any weight?"

The woman thought, "Maybe it will work. Look at this new house, it's so beautiful. Where else in the surrounding area can we find such a nice house?"

"With such a capable wife, the family is very happy."

"Besides, look how protective her man is, he must have a lot of influence."

Song Dayan pondered, "How much money would be enough?"

"More than a hundred?"

"That's just the bride price?"

"From now on, that brat Chi Yue won't serve me anymore, nor will she take care of me in my old age. She's living the good life!"

"How many do you want?" the woman asked.

"Three to five hundred, I guess!"

"Isn't that...a bit too much?"

"I want another thousand or eight hundred!" Song Dayan demanded exorbitantly.

Upon hearing this, the woman gasped, "That's enough to build a red brick house like theirs."

Song Dayan replied matter-of-factly, "Well, isn't she rich? Then let her pay!"

"Then let's ask!"

The woman forced a smile and walked towards Wen Tang. When she got closer, she first gave Gu Yanli an awkward smile, and then awkwardly said to Wen Tang, "Sister!"

Wen Tang didn't speak harshly to her, but simply hummed in response.

The woman lowered her voice and said, "Does what you just said about buying out the relationship still count?"

After asking the question, without giving Wen Tang a chance to speak, the woman continued, "Auntie, tell me, this young couple's child is already so big, even if we don't consider anything else, shouldn't we at least consider the child's feelings?"

"If the adults don't say anything, the child will be pitiful!"

"If the parents separate, then the child will have no one to care for him/her from now on."

Wen Tang chuckled, "Why is no one taking care of you? You can take him back and pamper him!"

Wen Tang didn't lower her voice intentionally, which immediately made Song Dayan's eyes widen. Chi Xing, standing next to Song Dayan, glared at Wen Tang who was speaking with a smile.

But as soon as she started to carve, she met a cold gaze.

Gu Yanli's eyes were cold and filled with disgust, revealing his blatant dislike.

Chi Xing immediately looked away.

She was a little scared, though she really didn't want to admit it.

After Wen Tang finished laughing, the woman continued to smile and said, "This...this is impossible. Xiao Yue's family," the woman pointed to Wen Tang, "look, she has two younger brothers and a younger sister."

"This girl is twenty this year, and she's getting engaged."

"It's not appropriate to send Xiaoyue back."

"Oh, what should we do then?" Wen Tang asked.

The woman continued with a forced smile, "Auntie, look, Xiaoyue is a daughter after all. It's not right for her not to go back to see her parents during holidays, don't you think?"

Before Wen Tang could speak, the woman continued, "But our nephew-in-law had a misunderstanding with Xiao Yue's mother and doesn't want Xiao Yue to go back. We don't want to make things difficult for Xiao Yue either."

“We’ll listen to you. If you give us some money, it will be a way to fulfill Xiaoyue’s parents’ wishes for raising her. From now on, if Xiaoyue doesn’t come back for holidays, that’s fine.”

"Tsk, how much will that cost?" Wen Tang deliberately acted indifferent and unconcerned, afraid of giving the other party the opportunity to raise the price.

"This……"

The woman glanced back at Song Dayan, who then stretched out a hand and waved it.

The woman stammered, "Five...five hundred!"

"Five hundred?" Wen Tang exclaimed in surprise, "Why don't you just rob us?"

Wen Tang also held up five fingers and waved them, "Five hundred!"

"My dowry was only one hundred!"

"Five hundred? That means he'd have to marry five of me?"

Gu Yanli “…”

Oh no, my wife must be upset that I didn't give her enough dowry.

Is there any way to remedy this?

Zhong Meixian, standing to the side, also suddenly became nervous.

She also felt that Wen Tang must have said this because she thought the original bride price was too low.

Indeed, how could we not think it's too little?

A dowry of 100 yuan, and after only one year of marriage, she built such a big house for her family. It really is... unfair!

The old lady thought to herself, "I'll dig up all my secrets later and give them to my daughter-in-law."

I hope my daughter-in-law won't think it's too little, since she doesn't have any more.

Those nearby, upon hearing the word "five hundred," and combining it with what they had overheard, began to whisper, "Could it be that he's asking the Lin family for five hundred yuan and then cutting ties with his daughter?"

"Five hundred yuan? Why don't you just rob someone?" some people complained.

"This family is simply unreasonable."

"How can you reason with your own daughter who is in postpartum confinement?"

"That's right!"

"They're making such a scene just because their daughter didn't go home to pay New Year's visits. Tsk tsk, they really don't feel ashamed!"

"If you ask me, Jing Shen's wife should cut ties with them as soon as possible. Having such a family around is bad luck."

"But five hundred yuan for severing ties... tsk tsk, they really know how to ask for money!"

The woman who helped relay the message blushed with embarrassment and couldn't lift her head.

Chi Xing was also ashamed and indignant, but she turned her anger towards Chi Yue, angrily accusing her, "Chi Yue, were you even born of a mother?"

"Are you dumb?"

"Don't you know how to say something for Mom?"