vstars Chapter 400 Heartless and Rotten "Family Members"
Chapter 400 Heartless and Rotten "Family Members"
Chapter 400 Heartless and Rotten "Family Members"
"That year, after we parted ways in Yuanzhou City, I took my mother's dowry list and went back to the Lin family."
I know that even if there is a dowry list, the Lin family will not readily hand over my mother's dowry.
After all, they've gotten used to taking advantage of others over the years, so why would they let the fat meat they've already got in their mouths be snatched away again?
But I'm not one to be trifled with, Mingfei. Do you still remember the King of Shu?
Jiang Xiaoqi recalled the abandoned house in Yuanzhou City and the strange princess that the three of them had rescued.
Isn't the King of Shu the father of that strange princess?
Before my mother and I left the Prince of Shu's mansion, we hadn't been threatened or warned openly or secretly. How could I not remember?
What? Lin Xiao still has connections with the King of Shu?
"I remember it; it left a deep impression on me."
Lin Xiao nodded in agreement: "I just used the name of the King of Shu to intimidate them and get my mother's dowry back."
But alas, my family was unwilling to accept this and forced me into a marriage, saying that I didn't need to prepare any additional betrothal gifts, as my mother's dowry would serve as the betrothal gifts.
Now that you put it that way, what don't I understand? Not only do I not want to get married at all, but even if I were to get married, I would never accept their arrangements!
It's obvious that some random cousin from who-knows-where has snatched this up from somewhere and is going to steal my mother's dowry again!
Do they really think people are fools?! When they realized that being soft didn't work, they tried to be forceful. I had no choice but to play along and ask a trusted person to transfer my mother's dowry to the capital.
He disguised himself and escaped through a dog hole while they were preparing the banquet. His ending up in Puyang County was purely accidental; he was somewhat panicked and didn't know where to go.
Jiang Xiaoqi listened attentively; this person really had run away from his arranged marriage.
"What will you do when you get to the capital? You can't just keep hiding, can you?"
“I’ve thought about it too. There’s a branch of our family that separated from us in the capital decades ago. I’d like to go there and see if I can be adopted into that branch.”
From now on, I will have no connection with my original family. I will become a member of another branch of the Lin family. Anyway, my father doesn't need any more sons.
Once I arrive in the capital, I'll see which family needs a son, and I'll go and become their son!
Everyone: Stunned, please do not disturb.
"very good, very powerful!"
Jiang Xiaoqi gave a comment that pleased Lin Xiao, as he did indeed want to become a powerful person.
"You promised me, you promised to go to the capital together. I don't want to travel alone anymore. I can't sleep well at night because I'm afraid the Lin family will catch up with us."
These days, I practically have to keep one eye on guard and the other on watch while I sleep; it's been exhausting!
Now that Lin Xiao is a sixteen-year-old boy, his words have a hint of aggrieved coquettishness.
However, Jiang Xiaoqi was not averse to it. This child had had a tough journey, and his family background might be a wound that would be difficult for him to heal for the rest of his life.
I remember once giving him the idea of "pretending to be weak to catch a tiger." He wasn't very old then, and he actually listened to it and went home to endure the humiliation.
Lin Xiao is indeed someone who can achieve great things. He successfully retrieved his mother's dowry and escaped danger, which shows that he is both intelligent and courageous.
He was willing to risk everything to go to the capital to find a branch of the Lin family he didn't even know, and he even came up with the idea of adopting himself. He was a gambler and a risk-taker.
Young people with such intelligence and courage will succeed no matter what they do.
Jiang Xiaoqi didn't admire many people her age after coming to this world, but Lin Xiao was definitely one of them.
Perhaps it's because of his vitality and his straightforward, never-give-up attitude. More importantly, this child is not blindly filial and has a very correct sense of right and wrong.
Even if your own father has wronged you and your mother, you can always leave and abandon them without being held back by concerns about your reputation.
There was no bronze mirror in front of Jiang Xiaoqi. If there had been, he would have known that he was looking at his former classmate with a kind and loving smile, as if he had just run into a good friend.
After hearing most of Lin Xiao's story, Jiang Lin and the others were all grateful for their own happy and warm families.
Many members of the Chiang family may not have been wealthy or powerful, but none of them had such a heartless and wicked family member.
The father schemes against his son, the stepmother plots to steal the original wife's dowry, the younger brother falsely accuses his sister-in-law of adultery, and the uncles and elders help outsiders bully their own nephew.
What kind of mess is this? Are these family members? This is just a bunch of heartless, rotten-necked bastards!
"Hey, hey, hey, what kind of looks are those? I'm not saying this to get your sympathy, I'm asking you to take me with you to the capital."
Hurry up, stop looking at me like I'm some stray dog, I can't take that kind of pitying gaze!
Jiang Xiaoqi and his brothers sneered: "Who sympathizes with you? You're the richest among us, why would we sympathize with you?"
Should we pity you for your newfound freedom and new lease on life, or should we pity you for your immense wealth? Pity you? We'd be better off doing a few more practice tests!
Jiang Hao regretted saying those words as soon as he spoke, and immediately glanced at Jiang Xiaoqi's expression out of the corner of his eye. Fortunately, she didn't hear him.
Jiang Xiaoqi heard it, but she wasn't in the mood to tease Jiang Hao right now.
"Alright, there's no problem going to the capital together. If you don't have a place to stay when you get there, you can stay at my house temporarily."
Once you find that Lin family in the capital who has no sons, you can have them adopt you and then move away, how about that?
"Oh, that's why we say brothers in adversity are brothers. True friendship is revealed in times of trouble. Mingfei, from now on you are my half-brother, Lin Xiao's half-brother!"
Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoqi had a fleeting suspicion that Lin Xiao had also transmigrated. Well, just to be on the safe side, she'd find an opportunity to test him later.