"We had a marriage engagement with the Zhan family, a marriage arranged since childhood. Now is the time, but Wei Jin already has a boyfriend. Since you're still single, why don't you marry him instead?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Yumeng's sarcasm was fully revealed.
"If Wei Jin doesn't want to marry, why should I?"
Her stepmother, Yin Fang, smiled obsequiously and persuaded Wei Yumeng.
"Yumeng, it's not like that. The Zhan family is the best in Pengcheng. Their company's annual profit is more than enough for us to live comfortably for ten lifetimes. If you marry into their family, you'll be enjoying life. This is what countless girls dream of."
Wei Yumeng had always had a bad impression of this stepmother. If it weren't for this woman interfering in her father's marriage with her mother, would they have been drifting for so many years?
She looked at Yin Fang with eyes as cold as an ice cellar, and her words were even more ruthless.
"Since the other party's conditions are so good, why don't you let your own daughter marry them?"
Beside them, Wei Jin scoffed disdainfully, "I would never marry a paralyzed person. He can't even give me the most basic happiness, and he also..."
"Jin'er, what nonsense are you spouting!" Yin Fang realized Wei Jin had let something slip and quickly reprimanded her.
She had originally planned to trick Wei Yumeng into marrying without realizing the truth, and by then, she would have no choice. But then Wei Jin actually revealed it.
Wei Jin pouted, "What's the big deal? She'll find out sooner or later when she marries into the family. Besides, only if she marries will that woman be saved."
A single sentence revealed the whole truth.
Wei Yumeng finally understood their scheme.
Wei Anguo had never taken this daughter seriously. If Zhan Mohan hadn't become paralyzed in a car accident, would they have had to find Wei Yumeng to replace her?
The person who hit him was...
He didn't want to recall it, nor did he want to waste time here with Wei Yumeng.
"Yumeng, since it has come to this, Father will no longer hide anything from you. As long as you are willing to marry Zhan Mohan, I will immediately give you this fifty thousand to treat your mother's illness. Otherwise... you can only watch her leave this world."
Tears welled up in Wei Yumeng's eyes, but she suppressed them, unwilling to let them fall.
"Dad, no matter what, my mother is your lawfully wedded wife. Now she is in critical condition, how can you stand by and do nothing?"
Wei Anguo couldn't bear to hear about past grievances.
"I've said all I have to say. Whether you marry or not, you have to!"
"Wei Anguo! Are you even speaking human words? She once cherished you with all her heart, and she bore you children. Can you conceal her years of devotion to you with a few casual words now?"
Upon hearing this, Wei Anguo immediately became enraged and roared.
"Wei Yumeng, watch your tone. I am your father!"
Wei Yumeng's eyes were filled with disappointment and anger. Her lips parted, and she said word by word.
"Are you worthy?"
"You ungrateful wretch!" Wei Anguo raised his hand to strike.
"That's enough, Anguo. Hurry up. People from the Zhan family have already calculated the auspicious date. She has to be sent over today."
Yin Fang had already started urging.
Wei Anguo was angry for a moment, but he eventually lowered his hand.
"You have only two paths before you now: marry, and your mother lives; do not marry, and you will be separated from your mother forever. Don't preach to me with grand principles, I don't want to hear it."
Hearing his tone, Wei Yumeng knew there was no room for negotiation.
But asking her to marry a half-paralyzed man was no different from pushing her into a fiery pit.
"Marry or not?" Wei Anguo's patience had run out.
"I..."