"How is it?" Li Mengyao asked anxiously upon seeing Ye Yun.
What had just happened had infuriated even the usually mild-tempered Li Mengyao. In such a short time, there had been a door red envelope, a changed-address red envelope, and then a bed-pressing red envelope. These exchanges alone had cost nearly a million. Add the 880,000 dowry from before, and nearly 2 million in cash had been given out in just one morning! This wasn't marrying a wife; it was like marrying an ancestor!
Especially when she had tried to reason with her brother, he had instead advised her, "Sister, Qianqian is now carrying our Li family's child. You know pregnant women are easily angered in the first three months, so this is understandable. Anyway, Qianqian and I will soon be one family. What's mine is hers, and what's hers is mine. She told me this money is for buying a house after we get married."
Listen to that. Was that something a normal person would say? Li Mengyao was so angry she felt her lungs would explode. She even suspected her brother had been possessed by something unclean. Could a normal person say such things? It was utter nonsense!
However, she didn't know that just as Ye Yun could establish Yaoke Group in her name and even give her 100% control, both Ye Yun and Li Menghao placed absolute trust in her and Wu Qian. The only difference was that Ye Yun trusted the right person, while her brother had trusted the wrong one. That was all.
But this didn't stop her from wanting to know the answer. She wanted to know if the child Wu Qian was carrying was truly Li Menghao's.
Ye Yun's face was grim as he handed a pile of documents to Li Mengyao. Li Meng Han curiously leaned in. Upon seeing them, both Li Meng Han and Li Mengyao exploded. Laid out before them were hotel check-in records! In all of them, the woman was Wu Qian, and the man… besides Li Menghao, there were two other men! Furthermore, these three men weren't in chronological order but were interspersed. In other words, this woman was juggling three men!
"Bastard! Bastard! She took so much money from our family, I'll make her spit it all back!" Li Meng Han's veins bulged. The woman her brother had spent nearly 2 million in cash to marry had given him a cuckold's hat as grand as the Hulunbuir grasslands! Who could stand that?
Just as she was about to rush forward and teach Wu Qian's family a lesson, "Wait!" Li Mengyao quickly stopped her.
"Sister! Why are you holding me back! Our family can't just take this loss!" Li Meng Han protested indignantly.
"What if the child is really Menghao's?" Li Mengyao bit her lip, her eyes showing a hint of unwillingness. The information Ye Yun had provided was very detailed. It was so detailed that it listed the year, month, day, and time, what Wu Qian was wearing, which man she entered a hotel with, and even how long they stayed inside was incredibly precise. But! One crucial thing was missing! A paternity test!
With less than three months of pregnancy, a paternity test couldn't be done. In such a short time, even a divine being couldn't figure that out! Hearing her sister's words, Li Meng Han was stunned. Her first reaction was, what if the child was Menghao's? Was she still going to marry this promiscuous woman? But… the child! Li Meng Han couldn't help but glance at Keke. Back then, Ye Yun was considered wicked, but neither she nor Li Menghao had ever persuaded their sister to give up Keke. They had even thought about their sister divorcing Ye Yun sooner, and they would help raise the future child.
By the same logic, neither Li Mengyao nor Li Meng Han would advise Li Menghao to give up this child. It could be said that the relationship between these three siblings had been excellent since childhood. Any one of them would raise the other's child as their own. Thus, they didn't know how to proceed. If this child were born, divorce wouldn't be difficult. But the woman was already pregnant!
Should they tell Li Menghao the truth? He'd be devastated! And it was his wedding day! What if this child truly was Menghao's? Wouldn't that damage their sibling relationship? Moreover, Menghao would definitely feel uncomfortable with this knowledge. Therefore, unless they had absolute certainty, they couldn't tell Li Menghao. For a moment, even Li Meng Han was at a loss.
"I have a way," Ye Yun said calmly, looking at the noisy wedding procession in the distance.
"Huh?" The two women looked confused. What method could Ye Yun possibly have?
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"Mother-in-law, we've arrived at the hotel. Can you let Qianqian get out of the car now?" Wu Lan, who had been so arrogant in front of Ye Yun, was now pleading. With so many people around, she was afraid she would have to kneel. "All our relatives and friends are waiting at the hotel. If she gets out any later, we'll miss the auspicious time. We've already changed the auspicious time several times. If we delay any further, there won't be a good time today!"
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't call me mother-in-law. Menghao gave the changed-address red envelope, but you haven't given yours yet! I worked hard for so many years, and she's my only daughter. Now she's becoming your Li family's daughter-in-law. If you, the future mother-in-law, can't even give a changed-address red envelope, how can I dare to hand my daughter over to you? If this is your attitude before marriage, will you eat Qianqian after we're married?" Wu Mu said coldly.
"Fine, fine, fine, mother-in-law. How about this: I'll give you thirty thousand yuan, and you let Qianqian get out of the car." Wu Lan bowed her head.
"Thirty thousand? Are you trying to dismiss a beggar with this paltry sum!" Wu Mu said disdainfully. "Menghao just gave sixty thousand for the changed-address red envelope at our house! You, as a mother, are giving a tenth of that! I won't ask for sixty thousand from you. How about this: two hundred and eighty-eight thousand. That number is auspicious! If you give it, I'll have Qianqian get out immediately!"
As she spoke, Wu Mu continued, "Sigh, only asking for two hundred and eighty-eight thousand, you're really getting off easy with your Menghao. For so many years, many wealthy young men pursued my Qianqian, but she didn't even look at them. In the end, she fell for your Menghao, and now she's carrying your child. Aren't you satisfied? You've won five million, and you're still unwilling to give a 288,000 changed-address fee to get her out of the car?"
"This… Sister-in-law… Qianqian's mother. Two hundred and eighty-eight thousand is too much. And our bank cards have limits. How about this, our relatives and friends are all here. You let Qianqian get out first. I'll give you the money later, okay?" Father Li chimed in, his attitude clearly the same as Wu Lan's, as if he were about to kneel before the Wu family.
Beside them, Li Meng Han and Li Meng Yao were fuming. A slut demanded two hundred and eighty-eight thousand just to get out of the car! Especially Li Meng Yao, forget two hundred and eighty-eight thousand; she could produce twenty-eight million right now. But given Wu Qian's messy personal life, she felt even two hundred and eighty-eight was too much!
"Heh, your Li family is truly something. You won five million, but you're unwilling to pay less than thirty thousand for the car exit fee? Don't tell me about limits; can't you borrow money? Besides, I'm not the one asking for this money; it's for Qianqian and her future to save for a house! In short, I don't care what problems you have. You have two options if you want Qianqian to get out of the car."
"Either you pay the two hundred and eighty-eight thousand changed-address fee, or the child in Qianqian's belly will be named Wu!"