Return to the City: The Strongest King
Chapter 872 - 873 Humiliation

Chapter 872: Chapter 873 Humiliation

"Of course, it’s true. As you all know, my dad passed away two months ago. Now all the family assets are mine, worth at least ten million. Giving you a house worth hundreds of thousands, is that even a problem?"

In Tiannan, the housing prices are not very high. A millionaire in a top-tier city might only be able to afford one house, but in Tiannan, you could live like a true wealthy individual.

"This... this..." Ma Lili’s mother was rubbing her hands together, clearly tempted. She knew about Wang Shenlong, and that his family was wealthy. What was most important was that Wang Shenlong’s father had passed away, which meant the family’s wealth would be managed by Wang Shenlong from now on. If her daughter married him, she would really become a rich lady overnight, and as her parents-in-law, wouldn’t they benefit as well?

Ma Lili herself, looking at Wang Shenlong, her eyes were full of happiness. It seemed that for a woman, being courted at her own wedding was an exciting event, especially by a man with such good conditions as Wang Shenlong.

The most crucial point was that Ma Lili had been dumped by Wang Shenlong just a few months earlier. Having met Wang Xiaoqiang during a period of emotional vulnerability, she couldn’t say she was in love with him; she merely wanted to get married to someone soon.

Now that the man she liked had come back for her, her heart revived instantly.

Wang Xiaoqiang had already noticed that something was off and immediately said, "Lili, don’t listen to his nonsense. If he could dump you once, he could do it twice. He is never going to be sincere with you."

Ma Lili acted as if she hadn’t heard Wang Xiaoqiang at all and kept her eyes on Wang Shenlong.

At this moment, Wang Shenlong came up to Ma Lili, took out a diamond ring from his pocket, and said, "Lili, this is a diamond ring I bought for you for 180,000. Consider it my proposal gift to you."

Ma Lili instinctively reached out her hand, Wang Xiaoqiang suddenly shouted angrily, "Lili, what are you doing?"

Only then did Ma Lili turn her head to look at Wang Xiaoqiang and said, "Xiaoqiang, I’m really sorry. Shen Long has always been the man I love the most. You just came to care for me when I was at my lowest, and that’s why I agreed to marry you. But now I can’t marry you anymore. I want to be with Shen Long."

With those words spoken, everyone in the room exploded in noise. The place was almost entirely filled with Wang Xiaoqiang’s family and friends. Seeing this scene, they were all incredibly angry. Calling off a wedding on the very day was a huge insult.

This situation was entirely different from Shui Qingyue’s and Miao Xuanxuan’s experiences; they had been forced, while Ma Lili was doing this voluntarily. Now, going back on her word was just too much.

Wang Xiaoqiang’s face turned pale and flushed by turns, his lips quivering as he said, "Lili, you... you can’t treat me like this."

"I’m sorry, I really can’t be with you," Ma Lili resolutely shook her head, then reached out her hand towards Wang Shenlong.

"Lili!" Wang Xiaoqiang grabbed Ma Lili’s arm tightly, not letting her go.

"Let go of me!" Ma Lili turned her head to look at Wang Xiaoqiang.

"I won’t let go. You have to marry me, you can’t go with him, Lili, I truly love you. I will definitely work hard; I will definitely make sure you have a good life."

Ma Lili was getting somewhat impatient, her tone starting to turn sharp as she said, "A good life... Hah, don’t I know your family’s situation? What good life could we possibly have? Being with you means struggling for a lifetime. When will you be able to buy me a house or a car? And when will you be able to buy a house for my parents?"

"But our future will get better, you have to believe me," Wang Xiaoqiang said, his face reddening.

"The future... Your future is too far away. I only care about the present. Let me go. I was confused before, but now I’ve thought it through. I’d rather cry in a BMW than smile on the back of your bicycle. I know you’ll say I’m being materialistic, but that’s who I am. I want a good life; I want to afford luxury handbags and visit high-end places, none of which you can give me."

Wang Shenlong said with gleeful enthusiasm, "Lili, don’t worry. If you want to buy any handbags in the future, just buy them, any high-end places you want to visit, I will take you there. I will give you the life of a rich wife. Staying with this pauper will only make you suffer for a lifetime."

"Lili, Shen Long is right, Mom supports you!" Ma Lili’s mother shouted and then said to Wang Shenlong, "Son-in-law, you arrived just in time. If you had been one day later, Lili would have fallen into a pit of fire."

Matters of the heart should only concern the three individuals involved, others can just watch, and it’s not right to speak out, even Wang Xiaoqiang’s family members, who were furious, didn’t interject at this moment.

When Ma Lili’s mother made such a statement, it immediately enraged The Wang Family.

Wang Xiaoqiang’s mother pointed at her, lips trembling with anger, and said, "You... if you had despised our poverty from the start, you shouldn’t have agreed to this marriage in the first place. Now that the wedding has taken place, yet you backtrack, this... this is just too much bullying."

Ma Lili’s mother, a very mercenary woman, immediately retorted loudly with a stiff neck, "So what if I backtrack now? I don’t want to marry my daughter into your family. Now that marriage is a choice, can you still force our daughter to marry into your family?"

This was outright face-tearing.

"You... you..." Wang Xiaoqiang’s mother was so angry she nearly passed out. If her daughter-in-law was snatched away, how could she ever hold her head high among relatives and friends?

At this moment, Wang Shenlong had already slipped the ring on Ma Lili’s finger, then pulled her into his arms and looked at Wang Xiaoqiang, saying, "See? She has accepted my proposal. Now, she is my wife, and she has nothing to do with you anymore. Hmph, you even dared to give Lili such a cheap gold ring." Saying this, he also casually took off the ring Wang Xiaoqiang had put on Ma Lili and threw it at Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang felt dizzy, almost falling over, when suddenly a woman rushed up and steadied him, angrily saying, "Xiaoqiang, don’t be sad. What’s so great about a woman like her? If she won’t marry you, I will."

Everyone was taken aback, while Li Gang’s face lit up with happiness, saying, "I’ve always said Xiao Cao is suited for Xiaoqiang."

"Xiao Cao?" Song Xiaodong was about to step forward, but upon seeing the girl who suddenly appeared, he stopped in his tracks.

Li Gang immediately added, "Xiao Cao has known Xiaoqiang for years and has been very good to him. Whatever issues Xiaoqiang’s family has, Xiao Cao helps out. But Xiaoqiang never had any spark for her, chasing after one who dumped him, and now this happened. If he were with Xiao Cao, there wouldn’t be so many problems."