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Chapter 164: Forced marriage

Chapter 164: Forced marriage

"Lili... Lili!" Zhou Guohua, seeing his daughter walking so affectionately with Leng Xuan, only then realized his thoughts had been mistaken. His face turned beet red as he called out her name, unable to utter another word.

Feng Gui glanced at Zhou Li and found her to be much more beautiful than in her photos. He was momentarily stunned by the thought that this beauty would be his future wife; he felt jubilant inside. Yet the sight of his future wife arriving with a handsome guy at her side was infuriating. Despite grinding his teeth in anger, he refused to lose his poise and forced a smile, saying, "Little Li, do you remember me?"

Zhou Li also managed a strained smile and said, "Are you Little Gouzi, Feng Gui?"

In the past, when Zhou Jingpeng called him Little Gouzi, Feng Gui had found it rather unpleasant. Now, hearing Zhou Li address him in the same way, he let out an "Ai" with immense delight, saying, "Yes, indeed. I didn’t expect you to remember. Hehe, Little Li, it’s been more than ten years since we last met. I didn’t expect you to have grown so beautiful. Such a change! And who is this gentleman?" As he spoke, he pretended it was his first time seeing Leng Xuan, feigning surprise, but his eyes nearly spit fire with jealousy as he glared at Leng Xuan.

Leng Xuan found it amusing internally - with Feng Gui’s shifty, rat-like appearance, if Zhou Li had truly married him, God only knows how much she would have had to suffer?

Although Leng Xuan hadn’t known Zhou Li for long, he could tell that she was a girl with high standards and principles. Conversely, if she had been the sort of person who would sell her own happiness for money, she wouldn’t have needed to wait for Feng Gui’s proposal; just a glance from her at school would have been enough to captivate a host of rich second-generation guys, who were obviously not in the same league as someone like Feng Gui. Not to mention someone with a background like Huang Xiaojun, who was far more prestigious than Feng Gui.

With a slight smile, without waiting for Zhou Li to speak, Leng Xuan offered a brief self-introduction, saying, "My name is Leng Xuan, Zhou Li’s boyfriend!"

"What?" Zhou Guohua and Feng Gui’s mother Li Xiufang exclaimed almost in unison. Li Xiufang even gave Zhou Guohua a fierce glare, her look seeming to accuse "Look at the fine daughter you’ve raised!"

Zhou Guohua nearly choked on his rage. He knew that he had already accepted the 100,000 yuan betrothal gift, and now his daughter was saying she had a boyfriend. What kind of mess was this? If word got out back in their hometown, wouldn’t they become the laughingstock of the whole village?

Giving his daughter a hard look, Zhou Guohua said through gritted teeth, "Lili, are you trying to kill me with anger?"

Zhou Li’s eyes reddened and she looked down, on the verge of tears.

Leng Xuan sighed in his heart. Playing the role of the fake boyfriend was becoming somewhat awkward. Seeing that Zhou Li wouldn’t speak up, he steeled himself and got straight to the point, "Uncle, don’t you think you’ve been a bit hasty regarding Zhou Li’s lifelong matter?"

Zhou Guohua was furious and said, "What’s it to you how I discipline my daughter?"

Leng Xuan replied calmly, "Uncle, while it’s true Zhou Li is the child you raised, she has her own right to choose her future. Have you ever considered her feelings while forcing her to marry someone she doesn’t like?"

Zhou Guohua sneered, "Oh, now you’re teaching me a lesson? Heh heh, do you even know what parental authority and the matchmaker’s word mean? Lili’s mother and I have already agreed to this marriage, and no one else can interfere, do you understand?"