Chapter 1108: The Flash Marriage Heiress (92)

She had loved Luo Yicheng for eleven years. Nine years of youthful devotion and three years of waiting—after finally reaching a happy ending, why was everyone blaming her instead?

They called her a mistress, said she had schemed her way into Mrs. Luo's position, and some even spread absurd rumors about her raising spirit children to control men.

Why couldn't these people bear to see her happy?

Before Qian Beibei had even recovered from the blow, she received a call from Niu Jinlan.

Such a huge matter had naturally reached her ears.

The moment the call connected, Niu Jinlan launched into a furious tirade, and hearing Qian Beibei crying only made her more irritated.

“You damned girl, you've really grown wings, haven't you? You actually got yourself pregnant before Luo Yicheng even divorced!”

“And you even secretly registered your marriage with him. Are you trying to kill me from anger?”

“Why are you so thoughtless? Have you ever considered your family?”

Nowadays, whenever Niu Jinlan went out, people would stop her and ask about Qian Beibei and Luo Yicheng. Everyone had heard that Qian Beibei was pregnant.

Their entire neighborhood was buzzing with gossip.

“Even if you couldn't forget Luo Yicheng, did you really have to make such a spectacle that the whole world knows about it? I know now—you were afraid I'd stop you two, so you deliberately made things so big!”

Qian Beibei was furious as well and blurted out, “If you hadn't demanded six hundred and sixty thousand yuan in bride price on our wedding day back then, would Yicheng and I have broken up? Would things have ended up like this? Yicheng and I truly love each other. He only divorced Miss Tang because there was no love between them!”

“Qian Beibei, do you know how awful the rumors outside are?”

“So what?” Qian Beibei retorted. “If they want to laugh at me, let them. Yicheng and I will never separate, and we won't give them the satisfaction. We'll love each other for the rest of our lives and raise our child together.”

“And you, Mom, now that Yicheng and I are already married, don't even think about asking for bride price again.”

With that, Qian Beibei slammed down the phone. This time, she absolutely would not let bride price issues affect her relationship with Yicheng.

If Yicheng could withstand the pressure and marry her, then she could withstand the pressure from her mother. No one was going to stop them from being together again.

From then on, Qian Beibei rarely went outside.

After work, Luo Yicheng returned straight to the home he shared with her.

The two comforted and soothed one another, shutting out the voices of the outside world as though they could hear nothing but each other's sweet words.

Living in such self-deception, they were, for the time being, doing fairly well.

Luo Yicheng believed that once Beibei gave birth, his mother would eventually come around and accept everything.

Qian Beibei believed that this storm would soon pass. Once her family realized they couldn't change her mind, they too would gradually accept things.

As for the people gossiping outside, sooner or later, they would forget all about it.

Everything would get better.

Those words became the comfort they offered each other.

What they didn't know was that every time Niu Jinlan went out, she returned home furious.

Nor did they know that every time Mother Luo attended a gathering, she could feel the subtle and strange looks directed at her, leaving her face burning with humiliation.

“We're old now. We can't control them anymore. Young people think differently from us.”

Mother Luo looked pitiful as she sighed. “It's because I failed to teach my son properly that I lost such a wonderful daughter-in-law as Xiao Guo.”

Seeing how much weight Mother Luo had lost and how haggard she had become, the people at the gatherings couldn't help but feel a little sympathy.

“That woman hasn't entered your family, has she?”