Sun Xiaomei pursed her lips. Watching Lin Zhou counting the money, and then thinking about the bride price she had received, she felt much more at ease.
Her parents had taken more than half of it, but they had left some for her, which wasn't bad. Today, while on stage, she had specifically looked down at Fang Zhiyi and Chen Xuan in the audience. Seeing the envy and jealousy written all over their faces, she couldn't even describe how happy she felt.
"Where are we going for our honeymoon?" Sun Xiaomei asked.
Lin Zhou frowned. "Why travel? It's tiring and expensive."
"Everyone else goes traveling! How can you say that?"
Lin Zhou glanced at her, his eyes darting around evasively. "Let's talk about it tomorrow. I'm too tired today." As he spoke, he stuffed the counted money under his pillow.
Sun Xiaomei noticed this action and felt a flash of unhappiness.
The night passed without another word.
Early the next morning, Father Lin, who had specially prepared breakfast, was waiting for his son and daughter-in-law to eat. However, only Lin Zhou appeared; Sun Xiaomei sat on the sofa with a gloomy expression.
"What's wrong here?" Father Lin asked.
Lin Zhou looked at Sun Xiaomei, also baffled. He wasn't quite sure himself; he had woken up to find Sun Xiaomei sitting by the bed looking upset, refusing to say anything when asked.
Sun Xiaomei was just getting angrier the more she thought about Lin Zhou refusing the trip. She had given so much for him, even married him, yet he wasn't even willing to go on a honeymoon!
Lin Zhou eventually called her over to eat.
Sun Xiaomei turned her face away.
Father Lin looked displeased. In his view, marrying into their family meant she was one of them. "Little Zhou, discipline your wife properly. Who is she showing that attitude to early in the morning?" He stood up and walked out of the house.
"What are you doing?" Lin Zhou couldn't hold back either. The dust had settled on the wedding, and he actually had something important to discuss with Sun Xiaomei today.
"You don't understand me at all!" Sun Xiaomei suddenly shouted, tears bursting from her eyes.
Lin Zhou frowned. "How can I understand if you don't tell me? You've been unhappy since you got out of bed."
"True understanding doesn't require words!"
"I only understand if you say it."
"You should understand even if I don't say it!" Sun Xiaomei felt incredibly aggrieved. "You've changed. You changed as soon as we got married."
Lin Zhou felt like he was on the verge of a breakdown. Why was this woman so weird? Did she reveal her true form the moment they got married?
"Fine, fine, whatever you say is right. I need to tell you something." Lin Zhou deliberately glanced at the door.
Sun Xiaomei turned her head away in a huff.
Lin Zhou stopped caring about niceties and reached out his hand directly. "Give me the bride price."
"Why?" Sun Xiaomei was surprised.
"Let me ask you, are you married to me?" Lin Zhou said. Seeing Sun Xiaomei remain silent, he continued, "Yours is mine, and mine is yours. Give me the money, I'll keep it for you. If you need it later, I'll give it to you."
Sun Xiaomei got agitated. "No way!"
"Why are you so selfish? We are a family now; we have to consider the whole household," Lin Zhou said. "Can't you stop just thinking about yourself?"
Sun Xiaomei was caught off guard by his words. "I'm selfish?"
Lin Zhou dropped the act. "I'll tell you the truth. That money was borrowed. It has to be repaid."
"What?" Sun Xiaomei was completely shocked. "Borrowed?"
Lin Zhou looked at her without speaking. If he cared about saving face in front of outsiders, Sun Xiaomei was no longer an outsider, so there was no need for that. "Borrowed. You are my wife, so you have to bear the debt too."
"You, you..." Sun Xiaomei was dumbfounded. The image of Lin Zhou in her heart cracked completely.
"It's just over three hundred thousand. I'll do a few projects with my good big brother later and earn it back easily. Give it to me first."
Lin Zhou was confident now. Fang Zhiyi's words that day made some sense. Although Fang had only suggested this method, Lin Zhou had thought it through further. Sun Xiaomei had a job and her family's financial condition was decent. Couldn't he ask her to help repay the money he got from mortgaging the house earlier?
This was a joint marital debt!
Little Hei had come specifically early to watch, and ended up seeing something exciting. This "perfect match" of a couple accused each other, then dug up old grudges, going from money to looks, and from looks to character, until both were too exhausted to continue.
Sun Xiaomei held her head; she really hadn't expected to fall so easily into such a huge pit!
And Lin Zhou, realizing the bride price had been taken by the Sun family, also panicked and immediately told Sun Xiaomei to go get it back.
His thoughts returned to that day.
"I can't borrow that much money."
Fang Zhiyi had looked like he wanted to say something but stopped, simply sighing heavily.
"Good brother, help me think of a way. You have many friends, borrow some for me." Even at that moment, he was thinking of taking advantage of Fang Zhiyi.
Fang Zhiyi shook his head. "I can't borrow anymore either. You know my situation, I owe money everywhere..." As he spoke, he showed Lin Zhou the lending platforms on his phone, which he had carefully selected.
Lin Zhou immediately had an idea. He just needed to borrow it for a few days and then pay it back, right?
So he reached out and took Fang Zhiyi's phone, searching accordingly.
During the process, when it wasn't enough, he "coincidentally" found contacts like "AAA Low Interest Loans" and "AAA Fast Lending Brother Li" in Fang Zhiyi's contact list, and immediately took those numbers too.
As luck would have it, by scraping funds from here and there, he managed to gather exactly three hundred and eighty thousand, not a penny more, not a penny less.
But now you tell me you gave it to your family?
Yes, Sun Xiaomei still hid the fact that she had some money in hand.
"Anyway, divorce is impossible. Divorcing right after getting married? Don't you find it shameful? Think about those people watching our joke," Lin Zhou said.
Sun Xiaomei's face also turned ugly. She knew her family; they were vampires. Money that went into their pockets would never come out, especially since she had a younger brother.
The two looked at each other, both feeling that their partner was incredibly strange.
Lin Zhou's tone softened a bit. "It's all Fang Zhiyi's fault. It was his idea, otherwise I wouldn't owe so much money."
Hearing Fang Zhiyi's name, Sun Xiaomei said hatefully, "He is just jealous! I told you not to hang out with him! What do we do now?"
"Can you ask your family for it, or borrow from someone?"
Sun Xiaomei thought of her best friend and immediately took out her phone to call. However, as soon as she mentioned the need to borrow money, Chen Xuan sounded troubled. "Xiaomei, I don't have any money left..."
"How is that possible?" Sun Xiaomei remembered that Chen Xuan was very good at saving money.
"Well, you know that Fang Zhiyi, right? He suddenly told me about a project that makes a lot of money. I thought what he said sounded pretty good, so I... invested. I have two thousand left for emergencies, do you want it?"
"Fang Zhiyi again!"
Listening from the side, Lin Zhou's eyebrows were about to stand on end. "She was scammed! Where would Fang Zhiyi get a project now!"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
e school belle recognized by the whole school, a genius girl from the kendo club. She also has a hidden identity, the youngest legendary demon hunter. Chen Shuo just transmigrated and found himself turned into a weak, helpless little vampire. He was caught by Su Xiyen and taken home at the very beginning. Since then, Chen Shuo's life creed only had two items. "First, classmate Su Xiyen is always right." "Second, if classmate Su Xiyen is wrong, please refer back to item one." Many years later, Chen Shuo, who had turned back into a human, led a pair of twins to appear in front of all the vampires to share the secret of how he turned back into a human. "It's simple, I tricked a female demon hunter into becoming my wife!"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
