Seeing that Liang Bo was at a loss for words and had fallen into a disadvantage, Bai Ruolian, who stood nearby, grew extremely anxious.
No matter what, today she had to make Liang Bo and Song Yunlan break off their engagement.
The two of them had given in to impulse and tasted the forbidden fruit. What if she ended up pregnant?
She absolutely could not bear the label of a “homewrecker,” so Song Yunlan had to be the one sacrificed.
“Big Sister Song, you’ve misunderstood Brother Liang. He’s doing this for your own good he doesn’t want you to go down the wrong path.
We clearly saw a man enter your courtyard earlier… Brother Liang is just worried about you!”
Looking at the persistent Bai Ruolian, Song Yunlan slowly walked up to her.
With a flick of her wrist smack! she slapped Bai Ruolian across the face.
“‘Brother Liang’? You sure sound close calling him that. Even I, his fiancée, have never called him that. Anyone who didn’t know better might think Liang Bo is your boyfriend!
You keep saying a man entered my courtyard where’s your evidence? Are you trying to ruin my reputation with nothing but lies?”
No one expected Song Yunlan to suddenly strike. Bai Ruolian’s eyes instantly reddened as she shrank pitifully into Liang Bo’s arms.
“Y-you… how can you hit someone? I’m just telling the truth! Sister Song… could it be that you feel guilty?”
Suppressing the hatred in her eyes, Bai Ruolian spoke with a trembling voice.
Her aggrieved appearance made Liang Bo’s heart ache. He immediately reached out to push Song Yunlan.
“Just talk if you want to talk why use violence? Apologize to Ruolian right now, or I will never forgive you!”
Song Yunlan dodged his hand, picked up a broom from the ground, and swung it, striking Liang Bo’s arm.
“Apologize? You two shameless scum think you deserve that? Do you really think everyone here is blind? Look at the way you cling to each other so indecently and you still dare to slander me!”
Hearing this, Bai Ruolian stiffened and quickly stepped out of Liang Bo’s embrace.
Liang Bo lifted his chin stubbornly and shouted, “Song Yunlan, this is between the two of us. Don’t drag others into it! If you have something to say, come at me!”
Song Yunlan let out a cold laugh, her face full of mockery.
“Protecting her quite tightly, aren’t you?”
She then looked up at the crowd outside and raised her voice:
“Everyone here has eyes. Over the past two years, you’ve all seen how I’ve treated Liang Bo.
And now, Liang Bo and Bai Ruolian are flirting and entangled with each other, unclear and improper.
Yet they want to pin the label of promiscuity and immoral relationships on me to force me to break off the engagement.
A man who is ungrateful, disloyal, and unfaithful like this Song Yunlan wants nothing to do with him!”
As she spoke, she turned to Liang Bo again.
“Today, it’s not you breaking off the engagement with me it’s me, Song Yunlan, who doesn’t want you anymore!”
As her words fell, the onlookers outside began murmuring.
“This really does seem off…”
“Exactly everyone knows how much Song liked Liang!”
“Could it be that Liang and Bai got together and are deliberately framing her?”
“That must be it! They said they came to catch her cheating, but she was alone in the room what else could it be but slander?”
“The more educated people are, the more heartless they seem! This Liang is just like Chen Shimei…”
“And Bai Ruolian isn’t any better she knew they were a couple and still interfered!”
“Exactly, exactly…”
Hearing the crowd’s comments, both Liang Bo and Bai Ruolian looked extremely uncomfortable.
“Sister Song, you’ve misunderstood me. There’s really nothing between Liang and me we’re just friends. Saying things like this… aren’t you trying to force me to death?”
With tears streaming down her face, Bai Ruolian looked at Song Yunlan with deep grievance, as if she had suffered a great injustice.
“Force you to death? Heh… as the saying goes, if you don’t want people to know, don’t do it. Bai Ruolian, do you really think no one knows about you and Liang Bo?”
After saying this, Song Yunlan grabbed Bai Ruolian’s collar and yanked off the pendant from around her neck.
“Everyone, take a look this pendant is the token of engagement between me and Liang Bo. And now it’s hanging on Bai Ruolian’s neck. If there’s nothing going on between them, who would believe it?”
Holding the pendant, Song Yunlan finally felt relieved. It was a treasure no matter what, she couldn’t let it fall into Bai Ruolian’s hands in this lifetime.
Seeing Bai Ruolian’s clothes pulled open, Liang Bo quickly pulled her into his arms.
This action only further confirmed their affair.
“Song Yunlan, you’re too rude! How can you treat Ruolian like this? Don’t you know how important a woman’s reputation is?”
Song Yunlan raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.
“Her reputation matters, but mine doesn’t? Liang Bo, you’re truly double standard!
I’ve already taken back the engagement token. From now on, we’re completely done.
Liang Bo, I’ll give you three days to return all the money of mine you’ve spent over the years. Otherwise, I won’t hesitate to report you to the commune for marriage fraud.
And you, Bai Ruolian the medical fees I paid for you last time, plus the fifty yuan, two cloth coupons, and ten industrial vouchers you borrowed from me return them immediately.
Otherwise, don’t blame me for being ruthless! Remember you both only have three days. No extensions!”
After saying this, Song Yunlan swung the broom and drove Liang Bo and Bai Ruolian out the door.
Humiliated, Liang Bo grabbed Bai Ruolian and tried to leave.
“Brother Liang… that pendant…”
Bai Ruolian didn’t want to go. She wanted to get the pendant back from Song Yunlan.
Somehow, she felt that the pendant was very important to her.
“That pendant was left to Song Yunlan by her grandmother a cursed, worthless thing. Only she treats it like treasure!”
Liang Bo sneered with disdain, acting superior, already eager to discard the past now that he believed he would soon have a job.
“Brother Liang, can we get the pendant back? I really like it that was the first gift you gave me…”
Hearing this, Liang Bo frowned.
Given his understanding of Song Yunlan, after things had escalated like this, she would rather smash the pendant than give it back to them.
“Forget it. Song Yunlan isn’t someone easy to deal with. I’ll get you something better in the future.”
Still unwilling, Bai Ruolian tried to argue further.
“But ”
Before she could finish, Liang Bo cut her off impatiently.
“Enough. No ‘buts’!”
Feeling embarrassed under the gazes of the crowd, he grabbed her arm and dragged her away.
With the main figures gone, the onlookers gradually dispersed and returned home.
However, news of Song Yunlan and Liang Bo’s broken engagement did not stop spreading because of this incident.
In just one day, the entire production team knew about it.