The relatives also took out their mobile phones, and after seeing the time the video was posted, they looked at each other in dismay.
Yan Mo confirmed that everyone had no objections to what she had just said before continuing to clarify: "Furthermore, just like on the internet, you all say that I demanded a huge amount of betrothal gifts from my ex-boyfriend and, when that failed, turned around and married Liang Qingzhou. I would like to ask, is 88,000 considered a huge amount when I asked my ex-boyfriend for it? In our Nancheng, which family's betrothal gifts aren't already 188,000 or 288,000? And what do you mean by 'turned around'? We broke up on October 1st, it has been four months now!"
"88,000 is indeed a small amount."
"Exactly, I attended a wedding for a second marriage a couple of days ago and the betrothal gift was 188,000!"
"Right, 88,000 can't be called a lot, let alone a huge amount."
After Yan Mo finished speaking, the relatives began to discuss it in a hubbub.
"So, there was no such thing as me demanding a huge amount of betrothal gifts from my ex-boyfriend. 88,000 is not much, and my family does not lack this bit of money; all I wanted was sincerity. After seven years of feelings, he wouldn't even pay 88,000 in betrothal gifts and even said it would be better to spend 188,000 to marry someone younger than me. The video you watched was maliciously edited. I happen to have an audio recording here that can prove he said those words."
Naturally, she would not take out the audio recording for them to listen to; there was no need, nor was there any obligation.
Liang Qingzhou had been standing, but the more he listened, the more he felt that Yan Mo was clear and logical, so he calmly found the nearest chair and sat down.
"Moreover, the day I went there, it wasn't to crash a wedding, but to collect a debt. He owed me one hundred thousand, and he hadn't paid it back for several years. I was truly at my wit's end, which is why I went to block his car." Yan Mo continued to argue her case, "It is only right and proper to pay back debts. Not wanting to pay back money is not a reason for him to use moral kidnapping."
"Also, after entering the door just now, Second Aunt said that I was a gold digger. Perhaps it is because my marriage with Qingzhou was a bit of a flash marriage, and you don't know the situation of my family yet."
Second Aunt felt a bit guilty and quickly distanced herself: "I didn't say that; it was all said on the internet."
Yan Mo didn't look at her again, paused, and said: "Our family may not be as wealthy as the Liang family, but our family has opened several chain clothing stores in Nancheng, which can be considered a well-matched couple with the Liang family. You only know that the Liang family gave my family 288,000 in betrothal gifts, but I'm afraid you don't know that my family also provided 288,000 as a dowry, right?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the whole room of relatives was shocked.
They knew that the Liang family's second son was almost thirty when they suddenly heard he was having a flash marriage. When they came to drink at the wedding banquet, they only knew that the Liang family had given the new daughter-in-law 288,000 in betrothal gifts, and did not know that the bride's maternal home also had a dowry of 288,000.
"Impossible, we didn't know about this." Second Aunt curled her lip again, "Oh, you say your maternal home provided a dowry of 288,000, so it's 288,000? Are you trying to deceive us? Didn't your family just open a few clothing stores in Nancheng? Why did I hear that your maternal home has a younger brother? Even if you earned some money, isn't it all your younger brother's? A daughter married off is like spilled water; could your parents really let you, an outsider, bring it to your husband's family?"
The Yan family is indeed not considered a wealthy family in Nancheng, but they are comfortable enough. Moreover, Yan Zhiyuan and Su Yunxiu are both low-key people; the dowry given to their daughter was not made public, nor was it displayed on a sign on the day of the wedding; they just very low-key tucked it into the bottom of their daughter's trunk the night before.
Only Yan Mo, her younger brother, and her parents knew about it; even her good friend Zhao Luoluo was not told by her. Her parents had good intentions, just wanting their daughter to stand tall in front of her husband.
But in this situation, she had to bring out her dowry to prove herself.
"Liang Qingzhou, the dowry is in the room, could you help me go get it?" Yan Mo looked around, "I will stand right here to avoid anyone saying I am doing something sneaky."
Liang Qingzhou had been listening with great interest as an outsider, but he didn't expect Yan Mo to suddenly mention him and even order him to go to the room to get cash.
Looking at Yan Mo's earnest gaze for help, Liang Qingzhou was soft-hearted after all.
He got up and returned to the room, but discovered that both suitcases were bright red, and he couldn't recognize which suitcase was the one Yan Mo had returned his betrothal gifts in yesterday.
Never mind, he just grabbed one at random. He remembered Yan Mo saying yesterday that each suitcase contained 288,000, so grabbing either one should be the same.
Liang Qingzhou carried the suitcase back to the living room, placed it on the floor, and pulled the zipper.
The crowd leaned in to look, and inside was cash neatly stacked.
Someone counted it, and it was indeed 288,000 in betrothal gifts.
Second Aunt was still unwilling to let go; she looked at it with a bitter face for a long time and finally found a loophole, "That's not right, this suitcase is clearly the Liang family's betrothal gifts."
After saying that, she looked at Zhou Xiulan and pointed at the suitcase, saying: "Sister, have you forgotten? I went with you to buy this suitcase. Look at the pattern inside; it has one more layer than the others we looked at."
Zhou Xiulan walked up to confirm for a moment and nodded, "It is indeed the suitcase you accompanied me to buy."
But she couldn't stand her younger sister making things difficult for her daughter-in-law in front of the relatives, so she hurriedly helped Yan Mo out: "Xiuling, don't be so pedantic. What dowry or no dowry, my family marrying a daughter-in-law isn't for the sake of their dowry. This 288,000 in betrothal gifts is as it should be; it is my family's sincerity in marrying a daughter-in-law. Moreover, my in-laws are also very good and didn't hold onto the betrothal gifts; didn't my daughter-in-law bring them back? Xiuling, stop looking for trouble where there is none. My family is marrying a daughter-in-law, and Old Liang and I haven't said anything, so why are you making such a fuss?"
Liang Zhendong also stepped forward and echoed: "Exactly, my family is willing to give this money. What do you mean my daughter-in-law is a gold digger? My family has the assets for my daughter-in-law to dig; my daughter-in-law can dig whatever she wants. If she is willing to dig, it just means she thinks highly of our family; I'm too happy to care. Xiuling, it's not that I'm lecturing you, but don't spend your days gossiping about other people's business; if you have nothing to do, go save up more family assets for your son. If a young woman wanted to dig in your house, she wouldn't even be able to find anything."
"Brother-in-law, why are you saying that to me?" Zhou Xiuling felt that she had tried to be clever only to end up with nothing, and she was so angered she was panting.
She was Liang Zhendong's sister-in-law, Zhou Xiulan's own younger sister. She had come to warn them out of kindness, and she didn't understand why this old couple not only didn't thank her but both joined in to squeeze her out.
It was simply that no good deed goes unpunished.
Yan Mo was very grateful to her parents-in-law for helping her out, but she knew that Liang Qingzhou had taken the wrong suitcase, and this was not over yet.
Since the betrothal gifts were already displayed in the living room, she was no longer afraid of people misunderstanding that she was going into the room to do something sneaky.
Now, she had to go into the room herself to get her dowry.
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