Chapter 238 - 142: One Family Preying on Another!_3

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Jin City.

A common residential area.

Yan Yeyun returned home, exhausted.

"Mom, how did it go?"

Her youngest son, Wen Jingming, hurried forward to inquire about the situation.

Since receiving the subpoena, the whole family had been somewhat on edge.

Especially him.

Whether they could get the bride price or not... It concerned whether he could get married. These days, getting married was just too difficult.

"The lawyer advised us to communicate with the other party and try to negotiate privately."

Yan Yeyun shook her head, her expression somewhat gloomy.

She glanced at the living room.

Then she looked up and asked, "Where’s your sister?"

"She’s studying in her room."

Yan Yeyun frowned.

She walked into the study.

She saw her daughter, Wen Le, studying calmly at the desk.

"Lele, I went to the law firm today, and the lawyer said..."

Then she exaggerated what Zhang Wei had said about the criminal risk.

She described each detail in a very serious tone.

"The Wan Family’s actions are practically driving us to a dead end!"

"I told you not to get involved with that boy from the Wan Family, but you wouldn’t listen, and now our whole family is in this mess!"

"According to what the lawyer said, if we lose the case, I might even have to go to jail!"

"You... why don’t you talk to Wan Feizhang and ask him to persuade his dad to give us a bit more for the bride price and drop the lawsuit?"

She played a series of emotional cards.

Finally, she revealed her intentions.

Even now, she had not given up the idea of getting the bride price. This bride price concerned whether her youngest son could get married. If they missed this opportunity... there would be no other. At least among the people she knew now, apart from the Wan Family, no other family was willing to give one million for a bride price!

"Lele, you know, your brother is idle all day, good for nothing, and has no real skills."

Seeing her daughter still hesitant, Yan Yeyun continued to plead earnestly, "We’re all family; we should support each other. As his sister, you should shoulder this family’s burden."

"Now that the bride price is so expensive, if you don’t help, he’ll never be able to get married in his life..."

「Ten minutes later.」

Wen Le bit her lower lip and agreed.

Although she knew it was wrong, these were her family, and she simply couldn’t stand by and do nothing.

So, she picked up her phone and sent a message to Wan Feizhang.

"Are you there?"

Not three seconds later, Wan Feizhang replied with a message, "Yes, Lele, you actually took the initiative to chat with me today."

He even sent a ’moved to tears’ emoji.

Wen Le, however, had no interest in chatting about other things and went straight to the point.

She bluntly asked, "I didn’t expect your family to be like this. We had a perfectly good agreement on the bride price, but then you sued my mom and now want her to bear criminal responsibility?"

Wan Feizhang hurriedly defended, "Lele, listen to my explanation. I had nothing to do with this; it was all my dad’s doing."

"I even had a big fight with him over it; I almost got my leg broken."

"Lele, the lawsuit has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

"I can swear to the heavens!"

"My sincerity towards you is witnessed by heaven and earth. How could I possibly bear to hurt you?"

"I even had a nightmare last night. Guess what it was?"

"Any dream without you is a nightmare..."

In just a minute, more than twenty chat messages popped up.

This barrage of messages completely interrupted Wen Le’s line of questioning; she couldn’t type fast enough to get a word in.

"Lele? Are you still there?"

"Why did you suddenly stop replying to me?"

Wan Feizhang also realized something was wrong and asked with concern.

Wen Le took a deep breath and typed, "Talk to your dad. Ask him to withdraw the lawsuit."

"I’m the only daughter in our family, and it wasn’t easy for my mom to raise me. I really do want to marry you; otherwise, I wouldn’t have registered our marriage with you."

"The bride price money is actually for my brother’s wedding."

"Try to persuade your dad again. You’re his only son, so he’ll surely be willing to add a bit more money."

"After we’re married, I’ll definitely join you in taking good care of our parents..."

For her family, she patiently sent a series of messages to Wan Feizhang.

She repeated everything Yan Yeyun had instructed her to say.

This case... As long as the other party was willing to withdraw the lawsuit, everything would be fine.

"Lele, I’m so moved seeing your words," Wan Feizhang quickly replied. "But I’m scared. You don’t know, my dad has gone mad. He broke one of my legs just yesterday."

"If I go to persuade him again, he’ll definitely kill me."

Wen Le pursed her lips and typed, "A tiger doesn’t eat its own cubs. You’re his only son; he wouldn’t. If my mom really goes to jail, I will never forgive you in my lifetime!"

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「Meanwhile.」

In another residential area of Jin City, Wan Feizhang put down his phone, his expression resolute.

He had a look of someone ready to face death.

He picked up the crutch beside his bed and, with difficulty, got out of bed.

As a devoted admirer, he hadn’t lied.

For trying to forcefully argue on behalf of Wen Le’s family, he had truly gotten his leg broken the day before.

The furious Wan Zhongyuan... had picked up a baseball bat at home and fractured his shin on the spot.

Now his lower leg was immobilized in a plaster cast.

"Lele, for you... I’m all in!"

The thought of the many messages Lele had sent him this time filled him with infinite motivation.

Courage surged from an unknown source.