Chapter 178

Chapter 178

Marriage doesn’t mean forever—people get divorced!

“I’m going to the backyard!” he said seriously.

“Now that you’re better, what’s the point of hiding? That’s just silly!” Old Mrs. Lu was the first to object.

Lu Hang let out a frustrated groan while Lin Nannan was doubled over laughing...

While the Lu household was lively, the mood at the Lin house was downright gloomy.

“Everyone’s laughing at me,” Lin Qingqing sobbed, her eyes swollen from crying, brimming with resentment. “They’re saying I strong-armed Lin Nannan into marrying, and I don’t even have the right to be jealous! But what did I do wrong? The Lu family tricked us, claiming Lu Hang would never get better—that’s why I backed out! If I’d known he could recover, I would’ve married him and taken good care of him. But who could’ve guessed… wuwu…”

She cried harder and harder, so distraught she nearly passed out.

At first, the Lin family thought the villagers were pulling their legs—they didn’t buy that Lu Hang had actually recovered.

But now, Lin Qingqing claimed she had seen it with her own eyes and had been mocked by the villagers, leaving them all furious.

“The Lu family’s rotten! They played us for fools!” Lin Donglai thought about the perfect son-in-law slipping through his fingers, the benefits from the Lu family gone, and the 100 bucks Lin Nannan had squeezed out of them…

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, ready to throw hands with the Lu family.

“Exactly! They’re so wicked, lying to us like that!” the rest of the Lin family chimed in. Only Old Mrs. Lin squinted, her wrinkled face a mask of calculation.

“Mom, what are you thinking?” Lin Donglai asked, noticing her serious expression.

Old Mrs. Lin shot him a glance and said, “Since the Lu family deceived us, we should call them out!”

“Call them out?” The Lin family was stunned, sensing opportunity. Their eyes lit up, already scheming how to milk the Lu family dry.

Seeing their reaction, Lin Qingqing cried even harder. “You don’t give a damn about me!”

“What’s there to cry about? Marriage doesn’t mean forever—people get divorced! You were the one originally engaged to Lu Hang—it was the Lu family who wronged you. Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you get what’s yours and kick Lin Nannan out of that house,” Old Mrs. Lin declared confidently.

“Marriage doesn’t mean forever—people get divorced?” Lin Qingqing murmured between sobs, then laughed bitterly through her tears. “Right, marriage doesn’t mean forever. A nobody like Lin Nannan has no right to him. Grandma, you must chase her away…”

“Don’t worry, I will!” Old Mrs. Lin assured her.

The next morning, she led the Lin family to the village chief, accusing the Lu family of deception and fraud, leaving Lu Ding scratching his head.

Once he understood their scheme, Lu Ding was speechless. How could they come up with such shameless ideas, as if the Lu family didn’t matter at all? He was just waiting to see the Lin family get what was coming to them, so he cooperated and followed them over.

When they arrived, the Lu family was still eating breakfast. Lin Nannan, in particular, was wolfing it down happily—one hand holding an egg, the other a cornbread bun, while Lu Hang kept making sure to offer her drinks so she wouldn’t choke.

This scene made her blood boil with jealousy.

She had been formally engaged to Lu Hang, but they’d never even interacted. She had never felt his tenderness, and watching this made her livid with envy…

“What brings you here?” Old Mrs. Lu sniffed dismissively when she saw the village chief leading the Lin family with a meaningful look.

“We have questions for you!” Old Mrs. Lin huffed self-righteously, which only annoyed Old Mrs. Lu more.

She pressed her lips tight and snapped, “We’ve got nothing to say to you. Go home!”

“Hah! Nothing to say? You’re just scared of getting caught, that’s all!” Old Mrs. Lin shot back sharply.

Old Mrs. Lu looked baffled by the accusation but remained calm, standing tall with the confidence of someone with nothing to hide. Her unshakable cool made Old Mrs. Lin see red.

“Fine then. Go ahead—tell me exactly what we lied to you about?” Old Mrs. Lu drawled, taking her sweet time.