Chapter 3 The Bride-Price

"A golden comb." "A golden phoenix hairpin." "A jade abacus." "A pair of golden bracelets." "A pair of golden chopsticks and two golden bowls." …… Hearing the list of gifts, the members of the Su Family looked at each other. These were not birthday gifts for Matriarch Su, but bride price! "Cash bride price, seven million seven hundred and seventy thousand." Hearing the words, everyone in the Su Family was dumbfounded. When the hundred-yuan notes were placed in front of them, all people at the hall were too surprised to say anything. A second-class family like the Su Family has never accepted an astronomical amount of bride price. Matriarch Su stood up on crutches and staggered to the salute man. She asked excitedly, "Excuse me, who are you? Which girl of our Su Family does your master have a crush on? " Hearing this, the young women of the Su Family, who were not married, were so excited that their faces turned red. Although they didn't know who gave the bride price, it must be a rich family since they could offer such an astonishing bride price. Getting married to a rich family must be something they were dreaming about. Kelly Su's face turned deathly pale because she was the only woman who had gotten married in the Su Family. In other words, everyone else had a chance, except her. "I'm only responsible for sending gifts. I don't know anything else." The man who gave the gift came and went quickly, leaving no message. All people looked at the gifts and notes, with their eyes lighting up. If their daughter was valued, she would become a rich lady. From now on, the whole Su Family would have to rely on them. "This must be me. I'm the most beautiful woman in the Su Family." A sexy woman said. "Oh, my God! How can you be so confident? Maybe this young master has a crush on me." "Yes, we both have a chance. How can it be you? In my opinion, this [少爷] from a rich family deliberately pretends to be mysterious. Maybe he has a crush on me." Several young women fought against each other, making the hall noisy. "Don't argue anymore. You all have the chance, but unfortunately, someone definitely has no chance." When Owen Su said this, he deliberately glanced at Kelly. Everyone present knew who he was talking about and laughed. "That's right. We have lost a competitor." "Sean, thank you." "If it weren't for you, we would have had one more opponent." Sean Han lowered his head with a gloomy and even a bit of ferocious expression. These people didn't know who the Han Family was, but he was very clear about it. Did they want to make up for it? "Stop arguing. I'll keep these things for the time being. When the person who gives the gift comes out and knows who he likes, I will give these betrothal presents to her." Matriarch Su said, and the others stopped arguing. After lunch, Kelly and her parents drove away without waiting for Sean because they thought he embarrassed them. Back then, when Sean and Kelly got married, he did not get any bride price. How could they not be jealous when they saw such a large sum of money today? When they got home, Kelly locked herself in her room. Kelly's mother, Erin Jiang, shouted angrily at Harry Su, "Look at others and then look at our family. This is the difference. If it weren't for your incompetence, how could Patriarch Su let Sean marry into our family? I was so blind back then. I thought I could live a good life after marrying into the Su Family, but I didn't expect that I would marry you, a loser. Patriarch Su had never thought of giving the inheritance to you. Look at the others. They all live in villas, but I'm still huddling with you in this shabby community." The outsiders all think that I'm fortunate to marry into the Su family. Who knows what kind of hard life I'm living?" Lowering his head, Harry didn't dare to retort. He was a typical henpecked man, and he knew that he was useless, so he didn't dare to lose his temper in front of Erin. Erin was so powerful that Harry was even more useless. "I don't care. Ask Kelly to divorce this loser right now. I don't care about the face of your Su Family. I just want a good life." Harry said weakly, "My father warned me not to let them divorce, and the whole Y City knows that Kelly and Sean have gotten married. Isn't it a joke to let them divorce now?" Erin began to use pity. She sat on the ground and cried, "Harry Su, you're useless. How can I marry a loser like you? What did I do wrong in my previous life? Do you want to destroy our life for the sake of the Su Family's dignity? Don't you feel sorry for Kelly? She is a girl, but she has to go to construction sites. All your relatives let her do those hard work. You don't care about me, but you should care about your daughter. " The Su Family was engaged in the building materials business, and it was common to go to construction sites. The reason why all these jobs were assigned to Kelly was that their family had the lowest position in the Su Family, Harry couldn't hide the pain on his face. He knew he was the most useless one in the Su Family, so his father would let Kelly marry Sean. He had to take most of the responsibility for this. But he could not make the decision. Matriarch Su would rather let Kelly live be Sean for the rest of their lives than embarrass the Su family. The wedding in the past was already a joke. After three years, it was gradually forgotten. If they divorced, it would become the mock of the city again. How could Matriarch Su allow it to happen? Sean walked to the door and heard the cry from home. Sitting on the stairs, he took out a cigarette. The rising smoke couldn't wipe the coldness in his eyes. After smoking a cigarette, Sean was about to enter the room, but Kelly's voice came into his ears. Kelly suddenly walked to the living room from her room. Looking at Erin and Harry, she said, "I won't divorce him." "My dear daughter, are you crazy? Are you going to spend the rest of your life with this loser?" In the eyes of Erin, Kelly should be the one who wanted to divorce Sean the most, but she said she didn't want to divorce now. "I'm not crazy. It's true that he is capable of nothing, but no matter how bad we treated him, he didn't complain at all in the past three years. He cleaned up the house and cooked for us. I so look down upon him, but I don't hate him. It was grandma who asked me to marry him. Even if I want to hate somebody, I only hate Grandpa. Besides, grandma won't let us divorce. She values the face of the Su Family more than anything else." At the door, Sean took a deep breath and smiled. It was not until today that he realized that he was not that bad in Kelly's heart. At least this woman had a certain feeling for him. "Kelly, I'm sorry." Harry sighed. With tears falling, Kelly shook her head and said stubbornly, "I'm not aggrieved." Kelly had always thought that she would divorce Sean. And today, she even told Sean that they would divorce sooner or later. But when this question was really put in front of Kelly, she realized that the useless man had actually entered her heart in the past three years. They had never held hands and even maintained a certain distance in public. But this man had slept under her bed for three years. This was a relationship that could not be erased. "I'm not good enough. How could I really fall in love with him?" Kelly bit her pale lips and said. At this time, Sean opened the door and walked into the living room. Looking at Kelly, who was crying, he reached out and wiped the tears on her face. "Sean, you said that only I could change you." "Yes, you are right." "I don't want to be looked down upon again. I don't want to be laughed at by others. I want everyone who looks down on me to regret." "Okay." Sean replied briefly, turned around, and left.