"Xu Juan, you were the one who shamelessly insisted on setting up this marriage in the first place. Now that our family is in trouble, you're kicking us while we're down. Have you no shame!" Chen Pingping cursed.
Xu Juan sneered, "Bah! It was clearly your Wu Zhen who shamelessly pursued our Tian Tian. If your family hadn't used their wealth and power to force us, you think we would have agreed!"
Chen Pingping gritted her teeth, "You didn't say that when you accepted a million yuan in betrothal gifts from my family. The house you just moved into was also bought for you by my family!"
Xu Juan chuckled coldly, her face a picture of a petty thug, "A million yuan betrothal gifts? Do you have proof? Do you have a receipt? I never saw any!"
"And the house, the property deed is in my name. How can you say it was bought by you?"
Chen Pingping was so angry she almost spat blood. She clutched her chest, her face deathly pale.
Betrothal gifts, how could there be a receipt for such a thing?
Besides, a house plus a million yuan in betrothal gifts, with Wu Tian's position as vice-dean, if it were all done openly, they would surely be investigated.
Therefore, all the transactions had been done secretly, leaving no trace of evidence.
Lin Fan, seeing the two families arguing heatedly, couldn't help but curse, "Neither of you are good people!"
Even with Jiang Tiantian present, he didn't hold back, because Jiang Tiantian's parents were not worthy of being her parents!
Jiang Tiantian felt utterly mortified. Having such parents, she had no face to see anyone.
Wu Tian had fallen completely, yet the guests lingered.
They wanted to see what else Xu Juan would do.
"Oh my, you must be the boyfriend that our Tian Tian often talks about! You're so handsome and capable, no wonder so many influential people who've been on TV are helping you!"
Xu Juan said with a fawning smile, approaching Lin Fan.
"..."
Lin Fan felt both speechless and disgusted.
How could there be such a mother in the world?
Xu Juan continued, "What do you do for work? How much is your annual income? Look at our Tian Tian, she's so beautiful, there are suitors everywhere. Your betrothal gifts can't be less than a million yuan!"
Lin Fan was stunned. Was this how one sold their daughter so openly?
"Mom! Are you done? I told you, he's my friend!"
Jiang Tiantian stomped her foot in exasperation.
"You child, Mom is doing this for your own good. Why can't you understand my good intentions..."
Before Xu Juan could finish, Jiang Tiantian grabbed Lin Fan and ran.
Xu Juan's loud voice echoed from behind, "Tian Tian, you go get 'em! Hurry up and have a baby!!!"
Outside the Jin Hui Hotel.
"Sigh~"
Jiang Tiantian sighed helplessly, "Xiao Fan, I'm sorry. My mom is like this. Please don't take it to heart."
She looked up and found Lin Fan staring intently at her, making her feel inexplicably flustered, "Wh-what's wrong?"
Lin Fan smiled, then suddenly leaned half his body over, pressing towards her.
"You, what are you doing?"
Jiang Tiantian was startled and quickly covered her chest.
Lin Fan chuckled, torn between amusement and exasperation, "Be safe."
With that, he reached out and fastened her seatbelt for her.
The man's breath on her face made Jiang Tiantian's skin flush. She blushed instantly.
Her heart pounded like a drum. So he was just helping her with the seatbelt!
She was startled by her own wild thoughts, a mix of excitement and nervousness in her eyes.
"What if he loses control and gets animalistic? Should I refuse or resist?"
Jiang Tiantian suddenly shook her head, trying to banish these wicked thoughts.
"What are you thinking about?"
Lin Fan, seeing her lost in thought, casually asked.
Jiang Tiantian's gaze darted away, "N-nothing. Where are we going?"
"How about you come home with me first?" Lin Fan suggested.
"Come home with you? So soon?"
The moment she said it, Jiang Tiantian regretted it.
As expected, Lin Fan gave an awkward smile.
"I, I'm not that kind of person..."
Jiang Tiantian found that the more she explained, the more ambiguous it sounded.
"Tian Tian, Tian Tian! Take your luggage and get along well with Xiao Fan!"
Xu Juan emerged, carrying two large suitcases.
Without another word, she shoved them into the car.
Lin Fan, in his twenty-odd years of life, felt a strange revulsion at being called "Xiao Fan" so intimately for the first time.
"Mom!"
Jiang Tiantian chided.
"Good girl, a BMW! It must be very comfortable to ride in!"
Xu Juan was overjoyed!
With so many influential people supporting Lin Fan, he must be an extraordinary individual.
It was just that he was usually low-key, and ordinary folk like herself wouldn't know.
The car slowly started to move.
Xu Juan looked at Jiang Zheng, excitedly saying, "Excellent! With Lin Fan as our son-in-law, we won't have to worry about anything for the rest of our lives!"
"Hmph."
Jiang Zheng snorted, "I told you the Wu family was unreliable. It's all your fault, you almost ruined us!"
Hearing this, Xu Juan immediately became unhappy, and grabbed Jiang Zheng's ear, "Are you enjoying the house? Are you enjoying the luxury car bought with over half a million of the million yuan?"
"Now you're blaming me. What were you doing before?"
"It's only because the Wu family has fallen. Otherwise, who knows where you'd be hiding, secretly gloating!"
Jiang Zheng quickly begged for mercy, "What if this Lin Fan is the same as the Wu family? I just heard some of the important guests in the VIP section talking privately. Apparently, this Lin Fan has more than one woman!"
Xu Juan rolled her eyes, "He's capable. He's not comparable to the Wu family. I believe I haven't misjudged this time!"
"Besides, what capable man doesn't have a few wives and concubines? As long as Lin Fan doesn't let our family suffer!"
Jiang Zheng pouted, "You're certainly open-minded."
Xu Juan glared at him, "Look at your useless self! If you were even half as capable as him, you could find women outside, and I wouldn't interfere!"
After scolding her husband, she went to ingratiate herself with those influential figures.
"Oh, President Zhang, please take care of me in the future..."
Meanwhile, Lin Fan took Jiang Tiantian back to the medical clinic.
"Tian Tian? Why are you here?"
Luo Qiqi pounced on her, her face full of surprise.
"Qiqi, I missed you so much!"
Jiang Tiantian burst into tears upon seeing her good friend.
Luo Qiqi thought she had been bullied by Lin Fan, but when she asked, she learned that it was her wedding day.
"Such a big thing happened, why didn't you tell me?"
After understanding the whole story, Luo Qiqi became angry.
Her family was wealthy, and dealing with the Wu family was no pressure at all. Lin Fan didn't need to intervene.
Jiang Tiantian sobbed, "I didn't want to drag you into it..."
"Oh, please! I think you've fallen for that rascal Lin Fan!"
Luo Qiqi said with a knowing smile, completely certain of her deduction.
"Uh..."
Jiang Tiantian froze for a moment, neither confirming nor denying.