sovbooks Chapter 2358: All Conditions Accepted
Chapter 2358: All Conditions Accepted
chapter 2358: all conditions accepted
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“say, aren’t you being too nosy! it’s fine if you want to stick your nose into my father’s business! why are you so concerned with our issues! when it comes to us, naturally there’s my father and... auntie li in charge!” xu cai said after taking a glance at li gui.
xu cai’s attitude towards li gui had softened a lot from her initial prickly attitude. it seemed that xu ba had put in a lot of effort into talking to xu cai and xu hang, and xu cai had gradually accepted li gui’s existence.
“xu cai! how can you say that!” xu ba looked at xu cai and said in a low voice.
qiao mei had influence over everything in the family. whatever qiao mei said was the rule and they did not have the clout to refute.
“i give each of them 25 dollars a month for their living expenses on top of the tuition fees,” xu ba said.
qiao mei nodded in understanding. then, she looked at xu cai and said, “in the future, each of them will get 60 dollars a month. if there’s any excess, the two of you should save it up. also, every month, one third of uncle xu’s salary will be given to the two of you to set aside for your future dowry and betrothal gift respectively.”
qiao mei could not accept the fact that she would not be able to see li gui during the new year in the future. this matter would have to wait until old madam xu came. at the dining table, qiao mei brought up this issue. her proposal was that the families would take turns to celebrate the new year, alternating between xu ba’s family and li gui’s family. neither would suffer a loss or take advantage of the other.
old madam xu agreed without any hesitation. whatever request that qiao mei made, even if it was unreasonable, old madam xu would accept it. all she wanted was for li gui to marry into the family first.
how could a woman who had been divorced twice have the cheek to get a third divorce! when the time came, li gui would be a member of the xu family for the rest of her life and the family could do whatever they wanted with li gui!
after all the arrangements were settled, they sat down to have a meal. qiao mei looked at all these people and felt a little melancholic. all the xu family members had ulterior motives. some of them may want to be nice to li gui but some of them just wanted to suck all the blood out of li gui.
“if all of you had behaved nicer back then and your xu family had agreed to these arrangements earlier, they might even have a child now,” qiao mei said.
“cough, cough, cough... what nonsense are you talking about... what child!” li gui said with a red face.
the xu family members did not reply and all of them kept their heads lowered. they knew that this was qiao mei’s opening gambit! it was to let them know clearly who was the one in the family who had the authority to speak.
qiao mei was well aware of their dirty thoughts, but as long as li gui was willing to go through with this, qiao mei had nothing to say. she only wanted li gui to be happy.
“then can we discuss the date of the wedding now?” old madam xu said as she looked at qiao mei with a fake smile on her face.