Chapter 17: Breaking Off the Engagement

Liu Ruo didn't want to listen to Xia Liang's words, but Xia Liang's voice was like a devil's whisper, deeply reflected in his mind.

"Don't lie to yourself. If you, Nana, really want to live with you for the rest of her life, she will be considerate of you, the person who will accompany her for the rest of her life. Instead of ordering you to do that when you are physically and mentally exhausted, I will let you do that today. If she buys a TV and asks you to buy an air conditioner tomorrow, she just treats you like a cash machine."

"Withdrawal? Cash machine? Do you think of me as a cash machine?"

Liu Ruo stopped shaking his head and stared blankly ahead, recalling all the events of the past six months in his head.

From the initial 10-cent gift, to the purchase of a house, and the subsequent decoration and layout of the small house that the two of them were supposed to build together, it all fell on her. However, she never gave a word of encouragement along the way. The most she said in half a year was , If you want to buy this, don’t get married if you don’t agree to it.

Seeing Liu Ruo's appearance, the audience in the live broadcast room suddenly became panicked.

[What's wrong with Liu Ruo? 】

【I’m going! Will the anchor go too far? 】

[Although what the anchor said is right, will Liu Ruo be unable to bear it? 】

[Liu Ruo, say something! Don't scare us like that. 】

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When Xia Liang saw Liu Ruo's look, he swallowed all the words he planned to curse.

"Forget it, I won't say much more. Can you listen and see for yourself? If we can't meet the right person, why should we make do with it? Isn't it bad to be alone? I have been wronged for others for so long. , can’t you let go of all this for yourself?”

After saying that, Xia Liang stopped talking and just looked at Liu Ruo in front of him.

After listening to Xia Liang's words, recalling every detail of the half-year preparations for the wedding, I couldn't help but burst into tears. A 28-year-old man cried like a child, and the audience in the live broadcast room was uncomfortable watching it. .

【Oh shit! I don’t know why, but a grown man makes me cry so sad. 】

[Liu Ruo, the anchor is right, live a life for yourself. 】

[If love is tired, then let it go. 】

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After crying for about half an hour, Liu Ruo was tired and his head was much clearer. He wiped his tears and said with some self-deprecation.

"It's really embarrassing. At this age, it's okay to be scolded by an anchor who is younger than me. I still cry in front of tens of thousands of people. It's embarrassing to be thrown into my grandma's house."

Seeing Liu Ruo's condition, Xia Liang felt relieved.

"What's the matter? I think the audience in the live broadcast room understands deeply that there is nothing to be ashamed of."

After Xia Liang enlightened him like this, he felt much better. He calmed down and spoke seriously.

"Thank you to the host and my friends in the live broadcast room. Now I know what to do. I want to live for myself."

As he said that, he bent down towards the screen and Xia Liang smiled.

"Yes, it's not in vain to waste all my saliva. Now that you've decided, let's do it."

"Um!"

Liu Ruo nodded fiercely and took out his mobile phone. He fully understood that this was not the wedding he wanted, but the wedding his girlfriend and his girlfriend's mother wanted.

He picked up the cell phone on the ground, pressed the address book and called them one by one, canceling the scheduled banquets, cars, furniture and appliances, and the scheduled jewelry.

After doing all this, Liu Ruo took a deep breath and dialed his father's phone number.

"Hey son, what's wrong so late?"

Hearing his father's old voice, Liu Ruo choked up again as his father, who was in his 50s, was still busy with himself for his wedding.

"Dad, I don't want to get married anymore."

Father Liu on the other end of the phone was stunned when he heard this.

"Son, what's wrong with you? Didn't you say that you won't marry anyone but her? Why don't you marry her now?"

Liu Ruo said with a trembling voice.

"Dad, that's not the marriage I want. I won't accept it. I'm sorry, Dad... I let you down. I couldn't let you have your grandson as soon as possible."

Unexpectedly, Father Liu did not have much emotional fluctuations, but felt relieved.

"It's okay. As long as you don't do anything illegal or disciplinary, dad will support you."

"Dad...I'm sorry."

Liu Ruo couldn't bear it any longer and shed tears again.

"It's okay. If you don't want to get married, don't accept it. Leave all the relatives and friends to me. I'll inform them. Okay, hang up."

After Liu's father hung up the phone, Liu Ruo also breathed a sigh of relief. With one last phone call, everything would be settled.

Without any hesitation, Liu Ruo dialed Zhang Na's number. It took a long time before the call was connected.

"Hmph! Liu Ruo, are you too brave? It took you so long to call me? Let me tell you, this place will be closed soon. If you can't buy it today, I won't marry you."

Afterwards, Zhang Na waited triumphantly for Liu Ruo's reply. In her opinion, Liu Ruo would be the same as before, humbly begging her for forgiveness, and then running over non-stop to buy a TV. Then she could use her anger to , let him buy a set of cosmetics.

Zhang Na was thinking happily, but she didn't know that Liu Ruo's call this time was not to ask for forgiveness, but to end it. She only heard Liu Ruo say lightly.

"I don't want to buy a TV set."

"Um?"

Obviously, Zhang Naling was stunned by these unexpected words, and then her voice suddenly raised a few points.

"What did you say? Liu Ruo! You don't want to get married, right?"

"Yes, that's right, I don't want to get married anymore."

Once again, Zhang Na panicked when she heard Liu Ruo's plain voice.

"Liu Ruo, what do you mean? Are you kidding me? Say it again!"

"I said, I won't marry you, did you hear me?"

After saying that, she ignored the stunned Zhang Na and hung up the phone. However, within ten seconds, Liu Ruo's phone rang again. It was not Zhang Na who answered it, but her former mother-in-law.

"Liu Ruo! Are you crazy? You can't accept the marriage if you don't want to get married? Let me tell you? If you don't get married, we won't return a penny of the betrothal gift to you, and the house will also be half of my daughter's!"

Hearing such words, Liu Ruo sneered.

"Not returning it? Fine, we'll see you in court. I didn't marry your daughter, so why? Not returning the betrothal money? As for the house? Has your family contributed a penny? From the down payment to the monthly payment to the decoration, has your family contributed a penny? You just ask for the house? You really don't have any shame at all."

"You! You!"

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously very surprised. She really couldn't imagine how Liu Ruo, who was usually timid, would become like this.

"Oh, that's it. I hope the two cents of betrothal money I gave first can be returned to me quickly, otherwise you can wait to receive the court summons."

Liu Ruo hung up the phone and felt relaxed from beginning to end. It can only be described as refreshing.