"Bang!"
The door slammed shut, leaving Jiang Yurou with a closed door and a face flushed with embarrassment.
As Jiang Shiyu stepped out of the hotel, Jiang Dehai's call came through.
Taking a taxi back to the Gu family, the moment she stepped through the door, an ashtray flew towards her.
Before she could react, her forehead struck with a dull thud, and blood gushed out.
Despite having no feelings for the Gu family all these years, Jiang Shiyu couldn't help but feel a chill run down her spine.
"Bitch! You have the audacity to return! My Gu family has no daughter as indecent as you! Speak! Which wild man did you spend last night with?! The Mu family called to cancel the engagement! They said you have no self-respect! Where does this leave my reputation! You've brought utter shame upon us!!!"
A stack of photos scattered on the floor, revealing intimate pictures of her with a middle-aged man with a large, round face.
Jiang Shiyu was stunned. She had been with Murong Cheng last night. How could the man in the photos be...
She understood in an instant. The photos were photoshopped by Jiang Yurou. Since she couldn't get photos this morning, she resorted to malicious doctored images! How despicable!
"The person in the photos isn't me at all. How could you believe such shoddy photoshop skills? You're blind!"
"Bitch! You still deny it! It's clearly you! Look at what you've done! You've completely disgraced the Gu family's reputation!"
Jiang Dehai's face turned red and then black with anger. He stood up abruptly and slapped Jiang Shiyu.
"Slap—"
The loud slap sent Jiang Shiyu's head snapping to the side.
Even Li Mei and Jiang Yurou, who were watching, gasped and covered their mouths in shock.
Jiang Shiyu's face immediately swelled up, and she tasted blood in her mouth.
Jiang Shiyu covered half of her throbbing face and glared at Jiang Dehai with resentment. "What, shouldn't you be happy? Since I've been jilted by the Mu family, no one will dare to marry me. Your inheritance from my maternal grandfather will all be yours!"
"Shut up!! That was always Gu family's asset! The company and properties are all Gu family's! When did it become your maternal grandfather's dowry?!"
Hitting a sore spot, Jiang Dehai became even more agitated, spitting as he spoke.
Li Mei, afraid Jiang Dehai would get too angry, quickly comforted him, "Derong, don't argue with this dead girl. She's been jilted by the Mu family, and the deadline is in half a month. With such a scandal, who would dare marry her? Let this indecent little slut fend for herself!"
"Indecent?" Jiang Shiyu suddenly laughed and cast a lingering glance at Li Mei. "When you gave birth to Jiang Yurou, my parents had already been married for three years. Speaking of indecency, I'm really not as good as you. You're the one who's more capable!"
Li Mei's expression changed, turning extremely unpleasant. "Bitch! You're insulting me?!"
"Insult you? I wouldn't deign to! I'm merely stating facts!"
"You bitch!" Li Mei gritted her teeth, her eyes wide with anger. Just as she was about to say something,
Jiang Yurou quickly stood up and grabbed Li Mei's hand, signaling her to stop.
Li Mei always maintained an image of gentleness and virtue in front of Jiang Dehai. It wouldn't be good to ruin her image for Jiang Shiyu!
"Mom, don't get angry. She's been kicked out by the Mu family, and she won't be able to get married. Without my maternal grandfather's dowry, let's see what else she has to fight us with!"
Jiang Yurou's words reminded Jiang Shiyu.
It didn't matter that the engagement with the Mu family was broken, but her maternal grandfather's dowry...
She couldn't lose it!
Jiang Shiyu quickly packed a few things and drove away from the Gu family in the car her maternal grandfather had given her before he passed.
The Mu family had never liked her, and now Jiang Yurou was also causing trouble.
She refused to believe that besides Su Jiamu, no one would marry her.
As Jiang Shiyu drove, she opened her phone to search for the address of a marriage agency.
Not paying attention to the road, there was a loud bang, the airbags deployed, and the car crashed into the roadside greenery, deforming the front.
Jiang Shiyu hit the steering wheel. Her bad luck was so bad that even drinking cold water would get stuck in her throat.
Helplessly, she got out of the car and called for a tow truck.
Standing there, although it was midsummer, Jiang Shiyu felt a chill all over.
The traffic was sparse in this area. It took a long time to hail a car. Just as Jiang Shiyu was about to open her phone to call for a ride, a silver Volvo slowly stopped in front of her.
Thinking it was someone trying to pick her up, Jiang Shiyu took half a step back. The car window rolled down, and a man's cold and deep face appeared behind the glass.
"Murong Cheng?"
Jiang Shiyu was surprised. Why was he here?
"Get in."
His voice was low and hoarse, concise and to the point.
Jiang Shiyu, as if possessed, opened the car door and sat in the passenger seat before realizing something was wrong.
As expected, in the next second, a low laugh sounded from beside her. "So obedient!"
"You!" Jiang Shiyu gritted her teeth. This man was simply shameless. She tried to push open the car door, only to find it locked. Struggling was a futile waste of energy. Her beautiful eyes flickered. "DiDi driver, take me to the marriage agency!" Murong Cheng raised his eyebrows, not out of anger that Jiang Shiyu called him a DiDi driver, but because of the words "marriage agency" that followed.
"Going on a blind date?" The man's brows furrowed deeply.
"I want to get married!" Jiang Shiyu clenched her small fists. Since no one would marry her, she would marry herself off. The Gu family people wanted to snatch her maternal grandfather's dowry, and they wouldn't succeed!
Murong Cheng pondered for a moment, then slowly started the car, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel a few times, seemingly in a good mood. "My name is Murong Cheng, twenty-eight years old, no house, no car, monthly salary of five thousand."
Jiang Shiyu wrinkled her nose. "What?"
"Since you want to get married, why not find me."
Jiang Shiyu was stunned for a second, then she looked closely at the man in front of her.
Sunlight fell on Murong Cheng's face through the car window. His nose was high-bridged, his lips were reddish and thin, his profile was sharp, and his jawline was firm, as if he had been meticulously carved in his mother's womb. He was handsome from every angle.
No wonder he was willing to marry her. A monthly salary of five thousand, he must be an office worker. He surely hadn't heard of her negative rumors. She had taken the blame for Jiang Yurou countless times over the years, and her reputation in high society was already ruined; no one was willing to marry her.
Jiang Shiyu recounted her past "glorious achievements" in one breath. Murong Cheng's handsome face remained as calm as ever.
"You don't mind?" Jiang Shiyu's lips were tightly pressed together as she stared at the man in front of her, afraid of missing any subtle expression on his face.
"I never get to know people through others' mouths," Murong Cheng said, steering with one hand. His well-defined fingers on the steering wheel were quite attractive. "Let's go to the Civil Affairs Bureau now. Do you have your documents with you?"
They arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau around three in the afternoon.
Murong Cheng went to park, and Jiang Shiyu waited outside the Civil Affairs Bureau.
In just a few minutes, she saw the man walking towards her from the direction of the parking lot.