This Is Clearly a Curse!

Chapter 3: This Is Clearly a Curse!

One of them played the good cop while the other played the bad cop. Their acting was so impressive they could have gone to the Oscars.

If this had been the old Jiang You, seeing this scene would definitely have made her feel guilty enough to tell Li Tianming things like she would stop going to school.

But now, Jiang You watched the couple's performance at her leisure.

She only felt that they were born actors.

At the same time, she pitied herself for having had more than a decade of her life deceived away. They had used countless tricks like this to make her compromise.

"Moving from the countryside to the city wasn't exactly what you dreamed of? Why are you making it sound as though you suffered a loss?

"Back then, there was no shortage of relatives who wanted to become my guardian and take care of me. All my other uncles fought to come to the city too. You were the ones who shamelessly snatched this opportunity for yourselves.

"Auntie, isn't this having gained an advantage and still pretending to be wronged? You want to act like a chaste woman after being a prostitute?

"Do you still take me for a three-year-old?"

Seeing that she remained unmoved and had even completely overturned everything that had happened back then,

Ge Chunhua realized that her little niece had grown up. Perhaps she had heard something from someone recently.

Her greatest advantage had been that Jiang You was soft-hearted and had been brainwashed since childhood, so she valued this favor deeply and was very obedient.

But now, Jiang You had somehow wised up, and they could no longer manipulate her so easily.

Thus, her tone softened.

"Xiaoyou, your uncle did raise you, after all. Just consider this helping your uncle.

"It was also because your good-for-nothing cousin owed a lot of money outside. We really had no choice!

"That Boss Wang's son may be a little simple-minded, but he can take care of himself.

"After you marry him, you won't need to wait on him. There will be more money than you could ever spend!

"Auntie is kneeling and begging you. Please help your uncle!

"If you don't help your uncle, your cousin will definitely be beaten to death by the loan sharks. If he dies, your uncle won't be able to go on living either.

"You don't want to watch your uncle live a life worse than death, do you?

"I don't want to drag you into this either, but your cousin is an idiot, and they didn't take a liking to her.

"Your gaokao results were so good this year. They specifically want a smart daughter-in-law like you!"

Li Tianming said nothing. He only shed tears with reddened eyes, looking at Jiang You guiltily.

Ge Chunhua knelt on the floor and pleaded with her humbly.

It was as though she was the one who had caused everything, and Jiang You would be committing a heinous crime if she refused.

In the past, Jiang You would never have dared to let her kneel before her. She would definitely have felt so guilty that she cried herself to death.

But now—

"An elder kneeling before a junior will shorten her lifespan. It seems you really do hate me to the bone and can't wait for me to die."

Ge Chunhua hurriedly waved her hands. This little brat Jiang You was foolish and soft-hearted, making her the easiest to coax.

She had just been about to say something nice when Jiang You continued,

"How much betrothal money did Boss Wang offer you to make you beg me so humbly?"

She estimated that Li Haochen had owed a huge sum of money outside.

After all, Ge Chunhua had never lowered herself like this before Jiang You, not once in all these years.

She mentioned the favor of raising Jiang You every day and used it to manipulate her. But after telling the lie so many times, she had come to believe it herself.

She genuinely felt that she had done Jiang You a great favor.

Jiang You watched Ge Chunhua's stiff smile with some curiosity.

In her previous life, after she refused to marry Boss Wang's son, the Li couple had begged her for several more days on the surface before giving up disappointedly and no longer mentioning it.

She thought the matter had ended there.

But only a few days later, they drugged her dinner and let Boss Wang's foolish son in, intending to force the issue.

Although they ultimately failed, it had been disgusting enough.

At the hospital, her uncle had knelt before her and apologized, claiming that he had never expected Boss Wang's foolish son to climb through the window.

They pushed all the blame onto that idiot.

As for the drugging, they never mentioned it.

They had even gone so far as to commit suicide to prove their innocence. Faced with the uncle who had raised her for so many years, Jiang You had chosen to believe him again.

Ge Chunhua hesitated before saying, "One million."

Jiang You said, "Swear it. If you're lying, then tomorrow, when you and your husband leave the house, you'll be run over by a car. Li Yingyue will marry a violent, perverted man for the rest of her life and never escape him, never shake him off, until she's beaten to death.

"Li Haochen will have his hands and feet chopped off by loan sharks, and his future son won't have an asshole!

"Li Haoxuan will drink, eat, whore, gamble, smoke, swindle, cheat, rob, and steal. He'll spend his whole life in prison and end up executed by firing squad!

"Every relative on your side of the family will die horribly, and dogs will dig up all your ancestral graves!"

Ge Chunhua sucked in a sharp breath and stared at Jiang You in fury and shock. What the hell kind of oath was this?!

This little bitch was clearly cursing her!

Some people in this world were strange. They had a guilty conscience from doing too many bad things, yet they were especially devout believers.

Ge Chunhua was exactly that kind of person.

Thus, she ground her teeth and said again, "Six million!"

Li Tianming shot his wife a glare, then turned his gaze back to Jiang You and said tremulously,

"Xiaoyou, your uncle is sorry. Your uncle is useless!"

Ge Chunhua's eyes lit up. Since Jiang You had asked that question, she clearly intended to agree!

Hmph. She was just a little girl. Hadn't she still been firmly in Ge Chunhua's grasp?

"If you agree to marry Boss Wang's son, everything can be discussed!

"It really is only six million. I wasn't lying to you!

"As long as you save your cousin this once, your aunt will owe you for the rest of her life!

"I'll treat you like my own daughter!"

Jiang You nodded, seemingly giving in.

"I didn't know I was worth so much. Six million.

"I can marry him, but I have conditions. Give me the belongings my father left behind.

"Especially that jade bracelet. It isn't worth much, but it was my parents' token of love and has special meaning.

"Move out of my house before dark tomorrow. Also, I want four million of the betrothal money.

"Give the remaining two million to yourselves to repay your debts.

"If you agree to these conditions, I'll agree to hold the wedding in a month."

At the mention of the belongings her father had left behind, Jiang You's eyes darkened.

"You want four million? You're not very old, but your appetite is huge!"

Ge Chunhua pursed her lips. "You're only a young girl. Aren't you afraid something will happen if you carry so much money?

"Why not let your uncle keep it for you? You know how much he dotes on you. He would never hurt you!"

She winked at Li Tianming.

If she remembered correctly, her eldest cousin had already been caught by the people chasing his debts at this point.

Otherwise, the Li couple would not have been so anxious.

They had even wanted to marry off her female cousin, but Boss Wang had said he wanted a pretty, well-educated, intelligent girl.

Her cousin was fairly attractive, but all her thoughts were focused on dressing up. Her grades were a complete mess, and she had only gotten into a third-rate university by paying for it.

After investigating, Boss Wang had rejected her.

Boss Wang's own son was an idiot with violent tendencies. He had already beaten two wives to death.

That was why Boss Wang was offering such a high price now. He wanted a girl with good grades who was not too beautiful. If she was too beautiful, she would not be obedient.

But this was no longer an era when people went hungry and lacked clothing. Parents with even a little conscience—even those who favored sons over daughters—were unwilling to watch their own daughter be sent to her death.

A few million might sound like a high price, but it was clearly payment for a life!

Moreover, Boss Wang's requirements were not low. Although he did not want a girl who was too beautiful, he wanted an intelligent and outstanding girl to improve his grandson's genes.

He hoped the next generation would not be idiots again.

On top of that, she had to be a clean girl, the type who had never dated.

In his eyes, perhaps good grades represented intelligence.

In any case, Jiang You had always known that she was not a smart person. Otherwise, she would not have spent more than a decade living alongside those jackals without seeing through them, treating them as benefactors instead.

"Then I won't marry him.

"There's no way you can tie me up and force me to go. This is a new society, after all.

"If anything happens to me and I end up unwillingly married to Boss Wang's son, I'll find a way to torture him and kill him.

"Since we'll be husband and wife, it'll be very convenient for me to strike."

Jiang You cast a cool glance at Li Tianming. "Uncle, you're marrying someone off, not making an enemy, right?

"Guess what will happen if Boss Wang's son suffers some mishap while he's in my hands. Do you think Boss Wang will let you off?"

Li Tianming was just about to coax her by saying that they would not make her marry him.

But Jiang You glanced over and added, "If you say even one word about not marrying him, then I really won't marry him. So stop pretending."

Li Tianming lowered his head and sighed with a look of guilt again.

"How dare you!" Ge Chunhua immediately objected.

What would happen to her son if they lost the money?

The loan sharks had said that if he could not repay the money, they would harvest his organs and sell them!

Jiang You stared straight at her. "Try me and you'll find out whether I dare."

Ge Chunhua looked at her niece before her and backed down.

Her son's life was at stake. She did not dare gamble.

Those pitch-black eyes also made Li Tianming's heart turn cold.

He did not know why, but the Jiang You before him seemed like a completely different person, carrying an indescribably strange feeling.

The old Jiang You had always been quiet no matter what happened, at most hiding away to cry softly by herself.

She had never talked back to him. But now, she was like a little hedgehog bristling with spikes from head to toe.

Thinking of this, he hardened his heart, raised his hand, and slapped Ge Chunhua hard across the face.

Smack!

"Enough!

"Xiaoyou is already doing everything she can by being willing to help our family!

"How much longer are you going to force her!!

"That six million was originally meant for her. As her uncle, I don't have the ability to give her a dowry, and I still have to use part of her betrothal money to repay our debts. I've already wronged her enough!

"If you keep forcing Xiaoyou, I'll divorce you!!"

He shouted with a flushed face.

If Jiang You had not returned to the past, she really would have believed that he was helpless and genuinely felt sorry for his niece.

What superb acting.

It was just a shame that the audience had already awakened.