In this life, Su Qiao had experienced the Su Family's coldness the moment she arrived, so it was only natural that she was feeling somewhat unsettled now.
Her pitiful state made Xiao Aimin and his wife even more anxious.
"You child, hurry up and tell us. What exactly happened?"
"Qiao'er, did someone bully you? Tell your uncle. I'll beat them up for you."
Su Qiao came out of her aunt's arms and wiped her tears. "My grandma, and my parents... they want to marry me off to the Liu Family."
Xiao Aimin's face darkened. "What's going on?"
Although he had been too preoccupied with the mountain mine and his mountain of debt these past few years to look after Su Qiao, he remembered that this little niece of his was only fifteen, not even sixteen yet, right?
How was she already getting married?
"The Liu Family?" Tian Guihua couldn't immediately remember which Liu Family she meant.
Su Qiao explained with red-rimmed eyes, "My sister's fiancé, Liu Weiye."
"The one whose legs were crushed?" Tian Guihua's eyes widened.
Her husband had been searching for sandbags in the mine on the mountain, but she had been working in the fields in the village all along.
Over the past two days, she had vaguely heard a few things.
Su Qiao sniffed and nodded obediently. "Mm. I heard my grandma and the others say that not only were his legs crushed, but he'll never be able to stand again, and he can't even perform as a man anymore.
"He's still lying half-dead in the hospital. The Liu Family wants a marriage to bring him good fortune. My mom said the Liu Family would come to take me away in a couple of days."
Xiao Aimin felt a great fire blazing hotter and hotter in