General Lu's gaze cut like a knife as he looked at Madam Liang and Liang Feiyu and continued questioning them:
"Since you never informed me, her father, beforehand, how did you dare come here to propose marriage?
Were you hoping to muddle through and coax Zhiyi into agreeing to this marriage?"
The Liang Family mother and son looked utterly grim. They had never expected General Lu to show them so little consideration.
Only after a long silence did Madam Liang squeeze out a reply:
"But my son and Miss Lu are in love!"
"In love?
Zhiyi is young. Someone could sell her off, and she'd still help them count the silver!"
Madam Liang protested:
"We haven't deceived Miss Lu!"
Lu Zhihuan glared furiously at the two before him and said:
"You know perfectly well whether you deceived her!"
Liang Feiyu argued:
"We came in all sincerity.
We brought plenty of betrothal gifts."
"Oh? Plenty of betrothal gifts? How much is plenty?"
Liang Feiyu waved a hand, and the attendants behind him opened all the chests in the courtyard.
Every chest was filled with gold and silver bars.
Liang Feiyu continued:
"Two thousand taels of gold and sixty thousand taels of silver."
Lu Zhihuan and General Lu rose and walked toward the chests.
Liang Feiyu went over as well and said:
"We're truly sincere. We have no intention of slighting Miss Lu."
Even now, Madam Liang and Liang Feiyu still acted as though they were entirely in the right!
Lu Zhihuan was just about to expose the gold and silver as fakes when, unexpectedly, Lu Zhiyi arrived.
At the sight of Lu Zhiyi, Liang Feiyu and Madam Liang felt considerably more reassured.
They knew just how much Lu Zhiyi loved Liang Feiyu!
Now that she was here, the marriage might still