novellhall Chapter 6 Agreeing to annul the engagement
Chapter 6 Agreeing to annul the engagement
"I know I acted without thinking this time. No matter what, I broke my promise. Wenrou, if you agree to annul the engagement, I will do everything I can to make it up to you."
Zhou Dayong tried to reach out and take Wenrou's hand, but she dodged him.
If it were in the past, she would definitely have been moved if Zhou Dayong had said that.
But now that she already knew there was no possibility between them, hearing him say that only made her feel disgusted.
"Wenrou, this is the military. If you keep causing trouble, it won't do us any good. Do you think those investigation team members are just sitting around doing nothing? If they find out you had an affair with a spy and even slept with him, won't they arrest you as a spy too?"
Zhou Dayong was also driven to desperation by Wenrou, so he could only try to persuade her by using this matter.
Upon hearing Zhou Dayong's words, Wenrou subconsciously reached out and touched her lower abdomen. Although her face remained expressionless, her heart sank.
Zhou Dayong is right. Although she is not afraid of being mistaken for a spy, she does not want her unborn child to be affected by it.
She knew that if she continued to cling to this, she and Zhou Dayong would never be able to go back to the way things were.
There was no trust between them anymore. Besides, she felt disgusted just looking at Zhou Dayong's face and didn't want to get entangled with him anymore.
However, even if she were to break off the engagement with Zhou Dayong, she would still need to get all the compensation that was rightfully hers.
Otherwise, the two children will suffer a lot if they stay with me in the future.
"I can annul the engagement, this is the compensation I want." Wenrou finished speaking, took out a piece of paper from her pocket, and handed it to Zhou Dayong.
Once I get what's rightfully mine, I'll leave this place, find a quiet place, and live a good life with my child.
When Zhou Dayong saw what was written on the paper, his expression changed drastically. "Two thousand yuan? Where would I get that much money to give you?"
These days, two thousand yuan is equivalent to several years' income for an average family. She's trying to drive him to his death.
"Zhou Dayong, all of this is what you owe me. You should know how much our family has helped your Zhou family over the years. In addition, there's the money I subsidized you, plus the value of my labor in your family. All of this money is what you should give me."
Years ago, Zhou Dayong was still in school and had several younger siblings to take care of. At that time, she genuinely liked Zhou Dayong, so she secretly subsidized him without telling her family.
Later, her family saw how pitiful they were and sponsored Zhou Dayong's schooling.
Later, after their families got engaged, the Zhou family would often shamelessly ask her for help.
At that time, her parents also thought that once they got married, they would be a family, so they were willing to help them financially.
After that incident, her family was also implicated and could no longer hold their heads up in the village.
Her parents never expected her to do something so disrespectful to Zhou Dayong, and they were extremely disappointed in her.
Hearing that Zhou Dayong was still willing to marry her, her family was even more grateful to the Zhou family.
But they probably never expected that the Zhou family were all vicious and cruel, pretending to be nice to her on the surface while doing all sorts of dirty, despicable, and shameful things behind her back.
Holding the note, Zhou Dayong had no choice but to grit his teeth and agree.
"Okay, two thousand it is. After you get the money, sign the annulment agreement immediately and leave here."
After finishing his sentence, Zhou Dayong stood up and went out to try to raise money.
He had already spent all his savings on the wedding, and the two thousand yuan that Wenrou asked for was no small amount. He first sent a telegram to his family, asking them to find a way to raise some money for him, and he would figure out the rest later.
The Zhou family only learned from a telegram sent by Zhou Dayong from the army that Wenrou had caused a scene at the military base, ruining Zhou Dayong's wedding and getting him punished.
He Cuihua was so angry that her face turned pale. "This gentleness is simply outrageous!"
Although they were angry, they couldn't do anything about Wenrou, so they had to find a way to raise money.
As long as Dayong can get rid of the burden of being gentle and marry the daughter of the Shen family, his family will be able to live a good life.
In the end, after discussing it, the Zhou family had no choice but to secretly take out the money that was meant for Zhou Chunmei's schooling and send the money that was meant for their third and fourth sons to Zhou Dayong.
Zhou Dayong soon received the money sent from his family. With the money he borrowed from his comrades, he finally managed to scrape together two thousand yuan and gave it to Wenrou.
"This is the annulment agreement. Sign it now." Zhou Dayong slammed the annulment agreement, which he had prepared long ago, onto the table.
Wenrou took the envelope, took out the money, counted it, and confirmed that it was two thousand yuan. After putting the money away, she checked the annulment letter and signed her name after confirming that there were no problems.
This is also a tradition in their village: a marriage certificate must be signed when getting engaged for the engagement to be valid, and a letter of annulment must also be signed when breaking off an engagement.
"You'll stay here tonight and leave first thing tomorrow morning." Zhou Dayong didn't look at Wenrou again, and returned to his barracks after saying that.
After Wenrou finished packing her things, she realized that it was such a long way back that she needed to buy some dry food for the journey.
After staying here for a few days, she learned a bit about the situation here. It is located in the Northwest, close to the Gobi Desert, with a dry climate and very inconvenient transportation.
Most importantly, water is extremely scarce, especially for people in nearby villages. Almost several villages share a single well, and taking a bath is a luxury for them.
Conditions at the military base are relatively good; there's a well in the family compound for everyone's use.
However, because the area is often shrouded in yellow sand, even after taking a shower, you'll still be covered in dust and dirt after just one trip outside.
When Wenrou first came here last time, she had already experienced the sandstorms of the Gobi Desert, so she found a headscarf and wrapped it around her head to cover her face and neck.
She heard that there was a small market in the next village, so she decided to go and take a look.
Because this place is quite far from the town, there are usually small markets every now and then, and people from the town will bring their goods here to sell.
There weren't many things for sale at the market, so she didn't browse around much. She bought some things she needed and then prepared to go home.
The people here mainly eat noodles, so rice is rarely sold in the market. It's mostly sweet potato and sorghum flour, as well as some soybeans and the like.
Besides the staple food, the side dishes were pitifully few.
She now realized that the lavish meals she had been eating these past few days were unimaginable to these people. However, all of those were prepared by Zhou Dayong for Shen Qingshuang. He was worried that Shen Qingshuang wouldn't be used to the food here, so he prepared a lot of good things for her.
He just didn't expect that all of these things would end up in her stomach.
After buying everything, we prepared to head back.
Just then, a scream suddenly came from the village ahead, and the crowd immediately began to panic.
Wenrou had no choice but to be pushed forward by the crowd.
She instinctively protected her abdomen with her hand. Although the market was small, there were quite a few people visiting.
Besides people from nearby villages, she also met several people from military family compounds on this trip.
They were all pushed forward, and soon she saw several men in military uniforms, including Commander Huo, Zhou Dayong's superior.