Chapter 18 Escaped the Marriage

“Oh, come on! He’s my cousin. How can you... Fine, I’ll cut ties with him, but you have to cut ties with He Xiaoyu too!”

“Don’t carry it too far. Tell me why you bailed your marriage.”

“No way! You have to promise me that you’ll cut ties with He Xiaoyu! I don’t like her either!”

“Alright, I know what the boundaries are. Now get into the story!”

Lin Wan stared at Li Mu for a moment before continuing, “My parents worked in the construction industry, and they wanted me to marry their business partner’s son. I didn’t want to, so I ran away from home, came to Shanyang, and eventually met you.”

“But you told me that your parents passed away, and you’re all alone. You’re really something. Not only did you lie, but you even curse your family to death! How cruel!”

“I never lied. I told you that my family is not around, but I never said that they were dead.”

“Why didn’t you tell me the whole story back then?”

“What’s the point of telling you? It’ll only add to your trouble. You can’t help me solve anything anyway. I’m sure they don’t want a son-in-law like you. Even if I told you the truth, will you be able to change things?”

“Am I that miserable?” Feeling hurt, Li Mu could not help but mutter.

“Anyway, they’re not going to accept you, so I’ll just spill the beans. Two days ago, they found me. The purpose of them coming this time is to ask me to leave you and go back home with them.”

“We made such a scene in the hotel. Why didn’t they show up?”

“We didn’t live together. Mrs. Hong, Lin Kun, and I lived in Fuhao Hotel while the others lived in Renaissance Hotel.” Calmly, Lin Wan responded.

Seeing the confused look on Li Mu’s face, she quickly explained, “We always argue whenever we meet each other, so my fifth uncle suggested that we live in different places. I’m close to Mrs. Hong and Lin Kun, so we were put in the same hotel.”

“Why didn’t you come back home then?”

“Mrs. Hong forced me to stay back. We haven’t met each other for a long time, so she wanted to catch up with me for a bit.”

“Since they’ve already found you, why do you want to keep it from me?”

“Honey, I don’t want them to harass you. If they can’t convince me, they’ll change their target to you. I don’t want this issue to affect our relationship.”

Lin Wan’s explanation seemed reasonable and flawless.

That meant he was too rash and had falsely accused Lin Wan.

Embarrassed, he smiled.

“Humph, you accused me for no reason in front of those people. Don’t you have anything to say to me?” Lin Wan asked.

“You can’t say that I did it for no reason. If I stay out the whole night and I am close to another woman, will you be able to keep your cool?”

“I’ll ask you what’s going on. Even if you might be lying to me, I’ll choose to communicate with you right away and see if there’s any misunderstanding. I won’t go around accusing others like you!”

With that, Lin Wan started feeling agitated, “Talking about this, how dare you accuse me just like that? Li Mu, I left home, married you, and even gave you my first time. Don’t you have any trust in me?”

Obviously, that topic hit her sore point and she started punching Li Mu, “Not to mention you humiliate me in front of that b*tch! You let her bully me! Don’t you feel sorry for me?!”