NOVEL NEXT Chapter 157: Lion's Mouth?
Pfft!
Mr. Qin spits out blood.
This old man actually wants him to divorce?
He must be out of his mind!
"Xiao Qin!"
Elder Mu looked at Qin Feng and said, "When you get a chance, go ahead and get divorced! And then marry Jiang Yue. Don't worry, whatever difficulties you have, just tell Grandpa, and I will definitely help you."
"..."
Qin Feng was completely baffled, this guy was full of himself!
"Sorry, I will not divorce my wife," he said indifferently.
"What?"
Elder Mu looked at Qin Feng with surprise.
Upon hearing this, Mu Baiyan, Jiang Yue's great uncle, said to Qin Feng with a laugh, "Not divorce? I heard you've been playing the role of a live-in son-in-law in some insignificant family in Little Lake City, and you've even been kicked out by your mother-in-law for some time now. You have the chance to marry Jiang Yue, and yet you're reluctant to divorce?"
When the others heard this, they also began to mutter sarcastically below, "Is this guy an idiot? Prefers to be a useless good-for-nothing rather than marry Jiang Yue?"
"That's right, if it's about appearances, Jiang Yue is no less attractive than his wife."
"..."
At this moment, Elder Mu also said solemnly, "Xiao Qin, rest assured, even if Jiang Yue leaves our Mu Family, her wealth will not be something the Xu family can compare with, so don't worry about money."
"I am not doing it for the money," Qin Feng stated calmly.
Upon hearing this, Mu Baiyan laughed with disdain, "Heh, not for the money, then you would be a looked-down-upon live-in waste?"
The others couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing this, Jiang Yue quickly spoke up for him, "Mr. Qin isn't what you think he is!"
She thought so too at first.
But he could distinguish herbs by their scent. He cured Mu Jianglin who numerous famous and Holy Doctors had failed to heal. She now knew he was no ordinary mortal!
But the rest of the Mu Family didn't believe it.
The Mu Family spent the whole morning investigating Qin Feng's background.
Indeed, they found that he's considered a useless live-in son-in-law, kicked out by his mother-in-law days ago, and even worked as a waiter in a hotel.
As for how he cured Jiang Ruolin's illness, they couldn't understand. In the end, they simply thought that the Holy Doctor invited by Qian Tianao was about to cure her but had to leave in a hurry, and Qin Feng, along with Su Ruolan, took advantage of the situation—after all, Su Ruolan had few legitimate skills.
So, they felt that marrying Jiang Yue to him would have made him ecstatic, but instead, he refused.
"A person lives a lifetime for one word—'profit'." Elder Mu's face darkened as he said to Qin Feng, "Xiao Qin, name your price."
Obviously.
He took Qin Feng as someone demanding an exorbitant price.
Seeing this, Qin Feng snorted disdainfully and spread his hands, "Alright! Since that's the case, then I will name a price. Let's go with this amount!
He held up five fingers.
"Five hundred thousand?"
Mu Baiyan smiled.
Others also laughed, "Didn't expect that as a live-in son-in-law, you have such little appetite. Don't you know that five hundred thousand is just pocket money to Jiang Yue? This insight, heh..."
"No," Qin Feng shook his head.
"Oh? Five million?"
"No," Qin Feng shook his head again.
"..." Mu Baiyan's laughter stopped, frowning, he said, "Fifty million?"
Fifty million.
Though the Mu Family could afford it.
But to give so much to a worthless live-in son-in-law while "begging" him to take Jiang Yue away felt like a loss.
"Let's settle on this!"
Elder Mu was also displeased but urgently wanted to secure the position of Family Head, so he gave his final decision.
"Hmph, let that kid make a fortune."
Some others were not pleased.
But then, Qin Feng shook his head again, saying, "No."
"Oh?"
Everyone turned their gaze towards him.
Elder Mu narrowed his eyes, anger brewing, and offered, "Five hundred million?"
"Quite the Lion's Mouth!"
Mu Baiyan and others slammed the table, angered, "You, a mere live-in nothing, already asking for the sky with fifty million, and you actually want five hundred million? Aren't you afraid of choking on it!"
"You misunderstand."
Mr. Qin Feng stood up and swept his gaze over them, "What I said was fifty billion."
"What?!"
The room fell into stunned silence.
"If you can't afford it, what right do you have to demand that I marry?" Qin Feng said with an indifferent smile, then turned to leave.
"..."
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Fifty billion?
His demand wasn't just outrageous—it was a complete joke!
"You're deliberately making fools of us!"
Mu Baiyan and the others said angrily.
"Making fools of you? Haha..."
Qin Feng sneered with contempt.
His gaze seemed to say, do you even deserve to be played by me?
Back then,
in Dragon and Tiger Village, the Northwest Lou Family had approached Beidou Old Divine Doctor hoping to have the Lou Family's daughter marry him.
With no feelings involved, he naturally refused.
Later, the Lou Family offered a dowry worth over fifty billion, but was still turned away at the door.
So,
Qin Feng wasn't actually asking for too much.
At this moment,
Mu Baiyan was so angry he felt like spitting blood.
"Grandfather, Uncle, given the circumstances, I'm leaving too," Mu Jiangyue said at this time.
Seeing this, people exchanged glances,
Unsure of what to do next.
"Hold on!"
Elder Mu's face turned the color of iron and he stopped her, saying, "Although that young man doesn't know what's good for him, you signed the marriage contract, and so did he. Whether you get married or he's willing to divorce his wife, that's none of our concern. From the moment you signed this marriage document, you were no longer a member of the Mu family!"
With those words,
Mu Baiyan and the rest were quick to chime in: "Right, that's right, we won't meddle in whether you marry him or not, since you've signed the marriage document, you're no longer part of the Mu family!"
"I agree!"
"I agree too!"
"..."
One after another, everyone expressed their stance.
Elder Mu's mouth curved into a smile and he said to Mu Jiangyue, "Jiangyue, this is your decision, as well as the decision of the entire family. Thus, you should keep your promise."
Hearing this, Mu Jiangyue felt as if she'd been doused with cold water.
She knew they were all eager for the position of Family Head, but their ruthless indifference still hurt her.
"Fine!"
A tear glistened in Mu Jiangyue's beautiful eyes as she resolutely said, "From now on, I sever all ties with the Mu family! But I am taking my sister with me."
"That's impossible!"
Elder Mu waved his hand and said, "You're married off because of the 'marriage contract'; Jiang Lin is still part of the Mu family."
"Yes! She's an important member of the Mu family, many prestigious families have come to propose marriage,"
Mu Baiyan said with a smile.
"What?!"
Mu Jiangyue furrowed her brows.
She hadn't expected them to use her sister as a tool for their marriage alliances!
"The Mu family has spent so much money on her illness; she should repay the family. Well, that's settled then. Meeting dismissed!"
Elder Mu declared.
One by one, everyone left excitedly, with smiles on their faces, indifferent to Mu Jiangyue's cold tears streaming down her face.
At this moment,
seeing this, Qin Feng furrowed his brows, hesitated for a moment, then said, "Wait a moment!"
"Oh?"
The crowd looked at him suspiciously.
"I've thought it over and decided to accept the marriage contract."
Qin Feng continued.