Chapter 251 - 148: A Dowry 10 Times the Bride Price Even for a Broken Engagement?

Chapter 251: Chapter 148: A Dowry 10 Times the Bride Price Even for a Broken Engagement?

"Young people are so much more accepting. Those two old fossils only care about their own pride; they never try to understand me."

"Alright, let’s leave it at that. Hit me up if you need anything. We’re going to enjoy some private time now."

After seeing his well wishes, Chen Shuwan sent a word of thanks and ended the chat.

Which was just as well, since Chen Mo wasn’t in the mood to keep chatting with her anyway.

’Now for the final step.’

Chen Mo put down his phone, a look of anticipation spreading across his face.

Chen Shuwan suddenly backing out of the wedding was bad luck, so the "gold coins" about to drop should be good luck.

’I wonder how much I’ll get this time?’

He recalled the dinner at their house, how Old Chen and his wife had, in both overt and subtle ways, shown their disdain for his family background, clearly dissatisfied with him.

’I wonder if the two of them can still maintain that high-and-mighty attitude now.’

’The advantage is mine.’

Chen Mo smiled. He had finally reached his "strong laning phase."

Time to turn up the heat.

Chen Mo grabbed his phone and left, heading straight for Chen Shuwan’s family villa.

’Now comes the test of my acting skills.’

Soon, he arrived at the gate of Chen Shuwan’s family villa.

First, he turned on his phone’s recording function.

DING DONG~

Only after turning it on did he ring the doorbell.

A few seconds later, the villa’s main door was opened from the inside.

Chen Mo saw that the person who opened the door was the family’s live-in maid.

"Mr. Chen, you’re here! Please, come in!"

The maid knew Chen Mo was the Chen Family’s soon-to-be son-in-law, so she was naturally very polite to him, quickly inviting him inside.

Seeing this, Chen Mo raised an eyebrow. ’Looks like the maid doesn’t know about it yet.’

"President Chen, Mr. Chen is here."

After they went inside, the maid went to the door of Old Chen’s study and knocked.

"Which Mr. Chen?"

Old Chen didn’t seem to register who it was and asked.

"Your son-in-law."

"Chen Mo is here?"

Chen Mo heard a cry of alarm, and then Old Chen and his wife rushed out of the study.

The moment the study door opened, Chen Mo was hit by a thick smell of smoke.

Then he saw Old Chen and his wife walk out of the study, their expressions incredibly grim.

Seeing this, Chen Mo almost wanted to laugh.

’Looks like Chen Shuwan’s message completely shattered their composure.’

"Sister Wu, why don’t you go back to your room and rest for a bit."

After seeing Chen Mo, Zhou Ru immediately told the maid to go back to her room to rest.

"Yes, Madam."

The maid knew they probably had something to discuss, so she obediently returned to her room.

"Chen Mo, you’re here! Are you looking for Shuwan? She’s not home right now."

After the maid went to her room, Zhou Ru forced a smile and spoke to Chen Mo.

She assumed Chen Mo didn’t know what had happened and was thinking of hiding it for a little longer.

"I know she’s not home. After all, she’s already abroad. How could she be home? Isn’t that right?"

Chen Mo sneered, letting them know directly that he already knew everything.

"How did you find out?"

Hearing this, Old Chen looked at him in shock.

"She’s already laid all her cards on the table. She told me everything."

"Including the fact that you knew about this beforehand but kept it from me, and even arranged a blind date for her."

Chen Mo deliberately put on a furious expression, looking at them angrily as he spoke.

"What?! That unfilial daughter!"

Hearing Chen Mo’s words, Old Chen and his wife felt their vision go dark, as if the sky was falling.

They had just been in the study, plotting to take advantage of the fact that Chen Mo didn’t know.

They planned to find Chen Mo, make up some excuse, return the bride price, and sever the relationship.

But they never expected that before they could act, Chen Mo himself would show up at their door. ℯℯ𝑙.

And on top of that, that unfilial daughter had told Chen Mo everything.

How could they find an excuse to return the bride price now?

Did they really think they could fool Chen Mo, treat him like an idiot?

A young man who had gotten this far entirely on his own—how could he possibly be a fool?

"It was because Aunt Li introduced us that I trusted your character and transferred the five million bride price directly to you."

"But I never expected your whole family to be a bunch of liars!"

"This is fraud! You’re trying to scam me out of the bride price!"

"I’m going to tell Aunt Li! I’m going to tell all the neighbors in this villa complex! I’ll let everyone see your family’s true colors!"

Chen Mo acted out the normal reaction of someone who’d been deceived and had their wedding called off, pointing his finger right in their faces and cursing them furiously.

He’d been looked down on by these two in all sorts of ways before. Now that he was in his "strong laning phase," he wasn’t about to go easy on them.

He immediately let them have it!

Besides, he was completely in the right. He was standing on the moral high ground, in an invincible position.

As he pointed and cursed them out, Old Chen and his wife couldn’t find any reason to refute him.

They could only stand there and take it, their faces looking absolutely awful.

"Chen Mo, please, calm down. It’s not what you think..."

Getting cursed out by a junior while he pointed in her face, Zhou Ru’s own face flushed red and then went pale. She quickly cut him off.

"Then what is it like? She’s already told me everything, and you still want to lie to me?"

Chen Mo continued, his voice full of agitation.

"Chen Mo, we were in the wrong this time. We apologize to you."

"As for the bride price, I’ll return it to you right now. How about we just let this matter drop?"

"We really had no intention of scamming you for the bride price. Do you think our family is short on that kind of money?"

Old Chen seemed to feel there was nothing left to explain. That rebellious daughter of his had already laid everything bare; any explanation now would be pale and flimsy.

It would be better to just find a way to resolve this matter completely.

And to resolve it, they would definitely have to return his bride price.

When Chen Mo saw that Old Chen actually thought he could resolve the matter simply by returning the bride price, he was so angry he laughed.

"Your family isn’t short on five million, but am I?"