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"Stop her!"

Qiao Shouguo roared and lunged forward, grabbing Qiao Xinxin's arm tightly.

Qiao Xinxin was already "physically weak," and now she was swaying and unsteady on her feet, unable to break free from Qiao Shouguo's iron grip.

But once she was pulled back, she struggled forward like a mad calf, refusing to give up.

Qin Fangfang was also terrified. After realizing what had happened, she scrambled over and grabbed Qiao Xinxin tightly around the waist to help her husband stop him.

"You silly child! Your parents haven't even agreed yet, how can you be so reckless? You threaten to kill yourself all the time!" Qin Fangfang's voice cracked with fear, both anxious and angry. "On this joyous day, do you have to cause trouble for the family?!"

"Waaaaah... I don't want to live anymore!" Qiao Xinxin wailed and cried, pretending to struggle, as she continued to accuse, "Why should I bear the responsibility for Qiao Mingzhu's mistakes?! We don't even have a thermos at home now, are you expecting me to marry into the family naked?! You're not ashamed, but I am! Let me go, let me die!"

"alright!!!"

Qiao Shouguo was driven to the brink of a splitting headache by the commotion, and he roared in anger, interrupting her crying.

Then, in order to secure this only bargaining chip that he could use to explain himself to the Zhou family, Qiao Shouguo took a deep breath and forced a gentle smile that looked worse than crying on his ashen face.

"Alright, child, don't be so impulsive when things happen. Your mother and I haven't said anything yet, don't scare yourself unnecessarily." Qiao Shouguo patted her shoulder to comfort her.

Qiao Mingzhu, who had been hiding behind Qiao Lijun, saw that Qiao Shouguo and Qin Fangfang's attitude towards Qiao Xinxin had softened. She was afraid that her parents would take out their anger over the annulment of the engagement on her again after they realized what was happening.

Without hesitation, she pushed Qiao Lijun away, rushed forward, and knelt down in front of Qiao Xinxin with a thud.

"Sister! I was wrong, it's all my fault!" Qiao Mingzhu looked up, tears streaming down her face, her voice so delicate it seemed like it could be squeezed to bleed. "But the most important thing now is to fulfill the marriage agreement with the Zhou family! The Zhou family will be here to pick up the bride soon, we can't just stand by and watch Mom and Dad be gossiped about because of us, can we?"

To demonstrate her magnanimity, Qiao Mingzhu gritted her teeth, feigning a determined look: "Sister, how about I give you half of my dowry? As compensation, please, please help the family, okay?"

"dowry?"

Upon hearing those two words, Qiao Xinxin, who had just been crying and threatening to kill herself, suddenly stopped struggling.

She looked down at Qiao Mingzhu kneeling on the ground and let out an undisguised snort.

"What dowry? Qiao Mingzhu, are you out of your mind? The whole house is completely empty, not a soul in sight. What are you going to give me? How are you going to give me half? Are you going to give me air?"

At this point, Qiao Xinxin abruptly stopped speaking.

She seemed to have suddenly thought of something extremely terrifying. Her eyes were filled with doubt as she stared straight at Qiao Mingzhu. She spoke in a weak tone, but every word was piercing.

"Mingzhu...you wouldn't be...unwilling to marry Zhou Liguang, yet unwilling to share your generous dowry with me in his place, so...so you deliberately had someone empty the house last night and pocketed all the money and dowry, would you?"

Qiao Xinxin's words were like a thunderclap out of nowhere!

As if realizing she had said something outrageous, she quickly covered her mouth, waved her hands frantically, and took two steps back in terror: "No, no, I must have misunderstood... Mingzhu is usually so kind, she wouldn't even step on an ant, she's definitely not that kind of person, how could she do something like emptying the family's coffers and scheming against her parents..."

However, the speaker meant no harm, but the listener took it to heart!

Upon hearing this, Qiao Shouguo and Qin Fangfang were suddenly jolted, and their suspicions grew wildly like weeds!

Yes! Things happened so strangely!

How could this thief be so skilled as to steal all that large furniture and cash bankbooks in one night without anyone noticing?! Unless there was an inside man who opened the door beforehand!

And it just so happens that last night, Qiao Mingzhu and Qiao Lijun slept together! And it just so happens that today, Qiao Mingzhu absolutely refuses to get married and insists that Qiao Xinxin marry in her place!

What if all of this was orchestrated by Qiao Mingzhu and her brother to avoid marrying a disabled man and to monopolize the inheritance?!

Qiao Shouguo and Qin Fangfang's breathing instantly became heavy. With extremely scrutinizing and suspicious gazes, they stared intently at Qiao Mingzhu, who was kneeling on the ground, as if scraping with knives!

Qiao Shouguo and Qin Fangfang's expressions at this moment were a hundred times worse than if they had swallowed a greenbottle fly.

Yes! What a coincidence!

The Zhou family is coming to fetch the bride tomorrow. The night before, the house was completely ransacked without anyone noticing, leaving nothing behind. And to make matters worse, this seemingly gentle, kind, and innocent adopted daughter shamelessly climbed into her own brother's bed! She did something so scandalous and immoral!

Qiao Xinxin's seemingly "unintentional" remark stirred up a storm in the hearts of the elderly couple.

Qiao Mingzhu was always sensitive, so how could she miss the fleeting changes of suspicion and shock on her parents' faces? She trembled with fright, scrambling forward and shaking her head frantically, tears streaming down her face.

"It wasn't me! I didn't! Mom and Dad, please believe me! How could I do such a thing? I really wouldn't do something like this! I've been framed!"

"What nonsense are you spouting?!"

Qiao Lijun felt so sorry for Qiao Mingzhu that his heart was breaking. He suddenly turned his head and was so angry at Qiao Xinxin's words that his face turned ashen and the veins on his forehead throbbed.

He pointed at Qiao Xinxin as if she were his enemy and cursed, "You vicious woman! Don't you dare slander me! You ungrateful wretch! Mingzhu has already humbled herself and offered you half of her dowry as compensation, and you still turn around and slander her like this! Do you even have the demeanor of an older sister?!"

"I slandered her?!"

Qiao Xinxin suddenly raised her voice, as if she had been greatly stimulated.

She trembled with rage, her finger pointing at Qiao Mingzhu shaking violently, tears streaming down her face. Filled with anger and injustice, she accused, "How have I slandered her?! My own daughter, who just returned to the city, was framed and forced into a substitute marriage by you all! The house is so empty, can't I even have a single suspicion?!"

"You're all ganging up on me! Is this how older and younger siblings act?!"

At this point, Qiao Xinxin took two steps back, filled with grief and indignation, and looked at the tightly huddled "family" in front of her with a desperate gaze.