We're Married

Grandma Liu asked while shouting, "Your husband? Don't lie you stupid girl, it's obvious he's a wild man that you're keeping. You shameless pair of adulterers..."

Ren Lanfeng got angry and told her to keep her mouth shut. "Alright, girl Liu, ignore her and just explain what's going on here…"

Liu Xiaolan took a breath and quickly compiled the details of the fake story she just thought of about them. "Village head, they can't just try to destroy my reputation like this… Even through that Taoist said I'm a nemesis, it doesn't mean I'm not a human…"

"I've been living on my own for almost a year now, without any friends of family. This year I'm already 13, so I'm old enough to get married…" Liu Xiaolan said with tears in her eyes, but she secretly cursed in her mind that people in the ancient times were crazy, letting 13 years old kids marry each other…

She continued, "With the reputation of a nemesis, where do I go to find someone to accept me? My little fool, oh no, Mu Yuchen, is also an orphan without a family. Usually if people from 2 families want to join their hands in marriage, they would need the parents acceptance and if they can, the help of a matchmaker, right?"

Elder Ren nodded his head. "That's true for most of the part. Once parents of both sides agree, they can send a matchmaker with gifts or dowry to the other side and decide on a date…"

Liu Xiaolan looked towards other villagers and said, "But we don't have any elders in out families… Mu Yuchen's parents died when they were escaping from war in the south, while I was kicked out by the Liu family. Since we don't have parents, we can agree on the marriage ourselves… As for not bringing gifts or running with a matchmaker, it's not like we didn't want to, but we can't afford to bring one…"

Mu Yuchen saw the sad look on Liu Xiaolan's face and took her in his arms. Good thing that her face was already red from all her crying, otherwise someone would notice her uneasiness and the blush coming out on her face. "Lady, it's alright. If my lady wants more money, I will work hard to bring more money home. Lady just doesn't cry anymore…"

"It's alright, little fool." She muttered quietly towards him. "Anyway, I wanted to go and ask the village head to add him to my record in the village tree, but I had to go to the city with Uncle Zuo today and just thought that it won't matter if I delay it by one day…"

While she was speaking quietly, some people still heard her saying little fool. Looking at Mu Yuchen's foolish look, they soon understand.

Otherwise, who in their normal mind would want to marry a nemesis like Liu Xiaolan? Now seeing that the husband she recruited turned out to be a fool, the villagers accepted this reality.

Elder Zuo touched his beard and said, "I see, so it was all a misunderstanding, after all it's not uncommon to wait a few days before moving the married person to their own family's genealogical tree. Don't you think so, village head Ren?"

"Well, it's not easy for you girl Liu. I knew you for some time and already thought that something seemed wrong here, and it turns out it just a slight misunderstanding. It's not an issue, I can put him on your family tree as soon as we go back... " Ren Lanfeng sighed.

Liu Xiaolan truly didn't have an easy life. Originally, he thought that perhaps getting out of the Liu family would prevent her from being abused by them, but looking at what happened now, it seems like his thinking process was wrong.

With how crooked the Liu's are, they probably won't leave her alone unless they have to…

Meanwhile, when Yan Rushend heard what he said, she was stunned. "Village head, you shouldn't believe what this dead girl says. She's lying! It's clear that this wild man is her adulterer, not a husband…"

Ren Lanfeng looked at her with clear dissatisfaction shown on his face. "What do you know? Marriage is their own responsibility, since they both want to get married to each other and don't have parents to guide them, what's it for you then? You're cleary an outsider here, Yan Rusheng…"

Grandma Liu was still not willing to give up, but her daughter-in-law prevented her from speaking. She might be stupid, but Shen Meijing still knew that it was time for them to stop, unless they wanted irritate literally almost every person in this village.

Right now let's not talk about the village head or the elders, even the common folk was on Liu Xiaolan's side. Isn't it stupid to try and go against their wishes in this situation?

Shen Meijing was trying to calm down Grandma Liu and let her go back home for now before the issue escalates. Just when they were going to leave, Mu Yuchen muttered under his nose, "Lady, why are they leaving now? Didn't they want to take things from our house, now they leave without taking anything?"

While he was speaking quietly, they were standing near Ren Lanfeng and the two village elders. Upon hearing his voice, Ren Lanfeng turned towards the leaving Liu family and said, "Wait a moment, Madam Liu and the rest of the Liu family. We've only cleared out the situation regarding Liu Xiaolan's husband, but you still didn't explain why you were even here?"

Grandma Liu who just calmed down a little was fuming with anger again. "What do you care why we came here, Ren Lanfeng?"

Shen Meijing looked towards Grandma Liu and held her face. It's truly tiring to be in the same team with stupid people working against you all the time…

But who makes Yan Rusheng her own mother-in-law. With no other choice, Shen Meijing could only butt her head into the conversation and try to ease the situation.