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I couldn’t help but chuckle. For the first time after waking up in this second chance at life, I felt relaxed. “True, he’s old. Quite
unfortunate, as I’m also getting old,” I replied playfully.
On the other end of the line, there was an awkward pause, “I didn’t mean it like that. I always…”
“Alright, enough. Explaining is just covering up. I’ll take you out for a meal once I’m done dealing with this mess.” After hanging up, I made the best of the weekend by buying a variety of fresh ingredients and cooking up a
feast.
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Mom looked at me in confusion, she couldn’t
understand how I could still be so cheerful
after the drama that had unfolded that very morning.
Gently, I nudged her toward the dining table, smiling, “Finding out the wolf’s lair before marriage? Isn’t that a cause for celebration? Come on, Mom, let’s eat!”
She froze for a moment before her face broke
into a delighted smile. Perhaps it was the relief of surviving a close call, but I slept like a baby that night.
The next morning, as Mom prepared to take out the trash, she stopped in her tracks. She came back inside, trembling as she described what she’d seen.
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The door had been vandalized with bright red spray paint: [Greedy family! Selling your daughter for money! Scam artists! May you rot in hell!]
My mother came back carrying the garbage and described the big words outside to me tremblingly. While I was trying to comfort my mother, I picked up my phone and called the police.
The police soon came to my house to take my statement. They also specifically told me to stay out of the house because someone had taken a video about the gift and posted it online and now public opinion was
overwhelming.
I watched the video and most of the scenes
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were of my mother and I arguing with each other. They also posted a screenshot of my mother’s WhatsApp message asking for the gift. None of the questions I raised were reflected in the video.
People online thought I was cheating on marriage and extorting money. I searched for a long time and found the source IP. The avatar was a field of gardenias.
My intuition told me it was Tara. Tara’s perfume smelled like gardenias. Because Thomas likes gardenias. During the passionate love, he also kept giving me gardenias. Magic beats magic.
After saying hello to my junior, I posted the hotel video surveillance with my personal
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account.
In the afternoon, I took my mother to get an appraisal and the appraisal showed that my mother could not read a single word and could not send this message.
I also submitted the surveillance and
appraisal I got to the police. In the
surveillance video of the box, Mrs. Royce put the gift money and greeted us at the door.
While serving the appetizers, Tara replaced the money under the gift money with foam bricks.
There was also a video of Tara stealing my mother’s mobile phone the day before our engagement, tinkering with it for a while and then returning it to the original owner.
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account.
In the afternoon, I took my mother to get an appraisal and the appraisal showed that my mother could not read a single word and could not send this message.
I also submitted the surveillance and
appraisal I got to the police. In the
surveillance video of the box, Mrs. Royce put the gift money and greeted us at the door.
While serving the appetizers, Tara replaced the money under the gift money with foam
bricks.
There was also a video of Tara stealing my mother’s mobile phone the day before our engagement, tinkering with it for a while and then returning it to the original owner.
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account.
In the afternoon, I took my mother to get an appraisal and the appraisal showed that my mother could not read a single word and could not send this message.
I also submitted the surveillance and appraisal I got to the police. In the
surveillance video of the box, Mrs. Royce put the gift money and greeted us at the door.
While serving the appetizers, Tara replaced the money under the gift money with foam bricks.
There was also a video of Tara stealing my mother’s mobile phone the day before our engagement, tinkering with it for a while and then returning it to the original owner.
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Not long after the video was released, Tara was condemned by everyone on the Internet.
Thomas called me immediately and asked me to meet. I refused without hesitation.
The moment he chose to call the police and said that I asked for a sky–high betrothal gift, we were over. I would return the betrothal gift of 10,000 dollars in front of the police when they close the case.
In my previous life, I was overwhelmed by the words ‘old leftover woman‘. I was eager to catch Thomas. I didn’t expect to kill my mother and myself.
After rebirth, I suddenly realized. Marriage is important and age is indeed a problem. But we still can’t be blind. Getting married is like
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rebirth, that’s right.
The police comrades are very efficient. The result came out the next day after the video fermented.
My mother was not in good health, so I went alone. As soon as I arrived at the door, Mrs. Royce came up to me kindly. She tried to hold my arm, but I hurriedly took a step back.
I quickly stepped back to maintain my distance. Thomas approached next, carrying a bouquet of jasmine flowers and wearing an expression of guilt and earnestness,
“Forgive me, I acted impulsively,” he said. “You don’t need to return the bride price! I misunderstood before, but it doesn’t matter how much money it is. What’s mine is yours.
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After all, we’re family now.”
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