Urban Medical Immortal Dad
Chapter 775: Promise_1

Chapter 775: Chapter 775: Promise_1

The next day at 8 a.m., at the Splendid Ten Miles residential area in Jiangnan City, Villa No. 5.

A young man dressed in a dark blue suit, wearing a tie, and donning a boutonniere stood anxiously in front of his mother, pleading, "Mom, please give me back my phone and let me go to Lu County to pick up Xiao Hui now."

"Xiao Hui’s family wanted a dowry, and our family didn’t provide one; now Xiao Hui is pregnant and her family has to come over, which really doesn’t seem right."

"I can drive there now, and it’ll only be about two hours there and back..."

"Peng Ye! Are you criticizing me?"

Before the young man could finish, an angry middle-aged woman cut him off abruptly, "I never agreed when you started dating that country bumpkin! What’s her family’s status? What about our family’s status?"

"Had you found a girl from the city, with a dowry including a Mercedes or BMW, I wouldn’t have had any objections."

"But no, you had to choose a girl from the countryside, and they even have the nerve to demand a dowry of three hundred thousand yuan! What do they think we are? A bank?"

Although Peng Ye had tried his best to hide the fact that the He family wanted a dowry of three hundred thousand yuan, his mother, a shrewd woman, sent someone to Lu County for a quick inquiry and found out about it.

Peng Ye’s face turned red with a sense of helplessness, "Mom, Xiao Hui’s parents have worked hard to raise her, asking for three hundred thousand yuan as a dowry isn’t really a lot."

"Besides, I didn’t ask you to pay this money."

"We didn’t pay it?"

Peng’s mother scoffed, "You cashed out fifty thousand yuan from your credit card last week! And last week you borrowed forty thousand from your classmate!"

"Don’t think I’m unaware of everything! In the end, it still comes around to us paying!"

Hearing his mother mention money, Peng Ye’s face immediately showed discontent, "Mom! I’ve saved all the money I’ve made since graduating from college with you! It’s not a lot, but it should be over four hundred thousand by now, right?"

"It’s because you won’t give me that money that I had to borrow from friends and cash out my credit card!"

Peng’s mother sneered, with no regard for her son’s words. She crossed her arms and said indifferently, "Xiao Ye, this society is too complicated; Mom is just trying to protect you from being cheated, so I’m saving your money for you."

"He Xiaohui is a girl with a mind that’s not just normally deep! She’s set her sights on our Peng family’s wealth and is single-mindedly looking to marry into our family!"

"Having struggled in society for many years, Mom understands these desperately poor women too well!"

"She wants to use the child in her womb to marry into our family, and once the child is born, she’ll find an excuse to divorce you and take a portion of the Peng family’s wealth."

"Who knows, the child in her stomach might even belong to someone else! She’s making a fool out of you!"

Peng Ye was aware of the misunderstanding his mother had towards Xiao Hui, but he never imagined that on the very day of his wedding, his mother would still say such things. He shook his head, his eyes full of pain, "Mom! You can insult me, but you can’t insult Xiao Hui!"

"Xiao Hui is innocent; apart from me, she has had no other man!"

"The child in her womb is not only my child, but also your grandson or granddaughter!"

"I hope this is the last time you say such things, if there’s a next time..."

As Peng Ye spoke, his voice noticeably paused, then continued firmly with a cry in his tone, "I will take Xiao Hui and leave this family forever!"

"You dare!"

Peng’s mother was clearly a tough character at home; she frowned, and her rage burst forth.

"Enough! Both of you, say less!"

Just at that moment, Peng’s father, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke up. He gave his wife a look, then said to his son indifferently,

"Xiao Ye, though your mother’s words are harsh, they aren’t without reason."

"Ancient people valued social status matches; our Peng family may not be one of those billion-dollar households, but we’re worth tens of millions nevertheless. Take our family’s toy factory—it ranks within the top twenty in Jiangnan City."

"As for the He family, they’re just rural country folk without even a decent house to their name. How can such a family compare to ours?"

"Xiao Ye, ours is a family of businessmen, and a lot of what we talk about is prestige. While the wedding hasn’t taken place yet, listen to Dad’s advice and break it off with that He girl!"

"Dad has plenty of connections, and it won’t take long to find you a mate who’s outstanding in looks, figure, temperament, and status!"

Peng’s father paused, then continued, "As for that He girl, I’ll find someone to persuade her to abort the child. You two have had a love affair—regardless of how pure or not it was, I won’t treat her poorly."

"As long as she gets an abortion, I will give her five hundred thousand, which will act as full and final settlement for your relationship."

Peng Ye became more and more confused as he listened, sensing that something was amiss.

Hadn’t his parents already agreed to hold the wedding for him today, and hadn’t they already invited most of the Peng family friends and relatives? Why did it seem from his father’s words that they still disagreed with the marriage?

But if they didn’t agree to the marriage, why did they agree in the first place? Why arrange a hotel for the wedding and invite friends and relatives?

Weren’t they afraid of losing face?

At this moment, Peng Ye felt trapped, yet he didn’t know what had gone wrong.

Recalling every moment he had lived with He Xiaohui, his heart filled with sweetness and sorrow.

No girl had ever loved him as strongly, bravely, and unconditionally as He Xiaohui had; he had vowed in his heart that he would marry no one but He Xiaohui in this lifetime.

But what stood between him and He Xiaohui were the obstructions created by both sets of parents.

Now, He Xiaohui had broken through the barriers, gotten the dowry of three hundred thousand yuan, secured her parents’ approval, and was on her way to him.

And yet he felt as if he had been caught in an invisible web laid by his parents.

"No! I can’t betray Xiao Hui; I absolutely can’t betray the child in her womb!"

Peng Ye suddenly lifted his head, his tone firm, "Dad, Mom! Although I have no idea what game you’re playing, there’s something I want to tell you clearly!"

"I will marry He Xiaohui in this lifetime—that’s the promise I made to Xiao Hui, and I won’t break it even if it kills me!"