Chapter 6

She thought this was just a meeting to agree to the pairing. To sign the documents.

“The license is easy to obtain, and we have the means to make it happen tonight. We brought the dowry gifts and have transferred money to the account you gave us. We have the papers and lawyers waiting to put it all in motion if you accompany us, Mr. Lei. Their wedding night should be under the roof of Leng, and I don’t see a reason to delay.” The old man commanded, his voice booming as though someone dared to question his position, and everyone present trembled internally.

TangShi shuddered as she saw her father recoil, intimated by old man Leng, and it was scary to witness. Someone who had bullied her for a lifetime and dragged her to despair and back for his pleasure was afraid of these new men, which did not bode well for TangShi.

She looked down at her clasped hands, held tightly, cold and white, and swallowed heavily. She tried to bring her heart rate to a normal level to ease