I used rebirth to bury his captivating gaze.

Chapter 77 The Truth About Yu Mei's Marriage 1 (She was scammed out of her fare, but her heart

“Yu Mei, the day after your second aunt left, your mother started having insomnia every night. She went to the Zou family to look for you, but in the cold winter night, she didn't enter the Zou family's tightly locked wooden door. She stayed outside the door all night and was only found by the Zou family when they opened the door the next morning. Your mother was frozen stiff and had to be rushed to the hospital to be saved. Say something, Yu Mei, what's wrong with you? You can ignore me, fine, but you should at least answer your poor mother.”

"Alright, stop talking."

Yu Mei suddenly spoke, turning around and bursting into tears! "Second Aunt, I...I..."

Liu Shulan quickly hugged her and comforted her, "Don't be afraid, child. Your second aunt will protect you from now on, and no one will be able to bully you again."

"Woooo..."

"My dear..." Liu Shulan hugged her and gently patted her thin back with one hand.

The two were intimate, their faces resting on each other's thin shoulders, their eyes looking down at each other's feverish backs.

Yu Mei sobbed, tears streaming down her face. Liu Shulan's eyes welled up with tears, but she forced herself to stop them, turning her gaze to the beautiful, snow-white Yu Mei, whose eyes were blurred with tears.

She smiled and comforted her, saying in a light tone, "Second Aunt Yumei will always treat you like my own daughter. You shouldn't treat this second aunt as an outsider either! Hehe!"

As Liu Shulan spoke, she exchanged a smile for Yu Mei's smile. Liu Shulan raised an arm and gently wiped away the tears left on Yu Mei's fair face.

Yu Mei's delicate face, glistening with tears, appeared even more captivating and beautiful. With her large double eyelids, thick willow-leaf eyebrows, high nose, and tiny cherry lips, she was simply the embodiment of Yu Han's other half—a fairy.

When they lived together in the countryside, how come Liu Shulan never noticed Yu Mei's beauty and how she looked so much like her own daughter, Yu Han?

Upon closer inspection, Yu Han and Yu Mei look exactly like twin sisters!

Yu Mei wiped away her tears and turned to Liu Shulan, recounting the blind date she had arranged when she arrived.

That day, Yu Mei carried the note with her address written by Zou Laxian, along with the only thirty-odd yuan she had in her pocket for round-trip bus tickets.

Six months ago, on the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival in autumn, she boarded a bus alone in a strange small coal town introduced to her by her matchmaker, and drove on a dirt and gravel highway.

After driving for more than two hours, the car arrived at the first stop in the city of Meicheng, where the driver stopped to get off.

She took out the address slip from her pocket and asked a woman on the street for directions to the "Fourth Middle School Paint Factory".

The woman shook her head. She then asked an elderly woman she didn't know by the roadside. The old woman raised an arm and pointed eastward. Then she left and continued walking.

As she walked, she felt excited and happy, looking at the bustling traffic, crowds, and tall buildings on the street.

Looking at the bustling streets, she thought to herself that she must make a name for herself in this strange and lovely city and achieve something great!

It was around 10 a.m., and the autumn sun was warm.

She walked for more than ten minutes, then walked out of a food stall on the main street and onto a cement road with few pedestrians. Suddenly, she noticed a mud house in front of her. On the whitewashed mud wall, she saw the words "Fourth Middle School Paint Factory" written in large red Song typeface!

"Ah! I've searched high and low without finding it, but it's right here without any effort." Yu Mei was tired, so she sighed and continued, "Damn it, all the houses here are old mud-brick houses with red tiles. They're just like the houses I live in in the countryside!"

This was beyond her expectations before coming! On the way here, she had been thinking, "That young man will definitely be interested in me. From childhood, everyone has always praised me for my beauty, saying I'm like a fairy. Of course, that young man will be interested in me. On the other hand, she might not be interested in that city guy who eats goods."

Upon arriving at the No. 4 Middle School Paint Factory in Qishi, they met there as agreed. Zou Laxian and a little girl, one big and one small, came to meet her.

Zou Laxian greeted Yu Mei with a smile, but Yu Mei was unaware that Zou Laxian's true colors were well hidden.

According to Zou Laqian, the little girl is the young man's younger sister, about fourteen or fifteen years old, and has dropped out of school and is staying at home.

Yu Mei was taken to Zou Laqian's house without any warning. It was already dark when they arrived at her house, which was a rented courtyard.

I had dinner at her house; her husband was also home at the time and we ate dinner together.

After dinner, Zou Laqian took her to the home of the man she was dating, who also lived in the same compound.

When they met in the city, Yu Mei was surprised to find that she had actually taken a liking to this handsome young man who lived in the city and received a government-subsidized job.

His name is Chen Lixin. The little girl is his younger sister, who is ten years younger than him. He also has an older sister who is married and a widowed mother.

His father died of esophageal cancer years ago. His father was a meritorious person who drove trucks to transport combat logistics supplies and equipment during the war.

However, his merits went unnoticed. He lost his identification documents on a train journey, and after his death, there was no way to verify his identity. His descendants also had no other identification documents and received no compensation whatsoever.

Liu Shulan hugged Yu Mei again and patted her thin back.

Then she let go, and Yu Mei continued to tell her story.

Then, she stayed at Zou Laqian's house for one night. The intention was for Yang Yumei to stay there while the Chen family prepared the money for the engagement dowry in the next couple of days.

On the second and third day, Zou Laqian had Yu Mei go to stay at the Chen family's house.

Yang Yumei went to live with the Chen family. At that time, the old lady of the Chen family lived with Chen Lixin and Chen Lixia in the same three-room rented house with red tiles.

Yu Mei stayed in the east room of the Chen family home, living on the large heated kang bed with the old lady and her younger sister.

She stayed for about three or four days, but she didn't see them complete any of the engagement dowry lists. Yu Mei brought the same "dowry list" that her sister-in-law had written for her before she came, which was the same as the one her third sister had written before.

Seven or eight days have passed since the dowry list was given to Old Mrs. Chen, but there has been no further news. Every day, a mother and son go out, supposedly to raise money to buy the items on the dowry list.

But by evening, the mother and son returned home empty-handed.

Zou Laxian had also secretly conspired with Old Mrs. Chen to have Chen Lixin act first and inform her later!

The ten-odd yuan that Yang Yumei had left for her return trip was also used by Chen's mother to play mahjong. She said she didn't have any change and asked Yang Yumei to lend it to the old lady, saying that she would definitely pay Yumei back tomorrow.

And just like that, Yu Mei's fare for going back was gone forever!