Chapter 2364 Not Getting Married Anymore
2364 Not Getting Married Anymore
This woman was Xu Ba's ex-wife. Her name was Cai Ming and the young girl was his third daughter. The girl's original name was Xu Dong, but she had changed her name to Cai Dong. Nôv(el)B\\jnn
"Why are you here?" Xu Ba asked as he looked at Cai Ming coldly.
Tears welled up in Cai Ming's eyes as she said aggrievedly, "More than 10 years ago, I came to look for you. At that time, your mother said that you died in a landslide while on a business trip, so I returned to my hometown. I never expect you to still be alive! And you're actually getting married! Have you forgotten our promises to each other!"
Xu Ba looked at Cai Ming in disbelief. He seemed to have thought of something and immediately lowered his head to look at Old Madam Xu. The old lady said vaguely, "I just said some angry words at that time. Who knew that she would really believe me. Besides, she didn't even check if it was true or not. She didn't even ask me where your grave is. She definitely was not sincere at all then."
Qiao Mei smiled coldly as she looked all at the people in the room. She did not expect the Xu family to have such a history. This happened 20 years ago and most of the people involved had already moved out of the capital. It was no wonder that Yao Nian and Qiao Mei did not manage to find out about this.
"How can this be… At that time, my mother clearly told me that you had remarried and then left the children with my family! How can this be…" Xu Ba muttered to himself.
Qiao Mei really did not want Li Gui to stand around and feel even sadder. She walked over to Li Gui's side and asked softly, "Mom, do you still want to marry Uncle Xu?"
Although Li Gui loved Xu Ba very much, she was not a fool. She knew very well what was going on. Li Gui held on to Qiao Mei and shook her head with some difficulty. At this moment, her face was covered in tears and she could not even stand properly.
Xu Ba wanted to leave Old Madam Xu aside and to go to Li Gui to explain himself. The Xia family members hurriedly blocked Xu Ba's path and all of them surrounded Li Gui, not letting anyone else get close to her.
"Xia Zhe! Clear the whole place!" Qiao Mei shouted loudly.
Xia Zhe immediately understood what she meant. Li Gui's restaurant catered to many esteemed guests. She kept a large number of beautifully wrapped gifts in the storeroom to cater for those times when there was any lapse in service. All these things were going to come in very handy today.
Xia Yuan and Xia Zhe sent all the guests off one by one, leaving only the Xu and Xia families behind. Xu Chun stood at one side timidly and did not dare to look up. Wang Tian had already slipped away in the chaos.
This was something that had happened in the Xu family in the past. Liu Xiao had mentioned it to Xu Chun a few times and Xu Chun had told the story to Wang Tian like it was a joke. Wang Tian had originally wanted to use the Xu family to get close to the Xia family, but she did not expect to fall on Qiao Mei's bad side instead. Since she could not join the Xia family anymore, she might as well cause trouble for the Xia family. If her life was not going to be easy, then no one else could have an easy time!
"Alright, now you can tell me what's going on," Qiao Mei said calmly.
"Wait!" Li Gui raised her hand while seated in a chair. She looked at everyone and said, "I think there's no need to say anything more about this. I don't want to know anything."
Qiao Mei knew very well that Li Gui was going to go to the extreme this time round. As Xu Ba had showered her with so much love, this was also the first time she had loved a person so wholeheartedly. She definitely did not expect to encounter such a thing on a joyous day like this. She could not handle it and even felt like she was about to break down.
"Tell them to get lost! Ask all of them to get lost! From now on, no one from the Xu family can step into my restaurant!" Li Gui shouted agitatedly.
Qiao Mei gave Qian'e a look and Qian'e immediately helped Li Gui to the inner room. That room had very good soundproofing and no one here would not be able to hear their conversation. Li Gui needed to calm down now.
Even if the couple was to separate, there had to be a clear reason. This was already Li Gui's third marriage. If word got out about this, there was no telling what people might say!
"Qiao Mei… Let your mother and I…" Xu Ba said as he looked at Qiao Mei pleadingly.
"That's impossible. If you want to see my mother, you have to explain things clearly to us first," Qiao Mei said.
Xia Wen waved his hand and said, "Take a seat. Let's not all just stand there. It's not like this is a criminal interrogation."
"Your Xu family is so capable as to make the Qiao and Xia families look like fools. Do you know the consequences of embarrassing our two families on such a joyous day?" Qiao Mei looked at the Xu family members sternly. Her gaze was so cold that it could make a person feel a chill up the spine.
This was also the first time Xia Wen had seen Qiao Mei so angry, but it was no wonder. If it was him, he might even feel like killing all the Xu family members.
"No, no! Our family wouldn't dare to do this! This must be a misunderstanding! Qiao Mei, hear my son out! It's not like that!" Old Madam Xu said agitatedly.
"Misunderstanding? Does it mean that this woman's relationship with Uncle Xu is a fake one?" Qiao Mei asked.