Return of the Antagonistic Lady Boss

Chapter 724 - 698: Physical Attacks Can’t Compare to Magical Attacks

"Master, if I don’t want to get married, can I just be single forever?" Liumei felt a headache thinking about Ma Lv’s family.

"No. If you stay single, no one will share their luck with you and your family will suffer calamities. You must secure that Wenqu Star, remember!"

After hanging up, Liumei was troubled. What the master said was too serious—if she doesn’t get married, her family would be implicated...

If only she herself had bad luck, it would be fine, since she didn’t think much of marriage anyway. Being a single woman wasn’t a big deal. But if her family would be unlucky too, that was harder to accept.

After solving the issue with the narcissus, Yu Minglang called Liumei back. He had heard clearly about the antics of her peculiar boyfriend’s family, and as her brother, he naturally had to ask.

"I’ve seen what that family is like, have you figured it out yet? Just now I told that guy that grandma was sick and needed to borrow money. Did he suggest giving a symbolic amount, saying it was more important to buy a house?"

Qian glanced at Yu Minglang, my bro is amazing, using reverse tactics so brilliantly!

"Huh? You mentioned grandma?" Liumei finally understood why Ma Lv reacted so strangely.

Thinking this way, his character is really rotten, hiding behind others when things happen, Liumei’s dislike for him intensified.

"Now you see what kind of person he is, right?"

"A little bit..." Liumei’s answer didn’t satisfy Yu Minglang much, but he nodded grudgingly.

"Tomorrow, tell them to go back the way they came. If you feel uncomfortable saying it, I’ll handle the negotiations."

And give that jerk Ma Lv a beating while I’m at it, Yu Minglang had been holding back for a long time, and his iron fist was itching for action.

"But... I still want to marry Ma Lv."

Before Liumei could finish speaking, she sensed a leg coming her way, and nimbly jumped back, narrowly dodging Yu Minglang’s kick.

"Bro! I’m a girl! You can’t hit a girl!"

"Did you remember you are a girl when you let your brain go to mush? Get over here so I can kick the nonsense out of you! Don’t hide behind your sister-in-law!"

Liumei wouldn’t come out, just hid behind Qian, clutching Qian’s clothes tightly.

Sister-in-law was her shining amulet~

"Come out, I promise not to kill you!" Yu Minglang, seeing she was stubborn, wanted to kick her.

"Sister-in-law, save me!"

"Look at you, already grown up, solving problems like when you were kids? Move aside, let me handle this."

Qian pushed Yu Minglang away, and Yu Minglang showed his fist to the stubborn Liumei, while Liumei made a face at him.

With sister-in-law here, she didn’t have to worry about getting beaten by her violent brother!

Qian smiled kindly, pulling Liumei to sit down.

"Let’s talk nicely, right, Meizi?"

"Right, right! Let’s talk nicely. All my brother knows is to hit me, sister-in-law, you have no idea, he’s been a jerk since childhood!"

"If you get bullied outside don’t come crying to me! Is there a normal person in that family? The men are weak like dogs, the elders shrewd like monkeys, and the sister is mean-spirited. Do you want to become their punching bag?"

Qian stopped Yu Minglang, "Why are you so tense? The Ma Family isn’t some dragon’s lair, you make it sound so exaggerated."

Yu Minglang couldn’t believe it, his wife was siding against him?

"Exactly, it’s not that scary. Marrying is marrying no matter who it is, you can’t escape these things anywhere. I have to get married this year." Thinking about her family and her master’s words ringing in her ears, Liumei said.

"Overall, marrying into the Ma Family isn’t all bad. Our Meizi trains in martial arts and can endure. As long as you..." Qian started counting on her fingers, forecasting.

"Accept their unfair conditions to have a good life, like when earning money and working to support the family, they’ll talk about gender equality, and you can’t earn less than their son, otherwise it’s your fault because in the new society men and women earn the same. But when dividing housework, you’ll endure being bound by old-fashioned notions, taking on all the chores. In their eyes, the Qing dynasty hasn’t ended yet, you’re just a step away from foot binding..."

Hearing Qian say this, Yu Minglang felt relieved.

Liumei swallowed, her sister-in-law’s verbal skills were more powerful than her brother’s kicks. If her brother was a physical attacker in an online game, her sister-in-law was a magical one, hitting every point exactly.

Shuixian chimed in.

"Anyway, I’ve figured it out. When talking about property, they speak of gender equality. When it comes to housework, they talk about tradition. This family never loses out. Can you really endure this?"

The women who can endure this must have incredibly strong hearts!

"Based on my many years of clinical experience and observation of multiple families with bizarre phoenix men, I found such families have a twisted obsession with sons. You must guarantee to have a son right away. If the first child isn’t a boy, they’ll have you keep having a second, third..."

Keep having children, as if a woman’s existence is solely to produce sons. Without a son, no matter how many accomplishments or contributions Liumei makes in the future, she would be seen as useless by that family.

Liumei got goosebumps all over.

Qian smiled more gently, "Besides that, when you argue, you’ll have to endure your in-laws pointing at you and yelling, ’Get out of my son’s house!’"

Shuixian couldn’t take it, "Wasn’t the house bought by Liumei’s family?"

Yu Minglang was already counting on his fingers, all he wanted was to beat up that guy.

"These people have selective amnesia, they only remember their son’s name on the deed, forgetting the money came from the girl’s side."

"Damn that whole family’s guts for thinking that way?" Even the well-mannered Shuixian couldn’t help but curse.

If Yu Minglang beat up Liumei, she’d end up with bruises, and possibly a firmer resolve to marry the scumbag.

But Qian used her gentle voice, speaking softly to Liumei, leaving a huge shadow in Liumei’s mind.

What should she do now, she’s so confused.

"Liumei, are you worried about that curse from your master that you’ll have bad luck if you don’t marry?" Qian knew this was the missing piece in Liumei’s mind.

"Yes, sister-in-law, you understand me—brother, where are you going?"

"I’m going to challenge your master to a duel, for spreading feudal superstitions and cultural garbage!"

"Don’t make trouble, I planned to meet that master eventually!" Qian’s verbal firepower was eager too, long wanting to meet that old soothsayer.

"If you trust sister-in-law, don’t listen to your master about everything. Fortune-telling or psychologists, nothing can be 100% accurate. The future is uncertain. Marrying Ma Lv will really bring your family bad luck. Think about the postpartum depression story I told you. If you marry Ma Lv and end up jumping, how do you think your family would feel?"

The first PK between traditional metaphysics and a psychology PhD began its tug-of-war in Liumei’s mind.