1348 You Have to Be Responsible for Me
“Just tell me if there’s anything I can do to help. This room is soundproof. Other than the three of us, no one else can hear what you say today,” Qiao Mei said.

Deng Fan related everything that happened just now.

Jiang Shu used to have a close childhood friend. The two of them grew up together and were like sisters. At that time, the two of them had even made a promise to be friends forever.

If they both had only sons or only daughters in the future, then their kids would be like brothers or sisters. If one of them had a son and the other a daughter, the two of them would become in-laws. They made a promise to be best friends forever.

Later on, Jiang Shu’s childhood friend gradually began to disagree with her on many things. She even hung out with bad company outside of school when they were still students and her results plummeted as a result. She even instigated Jiang Shu to pursue this so-called “freedom” together with her. In the end, the two of them did not remain in contact with each other after they graduated.

For some reason, her childhood friend found out that Deng Fan was getting married soon and quickly rushed over with her daughter. That girl had never even seen Deng Fan before, but the moment they met, she threw herself into his arms and even announced in front of everyone around that she was Deng Fan’s real fiancée and that Xia He was the third party who ruined their relationship.

No matter how hard Deng Fan tried to explain, no one believed him. People were only interested in scandals and did not care about the truth.
He did not know these two women at all. The mother-and-daughter duo became more and more agitated as they spoke and they even started to curse at Jiang Shu and Deng Fan for not caring about them after they prospered. Deng Fan barely managed to escape after getting beaten up by them. In fact, even up until now, he still did not know what was going on.

No matter whether the marriage pact which the mother-and-daughter duo mentioned was real or not, he knew very well that Xia He was not a third party, but someone he had been thinking of for so many years.

“Does Auntie know about this matter?” Qiao Mei asked as she looked at Deng Fan sternly.

“I don’t know. I came over as soon as the whole thing ended and didn’t have time to talk to her yet,” Deng Fan replied honestly.

Qiao Mei suddenly seemed to have thought of something. She grabbed her coat and walked out of the door. As she walked, she said to Deng Fan and Xia He, “Quickly put on your coats and follow me! Hurry!”

“Oh no! They might have gone to your mother’s place! We must hurry back!” Xia He immediately thought of the same thing as Qiao Mei.

Deng Fan immediately ran out of the house. It was faster for him to go home on his motorcycle, so he did not go with the two women. It was just as Qiao Mei had said. The mother-and-daughter duo were making a scene at the entrance of the Deng family’s house.

The house which Jiang Shu and Deng Rui were currently living in was actually the Jiang family’s old house. Most of the neighbors grew up with Jiang Shu or were the older generation who had watched her grow up. They all knew who the woman crying on the ground was and everyone gathered at the Deng family’s door while talking among themselves.

“Isn’t this Ye Xiang, the daughter of the Ye family who used to live in this alley? Why is she back here?” an elderly female neighbor whispered.

“The person with her must be her daughter. Seriously, a crooked stick will have a crooked shadow. The two of them behave in exactly the same way! How can she still have the cheek to come back? Isn’t she worried that others will find out about those dirty things she did back then? Yet she still dares to behave so atrociously here?” another female neighbor said as she put her hand over her mouth.

“That’s right! She caused Jiang Shu to get into so much trouble back then, yet she still has the cheek to want her daughter to marry Jiang Shu’s son! She’s simply shameless! She bullies Jiang Shu because Jiang Shu is too nice!” the elderly female neighbor said.

Deng Fan was only concerned for the safety of Jiang Shu and Deng Rui and did not even look at Ye Xiang and her daughter. As he walked straight towards the courtyard, Ye Xiang secretly gave her daughter, Ye Lei, a look.

Ye Lei immediately understood what Ye Xiang meant. She threw herself in front of Deng Fan and hugged his leg as she cried out, “Brother Deng! How can you be so heartless! You can’t treat me like this! You must be responsible for me!”

“What nonsense are you spouting!” Deng Fan frowned and looked at Ye Lei, who was on the ground.

“I’m not spouting nonsense! You have to be responsible for me! You and I… both of us… Oh my! Do I have to say it out loud in front of so many people?” Ye Lei said as she looked at Deng Fan with a shy expression.

The neighbors surrounding them all gasped. In this era, such matters were still very taboo. If a couple slept together before they were married, they would be criticized to death! The woman would be locked into a cage and forcibly drowned! The man would be tied to a pillar and beaten to death!