Chapter 4

Before I could speak, an old woman picked up the stick from the ground and quickly threw it into the yard.

This old woman had entered the room behind the arguing parents. Because she was short, I hadn't noticed her at first.

After throwing the stick, she even kicked it. The stick rolled far away.

With her sharp, slanted eyes, she said to the man in a shrill voice: " John, the matchmaker just came by. A girl with a crippled leg won't fetch a high wedding gift!"

The man froze when he heard this and stopped.

He asked the old woman, "Mom, Matchmaker Mrs. Brown came by?"

So this harsh-looking old woman was the little girl's grandmother.

Mrs. Smith nodded and said, "A wedding gift for a girl with one crippled leg has to be cut in half. If you break both her legs, she'll be paralyzed, and the wedding gift will drop even more."

John Smith said angrily, "Why cut it in half? Is that Mrs. Brown trying to cheat us? Her leg is crippled, but she can still walk and work!"

As he said this, John Smith withdrew his hand.

Seeing he wasn't going to hit me anymore, Lily's mother slowly let go.

I suddenly understood this little girl's situation.

So I coldly interjected: "My leg isn't permanently crippled. It can heal. Three months—just three months and my leg will be good as new. Then you can ask Mrs. Brown for the highest wedding gift!"

Mrs. Smith's eyes lit up: "Lily's leg can heal? If it heals completely, we'll have a perfectly intact virgin girl! Mrs. Brown won't be able to lowball us then!"

John Smith sneered.

He understood he couldn't beat me. If my leg didn't heal properly, it would affect the wedding gift he could collect.

But he seemed unwilling to just let this go.

He turned and saw Lily's mother standing to the side. He directly slapped her again, grabbed her by the hair, and dragged her out of the room.