Chapter 420: Lu Ya, Out of Control

Chapter 420: Lu Ya, Out of Control

Upon hearing Lu Ya's words, Li Wei's expression changed drastically, and his mouth gaped open in disbelief. "What did you say?"

Lu Ya calmly pointed to the things on the table and said, "I went to Nancheng Normal College and got these things from Zhang Qiuhua."

Seeing Li Wei standing there speechless in astonishment, Lu Ya continued to ask, "Brother Wei, didn't you say that you and Zhang Qiuhua were just fellow villagers? Why did you buy her so many things?"

"Xiaoya, this is all a misunderstanding. I didn't actually buy these things for her." Li Wei quickly started brainstorming, his eyes darting around frantically, and soon found a plausible reason that he thought he could get away with. "Zhang Qiuhua borrowed money from me to buy them."

He sighed, "You don't know, Zhang Qiuhua's family is poor, and she was already engaged back in her hometown. After she came to Nancheng to study, she wanted to present herself well so that her classmates wouldn't look down on her. Moreover, she wanted to find a boyfriend in the city, so she needed these things to save face. That's why she came to me and asked to borrow money, saying that she would pay me back after graduation."

He continued his fabrication, "And there's interest too."

Li Wei looked at Lu Ya with genuine concern, and when he mentioned Zhang Qiuhua, his face was full of sympathy. "Xiao Ya, I know it was wrong of me to lend money to Zhang Qiuhua behind your back, but she's also quite pitiful. If she can't find a partner in the city, she'll have to go back to her hometown after graduation and marry the man who supported her education. You don't know, that man is much older than her, and his family is pig butchers. He's not good enough for Zhang Qiuhua at all. As her classmate, I really can't bear to see an educated college student like her jump into a fire pit. If that happens, her life will be ruined."

Yes, that's why he was so eager to get into Lu Ya's father's company as soon as possible, to take a shortcut to make big money.

Time waits for no one.

Zhang Qiuhua will graduate in six months.

If they can't establish themselves in the city, they will definitely return to their place of household registration to work after graduation.

Zhang Qiuhua will most likely teach at a school in her hometown town.

When the time comes, with a monthly salary of around a hundred yuan, I'll definitely have to fulfill the marriage agreement and marry the butcher's son.

Zhang Qiuhua's life was ruined.

That was the girl he had secretly loved for many years, and he absolutely could not stand by and watch her accept her parents' arrangement to return to her hometown to get married.

He had previously considered helping Zhang Qiuhua return the betrothal gifts and then annul the engagement.

But Zhang Qiuhua said that the family had said that if she went to university and then broke off the engagement against her conscience, they would not let her off the hook.

He himself had seen the butcher's son, who was tall and burly with a lot of fat.

To be honest, he was also scared, after all, his parents, younger brother and sister were all in his hometown.

Later, the matter of breaking off the engagement and returning the betrothal gifts was put on hold.

He needs to quickly become powerful, a man that the butcher's family wouldn't dare to mess with, so that Zhang Qiuhua can escape unscathed from this so-called marriage.

Lu Ya was also very surprised when she heard Li Wei's words.

"Zhang Qiuhua is engaged in the countryside?"

Li Wei nodded, a hint of sadness flashing in his eyes. "Yes."

Upon hearing this news, Lu Ya's face showed a hint of sarcasm.

That woman was actually engaged?

Li Wei was still making a last-ditch effort. He grabbed Lu Ya's hand and said sincerely, "Xiao Ya, believe me, I really don't have any other feelings for her."

Lu Ya smiled innocently, "I believe you, anyway, these things are already coming."

She said, "I plan to sell them first. Apart from the pager, the rest are cheap items. I don't really care to wear them, so it's more worthwhile to exchange them for money. However, I don't think they'll fetch much money."

As Lu Ya said this, she went to find her small bag to put her things in.

Then, with her back to Li Wei, she spoke again in a calm tone.

"Oh, right, and all the clothes you bought for her, I got them all back. I didn't take the ones she wore because I thought they were dirty, I gave them all to her classmates."

"What?" Li Wei was shocked and terrified upon hearing this.

Overwhelmed by a mix of anger and astonishment, he could no longer contain himself and, gritting his teeth, glared at Lu Ya, demanding, "What have you done?"

This year, almost all of Zhang Qiuhua's clothes were gifts from him.

If Lu Ya takes everything back, what will Zhang Qiuhua wear in the dead of winter?

She can't go to class wearing thermal underwear.

Or will I freeze to death, or die of being laughed at?

Lu Ya blinked, looking at Li Wei with an innocent expression, and said in a hesitant tone, "Brother Wei, did I do something wrong? She said that those clothes were bought with your money, and she didn't have the money to pay me back, so she returned all the clothes. I didn't force her to pay me back, and I'm not that kind of person."

Li Wei was speechless with anger.

He was about to pick up the things on the table when Lu Ya beat him to it, stuffing them all into her bag and then grabbing her handbag.

"Alright, I'm going to sell these things to get some money. With that money, we can hold on for a while longer."

After Lu Ya finished speaking, she was about to walk out. After Li Wei realized what she was going to do, he followed her with a gloomy expression. "I'm going too."

The two went out, and Li Wei's idea was to pawn the items and get some money temporarily.

But Lu Ya disagreed, saying that these things were not important to her and she would not need to redeem them in the future, so she might as well take them to the second-hand market and sell them directly.

She used a public phone to call a friend she used to hang out with and asked about places that resell secondhand goods.

Her friend gave her directions, and Lu Ya boarded the bus, with Li Wei following closely behind with a sullen face.

His premonition that Lu Ya was no longer under his control grew stronger.

This made him very irritable and uneasy.

Of course, since Lu Ya had severed ties with the Lu family and was no longer of any use to him, he didn't need to waste any more time on her.

However, at this stage, he is truly unwilling to accept it.

The Lu family is too powerful.

To be honest, he was also aware of his own limitations; Lu Ya was the highest level of connections he could reach in Nancheng.

He cannot give up so easily.

Right now, his most important task is to win over Lu Ya and force a relationship with her.

He had her completely under his control.

That way, there's still a chance.

He couldn't believe that Lu Ya's parents were so heartless as to sever ties with her.

Given how much they dote on Lu Ya, it's impossible for them to give her up.

Whose daughter gets several hundred yuan a month for living expenses?

She looks like a princess who is pampered by her family.

Her family could not abandon her.

Lu Ya sold the quartz watch, necklace, and other items for a total of six hundred yuan.

These items are all about 80% new, and the pager is still worth a decent price.

The watch and necklace were valuable when I bought them, but now they're secondhand and I can only sell them for a pittance.