Bride and her husband

Chapter 8

Bring Feng Selugi back? Tang Lisa couldn't help stealing a nervous glance towards Jungkook, but he remained as unmoved and silent as ever.

She felt a wry, bitter laugh bubble to her lips. She had fooled herself into thinking that Jungkook had approved of her. Like a delusional, lovesick fool, she had even been truly fond of him, wanting to be his dutiful wife...

It wasn't that she had truly wanted to marry Jungkook. But the Fengs would never let this slide... to say nothing of what they would do to her grandmother... The thought sent a pang of pain through her heart, and she felt her eyes prick with tears.

Upon hearing Mingyu pronouncement, the Feng family's faces fell. To wed Feng Selugi to that sickly cripple, with his pasty, disfigured face... Feng Selugi herself would never agree, but even all of Chen Hwasa love for her  daughter couldn't compel her to allow Feng Selugi to come back and face such a
match.

"That doesn't seem quite appropriate, Second Young Master," she objected. "No matter how you put it, Tang Lisa already went through the rites with your brother. And after the... consummation of the marriage last night, she essentially belongs to him. If you were to send her back to us, what kind of future would she have?"

Can't you see the weakling can't even get up from his wheelchair? Mingyu wanted to scoff. Like he would even be capable of the act, with such useless legs!

"I'm telling you: if you don't get Feng Selugi back, I'll see to it that your whole family ends up bankrupt. This is what you get for daring to make fools of the Jeon family!" If the second son of the Jeon wanted to ruin a small company like the Fengs', all it would take was a  few words.

Feng Hyunbin face paled, and he hurriedly stuttered out, "Second Young Master, please... please don't. I'll find Feng Selugi and bring her back this instant."

"Bring her back?" a furious Hwasa wailed. "Are you planning to send my daughter to her death?"

"Do you want to send our family to our deaths?" Hyunbin shot back. "What are we going to survive on, without the company?"

Of course Hwasa didn't want to see the company go bankrupt. She burst into tears of rage.

Nancy was still calculating a plan in her head. "Second Young Master, perhaps..."

Between sips of tea, Jungkook glanced at Nancy from the corner  of his eye. "You don't want your sister to come back? That's fine. Are you planning to take her place?"

"No!" Nancg darted behind her mother in fear.

Jungkook coughed once, then twice. He fixed his cold gaze on Fang Guo'an. "We don't have to make the switch if you're unwilling. But I have conditions."

Hyunbin felt a chill shoot down his spine, and couldn't repress a shiver. Since when this sick weakling capable of wielding such a threatening, murderous demeanor? "What conditions? Name anything you like, Young Master. As long as it is within my power, you shall have it!"

Jungkook had brought his brother here not as a spectator, but as a tool. The Fengs held him in contempt due to his physical frailty, but they looked at Mingyu with fear. If even  Mingyu was backed into a corner with no options, however, the Fengs wouldn't be able to leverage him to negotiate a way out.

"A bride should have a dowry. Isn't that right?"

Hyunbin felt a sense of dread creeping up in him, but he made himself nod. "It is, Young Master."

"In that case, I want you to return the ten million dollars the jeon gave you in exchange for your daughter's hand... and pay an additional ten million for my wife's dowry!"

Hyunbin was struck with horror. Ten million was a hefty sum as it was, but twenty? He inwardly cursed Tang Lisa for being an investment that had only sucked his money down the drain.

Tang Lisa was no less surprised. Twenty million? Was she hallucinating?

Jungkook finished his sentence with a cough. "No?" he asked. "He Lei, get a lawyer. Tell them the Fang family cheated us!"

"Right away, Young Master!"

"No! Don't! We'll give you the money!" Chen Man bawled and battered her husband with her fists. "My daughter is worth more than all the money in the world! Say yes,  Hyunbin, or I'll never you off!"

For his daughter, Hyunbin had no choice but to give in. "I'll pay."

The Fengs' company was small, but they had several hundred million worth of assets. Still, coughing up a sum of money this huge was enough to make them want to vomit blood.

Hyunbin signed a check for twenty million dollars and passed it to He Lei, reluctant to let go. He Lei pulled the paper from him anyway and placed it  in Tang lisa hand. She stared at the check, unblinking. Had Hyunbin really just forked over such a gigantic amount? "Is this really for me?" She glanced at Jungkook, unclear of his intent.

"You're my wife now," Jungkook said coolly. "That makes you the young mistress of the Jeon. It's just a check. There will be more stuff to come in the future."

Tang Lisa gripped the check and lowered her eyes. "You don't want Feng Selugi back?"

Jungkook looked back at her blankly. Was this why she had bowed her head and stayed quiet just now? He hadn't stopped his brother from demanding that Selugi come back, not simply to intimidate the Fengs, but also to ensure that they would acquiesce to hand over their money. "You kissed me at the wedding. That makes you mine."

Tang Lisa stared at him, her eyes shining. "You mean... I'm really your wife?"

"Yes."

She didn't have to go back to the Fengs, and she could stop worrying about her grandmother. Tang Lisa felt a heavy burden lift from her heart. Come what may, this man had saved her from the Feng family, and for that, she was deeply grateful to him.