<h4>Chapter 1229: Xia Yehua’s Marriage (24)</h4>


    Li Mao really was at his wits’ end now “Elder Brother!! So what exactly do you want?”


    “What do we want? We want to know how exactly Yuanyuan died! We want justice for her! If she died of grief because of you two, then we, the Zhang Family, won’t let it go easily.”


    Li Mao pursed his lips tightly and started, “You—”


    Before he could speak, someone interrupted him in a calm and indifferent tone, “Please leave. I will not marry him.”


    Everyone was stunned by these words.


    They looked at Xia Yehua, who was standing there impassively, saying again, “Please leave.”


    Zhang Yuan’s elder brother finally reacted. All worked up, he demanded, “You- you- Did Yuanyuan die of grief because of you? Now you’re feeling the guilt!! Otherwise, why are you giving up on the marriage?!”


    “That’s right, that must be it.”


    Zhang Yuan’s sister-inw took a few steps forward and added, “You’re finally admitting it because you have no answers for us. The two of you, you’re simply the scum of the society!”


    “My poor daughter, she had such a tough life. Why did she meet people like you in her life? To think that she treated you like a friend... Sob, sob, sob,” the Senior Madam started crying.


    Li Mao looked at Xia Yehua in a daze.


    Her expression was firm and resolute as her eyes met his.


    At once, Li Mao understood what she was thinking.


    He had been avoiding telling the truth about Zhang Yuan’s death.


    Xia Yehua knew that he had his reasons.


    Hence, he would rather try to exin his way out, to convince them it hadn’t been what they thought, thane clean with the real reason for her death.


    The reason surely left him in a tight spot.


    She lowered her gaze.


    She felt a little bitter.


    It had been many years since Zhang Yuan had died, but Li Mao seemed to care so much still.


    Hence, she suddenly felt that the marriage was now meaningless.


    After all, it had been so many years and their rtionship had never progressed. Life still went on.


    Since this was the case, why make things difficult for him?


    Forget about getting married then, and the cover-up could just continue.


    She did not speak again and just retreated a few steps, showing her wish to bow out of the storm had stirred up.


    She felt a little exhausted and did not want to fight with these people.


    Li Mao, on the other hand, felt like his heart had been squeezed by a pair of invisible hands.


    It was unbearably painful.


    She would rather be maligned by the Zhang family than to let them put him in a difficult position.


    Clenching his fists, he started to feel like his own persistence was ridiculous now.


    Looking steadily at the people before him berating Xia Yehua, and looking at how Xia Yehua was tolerating it all, his face tensed up.


    Senior Madam Zhang was now wailing, “Xia Yehua, you caused my daughter to die of grief. I curse you, you wille to no good end!! You will go to hell after you die and you will reincarnate as a lowly beast! Sob, sob, sob.”


    The olddy’s words were toxic and ugly.


    Still, Xia Yehua maintained her silence.


    The words were like sharp knives being driven into Li Mao’s heart.


    The man suddenly straightened his posture and lifted his head, shouting, “All of you, shut up!”


    He hollered those words.


    The room suddenly fell silent as everyone turned to look at him.


    Then the manughed bitterly and said, “Fine, if you really wish to know why Yuanyuan died, I will tell you.”