After the 380,000-Yuan Bride Price Talks Fell Through, I Refused the Marriage and Made a Comeback

After three years together, the wedding home was ready, the three pieces of gold jewelry had been bought, and the 120,000-yuan bride price was set.

On the day of the engagement banquet, his future mother-in-law publicly demanded a higher price: a staggering 388,000 yuan, not a penny less.

Her reason was simple and blunt: to buy her younger son a car and a house outright.

His girlfriend won't stand up for him, only for her family, and pressures the male lead to take out loans, borrow money, and drain two generations' savings.

Relatives crowd around him with moral blackmail, the whole village gossips, and their love has become nothing but a transaction.

The old me: meekly giving in, scrimping and saving, giving everything I had to start a family.

The new me: I won't be a sucker, marry a woman who bankrolls her younger brother, drain my parents' retirement savings, or carry a lifetime of debt!

I call off the engagement without hesitation!

I gather evidence, defend my rights in court, and get every penny of the bride price and the three pieces of gold jewelry back!

I cut off the toxic people and problems draining me, focus on making money, and fight my way back to the top!

From being mocked by the whole village for "not being able to afford a wife,"

to opening a successful business, rising step by step, making a name for myself as an entrepreneur, and earning people's respect;

then meeting the heroine, my true love, whose values align with mine, who doesn't demand an outrageous bride price, and who loves me as much as I love her.

Marriage is not charity, and love should never be for sale.

Better to be single and thriving than stuck in a miserable marriage!

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.