Elvis saw that Gu Mengmeng looked rather grim and his heart ached. "You don't need to confront him. I can handle it."
Gu Mengmeng lowered her head in silence.
She was already playing out a dramatic soap opera in her head.
Elvis' father would fling a blank check in her face and say solemnly, "Fill in any figure you want. Take the money and leave my son alone. A woman like you is not worthy of my son."
Thereafter, Gu Mengmeng would slam the table as she stood up to retort with a classic line. "I am different from other women. I am not with him for his money!"
Elvis' father would then smirk maliciously. "You are choosing punishment over reward, very well… misfortunes will start to befall your friends one by one. I want to see how long you can fight against me?"
…
Gu Mengmeng had already started to tremble.