She Lent Them a Trap, Not a Treasure

When my father's cousin's son got engaged, the first thing on her mind wasn't the venue, and it wasn't the bride price. It was my gold set.

In my last life, she cornered me right at our front door.

"Elaine, lend your aunt that gold set for now. It'll look good laid out at the engagement dinner tomorrow. You're not afraid I'll stiff you, are you?"

I was afraid of being called ungrateful, so I had no choice but to hand over the jewelry box.

At the engagement dinner, Nanette wore my gold bracelet and paraded it around all day, and she deliberately had the emcee announce that her family had…