Hua Sheng hesitated for a while before eventually saying, "Dad, Mum."Her voice was not very loud, but Jiang Liu and his parents could hear her very clearly."What a darling."Madam Jiang was not very willing to accept Hua Sheng as her daughter-in-law, but there was not much she could do now. Furthermore, the young lady looked extremely well-groomed.The girl's exceptional looks helped reduce the animosity a little.Old Mister Jiang nodded his head gently. After all, the young lady had shown them much respect, and he should return the favor, regardless of his misgivings about the marriage.Furthermore, the Jiangs were old friends with the Huas. Even though the latter was facing tough times, him disrespect their daughter would not do.It was for this reason that Old Mister and Madam Jiang gave Hua Sheng a tidy amount of money, usually prepared by the groom's parents for their new daughter-in-law.For an extremely wealthy family like them, the amount they gave her would not be as "small"
"I shouldn't have taken it anyway."Hua Sheng was very self-aware by nature. Since it was a symbolic marriage... how could she accept their money?She knew that the credit card had a very high spending limit.Jiang Liu glanced at the card in his hand before returning it back to Hua Sheng."Keep it. It's a common practice for parents to give their new daughter-in-law a sum of money once she's officially recognized them as her own... They're generous people. I believe that the card's spending limit should be around one million dollars."Hua Sheng was truly shocked. One million dollars was a huge sum of money!"It's too much! They should just have given me a symbolic sum... Why don't you keep it? You can give me a few thousand to that effect.""Are you implying that the Jiangs lack money?" he asked her yet again.Hua Sheng was speechless..."Yeah, yeah, I get it. You Jiangs are rich; all of you are so rich that the whole world knows that you people are loaded..."She did not bother to con
His question made Hua Sheng anxious.She immediately struck back. "Our mutual agreement will cease to take effect if you're not willing."To her, she had already shown him enough respect by acceding to his request to come to his family home and address his parents as her own in-laws."Why is he kicking up a fuss about moving into my villa?"Is he being sarcastic?"Obviously, he knows that my family is not like before and is definitely less well-off than his. Why is he still purposely making a big deal about moving in with me?"Hua Sheng was actually mistaken; all Jiang Liu wanted to do was tease her a little. He was a little intrigued by her.He did not expect to go overboard and earn a rebuke from her.He immediately apologized upon realizing that she had really become angry."I'm just joking... You really have a temper, you know that? Villa of Abundant Youth, right? I know where it is. Your family built it five years ago, right? If I recall, it's an oriental-style villa. I never expe
"Your grandma is resting in the backyard. There's no hurry to see her... Sit down and have a few words with your sisters," Madam Hua said cheerfully as she got up, trying to smooth things over.Also, she did not want Hua Sheng's attitude to cool down everyone's excitement.In truth, Hua Sheng's indifference toward her family members would not affect them much. After all, she did not usually interact with them.Hua Zhi, the third daughter of the Huas, looked impatiently at her watch, grabbed her coat, and headed toward the door. "I have an interview to go to in the afternoon. I need to get my makeup done in a while and won't be joining you guys for lunch."She was a famous A-list celebrity who focused on films. Only producers with good backing worked with her.It was for this reason that she was a little haughty and overbearing in nature.She paused as she went past Hua Sheng. "We won't let Xie Dongyang's matter rest just like this, baby sister. I believe the vixen that hooked up with h
The Huas had never expected that the youngest member of their family, whom they always thought to be not outstanding at all, could be so appreciated by the Jiangs and the heir to their empire.Everyone could tell from Jiang Liu's tone that he treasured his newly-wedded wife. It was not condescending at all.The Huas had five daughters. The eldest, Hua Feng, and the second, Hua Qing, had already gotten married and were over 30.Even though the third, Hua Zhi, was still single, she was already 28. Xie Dongyang was only 26—two years her junior.Furthermore, Hua Zhi was an A-list celebrity who had achieved Best Actor awards, so judging from her achievements and temperament, she would never look up to a playboy like Xie Dongyang. After all, he had been involved in various scandalous affairs with many female stars.Hua Lin was a university lecturer and taught history. She was already 26, but even though she was still a bachelorette, she had a boyfriend who was a policeman, and they were real
Jiang Liu walked into the room as he spoke, as if he had known Hua Sheng and her grandmother for a long time.He did not really have much to chat about with Hua Sheng's parents and sisters; they did not have much in common. After talking with them for a short while, Jiang Liu cooked up an excuse that he wanted to visit Grandma Hua and walked into the backyard.He did not expect to hear Hua Sheng and her grandmother speaking about him the moment he stepped in; it was entirely coincidental.Hua Sheng was a little embarrassed to be caught red-handed, so she remained silent.The old lady, on the other hand, was a little happy.She waved her hand and gave instructions to the attendants. "Bring a chair over for this child now.""How are you feeling, Granny?""Good, good, good... I've been feeling good recently. You two are really fated to be together. Sheng has already told me that your family has been treating her really well.""Oh? She said that?" Jiang Liu replied, amused. He turned his h
"I don't care... We've already gotten a room at Divine Beauty and ordered our drinks. All you have to do is turn up to foot the bill."The voice hung up before Jiang Liu had a chance to reject him.Jiang Liu glanced at Hua Sheng. She was still expressionless.There was no hint of her feeling remorseful at all.Jiang Liu thought about it before giving an explanation to his wife. "Divine Beauty is a place used by businessmen to entertain their guests and for men to have a drink with their close friends. I'm just going to spend some time there. I'll ask the driver to send you home if you don't want to go.""All right." The reply came very quickly.Jiang Liu felt he owed Hua Sheng a more detailed explanation after sensing that she had replied rather too quickly."There's no hanky-panky allowed there, please don't be mistaken.""You're the one who's mistaken. To be honest, I don't care where you go. What you do has nothing to do with me at all."Hua Sheng was making it extremely clear that
Jiang Liu was being at his very calmest. "She didn't come," he replied indifferently."What a diss to you! She shouldn't have..."Everyone was as surprised as Gao He. After all, the bride must have come from a family that wasn't as rich as the Jiangs.Any other woman would have felt it necessary to show her appreciation for having the honor of marrying into the Jiang family.Who wouldn't be aware enough to show Jiang Liu enough respect when it was due?What sort of woman would be so not self-aware?Qin Wanyu piled it on. "I believe it's not your wife that didn't want to come, right? You must have prevented her from coming. You're really a stingy fellow, you know that? You can't bear for us to look at your wife and want to keep her all to yourself, right?"Jiang Liu strode up toward Qin Wanyu and sat down beside him, resting his weight on the sofa."You really understand me, you know that?"A few men laughed."Say, since our beloved Young Master Jiang has suddenly gotten married, I thin