Zhu Zhizhou finally managed to come up with a statement that wouldn't let the Yan family down, and would also save face for himself.

I wonder what Madam Yan thought of these words. Anyway, Zhu Qianying, who was looking down, was so disgusted that she got goosebumps all over.

Madam Yan chuckled twice, and everyone present could tell that she was openly mocking Zhu Zhizhou, including Zhu Zhizhou himself.

"Mr. Zhu, let's skip the formalities and just say what you're thinking. We've met before, so there's no need for beating around the bush; I don't like hearing that!"

Zhu Qianying had always thought that she was sometimes quite arrogant and deserved a beating. But after hearing what Old Madam Yan said, she realized that compared to the heroine beside her, her own boastful words were nothing but arrogance. At most, they were just the boastful words of a brat who had never seen the world.

After all, her arrogance was often just a bluff, but Madam Yan was different; her arrogance was based on solid confidence.

Although Zhu Zhizhou was a seasoned veteran, he couldn't save face when his lie was exposed so openly. He couldn't find a suitable response, so he could only chuckle awkwardly to ease his embarrassment.

"Go ahead and say it. Lao Yan and I really like Ying'er, so I would never make things difficult for her, even if it means making things difficult for anyone else."

Her words put Takeshi in an even more difficult position.

Originally, he only regarded his daughter, whom he didn't care much about, as a bargaining chip for exchanging benefits. But now, this bargaining chip has won the other party's favor, and the words of support have been put into the open. And he had just been scolded for his disdain for the bargaining chip.

Now that she's telling him to just say it, what should he say?

For the first time, nearly sixty-year-old Takeshi felt like he couldn't unleash his full potential in front of others and that his IQ was seriously lacking.

After thinking for a while, Takeozumi finally decided to tell the truth.

Anyway, the Yan family of three are all ruthless characters who would eat people without spitting out the bones. If I wanted to play tricks on them, I really couldn't do anything.

Since that's the case, we might as well tell the truth, as Madam Yan suggested.

With a "go for it" attitude, Zhu Zhizhou mustered his courage and looked at Madam Yan, saying, "Madam Yan, whatever you think of for the wedding date and location, I really have no objection."

Zhu Zhizhou paused for a moment, then turned his gaze to Yan Shao, "I just want to ask, do those dowry and cooperation plans that Yan Shao mentioned before still stand?"

Yan Shao slightly curled his lips, wanting to laugh, but finally forcibly suppressed the smile, reached out and put his hand on Zhu Qianying's shoulder, pulling the obviously unresponsive Zhu Qianying into his arms.

“Mr. Zhu, since Ying’er is so beloved by my parents, if I were to say it’s not true, wouldn’t that be going against them? To outsiders, I’m not even human, except for one thing: I’m filial. So, the dowry and cooperation plan we discussed before are all valid!”

No one present thought there was anything wrong with what Young Master Yan said. After all, everyone knew that Zhu Qianying was able to get close to Young Master Yan because of a fair and transparent transaction. To say that Young Master Yan and Zhu Qianying liked each other so much was simply not convincing.

Therefore, even Zhu Qianying remained calm after hearing Yan Shao's words, only Old Madam Yan raised her head and glared fiercely at her son.

Despite all her efforts, she wanted Zhu Qianying to spend more time with him, cultivate their relationship, and then slowly discuss marriage.

This brat is something else. With such blunt words, he can shatter the dreams of all young girls, let alone someone as clever and insightful as Zhu Qianying.

Little did Madam Yan know that her son had personally torn apart the little bit of warmth and trust that his mother had painstakingly built up between them last night.

Therefore, Zhu Qianying was able to calmly and readily allow her father, who had given her life and raised her, and the man with whom she had just spent a night of intimacy, to treat her like a commodity and place her on the table.

Young Master Yan gave Zhu Zhizhou a dowry of 200 million yuan plus a future cooperation plan worth over 10 billion yuan. In return, Zhu Zhizhou sent his daughter, whom he did not value, to Young Master Yan.

The transaction is complete, and neither party owes the other anything!

Madam Yan glanced at Zhu Qianying, who was being held by her son but whose back was taut, and felt inexplicably sorry for the girl.

He had a vague premonition that his foolish son would one day pay a heavy price for his stupid and reckless behavior.

However, even someone as insightful as Madam Yan could not have imagined that the price her son would pay for this would be far heavier than she had foreseen.

Of course, that's all hindsight. At this moment, none of the people sitting in the living room had the ability to foresee the future, and what they urgently needed to resolve was the marriage of the two young people.

Now that Zhu Zhizhou and Yan Shao had laid everything out on the table, the rest of the conversation became much simpler and more straightforward.

In less than ten minutes, Yan Shao had already reached an agreement with Zhu Zhizhou to set the wedding date for the end of the year, on Christmas Day.

As for the two hundred million and cooperation plan that Zhu Zhizhou was so eager to see, according to Yan Shao, it was a matter of handing over the person and paying the money on the spot. He would come to pick up Zhu Qianying on December 25th.

In those less than ten minutes, neither Madam Yan nor Yan Bo uttered a single word.

Because Madam Yan was so angry with her son that she didn't want to say anything more.

Although Zhu Zhizhou was a little dissatisfied that he would not receive the money for more than two months, Yan Shao made it very clear that he should be given such a large sum of money before the woman was even married.

But only Young Master Yan can solve his immediate crisis. If he waits until Christmas, even the Mingxuan Grand Hotel in L City will be affected.

"Young Master Yan, how about we pick a date to hold an engagement banquet?"

Yan Shao naturally understood what Zhu Zhizhou was planning, but before he could refuse, Zhu Qianying rejected Zhu Zhizhou's proposal outright.

"Dad, it's only been two months, why are you having an engagement banquet? Young Master Yan is so busy, where would he find the time to go through all this trouble? Besides, I have other things to do, I don't have time to waste on all this useless stuff."

Zhu Zhizhou accepted the merciless ridicule from Yan Shao.

After all, he needed someone's help, so he had to act subservient and admit defeat in front of them.

How could he save face when his own daughter disobeyed him like this in front of outsiders?

"What could possibly be wrong with you? All you do is hang out with a bunch of rich kids all day, eating, drinking, playing, and having a blast."

In Zhu Zhizhou's eyes, this daughter had never really stood out. So, in his memory, she was just an idle, unemployed bum who did nothing but eat, drink, and loaf around.

Just as Zhu Qianying was about to say something, the hand on her shoulder suddenly tightened. Yan Shao's face came close, and he whispered in her ear, "Young master? Xing Bailun?"