The Xiao family had no objection to their decision. After all, the marriage was set, and Lanlan and Su Yanqing's relationship would not be considered improper in the future.

However, the tokens of exchange between the two families cannot be careless. The Su family has already prepared the tokens of exchange, a pair of Ruyi Linlang gemstone jade pendants.

By then, each of them will have one. The Xiao family is not ready yet, so the exchange of tokens will have to be completed on another day.

Xiao Hechuan and Mr. Su have played three games of chess in a row, and Mr. Su won every game. Xiao Hechuan gave him a great sense of accomplishment and made the old man very happy.

However, the brothers Su Yanqing and Su Yanli were still in the same game as at the beginning. The entire chessboard was almost full of chess pieces, but the winner had not yet been decided. Moreover, it had come to the most critical moment, but Su Yanqing was obviously in a stalemate. His move was crucial. If he did not make the right move, he would probably be defeated.

Su Yanli's face was filled with a smile of confidence, but also with a hint of contempt, as he looked at Su Yanqing with a frown on his face, holding the white chess pieces in his hand, unable to find the key to breaking the game.

So he urged:

"Lin Xu, I remember that you were very skilled at playing chess. How come you can't even beat your brother now?"

I remember that when Su Yanqing was eight years old, he played chess with Su Yanli and won several games. At that time, Su Yanli was already fifteen years old, but he couldn't even beat an eight-year-old kid. This made him feel resentful for a while, and he has not let it go until today.

After that, he practiced chess hard in order to regain his advantage in the future.

But after he came of age, Madam Su asked him to move out of the Su Mansion and live in his own house. He and Su Yanqing rarely had such opportunities, especially in occasions like today. He just wanted him to be defeated in front of everyone. That would be exciting.

Moreover, the people present today are his future father-in-law and his family.

Su Yanqing admitted that it was because of his negligence just now that he allowed Su Yanli to take advantage of the opportunity and caused the current situation. This chess game seemed to really reflect the reality. Because of his momentary negligence and soft-heartedness, he gave Su Yanli many opportunities and created many obstacles for himself.

Now he really can't do anything to him.

Su Yanqing did not answer him and was still thinking about how to solve the game. At this time, Xiao Hechuan stood up and walked over. He stood aside and looked at the layout of the chess game, and already had a way to deal with it in his mind.

When Su Yanli saw him coming, he just looked up at him with a meaningful look in his eyes.

Xiao Hechuan's temperament is different from that of ordinary people. Su Yanli has also heard about his performance in Baiyun Academy. He is well aware of this man's scheming and strategy. He is now standing in Su Yanqing's camp, and he is really a little panicked. If he gives Su Yanqing advice, he really has to be on guard.

Just as he was thinking, Xiao Hechuan suddenly took the chess piece from Su Yanqing's hand and placed it without hesitation in a place no one expected. With one move, the situation was immediately reversed, and Su Yanli was now doomed to fail.

Su Yanli was originally leaning lazily in his chair, but when Xiao Hechuan made this move, he instantly jumped up and looked at the chess game in disbelief.

How could it be possible? Even he hadn't thought that the chess game he had carefully arranged could be cracked in this way.

Now it was Su Yanqing's turn to breathe a sigh of relief. Xiao Hechuan helped him, and now his frown finally relaxed.

However, this action of his disrupted Su Yanli's thoughts. He now disliked Xiao Hechuan more and more, thinking that Xiao Hechuan was meddling in other people's business and had ruined his good opportunity to embarrass Su Yanqing.

"Mr. Xiao, this is a game between Lin Xu and me. I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to intervene rashly, right?"

Knowing that he would say this, Xiao Hechuan had already prepared his words:

"You are wrong, Master. Today is New Year's Day, an auspicious day for family reunion. Why make the atmosphere so tense? We are all just having fun, so just stop when it's enough. You are the one who is taking it too seriously."

He just lightly rejected the words, leaving Su Yanli speechless.

Su Yanli snorted coldly, his expression was not very good.

Madam Su became furious when she saw his dead look. They were living a good life, but he had to mess things up. Don't think she doesn't know his little tricks. He just wants to overshadow her son Lin Xu day by day.

Fortunately, the Xiao family doesn't care about these things, and Xiao Hechuan is a smart man, otherwise her family's Lin Xu would really be embarrassed today.

"Okay, it's just some leisure time, just some entertainment, why take it so seriously? Lunch has been prepared in the kitchen, everyone follow me to the main hall to eat!"

Mrs. Su stepped out at the right time to warm up the atmosphere and prevent it from becoming any more awkward. She was irritated by Su Yanli, but she still had to maintain a smile on her face. She felt really uncomfortable. If her future in-laws were not here today, she would not have given Su Yanli any good face at all.

Soon, everyone came to the main hall and sat down to eat.

There were a total of eighteen dishes on the table, and all that could be served was served. The Su family was particular and even arranged for a special maid to serve the dishes.

But the Xiao family was used to being casual at home, so they felt a little restrained when they suddenly saw such particularity. However, the food in the Su Mansion was indeed delicious, and the taste was comparable to that of the restaurants outside.

During the dinner, Mr. Su and Mrs. Su kept talking to Mr. and Mrs. Xiao. Mrs. Su even took off her favorite bracelet and put it on Su Lanlan herself.

The jade bracelet is made of top quality mutton-fat jade, which is clear and without a trace of impurities, and looks very valuable.

This was the gift she gave to Xiao Lanlan. Su Yanqing was so happy to see that her mother gave her most precious bracelet to Xiao Lanlan. It seemed that her mother had completely treated her as her future daughter-in-law.

It's just that he was busy playing chess with Su Yanli, so he didn't know that the elders of the two families had already made the decision about their relationship.

There were so many people sitting at the table, but only Su Yanli and his wife looked out of place, as if they were redundant and couldn't get a word in. Su Yanli had a deadpan look on his face the whole time, but Liao would occasionally smile along.

Just when they were almost done eating, Liao's trusted maid suddenly came in in a hurry, and regardless of the occasion, she walked up to Liao and whispered in her ear.

When Mrs. Su saw this, she muttered in her heart that it was rude.

After hearing what the maid said, Liao's eyes suddenly lit up, her expression showing some joy and excitement that could not be concealed, as well as a feeling that the clouds had finally cleared and the moon was visible.

After all, she still took the current occasion into consideration and temporarily suppressed the joy and excitement in her heart. She whispered a few instructions to the maid, and then let her leave.