It's exactly 7:30.

The Shu and Zhang families sat facing each other.

The banquet then officially began.

The theme of this dinner naturally revolved around the word "wedding".

On the day of the cocktail party, things proceeded as planned from the beginning.

After Shu Qiyi announced Shu Yi's identity, he should have continued by announcing the marriage between the two families.

Who would have thought that the Qin family would disrupt their rhythm?

Now, all the issues have come to an end.

The Qin family was too busy to deal with the Shu family anymore, and Shu Renxuan also divorced Qin Zhi. The brother and sister had also decided on their positions.

Now that we have helped Grandpa drive away those who were detrimental to the Shu family, we have also made him see the true nature of the Qin family.

Although the process was somewhat arduous, Shu Yi's goal was successfully achieved, and she could now gracefully retire.

After Grandpa finished explaining to the whole family that he planned to choose an auspicious day for the wedding, Shuyi grasped Zhang Youye's large hand and interjected, "Grandpa, we..."

As soon as she spoke, everyone turned to look at Shu Yi, who had made the sound, their expressions filled with confusion.

Except for the younger brother, whose expression was always indifferent.

Shu Yi exchanged a glance with Shu Chuanran, then steeled herself and said, "Grandpa, Zhang Youye and I have discussed it. We want a destination wedding; we don't want a big ceremony. Grandpa, I..."

Before Shu Yi could finish speaking, Shu De'an fired the first shot on the calm lake.

"No way! How can you get married without a wedding!"

"Yiyi, don't worry about being my uncle. Although I can't make the decisions, I can still attend my grandniece's wedding. After the wedding, you two can do whatever you want, but this wedding must go ahead!"

The first shot was fired, and the second shot followed immediately.

Of course, it was Shu Qiyi who made it a success.

"Stop this nonsense! Yiyi, I'll do whatever you want, but not this! This marriage between our two families is a big deal. Do you know how much this will affect the company's stock price? We can't let you do whatever you want!"

After the two shots were fired, the lake, no longer calm, was filled with various different cannon shots.

"You little bastard, was this your idea? You brat, are you trying to cause trouble again?"

"Yuno, whether or not to have a wedding is not your decision. Don't make a scene inappropriately."

"Yuno, tell your aunt, what exactly are you planning this time?"

The barrage of questions came like a sudden downpour on a hot summer afternoon.

Before Zhang Youye could even have a chance to take shelter from the rain, the torrential raindrops began to pelt him impatiently.

But I have a clear conscience.

The person who doesn't want to have a wedding is clearly not him.

On the very first day he met Shuyi at the ancestral home, he couldn't wait to announce it to the whole world.

The woman who haunts his dreams every night, Shu Yi, must be Zhang Youye's woman.

Unfortunately, this woman thought that having a wedding was too much trouble.

Moreover, both families insisted on a traditional Chinese wedding, as she couldn't stand the complicated procedures. That's why she wanted a destination wedding to eliminate all the formalities at the source.

On the other side, unable to bear seeing Zhang Youye suffer from the bombardment, Shu Yi got up from her seat in a moment of anxiety.

"It wasn't him, it was my idea."

"Okay, okay, Grandpa, Dad, I was wrong. We'll have the wedding, alright?"

Ding-dong—

No sooner had she finished speaking than the sound of chopsticks falling to the ground echoed in the room.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Shu Chuanran bend down to pick up the chopsticks and slowly hand them to the maid beside him.

Perhaps noticing that everyone's eyes were on him, Shu Chuanran pursed his lips, stood up, and wanted to leave.

"Grandpa, Dad, everyone, I'm not feeling well and would like to go back to my room to rest. Please enjoy your meal."

"Brother, are you alright?" Shu Qianxin asked worriedly.

"It's nothing." Shu Chuanran shook his head, and although he opened his mouth to speak, his dark gaze, seen through the corner of his glasses, fell on Shu Yi's face as if no one else was there. "Everyone, I'll leave first. Second sister, please enjoy your meal."

Watching Shu Chuanran's figure quickly disappear from sight, Zhang Youye withdrew his gloomy gaze and tightened his grip on Shu Yi's hand.

While everyone was exchanging questioning glances, he turned and met Shu Qiyi's gaze.

Sensing the old man's cunning, Zhang Youye picked up his teacup, trying to extinguish his anger with tea.

During a discussion between the two families about marriage, Shu Chuanran suddenly left, citing illness as the reason.

Although they didn't understand why Shu Chuanran did this, out of respect for the old man, any discerning person wouldn't ask further.

Not wanting the situation to become awkward, Zhang Jinnan took the lead and joked about Shu Chuanran's recent recovery from a serious illness.

"Chuanran suffered so many injuries while saving Yiyi, he needs to rest more. If he's not feeling well, let him go and rest. Renxuan, don't let anyone disturb him."

"Grandpa, it's Yiyi and Youye's wedding anyway, so don't get upset," Zhang Zhiting comforted him.

Shu Qiyi shifted his gaze from the menacing Zhang Youye and raised his teacup to toast the two of them.

Then, he turned his head and solemnly instructed Uncle Wei.

"Have someone send some food to Chuanran first. He hasn't eaten much, so don't let him get hungry."

The oppressive atmosphere in the dining room was lifted by the few words of these old foxes, returning to its previous lighthearted state.

Putting aside this little episode, Shu Yi didn't think that these old foxes in front of her could see through Shu Chuanran's thoughts.

Of course, this does not include the young master beside him, whose finger bones have turned white.

"Don't be angry, okay?" Shu Yi whispered, covering his hand with her own.

Zhang Youye glanced lazily at Shu Yi for a moment, then opened his mouth as if to say something.

After hesitating for a few seconds, he chose to swallow his words.

After the pleasant dinner party ended, the elders of both families went to the Moonlit Pavilion.

Once everyone was seated in the Moonlit Hall, Zhang Ningying, having received a signal from her elder brother, handed the auspicious date and time, which she had specially chosen, to Shu Qiyi.

"Grandpa, look at these dates we had someone calculate. Which time do you think would be suitable?"

"Now that we've set the date, we can start making preparations for the wedding."

The Zhang family's efforts were so meticulous that no one could find fault with them.

Taking the old almanac from Uncle Wei, Shu Qiyi put on his reading glasses, solemnly opened the almanac, and compared it with the auspicious date calculated by the Zhang family.

“Ning Ying, I can never find fault with anything your Zhang family does. Anyway, I’m just sitting here doing nothing, so let this old man flip through the almanac and check it out.”

"I never imagined the old man had such an ability to study the almanac!" Zhang Jinnan asked in surprise.

Seeing that her grandfather waved his hand without looking up and sat down on the sofa in the inner hall with Zhang Youye, Shu Yi took over the conversation.

“Dad, my grandpa loves to study this when he has nothing to do. I always tease him that if he keeps studying it, he could wear a little fortune teller’s robe and black glasses and go to the roadside to tell fortunes.”

His witty remark made everyone burst into laughter.

Upon hearing this, Shu Qiyi pretended to be angry, angrily raising his head and glaring at his granddaughter.

"This girl, your grandfather is in such poor health now, how can he still tell fortunes?"

"You should hurry up and give me a healthy baby with Youye, so I can be happy. That's the important thing, you know?"