Chapter 94 Early Marriage, It Sounds Terrifying

It was already late after the hair dyeing was finished, and Ren Xiping reluctantly saw Xia Mian off to her car.

On the way back to Xia Garden, Xia Mian called Zhao Wei while driving. Although the company didn't restrict his private life, and he had told Zhao Wei before signing the contract that he was getting married, he still had to inform him in advance to avoid the news leaking out three days later and catching him off guard.

“Viagra,” he said, “I’m getting engaged in three days.”

Zhao Wei had expected this – the wedding house had already been bought, so the wedding date must be approaching: "What are you planning to do, keep it a secret?"

Xia Mian shook her head: "If I don't want to hide it, what's the difference between that and cheating out of food?"

"Then should we wait for it to come to light naturally, or admit it when signs first appear?"

If the other party is not in the entertainment industry, most celebrities will not make an official announcement, as it can easily cause trouble for the other party's life, and they might even be ridiculed: "Who are you?" "Who cares?"

Especially Xia Mian, to put it nicely, is a popular celebrity; to put it bluntly, she's just a variety show personality with no representative works. Her career path isn't even clear yet, and then she announces her marriage—it looks like she's deliberately creating hype to grab attention.

“No,” Xia Mian shook her head again, “Brother Wei, I want to get our marriage certificate and then announce it officially.”

Even now, Xia Mian still feels it's all a bit unreal. If he hadn't transmigrated into the book, he would definitely be living the life of a pampered young master, and perhaps he wouldn't have thought about marriage for three, five, or even ten years.

In his heart, he was still that child spoiled by his parents. Suddenly having to enter into marriage, going from a carefree, independent life to a new state and a new stage, was really... hard to adjust to.

Getting married at a young age is frightening to hear.

However, if it is not officially announced and is kept dragged on, it will cause even greater harm to the fans.

Official announcements can also cause harm, but it's better than keeping it hidden.

"It's okay to lose some fans. It's better for them to stop their losses in time than to get more and more involved," Xia Mian said. "I will work harder so that everyone will like me because of my work."

Actually, Zhao Wei is fine with anything. First, it's not just because of Xia Mian's Facebook connection. Second, given the circumstances of Xia Mian's partner, he might be able to help her with resources.

He had been following Xia Mian's various "deeds" before, and it was impossible for him to have done so without capital intervention.

Call him pragmatic or opportunistic, Xia Mian has abundant resources, and he can also make money from it, achieving a win-win situation. What's there to be dissatisfied about?

“Okay.” The two hit it off immediately and resolved the problem happily.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Wei called again: "Okay, no need to wait anymore."

"Viagra, what does that mean?"

"A marketing account revealed the time and place of your engagement, and even the details of which family the other party belonged to."

Xia Mian was so startled that she slammed on the brakes. Luckily, it was late at night and there was only one car on the road, so there was no rear-end collision.

He calmed himself down, slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road, and opened Weibo. Sure enough, just as Zhao Wei had said, a large marketing account with five million followers had revealed his engagement information word for word.

The reactions of the onlookers were mixed:

[Summer hibernation? Is that the kind of idiot who lives in slums and drives a Bentley?]

This revelation seems very detailed and likely to be true.

If it's true, show some evidence. An engagement requires a venue and invitations, right? Post a photo or screenshot. Don't just make up rumors.

[It's obvious the person upstairs didn't read the content carefully. The blog post clearly states that there was no engagement ceremony, only a formal gift exchange at home.]

At this point, netizens discovered the key point:

[I've been watching "Our Little Life" and the Xia Garden, the location for the betrothal ceremony mentioned above, looks very familiar. If I remember correctly, Xia Mingzhao from the same variety show also got married at Xia Garden.]

[Xia Mingzhao, Xia Mian... hmm, they both have the surname Xia, could they be related?]

[They didn't seem to know each other on the show?]

These are usually large families, with several families living together, similar to the main and illegitimate children in domestic power struggle novels.

What about the Zhou family? Could it be the same Zhou family as Zhou Ting?

[Damn, is this some kind of match-3 game?]

The blog post used the term "Zhou family bigwig," and I'm a little curious about how powerful this person is, and whether he's better or worse than Zhou Ting.

[He's probably not as good as Zhou Ting. When I watched the wedding episode, some viewers explained that Zhou Ting is the eldest grandson of the Zhou family, meaning he's the next heir. Apart from the current head of the family, no one is better than him.]

Of course, many people are discussing the issue itself:

If the leak is true, the fact that they didn't hold a ceremony, but only exchanged greetings and had a meal, suggests that the Zhou family patriarch doesn't value Xia Mian very much.

[It mentions that Xia Mian used underhanded methods to gain entry into the Zhou family, so the big boss definitely holds a grudge against him.]

[What kind of method is that? Men can't get pregnant.]

[If you have something on someone, or take nude photos or videos after sleeping with them... there are many ways to control someone, especially someone of high status.]

No wonder Xia Mian's family is poor, but she's been spending money like water lately; it seems she's got the big shot wrapped around her little finger.

[Buy more luxury goods while the big shot is still around]

[Hehe, he's got his moment of glory, but he'll suffer for the rest of his life. He'll get what's coming to him later.]

[He'll get what's coming to him this time. He married into a wealthy family, but they didn't even hold an engagement ceremony for him. They just gave him some small gifts to send him away during the betrothal ceremony. Wow, that's hilarious!]

I want to say... actually... we don't have the custom of engagement ceremonies here.

【We're from different regions, but it's available in Beijing.】

Yes, Zhou Ting did it for Xia Mingzhao. I remember someone posted pictures of it back then.

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Someone posted several photos, and what was even more shocking than the luxurious banquet hall was the table piled high with gifts—cash was thrown in bundles, gold bars were packed in boxes, watches and jewelry filled an entire box, and there were even property deeds, calligraphy and paintings by famous people, porcelain with insurance policies, and so on.

This...this must be forty or fifty million!

Are all weddings for rich people this extravagant?

After seeing the photos, the comments section was filled with comments like: "Tsk, they both married from Xia Garden and entered the Zhou family. If the difference in their backgrounds is too big, won't Xia Mian be furious?"

[If she can't bear the embarrassment, she might just retire from the industry.]

Hahahaha

Passersby watched the spectacle, some mocked, but the most anxious were the cotton plants in their summer hibernation.

After a period of chaos, under the organization of the official support group, they gradually calmed down, refraining from rebuttal or expressing their opinions, and patiently waiting for news.

A small number of radical fans said they would immediately unfollow Xia Mian if she really got married.

Most of these are female fans or wives. When Xia Mian chose to get married, it was equivalent to giving up this group of fans.

Fortunately, Xia Mian doesn't follow the idol route, doesn't rely on fan economy, and doesn't usually flirt with fans. She has relatively few female fans, and most of her fans are either "mommy fans" or casual fans.

"I'm sorry, Wei Ge, I originally wanted to..." Xia Mian tried to keep her voice calm, but you could still hear that it was trembling a little.

"I know, we were going to get the marriage certificate and make it official, but now the plans have been disrupted. Luckily you informed me in advance, so I have enough to cope with the situation."

"what can I do?"

“I can’t do it. The fans who are going to leave will definitely leave. As you said, try to win over fans with your work. I just got you a web series and a variety show. I’ll send you the details of the projects to your email tomorrow. These two schedules conflict, so I’ll get back to you after we get the marriage certificate. No rush.”

"As for tonight's events," Zhao Wei thought for a moment, "Don't worry about it, and don't look at social media. Leave it to me. I'll tell your fans about your good news in a gentle way. You can focus on your preparations."

“Mm,” Xia Mian took a deep breath, “Thank you, brother.”