The rain stopped in the middle of the night, and a little moonlight shone through the mist on the sea. The sea breeze from Victoria Harbour, wrapped in salty water vapor, flowed over the Guo family villa in Repulse Bay.
The atmosphere in the hall was unusually warm.
The news that Guo Zhiming brought back was like a huge rock thrown into a deep pool, and the waves it stirred up in the family lasted for a long time.
Mr. Guo sat on a mahogany armchair, slowly stroking the lid of the purple clay teapot with his fingers covered with age spots.
He frowned, trying to maintain his usual dignified demeanor, but the slightly raised corners of his mouth and the relaxed lines around his eyes could not hide the ecstasy in his heart, and the relief that he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
What Huo Yingdong said himself - "I admire Liu Rumeng" and "I am willing to get closer to the Guo family" - these words are very serious. In the competition among the top families in Hong Kong Island, it is almost like openly recognizing this marriage that can bring glory to the family.
This is a great opportunity for the Guo family, who moved to Hong Kong from Shanghai and worked hard for all these years. It is truly a gift from God to now be able to gain a foothold here and move on to higher levels!
The younger generations in the hall all came when they heard the news. They were not sleepy at all. Their faces were filled with surprise and joy, and they could not hide their excitement.
"That's great, Grandpa! God really helps our Guo family!" The eldest grandson Guo Fuyou blushed and rubbed his hands with laughter.
"It's the Huo family! It's really the Huo family! Who will dare to look down on us when we go to cocktail parties in the Hong Kong business community? Orders, land, dock business... If we climb the big tree of the Huo family, all the roads will be open to us!"
He had already seen some images before his eyes - at the golf course and the top clubs, people surrounded him and flattered him because of his status as a "Huo family relative". Their words were full of greedy thoughts about the future.
Liu Rumeng's cousin Guo Fuzhu also jumped up and down, her voice full of excitement: "Wow! Cousin Mengmeng is so amazing! In the future, when we go to the Repulse Bay Yacht Club or the VIP box of the racecourse, we can be on equal terms with the young masters and young ladies of the Huo family, right?"
She was thinking in her head: would it be easy to buy the new model from the French jewelry store in Central that she had taken a fancy to last time? The more she thought about it, the more convenient and beneficial this identity would be.
Several younger cousins gathered nearby, talking about how to use the Huo family's name to get in on the business side, and how to "accidentally" let others know about this relationship in social situations so they could take advantage of it.
His words were full of the hope of "reaching the sky in one step" and raising his status.
The whole living room was filled with excitement, as if the door of the Huo family, which represented the highest level of wealth, had been opened for the Guo family with a clang, and beneath their feet was a golden road stretching straight ahead.
Mr. Guo looked at the young faces full of excitement and vulgar desires. Under the ecstasy in his heart, a layer of gloom quietly covered his heart.
These young people only saw how much wealth and status they could get by marrying into the Huo family, but they didn't see the bomb hidden in it - the short marriage of their granddaughter Liu Rumeng in the mainland, and the ex-husband who was like an ant in their eyes, the farmer Lin Huowang. If this bomb exploded, all the beautiful dreams would be shattered.
If Huo Yingdong knew about this before the marriage, given the Huo family's respectability and strict family traditions, they would never tolerate the fact that their future daughter-in-law was married and her ex-husband was an ordinary farmer from the mainland!
By then, all the current hopes and plans, even the little "weight" that the Guo family had in Huo Yingdong's heart, would be crushed in an instant. The Guo family would only become a laughing stock in Hong Kong's upper class society!
"cough."
Mr. Guo coughed loudly, as if a basin of ice water was poured over his head, and the noisy atmosphere in the hall stopped immediately.
All eyes instantly fell on him.
"Happy? What are you happy about? Isn't it too early to be happy?"
Mr. Guo's voice was low and slow, with a majesty that made people dare not disobey.
His eyes, which had seen so much, were as sharp as an eagle's. He looked at Guo Jingting, Guo Jingzhu, and other young people's faces one by one.
"That's right! You should be happy, it means you are still ambitious. The Huo family's interest in us is indeed a rare opportunity for the Guo family in recent years."
The topic suddenly changed, revealing a chill: "But you can be happy, but don't get carried away! And don't get so proud that you forget yourself and talk nonsense!"
"Every word I heard here today." He deliberately emphasized the word "every word" and paused before saying, "Keep it all in your stomach! Not a single word can be spread outside!"
Especially - his gaze lingered for a few seconds on the faces of Guo Jingan and Guo Jingzhu, who usually loved to talk the most - "especially the fact that your cousin Rumeng was married in the mainland!"
If anyone talks too much outside, even if it's just an accident, and he hears a little bit of it...
A cold light flashed in Mr. Guo's eyes, and his voice was like a knife tempered with ice: "Then it's not as simple as breaking his legs. I will make him pack up his things and get out of the Guo family. Don't even think about getting any favors from the Guo family in this life!"
Life in Hong Kong Island is good, but without the protection of the Guo family, those who grew up in a greenhouse will definitely have difficulty moving forward!
A suffocating chill suddenly enveloped the living room.
The young man who was just dreaming of "achieving success overnight" felt as if cold water was poured over him from head to toe. The blush on his face disappeared immediately, leaving only a pale look of fear, and he swallowed his saliva subconsciously.
They knew that the old man’s words were final, and they knew even more clearly what “get out of the Guo family” meant.
In Hong Kong, people flatter the powerful and trample on the incompetent, and the strong prey on the weak. Without the support of the family, it is no different from being homeless and staying at the bottom of society for the rest of your life.
Guo Jingan moved his Adam's apple, lowered his head first, and said respectfully: "Yes, Grandpa, I remember, and I will never say another word."
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