Liu Xiaoyuan welcomed Liu Longhui and his party into the hotel. To save face for his friend, Liu Xiaoyuan had already reserved the largest private room in the hotel for Liu Longhui.
Liu Longhui's parents were overjoyed. The two old men had smiles on their faces the whole time. How could they not be happy that their good-for-nothing son was finally getting married?
After they sat down in the private room, the waiter brought over the menu, and Liu Longhui thoughtfully handed it to Chen Yan's parents so they could order first.
Then she asked the waiter to bring over a few more menus and handed them to Chen Yan's extended family so they could order.
Liu Xiaoyuan stood to the side, looking at the menu Chen Yan's family had ordered, and felt that Chen Yan's family was just there to rip off Liu Longhui. This was because Chen Yan's family had ordered all the most expensive dishes.
Liu Xiaoyuan roughly estimated that after two tables, Liu Longhui's wallet would be completely empty!
"Longhui, driving all this time isn't a sustainable way to make a living. How will you support Chen Yan with this meager earnings?" Chen Yan's mother asked after they had ordered the food.
Judging from her tone, Chen Yan's mother seemed to look down on Liu Longhui. That's understandable; if what Liu Longhui said was true, and Chen Yan's family was in business, then their financial situation was definitely better than Liu Longhui's. It was quite normal for Chen Yan's mother to look down on Liu Longhui.
It's perfectly natural for the man's family to be better off than the woman's when they get married. However, if the woman's family is better off than the man's, the man will generally find it difficult to hold his head high after marriage.
"Auntie, don't worry, I will definitely work hard to earn money so that Chen Yan can live a good life!" Liu Longhui patted his chest and promised.
“Oh! Longhui, I heard from Chen Yan that your family doesn’t have a house in the county town. How can that be? How can a young person not have their own house? No, you must buy a bigger house in the county town!” said Chen Yan’s third aunt.
"Yes, yes, yes, we definitely have to buy this house!" Liu Longhui nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Even if Liu Longhui were to sell his property now, he still couldn't afford a house. Although houses in the county town only cost around 3,000 yuan per square meter, a 100-square-meter house would cost over 300,000 yuan, not including the cost of renovation. If he were to renovate the house, it would definitely cost over 400,000 yuan.
Seeing Liu Longhui's current situation, Liu Xiaoyuan felt as if he were seeing himself without the God-level Invincible System.
If I didn't have a god-level invincible system, I might be working as a waiter in some company right now, working overtime every night until I'm exhausted, earning a meager income, and renting a cheap, cramped apartment...
"Longhui! Your aunt has a question she shouldn't ask: how much money do you have in the bank right now?" Chen Yan's aunt asked with a smile.
"Huh!?" Liu Longhui was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected Chen Yan's relatives to ask him so many questions about money. If Liu Longhui had money in his bank account, he wouldn't have borrowed money from Liu Xiaoyuan.
Although Liu Longhui has made some money driving in the past few years, he has spent most of it on enjoying himself. He also gives some money to his parents, but he probably doesn't have much money in his own bank account!
"This...this..." Liu Longhui didn't know what to say.
"Longhui, stop with the nonsense. Just tell me, your aunt's family won't borrow money from you!"
Upon hearing this, Liu Longhui had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I have over 100,000 yuan in my bank account!"
No one knows a son better than his father. When Liu Longhui's parents heard their son say this, they couldn't help but look at their son.
"I'm going to the restroom!" Liu Longhui made an excuse and got up to leave the private room.
Seeing this, Liu Xiaoyuan followed Liu Longhui out!
"Long Hui, I didn't realize you'd saved up some money these past few years!" Liu Xiaoyuan joked.
"Damn it, don't make fun of me. If I had over 100,000 yuan in savings, would I have asked you for money this morning?" Liu Longhui sighed, then lit a cigarette and started smoking.
Liu Longhui handed the cigarette pack to Liu Xiaoyuan and asked, "Want one?"
Liu Xiaoyuan shook his head and said, "I don't smoke. Smoking is harmful to your health."
Liu Longhui said, "That's pure bullshit. Some people have all sorts of vices and still live to be over ninety, while others have none of them and still die very early!"
After taking two deep drags on his cigarette, Liu Longhui sighed and said, "Damn it! I was just looking forward to having a nice meal with Chen Yan's relatives, but who knew they would be so rude, showing up with so many people all at once, and asking me questions that couldn't stop at money. Damn it, what kind of nonsense is this!"
After Liu Longhui finished speaking, he threw away the cigarette he had just smoked!
“Come on, let’s go sit in your office!” Liu Longhui said.
"Aren't you going back to the private room?" Liu Xiaoyuan asked.
"Give me a penny back!" Liu Longhui waved his hand and said, "Damn it, when I get back, all I'll do is ask all sorts of questions. It's so noisy. Come sit in your office and let me experience what it's like to be a general manager!"
Liu Xiaoyuan led Liu Longhui to his office. Upon seeing Liu Xiaoyuan's luxurious office, Liu Longhui smiled and patted Liu Xiaoyuan on the shoulder, saying, "Brother, do you need a secretary? How about I be your secretary?"
Liu Xiaoyuan turned to look at Liu Longhui and thought, "Damn it, with your broad shoulders and thick waist, do you even have a secretary like you?"
"I don't need you, you should go be someone else's secretary!" Liu Xiaoyuan waved his hand with a smile.
Liu Longhui walked to Liu Xiaoyuan's leather chair, plopped down, and started spinning around.
"Comfortable, this chair is really comfortable, much more comfortable than the seat in my old, beat-up truck!" Liu Longhui said, patting the armrest of the chair.
"Xiao Yuan, let me be frank with you, I always feel that this love came too suddenly, and I'm afraid there's something fishy going on!" Liu Longhui put away his playful expression and said with a serious face.
"Long Hui, aren't you overthinking this?" Liu Xiaoyuan said with a smile.
In fact, Liu Xiaoyuan always felt that there might be some hidden story behind this. To be honest, apart from being physically strong, Liu Longhui probably had no other merits. How could Chen Yan have taken a liking to Liu Longhui? That was indeed a mystery.
Of course, love at first sight cannot be ruled out; it's possible that Chen Yan really did fall in love with Liu Longhui at first sight.
Moreover, they slept together on the very night they met without any protection, and afterwards Chen Yan even said that if she got pregnant, she would give birth, which certainly raises suspicions.
However, despite the good relationship between Liu Xiaoyuan and Liu Longhui, Liu Xiaoyuan still couldn't say anything about marriage, as it concerned Liu Longhui's lifelong happiness.
Liu Longhui lightly tapped his fist twice on the desk and said, "I hope I'm just overthinking it!"
After sighing, Liu Longhui stood up, a grin returning to his face, and said, "Let's go back, otherwise Chen Yan and her family will think I eloped with you!"
"Get lost! You gay bastard, my sexual orientation is normal!" Liu Xiaoyuan said with a laugh.
(End of this chapter)
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