Chapter 23 Postponement of the Engagement Party
7:30 in the evening.
The Gu family manor is brightly lit.
Xia Haiwei and Qin Bilian came to the Gu family specifically for Xia Yaya's matter, wanting to test the Gu family's opinion on Gu Weixu's engagement with their daughter.
"Director Gu, Madam Shen, my husband and I are here today to discuss with you the engagement between Young Master Gu and our Yueyue."
Ana Shen was puzzled, with a gentle smile, "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied with the arrangements for the engagement party?"
“No, no…”
The engagement banquet of the Gu and Xia families was arranged at the Junsheng Hotel under their group. The Junsheng Hotel is the largest hotel in the world. Just holding it there is already a great honor. How could the Xia family feel dissatisfied?
Seeing that the engagement banquet was about to begin in four days, at this critical moment, a girl came to the door and claimed that she was Xia Yaya. She was determined to take back the Xia family's property, otherwise she would cancel the engagement between their daughter and Gu Weixu.
The only solution now is to use a delaying tactic to confuse the wild girl and make her think that they have broken off the engagement with the Gu family.
Xia Haiwei collected his thoughts and asked respectfully, "My dear relatives, our Xia family has had some problems recently. Can you please cancel the engagement party this Saturday for the time being?"
Gu Liangde put down the teacup he had picked up, and said in an unhappy voice, "Xia Haiwei, it was you who suggested that my son be engaged to your daughter, and I didn't want to owe your eldest brother the favor of saving my son's life, so I agreed to your proposal. But now you're telling me to cancel the engagement party?"
"It's not cancellation... it's just a temporary postponement of the engagement party. We won't announce it to the public yet. It won't be too late to hold it after we have dealt with family matters." Qin Bilian was afraid that Gu Liangde would cancel the engagement directly in anger, which would be like letting the fat duck fly away.
The Gu family had been arranging the engagement banquet from start to finish, taking great pains. They had postponed it without warning. Naturally, Gu Liangde was furious and said, "Whatever the reason, you should at least explain it clearly."
"It's like this..." Xia Haiwei had already thought of an explanation in advance, "The old man's health condition at home is not very clear. I'm afraid we have to arrange for him to go abroad for treatment."
He is telling the truth.
Ever since my eldest brother and his family of three were traveling and fell off a cliff in a car accident twelve years ago, and my eldest brother and his wife died and Yaya disappeared, the old man's health has been very poor, and his health has been getting worse in the past two years.
Two months ago, after learning that the Gu family had changed the betrothal partner of the young master from Xia Yaya to their daughter Yueyue, the old man had always disagreed. He was so angry that he became ill and was admitted to the hospital.
If Xia Yaya died, letting Yueyue replace Xia Yaya and marry the young master of the Gu family would be the best choice for the Xia family. But the old man insisted that Yaya was not dead and could not be replaced!
Xia Haiwei used to be upset that the old man was so partial to his eldest brother's family, but now he is glad that the old man's partiality made him sick and he was admitted to the hospital. Now he has an excuse to postpone the engagement party.
When it comes to the health condition of the old man of the Xia family, Gu Liangde doesn't know what to say.
Ana Shen sighed, "The old man's health is more important. Let's go get Mr. Xia treated first. Let's cancel Weixu and Yueyue's engagement party as you said."
Xia Haiwei and Qin Bilian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This way, they could temporarily deceive the wild girl named Zhou Nanzhi and buy time to investigate her origins.
If she is really Xia Yaya, then we should eliminate her before her identity is revealed. If not, then it will be even easier!
At this moment——
A Maybach stopped at the door of the Gu family's old house.
After getting off the car and standing outside the gate of the ancient manor, Zhou Nanzhi looked at the old house in the sunset, his thoughts flying far away.
She and Gu Weixu were already engaged because her father had saved Gu Weixu.
At that time, my mother's water broke and she had been sent to the hospital to give birth. My father hurriedly drove to the hospital himself. On the way, he saw a boy struggling in the water. Without saying a word, he jumped into the water and saved the boy.
At that time, my mother was an elderly mother, having conceived her first child at the age of 35. When the hospital called my father, they also said that the delivery process might be difficult, so my father thought that he must be with my mother when she needed him most.
However, he was still delayed because of saving people.
Fortunately, God bless us. By the time the father arrived at the hospital, soaking wet, the mother had already given birth to their daughter.
Not long after, the Xia Group encountered an economic crisis and the company was on the verge of collapse. Just when my father thought that the company was beyond recovery, the Gu Group unexpectedly stepped in to help.
Thanks to that investment from the Gu Group, my father was able to turn the tide and resolve the crisis for the Xia Group.
Afterwards, perhaps because they hit it off, my father and Mr. Gu began to interact frequently, and the relationship between the two families became closer.
My father told me that after Mr. Gu and his wife met her, they fell in love with her and were afraid that she would be snatched away when she grew up, so they wanted to arrange a marriage between her and their son.
Naturally, the father did not agree easily. Instead, he wanted to wait until his daughter grew up a little and ask her what she thought.
On her sixth birthday, Gu Weixu appeared in front of her for the first time. He was brought by Uncle Gu and Aunt Shen to attend her birthday party.
It was during that meeting that she fell in love with the young man Gu Weixu at first sight and decided that she must marry him when she grew up.
So when Aunt Shen asked her, "Yaya, are you willing to get engaged to Weixu from our family and marry Weixu when you grow up?"
Gu Weixu seemed a little cold.
But Xia Yaya didn't mind and nodded happily, "Yes! I want to marry Brother Weixu when I grow up!"
Hearing her words, Gu Weixu's handsome face became a little awkward, and he snorted coldly, "I don't want to marry you."
After saying that, he walked away hurriedly with his long legs, which was unusual for his age. As if he was afraid of being pestered by her, he left her birthday party without looking back.
Xia Yaya also knew that Brother Weixu was not actually willing to get engaged to her at that time, but he just couldn't resist Uncle Gu and Aunt Shen.
Gu Weixu closed the car door and found that Zhou Nanzhi was staring at the courtyard gate without moving, her feather-like black eyelashes trembling slightly in the afterglow.
"Nervous?"
"No, I'm just too excited."
"Oh, let's go."
Zhou Nanzhi came back to his senses and looked up at the man in front of him. The man was facing the backlight, so his face was not very clear.
I just know that it looks good.
She had remembered the name Gu Weixu for twelve years, since the first time she met him.
When she finally had the ability to come back, the first thing she thought of was to find him.
Now, she stood in front of the owner of the name Gu Weixu, pursuing him without hesitation without the identity of Xia Yaya.
Just as Gu Weixu was about to walk in, Zhou Nanzhi shamelessly approached Gu Weixu and put his hand into the man's hand, "Since you are taking me to meet your parents, you should act like a couple."
The man's hands were big and warm.
Gu Weixu was stunned, his deep eyes were unfathomable. It was the first time he held a girl's hand, and he had no idea what it felt like to touch a girl's hand.
Soft and small.
Wu Guangda, the housekeeper in the yard, saw the young master and Zhou Nanzhi holding hands. He wiped his eyes and confirmed that he was not mistaken. He immediately lost his composure and ran to the living room to report.
"Master, Madam, the young master is back."
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