Chapter 59
At the dinner table, Mother Li mentioned their wedding.
"Zou Xiang and I have discussed it and we must have a wedding. If you two find it troublesome, then we can help you. Their family is also well-known and prominent. If we don't have a wedding, I don't know what they will think of you."
Mother Li was worried about the man's relatives and friends, who felt that Li Qingzhu wouldn't be valued by the man's family after she married. So she agreed with Mother Leng that there must be a wedding. Mother Leng also felt that a wedding was the right thing to do. After all, getting married was a happy event, and a wedding would be a lively and exciting one.
"Mom, Qing Xiu and I don't want to have a wedding. It's too much trouble. And Qing Xiu is on business trips every few days, so he doesn't have time to take care of these things."
Li Qingzhu saw that Mother Li's face was becoming increasingly ugly, so she stopped talking after she said this, lowered her head and remained silent.
"No matter what, he should be able to make time for his wedding, right? You don't have to worry about it. Your mother-in-law and I will take care of it."
The atmosphere at the table gradually became tense. While helping the mother and daughter with food, Mr. Li said, "The children have their own ideas. Nowadays, traveling and getting married are popular."
"He doesn't even have time to hold a wedding with your daughter, and he's still traveling?!" Mother Li thought that Leng Qingxiu didn't want to do it, and Li Qingzhu was defending him, and she immediately felt resentful towards Leng Qingxiu.
Father Li coughed dryly twice and said earnestly, "Xiao Zhu, this wedding isn't just about you and Qing Xiu, it's also about our family. A wedding is a testimony to your marriage. If you don't even have a wedding, we're afraid you'll inevitably be criticized."
Li Qingzhu understood that Li's father was afraid that she would be wronged in the man's family, so she pretended to compromise and said, "I'll talk to Qing Xiu tonight."
Leng Qingxiu, this is none of my business.
Originally, their marriage was a fake one and they had agreed not to have a wedding. Now that both sets of parents disagreed, she was at a loss as to what to do.
"I talked with Zou Xiang, and the weather in May is the best. We both agreed that the tenth day of May is a good day. Moreover, the weather in May is neither too cold nor too hot, which is suitable for wearing wedding dresses and Xiuhe clothes, suitable for both cool and warm weather." Mother Li talked to Li Qingzhu about wedding arrangements all night, including what to prepare and what to pay attention to.
Li Qingzhu listened to what they said for half an hour and thought to herself: We have already agreed on the wedding date, and now we are asking them if they agree or not. If they disagree, they must give a suitable reason to get away with it, but they don’t have a suitable reason to refuse.
After dinner, Li Qingzhu returned to the room and mentioned this matter to Leng Qingxiu.
"You mean we're having a wedding? When?"
Leng Qingxiu heard the news as soon as he returned to the hotel from the company.
Didn’t we agree not to have a wedding?
"They said the wedding might be on May 10th. I told my mom we weren't going to have a wedding, and she got angry."
"My mom said the wedding will be in May. We, the people involved, didn't even know about it, but it feels like they're getting married. Everyone is more anxious than we are. They've already made the arrangements, and now they just want to let us know so we can show up when the time comes."
Leng Qingxiu remained silent upon hearing this. He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you want a wedding? I used to think our marriage was fake, so I didn't think a wedding was necessary."
He felt that a wedding was a testimony of happiness only for people who loved each other, but a wedding between two people who didn't love each other was a bit of a joke.
Li Qingzhu heard him asking for her opinion. She was silent for a moment and said, "How should I put it? This is my first marriage, and I really hope to have a wedding. But if you mind, we don't have to."
Leng Qingxiu understood instantly when he heard her answer.
"Okay, got it."
"What did you know?" Li Qingzhu asked.
Leng Qingxiu: "Let's have a wedding."
After listening to all her talk, even though Li Qingzhu was telling him it was the elders' idea, he could hear her excitement about the wedding. Perhaps every girl wanted a wedding of her own. Although he didn't understand, he didn't feel any resentment towards Li Qingzhu. On the contrary, he had a slight fondness for her. If he could satisfy her and satisfy the elders, then a wedding would be fine.
Li Qingzhu was shocked. Surprise, astonishment, and joy washed over her instantly. However, she remained rational and said, "You don't need to be like this."
After all, she was taking his money to do the job. If he felt embarrassed, he could have just canceled the wedding. It wouldn't have had much of an impact on her. At most, she would just feel a little disappointed.
"It doesn't matter to me whether we have a wedding or not, but I think it's very important to you. At least you will like it."
Leng Qingxiu pressed the hands-free button and put the phone on the table.
He knew that some girls liked romance, so he thought Li Qingzhu might also look forward to a romantic wedding. This was her first marriage, and it would be a bit unreasonable for him not to give her a wedding.
After all, he nominally holds the title of "Li Qingzhu's husband" and currently has to bear the responsibilities of this title.
Li Qingzhu was a little unhappy when she heard his first sentence, but after hearing the second half, she could ignore the first half.
She had thought that holding a wedding might bring them closer together, allowing them to interact more, which would naturally make it easier for love to fly. And it would be in a setting that belonged to just the two of them.
Leng Qingxiu: "Okay, let's leave this matter to the elders. They are keen on doing these things, so let them worry about it."
"Don't you still want to open a shop? You can ask me for help if you need anything."
Speaking of which, Leng Qingxiu transferred a sum of money to her bank account this morning—a full one million! When Li Qingzhu opened her phone and saw the huge sum, her mind instantly cleared up, and all her sleepiness disappeared.
At that time, she thought, maybe he was afraid that her store would go bankrupt, so he gave her more?
Now hearing him take the initiative to ask for help, Li Qingzhu sensed that Leng Qingxiu was not opposed to getting along with her.
"If you say so, I will do it seriously!"
Leng Qingxiu listened to the confident tone in her voice and almost saw her patting her chest and making a promise to him in person.
Leng Qingxiu smiled faintly at the thought. He hadn't thought Li Qingzhu had this kind of personality before. She wasn't exactly lively, but she wasn't dull either. She could be a bit loud and noisy, but she wasn't exactly carefree.
As for their relationship, he had noticed from the beginning that she was somewhat interested in him, but since he had no solid evidence to prove it, he just ignored it because she certainly wouldn't ask him for anything, nor would she actively send out clear signals.
Leng Qingxiu leaned against the back of the sofa, his mind a little messy, his eyes filled with thoughts that he himself didn't understand.
When did he start thinking about this?
Li Qingzhu waited for a long time, but didn't hear him speak. Her dark eyes were filled with a hint of sadness. "You've been tired all day, so I'll hang up first."
"good evening."
Li Qingzhu hung up the phone, leaned on the table and stared at the night sky outside.
What should she do to make him feel a little moved by her?
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A "good night" came from the phone and the call ended.
Leng Qingxiu glanced at the hung-up call, saw a message pop up, clicked it and read it. After reading it, he put away his phone, opened the door and went out.
He went downstairs to the hotel, walked a few steps to the intersection and hailed a car.
JO Bar, Room 201 on the second floor.
By this time, Leng Qingxiu had noticed that some of the people inside had drunkenly passed out on the sofa, some were taking advantage of the girls while drunk, several men were touching the hands of the girls next to them, some of the more unbridled men were putting their hands on their thighs, and a few men in particular were making some dirty remarks from time to time, causing the men in the room to laugh.
There were a few shy girls whose faces turned red when they heard these dirty jokes, which made the men tell them even more excitedly.
He looked around but didn't see Kong Zhuo. However, a man in the room was slightly surprised when he saw Leng Qingxiu, but he didn't say anything. Then, someone else saw him and called out his name, causing everyone in the room to look over.
A man in a black coat was standing at the door, looking around with a calm gaze, his eyes lingering on them for a moment.
Leng Qingxiu asked in a deep voice, "Where is Kong Zhuo?"
A man immediately answered him, "Outside getting some fresh air."
After learning where the person was, Leng Qingxiu ignored the various strange looks in the room and left the room. After he left, he saw Kong Zhuo and another man on the corridor outside.
"I don't drink." Kong Zhuo refused the wine glass handed to him by Zhounian.
Zhounian seemed to have not heard what Kong Zhuo said. He continued to pass the wine glass to Kong Zhuo, burping and talking to himself: "Boss Kong has an extraordinary alcohol tolerance. This little bit of wine... is nothing! Look..."
Kong Zhuo gave Zhounian a cold look, and Zhounian immediately knew that he was angry. Although he was drunk, he instinctively smiled at him flatteringly. Although Zhounian was confused, seeing that Kong Zhuo's face was not good, he did not dare to ask the reason, and was very tactful and stopped disturbing him.
After Zhounian left, Leng Qingxiu looked at him, "What do you want to do by calling me here so late at night?"
Kong Zhuo sent him a message, asking him to come to JO Bar.
"Nothing, I just wanted to see you." Kong Zhuo joked.
Kong Zhuo originally wanted to find Xu Li, but he found that he didn't have her phone number.
He found this unbelievable, so he sent a text message to Leng Qingxiu. He vaguely remembered that Leng Qingxiu was on a business trip in Daxin these days, so he asked him to come over.
Kong Zhuo couldn't help but feel a little flustered when such an incredible thing happened, but he was more excited and ecstatic.
Leng Qingxiu felt puzzled when he heard Kong Zhuo's words.
"Are you kidding me?" Leng Qingxiu saw that Kong Zhuo had no serious business to talk to him about, so he said to him, "If you really don't have anything else, I'll go back first."
Leng Qingxiu didn't want to waste time with him, so he turned and left.
"I'll go with you."
Kong Zhuo slowly followed Leng Qingxiu's pace.
In the private room 201, Zhounian took the wine glass back and thought about Kong Zhuo's expression just now.
He was drinking just now and was fine, why did his expression suddenly change?
You say you don’t drink, but weren’t you having a great time drinking with these girls just now?
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