Ye Beiping raised his glass and said, "Uncle, I know I am not good enough for Xinyi, but don't worry, I will definitely prove it with my actions. I will not let Xinyi suffer any injustice and I will make her happy."
After saying this, he didn't wait for Su Qingwen's reply and downed the wine in his glass in one gulp.
Su Qingwen, a man of letters, rarely drank his wine in one gulp. He was about to reach out to stop him when Ye Beiping had already finished his drink.
He could only take two symbolic sips.
After finishing his drink, Ye Beiping saw that Su Qingwen had only taken two sips and didn't seem to mind.
After all, he hasn't been accepted by his father-in-law yet.
He could only fill his own glass again and symbolically pour some more wine for Su Qingwen.
Seeing this, Su Qingwen panicked and immediately stopped Ye Beiping.
I thought the other person was going to down the whole thing in one gulp, and I was worried they might get me drunk without saying anything.
"I can't hold my liquor, so I'll drink slowly, slowly."
Upon hearing this, Ye Beiping grinned. He didn't follow the rule of drinking three cups first; he knew his own alcohol tolerance.
If someone downed three cups in a row, who knows what would happen?
“Okay, Uncle.” Ye Beiping naturally followed Su Qingwen’s lead.
Seeing that the owner had brought over two side dishes, he pushed the plate towards Su Qingwen and then asked, "Uncle, what do you want to talk to me about today? Or what do you need me to do? As long as it's within my power, please feel free to ask."
Ye Beiping was deeply moved when he said this.
As someone who has been reborn, it's a real failure that I haven't managed to win over my father-in-law and mother-in-law after so many days in Hangzhou.
It's mainly due to my own shortcomings. If it were like those novels where people earn tens or hundreds of thousands right away, I believe someone with Min Yuehua's personality would have agreed to my relationship with Su Xinyi long ago.
Su Qingwen looked up at Ye Beiping's thoughtful expression, picked up his wine glass, took a sip, and exhaled a breath before speaking: "Actually, I'm not really against your relationship with Xinyi. Based on what Xinyi said and my observations over the past few days, I can tell that you're a good person, Beiping. Even if you don't become a pillar of society, at least you'll be law-abiding. You don't need to be extremely wealthy; you'll definitely have no problem making a living."
As he spoke, he sighed and took another sip of his wine.
"However, I need to tell you about the bride price first. That money can't be used as a bride price for now, but don't worry, it's your money; it's a loan from our family."
"Um?"
Ye Beiping frowned, realizing from Su Qingwen's tone that he was planning to back out.
You can't just call someone "Beiping" and then treat a few thousand dollars as nothing, can you?
Although Ye Beiping himself didn't care about the money, he cared about Su Xinyi. If what he said before didn't count, what would happen to him and Su Xinyi?
Before he could speak, Su Qingwen interrupted, "Hey Beiping, don't be angry yet, let me finish what I have to say."
“That brat Su Ze took the money to do business, so we can’t pay you back right now. But if you say this money is for a bride price, then it’s no different from selling a daughter. I, Su Qingwen, may not be very capable, but I don’t think I would do something like selling a daughter.”
After hearing these words, Ye Beiping finally understood.
I also got a general understanding of what kind of person Su Qingwen is. I had always heard Su Xinyi introduce her family before, but I didn't have such a direct experience to understand them as well.
It is evident that Su Qingwen possesses a certain scholarly integrity.
Indeed, most intellectuals who lived through the Cultural Revolution possessed a certain integrity.
Ye Beiping acknowledged Su Qingwen's abilities, but that was a different matter from money. If he were to say now that the dowry wasn't included, then everything they had said before would be null and void.
“Uncle, if you say this doesn’t count as a bride price, then Su Ze stole it, which is a crime.”
Su Qingwen's face changed upon hearing the word "crime".
"Uncle, please don't be nervous." Ye Beiping saw that Su Qingwen's expression was not right, raised his hand and waved it, and continued, "I didn't say I was going to do anything to Su Ze. After all, we're all family now."
Hearing these words, Su Qingwen calmed down.
At least Ye Beiping didn't choose to call the police or anything, otherwise Su Ze's life would have been over.
That's several thousand yuan; a prison sentence could be quite long.
His life was ruined after he was released from the labor camp.
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