As soon as Fu Tingshen opened the door, he saw Li Xi standing at his door with several people, and instinctively wanted to close the door.
His father was already very angry. If he continued to argue with Li Xi at this point, he would lose his life.
Li Xi held the door shut.
Li Xi: "You really don't want to see me?"
Fu Tingshen lowered his voice: "Li Xi, can you stop making a scene? We can talk about this later."
"I can't wait until later."
He shoved Fu Tingshen, who was blocking the doorway, aside. Fu Tingshen had been kneeling for the past two days, so he was unsteady on his feet and had no strength to stop him.
They could only watch as Li Xi led his men into the house.
Fu Yan frowned: "Li Xi?"
He had met her before, but at the time he thought she was just a little girl who admired his son and couldn't cause any trouble, so he didn't pay any attention to her.
Xu Ronghua kept her head down and did not get up.
Li Xi gave her a strange look. After all, Xu Ronghua in the Red Flag Brigade had been quite arrogant before. But it was better that she didn't say anything, so as not to waste her breath.
He gave Li Jianshe and Wang Lili a meaningful look.
Li Jianshe closed his eyes: "I am Li Xi's father. We are here today to talk about the marriage of our two children."
Fu Yan seemed to have heard a joke. "Marriage? Brother, you wouldn't even dream of doing that. I suggest you go home and lie down in bed first."
With things having come to this point, Wang Lili was determined to go all out. "I think you know about the two children. I know you look down on us, but since we're engaged, both families should discuss and handle things together. Let's not let the marriage turn into an enmity."
All she wants to do now is get this over with as soon as possible. She's tried to persuade, scold, and even hit her daughter about her choice, but nothing worked. So she'll just have to respect her daughter's decision. Whether the road ahead will be full of thorns is no longer her concern.
Fu Yan: "Make enemies? What good would it do to make enemies with you?"
Indeed, Li Jianshe is just an ordinary worker and can't do much, but, "Don't people like you care about your reputation? If your superiors knew about your family background, would you still have a future?"
Li Xi taught him all of this at home; this daughter has truly become someone he doesn't recognize.
Fu Yan, who had been sitting comfortably, slowly straightened up, and his expression changed from nonchalant to inquisitive.
"I underestimated you."
During sensitive times, family harmony is more important than anything else. No matter how capable you are, if your family has problems, you will definitely be a bad person.
He glanced sideways at Fu Tingshen, who was standing silently.
What do you think?
Fu Tingshen: "I'll do whatever Dad says."
Fu Yan scoffed, "Now you're listening to me? Weren't you secretly rebelling and listening to me before?" There was disappointment in his eyes for his son, but he quickly concealed it.
Li Xi also felt that the Fu family was particularly strange today: the silent Xu Ronghua, the immobile Fu Tingshen, and the eccentric Fu Yan.
Although she knew Fu Yan was unhappy with her and they must have argued, this atmosphere shouldn't be like this.
Just then, Fu Yan said, "I agree to their marriage, but there will be no bride price, and no three turns and one ring."
Li Xi and Fu Tingshen both looked up in surprise. They had never expected Fu Yan to be so agreeable. They had originally planned to have a serious discussion about it.
How could Wang Lili agree? The bride price is a woman's last resort. "I don't agree. My daughter isn't giving herself away."
“She’s not throwing herself at me. Why is she keeping bothering my son? Ask your good daughter how she stole someone else’s man. You know, at that time, there was a very outstanding girl by my son’s side. In terms of family background, character, and appearance, she was better than her in every way.”
After saying that, he thought of something else and said, "Oh right, it seems she's your daughter's good friend. What do you think she is? I'm already being lenient by agreeing to their marriage."
Wang Lili looked at her with a heavy heart: "Xiaoxi, is what he said true?"
The daughter didn't explain what happened, and they assumed it was just that young people couldn't control themselves.
Li Xi felt no shame at all: "They're not married yet, they're just doing what they can. If there's no bride price, there's no bride price. They can get their marriage certificate after the New Year."
Wang Lili was exhausted, and they no longer wanted to talk.
——
While Ye Zhiyu and Lu Chen were entertaining various people who came to pay their respects for the New Year, they heard the news that Li Xi and Fu Tingshen were getting married.
Ye Zhiyu was surprised; Li Xi's actions were much faster than she had imagined.
And surprisingly, Fu Yan didn't stop him.
"Hey, you've really let go?"
The speaker was Xu Mengjie, the girl who used to sit next to her in school. Today, she came with her family to visit Grandpa Ye.
Their relationship was okay, but it gradually drifted apart after Li Xi appeared, because Li Xi often cried and complained that she felt insecure.
Ye Zhiyu: "He's just a piece of trash, is he worth me thinking about so much?"
Xu Mengjie's gaze was very inquisitive, and she looked at Lu Chen, who was exchanging pleasantries with her.
"And this one? Very good?"
Ye Zhiyu's lips unconsciously curved into a smile: "Of course."
Xu Mengjie: "They're planning to host a banquet for everyone on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. Are you going?"
Ye Zhiyu: "Go ahead, why not go if there's a feast?"
——
Before they knew it, it was the seventh day of the lunar new year, and Ye Zhiyu and Lu Chen were dressed in their best.
Ye Jinlin: "Why do you all insist on joining in the fun?"
Ye Zhiyu succinctly stated: "Attend the banquet."
Pulling Lu Chen along, she said, "Let's go, let's go, the soldier is waiting for us."
The Fu family hosted a few tables at a state-run restaurant, and it was already quite lively when they arrived.
Fu Yan, impeccably dressed, led the bowing Fu Tingshen to greet the guests at the door.
When Fu Yan's gaze fell on Ye Zhiyu, his smile widened, but when he saw her and Lu Chen holding hands tightly, his smile dimmed for a moment before returning to normal.
"Ye girl, you're here! Uncle thought you were holding a grudge and wouldn't come."
Ye Zhiyu gave a forced smile: "Uncle Fu, what grudge do I have? My boyfriend is right here with me. You can't say anything out of line, or you'll be held responsible if we have a fight later."
That old rascal, always trying to dig a hole for others.
Fu Yan: "Hahaha, Ye girl is as clever as ever. Go in quickly."
While seemingly joking, he kept glancing at the crowd and secretly rejoiced to see Fu Yan get the short end of the stick. This smiling tiger has finally met its match.
Xu Mengjie leaned over and gave a thumbs up: "You're amazing, a role model for us all."
Ye Zhiyu: "Keep a low profile."
There was no ceremony, no family reunion, and it seemed that none of Li Xi's family members came.
He simply wore a red outfit and went from table to table toasting.
When they arrived at their table, Li Xi immediately spotted Ye Zhiyu and Lu Chen, who stood out the most.
Fu Tingshen was very agitated. Although he had successfully broken free from the path his father had laid out for him, he couldn't feel happy.
It reached its peak when he saw Ye Zhiyu and Lu Chen's intimate posture.
He tried to put down his wine glass and leave, but Li Xi blocked his way.
A voice warning: "Toast."
Fu Tingshen turned around, holding his breath, and said, "Thank you all for gracing us with your presence today. This toast is for you all."
Fu Tingshen didn't wait for others to exchange pleasantries and drank it all in one gulp.
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