Zhou Jiyun's voice was soft, but his tone was serious. Xie Jing looked at the bow tie around his neck for a long time before she said, "I understand."
Zhou Jiyun frowned subconsciously, and he lowered his eyes to look at Xie Jing: "So calm?"
Xie Jing raised her eyes: "How should I react? Although it is an arranged marriage, I also want to manage it well. Even if we can't support each other, at least we should respect each other as guests."
"Now you have the same idea as me, I am very happy."
Watching the elevator arrive at the floor, Zhou Jiyun walked out of the elevator car: "You don't look happy, but I'm greedy and I'm not satisfied with just being polite to you."
Xie Jing lowered her eyes and said nothing. She didn't ask a single question about Zhou Jiyun's greed.
Zhou Jiyun chuckled softly and steadily carried Xie Jing towards the banquet hall. Yu Linjun, the bodyguards, and the others who had arrived just after Zhou Jiyun hurried to catch up. For a moment, the atmosphere was like a bride and groom eloping.
A number of people had already arrived at the banquet hall, almost all of them business celebrities. Old Master Zhou sat at the head table, watching everyone socialize with a smile.
He looked at the butler beside him: "Have Ji Yun and the others arrived?"
The old housekeeper leaned over and said, "They're already in the elevator. They should be here soon. The Xie family is over there."
The old man glanced in the direction of Xie Xuerong and Liu Limin, and could not help but snort coldly: "Good shoots come out of bad bamboo."
The old housekeeper smiled and said, "Perhaps, but the young lady is usually very low-key. She is still studying at school. I heard that she has been admitted to graduate school and is very outstanding."
The old man immediately beamed. "So Ji Yun has good taste. I hope Jingjing's artistic aura can dilute some of Ji Yun's materialistic stink. All he sees is money."
The old housekeeper didn't dare to complain about Zhou Jiyun, and could only smile and say: "As time goes by, Ji Yun will definitely be affected."
"The guests have come to congratulate us."
Mr. Zhou regained his composure in an instant, not at all like he was gossiping with the old butler just now.
"Congratulations, Mr. Zhou. Mr. Zhou and Miss Xie are a perfect match, talented and beautiful."
"The old man can now enjoy his retirement in peace."
"Mr. Zhou was able to build Rongsheng from scratch, so the family company will definitely be a piece of cake. From now on, the old man can enjoy a peaceful life."
Mr. Zhou was overjoyed by what everyone said: "Congratulations, everyone. I'm old now, and it's time for me to step down and let others take over. From now on, the company will be handed over to Ji Yun..."
"As the old saying goes, one must establish a family and a career. Only by establishing a family and shouldering responsibilities can one better protect the family business..."
After hearing these words, Zhou Zhida and Fang Qin, who were standing behind Mr. Zhou, both changed their expressions. As Mr. Zhou's second son and second daughter-in-law, although they had already expected it in their hearts, they still couldn't accept it when the old man said it in public.
But because of their pride, they couldn't turn their backs on each other at this moment. Zhou Zhida was more cunning after all, and his expression quickly returned to calm. He immediately followed the old man's words and said, "Dad should have retired a long time ago. We are all relieved to leave the company to Ji Yun."
"All these years, it's because of my incompetence that Dad has to take the blame."
It would be strange if he was willing to do so. He has worked hard in the company over the years and carefully tried to please his old father at home, but in the end the old man still wanted to hand over the company to Zhou Jiyun.
Who wouldn't laugh at him if he went out? He was clearly the old man's son, but the old man hadn't handed the company over to him for so many years, and had directly passed it over to his grandson Zhou Jiyun.
Others called the old man Mr. Zhou, and Zhou Jiyun Mr. Zhou, but he was just Manager Zhou. Zhou Zhida gnashed his teeth every time he thought of the disparity between them.
In response to his second son's veiled words, Mr. Zhou simply smiled and said, "The company was originally intended to be passed on to your eldest brother. If your eldest brother and his wife hadn't suffered an accident back then, I wouldn't have had to worry about it for so many years."
"Your eldest brother... is my most preferred successor," Old Master Zhou sighed. "Luckily, Ji Yun is still here. He's successful in his career and is about to get married. If your eldest brother and sister-in-law are still alive, they would be happy for him."
When the old man mentioned his eldest son and his wife, Zhou Zhida's hands trembled slightly. He forced a smile and said, "Dad, on such a happy day, let's not talk about these sad things."
Mr. Zhou gave him a meaningful look and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it."
He then smiled and said, "I originally thought Ji Yun was just kidding me when he said he was getting married, but now seeing how the hall is decorated, he really put a lot of thought into it."
Zhou Jiwen curled his lips, but thinking of the rumors he had just heard, he didn't mind trying to cheer up the old man at this time: "Not only that, my eldest brother really values my eldest sister-in-law. He had VV's wedding dress flown over overnight, and also sent the sapphire jewelry that grandma gave him."
"Oh?" The old man's gray eyebrows raised slightly, and the next second his eyes were filled with anticipation: "I said that holding a wedding in such a hurry, it seems that you want to take the initiative to prevent it from being snatched away by outsiders?"
Those who didn't know the inside story laughed, while those who did could not help but curl their lips. After all, it was just an arranged marriage? And it was an arranged marriage with the daughter of a poor family, who was said to be unpopular.
Thinking of this, all the wealthy families sighed in regret. Such an excellent son-in-law had become someone else's in the blink of an eye.
Just as everyone was discussing this quietly, the door to the banquet hall was pushed open. Zhou Jiyun was standing at the door holding Xie Jing's hand, and everyone's eyes were all looking towards the hallway.
Bathed in everyone's gazes, Xie Jing's back straightened. Fortunately, she strongly requested Zhou Jiyun to put her down outside the door. If it were like what just happened, even if Xie Jing had a strong heart, she would not be able to withstand the baptism of everyone's gaze.
Noticing that the back of Xie Jing's hand was a little stiff, Zhou Jiyun glanced at her sideways: "Nervous?"
"I'm not nervous," Xie Jing took a deep breath. Even though she was an unpopular rich girl, she had taken all the necessary etiquette lessons. She would not be timid or petty.
"Don't be nervous, just follow me when the time comes." Zhou Jiyun said soothingly, "The main thing is to serve tea to my grandfather, because grandma and my parents are no longer around. After the wedding banquet, we can go back to the old house and burn incense for them."
"In fact, these procedures should have been carried out in the old house. It's really unfair to you to have the wedding like this." Zhou Jiyun said again. Time was short and he didn't have time to do many things. Even if he used his money to pave the way, some things could not be done in a short time.
Xie Jing looked at the blue sea of flowers and balloons in the banquet hall, then at the exquisite stage setting, and couldn't help but curl her lips slightly: "You have done a good job and given me great respect. This is enough."
"It's not enough," Zhou Jiyun shook his head. "How can being respectable alone be enough?"
Both of them spoke in low voices, and no one noticed that they were still talking while walking towards the old man.
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