Chu Xiaolan was carried away by Chen Hua, and Xia Lan smiled as everyone left the room.
Qin Yu walked in with Tuantuan and Yuanyuan.
"Mommy, Aunt Lan is so pretty!"
"Will you do my makeup like this when I get married?"
Tuantuan's words instantly made Qin Yu and Yuanyuan's faces darken.
You're still a long way off!
The father and son exchanged a glance and decided to keep a close eye on Yuanyuan.
We absolutely cannot let anyone take the whole thing, plate and all.
Xia Lan packed up Chu Xiaolan's things and handed over Chu Xiaolan's most important items to Qin Yu.
"Please keep this for me and return it to Xiaolan later."
"I don't have room on me to put it, and I'm afraid I'll break it."
Qin Yu nodded and calmly put the item into his arms.
"Lanlan, it's time to head to the hotel. You two can ride in Lao Chen's car."
Chen's mother came in and pulled Xia Lan to arrange a car for them.
"good."
After leaving the room, Xia Lan and Qin Yu picked up Xiao Yuqin, and the family rode in Chen Hao's car to the restaurant.
Chu Xiaolan and Chen Hua sat in the car with the big happy decorations on it, while Xia Lan was seated behind them. The lively scene attracted many people to come out and watch.
In this day and age, being able to afford such a wedding is absolutely one in a million.
The Chen family even invited an elder from the clan to officiate the wedding. Xia Lan and Qin Yu's family were seated at the main table, where they could hear everything clearly.
The elder's voice carried a sense of antiquity, and as Xia Lan listened to his words, she felt as if she had been transported back to that era...
"...Two families unite in marriage, a covenant is made in this hall, a blessed union is forever bound, a perfect match is celebrated. Behold the peach blossoms in full bloom today, a symbol of a harmonious and prosperous home; may the years to come bring abundant offspring, and may your family prosper and flourish. With this vow of lifelong commitment, we write it on fine paper, so that our pledge of love may be recorded in the marriage register, this is our testament."
"Mom, what is that grandpa saying...?"
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan couldn't understand a word, but they could still sense the atmosphere and looked at Xia Lan.
Xia Lan chuckled, ruffled their hair, and explained it to them.
"It's when two people get married. He thinks she's good, she thinks he's someone she can entrust her life to, and they promise to grow old together. So they write it down as a vow."
"Wow……"
Tuantuan's eyes lit up.
Qin Yu gently took Xia Lan's hand.
The wedding was almost over, but the Chu family hadn't arrived yet. Xia Lan thought that the Chu family might not have received the news, or that it was too late.
Just as everyone was watching the performance on stage, a commotion suddenly broke out outside the door.
"That little slut, how could she not invite her family to her wedding? She has absolutely no manners..."
Upon hearing this voice, Xia Lan immediately stood up.
"They've arrived as expected."
Chu Xiaolan on the stage froze upon hearing that voice.
Chen Hua, who was standing next to her, glanced at Chu Xiaolan, helped her to Xia Lan's side, and then glanced at Chen Hao.
Chen Hao glanced at Chen Hua and straightened his clothes.
It was his turn to appear.
"Who is it! What are they doing causing trouble at my son's wedding? Where are they? Why didn't your restaurant stop them?"
Chen Hao walked out with a cold face, and glanced at Grandma Chu and the others with a cold look.
"Who are you all? What's your maternal family background? Whose maternal family background?"
Chen Hao glanced at them, and his aura of authority instantly pressed down on them.
"I am Chu Xiaolan's grandmother! My dear grandmother, tell me, what kind of woman would not even invite her own relatives to her wedding?"
"Do you think it's easy for me to raise her? These are her parents! And she didn't even invite them!"
“This person is morally bankrupt and has even worse character! I am her grandmother, and her marriage should be decided by me.”
"Where's Chu Xiaolan! Tell her to come out here!"
Grandma Chu was clearly intimidated by Chen Hao, but she immediately perked up when Chu Xiaolan was mentioned.
Have someone call Chu Xiaolan out.
Chen Hao glanced at Grandma Chu and sneered.
"Where do you think this is? Marriage is based on free choice now. Don't tell me you're not qualified; even if you were, what could you possibly offer her?"
"Do you think you can just come and go as you please at the gates of the Chen family?"
"Do you know how much this banquet cost me? It's more money than you could earn in a lifetime!"
"See those cars outside? Those are my friends' cars. They lent them to my son for his wedding. Are you going to repay that favor for me? What do you have to offer in return?"
"You ignorant old woman, who are you putting on airs of being an elder in front of?"
"If my son hadn't insisted on marrying her, do you think I would have been happy?"
"Want to take him back? Sure! Just pay me back for the restaurant! Then I'll give him to you!"
Chen Hao said domineeringly that he would give Chu Xiaolan to Grandma Chu immediately after she paid the money.
"You, you, you..."
Grandma Chu had always been a local tyrant in the village. This was the first time she had met someone like Chen Hao, who was clearly extraordinary and not an ordinary person.
Looking at this restaurant, how much does a meal here cost? She doesn't have the money to pay.
"Do you have money or not? You think you can just pay if you want someone? Don't think I like this daughter-in-law so much!"
“She did my son no good at all.”
Chen Hao directly attacked Grandma Chu's psychological defenses.
Grandma Chu glanced at her sons who were dressed as quails behind her, and then at her father, who also looked so pathetic. She didn't dare to speak, so she could only glare at Chen Hao with resentment.
Suddenly remembering something, he said to Chen Hao.
"We are your in-laws."
"That's right, we are Chu Xiaolan's elders, so we are your in-laws."
His son behind him immediately straightened his chest and said to Chen Hao.
"Who do you think you are, daring to call yourselves my in-laws?"
In response to the shouts from the group, Chen Hao gave a cold laugh.
Looking at them, he took the notebook that Chen Hua handed him.
"Come on, let's settle the bill! If you hand over this money, I might as well call you my in-law."
Chen Hao sneered.
When Grandma Chu and the others saw the amount on the bill, they were instantly dumbfounded.
"This...this...this...this..."
Grandma Chu couldn't say a word for a long time. So much money, just for a wedding?
What a waste...
Grandma Chu was heartbroken.
If only I could give her all this money!
Grandma Chu's sons behind her were also dumbfounded. They could never earn so much money in their entire lives.
They wouldn't be willing to do that now, just for that money-losing girl, Chu Xiaolan.
"It's not impossible to marry her..."
"Then we should receive our betrothal gifts!"
"That's right, give us the bride price!"
"..."
Looking at his relatives' ugly faces, Chu's father lowered his head, too pained to look.
Seeing Chu's father like this, Chen Hao knew what kind of situation he was in.
"Bride price? What joke are you talking about?"
"Didn't you know she didn't want a bride price?"
Chen Hua walked up with a cold smile and, in coordination with Chen Hao, addressed the Chu family.
"What?"
Chen Hua's words left the Chu family stunned.
"This is the marriage certificate that Chu Xiaolan and I obtained ourselves. It's a free marriage now, and those outdated customs from before are gone!"
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