Chapter 47 It's not that he's stupid, it's not.
An engagement is a formal occasion to announce the union of two families. For many people involved in the marriage, the engagement banquet is often more significant than the wedding itself. Prominent figures from both the municipal and business circles of City A gathered in this banquet hall.
"Excuse me, could you please let me pass?"
There were many people, and Lu Chong had to stop and greet every acquaintance he passed by.
It took him almost ten minutes to finally reach his destination.
The guests had already taken their seats, and the corner of the banquet hall was empty, with a waiter clearing away the leftover drinks.
Lu Chong, somewhat flustered, stepped forward, stopped him, and asked urgently, "Excuse me, have you seen the gentleman who was just sitting here?"
The waiter shook his head blankly.
How could I not have seen it?
He saw it from that far away.
The phone vibrated, and Lu Chong answered it: "What is it?"
"Mr. Lu, a news media outlet that didn't notify us beforehand also wants to join today's filming. It's a local, non-traditional media outlet in City A that focuses on entertainment and gossip..."
Lu Chong frowned. Why did they have to call about something like this?
"Give them a souvenir and a buffet voucher from the hotel next door, politely send them away, and tell them that they need to get an invitation in advance, and that you are just following the hotel's rules."
"Okay, okay, thank you for your trouble, sir. If there's nothing else, I won't bother you any longer."
"The greeters should be resting by now. Go ask them if they've seen a beta, she's quite thin and looks very cute. If no one has seen her, send me the CCTV footage of the guests entering and I'll find her myself."
The other party hesitated slightly: "Mr. Lu, this..."
"As soon as possible, I'll take responsibility if anything goes wrong."
The two chairs in the corner were removed, making the originally cramped corner appear empty.
Lu Chong had just clearly seen Mu Yan sitting there, holding a glass of sparkling beverage.
Why would Mu Yan be here?
Was he looking for him?
He was such a timid, introverted, stupid, and pitiful person.
"Xiao Chong, why are you here all alone? Is there something you haven't finished doing?"
Lu Chong felt a gentle tap on his shoulder. He turned around and saw the person. He quickly composed himself and smiled politely at the person: "Grandma."
"A reporter from City A also wanted to come in and report, and that has been taken care of."
"It's good that it's been handled well. Next time, we can just delegate these kinds of things to the people below. There's no need to keep an eye on things personally. Come and sit down," Grandma said with a smile, pulling him towards her table. "Zhizhi's marriage is settled now, so you should hurry up too."
To his left was an omega from a similar background to him, and further to his left was Jiang Yizhuo's younger sister, Jiang Yao. Jiang Yao smiled and introduced the omega next to her to the young master across from him: "Brother Lu Chong, long time no see. This is Xia Nan, the son of my father's comrade-in-arms. He's a year younger than you. I remember you two have met before."
Lu Chong immediately understood the intention behind the seating arrangement, but since it was arranged by an elder, he couldn't refuse. He suppressed his displeasure and greeted Xia Nan, "Long time no see."
Xia Nan was introverted, and when Jiang Yao gently nudged him with her elbow, his ear tips turned slightly red.
"Long time no see, Mr. Lu... Have you lost weight recently?" Xia Nan asked shyly. "Is it because you've been busy with work?"
"I am a bit busy," Lu Chong replied perfunctorily.
“You look like you’ve really lost a lot of weight, Brother Lu Chong,” Jiang Yao chimed in. “How did you lose weight? How can I lose weight?”
"Yaoyao, you're not fat. You won't look good if you get any thinner," Xia Nan comforted her.
Jiang Yao said dejectedly, "But I still don't look good on camera like this..."
Omega's voice was very soft, which gave Lu Chong a headache.
Jiang Yao is Jiang Yizhuo's younger sister. She is spoiled rotten by her two older brothers. Lu Chong usually treats her like a younger sister, and he would usually coax her and say nice things to her.
But now, all he could think about was the person he had just seen who looked a lot like Mu Yan.
Mu Yan must have been that tall and thin, with eyes that were often downturned, like the eyes of a deer.
But why is Mu Yan here? Did Mu Yan come looking for him?
Mu Yan is so stupid, so introverted, and so timid. I was locked up by my father for a whole week recently, with no contact with the outside world. If Mu Yan really heard about the news and sneaked in to find me, how difficult would that be?
When Lu Chong finally decided to call Lu Zhi, he had a pretty good idea that he might have to go home this time.
He could roughly guess what he would face after returning home. His only request was that Lu Zhi absolutely had to go to the hospital to pay the bills.
Lu Zhi said that since it was a matter of life and death, she would definitely go. Lu Chong was still worried, so he sent a message to Jiang Yizhuo, asking her to go to the hospital again.
Jiang Yizhuo didn't know that he and Mu Yan had broken up. He just scolded him for being crazy, asking why he hadn't done something so urgent before and was now rushing his grandfather.
During the days he argued with his father and went on a hunger strike, Lu Chong figured everything out.
To hell with social status and compatibility, Mu Yan is a bit slow, so what? He's a beta, so what? How good can those omegas be anyway?
Anyway, he's already had a huge fight with his family over keeping the small company he started under Mu Yan's name, so adding another one won't make a difference.
He wanted to apologize to Mu Yan, he wanted to win Mu Yan back, he wanted to marry Mu Yan, and he wanted to give Mu Yan a good life.
Otherwise, if he just makes people suffer because of him, what's the difference between him and an animal?
My sister is getting engaged soon, and the Lu family can't be missing anyone from the engagement banquet. My father cares about his reputation, so he'll make way.
Two days before the engagement banquet, Lu Chongcai was released from his confinement room at home.
He went to the empty rented room, which was exactly the same as when Mu Yan left; nothing had changed.
He found the landlord and bought the rental house. The landlord stared at him dumbfounded and asked if he had won the lottery.
Mu Yan had mentioned many times before that he wanted to save money for a down payment, since they had their own house in City A.
This house is terrible, but he can't accept renting out the house he and Mu Yan have lived in for over a year. He'll buy Mu Yan other houses, as many as he wants.
After they got married...
Lu Chong thought he didn't need to wait until marriage; he could do it before marriage, as long as Mu Yan forgave him and they made up.
His maternal grandparents don't know yet, but as long as he says he has someone he wants to marry, they won't stop him.
His maternal grandparents were genuinely caring people; they just wanted someone to take care of them. An omega of similar social standing could help him in business and comfort him during his vulnerable period.
The omegas his grandmother introduced him to were all gentle, from respectable families, and highly compatible with him. If it were the old him, he might have chosen one of them who was kind and wouldn't interfere with his marriage, like Lu Zhi and Fu Jiayan.
But now, he doesn't want anyone else; he only wants Mu Yan.
Lu Chong frowned slightly as he looked at the omega beside him who was fawningly using serving chopsticks to put food on his plate.
Even though they had similar, gentle, downcast eyes, he only felt annoyed when they appeared on other people's faces.
Xia Nan looked at the food that had been put back into her bowl with the serving chopsticks, and glanced at Lu Chong with a hint of disappointment.
"Mr. Lu..."
"I have a sensitive stomach and can't eat cold seafood, thank you for your kindness."
With these few words of explanation, better than nothing, Xia Nan mustered her courage again: "Then what does Mr. Lu like to eat? We can eat together next time..."
no.
He needs to go find Mu Yan.
The hotel staff are incredibly inefficient; they still haven't sent over the security footage.
Mu Yan came to find him, and he couldn't leave Mu Yan alone in such a crowded place.
With so many people here, what if someone gets the wrong idea about him? Mu Yan is so clumsy, what if he accidentally spills a drink on some important person's clothes and gets into trouble?
A person who is so timid, like a kitten, would be bullied to death if they encountered some arrogant and unruly people.
Lu Chong stood up.
"Excuse me, I'll be there for a moment."
He needs to go find Mu Yan.
...
"So that's how it is... So that's how it is."
"Thank you for telling me..." Mu Yan said softly, her eyes lowered.
Shang Qiyue quietly observed that neither his eyes nor the tip of his nose were red.
When Mu Yan cries, these two areas will turn red first, and then the tears will start to fall.
This means he didn't cry.
"How did you two meet? I thought you knew he ran away from home after arguing with his family and could go back anytime."
“Classmate…we were college classmates,” Mu Yan replied.
"Thank you for telling me. I originally... He told me his family went bankrupt, and I believed him..."
Mu Yan chuckled self-deprecatingly, "I was so stupid. I trusted him too much back then; I believed everything he said."
"I'm also quite naive. I don't know how rich people can go bankrupt so easily. People like Miss Lu and Mr. Fu are all related by marriage. Even if something happens, they can help each other out and solve the problem."
Unlike ordinary people like us, whose families collapse at the slightest mishap.
Mu Yan didn't want to cry in front of Shang Qiyue because of Lu Chong, so he looked away and looked at the stage.
The bride and groom on stage are exchanging rings.
The bride is so beautiful! Her dress is gorgeous too, with such a large and beautiful skirt, just like Snow White's dress. The groom is also very tall and handsome, like a prince on a white horse from a story.
People like them are a match made in heaven, like a princess and prince in a story.
Lu Chong said he wanted to marry him, that he would treat him well for the rest of his life, and that he would not marry any other omega or buy bracelets for any other omega.
How could he have believed it?
Lu Chong should have married his princess, how could I have been so stupid as to believe that someone like Lu Chong would marry a drab little mouse like him?
It's not that he's stupid, it's not. Mu Yan suddenly realized something.
Lu Chong was lying to him.
If he had known earlier that Lu Chong was lying to him, he wouldn't have believed it.
Lu Chong sat not far away, the omega beside him were beautiful and dignified. Lu Chong, dressed in a suit, sat next to them like a group of beautiful white swans.
Lu Chong served food to the omega next to him.
The omega turned to him and smiled, her face slightly flushed, a shy and ambiguous smile.
When Mu Yan was dating Lu Chong, she would smile at him like that.
If he had known earlier that Lu Chong's family had never gone bankrupt, he wouldn't have believed Lu Chong's promises to him.
He wouldn't actually treat Lu Chong like a life partner, foolishly including him in all the foreseeable futures he could imagine.
He wouldn't... lend that 100,000 yuan to Lu Chong.
If he hadn't lent Lu Chong that 100,000 yuan, and had discovered the card was overdue, he and his brother would have only needed to pool together 50,000 yuan.
If he could just raise 50,000... he might not be in such a hurry to find Shang Qiyue... he might be able to wait for He Fan to call him the next day to lend him the money.
It's all because of Lu Chong.
He hated Lu Chong to death.
[Author's Note]
Some people shouldn't be so smug. The reason your wife is angry is because Lu Chong didn't pay her back, which led to her meeting you.
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