Chapter 1200: Don’t Believe His Boasting

Chapter 1200: Chapter 1200: Don’t Believe His Boasting

Wei Zhiqian: "We agreed this topic was off-limits!"

Zhao Guoxian: "Okay, I’ll stop. I’ve got to get myself properly prepared."

Wei Zhiqian: "Prepared for what?"

Zhao Guoxian: "This is my first time meeting the elders from my future Fourth Aunt’s side of the family. I’ve got to leave a good impression, right? Can’t be the one dragging our Fourth Uncle down."

Zhao Dingli: "You’re very self-aware."

Zhao Guoxian: "Fourth Uncle, you haven’t left yet?"

Zhao Dingli: "Of course I’ve left. On such an important day, not only can I not be late, I have to arrive early so I can welcome both sets of elders. I’m already on the way."

Wei Zhiqian: "..."

He wanted to leave the group chat.

Zhao Guoxian: "Then how do you still have time to chat now?"

Zhao Dingli: "Last night my future father-in-law and I really hit it off. When you meet a drinking buddy, the wine just keeps flowing, so I had a bit too much. I’m still somewhat hungover today, so right now your Fourth Aunt is the one driving."

Good thing Li Xiaoyun was driving, so she couldn’t see what was going on in the group chat.

Otherwise, Zhao Dingli wouldn’t dare brag like this.

By the time they got to Shengyue, the chat history had already exploded.

And Li Xiaoyun probably didn’t have time to read it anyway.

Nan Jingheng: "Wow, Fourth Uncle Zhao isn’t even married yet, and he’s already experiencing one of the perks of having a wife!"

Zhao Dingli: "Of course. Not just today—last time I had a business dinner and drank, it was Xiao Yun who drove over to pick me up too."

Wei Zhiqian: "Today you’re all going to Shengyue together anyway. Having her drive is fine. But when you’re drunk, how do you still have the nerve to make her come specially to pick you up?"

Zhao Dingli: "I get to spend time alone with Xiao Yun. That kind of fun is beyond you."

Zhao Gushen: "You don’t get it."

Han Zhuoli: "You don’t get it."

Han Zhuoling: "You don’t get it."

A whole row of "You don’t get it" scrolled down the screen.

Wei Zhiqian looked at the full screen of [You don’t get it]: "..."

Zhao Guoxian: "@Zhao Gushen, Big Brother, is Sister-in-law driving for you too right now?"

Zhao Gushen: "Well, of course."

Wei Zhiqian: "..."

He wanted to leave the group chat.

Zhao Guoxian: "Big Brother, are you hungover too?"

Zhao Gushen: "Not really. But your Sister-in-law said Fourth Uncle is definitely going to show off in the group today, so as our family’s main combat power I shouldn’t waste time driving. She told me to represent her and join in the chat."

Zhao Guoxian: "...Does this count as throwing Sister-in-law under the bus?"

Zhao Gushen: "..."

He’d accidentally said a bit too much.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

Wei Zhiqian: "Hahahahahahaha! Zhao Dingli! Did you see that? Everyone knows you’re just showing off!"

Zhao Dingli: "So what? I’ve got something you don’t."

Wei Zhiqian: "..."

Zhao Dingli: "I’ve got something to show off. You don’t even have that."

Wei Zhiqian: "..."

Chatting like this all the way, the time on the road slipped by before they knew it.

The three Zhao Family men hadn’t even chatted enough, and they were already there.

Zhao Dingli arrived first.

He and Li Xiaoyun went to the room they’d reserved in advance.

Not long after, Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei arrived as well.

Ye Fei didn’t stand on ceremony with Zhao Dingli. As soon as she came in, she pulled Li Xiaoyun straight into the inner room to chat.

What they’d booked was a large suite.

Three rooms in total.

The one in the middle was for dining, with a standard round table for twenty.

The smaller room next to the dining room served as the living room.

Sofa, coffee table, and a wall-mounted TV—it was like a little salon, perfect for sitting around, relaxing, and chatting.

The room on the right was the game room.

After the guests finished eating, they didn’t have to look for another place.

They could go straight into the room next door to play.

There were tabletop games like Werewolf, plus some little party games.

Including mini games kids love to play.

If they brought kids along, they could leave them in this room to play.

The adults could then focus on the meal.

Ye Fei pulled Li Xiaoyun into the small living room on the left.

The two of them sat on the sofa. A waiter came in to pour them tea and brought over cookies and snacks.

Once the waiter left, Ye Fei finally lowered her voice and asked, "What’s going on? Fourth Uncle only went home with you yesterday and you’re getting engaged today?"

"Your godfather and godmother are really okay with you getting engaged this soon?" Ye Fei honestly knew Mr. Li and Mrs. Li very well.

Don’t be fooled by how Mrs. Li used to be all anxious, arranging blind dates for Li Xiaoyun when she was single.

Mrs. Li’s real plan had always been: first find someone to date properly.

As for marriage, that didn’t have to be rushed.

So when she heard the old lady say they were going to talk engagement today, Ye Fei was seriously shocked.

The Zhao Family never had the habit of making engagements into grand occasions.

Just like ordinary families, the parents from both sides would sit down for a meal together and discuss wedding matters.

Only the wedding ceremony itself would be done in a grand way.

But the old lady actually had her own concerns.

She never said them out loud, but Ye Fei knew.

Because when Ye Fei married Zhao Gushen, she didn’t have any family there on her side.

And even if they had been there, the two families wouldn’t have been able to sit down properly and have a good talk.

The old lady didn’t want to favor one over the other, so she simply treated everyone the same.

Li Xiaoyun told Ye Fei about what had happened the night before.

"My parents have really never gone through something like that." Li Xiaoyun said now, a bit distressed on her parents’ behalf, but also finding it funny.

"Just Ding Li by himself was enough for the two of them put together to handle. Add the old madam on top of that—how could they stand a chance? Of course they walked right into the trap." Li Xiaoyun said, laughing.

Ye Fei laughed until she was almost crying: "Alright then, just get ready to marry in. There’s no way you’re dodging this."

Li Xiaoyun’s cheeks went a little red at Ye Fei’s words.

But besides Zhao Dingli, it was also because Ye Fei was here that Li Xiaoyun felt that even if she were to marry in tomorrow, she wouldn’t be panicking.

She felt very grounded inside.

The little guy had of course come along too.

But since Ye Fei and Li Xiaoyun had things to talk about, the little guy went off to play in the game room by himself.

The manager even specially brought him a Switch to play.

With a game to play, the little guy could have a blast all by himself without the slightest intention of going to bother the adults.

Not long into Ye Fei and Li Xiaoyun’s chat, Mr. Li and Mrs. Li arrived.

They’d also planned to come early.

The three Zhao Family elders—all of them were much older than the Lis.

Granted, with Zhao Dingli and Li Xiaoyun together, their in-laws would technically be of the same generation.

But you couldn’t really count it that way, right?

So they just had to arrive early no matter what.

They thought they’d come pretty early, but it turned out Zhao Dingli’s group had arrived even earlier.

After everyone exchanged greetings, Li Xiaoyun asked Mr. Li, "Dad, how are you feeling this morning? Any discomfort?"

"Of course not," Mr. Li answered immediately.

Mrs. Li bluntly exposed him: "Don’t listen to him brag."