Chapter 769 - 418: Wedding, Banquet, Reunion! (Part 2)

Yu Huizhi looked toward the door, miming with her fingers and mouthing: "Someone there?"

"Come in!"

Huang Tianxuan nodded slightly, then urged again before the door made a pretentious sound; ’knock knock~’, and then Xu Manning and Wu Wenyue pushed the door open and entered. Their expressions were different, and Miss Xu pretended to be surprised: "Just got to your door, you have sharp ears... Auntie, we didn’t interrupt your conversation, did we?"

Polite, but not too much! Got caught eavesdropping on others, yet still know to knock before entering!

Huang Tianxuan smiled without speaking, and Yu Huizhi said ’it’s fine’ with a subtle expression, her eyes carefully scrutinizing the two women. The next moment, Wu Wenyue laughingly brushed it off: "Auntie, what were you and Sister Xuan chatting about?"

"About relationships."

Yu Huizhi sighed softly: "Talking about your feelings."

At the same time, Old Li was also chatting with his son... chatting about nonsense~

By this point, there wasn’t much for the father and son to talk about. Once Li Qiyuan sat down, he started smoking, finishing one cigarette and lighting another, his handsome old face like a quiet tombstone, square and stiff.

After finishing two cigarettes, Old Li only then slowly said while extinguishing the cigarette butt: "Let’s do it this way. In the future, if you can divorce Zhao Qingge and marry another woman, that counts as your capability. We’ll attend and support you as usual. But if you get caught and her parents find out, then you should be conscious enough to take the blame. Your mom and I will also just run away... Oh, we haven’t told you, we’re planning to resign."

Li Peifeng understood: "Going to travel around the world?"

"That would have to wait till your sister grows up. For now, we can only travel domestically nearby."

Li Qiyuan let out a long sigh, with a hint of blissful trouble on his face: "Right now, we don’t lack money, so simply quit the job to focus on raising the kid, and we’ll have plenty of time to travel... You don’t mind, right?"

"Not at all."

Li Peifeng was well aware of his parents’ personalities. They were inherently romantic, unrestrained, and loved freedom, always wanting to wander around. Traveling around the world was an old-fashioned dream that was also their life goal, and they didn’t care about worldly success.

Moreover, this couple was not just talking about it—they were genuinely practicing it. Ever since Li Peifeng started high school, they’d go traveling every winter and summer vacation. Over the years, they’d visited most provinces in the country. Influenced by his parents, Li Peifeng also planned to become a travel writer after graduation. He admired his parents’ lifestyle and their fairy tale-like romance.

But as it turns out, this plan cannot be implemented as he has a better choice...

"Please take my share of regrets and venture to farther places!"

"Not too far, initially considering traveling to the south after giving birth this winter. The northeast winter is still too cold."

"You can check out Hangzhou." Li Peifeng suggested: "Coincidentally, Tianxuan’s parents are there too."

Li Qiyuan, not too interested, pouted: "That’s too far. After meeting Qingge’s parents tomorrow, you two should quickly get married. As for the others... let’s see after the wedding."

...

Time; the next day at noon, Location: the Zhao family.

The Li family and the Zhao family held an important and historic meeting. Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin warmly hosted, with Old Li and Old Yu trying to act normally, discussing wedding arrangements and the future married life of the two children.

It was mainly them discussing, with Old Li and the pregnant Yu feeling too embarrassed to speak.

"Huizhi, why aren’t you speaking? Not feeling well?"

"Ahahaha... maybe a little."

"Ah, having another pregnancy at your age really is tough. Speaking of which, when do you two plan on having kids?"

Li Peifeng let out a sound, showing the right amount of embarrassment: "As soon as possible, as soon as possible."

Embarrassed? It’s not like it’s the first time having a child with someone!

Zhao Qingge took a deep breath, suppressing her anger, and continued eating silently. During this meeting, like Li Peifeng’s parents, she also didn’t say much, just listening to the two families becoming familiar, going from polite to warm.

"Xiaofeng previously gave Qingge a billion, you both knew about this at home, right? Yes, we actually want Qingge to return that money because it’s really inappropriate. Our family doesn’t need it, and their marriage doesn’t necessitate this extra step..."

When Zhao Haiqi brought up the topic of the monetary gift, Zhao Qingge couldn’t help herself.

"That’s not a dowry, that’s my emotional distress compensation."

This statement caused an awkward silence, with Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi’s expressions freezing instantly, while Zhao Haiqi and Li Xin looked displeased, about to scold, but Li Peifeng intervened with a smile: "That money was earned by me and voluntarily given to Duoduo. There’s nothing inappropriate about it being with her, you and Auntie needn’t overthink it, nor would I let her return it... Let’s not dwell on that. I toast to you and Auntie, thanking you both for your longtime support of our relationship!"

"You rascal!"

Zhao Haiqi didn’t immediately raise his glass but instead looked toward Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi, seeing no odd expressions on their faces, and Li Qiyuan even saying, "We won’t worry about the kids’ matters", he smiled, raised his glass, and drank, not mentioning it further.

Originally bringing this up in front of Li Qiyuan and Yu Huizhi, his purpose was not to get the money back but to test Li Peifeng’s parents’ attitude and officially settle the dowry matter.

There are far too many examples of families clashing over dowry issues right before the wedding. Zhao Haiqi didn’t want to make this mistake, especially since the amount Li Peifeng put up was so significant. He didn’t want the other parents to mistakenly think the dowry was requested by their side, hence the clever play of words.