Chapter 244 - 146: Old Chen: Your bride price is a little steep, isn’t it?

Chapter 244: Chapter 146: Old Chen: Your bride price is a little steep, isn’t it?

Chen Mo figured that since Old Chen wanted to hear his life story, he might as well start from the very beginning.

The main reason was that he couldn’t exactly talk about his more recent experiences.

He’d signed non-disclosure agreements for all of it.

So he casually made up a story.

When he couldn’t keep making things up, he had no choice but to change the subject to Chen Shuwan.

This also brought them to the main point, and his priority was to give the betrothal gift as soon as possible.

"Pfft—"

Chen Shuwan, who was sitting next to him chatting with her best friend, heard what Chen Mo was saying off to the side and immediately lost her composure, letting out an audible laugh.

She gave Chen Mo a surprised glance.

’I didn’t realize he was this bizarre when we met last time.’

Old Chen, his wife, and Aunt Li were also stunned after hearing Chen Mo’s speech.

For a moment, they didn’t know what to say.

At first, Chen Mo’s words made it sound like he’d had a very hard life, full of suffering.

As they listened to Chen Mo, they all thought, ’He really must be from an ordinary family, making their child suffer so much from such a young age.’

’If our daughter marries him and they have a child, won’t our grandchild have to suffer too?’

But after a moment of reflection, they realized something wasn’t quite right.

’Isn’t this what everyone goes through after they’re born?’

’Did he have to make it sound so arduous?’

The couple’s gazes toward Chen Mo grew a little more distant.

They concluded that it was because of his poor family background and ordinary parents that he had developed such an unreliable personality.

However, since the young man had come to their home and answered his questions, what could he do?

Besides, Shufang had brought him here. Even if they didn’t give Chen Mo face, they had to give it to Shufang.

He couldn’t just play dumb and remain silent.

"You’re very humorous, Chen Mo."

So, after holding it in for a long time, Old Chen finally managed to squeeze out a sentence.

"Young people just love to joke around," Aunt Li added with a smile, trying to help Chen Mo.

"Uncle, Auntie, I’m being completely serious!"

"I brought the betrothal gift with me. If you just agree, I can give it to you right now!"

Chen Mo placed his bank card directly on the table and spoke with a completely serious expression.

’He didn’t want to keep dragging things out with these two pretentious old fogeys.’

’He just wanted to get the betrothal gift handed over to satisfy the prerequisite for his ’bad luck’ ability.’

"We haven’t prepared the dowry yet, and we still haven’t met your parents. Let’s not be hasty with the betrothal gift, shall we?"

Old Chen thought for a moment, feeling it was all a bit too fast.

They had no particular complaints about Chen Mo himself, but his family background made them a little wary.

"My parents completely respect my decisions when it comes to marriage. They won’t have any objections."

"I’m not in a hurry for the dowry. I trust the character of Uncle Chen and Aunt Zhou, and I also trust Aunt Li’s judgment in friends."

Chen Mo shook his head, indicating that none of these were issues.

His tone was filled to the brim with trust in them.

’Again, he just wanted to accomplish his goal.’

"Well... all right, then."

Old Chen and his wife hesitated for a moment before nodding in agreement.

The main reason was that they thought about their daughter’s situation—so many of her previous matchmaking attempts had failed.

Now that a persistent one had finally shown up, a less-than-ideal family background didn’t seem so important anymore.

Seeing them agree, Chen Mo was pleased, but he also cast a somewhat surprised glance at Chen Shuwan beside him.

It was her marriage, after all, yet she hadn’t said a single word.

Old Chen and his wife had never asked for her opinion either, as if it were completely unimportant.

’But Chen Mo didn’t dwell on it. It was for the best that Chen Shuwan had no objections.’

"Uncle Chen, why don’t you give me an account number? I’ll transfer the betrothal gift right over."

Chen Mo went straight to asking Old Chen for his account number.

’Once the betrothal gift was transferred, he couldn’t be bothered to keep up the act for these two old fogeys.’

’Just for the blatant and subtle condescension in these old fogeys’ tone, he was going to make them bleed for it this time.’

"Fine."

Since Old Chen had decided to accept Chen Mo as his son-in-law, he naturally didn’t dwell on it any longer.

He directly gave Chen Mo a bank account number.

Chen Mo’s account was enabled for large-value transfers, and he used a two-factor authentication method involving a dynamic password and phone number verification.

He transferred five million to the other party.

And in the transfer memo, he specifically added the two words "betrothal gift."

"Uncle Chen, did you receive it?"

After the transfer went through, Chen Mo asked Old Chen directly.

Aunt Li, at the table, was the witness, after all.

"I received it. It’s just that this betrothal gift... isn’t it a bit much?"

After seeing the text message, the expression on Old Chen’s face grew slightly stiff.

He had originally assumed Chen Mo would follow the typical customs in Modu.

A few hundred thousand to a million at most.

Who would have thought that Chen Mo would directly transfer him five million for the betrothal gift?

"How much?"

Aunt Zhou also took the phone out of curiosity to take a look.

She, too, was momentarily stunned when she saw that Chen Mo had transferred five million for the betrothal gift.

’According to their promise of a tenfold dowry, they would have to come up with fifty million for it!’

A fifty-million dowry.

Even for them, that was a bit much.

"This represents my feelings for Shuwan, and it’s also a display of my sincerity toward you both!"

In any case, the betrothal gift had already been transferred, so Chen Mo’s tone became much more casual.

"Old Chen, the young man is showing his sincerity. A large betrothal gift just shows how much he likes your Shuwan. This is a good thing!"

"Besides, it’s not like your family is short on money. It will all belong to Shuwan in the future anyway."

Aunt Li said to Old Chen with a smile.

"That’s true."

After hearing what Aunt Li said, Old Chen, though still a bit displeased, ultimately nodded. He had his pride to consider.

Chen Shuwan witnessed all of this from the side.

Although she didn’t know the specific amount of the betrothal gift, judging by her parents’ shocked expressions, it was clearly no small sum.

She gave Chen Mo a suspicious look. ’Could he have been after the tenfold dowry from the very beginning?’