Chapter 245 - 146: Old Chen: Your bride price is a bit much, isn’t it?

Chapter 245: Chapter 146: Old Chen: Your bride price is a bit much, isn’t it?

"Chen Mo, have your parents come to Modu this weekend. Our families can meet and discuss the engagement."

Old Chen thought for a moment, his tone much warmer as he spoke to Chen Mo.

Since they had already accepted the betrothal gift, Chen Mo was his son-in-law-to-be, whether he was satisfied or not.

They would all be family from now on, so it wouldn’t be appropriate to be so distant anymore.

"Okay."

Chen Mo casually agreed.

’Engagement?’

’Get engaged? My ass!’

’I’ve already paid the betrothal gift, and I have a feeling misfortune is just around the corner. We’re definitely not getting married in the end.’

’Why bother having my parents come all the way over?’

"Come on, today is a joyous occasion. Let’s all have a toast."

Old Chen, seemingly having settled his daughter’s marriage, was in high spirits. He raised his glass and toasted with everyone.

"Sister Zhou, now that the two kids are getting engaged, you have to let all the neighbors know. Let us share in your good fortune!"

Aunt Li, seeing that the matter was settled, started chatting and laughing with Aunt Zhou.

"No problem. We’ll send out invitations. Anyone who’s free can come and celebrate with us."

Aunt Zhou was also in a great mood. Her daughter’s "big problem" was finally solved, and a weight was lifted from her mind.

Forget just inviting everyone to celebrate; she’d be happy to host a banquet for every single household.

"Well then, I’ll have to tell everyone the good news."

Hearing this, Aunt Li immediately broke into a smile.

The atmosphere at the table improved dramatically.

"Are you here for the dowry?"

Chen Shuwan put down her phone and asked Chen Mo in a low voice.

"I’m here for you."

Chen Mo replied with a perfectly straight face.

"Tch."

Chen Shuwan scoffed, picked up her phone, and ignored him.

’Here for me?’

’Not even a dog would believe that.’

But regardless of what Chen Mo was after, she didn’t care one bit.

After dinner, Old Chen and his wife enthusiastically saw Chen Mo and Aunt Li out the main gate.

Perhaps because they now considered Chen Mo their son-in-law-to-be, the more they looked at him, the more they liked what they saw.

"Chen Mo, we’ll be family soon. And since we live in the same villa community, you should come over more often. Join us for dinner."

Aunt Zhou directly invited Chen Mo to come over for meals regularly.

"Okay, I will."

Chen Mo gave a perfunctory reply.

Afterward, Chen Mo and Aunt Li left.

"Those two used to have average means. They’ve gotten rich over the years and their attitude has changed. They’re not bad people, just a bit obsessed with keeping up appearances."

"Chen Mo, I know you understood the undertones of what they were saying, but don’t take it to heart. Your life together is your own to live."

Aunt Li, recalling the undertones in the words of Old Chen and his wife at the start of dinner, was giving Chen Mo some heartfelt advice.

"Auntie, I know what I’m doing."

Chen Mo said, looking at Aunt Li gratefully.

"Good. In that case, I’ll be waiting for the wedding invitation."

"When I get back, I have to tell all the neighbors. I’m the one who made this match!"

The two of them chatted as they walked toward their respective homes.

When they reached the gate of Villa #6, Chen Mo waved to Aunt Li and went into his house.

’The betrothal gift has been sent. Now to sit back and wait for the jackpot.’

Chen Mo smiled, lay down on the sofa, and started scrolling through his phone.

He glanced at WeChat and saw that the message count in the villa owners’ group chat was steadily increasing.

’Looks like a lively chat.’

He tapped on it for a look and found that they were talking about him.

So he scrolled all the way to the top of the chat history.

"That outstanding young man I told you all about before? He’s engaged to the Chen Family’s daughter as of today."

Aunt Li had posted in the group.

Seeing this, Chen Mo couldn’t help but shake his head and smile. ’She must have started messaging the group the second she got home.’

"For real? That was fast!"

"@Old Chen, that was incredibly fast!"

"@Sister Zhou, congrats! Come play mahjong tomorrow and tell us all about it."

"How could it be fake? The young man already transferred the betrothal gift to Old Chen."

"He already paid the betrothal gift? Then it’s a done deal."

"I heard Old Chen say before that his family gives a dowry worth 10 times the betrothal gift, right?"

"@Sister Li, how much was the betrothal gift?"

"Not much, just 5 million."

"5 million? Doesn’t that mean the dowry will be 50 million? Old Chen is really sparing no expense to marry off his daughter, haha."

"@Old Chen, is what Shufang said true?"

Many people in the group started discussing it. This was mainly because Aunt Li was very popular in the villa community, and everyone knew her.

Plus, since she had mentioned matchmaking before, everyone was aware of the situation.

So now that they saw it being discussed in the group, they all chimed in to join the fun.

Usually, everyone was too busy, and few people chatted in the group.

"What Shufang said is all true. My son-in-law-to-be is the owner of Villa #8 in our community."

"The young man is very sincere and outstanding. He transferred 5 million to me today as the betrothal gift, which really surprised me, hahaha."

"I was just discussing with my wife what to prepare for the dowry, so I’m only just now looking at my phone."

"We’ll be inviting everyone to the wedding celebration. Anyone with time, please come and show your support!"

At this point, Old Chen also confirmed the matter in the group, and even mentioned the 5 million betrothal gift.

He saw Old Chen appear in the group chat and confirm it with his own words.

’Perfect!’

The corners of Chen Mo’s mouth curled up, and a broad smile spread across his face.