Mingrui took a breath, and with a little force, he pulled Xu Zhiyi to his side and quickly placed a kiss on her smooth forehead, like a dragonfly touching water.
Xu Zhiyi forgot to breathe and held his breath, suddenly his big peach blossom eyes flashed, and his thick and long eyelashes were like frightened butterflies, trembling slightly in panic.
The tips of Mingrui's ears turned red, and he took a deep breath, with a smile on his lips, and pulled Xu Zhiyi downstairs.
The five people who were facing the door of the building saw Mingrui walking over holding Xu Zhiyi's hand. When he walked out of the door of the building, he naturally let go of Xu Zhiyi's hand, glanced at her, and joined his team.
Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan had their backs to the door of the building and did not see it.
After seeing off a group of six people, Xu Cheng's family went upstairs.
Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan walked in front and chatted. Xu Zhiyi followed them without saying a word.
She was a little dizzy.
As soon as she entered the door, Li Zijuan changed into slippers and wondered:
"A-Cheng, you said that for the Ming family, even if the betrothal gift is to be made up, it can be made up tomorrow before the betrothal gift. Why do you have to come here so late?"
Xu Cheng put on his slippers and walked to the living room, "I can't figure it out, but he's already here, so I don't care about him. I haven't had time to look at the betrothal gift book yet, so I don't know what he was given."
Li Zijuan started to clear the coffee table and said casually:
"What else can the betrothal gift be? It's nothing more than cigarettes, alcohol, sugar, etc. Let's keep these things for entertaining guests in the past few days."
Xu Zhiyi was uneasy, thinking that the betrothal gifts and other gifts were all decided by his parents, and was not interested, so he said hello and went back to the house.
As soon as she entered the house, the WeChat notification sounded. She clicked on it and saw a message from Octavia.
[Zhiyi, I took advantage of public service today and it was worth it. 】
Xu Zhiyi's mind was confused by the kiss. He couldn't understand what it meant. He frowned and stared at the phone screen in confusion, forgetting to reply to him.
Maybe he couldn't wait for her reply. After a while, Octavia's message came again.
[I am very happy to meet you by borrowing my name. Good night, Zhiyi. 】
Xu Zhiyi came back to his senses, and after thinking about it for a while, he suddenly realized.
She had to resign tonight because Octavia wanted to see her.
Xu Zhiyi felt sweet and warm in her heart, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously raised, saying to him:
[It was an unexpected surprise for me to see Brother Mingrui tonight. Good night, sweet dreams. 】
It's really late, it's already 11:30.
Xu Zhiyi lay on his back on the bed, staring at the incandescent lights on the ceiling, giggling and dazed for a while, then got up and prepared to wash up and go to bed.
When she walked out of the house, she saw Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan sitting on the three-person sofa, their heads together, staring motionlessly at the red-bottomed betrothal gift book.
It felt like I was stuck in something, something felt wrong.
Xu Zhiyi walked over in confusion and shouted: "Dad, Mom, what's wrong?"
The two of them came to an understanding at once and looked up at Xu Zhiyi at the same time. Their expressions were indescribable, including shock, confusion, surprise, worry, and doubt.
Xu Zhiyi became nervous and quickly sat next to Li Zijuan, "What's wrong? What happened?"
Li Zijuan and Xu Cheng sighed, handed her the betrothal gift book, and said, "Take a look at it yourself, be calm, and don't yell any more later."
Xu Zhiyi looked puzzled as he took the betrothal gift book and focused his gaze on it.
"I am very happy that today I have promised to marry my two families. We have a good match, we have met and fallen in love, and we will live together for the rest of our lives. To show our sincerity, I am making this offer to marry my eldest daughter, Zhiyi. The list of betrothal gifts is as follows:
1. A glass jade bracelet, a pair of jade gourd earrings, a ruby necklace, and a ruby ring;
2,……
3.……
…………
At the end, Xu Zhiyi's eyes widened. After a long time, he raised his head, looked at Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan, and whispered: "Dad, Mom, this..."
She didn't know what to say.
The two people didn't know what to say.
The three of them stared at each other for a long time, and then they all looked at the betrothal gift book again and again.
"This, this is too much..." Xu Cheng smacked his lips.
Li Zijuan shook her head and muttered: "It's not too much, yes, it's too much..."
Xu Zhiyi bit her finger unconsciously, looking confused, "Is this all for me?"
Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan looked at her and nodded solemnly, "Well, Octavia gave it to you."
Xu Zhiyi felt confused, "You gave me so many valuable things, where should I put them? Put them in my house. If there is no one at home, will they be stolen?"
Li Zijuan took a breath and became worried, "The girl is right. If I really want to leave the house, I have to guard it all the time. I can't even leave the door. How can that be done? I at least have to go out to buy groceries, otherwise the whole family will eat What?"
At this moment, Xu Cheng had calmed down, put away the betrothal gift book, thought for a moment, and said:
"That's all for later, let's not talk about it for now. Don't tell people like Jianguo and Xiaowei about the betrothal gift given by the Ming family, so as not to have other evil thoughts and cause trouble in the family."
Li Zijuan nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, I definitely won't say it."
The three of them finished washing in silence and went back to the house to rest.
Xu Zhian came home at one o'clock in the morning. When he opened the door, he found that the lights in both bedrooms were on. Hearing the sound of the door opening, the three people in the room all went out to greet him.
He was startled.
In the past, when he came back at this time, only Li Zijuan would come out to greet him.
"What's wrong with you? Who is coming to our house to make trouble again?"
The three of them shook their heads.
Li Zijuan asked him: "Xiao An, are you hungry? Do you want to eat something more?"
Xu Zhian walked into the bathroom and washed his face, "I'm not hungry. Mom, sister, you guys should rest quickly. I'll wash my feet and go to bed."
When Xu Cheng heard this, he didn't even call him, and seemed to be angry with him.
Xu Zhiyi looked at Xu Zhian and hesitated to speak. He stood at the door of his bedroom for a long time before entering the room.
She wanted to tell him about the Ming family's layoff tonight, but considering that he would still be at work tomorrow morning, if she told him now, he would have trouble sleeping just like the three of them.
Forget it, let him go.
Let the three of them bear the stimulation, and stimulate him again after he gets off work tomorrow.
Tonight is really long.
At ten o'clock the next day, the Xu family welcomed six people from the Ming family, but the matchmaker was replaced by Feng Xuexiang.
Those present from the Xu family included Xu Cheng and his wife, Su Jianguo and Xu Wei.
Xu Cheng did not let the others come over.
One is that the place is small, and the other is that there are too many people to cause trouble.
If it weren't for the rules, he wouldn't want these two people to come.
Early in the morning, with two puffy eyes, Xu Zhiyi went to her sister-in-law Xu Hong's house to catch up on her sleep.
When it comes to the bride price, the married daughter cannot be present.
In the afternoon, she and Octavia were going to try on engagement clothes. If she didn't catch up on her sleep, how bad would her face be.
Su Jianguo and Xu Wei had not completely given up, and they had agreed in private that if the Ming family saw the amount of the gift and disagreed, they would sing along, forcing Xu Cheng and his wife to change their tune on the spot.
They didn't believe that Xu Cheng and Li Zijuan would blush with them in front of the Ming family.
Xu Cheng cares about face most, and he will never let outsiders know about family disputes.
