Chapter 1045: Mo Family Princess’s Marriage [47]

As soon as the granddaughter acted coquettishly, Elder Mo’s expression changed in a second, “Yebai, hurry and help Yiyi choose one.”

Mo Yaoxiong also hurried to speak, “Yebai, then you help Yiyi choose one.”

Xiao Yebai pursed his lips and finally reached out to take the brochure from the table.

His pair of fair and slender hands appeared like works of art as he sat there holding the brochure, calm and composed, with his eyes cast down, and wearing glasses, the whole person exuding a certain scholarly elegance.

Elder Chu watched and watched…

This Xiao Yebai indeed was good-looking, but!

He quickly firmed up his belief: his own grandson was the handsomest!

Moreover, whether in terms of family background, education, or career achievements, Axui was in no way inferior to this Xiao Yebai!

What’s more!

Axui was the man who was going to marry Mo Weiyi!

After doing some mental construction, Elder Chu elbowed his grandson, “Axui, you also give Yiyi some input, after all…”

You’re the groom.

The groom’s attires in these brochures are for you to wear!

Who knew Chu Xiuhuang simply threw him a sideway glance, “Isn’t someone already helping?”

Elder Chu was angry, “You…”

But he saw Xiao Yebai had already placed the brochure back on the coffee table.

Mo Weiyi’s eyes sparkled as she looked at him, “Xiaobai, have you chosen already?”

Xiao Yebai hummed in response, still with that cool and indifferent demeanor.

Mo Weiyi wasn’t annoyed and immediately reached out for the brochure and flipped through it from front to back…

“Which ones did you pick?”

She saw the same red circles she had drawn, without any new marks from him.

Xiao Yebai spoke concisely, “The last five.”

Hearing this, Chu Xiuhuang let out a “tsk.”

The other three elders present each had a different expression.

Mo Weiyi smiled sweetly again, “I knew it, then the last five it is. Daddy, help me remember, ok? I want to wear the last five gowns with the red circles.”

Mo Yaoxiong: “…Okay.”

Elder Chu wanted to speak, “Axui, you take another look…”

“No need, Grandpa.” With the same nonchalant attitude, Chu Xiuhuang continued, “Young Master Xiao is about the same height as me, what he likes, I should look very handsome in.”

Elder Chu glared fiercely at his grandson.

Am I worried about you not looking handsome?

You rascal, do you even realize that you’re the main character today? To actually have an outsider pick your wedding attire…

“Elder Chu.” Mo Weiyi’s sweet voice rang out.

Elder Chu nearly failed to maintain his expression, which turned into a very stiff smile, “Yiyi, what is it?”

“Elder Chu, are you not trusting my taste?” Mo Weiyi tilted her head to look at him, her pretty cat-like eyes looking pitiful.

“Not at all.” Elder Chu hurriedly denied, “As long as it’s what Yiyi likes, Axui will surely like it too, how could I not trust your judgment? I was just thinking…”

“That’s good.” Mo Weiyi’s mood brightened from stormy to sunny, clapping her little hands joyfully, “I knew Elder Chu was an enlightened parent, this makes me feel relieved.”

“Of course.” Being praised by his future granddaughter-in-law, Elder Chu was in high spirits, “Rest assured Yiyi, after you join our family, I will treasure you just like my own granddaughter…”

“Thank you, Grandpa Chu.” Mo Weiyi smiled warmly.

“What are you being polite for, child? From now on… just call me grandpa.” Seeing the old Master Chu so happy, who would remember his previous grievances?

Mo Weiyi nodded shyly, “Okay, Grandpa Chu.”

Watching Master Chu’s overjoyed expression, Chu Xiuhuang’s eyes twinkled with mischief, “What’s the next step in the process?”

Mo Yaoxiong was reminded, “Next are the wedding invitations.”

Grandfather Mo had already chosen one, “Yiyi, what do you think about this design?”

The wedding invitation was a bright red color, with a loving photograph of the couple on the cover, very festive and of high quality.

Mo Weiyi held it in his hand for a moment, his cat-like eyes moving swiftly before he passed the brochure back, “Xiaobai, you help me choose.”

Grandfather Mo: “…”

Everyone else: “…”

**

That’s how the discussion of the wedding details ended for the evening.

It was said to be a mutual consultation between the two families, but in the end, it was all Mo Weiyi…

Or, more accurately, it was decided by Xiao Yebai.

Because each time Mo Weiyi would ask for Xiao Yebai’s opinion, and aside from the first time when Xiao Yebai seemed somewhat unwilling, every time after that he would offer his views concisely. Mo Weiyi, always smiling warmly, would accept and tell Mo Yaoxiong to take note…

Master Chu’s smile froze as soon as they left the doors of the Mo Family estate. He couldn’t hold back anymore and slapped his grandson’s arm, “You little brat! Useless! I shouldn’t have come with you tonight! You’ve completely disgraced me!”

Chu Xiuhuang let out a “tsk,” “Grandpa, I’m driving; can you not hit me?”

“You’re really trying to make me lose my temper.” Master Chu tapped the back of his head, “I’m asking you, do you like Yiyi or not? Are you really going to marry her? How come I noticed you’ve been like sleepwalking all evening? Instead, it turned out that…”

Chu Xiuhuang waited expectantly, “Turned out to be what?”

“Turned out to be…”

That Xiao Yebai became the main character!

Master Chu stopped himself.

In the end, he swallowed his words, “I’m telling you, I’ve liked Yiyi since she was a child, and look how smart she is, even getting into Nancheng University. She’s not some delicate little princess; a girl like that is hard to find even if you’re searching with a lantern. You better take this to heart, did you hear me? Don’t treat her like those previous girlfriends of yours… otherwise, I won’t let you off easy!”

“Grandpa, why are you so worried?” Chu Xiuhuang still appeared carefree, “Tonight, the wedding date, venue, and all the details were settled, does the Mo Family look like they will back out…”

“Tsk tsk tsk!” Master Chu slapped him again, “You with the crow’s mouth! Shut up! How dare you… say that again! Say it one more time!”

“…” Chu Xiuhuang kept silent.

“Why aren’t you speaking?” Master Chu pointed at him.

Chu Xiuhuang gripped the steering wheel, “You just told me to shut up.”

Master Chu: “…You good-for-nothing!”

Chu Xiuhuang helplessly said, “Grandpa, it seems you’re really worried the Mo Family will back out…”

“How can I not be?” Master Chu glared, “It’s not easy to find a girl who doesn’t mind your messy private life, and you still don’t know how to treasure her… You deadbeat, you’re giving me such a headache! All my hair went gray because of you!”

Chu Xiuhuang glanced at the rearview mirror.

No wonder the old man always wore a Republic-era style felt hat whenever he went out.

So that’s the reason…

“That won’t do.” Master Chu quickly came up with a plan, “I need to call your great-uncle right away, to announce the news that the Chu Family is entering a marriage alliance with the Mo Family.”

The Chu Family is a family of scholars, engaged in cultural and literary careers for generations. Although Chu Xiuhuang is the sole heir of the third generation, Master Chu’s generation in the Chu Family still had a few distant relatives.

Among them, Chu Xiuhuang’s distant great-uncle currently holds a significant position at the Nancheng News Bureau and oversees the operations of many newspapers and magazines in Nancheng.

Chu Xiuhuang raised an eyebrow, “Grandpa, are you sure you want to do this?”

“Of course.” Old Master Chu had made up his mind, “Once the news of our families’ marriage alliance hits the headlines, the whole Nancheng will know that the Mo Family’s Little Princess will be my granddaughter-in-law, and you will be the Mo Family’s ironclad grandson-in-law. There’s no changing that.”

After saying that, he immediately picked up his cell phone and began making calls.

Chu Xiuhuang raised his eyebrows slightly but said nothing more.

And so.

The next morning, Mo Weiyi was lying at home, binge-watching dramas when his phone rang.

It was his good friend Su Wanwan, “Weiyi, you’re going to marry Chu Xiuhuang? Is it true or false? Why didn’t I know about this? And didn’t you say yesterday that something happened with Xiao Yebai… What are you thinking?”

Mo Weiyi pouted, “Oh, I was too busy yesterday, I forgot to mention this to you.”

“Holy shit, so it’s true?” Su Wanwan cursed, “But weren’t you dead set on marrying Xiao Yebai? And your relationship with Chu Xiuhuang… When did you two decide to get married? Don’t you hate him? Last time we met, I remember you seemed really impatient…”

“I don’t want to marry him,” said Mo Weiyi, cutting her off calmly.

Su Wanwan: “What do you mean?”

“I did it on purpose,” Mo Weiyi said, “Xiaobai was so cold after waking up yesterday, and I waited at home for him all day. He didn’t call me, nor did he send any messages, so I just went ahead with the original plan.”

“The original plan? What do you mean? What exactly do you want to do?” Su Wanwan was frantic.

“It’s just like what you’re thinking,” Mo Weiyi replied in the same calm tone, “I just wanted to sleep with Xiaobai first, turn the raw rice into cooked rice, and then if he agrees to marry me, I’d marry him…”

“You’re insane!” Su Wanwan interrupted, “Yesterday when you told me about sleeping with him, I felt something was off, and now you’re pulling this stunt…”

“Yeah,” Mo Weiyi laughed, “Wanwan, now I know, Xiao Yebai really doesn’t want to marry me…”

“If he doesn’t want to marry you, why did he touch you that night?” Su Wanwan ground her teeth, “This scumbag! Men are all the same! Clearly not liking you, not wanting to marry you, not wanting to be responsible for you, and yet he dared do that with you…”

“Cough cough,” Mo Weiyi cleared her throat, “It’s okay, anyway… I’ve liked him for so many years, it’s not a loss to do it once before marrying someone else…”

“Not a loss, my ass!” Su Wanwan was speechless, “Your first time given away so senselessly, are you stupid? The most important thing is, you didn’t even discuss it with me?!”

“That’s because you definitely wouldn’t agree…”

“Of course I wouldn’t agree!” Su Wanwan was outraged, “No matter how much you like Xiao Yebai, you’re first and foremost an independent individual; you can’t disrespect yourself like this for a man! I never agreed with you always chasing after him, and now look at what happened. He got you, and what’s the result? Isn’t it still the same as before? Mo Xiaose, you really want to drive me crazy. It was okay when you joked about it before, but what now? Are you really going to marry that Chu Xiuhuang?”

“…” Mo Weiyi fell silent.

“Just as I thought, you don’t want to marry!” Su Wanwan blurted angrily, “But the news about you marrying Chu Xiuhuang has already been published in the newspapers, and it’s online too. Just now, downstairs, I heard my grandfather saying the Chu Family has booked Nancheng TV station for an entire month to hype it up… The Chu and Mo Families are well-known; you’re now… I want to see how you’ll deal with this!”

Mo Weiyi continued to be silent.

Until Su Wanwan sighed, “See, you regret it now, don’t you…”

“Then just marry Chu Xiuhuang,” Mo Weiyi suddenly spoke.

Su Wanwan was taken aback, “What did you say?”

“Then just marry Chu Xiuhuang,” Mo Weiyi repeated, starting to laugh, “After all, apart from Xiaobai, isn’t marrying anyone else the same?”

Now it was Su Wanwan’s turn to fall silent.

“All right,” Mo Weiyi continued to laugh, “Wanwan, we agreed that you wouldn’t leave until after my wedding, so you have to keep me company these days. You know, trying on wedding dresses, toast dresses, reception dresses, and also your bridesmaid dress, you have to accompany me for all of it.”

Su Wanwan: “You’re still in the mood to try on wedding dresses?”

“Of course, I have to. After all…” Mo Weiyi chuckled mischievously, “Xiaobai helped me pick out all these dresses.”

Su Wanwan: “???” It was outrageous!

**

The impending marriage union of two major powerhouses, the Chu and Mo Families, quickly spread through the media and became the talk of the town among Nancheng’s high society. Naturally, the Mo Family, as one of the parties involved, was filled with an air of joy, as if a good event was on the horizon.

Even in Mo Group, people started gossiping.

“Have you heard? Our Mo Family’s Little Princess is getting married to the young master of the Chu Family.”

“Didn’t the Little Princess just finish her college entrance exams? She’s getting married so young?”

“Ugh, these powerful and prestigious families have arranged marriages set up from way back, mutually beneficial, you know, win-win.”

“That’s for sure.” The gossip-loving female colleague nodded, “Plus, that Chu guy is pretty handsome, and he matches our Little Princess quite well.”

“It’s a good match, indeed, just that…” the male colleague covered his mouth, lowering his voice, “his private life’s a mess! Previously he was on the gossip news every day for taking different women to hotel rooms! And it was always a different girlfriend each time! He’s not at all the kind of reliable guy you’d entrust yourself to!”

“Really?”

“But he does know how to make money, and he’s also into investing. Not long ago, he even snatched a project right from under our Mr. Xiao’s nose.”

“You’re talking about… that Wu’s Enterprises case…?”

“Right.” The male colleague shook his head, “I heard some gossip before. Mr. Mo really wanted to turn his adopted son into his son-in-law, but now Mr. Xiao has not only lost the case, but it seems he’s lost his wife as well…”

“Cough, cough! Cough cough cough!” Zhong Kai coughed forcefully.

The colleagues taking advantage of the lunch break to gossip looked up.

Upon seeing Mr. Xiao, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, walking in from outside…

Everyone’s faces turned to horror, hurriedly bowing their heads, some clicking their mice, others booting up computers, and a few quickly tidied up their lunch takeout and dumped it into the trash bins…

Xiao Yebai was expressionless, his steps cold and indifferent as he passed along the corridor and finally entered his office.

With a “snap,” the door closed.

“Holy shit, that scared me to death!”

“I’m sweating all over my back…”

“It’s all your fault! Why would you say something like that?”

“What did I say? It’s something I heard from others…”

“Assistant Zhong, next time Mr. Xiao comes back can you please send out a message in the group chat beforehand?” a female colleague looked reproachfully at Zhong Kai.

Zhong Kai was speechless, “Am I an Immortal? Can I predict the future? How would I know you dare to talk about anything in the office?”

He pointed at the male colleague, “And you, gossiping is fine, but you even dare to gossip about Mr. Xiao? Do you no longer wish to work here?”

The male colleague looked aggrieved, “Assistant Zhong, I remember… wasn’t it you who said that Mr. Mo wanted Mr. Xiao as his eminent son-in-law…”

Zhong Kai: “???”

Did I say that?

“Don’t you remember?” The male colleague shouted, “When you transferred to work for Mr. Xiao half a year ago, one night when you were drinking, you said it, I even have a witness, if you don’t believe me…”

“Shut up!” Zhong Kai cut him off, “You believe the drunken babble I said when I was drunk?”

He warned, “In any case, from now on, any gossip about Mr. Xiao is strictly forbidden from spreading! Otherwise… I can’t protect you all!”

…

The time to resume work in the afternoon arrived, and the office area returned to quiet.

Zhong Kai sat in his little office, his eyes on the computer, but his mind was a whirlwind of thoughts…

He remembered over half a year ago, when he had just switched teams to assist Mr. Xiao…

They were handing out flyers in the outdoor plaza back then, and that was also the first time he saw the Mo Family Little Princess, such a beautiful and perfect girl, with eyes full of infatuation and adoration for a certain someone.

Although Mr. Xiao acted very cold then, he felt that for a girl who liked him so much, it would be hard for any man to ruthlessly reject her, right?

And to be honest, aside from Mr. Xiao’s personal abilities, Mo Weiyi’s feelings for Xiao Yebai were also one of the reasons he continued to firmly stay on.

And indeed, it turned out to be true. Mr. Xiao’s cases were extremely successful, and the company began to promote him steadily, now serving as the deputy head of the department. He even felt that in at most another six months, Mr. Xiao would become the manager of the investment department and, in the future, an important decision-maker for the entire group…

All of this, of course, had a lot to do with Mo Weiyi.

Because as the only daughter of the Mo Family, her future husband would naturally become the sole successor of the Mo Group.

Zhong Kai had always felt that Xiao Yebai would be the one, but why now…