CHAPTER 264: CHAPTER 245 ATTENDING THE ENGAGEMENT BANQUET

Yuanfeng City, one of the coastal cities in Hua Country.

Although Yuanfeng City is by the sea, its economy is very backward.

Many people here still make a living from fishing.

Compared to the economic situation of the neighboring Binhai City, Yuanfeng City can be regarded as the poorest coastal city in Hua Country, with no competition.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that people here place great importance on money.

At this moment, in a rented apartment in Yuanfeng City, a fair-skinned and beautiful woman looked troubled and said:

"Tomorrow is the engagement banquet, but you are still short of more than 100,000 yuan."

The woman looked worriedly at the man she deeply loved beside her and asked:

"What now, is there a way?"

Although the young man looked very tired, he still wore a gentle smile and said:

"Don’t worry, I definitely won’t disappoint your father-in-law tomorrow."

After hearing this, the woman’s eyes lit up:

"You’ve gathered it all? How did you do it?"

At this moment, the man took out a card and waved it, saying:

"I just got 80,000 yuan, and I can borrow a little from friends to cover the rest."

"80,000 yuan!"

The woman was shocked and said:

"Where did you get this 80,000 yuan? Borrowed?"

No one knew this man, whom she had decided to spend her life with, better than she did.

The previous 300,000 plus was already his limit, and now this sudden 80,000 naturally made her suspicious of the means.

"I want to hear the truth!"

Faced with the woman who was about to become his fiancée, Shen Yanhua hesitated for a moment but then decided to speak truthfully:

"I signed a game guild, it’s my signing bonus."

"What? Signed a guild!"

After hearing this, the woman’s eyes widened in surprise and said:

"Didn’t you hate joining guilds the most, being at the mercy of others? Why did you suddenly sign with a guild?"

Facing his girlfriend’s doubts, Shen Yanhua seemed unconcerned and gave a wry smile, saying:

"Just felt like leaning on a big tree for support."

"Otherwise, now all the important resources in the game are occupied by major guilds, and there’s no future playing as a solo player."

"Besides, signing with a guild now got me 80,000, and I can get a fixed salary of 5,000 every month after that. Where else can you find such a good deal?"

After finishing, Shen Yanhua didn’t forget to reassure her:

"Don’t worry, I won’t do anything foolish."

After hearing Shen Yanhua’s words, the woman didn’t feel relieved at all. Instead, she looked at him seriously and asked:

"Is this your true feeling? Like when you tell me you love me every time."

Silence!

This sudden question left Shen Yanhua speechless, not knowing what to say.

Is it true?

Of course not.

If there was a choice, who would willingly bind the wings meant to soar to the ninth heaven and stay in a corner?

But when faced with the real problems at hand, the so-called freedom means nothing.

To present the promised 480,000 bride price at the engagement banquet and not let his woman be embarrassed in front of her family,

Shen Yanhua could only sell the ’freedom’ he longed for, for the money he desperately needed.

Besides, what Shen Yanhua said earlier was true.

Getting the signing bonus of 80,000 and a monthly 5,000 afterwards, perhaps this choice isn’t as bad as he imagined.

Looking at the silent man, Xu Yingjie also fell into silence.

After a while, the woman finally spoke slowly:

"For how many years is the contract?"

Shen Yanhua paused, then sighed:

"Three years."

The air in the room froze at that moment, and an oppressive atmosphere lingered between the two.

Just as Shen Yanhua was about to break the silence between them, the woman suddenly handed a card over and said:

"There’s 50,000 left of my savings in it, take it for now."

Looking at the card handed over by the woman, Shen Yanhua was stunned for a moment, then asked in confusion:

"Where did you get the money?"

Just as he knew her well, Shen Yanhua knew this woman in front of him just as clearly.

I had already taken 60,000 from her before, and with her family’s ’leeching’ over the years, how could she still have another 50,000 to give?

The woman’s bewilderment at Shen Yanhua’s questioning was evident as she stammered:

"I, I, I..."

Suddenly realizing something, Shen Yanhua turned and walked towards the woman’s vanity table.

"What are you doing, Hua?"

Without saying a word, Shen Yanhua opened the jewelry box inside, and sure enough, all the valuable jewelry had disappeared.

Staring blankly at the empty jewelry box.

At that moment, it felt like a sharp blade had been thrust into his chest, causing Shen Yanhua indescribable pain and discomfort.

Woodenly turning around, Shen Yanhua looked at the woman with emotion and said:

"Why are you so foolish, foolish woman."

Seeing that the matter had been exposed, the woman couldn’t help but sigh and said quietly:

"You know, Hua, I can’t be without you."

"But my father must see the 480,000 before he agrees to us, so..."

Shen Yanhua suddenly became emotional and shouted:

"So you pawned all your favorite jewelry?"

After speaking, Shen Yanhua sat on the bed, choking with sobs:

"Why did you go to such lengths?"

Compared to Shen Yanhua’s heartache, the woman seemed unfazed and said:

"This is just a loan from me; once you have money in the future, you must repay me with principal and interest, and buy me more and better jewelry."

After speaking, the woman unceremoniously shoved the card into the man’s hand:

"Since I chose you, no matter what I have to sacrifice, I will do so without regrets."

Perhaps not wanting the atmosphere to become too gloomy, before Shen Yanhua could speak, the woman suddenly changed the subject:

"Have you confirmed all the guests attending the engagement party tomorrow?"

"According to our customs here, you must bring eight people from your side."

Holding the warm card the woman handed over, Shen Yanhua’s emotions were hard to calm for a long time.

Hearing the woman’s question, Shen Yanhua had to collect himself and pull himself together.

At least she said one thing right!

Now that things have come to this, I will repay her a hundredfold, thousandfold, ten thousandfold for what she’s sacrificed for me when the time comes.

Hesitation and indecisiveness are not what a responsible man should have.

After readjusting his mindset, under the woman’s joyful gaze, Shen Yanhua calmly accepted the meaningful card and then said:

"You know it’s just my grandmother and me at home, so I might call some of my friends to make up the eight people tomorrow."

The woman didn’t mind and said:

"Hmm, as long as there are eight people."

"Several of my uncles will be there tomorrow, so I need to give you a heads-up about a few things."

Hearing this, Shen Yanhua directly interrupted the woman:

"I know, don’t mention games in front of your uncles."

The woman rolled her eyes flirtatiously and said:

"As long as you know!"

"My uncles are particularly obsessed with games, once they start talking it’s endless."

"We should finish the process as soon as possible and leave, to avoid any incidents, understand?"

Shen Yanhua smiled:

"Understood, I’ll do everything you say."

...

a.m.

The phone placed beside Fang Zhengrong’s pillow suddenly rang

In a daze, Fang Zhengrong picked up the phone and asked:

"Hello, who is this?"

A young voice came from the other end of the line:

"It’s me, Battle Song, remember?"

Upon hearing this voice, Fang Zhengrong was mostly awake.

He glanced at Chen Ping, who was sleeping soundly beside him, and then said:

"Hold on."

Fang Zhengrong tiptoed to the living room outside and asked:

"Looking for me so early, what’s up?"

The voice on the phone explained:

"Well, tomorrow Xiao He’s engagement party needs some people to have a full house, but someone suddenly had something come up and can’t make it."

"It happened out of the blue, and Xiao He can’t find a suitable person so quickly."

"So I thought of you, to see if you could fill in."

"It’s also a chance for the three of us to get together. Yuanfeng City isn’t far from you; should be able to make it by noon, right?"

Perhaps worried Fang Zhengrong would refuse, the voice added:

"Don’t worry, it won’t take much of your time; it should be over by two or three in the afternoon."

Hearing this, Fang Zhengrong hesitated for a moment, then said:

"I still need to talk to my boss; if he agrees, I can go."

"How about this, let me ask him first and then get back to you?"

"Alright, I’ll wait for your message. If you can’t come, it’s okay, but let me know early so I can find someone else."

"Mm, I’ll tell you soon whether I can go."

"Beep beep beep~"

Just as Fang Zhengrong hung up the phone, a voice suddenly popped up nearby:

"Your friend getting engaged?"

This sudden voice startled Fang Zhengrong:

"Who? Who’s there!"

"Bang!"

The light suddenly turned on, and it was Heaven-Gifted Ouyang Hao standing there with a water cup:

"Sorry, I just came down for a drink of water, not trying to eavesdrop on your call."

"Why don’t you use the lights?"

Fang Zhengrong, clutching his pounding heart, couldn’t help but gripe.

Ouyang Hao chuckled:

"Too lazy to turn it on."

With that, he gulped down the water from his cup, then said to Fang Zhengrong:

"Don’t worry, if you talk to Boss Feng about this, he’ll definitely let you go."

Just as Ouyang Hao was about to head upstairs, he suddenly turned around and said:

"Tell your friend, if they’re still short on people, let me go. Yuanfeng City’s seafood is quite good; haven’t had it in a while."

With that, he went thump thump thump up to the third floor:

"Remember!"

"Got it, got it, go to sleep."

By this time, Fang Zhengrong had already helplessly dialed Lin Yi’s number...

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Today’s update complete.