CHAPTER 367: CHAPTER 367: POWERFUL FAMILIES UNITE IN MARRIAGE, STRONG ALLIANCE

The marriage proposal had been made, and the ring was bought. Sheng Ting’s first matter of business after returning to C City was to make a trip home and have Situ Jing prepare for the formal engagement proposal.

A wedding ceremony was optional, but the necessary rituals still had to be observed.

It would be disrespectful to simply marry someone’s daughter without so much as a word.

It was a matter of honoring the bride’s family.

Situ Jing had been eagerly awaiting this day. Most of the preparations had already been made. Upon hearing that Shen Weiyi had accepted Sheng Ting’s proposal, Situ Jing and Mr. Shen set out early the next morning with gifts to visit the Shen Family.

In matters of marriage, it’s always joy for the groom’s family to add a member, but for the bride’s family, it was about sending off a daughter they had raised with great care.

The thought of the girl he had raised from infancy to adulthood getting married made Shen Juanzhi’s face grow long, and not even the sight of his future in-laws could elicit a smile from him.

But after all, it was that girl herself who had made the choice, and Shen Juanzhi, however begrudgingly he felt, had to accept it.

The night before, Sheng Ting and Situ Jing had mentioned that he and Shen Weiyi planned to register their marriage first and hold off on the wedding ceremony.

Situ Jing listened but didn’t fully take it in.

The young man had only mentioned holding off on the wedding, but he never said they couldn’t have an engagement banquet.

When it comes to marrying someone’s daughter, there’s no place for sneaking around.

They didn’t need to throw a city-rocking wedding of the century, but they at least had to invite all the necessary guests without fail.

Thus, in addition to discussing the engagement proposal, she was also here to talk about the engagement banquet preparations.

Shen Juanzhi was unaware of Shen Weiyi’s plans to register the marriage first and hold a ceremony later, and even had he known, he wouldn’t have agreed.

He wouldn’t allow his pampered daughter to marry without a proper ceremony, not simply wed off trivially.

A wedding wasn’t just a ceremony; it also represented the degree to which both families valued the marriage.

On this point, the parents from both sides were in agreement. Whether it was the engagement banquet or the wedding banquet, it had to be celebrated grandly.

After a brief discussion, the parents set the engagement banquet for one month later.

The wedding preparations and invitation distribution were proceeding smoothly and in an orderly fashion.

Everyone had received the happy news, except for the two main parties involved.

"Have you heard? The boss’s daughter is getting engaged."

"Where did you hear that?"

"You don’t need to worry about that. The news is reliable. The groom is the young master of the Shengshi Group."

"Is it the same Shengshi I know of? Aren’t they even more powerful than Shen Technology?"

"That’s what you call a powerful marriage alliance, a union of the strong!"

"..."

A new round of gossip unfolded in the restroom.

In less than half a day, the entire company knew about the boss’s daughter’s engagement.

In the office, colleagues gathered around Meng Qiao, all smiles.

"Congratulations, Qiaoqiao."

"Yeah, we heard the good news. Don’t forget to give us wedding candies when the time comes."

"How did you know?"

Meng Qiao had a boyfriend she had been dating for many years. They went abroad to study together and returned to the country together. He had indeed proposed to her recently, but she had just started working and was not planning to marry so soon, so she had yet to accept his proposal.

However, her relationship with her boyfriend was stable enough that marriage seemed eventual.

"Don’t hide it from us, we’ve all heard."

"Yeah, don’t worry, we know you want to keep it low-key. We won’t go spreading it around."

Meng Qiao had a vague feeling they had misunderstood something, but she didn’t clarify on the spot, simply thanking everyone with a smile and assuring them that if she did get engaged, she would indeed distribute wedding candies to everyone...