Flash Marriage

Chapter 14: The Proposal Party Arrives

Gu Xixi didn’t dare rest for a moment. She hurried to the gate to greet the guests.

As she reached the entrance, she saw a black Volkswagen Santana 2000 parked ostentatiously, blocking the Gu family's doorway.

Gu Xixi frowned slightly. The car parked like this would inconvenience everyone coming and going.

Before she could even speak, the driver revved the engine loudly after parking, flaunting his presence.

Just a Santana 2000? Was that really worth showing off?

Even her colleagues at work didn’t own cars worth less than two hundred thousand yuan. As they often said, driving a car under that price was an insult to their status as employees of the Yin Group!

Gu Xixi watched as a tall, lanky young man stepped out of the driver's seat. Dressed in cheap knock-offs worth no more than three hundred yuan, he addressed his mother, who was plump as a ball, with an arrogant air: "So this is Gu Zhenzhen’s place. Mom, are we really giving thirty thousand in bride price?"

The mother, shaped like a sphere, smiled smugly. "Thirty thousand is plenty! Money’s hard to come by these days! Don’t worry about how much we give now; it’ll all come back to us eventually! Besides, once we pay the bride price, won’t their family have to provide a dowry?"

What calculating minds!

Not even married yet, and already scheming!

"Auntie, hello. I’m Gu Zhenzhen’s older sister. Grandmother asked me to wait here specifically for you. Please, this way." Gu Xixi stepped forward, pretending she hadn’t heard their conversation, and greeted them politely.

The spherical mother merely snorted through her nose, ignoring Gu Xixi as she strode forward. The young man, however, gave Gu Xixi a careful once-over.

Gu Xixi led the guests inside. The moment they entered, her uncle and aunt shoved her aside, rendering her invisible.

Grandmother Gu, along with the uncle and aunt, showered the prospective in-laws with enthusiasm, barking orders at Gu Xixi’s mother to serve tea and water as if she were a servant.

Gu Xixi’s heart ached for her mother. Before her mother could move, Gu Xixi had already fetched the tea and served it.

When the man’s family proposed a bride price of thirty thousand yuan, Gu Zhenzhen shot a look of triumph at Gu Xixi.

In their area, the standard bride price was usually twenty-one thousand eight hundred yuan. The man’s family offering thirty thousand made the Gu family feel immensely flattered, and they treated the guests with even greater deference.

Gu Xixi and her mother stood to the side. They weren’t even offered seats, let alone a sip of tea.

No sooner had Gu Xixi served the tea than Gu Zhenzhen’s parents ordered her to go help cook in the kitchen.

In her nervousness, Gu Xixi’s mother accidentally dropped and shattered a teacup. Before she could apologize, Grandmother Gu snatched up another cup and hurled it at her: "Such a good day, and you have to ruin it! What sin did the Gu family commit to bring a woman like you into our home? Don’t have Zhenzhen’s pretty face, yet you want Zhenzhen’s fate? Shameless! Zhenzhen has the skill to get pregnant by a rich man! Go ahead, you try and get pregnant! So ugly, finally found a decent catch, only for him to run off sleeping with some tramp! All for nothing, wasn’t it? The Gu family is cursed for eight generations! First we get a chicken that can’t lay eggs, then you drag back a shameless s**t! We’re truly damned!"

Gu Xixi reacted swiftly, yanking her mother out of the way.

The teacup crashed to the floor, shattering instantly!

Seeing Gu Xixi and her mother dare to dodge, Grandmother Gu’s fury erupted. She grabbed her walking stick, ready to strike their heads.

At that precise moment, someone began frantically pounding on the Gu family gate: "Grandma Gu! Good news! Congratulations to the Gu family!"

What was happening? That sounded like the village chief!

The man’s family preened, thinking perhaps their arrival by car had become the talk of the village, bringing well-wishers. See? Arriving by car really makes an impression!

Grandmother Gu, suddenly spry, rushed out and opened the gate. "Village Chief! What brings you here?"

The village chief was so excited he could barely speak! He grabbed Grandma Gu’s arm. "Grandma Gu! You’re blessed! Your granddaughter found an amazing son-in-law! The Gu family is about to prosper! This is heavenly fortune! Eight generations of ancestors must have done great deeds to earn such blessings in this lifetime!"

Grandma Gu, assuming he meant Gu Zhenzhen, beamed. "Yes, yes! My Zhenzhen is certainly blessed!"

"No, no! Not Zhenzhen! It’s Xixi!" the village chief hurriedly corrected. "I saw so many luxury cars! Cars I’ve never even seen in my life! They brought mountains of gifts and were asking around the village for the Gu family! They said they’re here to propose marriage!"

What? Luxury cars? Mountains of gifts?

Everyone present thought they’d misheard!

Gu Xixi’s expression shifted slightly. They’d arrived… so soon?

Just then, a long procession of luxury cars appeared in the distance, approaching slowly.

Leading the convoy was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, followed by a parade of the world’s most prestigious marques: Bentley, Maybach, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Aston Martin, and countless others.