Lu Chuanbai wrinkled his face. He felt light-headed, as if the drink had really taken effect.
Lu Chuanbai exhaled a puff of alcohol and placed the bottle on the table. Seemingly due to a psychological effect, the tremor in his hand had subsided a lot.
"This is the only decent thing you've done," Lu Chuanbai sighed.
Lu Fenglin expressionlessly put away the wine. "Don't blame me if you vomit at the wedding."
"Don't say such inauspicious things."
Lu Chuanbai glared at Lu Fenglin and glanced up at the clock on the wall. It was time to get ready to fetch the bride.
The wedding of Lu Chuanbai and Xu Qingqing had attracted national attention. Everyone was eager to see how grand the wedding of the country's richest man and the rising star in the archaeological field would be.
And Lu Chuanbai didn't disappoint the media. The wedding escort motorcade alone consisted of 66 luxury cars, all limited editions and part of Lu Chuanbai's collection.
They finally found their use on this wedding day.
On both sides of the road for the wedding escort, there were not only people holding up their phones to record but also reporters with long - barreled cameras on their shoulders.
Some reporters even used video - recording drones to capture all the luxury cars in the escort.
The luxury cars pulled up downstairs at the Xu family's place. Lu Chuanbai led Lu Fenglin inside to fetch the bride.
The bridesmaids that Xu Qingqing had arranged in advance blocked the door of the room, not allowing Lu Chuanbai to enter easily.
Sun Xinrong, Xu Qingqing's good friend from school days, blocked the door and shouted outside.
"I can't let you marry my best friend so easily. You have to stuff in more red envelopes at least!"
Lu Chuanbai nodded with a smile in his eyes and took out the pre - prepared red envelopes from his pocket, stuffing them through the crack in the door.
Sun Xinrong saw the five or six red envelopes coming through the crack and quickly picked them up. They were so heavy that she almost dropped them.
"How much money is in here? It's so heavy!"
Sun Xinrong picked up the red envelopes and distributed them to Jing Zhen and Xiao He. When they opened the red envelopes, they were instantly shocked. Inside were not RMB but shiny gold bars.
"Damn it!"
Sun Xinrong, dressed in a cyan gauze dress looking ethereal, blurted out an inappropriate swear word when she saw the two gold bars in the red envelope.
Sun Xinrong glanced at the others' red envelopes. They were all filled with gold bars.
Xiao He and Jing Zhen were also stunned. They didn't expect Lu Chuanbai to be so generous, directly giving out gold.
"Can we... accept these?"
Lu Fenglin held the gold bar in his hand, feeling tempted but also a bit at a loss. He looked at Xu Qingqing on the bed.
Xu Qingqing burst out laughing. Her amorous peach - blossom eyes were as warm as the peach blossoms in April.
"These are Chuanbai's tokens of affection. You should just accept them."
Only then did Jing Zhen and the others blushingly stuff the gold bars into their pockets, secretly cheering in their hearts for this great gain.
Hearing the silence inside, Lu Chuanbai outside immediately knocked on the door. "Can you let me fetch the bride now?"
Sun Xinrong, who had been greatly impacted by the huge fortune, was about to open the door for Lu Chuanbai. Fortunately, the clear - headed Xiao He held onto the doorknob.
"We're not the kind of people who are blinded by money. We can't let the groom fetch the bride so quickly. We should at least give him a hard time."
"I! I have an idea!" Xu An'an raised her hand excitedly, offering a plan.
"Okay, then you tell us." Xiao He picked up Xu An'an and brought her to the peephole.
Lu Chuanbai, who was lying against the door, heard Xu An'an's voice and asked with a mix of amusement and helplessness.
"An'an, instead of helping Dad get Mom out, you're giving Dad a hard time. I'll spank your bottom after the wedding."
Xu An'an proudly raised her little eyebrows and spoke sensibly.
"Dad, Mom is a one - of - a - kind treasure. How can I let you marry Mom so easily? Of course, I have to give you a little test."
"Okay, what's the test?"
Hearing the little hint of pride in Xu An'an's tone, the smile on Lu Chuanbai's lips became even more indulgent.
"You have to pinch your nose with your hand and imitate an elephant, spinning around in place ten times."
Xu An'an acted like a little adult, lying against the peephole to observe Lu Chuanbai's performance.
Lu Chuanbai nodded in agreement and obediently pinched his nose and bent down to spin around in place.
There was a glint of schadenfreude in Lu Fenglin's eyes.
It was the first time he had seen Lu Chuanbai so submissive. He couldn't let this good opportunity go to waste.
Just as Lu Fenglin was about to take out his phone to record, Xu An'an knocked on the door dissatisfiedly.
"Uncle Fenglin can't be lazy either. You have to spin around ten times just like Dad."
The smile on Lu Fenglin's face froze instantly. He bargained with Xu An'an.
"What does this have to do with me? I'm not going to do such a thing."
There were relatives and friends of both families watching downstairs. It was enough for Lu Chuanbai to make a fool of himself.
"No way."
Xu An'an refused mercilessly and said matter - of - factly.
"Uncle Lu Fenglin is on Dad's side now. Of course, you should share the hardships and blessings. If Uncle Lu Fenglin doesn't do it, then Dad can't come in either."
Hearing this, Lu Chuanbai stopped spinning and stared at Lu Fenglin helplessly. He pulled Lu Fenglin's hand to his nose.
"Now we're in the same boat. You should just bear with it a little."
"Just this once."
Lu Fenglin gritted his teeth and closed his eyes, imitating Lu Chuanbai's movements and spinning around ten times, swinging his arms.
The people in the room were all laughing out loud.
After Lu Chuanbai and Lu Fenglin finished spinning around dizzily and straightened up, they thought they could finally enter the room and see the bride.
But then it was Xu Yiyi's turn to set a question. Xu Yiyi took out a piece of paper with the question written on it and stuffed it through the crack in the door. He shouted in his clear childish voice.
"Dad, Uncle Fenglin, this is the question I've set for you. You can only move on to the next level if you answer the question correctly."
Hearing that they still had to answer a question, Lu Fenglin looked at Lu Chuanbai with a pained expression. "What kind of little demons did you give birth to? They're so troublesome."
"Can't help it. Just answer the question obediently."
Lu Chuanbai also shook his head with a smile and obediently bent down to pick up the paper on the ground. There was a math Olympiad question on it.
This question was quite difficult for Xu Yiyi, who was in kindergarten, but it was nothing in front of Lu Chuanbai and Lu Fenglin, two top students from university.
Lu Chuanbai glanced at the question and started calculating in his mind.
Lu Fenglin used his finger as a pen and gestured on the wall a couple of times. A few seconds later, the two looked at each other and saw the confident smiles in each other's eyes.
"The answer is 2.35."
"2.35."
The two said the answer in unison. Xu Yiyi didn't expect them to solve it so quickly. He scratched his head in annoyance.
"Damn it. I shouldn't have set a question for Dad and Uncle Lu Fenglin!"
Xu An'an sighed when she saw Xu Yiyi looking so disappointed.
"Brother should have given them a hard time physically like I did. This kind of little question is nothing in front of Dad and Uncle Lu."
Sun Xinrong patted Xu Yiyi's shoulder comfortingly. She looked at Xu Qingqing and grinned.
"Qingqing, it's time for the difficult question we discussed at the beginning. You should get out of bed quickly."