Chapter 24 Dowry
Yuan Xi was so angry when he heard Chu Yan's words that he laughed: "Let me hide? Chu Yan, do you know why we are holding this banquet today?"

Chu Lin frowned and instructed the party planner beside him: "Quickly remove all the roses and contact major flower shops to see if other flowers can be used as substitutes. Don't worry about the price. Thank you for your hard work."

The planner said, "I'll get it done right away."

Chu Yan frowned, "I spent several nights to create this rendering. It will look so ugly if I change it to other flowers! If others see that I made my sister's homecoming party so ugly, they will think I deliberately hate my sister!"

Yuan Xi: "If you ask me to hide and not go out, does that mean I am not deliberately annoying you?"

Chu Yan stamped her feet and said, "I didn't mean to hate you at all. If I hated you, would I have spent so much time and energy taking care of all the big and small matters of the Homecoming Banquet?
You asked me to find a class to attend before, but you don't understand our circle at all. Organizing a banquet is much more difficult than going to work. I spent so much energy...

I have put so much effort into this for you. The design drawings of these flowers were drawn by me and the planner. I don't know how many nights I have stayed up for this. And you actually said that I deliberately hated you?"

Chu Yan's tears rolled down her face.

Chu Lin said, "Okay, okay, don't cry today. Yuan Xi, we didn't know you were allergic to pollen, and Yan Yan didn't expect you to be allergic to pollen. Now just take down all the roses and replace them with other flowers. Let's go inside."

Chu Yan wiped her tears and pulled Yuan Xi's arm aggrievedly: "I'll take you to get your hair done."

Yuan Xi calmly pulled his arm out of Chu Yan's hand and walked into the house.

Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyan walked into the house. Yang Ying and Chu Qing were contacting important guests.

"Dad, mom."

Huo Shiyan also followed Yuan Xi and shouted, "Dad, Mom."

Yang Ying was very nervous when she saw Yuan Xi wearing a mask: "What's wrong? Xin'er, are you sick?"

Chu Yan spoke before Yuan Xi, tears falling from her eyes. "Mom, it's all my fault. I didn't even ask if my sister was allergic to rose pollen. I just used roses on my own initiative... I really didn't mean to hate my sister. I just wanted to give my sister a grand homecoming banquet, so I spent so much effort to decorate it with so many flowers."

"Don't cry, don't cry, it's not your fault."

Chu Qing said, "It's not a big deal. Just contact the flower shop or wholesale market and ask them to send flowers that Xin'er is not allergic to. It's inevitable that something will go wrong when holding a banquet."

When Yuan Xi heard the word "yaogezi", he sneered.

Huo Shiyan held Yuan Xi's hand.

Yang Ying asked, "Do you have any allergy medicine? I'll ask Aunt Zhang to buy some?"

Yuan Xi said: "No, sorry to bother Aunt Zhang, loratadine will be fine."

Yang Ying looked at Huo Shiyan next to Yuan Xi, "Last time at someone else's wedding, I didn't ask in detail. John, you are in construction, what projects do you work on?"

"We are currently working on the demolition project at Ruo Lake."

Yang Ying frowned slightly and said, "John, since you are married to our Xin'er, I will tell you straight, Xin'er and Yanyan are both our daughters. We have prepared a villa worth 100 million yuan, a large flat in River View No. 1 worth 80 million yuan, 100 million yuan in cash, and 1 billion yuan in shares for Yanyan as a dowry.

We owe Xin'er a lot, and we should give her a bigger dowry. But you should also know the gap between you and Bo Fan.

I cannot trust you yet. I will keep the dowry for Xin'er for the time being. I hope you can come to our Chu Neng Group and let us see your efforts. When we recognize you, I will give you the dowry for Xin'er..."

Yuan Xi said: "No, Mom, I don't need these dowries, and John will not go to Chu Neng Group."

Yuan Xi understood that Yang Ying was afraid that she would find a gigolo who would live off her and spend money extravagantly.

Yang Ying was afraid that Huo Shiyan would take a share of her property. This is indeed something many mothers would consider for their daughters, and there is nothing wrong with Yang Ying's behavior.

However, Huo Shiyan's assets are several times that of the Chu family. Huo Shiyan's assets after marriage will be much more than hers. He is not on guard against me, so it is ridiculous for me to be on guard against Huo Shiyan.

Yang Ying frowned and said, "Xin'er, you can't just think about him because he's good-looking... How do you young people say that?"

Chu Lin said, "He's in love." Yang Ying said, "Xin'er, Mommy is really thinking about you. If he doesn't want to join Chu Neng Group, then we can sign a prenuptial agreement. If we divorce, the assets after marriage cannot be divided equally."

Huo Shiyan assured in a deep voice: "Mom, Yuan Xi and I will never get divorced, not in this life!"

Chu Yan whispered: "I'm sure you won't want to get divorced."

A rural man hooked up with the daughter of the richest man, and neither of them was willing to divorce and let go.

Yuan Xi whispered, "Mom, there is no need to sign this agreement. I believe Huo... John, as for you, you don't need to give me a dowry."

Yang Ying was obviously annoyed, "If you don't want a dowry, are you planning to live in the village until your child is born?"

"The village is pretty good." Yuan Xi said, "It's no worse than the villas in the city center."

Chu Linlian intervened and said, "Mom...let Xin'er put on makeup and style her hair first."

Yuan Xi felt a soreness in her throat. She covered her hands with her hands and ran to the bathroom to vomit.

Yang Ying followed and looked at Yuan Xi with heartache, "When I was pregnant with your brother, I also vomited a lot. When I was pregnant with you, you were very well behaved and rarely made me vomit. I knew at that time that it must be a girl."

After rinsing his mouth, Yuan Xi took the wet tissue handed to him by Yang Ying and wiped it gently.

Yang Ying said: "You will still get the dowry you deserve. The Chu family doesn't lack it, but you have to be more careful about John. Go get your hair done."

Yuan Xi gently stroked her belly and was led by Yang Ying's hand to the guest room nearby to do her hairstyle.

Yang Ying instructed the stylist, "She's pregnant, so try not to use hairspray or anything like that, and use the special makeup I made for you."

"Okay, Mrs. Chu."

……

It was three hours later when Yuan Xi finished her styling.

Guests arrived one after another in the afternoon.

Before Yuan Xi had time to change into her haute couture dress, she received a call from Chen Yuan, saying that they would be there soon.

Yuan Xi went to the gate of the manor to look for them.

"Wow, Yanyan, isn't this Elie Saab's new haute couture outfit? You got it so quickly?"

Chu Yan raised her neck and said proudly: "This dress is so hard to buy. I flew to Dubai twice to get it, but it's worth it. This high-end dress is so beautiful."

"That is to say, Yanyan, you always wear the latest high-end fashion for the first time at the banquet. The dress is indeed beautiful, and you are even more beautiful."

"Yes, it has to be Yanyan. We didn't even dare to think about wearing this skirt for the first time."

Yuan Xi looked over and found that the haute couture dress Chu Yan was wearing today looked familiar. Wasn’t this the same dress Liang Suisui chose yesterday?

Is it possible that everyone wears the same clothes in this year's new haute couture?
Chu Yan saw a white Porsche Cayenne parked in front of the manor from afar. "Whose car is this? Driving a Cayenne for an occasion like today? Isn't that ridiculous?"

Chu Yan was unfamiliar with this car and walked towards the gate of the manor.

Shi Lei drove to the gate of the manor and rolled down the window, "Xiao Xi!"

Yuan Xi walked over quickly and said, "Shi Lei, just park the car here. Just give the key to the security guard and they will park the car."

Chu Yan sneered and said disdainfully: "She is my sister's friend. If you had told me earlier, you could have asked the driver at home to pick her up. Why bother renting a Cayenne? Or an old Cayenne from eight years ago..."

(End of this chapter)