Chapter 237: How Could I Not Love Him? (2/2)

Tian Rou originally wanted to slander Lu Chenzhou a bit, but she reconsidered about remembering what Baldy had said. Even though she was still angry about what he had done to Cheng Xi, she had to admit that his actions tonight had been extremely thoughtful towards Cheng Xi.

Cheng Xi had experienced her mother’s scoldings countless times, so she knew when it was time to stop struggling and listen obediently. After a while, her mother did calm down and let go of her. Then, she went back downstairs to continue touring the place with Cheng Xi’s father.

The fireworks had stopped at some point earlier. Lamplight illuminated the entire villa, and the “lights” along the river slowly dissipated, just like an elusive dream.

But everyone there knew that it wasn’t just a dream, but rather a wondrous act of love from a single man.

After Cheng Xi’s mother left, Shen Wei looked at Cheng Xi. She was only half-done with her makeup, but she already looked like a blossoming rose.

Over the ten or so years that Shen Wei had known her, Cheng Xi always seemed to look her best.

Shen Wei couldn’t help herself from sighing lightly as she said to Cheng Xi, “What your mother said does make sense, Cheng Xi. After you two get married, don’t let your finances stay separated. You should try to make everything that’s his yours. It’s just a good insurance policy on your behalf. Even if you don’t actually need the money, you should still be in control of all of his assets.”

These were words spoken from the bottom of her heart, and if they didn’t have such a good relationship, then Shen Wei definitely wouldn’t have said them out loud.

And as Shen Wei advised Cheng Xi, she also spoke to Tian Rou. “Rou, listen to my words too. Don’t go around with that silly and carefree mindset! You have to stay vigilant and make sure that Baldy’s not tricking you or anything like that!”

Tian Rou pointed at herself. “Me, silly? I think that Baldy’s the silly one!” Tian Rou seemed to be very proud as she replied, “I know all of his social media account passwords, and he’s also given me his credit cards and his phones. What, do you think that I’m as silly as Cheng Xi?” Then she turned to Cheng Xi. “Do you know Lu Chenzhou’s social media account passwords?”

“......He doesn’t use social media very much—mostly e-mail. He doesn’t log into WeChat that often either.”

Evidently, she also knew his passwords.

Honestly, Lu Chenzhou had never deliberately hidden anything from her. Cheng Xi had free access to whatever he was doing and whatever he was planning to do, including his marriage proposal and wedding ceremony plans.

Of course, he had still dropped this huge big surprise on her head in the end.

Shen Wei understood their words, and eventually sighed as she said, “Alright. I see that you two can handle it just fine without me.”

Tian Rou giggled as she hugged her. “We do really appreciate your advice. Don’t we, Cheng Xi?”

Cheng Xi nodded. “Shen Wei, thank you.”

Shen Wei smiled wryly as she replied, “Alright. I know that you two don’t agree with my viewpoints, but I’m just saying.” As she spoke, she made some finishing touches to Cheng Xi’s makeup. “Go and change into something more presentable, and then you’ll be the loveliest bride I’ve ever seen.”

Tian Rou leaned over. “Wow! I bet that your Mr. Lu’s going to start salivating when he sees you.”

Lu Chenzhou had bought her a dress woven from a long red cut of silk, his favorite color.

When Cheng Xi went downstairs, although Lu Chenzhou didn’t actually salivate, he didn’t conceal his delight at all—his eyes remained glued to her body as soon as she made her appearance.

When the others toasted him, he only responded perfunctorily. Ceng Xing was envious of him, and he wanted to get Lu Chenzhou drunk out of spite. So, when he saw his disinterested behavior, he yelled out, “What’s the matter? You’re refusing our drinks like this? Is this all the sincerity that you’re going to show at your wedding feast?”

Cheng Yang was just about to nod along when Lu Chenzhou’s eyes lowered. He calmly replied, “My sincerity is to not bring additional trouble to my bride on our wedding night.” His words caused Cheng Yang to think to himself, That’s right! If Lu Chenzhou got too drunk, the person who’d suffer would be my sister! After being swayed, he slammed a bottle of wine onto the table and declared, “If you want to drink with my younger sister’s husband, then you have to get past me first.”

Unlike Cheng Xi, who had a remarkably poor alcohol tolerance, Cheng Yang would be fine even after facing off against ten people.

When Cheng Xi heard her brother’s audacious declaration, she didn’t even want to look in his direction. She secretly nudged Lu Chenzhou. Did you say that intentionally?

Although Cheng Yang brought her a lot of trouble, he always protected her when it came to other people. Cheng Xi suspected that Lu Chenzhou might have intentionally chosen those words to provoke Cheng Yang into doing exactly that.

Lu Chenzhou smiled coolly, took her hand into his own, and scratched her palm lightly.