Chapter 923 - No Wedding Presents (2/2)

”Fine, I'll go. You should rest now, love. I'll be back later.” He leaned down and gave her a rather chaste kiss on the lips in front of his mother.

”Okay, darling.”

With that, Huang Yuyan and the private doctor stayed with Iris in the bedroom while Jin Liwei, Grandma Li and Yang Jiahui left. Grandpa Lu, Long Tengfei and Wang Yingjie were waiting in the suite's living room. They all left together to return to the banquet.

At the banquet, Jin Liwei tried his best to interact with the guests despite his desire to return to his wife. When asked about Iris, all he said was that she was feeling unwell. Since everyone invited were close friends of the couple, they were all worried about Iris but didn't pry too much. Most of them already knew that she had some health issues so they accepted Jin Liwei's explanation of why she suddenly disappeared from her own wedding banquet.

When it was almost time to end the banquet, Jin Liwei took the microphone to personally speak to everyone. [This novel is a contracted work with W e b n o v e l . c o m (remove spaces). If you're not reading this chapter on W e b n o v e l, it has been stolen. It's very discouraging to see thieves profiting from my hard work. Please support the original author, ArriaCross. Thank you! Also follow me on Instagram @arriacross]

”On behalf of my wife and I, I would like to thank all of you for attending our wedding. We know that it has been a huge surprise to you because my wife and I decided to keep everything a secret. We truly appreciate your attendance today. It has been such a pleasure sharing this special and important moment with you all.

”Some of you have been asking me during the banquet about giving us wedding presents. It's understandable that you didn't prepare anything given that we didn't inform you about the true nature of today's event. That's why my wife and I don't expect you to give us any wedding presents. Your presence today is already enough for us.

”But when I told you this earlier, you were all adamant that you still want to give us wedding presents. Thank you very much! However, my wife and I already decided that we will not personally accept any wedding presents from any of you.”

The guests didn't look happy at his announcement. Just based on their expressions, it was already obvious that they would still send some wedding presents regardless of what Jin Liwei said tonight.

Jin Liwei could read their thoughts from their expressions.

”If you still wish to give us wedding presents, I would suggest that you donate to my wife's foundation Iris of Hope instead. It's still newly established but Iris of Hope already helped a lot of the less fortunate people. Instead of giving to us, my wife and I think that it's better to give back to those who need it the most.”

Everyone clapped their hands after his speech. They now felt better after his rejection of wedding gifts. Representatives from Iris of Hope appeared to assist the guests who wanted to donate on the spot. Wei Lan took this opportunity to remind everyone that she was also a representative of her daughter's foundation.

Jin Liwei let her be. As long as she didn't cause trouble, he wouldn't stop her. Besides, Wei Lan had indeed been helpful in gathering support for Iris of Hope when his wife was busy with her other works. Wei Lan used her status as a viscountess to raise money for the foundation.

It was already past midnight when the banquet finally ended and the guests who weren't sleeping over at the mansion all left.

Jin Liwei returned to the bedroom to find his wife already sleeping. He smiled at her.

”I can't wait for our honeymoon.”