Yu Lili's face turned red with embarrassment, talking about having children!
Lin Wanwan nudged him, "Stop spouting nonsense. Their parents are just thinking about their child's well-being."
Yu Lili's expression turned bleak, "My mother cares most about her reputation. My whole life, I've lived for her reputation."
Xie Sui saw through it at a glance. This girl was truly in her rebellious phase.
"You're thinking about it the wrong way. You strive to be excellent for a better life and to earn some face for your mother. It's a win-win situation. You two finish eating quickly. We have important things to do this afternoon."
"What important things? consummating the marriage?"
Xu Donglai was shoveling down the pork knuckle, not having had any rich food for days in the detention center.
Xie Sui was speechless, "What's on your mind? Consummation is for the evening. Remember to have your brother do the wedding bed ceremony. This afternoon, you two should get your marriage certificate first. Oh, sister Yu, have you and that guy registered your marriage? If you have, then it'll be troublesome."
Only with a registered certificate were they legal spouses. In the countryside, weddings were often decided by the banquet, and people didn't pay much attention to the marriage certificate. He wasn't sure what the customs were in their city.
Lin Wanwan retorted, "Be serious. You call everyone 'sister'. Don't they have names?"
Xie Sui smiled ingratiatingly, "My tongue slipped. Let me say it again, sister-in-law, sister-in-law."
Yu Lili said, "We haven't registered our marriage. I don't want to marry Su Ning. My mother is forcing me, so I'll never register with him. Even if I go back to his home with him, I'll find a way to escape."
Xu Donglai held her hand, "It's all my fault for dragging you into this."
"It's not your fault. I'm willing."
The two were showing affection. Xie Sui peeled shrimp for Lin Wanwan. "Wife, eat shrimp. You can't get these sea prawns in our hometown, so eat more."
Lin Wanwan ate happily. The shrimp were indeed delicious.
Yao Jinling asked around in the family compound and found her way here. Seeing Xie Sui gently peeling shrimp for Lin Wanwan, her eyes dimmed, "You're eating so well, making me look for you all this time."
Yu Lili quickly pulled her down, "How are things at home?"
"Let me have some tea. I'm so hot. I'll tell you slowly. Cousin, it's fortunate you didn't marry that man named Su. You have no idea how bizarre his family is..."
Yao Jinling drank two cups of tea and a bottle of soda, gesticulating excitedly as she told them about the Su family's ugly behavior. Xie Sui was stunned, "There are people like that? Director Shen really gave him a hundred yuan?"
"Exactly! And he was still unhappy. A grown man, asking for compensation for emotional distress? My goodness, I almost died laughing. My uncle had to drag out a broom to get them to leave."
Yu Lili felt a surge of relief. If she had married into such a family, she would have been half-dead at least.
Xie Sui shook his head, "My family is also from the countryside, but we're not this petty. A banquet for three yuan, and sharing a room with someone on their wedding night. They're truly something! Wife, compared to them, your husband is quite decent, isn't he!"
Lin Wanwan also found it amusing and frustrating. "It's fortunate Lili didn't marry. For us women, getting married is like being reborn. Live well with Xu Donglai from now on. Your mother will be more likely to forgive you because of this incident."
"I know, thank you Wanwan sister. Brother Xie is also very good. He's so considerate and thoughtful, even better than Donglai."
Xie Sui chuckled, "Sister-in-law has good taste."
Lin Wanwan gave him a glare. They had no idea what Xie Sui was like before, otherwise they wouldn't praise him like this.
The meal ended around two in the afternoon. The young people gave Xu Donglai a dollar as a wedding gift. "A small token of our regard. Wishing you a happy marriage, a long and blissful life together, and may you have many children soon."
"This... I'm so sorry to have troubled you."
They were hired to do a job and were essentially strangers. A young man named Li Zhengyi, their leader, said, "Now that we've met, we're friends. It's what we should do. If you need us in the future, come find us at the old place. Goodbye."
Xie Sui saw them off. A dollar didn't seem like much, but it showed that Li Zhengyi knew how to act. A wedding without gifts wouldn't have been complete, and they had made up for that deficiency.
"Li Zhengyi, my name is Xie Sui. I'll remember you. When I'm successful in the future, I won't forget you."
"Thank you."
Li Zhengyi didn't take it to heart. He didn't know that this act of forming a good relationship would bring him a completely different life, making him a significant figure in Xie Sui's business empire. Of course, he himself would also reach the pinnacle of his life.
After a hard morning's work, Xu Donglai's younger brother was so tired that his head was nodding, and he took the child home to sleep.
Xie Sui and Lin Wanwan were staying in the room that used to belong to Xu Donglai's parents. When Lin Wanwan woke up from her nap, she saw Xie Sui sitting cross-legged by the bed, sighing. Had he not taken a nap?
"Xie Sui, what are you doing?"
"I'm heartbroken, my heart aches. Wife, do you know how much money I spent today? I wouldn't even spend this much on my own son. I spent over a thousand yuan on his wedding. In total, I've spent nearly five thousand yuan on him. Let's go. We can't stay here. Who knows what other troubles this guy will bring, always eyeing my wallet!"
He had risked his life to earn a hundred thousand yuan, and now he had spent nearly five thousand in one go. Even the Xie CEO, with a net worth of hundreds of billions in his previous life, felt the sting.
Lin Wanwan looked at him sternly, "Xie Sui, tell me honestly, where did you get so much money?" She knew their financial situation best. They had only brought over two thousand yuan when they came, and that was still with her.
Xie Sui hugged her and lay down. Lin Wanwan pushed him, "Speak properly. Why are you lying down? We're at someone else's house. Don't get any ideas."
Xie Sui's eyes lit up, "Does that mean if we're at our place, I can get ideas?"
Lin Wanwan playfully chided him, "That's not allowed either."
"Hehe, wife, I'll take that as your consent. I'll tell you where this money came from..." Xie Sui didn't want to hide it from Lin Wanwan. Having returned to this life, he wanted to give Lin Wanwan the happiest days and not let her worry or feel insecure.
"You, you actually pocketed a hundred thousand yuan?"
"How can you say pocketed? I earned this by risking my life. That guy named Gao Feng tried to kill me to silence me several times. This amount of money is not even enough for my emotional distress compensation." Xie Sui thought of Su Ning. The phrase "emotional distress compensation" felt awkward even to say. It seemed as if this money wasn't entirely clean, though it was indeed the case, not something that could be brought to light.
Lin Wanwan felt a pang of worry, "That's terrifying. You must never take such risks again. What if those people, if they weren't caught, came back to seek revenge on you?"
"They won't. Trust the people's public security, trust Hu Yaohui." Xie Sui was completely unconcerned. The public security would spare no effort to catch Hu Yaohui. Hu Yaohui was also a talented individual and would surely escape to Hong Kong.