Mother Wen looked back in confusion, wondering why the door wouldn't close.
Turning around, she saw Wen Yan enduring pain and saying pitifully, "Mom, can you let me in? I promise I won't forget my key next time."
Mother Wen furrowed her brows, released her hand on the door, and walked away with the flowers without any mercy, leaving only a sentence.
"Close the door."
Wen Yan finally entered the house, touched his still aching leg, and sighed muttering, "My days are numbered!"
The adults were exchanging pleasantries.
Father Wen and Wen Han were greeting Li Bowen's father, Li Hongyuan, while Mother Wen sat on the sofa with Bai Shiman.
Li Bowen walked towards Wen Xuanyuan, holding ninety-nine red roses.
Wen Xuanyuan stared at him approaching, her eyes filled with the fiery red color.
"The florist said red roses represent passion, love, and their flower language is 'I love you every day.'
I bought ninety-nine of them, and they say it symbolizes everlasting love!"
Li Bowen, with sincere eyes, handed the flowers to Wen Xuanyuan.
"For you."
The adults stopped talking and all looked over, their faces full of smiles.
The usually carefree person was now shy.
Wen Xuanyuan's face seemed redder than the roses. She reached out and took them, saying playfully, "You've learned to be smooth-talking."
But she loved it!
Gong Zhijing and Qiao Xinyue exchanged glances, seeing envy and blessings in each other's eyes.
Li Bowen scratched his head and said, "That's what the florist said!!"
He searched online and found that red roses were for girlfriends, and he even learned from people who sent them to their mothers-in-law.
Wen Xuanyuan looked at his silly expression, both annoyed and amused. He really knew how to ruin the mood, handsome for less than three seconds.
"Alright, let's talk business."
Li Hongyuan said, and everyone quieted down and took their seats.
The nanny served tea and snacks, and the formal discussion of betrothal gifts began.
As the groom's parents, Li Hongyuan naturally took the lead since it was his family proposing.
"These two children are meant to be. Since both our families are satisfied, the rest is only natural.
Don't worry, even though Xuanyuan is pregnant, we will never look down on her."
With that, Li Hongyuan personally stood up and apologized, "It's my son Bowen's mistake. Please accept my apologies first."
Getting a girl pregnant before marriage was indeed improper.
Father Wen quickly stood up, deeply touched.
"It's alright, it's not as serious as you say. Bowen is a good child, we've seen it all."
After a few polite exchanges, they both sat down.
Bai Shiman gave Li Bowen a look.
Li Bowen immediately stood up, bowed, and said, "Uncle and Aunt, I'm sorry. This is all my fault."
Mother Wen quickly said, "It's okay, Bowen. We don't blame you for this. You and Xuanyuan are who both our families are happy with.
This was bound to happen sooner or later, and seeing how responsible you are, we certainly won't blame you."
After the Li family expressed their apologies, they got to the main point.
Li Hongyuan said, "The betrothal gift we've prepared for Xuanyuan is ninety-nine million, nine hundred ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine, symbolizing everlasting love.
A set of jewelry, and all the necessary items for the betrothal are ready."
Father Wen and Mother Wen naturally had no objections.
While a hundred million wasn't a fortune to them, it at least showed the Li family's sincerity.
Seeing they had no objections, Li Hongyuan made a call, arranging for the items to be brought up.
All the cash was in one card, and the other items were small but all carefully adorned with red paper, showing their thoughtfulness.
Earlier, Li Hongyuan had only mentioned "a set of jewelry."
But when the Li family's bodyguards carried them up on trays, they stunned everyone.
This wasn't just "a set"; it was as if they had brought jewelry by the kilogram.
A total of five trays, all filled with gold and silver ornaments, diamonds, jewels, emeralds, and white jade.
Bai Shiman smiled and said, "These are all things I prepared. I didn't know what Xuanyuan liked, so I prepared a variety of styles."
Even though Wen Xuanyuan had lived a life of affluence since childhood, she had never seen so many precious ornaments at once.
Had her future mother-in-law moved an entire jewelry store here?
While it was good that her daughter was so valued, Mother Wen felt a pang of helplessness. "This... this is too extravagant, it's unnecessary."
Bai Shiman smiled and said, "It's only right. Xuanyuan is my future daughter-in-law, she must be given utmost importance!"
The main reason was considering Wen Xuanyuan's pregnancy, fearing she might overthink things or feel unvalued.
So, Bai Shiman went all out with her preparations. She had initially considered gifting a few jewelry stores, but feared it might seem too perfunctory.
After all, the Wen family wasn't lacking in money, but sincerity was still important.
They were all carefully considering each other's feelings.
Mutual importance and respect made everything go smoothly that evening.
Wen Xuanyuan's cheeks were flushed, feeling very secure.
After the betrothal ceremony, they could officially change their address. The engagement banquet and wedding would be held later.
Since Wen Xuanyuan was pregnant, Li Bowen performed the tea ceremony on her behalf to both sets of parents.
After the tea ceremony, both sets of parents presented large red envelopes, each containing eleven thousand, symbolizing "one in ten thousand."
Of course, all four large red envelopes ended up in Wen Xuanyuan's pocket.
Everyone present that day received a red envelope.
Gong Zhijing and Qiao Xinyue each received two.
Good things come in pairs, double fortune.
The betrothal ceremony concluded perfectly.
From this moment on, Wen Xuanyuan was officially the Li family's daughter-in-law.
Although it should have been a joyous occasion, Mother Wen felt an immense sadness in her heart due to her reluctance to part with her daughter.
Her daughter now felt as if she was already married, just needing the wedding ceremony to be completed.
Seeing her mother secretly wiping away tears, Wen Xuanyuan quickly went to her side and acted spoiled.
"Mom, I'll still be staying at home every day. You'd better not find me annoying then."
Mother Wen gave her a look, feigning annoyance. "Don't you dare. Go bother your future mother-in-law."
As she spoke, she turned to Bai Shiman and said, "Please bear with her in the future. This child is not sensible and has a very lively personality."
Bai Shiman chuckled, "Please don't worry, sister-in-law. Young people are all like this. As long as Bowen likes her, I as a mother-in-law will only provide financial support and assistance, and won't interfere otherwise!"
People nowadays were very open-minded, unlike the older generation with so many mother-in-law-daughter-in-law conflicts.
"Madam, the banquet is ready."
The feast began at noon.
The meal prepared by the Wen family was lavish, no less impressive than that of a high-end hotel.
Everyone took their seats, and a happy occasion like this certainly called for drinks.
The Wen family had also prepared fine wines.
The two fathers were set on drinking until they dropped, and Wen Han and Li Bowen were naturally there to accompany them.
Wen Xuanyuan couldn't eat, so she didn't even sit at the table.
Gong Zhijing and Qiao Xinyue ate a little and quickly went to keep her company.
The three of them slipped away to the second floor, where they could finally relax.
"Let's go, let's go watch a movie."
Wen Xuanyuan pulled the two of them into the home cinema.