The story of Rose starts with being a brother

Chapter 117 Proposal
March 5th, Jingzhe.

In a private room of a large hotel in Puxi, Shanghai, the families of Huang Zhenhua and Shen Jiayi finally had a formal meeting.

Huang Yimei, who had no classes today, also came from the Huang family. In addition to the two elders, Shen Jiayi's brother, sister-in-law and their young son also came from the Shen family.

In fact, apart from never having met formally offline, the two families would occasionally have phone calls or video chats, so they were not that unfamiliar, and soon they became friendly and toasted each other.

In the past few years, the two families have had pleasant communications and are both satisfied with their in-laws.

The Huang family is a family of scholars. Even if Huang Zhenhua had not become successful, marrying into a wealthy family like the Shen family would not be considered marrying up.

To be honest, with the conditions of the Huang family, it is exactly the most desirable choice for wealthy families who want to find a stable in-law.

There are two professors at Tsinghua University, and both of their children have master's degrees. It is normal for such a family to marry into a family of officials.

So in the original drama, Huang Yimei was first looked down upon by Zhuang Guodong's biological mother, and then by Fang Xiewen's biological mother. That was simply outrageous.

One just opened a small modeling company in Paris, and the other was even more powerful, still living a hard life in the countryside.

Looking down on Huang Yimei is simply going against the will of Heaven!

It is hard to doubt whether the screenwriters of female-oriented TV dramas are detached from the superstructure or the underlying foundation when arranging the plot.

It was stuck in the middle and turned into a love rhapsody.

When Huang Zhenhua visits and meets with some politicians or business people, he says that he is now a financial tycoon and the godfather of the future of the Internet, and others will be polite and respectful to him.

But when he says that his parents are professors at Tsinghua University, other people's respect and politeness towards him will reach a higher level.

I was almost holding his hand and having a friendly conversation with him.

Especially when he first founded Hongye Capital in Pudong, his family background greatly facilitated his efforts in building relationships and obtaining policies.

Moreover, the uniqueness of this kind of family is particularly evident when they meet with government officials.

Some businessmen may only consider whether they can do business with Huang Zhenhua and whether they can make money from him, so they pay more attention to Huang Zhenhua's weight in the financial and investment industries.

However, when dealing with officials, they paid more attention to Huang Zhenhua's family background. From time to time, a leader would smile and say that he had attended your parents' classes when he was studying at Tsinghua University!

Huang's father and mother were just like ordinary old men and women in the Tsinghua professors' family compound, but once they left the compound, others would politely call them "Mr. Wu" or "Mr. Huang".

So don’t treat professors at top universities of this era as non-professionals, especially those who are already quite old.

It is not only professors in the political science and law department who can be respectfully addressed as "Secretary" after being transferred.

According to the correspondence between the political and religious levels of our country, if the power contained in the position is not taken into account, the two elders of the Huang family are at least at the deputy department level.

Female dramas now dare to look down on the status of highly educated scholar families. Huang Zhenhua even wondered if there would be fairies in female dramas who would directly despise the civil servants in Beijing for being unworthy of them?
How can a Beijing civil servant working in a central government agency who earns a few thousand yuan a month be worthy of me who earns tens of thousands a month working in a bustling CBD?
Huang Zhenhua wanted to laugh when he thought of this scene.

Fortunately, there are no extraordinary people or bloody events in either his or the Shen family.

The Huang family is a scholarly family, and the Shen family is also wealthy and powerful. The two families were toasting and chatting animatedly. Huang Zhenhua helped Shen Jiayi add more dishes while having a few drinks with Shen's father and brother.

It is worth mentioning that before Huang Zhenhua confessed his relationship with Shen Jiayi, he was already hanging out with Shen's father and Shen's brother. In addition to his certain status in the Internet industry that could help the Shen family transform, his family background was also part of the reason why they looked at him differently.

Otherwise, Old Man Shen wouldn't have thought that Huang Zhenhua was a good guy and wanted to match him with his daughter.

Given the current size of the Shen family, it is impossible to say that he is just a simple businessman.

When Shanghai was still a bustling metropolis, Mr. Shen's father's father was already running a business.

Well... Bai Xiaohe is not bad either. Although Old Man Bai started from scratch, Huang Zhenhua also knows that Old Man Bai has some connections.

After all, these days, real estate tycoons used to build only buildings on land, right?
Those are all political achievements!
If it weren't for the fact that Old Man Bai only had Bai Xiaohe as his daughter, he would have had to compromise with his daughter because of his negligence in educating her and because he was in the wrong because of the incident with her ex-boyfriend.

Otherwise, Huang Zhenhua might have really been killed by Old Man Bai just because he stepped into the villa with his left foot.

In short, the Shen family is not ignorant, the Bai family is not white, and Huang Zhenhua... is not a simple yellow-haired man.

"Brother, what are you thinking about?"

Shen Jiayi sat next to Huang Zhenhua and took out a tissue to wipe off the wine that her lover had spilled while he was in a daze.

Huang Zhenhua came back to his senses, squeezed Shen Jiayi's hand and said with a smile:

"Hmm... I was just wondering if there was something missing today?"

"What's missing?" Shen Jiayi asked curiously.

Huang Zhenhua smiled and stood up when he saw that everyone at the table had almost finished eating.

"Mom, Dad, Aunt, Uncle, please wait a moment. I want to tell you something."

Seeing this, the Huang and Shen families stopped drinking, eating and chatting and looked towards Huang Zhenhua.

Huang Zhenhua smiled and said calmly, "Jiayi and I have been together for two and a half years. Last year, Jiayi and I decided to get married this year. I know everyone feels that it is a bit sudden, and even Jiayi and I felt that time was a bit tight afterwards..."

After a pause, he continued, "But we feel that it is time for our relationship to take a step further, so we will not postpone it any longer. Jiayi and I will get married in the second half of the year, but before that we are missing a step..."

Having said that, Huang Zhenhua pulled up Shen Jiayi, who was sitting beside him and looking at him with her sparkling peach blossom eyes.

Then he knelt down on one knee, took out the ring box from his pocket, and opened the box amid the exclamations of the girls in the atmosphere group.

"Originally I was thinking of proposing to you before the New Year or during the Spring Festival when we were traveling together, but time was tight and the custom-made ring had not been prepared, so I kept putting it off. This time when our two families meet, I will simply propose to you in front of them."

"So, Jiayi, will you marry me?" The crystal-like diamond ring shone brightly under the bright light in the box. The diamond was not simply cut into a round shape, but was deliberately carved into the shape of a jasmine flower, and the pistil part was a light blue gem.

Last year, on the night of the winter solstice, Shen Jiayi said that she would marry Huang Zhenhua this year. He then contacted his partners in Paris and asked them to help him contact the top jewelry brands there to customize the ring.

Fortunately, the ring was delivered to me this month. The whole diamond ring, including customization, cost almost five million.

You could hear a pin drop in the box. Although everyone knew the outcome, they couldn't help but hold their breath. Shen Jiayi's sister-in-law even subconsciously covered her son's mouth, fearing that the child would suddenly make a sound and ruin the atmosphere.

Shen Jiayi had a smile on her face from the beginning. As soon as Huang Zhenhua finished speaking, she started nodding. As she smiled, she began to cry uncontrollably.

"I am willing!"

Shen Jiayi's answer was powerful and firm. Everyone present applauded, especially Huang Yimei and Shen Jiayi's sister-in-law. Both women were moved to tears.

Huang Zhenhua carefully put the ring on Shen Jiayi's middle finger, kissed the back of her hand, and then stood up and hugged her.

"Brother, sister-in-law, bless you!"

At this time, Huang Yimei, whose hands were red from clapping and eyes from crying, came over to express her blessings.

Although her brother is a scumbag, she often ignores this fact whenever she sees him with Sister Shen.

It might even give her the illusion that her brother and Sister Shen were in pure love.

It seems like she also had this illusion when brother was alone with Sister Bai?

It was an illusion!
But now, Huang Yimei looked at Sister Shen who was hugging her brother in front of her. While blessing her in her heart, she also sighed for Sister Bai in Beijing.

After all, the one my brother loves the most is Sister Shen!
Since Bai was born, how could Shen be born?

Thinking of this, Huang Yimei suddenly felt that it was no big deal for her to take the risk of visiting Mrs. Bai.

What I lost was just a little reputation in the family, but what Sister Bai lost was her marriage!

Then the two families chatted more and more enthusiastically. Father Huang, who usually didn't drink much, clinked glasses with Father Shen several times after he had already drunk quite a bit.

When the dinner was over and everyone was preparing to leave, Huang's mother came to Huang Yimei's side.

"Rose, remember what I said before?"

"Huh? What?"

At this time, Huang Yimei, who was a little self-pitying because she envied her brother's love, drank a little too much. Although she was not drunk, her mind was still a little slow.

Huang's mother didn't frown, but whispered, "Your male...male friend Fang Xiewen who is studying at Fudan University, I said I want to meet him."

In fact, Huang's mother had wanted to ask this question a long time ago, but she didn't open her mouth because she was worried about ruining the atmosphere.

After the harmonious gathering with her son and daughter-in-law came to an end, her attention turned to her daughter.

Huang Yimei didn't understand what was going on and said subconsciously, "Meet Fang Xiewen? Sure!"

"..." After saying this, Huang Yimei finally realized what she had said, and her eyes suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Mom? That's not necessary. He and I are really just friends. What's there to see? If you really meet him, what if he really misunderstands that you are the mother-in-law meeting the son-in-law?"

Huang Yimei advised earnestly that she had just redefined her relationship with Senior Fang not long ago, what if her mother broke it?
However, Huang's mother pretended not to hear what her daughter said later and said directly: "Okay, since you agreed, let's meet tomorrow. It's Saturday, so it won't interfere with your studies."

"..." Huang Yimei wanted to say that she was drunk just now, so that didn't count as agreeing!
Huang's mother looked at her daughter like this, thought about it and decided to consider her daughter's feelings:

"Rose, don't worry. Take me and your dad to the school tomorrow. I don't treat him as your boyfriend, but just an ordinary friend. How about that?"

"Mom, do you believe this?"

"Why shouldn't I believe it? I know there's another Zhuang Guodong in France. I met him before. I didn't think he was good enough, but did I interfere with you? It's the same this time. I'll just wait and see."

"Zhuang Guodong and I are just ordinary friends now." Huang Yimei reiterated weakly.

"I know, I know. Don't worry, I will treat Fang Xiewen equally. By the way, remember to ask him to come out tomorrow."

"If I don't call him, what does it mean if I take the initiative to ask him to come see you? He will really misunderstand my relationship with him!"

As Huang Yimei reiterated the matter again, Huang's mother had to consider it seriously.

Does his daughter really have nothing to do with him, or is she not making up her mind yet because she is worried about Zhuang Guodong?
Could it be that Rose was just joking when she said she had two boyfriends at home? But she was indeed chatting with both of them at the same time!
If I take the initiative to meet Fang Xiewen tomorrow, I might end up making things worse.

So is it true that she has never met this “rumored boyfriend” that she revealed to her daughter this time?

Just when Huang's mother was feeling confused and uncertain, a voice rang out beside her.

"Mom, don't worry. Rose doesn't need to call him. As long as you step into the campus, Fang Xiewen will definitely come out and 'run into' you."

"..."

Huang Yimei looked at her smiling brother with a resentful look. Can't he just hug Sister Shen and cuddle with her? Why did he have to talk nonsense here?

Besides, all these messes were caused by you. You are so happy now, but I am about to break apart!
Now, Huang Yimei felt a little regretful for worrying about Mrs. Bai just now. It was just worrying for nothing.

No matter how hard it is that Sister Bai says that she is really having an affair with this bastard brother of mine, but there is nothing going on between me and Fang Xiewen!
'I hope Senior Fang is not in school tomorrow.'

(End of this chapter)