Mr. Mu Proposed Again Today
Chapter 400 - 398 The Groom Knocks Over the Vinegar Jar_1

Chapter 400: Chapter 398 The Groom Knocks Over the Vinegar Jar_1

The two had been toasting since noon, and it wasn’t until 1:30 pm that they reached the eighth floor—

Su Wanxia was so tired she could hardly stand, especially in her ten-centimeter high heels. Mu Yingchen looked on with a heart full of pity. Had he known, he wouldn’t have invited so many people...

But given the situation, they couldn’t just stop toasting. Without a choice, he stretched out his hand and rubbed Su Wanxia’s lower back, "Hang in there a little bit longer... it’s almost over..." Indeed, only the eighth and ninth floors were left—didn’t that mean they were almost done?

Su Wanxia blinked innocently at him and then followed him upstairs—

In fact, he was even more tired than she was. Having toasted so many people, he was the one who had to make all the conversational pleasantries. All she had to do was stand by his side, toast together, and occasionally receive a shower of compliments and blessings. If it were any other day, an hour and a half would have been nothing to her.

The key was that last night had been essentially sleepless for her, and only now was she starting to feel a bit overwhelmed—

Upon reaching the eighth floor, they immediately perked up, put on smiling faces, and began toasting the guests from the row of private rooms on the right—

Seeing them come up, Su Wanxia’s grandfather emerged from one of the private rooms with a face full of smiles, and led the two of them to introduce them to everyone—

Everyone was savvy enough to understand what Su’s grandfather intended, so they were especially warm and respectful towards Mu Yingchen—

Having the elder introduce Mu Yingchen personally meant that they could not exclude the future head of the Mu Family from their dealings with the Qinglong Association—

When they got to the last room at the end of the private area, Su Wanxia saw Jesse—

She was a bit surprised; she hadn’t seen him at the church and thought he might not come...

Jesse was still charmingly handsome, his ice-blue eyes brimming with a gentle smile...

"This young man here needs no introduction. I think highly of Jesse and hope that you can engage in many more business interactions in the future..." Old Master Su looked at Jesse and Mu Yingchen with a beaming smile.

Mu Yingchen shook hands with Jesse, unflappably, but his gaze involuntarily swept towards Su Wanxia.

As expected, he saw her smiling sweetly at Jesse, which immediately made him jealous. His wife was beside him, but she was looking at that man!

Jesse, overlooking the jealousy in Mu Yingchen’s eyes, picked up his glass and looked at Su Wanxia, then turned his gaze to Mu Yingchen, "I wish you happiness—"

Mu Yingchen clinked glasses with him, "Thank you... Of course..."

Su Wanxia couldn’t help but look dubiously at Mu Yingchen. All through the toasts, others had wished them well, and all he did was smile back and say "Thank you..."

But this time, he actually added three more words. This man!

Jesse couldn’t miss the undertone in Mu Yingchen’s words and simply laughed, refilling his glass before turning to Su Wanxia...

"Summer... you look very beautiful today..."

Mu Yingchen’s jealousy was fully ignited now, his eyes nearly shooting fire at Jesse...

The crowd felt the tense atmosphere but couldn’t figure out what was wrong. They didn’t dare to speak out and simply watched quietly to see how things unfolded—

Actually, Su Wanxia regarded Jesse as she would her own brother and hadn’t thought much of it...

"Thank you..." Then she clinked glasses with Jesse and downed her drink.

When Su Wanxia set down her glass, Mu Yingchen grabbed her hand—his grip clearly much firmer than before, causing a bit of pain for Su Wanxia.

"Alright... we should move on to the next table..."

It was only when Jesse saw Mu Yingchen tightly holding Su Wanxia’s hand as they walked out that he felt his heart ache so intensely, numbing him completely...

This woman had always been the one he pursued, yet she remained out of reach...

With a bitter smile, he poured himself another glass of wine and, raising his head, downed it in one gulp...

Su Wanxia was taken by the Elder Mr. Su for introductions from one table to another in the main hall, and she indeed experienced a kind of imposing aura from the men exclusively in black suits, an aura that was completely different when worn by others on ordinary days.

But well... her Achen was still the most handsome!

When they reached the last few tables, Mu Yingchen asked Elder Mr. Su to go back and take his seat, because Mu knew most of the remaining guests—these were people he had specifically instructed Mu Feng to arrange to be there!

Those old foxes usually had nothing better to do than gossip; today, he’d use this event to press them down a bit, to ensure they’d behave themselves in the future!

"Don’t worry, these are all my old friends... You probably don’t understand them as well as I do..." Elder Mr. Su chuckled and approached a group of people at a table.

With his arrival, there was a clinking of glasses and a sudden nervousness among the old men who stood up from their seats with smiles to greet Elder Mr. Su.

Su Wanxia could not help but be astonished; the influence her grandfather commanded was truly extensive!

Round after round of toasts later, the group of old men blotted their sweat countless times. Although it was summer, the place was as cool as autumn; their sweat seemed to flow incessantly...

Mu Yingchen couldn’t help but chuckle inwardly; usually each was more self-important than the next, but now they were all shrinking away like turtles...

It seemed the old man had left quite a deep impression on them!

Finally—the guests on the eighth floor had all been toasted—

Elder Mr. Mu and Mother Mu also continuously moved up and down between the floors, welcoming guests. However, most of those on the ninth floor had come over from the church and were very close to the Mu Family, so the couple stayed longest on that level...

Mu Yingchen took Su Wanxia first to the private room where Mu Feng and the others were, then seated her down in a chair, personally took chopsticks and a plate, and quickly filled it up, placing it in front of Su Wanxia.

This prompted a unanimous head-shaking and sighing from everyone else; look at that—they’d grown up with him for so many years, and when had they ever been treated like this!

"Wanxia... you really are too beautiful today..." Yan Yirou stared at Su Wanxia, speaking enviously, especially when Mu Yingchen declared his vows in front of the priest. She was so moved she almost cried.

"Yeah, yeah, you’re as pretty as a fairy!" Kang Xiaolan put down her chopsticks and said cheerfully.

As soon as everyone heard this, they all burst out laughing—

Meanwhile, Jian Manhui also had a smiling face, but she seemed somewhat distracted and lost in thought.

She really was in a daze, seeing how Mu Yingchen loved Su Wanxia, for the first time in her life, she felt envious...

Before, she never knew what it felt like to envy someone, but today, she was envious to the point of death...

There was even a moment where she fantasized about walking hand-in-hand with Su Ran into the wedding hall. She thought she must be going crazy...

Ever since that day she had parted ways with that man, she hadn’t seen him again—not until today, as she watched him mingle among the crowd with a smiling face, conversing with ease, she realized—that between the two of them, the one with wishful thinking was her!