Rebirth Counterattack with Space
Chapter 254 - 246: Arrangement

Chapter 254: Chapter 246: Arrangement

The supply of medicine pills in Shitou’s small warehouse, designed to repair spiritual power, was limited and could not be provided to everyone present, so they also had to withhold Pei Kun’s share. Otherwise, if the Pei Family members received them and the Lu Family members did not, it would inevitably lead to hard feelings.

This way, only the elderly, the weak, and the pregnant had access, and no one else could complain.

"But Xiaoyun, she..." Pei Qingyuan and Zhang Min had not considered so much in the moment, their concern limited to Lu Yun still being in a coma, which made them hesitant.

"Xiaoyun will be fine."

Shitou had stayed by Lu Yun’s side day and night without departure, going from initial fear to gradually calming and steadying his emotions, until he was able to think clearly again. It was just now that he realized he might have been worrying too much.

Xiaoyun’s appearance showed no sign of abnormality, resembling someone in deep sleep, and her complexion even seemed to grow rosier—hardly the look of someone injured. Perhaps the stone was not only harmless to Xiaoyun’s space but even beneficial.

With that thought, he felt much better, and his rationality quickly returned.

The moment he reached out with his spiritual power and observed, he caught the scene where Lu Aimei had just suggested sending Lu Yun to the hospital. Seeing that everyone’s spirits and complexions were not too good, his heart skipped a beat.

Tomorrow was the engagement day, and the elder members of the family likely had already sent out the notices. Whether Xiaoyun would wake up by then, if they continued to exhaust themselves like this, at the engagement banquet tomorrow—he feared everyone would harbor a misunderstanding, thinking that perhaps because of Xiaoyun’s low family status, the Pei Family was displeased, which is why they all seemed to lack energy...

Once everyone formed such a biased notion, the invisible impact on Xiaoyun would be enormous.

That was a situation Shitou could not accept.

"Xiaoyun’s condition appears to be no cause for alarm. Comas can sometimes result from the body healing itself, waking up is only a matter of time. In such cases, even hospitals cannot resolve the issue."

Shitou’s statement was exceptionally confident. The last sentence was directed at Lu Aimei as an explanation.

Although Lu Aimei was somewhat impatient, Shitou could see that her concern for Lu Yun was entirely genuine, so he did not blame her.

Shitou’s words were like a reassuring pill for everyone.

"Okay, but what if Xiaoyun still can’t wake up by tomorrow evening?" Pei Qingyuan nodded and stood up to ask.

The engagement banquet was set for the evening.

Zhang Min and the rest of the Pei Family also stood up, looking at Shitou for guidance.

"If really necessary, then you all can attend, and I will stay with Xiaoyun. We’ll just say—" Shitou paused, "we’ll say that it’s a special custom of our old home, that on the day of the engagement banquet, the betrothed man and woman must not appear..."

Upon hearing this, everyone was left speechless in amazement. Could this really work?

"Alright, let’s do that." Pei Qingyuan felt reassured and looked at his grandson, Shitou, with even softer eyes. At that moment, he was utterly convinced that Xiaoyun would be alright.

"Let’s all head back. We will come over again tomorrow morning." Pei Qingyuan nodded to Zhang Min, bade farewell to Uncle Lu and his wife, and then led the Pei Family away.

Shitou’s words served as a reminder to him that it was indeed best to go home, get a good night’s sleep, and gather their energy to prepare for the children’s engagement banquet tomorrow. That was the proper thing to focus on.

Pei Qingyuan and Zhang Min did not mention anything further about following traditional engagement procedures to the Lu family before they left. In such circumstances, any elaborate and grand ceremonies were deemed empty and superfluous. Nobody had the heart to concern themselves with the details of such arrangements at this time.

All they hoped for tomorrow was for Lu Yun to awaken as scheduled.

"You all should head back now, too. Tomorrow, your uncles and others will come; Aiguo and Xia Yuan probably won’t be able to manage all the guests. Aibing, you bring the driver tomorrow to help your brother and sister-in-law pick up the guests at the villa, and explain the situation to them properly. Everyone should arrive tomorrow afternoon around three o’clock for Shitou and Xiaoyun’s engagement banquet, there’s no need to come early."

Lu Erbo spoke to Lu Aijiao and the others, "Later on, have Jinsheng come back with Xu Liang; he still has school tomorrow."

"Okay, I’ll pick up Uncle tomorrow. Dad, Mom, and brother and sister-in-law, don’t worry," Lu Aibing nodded.

"Tomorrow I will have my secretary go to the villa to find you; it’s not just the uncle, but other guests as well. The secretary will have a schedule for each person’s arrival time.

"However, aside from your uncle’s family, the secretary will arrange for the other guests to be picked up from the airport and booked into hotels. If you happen to meet them, you don’t need to go out of your way to invite them to Xiaoyun’s engagement banquet; just make sure you take good care of your uncle and his family."

Even if Lu Yun’s fainting incident had not happened, Lu Aiguo did not think that on the formal day of Lu Yun’s and Shitou’s engagement banquet, they would have the time to personally attend to Uncle Lu and the other guests who would arrive one after another.

Therefore, all the arrangements had been made well in advance. Uncle Lu was a close relative, and Lu Aiguo had already planned for Lu Aibing to be the one to receive them. Still concerned, he feared that his message had not been clear, leading Lu Aibing and the others to take things into their own hands and invite everyone from Yushu Village to Shitou and Lu Yun’s engagement banquet.

"Make sure you all remember this. Shitou and Xiaoyun’s engagement banquet was decided on suddenly and is very rushed, so we are only inviting a small group of people, and we’ve only asked our close relatives to attend."

"How can they not attend their own engagement banquet when everyone has traveled so far? It’s just a matter of adding a few tables," Lu Aibing murmured in dissatisfaction.

"Do as you’re told without all this unnecessary talk," Lu Erbo snapped, a rare show of anger towards Lu Aibing. After scolding him and noticing the lingering dissatisfaction on his face, and that everyone else also looked perplexed, he couldn’t help but feel he had been hasty and thus he sighed and softened his tone to explain.

"What do you understand? We’ve invited too many guests for Xiaoyun’s birthday this time, and most of them will arrive tomorrow. Wouldn’t it offend more people if we invited some and not others? It’s better to simply not invite anyone.

"Besides, the timing of the engagement banquet is too rushed for anything but a small gathering. Not only would too many guests not fit in the space, but the guests from the Pei family have such esteemed statuses, the guests we would invite are likely to be high-level as well. If we invited too many guests with complex backgrounds, wouldn’t that cause a huge hassle and disturbance for their security arrangements?"

"..."

An engagement banquet involving ’security arrangements’? The Lu siblings were all dumbfounded, giving Lu Erbo skeptical looks, thinking he was exaggerating. But since their father had said so, they felt it was not their place to argue further and obediently agreed.

With the Lu siblings in agreement, their spouses, the sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law of the Lu family naturally wouldn’t object and also nodded their heads in acquiescence.

Yet in their hearts, they remained somewhat skeptical.

Shitou’s newfound family — the Pei family members must be difficult to deal with, right?

They couldn’t help but think of the authoritative aura exuded by the Pei family patriarch and Pei Kun, even the younger Pei Kun had a powerful presence. Thus, they concluded in their minds.