Ch 308: Preparing the Betrothal

Weng Yun is a girl with a bright and generous appearance, three years older than Huo Xingchen, but you can’t tell from her looks at all. She looks very young, but her temperament is much more calm and steady than Huo Xingchen. She doesn’t seem nervous at all to meet her boyfriend’s parents, greeting them with grace and sitting down, letting the elders size her up and ask questions.

Gu Qingyin’s first impression of Weng Yun is very good. She asks with a smile, “Are you really determined to spend your life with Huo Xingchen?”

Weng Yun glanced at Huo Xingchen, her eyebrows and eyes unconsciously curving up, then turned her head and said seriously, “I’m sure!”

Gu Qingyin nodded, not surprised, and continued to ask, “Do your parents know about your relationship?”

Weng Yun hesitated for a moment, and said honestly, “I don’t have parents. I grew up in the Mystical Arts Association.”

Gu Qingyin was stunned for a moment, and then reacted with a face full of surprise, “The batch of elites that the Mystical Arts Association is rumored to cultivate?”

Weng Yun couldn’t help but laugh, “Yes, that’s what they say, but it’s actually a batch of orphans with talent cultivated by the Mystical Arts Association. I’m one of them.”

“So, if we want to propose marriage, do we have to go to the Mystical Arts Association?” Gu Qingyin really doesn’t know much about this, and plans to ask Old Liu first.

Gu Qingyin kicked Huo Yunjing, who hadn’t said a word, under the table. If he doesn’t speak, the girl might think her boyfriend’s father has a problem with her.

So Huo Yunjing looked over with the flow, and asked in a light voice, “There are so many people in the Mystical Arts Association, who do you usually have the most contact with?”

“It used to be Elder Miao.” Weng Yun said truthfully, “Now that Elder Miao has been arrested, and we’ve grown up, no one really manages us anymore.”

Then we still have to find the President.

Gu Qingyin understood roughly, and then invited her to eat. After eating almost enough, she said, “You haven’t known Xingchen for very long, so you probably don’t know much about his family. If there’s anything you want to know, you can take this opportunity to ask. Any questions are fine, don’t have any concerns.”

Weng Yun nodded, her expression becoming serious, “Does the Huo family mind a penniless daughter-in-law?”

Gu Qingyin smiled, “The Huo family doesn’t care about social status, as long as you like each other.”

Weng Yun didn’t relax, and continued to ask, “Does the Huo family mind a daughter-in-law who runs all over the world, isn’t home often, and is often with ghosts and evil things?”

Gu Qingyin was silent for a moment, and asked back, “Are you targeting me?”

Weng Yun panicked immediately, and waved her hands quickly, “No, no, no, I didn’t mean that, I…” She didn’t know how to explain, because she’s used to seeing people who are strict with others but lenient with themselves, and she’s very afraid that Huo Xingchen’s parents are like this too, so she wanted to ask clearly in advance.

Gu Qingyin chuckled, “Don’t worry, how you live your lives is your own choice, no one has the right to interfere.”

Weng Yun breathed a sigh of relief, and after a silent two seconds, she couldn’t help but laugh, and her whole person was finally relaxed from the inside out.

“I don’t plan to have children either.”

Gu Qingyin blinked, “You can discuss it yourselves.”

“I don’t plan to have a wedding either.”

“Why?”

Weng Yun smiled, “I want to have a travel wedding, leaving behind all kinds of wedding photos of us all over the country.”

Gu Qingyin also smiled, “Okay, it’s all up to you.”

Weng Yun said with some emotion, “Huo Xingchen is really lucky to have parents like you.”

Huo Xingchen proudly raised his chin, his parents are the best!

Gu Qingyin smiled, “We’re also very lucky.”

Overall, this meeting was unexpectedly smooth, everyone was very happy, and even Huo Yunjing, who didn’t have much expression, was satisfied in his heart.

Back at the hotel, Gu Qingyin called Liu Ergou to ask about the betrothal.

Liu Ergou was very surprised, “What betrothal? Who are you proposing to?”

Gu Qingyin: “Who else would I be proposing to? Of course, my son.”

Liu Ergou was even more confused, “Why are you asking me to propose to your son? I don’t have a daughter.”

Gu Qingyin took a deep breath, “Weng Yun from the Association, the person my family wants to propose to.”

Liu Ergou still didn’t quite understand, but he felt that he couldn’t ask any more questions. If he asked any more, the person on the other side would explode. Although it was over the phone, Gu Qingyin had too many ways to deal with him.

He coughed lightly, “Don’t worry, I’ll find someone to find out about the situation first, and I’ll call you back later.”

Gu Qingyin rolled her eyes, hung up the phone, and complained, “Liu Ergou is too unqualified as the President. He doesn’t even know such a simple thing.”

Huo Yunjing understood, “He just took over, he hasn’t been exposed to such trivial matters, it’s normal that he doesn’t know.”

Gu Qingyin stared at her phone and muttered, “I’ll give him three minutes.”

Huo Yunjing wasn’t idle either, he was sending a message to Huo Xingye.

Huo Yunjing: Xingchen is going to propose marriage, prepare a betrothal gift.

Huo Xingye’s first reaction after reading the message was that his dad’s phone had been stolen, but then he thought it was impossible. His dad is a Ghost King, who could steal something from him? So… Xingchen is really getting married?

Huo Xingye felt incredible, when did Third Oldest fall in love? He was still single when they met last time!

He still couldn’t believe it, and tentatively replied, “Lost a Dare?”

Huo Yunjing chuckled and directly called back, “Does this count as a Dare?”

Huo Xingye took a light breath, “Are you really getting married? Who is the woman from? What about her parents and family? You’re talking about marriage after knowing each other for so long, haven’t you been deceived?”

Huo Yunjing didn’t answer a single question, “Prepare the betrothal gift, I’ll take you with me when we propose marriage.”

Huo Xingye: “Okay.”

“Okay.” Huo Yunjing said, “Go prepare the betrothal gift, I’m hanging up.”

Huo Xingye: …Okay then.

Just as he hung up the phone, Liu Ergou’s call came.

Liu Ergou: “I’ve learned about the situation. Since the Elder who used to teach them has been arrested, I’m the only one you can turn to for the betrothal.” Speaking of this, he was a little emotional, “I didn’t expect that we could become in-laws.”

“Marrying relatives makes us closer, you’re still not happy.” Gu Qingyin reminded, “Prepare Weng Yun’s dowry, we’ll go over in the next few days after picking a good day.”

“Okay.” Liu Ergou was a little embarrassed, “But there’s something I need to say in advance. Although Weng Yun is marrying into your family, she’s still essentially a member of the Association. If the Association calls, she must return immediately, and she can’t refuse any tasks assigned to her.”

Gu Qingyin frowned, “It’s true that Weng Yun was raised by the Association, but that doesn’t mean she’s sold herself to you. You want her to be at your beck and call, what do you take people for? Have some shame!”

Liu Ergou wasn’t angry when he was hated, and said in a low voice, “That’s how the Association’s rules are, that’s what the Elders said, but there should be room for negotiation. I’m telling you this so you can be mentally prepared.”

Gu Qingyin understood, she snorted, “Okay, we’ll talk about it when we go to propose marriage.”

Liu Ergou breathed a sigh of relief, anyway, he had reminded her, so Gu Qingyin couldn’t get angry at him when the time came.

（End of this chapter）