Chapter 15: Grandpa Meng’s Promise**

What do you mean “just have a meal and go”?

Her daughter is so beautiful and sensible—why should she have to enter this marriage in such a humble manner?

Starting like this, will they ever have a good life?

Su Mei was determined to take Meng Yitong out of the house today. If they were to be kicked out of the Meng family, so be it. At worst, she would go back to her family and borrow some money. The four of them could survive if they were careful with their spending!

Meng Yitong followed her mother. If, before, she had been moved by what Grandpa Meng had promised, now, with dignity and boundaries at stake, all of that seemed worthless!

Meng’s father and Meng Yuanliang, without saying a word, also put down their chopsticks and followed Su Mei and Meng Yitong out of the room.

Grandpa Meng saw this and immediately struck his cane, shouting, “This is rebellion!”

Aunt Meng, who had been quietly observing, couldn’t stay still anymore. Although, deep down, she thought this marriage was a great match for the Meng family, especially since Meng Yitong was a useless, unlearned girl. How could she complain about marrying into the Qin family?

She secretly hoped that the Qin family would see the flaws in this marriage and take the initiative to break it off.

However, while she had hoped for that outcome with the Qin family, if the Meng family were to cancel the marriage now, it would only offend the Qin family, and this would harm the Meng family, especially their own branch of the family.

Seeing that the eldest son’s family was really about to leave, Aunt Meng hurriedly stepped forward and blocked their path, saying, “Eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, please don’t make Dad angry. He’s already so old, and his blood pressure is high. He can’t handle being upset like this. If you have any complaints, sit down and discuss it with him. Dad will try his best to meet your demands.”

Aunt Meng smiled on the surface, but inside, she was disgusted. The eldest branch of the family was useless, without any skills, always lingering around the old house eating and drinking. She truly wished Grandpa Meng would kick them out right now.

But for now, she had to hold her nose and accept it. There was no way around it. The future of the Meng family would belong to her son. If this marriage were ruined, it would be the Meng family’s loss, and her own branch would suffer the most.

Grandpa Meng, equally enraged, snorted.

With the help of the butler and servants, Meng Yitong’s family was stopped.

No one had the appetite to eat anymore. The family moved to the living room sofa, where they resumed their discussion.

This was also where Meng Yitong had fallen last time.

Looking around, Meng Yitong noticed the furniture had been rearranged, and it was completely different from what she had seen in the videos of the original owner’s house. She couldn’t help but quietly admire, This is truly a grand family. They really pay attention to the little details, but when it comes to big matters… well…

“Aunt, you really don’t have to worry about Yiyi being looked down upon after she marries. Qin Zhuoran is the heir to the Qin family. Who would dare look down on the wife of an heir?” Aunt Meng said, dropping her previous stern expression and wearing a face full of affection.

“And the Qin family not holding a wedding isn’t something aimed at Yiyi.”

“You’ve heard, Qin Zhuoran is now the CEO of the Qin Group. His work keeps him extremely busy, and he doesn’t have the time or energy to focus on such matters.”

“Also, because of his personality, he doesn’t want to have a wedding. That’s completely normal.”

“Marriage is a bond between families, and I think if we understand these small matters, the married life will be much more harmonious.”

Aunt Meng rambled on for a while, but Meng’s mother and father remained silent, causing Aunt Meng’s smile to slowly fade.

Grandpa Meng saw this and realized the matter wouldn’t end easily.

He took a deep breath and said seriously, “Alright, the Meng family will give Yiyi more dowry to ensure she’s not looked down upon by the Qin family!”

Su Mei had been causing a scene for one reason: she wanted Grandpa Meng to give Yiyi more compensation.

But now, seeing the Qin family’s indifferent attitude, no matter how much Grandpa Meng offered, she didn’t want it. After all, she wasn’t selling her daughter, she was marrying her off.

Grandpa Meng, seeing that the eldest son’s family still wasn’t responding, couldn’t help but feel resentful: This family is so greedy!

“Eldest brother, eldest sister-in-law, how about this: we’ll add two villas from the Lakeside Mountain Villas to Yiyi’s dowry. If Yiyi ever feels uncomfortable in the Meng family, she can move there anytime…”

Before Uncle Meng could finish, Su Mei interrupted, “Keep those villas for yourself. We don’t want them!”

Su Mei was truly disgusted by Uncle Meng’s family. These villas had failed development projects that couldn’t even be sold, and now they were acting as though they were giving them a treasure!

They really thought she was scavenging for scraps!

Uncle Meng’s face darkened. He had bought a large plot of land on the outskirts of the city based on an internal planning scheme, and spent a huge amount of money to develop a high-end villa project.

But then, the government changed, and the planning was overturned, leaving the new district development completely scrapped.

Now, his once-popular villa project had cooled off, and he couldn’t sell it. He had to spend a large amount annually to maintain it.

However, selling it at a loss was out of the question. After all, he had made such a big fuss about it earlier; it would be embarrassing to let it go for a cheap price.

Giving those villas as Yiyi’s dowry seemed like a good solution. If Yiyi could sweet-talk the Qin family and build some commercial facilities around the villas, there was a chance the project could be revived.

So he didn’t mind giving Yiyi a few villas; in fact, he was happy to do it. The bigger the bait, the bigger the profit.

But who knew that the eldest son’s family wouldn’t appreciate it!

Frustrated, Grandpa Meng massaged his temples and said, “The family will give Yiyi the newly developed shopping mall in the south of the city as part of her dowry. This way, she’ll have her own career, and won’t have to live at the mercy of the Qin family.”