Chapter 1165: Engagement vs. Engagement 1

"Take my arm."

Sheng Hanyu bent his arm, letting his wife take it.

It was safer to take her wherever he went!

This woman, although she was already forty years old, damnably, time left no traces on her.

For the wealthy ladies of other families, the money spent on facial and body treatments every month started at six figures, and that was just the starting price.

Spending seven figures a month on beauty treatments was also normal and not rare.

It wasn't that Shi Youxuan didn't do any beauty treatments; she did them occasionally.

She was also very casual with the cosmetics she used; she never bought them herself, and she just used whatever her husband bought.

In her own words: "Just use whatever."

Of course, the cosmetics Sheng Hanyu bought for his wife were all top-tier, but what others used wasn't bad either, yet no one had as obvious results as she did.

"Someone who just uses whatever looks like she's in her early twenties at forty.

Plus, her daughter looks very much like her, so those who don't know might think she is a bridesmaid or the bride-to-be's sister.

Shi Youxuan's beauty is the type that stuns people, and she is easily approached wherever she goes.

Sheng Hanyu has to keep his wife by his side to feel at ease.

The engagement ceremony was very grand, the best the Qi Family could manage.

Shi Ran changed into a full six outfits today; each one was meticulously crafted, very exquisite, and very gorgeous.

The jewelry she wore was also all kinds of top-tier gems, making countless women envious.

But Sheng Hanyu noticed something was wrong.

He whispered to his wife: "Why didn't Ranran wear the engagement outfit you prepared? And she isn't wearing the Tears of the Desert either."

Shi Youxuan blinked slyly, leaned close to her husband, and whispered in his ear: "Are you stupid?"

"The best things should of course be saved for when it's our home turf; we aren't wearing them now."

"Right, right, you're right." Sheng Hanyu had been pulling a long face all night, but now he finally revealed a smile.

He had felt stifled the entire night!

The Qi Family had changed; he had known this fact for a long time, and although it was a bit disheartening, it wasn't unacceptable.

Because his daughter liked that boy from the Qi Family, and Qi Heng was indeed devoted to his daughter, he didn't say much more.

But the behavior of the President and Lady Qi today still made him very angry!

The Qi Family always wanted to hold themselves above the Sheng Family.

Not only did the President and his wife display a sense of superiority everywhere, but there was even a hint of condescension in it.

They felt that because they were the President, their status and position were high, and since the Sheng Family were merchants, they deserved to be a notch lower!

If it weren't for his daughter's engagement today, Sheng Hanyu would have turned and left.

But today he didn't.

He endured it; as someone who never took insults, he still felt very uncomfortable inside for having to swallow such humiliation for his daughter's sake.

His wife's words made him very happy; that was right.

The gowns and jewelry they had meticulously prepared as a couple were to be worn on their own home turf!

Didn't the Qi Family want to hold themselves above the Sheng Family in this engagement matter and then hold them down in everything else in the future?

They simply wouldn't let the Qi Family get their way.

If they hadn't been so obvious, the couple actually wouldn't have minded letting the Qi Family take the spotlight.

But as the President of a country, being so petty, the two of them couldn't possibly let them get their way!

……

Ten days later.

It was finally time for the Sheng Family's home turf.

In the early morning, the sky was gray and drizzling with fine rain.

Although the rain wasn't heavy, such weather always gave people a feeling that it wasn't festive enough.

Sheng Hanyu was on the phone, contacting the relevant departments to prepare for artificial rain cessation!

This was a major project; although it didn't take much time, it burned money.

They had to fire cannons into the sky to drive away thin cloud layers and use planes to go up and continue dispersing the clouds to achieve the effect of stopping the rain.

Finally, he made the contact, and only then did he let out a long sigh of relief!

As long as the rain could stop and the sky clear up by the time of the ceremony, today's engagement ceremony would be perfect.

What was money?

The one thing the Sheng Family didn't lack was money.

The engagement ceremony was held at the Wanhao Huangjia Jiudian.

This was a newly opened hotel, which was of course also a property of the Sheng Family; everything was top-tier, pushing luxury to the extreme!

The hotel was designed by a world-class master designer; when it was being designed, the designer asked Sheng Hanyu what kind of characteristic theme he wanted to highlight.

He only said two words—"Money!"

Thus, the hotel reflected luxury in every aspect.

The magnificent and imposing exterior went without saying.

The interior decoration was also resplendent with gold and jade; it was truly resplendent with gold and jade.

Inside the hotel, everything with metal on it was gold-plated.

This included elevator doors, room door handles, and even faucets and trash cans; they were all gold-plated.

The paintings hanging on the walls were authentic works by famous Chinese and foreign artists; taking any one of them out would be enough for an ordinary family to live on for several years.

Every chandelier in the hotel was made of genuine crystal; a small piece removed could serve as jewelry material, yet now tens of thousands, even over a hundred thousand pieces were gathered together to decorate the crystal ceiling!

Good things are indeed different.

The lobby chandelier was turned on, and the fine, shimmering light scattered across the resplendent hotel, making the entire building look dreamlike, dazzlingly beautiful.

Furthermore.

The carpets were hand-woven from imported wool.

All toiletries were Hermès, and every single one was authentic.

The hotel waiters and doormen were all recruited according to flight attendant standards, but because Sheng Hanyu offered a salary several times higher than that of ordinary flight attendants, the quality of the staff recruited was exceptionally high in every respect.

The high quality of the staff was discovered by the President and his wife as soon as they checked in.

Before they even entered the hotel lobby, they saw the resplendent decorations from the outside and were already somewhat displeased.

Although this was the home turf of Jiangzhou, the couple did not want the Sheng Family's display to outshine theirs.

Although the venues for the two engagement banquets were different, both had reporters filming the entire process, so it would be clear at a glance who was more impressive.

The couple did not want the Sheng Family's display to be bigger or better than theirs, but upon entering the hotel, they realized this was an unchangeable fact.

It wasn't just higher; it was higher by more than just a little bit.

So, Lady Qi took the initiative to find fault, wanting to make the Sheng Family look bad!

She deliberately avoided speaking English and used her hometown dialect when making requests to the waiter.

The waiter responded fluently, with added politeness and impeccable manners.

She would not give up and made things difficult in every way, but everything was resolved one by one, and not a single flaw could be picked out.

So, she found fault with the weather.

Lady Qi called Shi Youxuan: "Xuanxuan, the weather today is not good, it's not very auspicious. Why don't you cancel the engagement banquet on your side? Anyway, you've already held one, there's no need to hold another."

"No."

"Beep, beep, beep—"

Before she could react, Shi Youxuan had already hung up the phone.

She was stunned for a few seconds before she realized what had happened.

At that moment, Lady Qi was very angry: "Too much, this woman is too much! She actually hung up the phone before I finished speaking!"

The President said nothing, but he also frowned.

This is the Sheng Family's territory, so of course the Sheng Family has the final say!

If you can't stand it, you can go back to your country; whether you attend or not is up to you.

These two sentences were Shi Youxuan's inner thoughts, and before she could even say them out loud, Lady Qi was almost angered to death by her.