Chapter 498: 494. Liu Lu Has Married Well (Please Subscribe, Monthly Tickets!)

Evening, at the Gu Family residence.

At this time, the Gu Family home was already full of people; they were all Gu Panpan's aunts and uncles. These people had all arrived and were gathered together chatting, and the topic of their conversation, aside from the young couple about to be married, was Zhang Ran.

Everyone had seen the reception lineup when Zhang Ran arrived today, and they were all discussing who exactly this person was.

Of course, the main thing was wanting to see if they could obtain some benefits from it.

Pei Mingmei had just returned, and she was immediately surrounded by everyone, who began asking questions one after another.

How could Pei Mingmei not know what these relatives were planning? Her expression stiffened as she said, "You must absolutely not go and disturb Mr. Zhang. He only came because of Xiaokai's sister's sake; our relationship with him is just so-so.

Besides, Mr. Zhang is very busy lately, so you must not disturb Mr. Zhang."

Pei Mingmei urged them repeatedly, truly afraid that these people would be ignorant of the situation and try to cozy up to Zhang Ran in private.

"Sister-in-law, how can you say that? We are considered relatives, so what would be the harm in making a connection?" Gu Jiahao said with some dissatisfaction.

Pei Mingmei glanced at him and said, "Jiahao, I'm not joking with you. Relatives? To put it bluntly, if Mr. Zhang doesn't acknowledge us as relatives, no one can say a word.

This time it was entirely because of Xiaokai's sister and the fact that Xiaokai himself gained Mr. Zhang's appreciation. Don't go looking for trouble where there is none."

"Who exactly is this person, to have such a big reputation?"

Pei Mingmei thought for a moment and decided she should reveal a bit of Zhang Ran's identity; otherwise, she was truly afraid these people would not know the gravity of the situation.

"You've heard of the Zhang Ran System that has been circulating online, right?" Pei Mingmei said.

"I know, it's going crazy online now, with all sorts of guesses. Aunt, do you know the inside story?" Gu Panpan's cousin asked.

The others also revealed expressions of confusion. What did this mean?

Pei Mingmei said, "The Zhang Ran System belongs to Mr. Zhang."

Once these words were spoken, everyone was stunned. The Zhang Ran System belongs to Mr. Zhang? In that case, their family...

Pei Mingmei guessed their thoughts in an instant and said in a deep voice, "Put away your little schemes and don't go looking for trouble.

I will tell you bluntly now: our current connection with Mr. Zhang is only through Xiaokai, and it can only reach as far as Mr. Zhang's daughter-in-law.

If you really make Mr. Zhang unhappy, or even disgusted, then you will bear the consequences yourselves. By then, we probably won't even have this little bit of a relationship with Mr. Zhang left."

Those who had originally had some ideas smiled sheepishly after Pei Mingmei's repeated warnings, but at this moment, they were indeed a bit afraid to approach Zhang Ran.

It would have been fine if they didn't know his specific identity at first, as they could have just charged in blindly, but now that they knew Zhang Ran's identity, everyone really didn't dare.

Liu Lu was also out socializing. Knowing she had returned, some old classmates and old friends from the past had all reached out, and there were no shortage of those inviting her to dinner.

Liu Lu originally didn't want to pay them much mind, but she was persuaded by Zhang Sicheng.

Liu Lu didn't have many friends to begin with, and having lived a hard life with him for so many years, struggling daily for a living, she had even fewer friends.

Regardless of what these people were after, generally speaking, they were still Liu Lu's friends. Going to see them, having a meal, and chatting was quite nice.

Tonight, Liu Lu attended a class reunion; they were all her high school classmates, and a few of them had done quite well for themselves.

Many people had heard that Liu Lu's family had become wealthy, and not just a little bit, but very wealthy.

But not many people knew the specific situation. Those who had been somewhat skeptical no longer doubted it after seeing Liu Lu's attire.

Liu Lu's outfit was not cheap. Since she was about to attend her younger brother's wedding, Liu Lu hadn't been as casual as usual.

When adding up her clothes, shoes, bag, and jewelry, those in the know reached a conclusion.

These items combined were estimated to be worth over a million!

In other words, Liu Lu was essentially wearing a million in cash on her body. Such a price shocked quite a few people.

At the same time, it could be seen that Liu Lu's family had truly made it!

However, they were all people who had been in society for a long time, so no one pestered Liu Lu with questions; at most, they asked a couple of things jokingly.

Of course, there were some who were sour about it, but Liu Lu didn't care; it was meaningless.

For the dinner and the fun in the evening, Liu Lu picked up the tab. She wasn't stingy at all, spending tens of thousands just like that.

Of course, that was on the surface; deep down, Liu Lu still felt a little heartache. She couldn't help it; she was used to being frugal, that's just how it was.

But watching her classmates gather around her to talk, treating her as the center, and even secretly flattering her,

even though Liu Lu was not a person with a strong sense of vanity, she still felt a secret thrill in her heart.

However, Liu Lu didn't play too late. Basically, at 9:30, she settled the bill and left after saying her apologies.

Zhang Ran had dinner with Liu Lu's parents that evening. After all, since he had come all this way, he had to meet his in-laws regardless.

Liu Lu's parents had completely changed their mindset by now, and although they were just ordinary people, there was one thing they understood.

That was not to cause trouble for their daughter, and even more so, not to let their daughter lose face in front of her husband's family.

Thinking about what their family had gained during this period because of Liu Lu, they were very clear that these were all given by the Zhang Family.

Plus, after Liu Lu had cautioned them about a few things, they understood one principle: as long as Liu Lu's position in the Zhang Family was stable, their family would not lack benefits.

Even a little bit leaking through the Zhang Family's fingers was enough for their family to eat their fill, and the facts had proven this point.

But if they caused trouble for their daughter, or even caused the Zhang Family to have some opinions about her because of them, then the losses would outweigh the gains.

With this mindset, the rest of the matters were easy to handle. Some other people in the Liu Family who wanted to stir up trouble didn't even need Zhang Ran to step in; they were blocked directly by Liu Lu's parents.

Therefore, Zhang Ran and Liu Lu's parents got along quite pleasantly.

Aside from Liu Lu's parents being a bit nervous at the beginning, everything else was very good.

Zhang Ran didn't say much else, just chatting with them about the children. Of course, the two little ones were the top priority.

However, what made Liu Lu's mother regretful was that her grandson, Zhang Xiaotao, was not very close to her, his grandmother.

After all, although she hadn't made things difficult for the child Zhang Xiaotao in previous years, she couldn't say they were close either.

Now it was difficult to try to get close.

On the morning of the 10th, Zhang Ran went directly to the Municipal Government. It was estimated that they had finished discussing things there, and he needed to go and have another talk.