Chen Yu's expression darkened, but after a moment of thought, his brow relaxed.
Perhaps the Gao Family had two daughters?
Thinking this, he adjusted the bundle strapped to his back. He recalled that right before he left, Master's wife had given him a Great Restoration Pill, which should make a suitable wedding gift.
Half an hour later, Chen Yu arrived at the Gao Family Villa.
Before him stood a massive estate, magnificent and opulent, radiating an imposing and majestic aura.
"Well, well, looks like my future father-in-law is a super-rich tycoon! I'd better seize this opportunity. I might just reach the peak of life in one bound and marry a wealthy beauty," Chen Yu thought to himself with a smug grin.
At the front of the estate, a red carpet stretched all the way out to the street. Today, the Gao Family Villa was packed with luxury cars and a constant stream of people, presenting a bustling and lively scene.
Right now, quite a few guests were arriving to offer their congratulations to the engaged couple.
"The Chairman of Tianhe Group arrives with congratulations, presenting a pair of jade bracelets, wishing the newlyweds a blissful and happy union..."
"Haitang Pavilion arrives with congratulations, presenting a porcelain artifact, wishing the newlyweds a harmonious union..."
At the main entrance of the Gao Family Villa, the emcee loudly chanted toward the courtyard.
Chen Yu approached the main entrance carrying his bundle. The emcee, who had just finished belting out his announcement, looked at the rustic youth in front of him who screamed "country bumpkin" and nearly choked. Had this kid come to the wrong door?
Chen Yu ignored whatever the emcee was thinking and stated directly, "Chen Yu, from Taiping Village, offering one Great Restoration Pill."
Hearing this, the emcee froze.
"What are you staring at? Shout it!" Chen Yu glared at the emcee, who looked distracted and even wore a mocking expression.
Chen Yu was slightly displeased. Damn lackey, I'm your honorable future master's son-in-law. Are you blind or what?
The emcee's face stiffened, and then, feeling rather depressed, he shouted into the Gao Family Villa, "Chen Yu from Taiping Village arrives with congratulations, offering one Great Restoration Pill."
Inside, Elder Gao, who was sitting in the seat of honor, along with the engaged couple, all froze upon hearing this.
Chen Yu from Taiping Village? One Great Restoration Pill? What on earth was that?
The guests who had come to congratulate the newlyweds were also dumbfounded.
"Dad..." Gao Wenbang, Elder Gao's son, walked up to him with a frown.
"Elder Gao, did our family invite a character like this?" Gao Wenbang's wife, Wu Lili, also walked over with her daughter, Gao Yao, and her fiancé, Zhou Jian.
Elder Gao shook his head at them.
"Where on earth is Taiping Village? Who is this Chen Yu?"
"I've never heard of him in Dongling. Coming to give a wedding gift and he brings a single Great Restoration Pill—is he worried the groom lacks stamina? Hahaha..."
Amidst the murmurs of discussion, everyone's gaze turned toward the outside of the villa.
Under their collective gaze, a youth wearing plain yet very clean clothes and carrying a bundle swaggered in from outside.
"Pfft, where did this country bumpkin come from? Did he wander onto the wrong set?" Seeing Chen Yu walk in, someone failed to hold back and spat out the tea they had just drunk.
"Who the hell is this kid? Which mountain valley did he escape from? Today is the engagement banquet for the Gao Family and the Zhou Family, is he here to cause trouble?"
Derisive voices rang out across the Gao Family's grand hall, and all eyes in the room landed on the rustic youth, buzzing with discussion.
In the seat of honor, Elder Gao's expression sank.
Today was the engagement day of his granddaughter Gao Yao and Zhou Jian, the young master of the Zhou Family. For some bumpkin from the mountains to come and disrupt things like this was simply unforgivable!
The expressions of Gao Wenbang and Wu Lili were also very grim.
Gao Yao stared at Chen Yu with utter contempt. Where did this country bumpkin get the nerve to set foot through their Gao Family's front door?
"Yaoyao, could this guy be a relative of your family?"
Beside her, Zhou Jian cast a disdainful glance at Chen Yu and asked.
Gao Yao said nothing.
Wu Lili spoke up at that moment, her face ugly as she said, "Brat, did you come to the wrong place? Today my family is holding a joyous event, so I won't lower myself to your level. Clear out right now!"
"I didn't come to the wrong place. I'm here to deliver a wedding gift to you guys."
Chen Yu scratched his head. "Of course, that's just by the way. Most importantly, I'm here to find my wife!"
Hearing this, the members of the Gao Family exchanged glances, all looking bewildered.
Wu Lili snapped angrily, "Find your wife, have you lost your mind? Look at what kind of place this is, do you think your wife would be here?!"
"That's not right, my wife is right here in your Gao Family—she's the eldest young lady of the Gao Family!"
Chen Yu declared with conviction, a single stone stirring up a thousand ripples.
Wu Lili was furious upon hearing this and let out a vicious tirade, "You psycho! Would my daughter be engaged to a bumpkin like you? No way in hell! I don't care if you're playing dumb or making trouble on purpose, get the hell out right now!"
"Your daughter?"
Chen Yu was extremely displeased. "The Gao Family young lady I'm talking about isn't your daughter anyway. What are you getting so worked up for?"
"What a joke! Aside from my daughter, who else is a young lady of the Gao Family here?"
Wu Lili was burning with rage.
"The Gao Family only has one young lady?"
Chen Yu countered.
"Nonsense! Everyone knows I only have one granddaughter. Kid, what on earth are you playing at?"
Hearing this, Elder Gao's anger flared up as well. He slammed his palm on the table and shouted.
Chen Yu was also a bit baffled, but after a moment of thought, he understood and said coldly, "Are you the head of the Gao Family? Since you only have one granddaughter, why are you marrying her off to someone else? Have you forgotten the engagement from back then?!"
"The engagement from back then?"
Elder Gao's expression shifted drastically, his pupils shrinking sharply. "You... you are that person's apprentice?!"
"Yeah, I am Lin Suyi's apprentice."
Chen Yu said calmly.
"It really is her!"
Elder Gao trembled all over, his expression shifting uncertainly.
Seeing him like this, Gao Yao's eyes widened, her expression turning pitch black. Could what this country bumpkin said be true? Was she really engaged to him?!
But let her marry this bumpkin? How could that ever happen? In what way was he worthy of her?
Gao Yao's fiancé, Zhou Jian, turned purple with rage. He swept a cold, murderous glare toward Chen Yu. To steal a woman from him—was this damn thing even qualified?
"Elder Gao, what is going on here? How could Yaoyao be engaged to trash like this?" Wu Lili asked in a shrill voice.
"Exactly, Dad. This country bumpkin from the sticks, in what way is he worthy of Yaoyao?"
Elder Gao's second daughter, Gao Meifeng, rolled her eyes and stared coldly at Chen Yu. "Even though our Gao Family doesn't have any sons, it still isn't your turn—a worthless country kid—to sit back and reap the rewards. What a piece of trash. Someone, throw him out! This country bumpkin standing here is polluting the air."
Hearing this, the servants of the Gao Family immediately stepped forward.
"Hold on..." Chen Yu's expression turned icy. As the undisputed boss of Taiping Village, when had he ever suffered such humiliation?
"I won't deny that the Gao Family has a very high threshold, but listening to you lot, does being from the countryside mean you're not worthy of marrying a city girl?"
"That's right, you aren't. A country bumpkin like you is even less worthy. You want to marry my daughter? What kind of thing do you think you are?" Wu Lili looked at him with utter disdain.
Chen Yu couldn't be bothered to argue with these foul-mouthed shrews. In his eyes, these upper-class matrons who fancied themselves superior were practically worse than the widows in Taiping Village.
"Elder Gao, what do you have to say?" Chen Yu looked at Elder Gao.
Elder Gao's expression looked somewhat gloomy, and he remained silent.
He had indeed made an engagement with Lin Suyi back then. At that time, Lin Suyi had saved his life; her medical skills were supreme, and she was no ordinary person.
However, over the years the Gao Family had gradually grown and developed, becoming a prominent clan in Dongling. They could easily take in an exceptionally capable live-in son-in-law to carry on the Gao Family's lineage.
Therefore, the thought of breaking off this marriage had crossed his mind long ago, and he had even pushed the matter to the back of his mind. If Chen Yu hadn't brought it up again today, even he would have almost forgotten about this engagement.
"Grandfather, if there really is such an engagement, I won't agree to it." Gao Yao looked at Chen Yu with an arrogant expression and said.
"I don't understand what gives you the confidence to come to my Gao Family and bring up this engagement. You're just a country bumpkin who walked out of the village—do you think you're qualified to step through the doors of my Gao Family? Before you come to our Gao Family to mention this engagement, I'd trouble you to find a mirror and take a good look at yourself. To put it bluntly, in my eyes, you aren't even as good as a beggar on the street, understand?"
Chen Yu was driven to laughter by Gao Yao's words. For crying out loud, were city girls all this full of themselves? Was a country boy like him really so worthless in their eyes?
"Then what is your point?" Chen Yu looked at Gao Yao with a fake smile.
This woman was quite pretty, but that ugly expression of hers was far harder to look at than Aunt Wang, the simple-hearted widow back in his village!
"You aren't worthy of me!" Gao Yao replied coldly.