As An Eight Year Old, I Went Into Financial Management Behind My Parents Back - Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Greedy-For-Money In-laws

“What? Sister Lin Yu is getting married?”

“Yes, yes, tomorrow,” Helen replied with a smile.

Fred echoed, “We have to prepare well. This family has helped us before. We have to be grateful.”

Lance was overjoyed when he heard the news from Fred and Helen.

Lin Yu was his uncle’s daughter.

His uncle was affectionate to their family. Even if his family was poor, he would do his best to help their family. Lance remembered this.

Lin Yu was also very close to him. She would gently tidy his hair and took good care of him when he was still young.

They had not seen each other often, but a sincere heart is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Now that Lin Yu was getting married, Lance had to prepare a generous gift!

“You can’t even have a dowry worth six figures? Ridiculous.”

In the cozy little house, Lin Yu’s fierce-looking mother-in-law’s imposing manner was incompatible with the bright red decorations.

Hearing this, Lin Yu’s husband, Shen Mulin, immediately spoke.

“Mom, don’t make things difficult for Xiao Yu!”

Upon hearing Shen Mulin’s retort, his father’s face instantly darkened. He scolded in a low voice, “You have no right to speak! She’s your mother. Would she cheat you?”

“Don’t argue, don’t argue,” Lin Yu’s father hurriedly stopped him. He sighed. “We’ll save up the dowry. But, In-laws, can we have more time?”

Lin Yu’s eyes reddened at her father’s submissive manner.

Shen Mulin held Lin Yu’s hand tightly and comforted her.

Warmth flowed through Lin Yu’s heart, but it disappeared in an instant.

She had been working hard in Manhattan all these years. Shen Mulin was her Chinese man whom she was about to marry after she got to know him well. However, the disparity in their family situation made Lin Yu wonder if she should get married.

How was her family going to afford a six-figure dowry?

“No!” Shen Mulin’s parents refused bluntly.

This scene deeply hurt Shen Mulin. He immediately took a step forward and disobeyed his parents for the first time.

“Xiao Yu is my love. I want to marry her!”

“Regardless of the betrothal gift, all processes will be smooth tomorrow. I want to marry Xiao Yu in a grand manner!”

Shen Mulin’s sudden dominance stunned his parents.

Upon receiving Lin Yu’s father’s grateful gaze, Shen Mulin secretly clenched his fists.

He could not be sure now.

He was also afraid that his parents would do something shocking at the wedding because of Lin Yu’s dowry.

However, he could only take it one step at a time now. At most, he would deal with whatever came his way.

On the day of the wedding, Fred and Helen brought Lance to the wedding, all dressed up. They were highly spirited and full of smiles.

But even before they reached the wedding venue, Lance sensed that something was wrong.

The atmosphere at the wedding venue was exceptionally unusual.

Before Lance could figure it out, Shen Mulin’s parents appeared and spoke without keeping a low profile.

“Eh? They’re Lin Yu’s relatives? Tsk tsk, they’re dressed up, but they can’t hide their poverty.”

Shen Mulin’s mother was the first to speak.

Shen Mulin’s father chimed in, “Ha, they’re all poor relatives. None of them are promising.”

Their arrogance was about to overflow.

Seeing this scene, Lance frowned.

Wasn’t this too much?

He wanted to go up and argue with the two of them who were greedy for money, but when he thought about how this was Lin Yu’s wedding venue and how much Lin Yu loved Shen Mulin, Lance held back.

He couldn’t disrupt the orderliness of the wedding scene.

It was better to talk about this kind of thing after the wedding is over.

After that, Lance took a step back, but in the eyes of Shen Mulin’s parents, he appeared to be timid.

They rolled their eyes and left with their heads held high. They began to receive their relatives warmly, completely ignoring Lin Yu’s relatives. “So stuck-up!”

Even the good-natured Helen swore. Resigned, Forrester patted his wife on the shoulder and pulled her into his arms.

Fred was consoling Helen when there was a noise and the newlyweds entered. Only then did Lance and his family put the unpleasantness behind them and wait for Lin Yu to appear with a blissful expression.

However, the truth was not what they had expected.

Although Lin Yu was wearing a western-style wedding dress, there was a brazier at the wedding venue.

Lin Yu couldn’t even smile when she saw the brazier.

Lance whispered, “What’s the meaning of this…”

“The bride steps over the brazier! Splash cold water!”

Before Lance could finish speaking, the emcee raised his voice.

Lance frowned.

In the next moment, Lin Yu stepped over the brazier in humiliation, and a basin of cold water was splashed on her! “What’s going on?!” Helen exclaimed.

Standing next to Helen was Shen Mulin’s relative. He replied impatiently when he saw Helen’s exclamation. “To get rid of bad luck.”

“Don’t bring your poverty to us.”

These words entered Lance’s ears. He took a deep breath to ease his emotions. Lance glanced at his uncle from the corner of his eye. Seeing that his uncle was holding back, he was prepared to wait and see. The wedding procedure was still long. Lance had prepared a backup plan. There was no hurry!

“Ah! The groom’s parents gave the bride 100,000 yuan. The bride’s family can’t let them down!”

“The bride’s father, how much dowry have you prepared?”

Halfway through the wedding, the emcee began to speak according to Shen Mulin’s parents’ instructions.

His words implied that he wanted Lin Yu’s father to come up with the money. As soon as the emcee said this, Lin Yu and Shen Mulin’s faces darkened. However, because of the situation, they could not do anything.

As for Lance’s uncle, he was even more embarrassed.

He stuffed his wrinkled hands into his pockets and rubbed the crumpled red packet repeatedly, looking especially embarrassed.

He was too ashamed to take out this deflated red packet in such a situation! This scene did not shock Lance.

How could a family that was greedy for money let go of such a scene?

If they got the money, they would make a profit.

Even if they couldn’t get it, it would show their status in front of everyone. It could be said to be killing two birds with one stone! Then, Lance walked forward without batting an eye.

Today, he was wearing a small suit, so he could pretend to be a page boy!

No one stopped Lance as he walked forward.

After Lance went on stage, he asked the emcee for a microphone and spoke to the audience. “The bride’s family has prepared a 500,000 yuan betrothal gift for the bride!”

“Four times more than the groom’s gift.”

These two simple sentences shocked everyone present. “500,000 yuan? That’s a lot. Didn’t they say that the bride’s family was poor? Could it be fake?”

“You believe that? Isn’t it just a brat bragging?”

“Hey, kid, stop bragging. We all know the Lin family’s background! You can’t hide it from us.”

Below the stage, Shen Mulin’s relatives began to mock him crazily.

Under Lin Yu’s flustered gaze, Lance only sneered.

In the blink of an eye, Lance took out a bank card and showed it to everyone. While showing off, Lance did not forget to say this calmly. “Here’s 500,000 yuan for Sister Lin Yu’s dowry!”