Chapter 2454
Shen Wan's Past Events
"Dad, have some tea!" Zhu Liqian, her belly slightly protruding, blushed as she served He Yuzhu a pot of green tea.
This is also the biggest reason why the Zhu family proposed marriage to the He family.
The two little ones often spend time together, enjoying mixed-gender baths and hot springs, and it's quite normal for them to indulge in forbidden fruit.
"Take a break, take a break. We have servants at home. Why are you worrying about these things, Qianqian?"
"Don't tire yourself out." He Yuzhu sat up, glanced at his future daughter-in-law's belly, and then said with a kind smile.
"Dad, I'm not tired."
"Serving you is what I should do," Zhu Liqian said, her cheeks slightly flushed and a hint of shyness in her voice.
She didn't know what was going on. Originally, her relationship with He Xinghua had always been very principled.
Kissing and hugging are fine, but He Xinghua has always respected her principles regarding that kind of thing.
But I never expected that life on the other side would be so open.
Mixed-gender bathing is something that is socially acceptable.
A man and a woman alone, already deeply in love, are naked together in a small space.
So it's quite normal for something to happen.
Once something like that happens, it'll happen again, and then she ended up with a golden pig in her arms.
This result made her feel very embarrassed, as if she had used underhanded tactics to force He Xinghua to marry her.
However, after she informed both sets of parents of her pregnancy...
Both sets of elders were overjoyed.
They immediately began planning the wedding.
The dowry given to Zhu Liqian by the Zhu and Chen families was quite generous, including a 200,000-acre rubber plantation.
It's definitely worth tens of millions of US dollars.
Not to mention Lou Xiao'e's side, her family assets consisted of dowries left to her two daughters and the property management company that spun off from her own business.
The vast majority of the rest were left to He Xinghua.
Even Tanya Li gave her granddaughter-in-law a batch of commercial properties worth tens of millions of US dollars.
This donation was notarized and is separate from the Ho Group.
Even if the He Group goes bankrupt in the future, the dowry from the Zhu family and the bride price from the He family will be enough to ensure the young couple has no worries about food and drink for the rest of their lives, and their net worth will be over 10 billion.
That is, He Yuzhu was the most shabby.
As a lowly school principal with a monthly salary of only four or five hundred yuan, it seems he really doesn't have anything worth giving away.
In this regard, he could only think of living off a woman and waiting for Lou Xiao'e to make arrangements for him.
However, Lou Xiao'e certainly wouldn't be petty about this.
"Sit down, sit down, sit down and chat with Dad." He Yuzhu invited his daughter-in-law to sit down.
Looking at his daughter-in-law's belly, He Yuzhu became more and more delighted.
He Xiao, in her previous life, naturally got married later on.
But by then, Lou Xiao'e and her son had completely given up on Sha Zhu and hadn't informed him at all.
Fortunately, no matter how much He Xiao hated him, she never thought of changing her surname.
At least they managed to leave a bloodline for Sha Zhu.
Now, being able to see his son get married and his daughter-in-law pregnant, one can imagine how excited he must be.
"Dad, Mom and Uncle are hoping you can visit us in Malaysia sometime," Carol Chu said shyly as she sat down, extending the invitation on behalf of her parents.
He Yuzhu wants to keep a low profile this time, so he can only avoid meeting his in-laws in public if possible.
The Chen and Zhu families were also prominent and wealthy households; they couldn't possibly come to visit their future in-laws before their daughter had even entered the He family.
He Yuzhu chuckled self-deprecatingly and said to Zhu Liqian, "Please apologize to your parents and your uncle's family for me."
My father has a government job, so it's already a great privilege for him to come to Hong Kong Island. It's really inconvenient for him to visit them there.
Please forgive my rudeness.
"When I retire, I'll visit them all and apologize in person."
“No, no need, Dad, we all know. Xinghua said you’ve already given up so much for him,” Zhu Liqian quickly explained. Her invitation was a polite gesture from her family.
Everyone knows that He Yuzhu definitely can't go to Malaysia.
Of course, phone calls don't count; on the day He Yuzhu arrived in Hong Kong Island, he had already made a long-distance call to his father-in-law to apologize.
He Yuzhu then said a couple more words of concern.
Lou Xiao'e walked over, leading her two daughters. At this moment, she was at the height of her power.
No matter which woman it is, she gives birth to children all for this day.
So even when she saw He Yuzhu, she still raised her slightly slender neck and smiled with a hint of arrogance, saying, "What are you saying to Qianqian, you father-in-law?"
"You didn't say anything bad about me, did you?"
He Yuzhu reached out and hugged his two daughters who had bumped into him, patting the older one's head and holding the younger one on his lap.
Only then did he have a moment to say to Lou Xiao'e, "How could I dare?"
"By the way, where's Xinghua?"
If his daughter-in-law wasn't around, He Yuzhu would definitely say a few words to coax her.
But isn't the daughter-in-law here?
He couldn't bring himself to humble himself like that.
"Didn't Xinghua take that Xiao Zhang to meet some fast-moving consumer goods merchants as you instructed?" Lou Xiao'e said, with a hint of resentment.
After all, it's my son's wedding, and that's the time to prepare for everything.
He Yuzhu asked He Xinghua to lead a small business owner from an advertising company to visit those big shots with assets worth hundreds of millions.
Lou Xiao'e felt that the matter was a bit unclear.
He Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "Don't just look at how troublesome things are."
We also need to see the subsequent impact.
A good reputation is something our family can never earn enough of.
You, like Elder Huo, donated 100 million.
That's certainly generous.
But if we coordinate with Beijing to build up the momentum of the Asian Games.
Our family can lead the wealthy in Hong Kong Island to finalize business sponsorship deals.
That would be even more appealing to those in power than simply giving money away.
You need to understand the principle that it's better to teach someone how to fish than to give them a fish.
Currency depreciates. One hundred million today might not cause as much of a stir in ten or twenty years.
Besides, you can't keep bringing this up all the time.
Wouldn't that just be showing off?
When it comes to donating money, you should learn from Huo Lao (Huo Lao) – try to be as low-key as possible.
But if you achieve success in sponsorships, you can talk about it for a lifetime.
And the higher-ups would probably be very happy to hear you share this as experience.
Think back to when Shen Wansan donated the city wall.
In the end, He Yuzhu still gave an example to remind Lou Xiao'e.
He was afraid that Lou Xiao'e would get too cocky about this.
When doing good deeds for those in power, one must also be mindful of the methods and the impact.
If Shen Wansan had been a little more discreet when building the Nanjing city wall, he could have secretly slipped his money directly to Emperor Zhu.
Then perhaps the Shen family wouldn't have suffered that later disaster.
By daring to spend money to win people's hearts and promote his reputation on such a matter of national importance, Shen Wansan had already dug his own grave.
Lou Xiao'e also became serious upon hearing this.
She sat down next to Zhu Liqian, thought seriously for a moment, and then said to He Yuzhu, "You're right!" (End of this chapter)