Chapter 006: Wedding Tokens

Mu Bingtong's beautiful eyes held a lethal gleam as she was about to say something when suddenly a robust voice of a middle-aged man came from behind: "Bingtong, who has come?"

Hearing this voice, Mu Bingtong struggled for a few moments before her expression changed, revealing a gentle smile.

"Husband~~ why did you come?"

This call of "husband" gave Chu Ge goosebumps all over, and footsteps were heard from inside the house.

The man and woman who came over both looked middle-aged; the man was dressed in a suit, exuding a gentle and refined aura. As for the middle-aged woman, while she seemed well maintained, there was a vulgar charm about her whole being that made her quite off-putting.

"What did you just call?" The middle-aged woman stared wide-eyed at Chu Ge, but Mu Bingtong merely gave her a cold glance and did not reply.

"Your mother is speaking to you!" The middle-aged man frowned and spoke gravely.

Mu Bingtong snorted and stepped forward to cling to Chu Ge's arm: "I've told you long ago that I will make my own decisions about my life partner, and besides, I already have a boyfriend!"

Chu Ge twitched the corner of his mouth a few times; what he said was just to tease this aloof female CEO, but now it seemed he was dragged into a family drama?

However, the middle-aged woman sparked an instinctive dislike in Chu Ge, so he decided to play along with the female CEO and flashed a radiant smile: "Hello, Uncle and Auntie, I'm Bingtong's man!"

He emphasized the word "man" heavily.

"You—" The middle-aged woman was clearly infuriated, pounding the doorframe as she exclaimed: "You were already engaged to Mr. Chen a few months ago, and now you shamelessly flaunt this!"

"You were the ones who arranged the marriage, not me! Marry Chen Jun yourself." Mu Bingtong's face was ashen, and she spoke without backing down: "Besides, if we're talking about shamelessness, I'm nowhere close to you!"

"Insolence!" Finally, the middle-aged man standing aside reprimanded in a low voice, glaring at Mu Bingtong and demanded: "Is that how you speak to your mother?"

To everyone's surprise, Mu Bingtong, who was always calm and composed, had tears swirling in her eyes.

"My mother is not this woman! You didn't even come back to see her once when she was dying, Mu Changge, the moment my mother passed away, you lost the right to call yourself my dad!"

After saying that, Mu Bingtong wiped away her tears and dashed out of the door.

"Bingtong..." Watching Mu Bingtong's retreating figure, Mu Changge opened his mouth but ultimately could only softly utter this name.

"This child is really infuriating!" The middle-aged woman muttered: "I'm also doing this for her own good."

"Yanxia, just keep quiet for a bit!"

"Eh, why should I keep quiet?" Zhang Yanxia glared, and in a tantrum said: "You agreed that day when the Chen Family came to propose marriage. What, having second thoughts now? The Chen Family is not someone we can afford to offend."

"I..." Mu Changge was startled for a moment and could only sigh, then said to Chu Ge: "Young man, I know you were just pulled in by Bingtong as a shield, and now that she's gone, you should leave as well."

With that, he moved to close the door.

However, the door was only half-closed when Chu Ge stopped it with his hand.

"Do you have any other issues?" Mu Changge frowned, his mood already suppressed to the brink.

"What's this, Uncle!" Chu Ge pulled out a letter and a jade pendant from his chest: "I truly am Bingtong's fiancé; this is a marriage certificate letter handwritten by your family's Old Master himself."

Suddenly, the atmosphere became different.

It was still the same living room, yet lacking the prior scent of flames, it now bore a sense of oppression, like the dark clouds before a storm.

At this time, Chu Ge had already taken a seat on the sofa, with a freshly brewed cup of tea on the coffee table in front of him. Clearly, Mu Changge was not as vulgar and rude as Zhang Yanxia; he at least knew some manners on how to treat a guest.

Upstairs in a room, Zhang Yanxia and Mu Changge were staring each other down with the letter placed between them.

"Did your family's Old Master really settle this child betrothal back then?" Zhang Yanxia looked at the letter, obviously unable to accept it in a moment.

Mu Changge was not much better off, smiling bitterly as he nodded: "Indeed, it's been over twenty years in the blink of an eye. If this young man hadn't come knocking today, I would have nearly forgotten about this entire issue."

The Old Master had said before his death that he had been saved by an old man with heavenly medical skills, who had a child by his side. To repay the old man's kindness and to form a connection, he engaged his granddaughter to the child, sealing the betrothal with this letter and half of a jade pendant.

Around Bingtong's neck also hung half of the jade pendant, which could exactly be joined with the other half to form a complete piece.

Zhang Yanxia's face turned unsightly: "What kind of joke is this? We have already agreed to the Chen Family's marriage proposal. As long as Bingtong can marry into the Chen Family, from then on we will be the Chen Family's in-laws, and we can walk sideways in Shanghai! No, I absolutely will not allow this brat to ruin this matter."

"What do you want to do?" Mu Changge suddenly had an ominous premonition inside.

"You don't need to worry about this matter. I will handle this kid; you just make sure to persuade that ungrateful, stinky girl!" Zhang Yanxia waved her hand and left the room with the letter.

At this time, Chu Ge was still lounging on the sofa, looking around. Seeing Zhang Yanxia coming over, he straightened his posture slightly.

"It's not easy coming all this way, is it?"

"Yes!" Chu Ge pretended to be simple and honest, nodding, "It was not easy to leave the mountains by donkey cart, but once in the city, it was convenient, with buses everywhere. It's just that the fares are a bit expensive; back where I come from, it costs one yuan, but here it costs two yuan."

She's definitely a pauper!

Contempt flashed in Zhang Yanxia's eyes as she casually threw the envelope on the coffee table: "As Bingtong's mother, I do not agree to this marriage. Even if you bring the token here, it's useless; the Old Master has passed away, after all!"

Chu Ge's eyes dropped slightly; naturally, he guessed that the other party would not agree to the marriage, yet he did not expect it to be so direct.

"May I ask for the reason?"

"Reason?" Zhang Yanxia sneered: "If you were a bit smarter, you would be able to see. What kind of family is the Mu Family? And what are your origins? I bet that without some trickery, you probably wouldn't even be able to enter the gates of this villa area. Is this explanation clear enough?"

Speaking of the gate, Chu Ge couldn't help but think of Zhao Wuji, as well as the Dragon Card by his side.

However, Chu Ge's daydreaming, in the eyes of Zhang Yanxia, seemed like a struggle in silence, so she decided to apply more pressure, making the youngster in front of her realize the disparity.

"Starting from the Old Master's generation, the Mu Family has been extremely prosperous, and Bingtong has inherited the Jinxiu Group left by the Old Master, with a net worth of tens of billions. She's like a phoenix above the nine heavens, while you, just a warty toad in the mire. Once you cling to the phoenix, you could indeed instantly soar to great heights. But imagine a toad climbing on a phoenix; don't you find that disgusting?"

Zhang Yanfang threw a check in front of Chu Ge: "This is three million yuan; from now on, you're not allowed to step into Shanghai ever again!"