Chapter 17: A Bridal Gift of One Hundred Million

“Crazy!”

Lin Xue, Lin Xi’s younger sister, rolled her eyes and continued eating, no longer paying attention to Ye Huan.

But in her heart, she had an extremely poor first impression of this brother-in-law. She had clearly been sarcastic, yet Ye Huan actually praised her insight.

He couldn’t even understand a hint of mockery—truly worthy of being called a butcher!

“Did I tell you to get out? Are you deaf?”

Lin Canglan, seeing that Ye Huan not only refused to leave his house but also started talking with Lin Xue, was instantly furious.

“I’ll wait for you outside!” Ye Huan said to Lin Xi.

“Alright!” Lin Xi nodded and headed straight for her bedroom.

“Wait!”

At that moment, Li Meiya suddenly called out to Ye Huan.

“Since you’re here, don’t be in such a hurry to leave. I happen to have something to discuss with you.”

Lin Canglan was stunned. “What’s there to discuss with a butcher? Are you going to ask about pork prices abroad?”

Li Meiya gave Lin Canglan a glance he didn’t understand, then walked to the living room and sat on the sofa, crossing her legs.

“Come here!”

Ye Huan immediately went over, ready to sit down.

Li Meiya scolded, “Who told you to sit?”

Heaven bear witness, Ye Huan wanted to slap Li Meiya into next week, but out of respect for his lifesaver Lin Tai, he held back.

Straightening up, he asked, “What do you want to discuss with me?”

Lin Canglan strode over and sat beside Li Meiya, equally curious about her sudden interest in talking to Ye Huan.

Lin Xue, still eating, also cast a curious glance.

“Ye Huan, marriage involves formal betrothal rituals. Our Lin family doesn’t have too many rules, but the bride price, house, and car still need to be discussed. I can’t just give my daughter away for free,” Li Meiya said.

Lin Canglan immediately understood Li Meiya’s intention: she wanted to raise the bride price to pressure Ye Huan into backing off.

He played along and asked, “Ye Huan, what do you think is a reasonable bride price? How big a house, and how expensive a car would match Xi Xi’s status?”

Ye Huan thought for a moment. “The bride price shouldn’t be less than 100 million yuan; the house should be at least 1,000 square meters, a standalone villa with a garden and swimming pool; as for the car, something worth 20 to 30 million yuan.”

Lin Canglan, Li Meiya, and Lin Xue were shocked!

Especially Lin Canglan and Li Meiya, whose breaths quickened, faces flushed with excitement and bodies trembling.

“You—you have that much money?”

Li Meiya suddenly found this butcher son-in-law less detestable.

“Is butchering abroad really that profitable?” Lin Canglan asked excitedly.

Ye Huan looked puzzled. “I’m marrying into the Lin family. Isn’t it your family that should give me the bride price, prepare the house and car? It doesn’t have to be too much, just what I said.”

Lin Canglan: “……”

Li Meiya: “……”

Lin Xue: “……”

They had thought Ye Huan was offering Lin Xi a 100 million yuan bride price, a house over 1,000 square meters, and a car worth tens of millions.

It turned out Ye Huan expected Lin Xi to provide these for him!

“Get out of my house!”

Li Meiya’s angry roar shook the entire building.

“Get out, and if you ever set foot in my house again, I’ll break your legs!” Lin Canglan also shouted furiously.

Ye Huan curled his lips and hurried out, feeling delighted inside. To make those who disliked him so angry gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

But suddenly he realized, apart from Lin Tai, the entire Lin family hated him. That wouldn’t do—it wouldn’t be conducive to a peaceful life in the future.

After much thought, Ye Huan decided to set a small goal for himself: to get his father-in-law, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law completely under control, becoming the master as the son-in-law.

Half an hour later,

Lin Xi finally came out!

“Are you going to the birthday party dressed like this?”

Ye Huan looked her up and down.

Her long hair was tied into a ponytail, revealing a smooth, full forehead and a delicate, flawless face.

She wore a tight white T-shirt, outlining her slender waist and ample curves perfectly.

Her lower half was clad in loose, washed-out ripped jeans.

On her feet were a pair of white sneakers.

Youthful, lively, vibrant, sunny, pure with a touch of sensuality—and a hint of rebelliousness.

This outfit was pleasing to the eye but not suitable for attending a high-society birthday party.

“I’m naturally beautiful. Even if I wore a sack, I’d still stun the whole party!” Lin Xi boasted as she entered the elevator.

“You’d look even more beautiful without clothes!” Ye Huan followed her into the elevator.

“I’ll kill you!”

Lin Xi suddenly recalled that Ye Huan had once freeloaded off her, and in a fit of anger, she jumped up and launched an attack on him inside the elevator.

“Hey hey hey, what are you doing...”

“I’m going to tear your mouth apart...”

“Stop! If you don’t stop, I’ll take care of you right here in the elevator!”

“I’ll kill you, kill you, kill you, kill you...”

By the time the elevator reached the second basement level, Ye Huan emerged with his hair a complete mess, but his clothes intact.

After getting in the car,

Lin Xi glanced at Ye Huan’s disheveled hair and smiled triumphantly.

“There will be many people at the party tonight, including some I dislike. We absolutely cannot let them know about our relationship, or they’ll mock me.”

Ye Huan suddenly understood: this girl wasn’t bringing him to the party to use friends to humiliate him.

“Well, then why don’t you just not bring me?”

“If you don’t go, who will protect me?” Lin Xi pouted.

Ye Huan realized she was worried the Jin family would retaliate against her because of Jin Feiyu’s affair, so she brought him along as a bodyguard.

...

Su Lei struggled to find the car keys, then called his bodyguard and went to a pharmacy to ice the swollen left side of his face, bruised by Ye Huan.

Only then did he head to the Super Face bar with the bodyguard.

“Why is everyone outside?”

Seeing all the guests gathering at the bar’s entrance, Su Lei asked in confusion.

“We’re waiting for Lin Xi!”

A beautiful woman in a pink spaghetti strap tight skirt smiled and said.

Su Lei immediately understood the situation and frowned.

“Xiang Yingxin, I know you don’t get along with Lin Xi, but tonight is Shen Huamei’s birthday party. Isn’t it a bit much to cause trouble here with Lin Xi?”

“Oh, so you know everything!” The woman in the pink dress, Xiang Yingxin, teased.

“Su Shao, we all know you like Lin Xi and have been pursuing her for years. Are you really willing to watch her marry a butcher?”

At these words, everyone present mocked Su Lei, hoping he would use Shen Huamei’s birthday party to properly deal with that butcher and add some spice to the celebration.

Mentioning that butcher made Su Lei’s left face twitch. He said,

“Of course I’m not willing, and I definitely won’t let that butcher off easily. But I won’t ruin Shen Huamei’s birthday party over my own matters.”

Just then, Shen Huamei approached and said,

“As Lin Xi’s good friend, I absolutely won’t allow her to marry a butcher. You all should take this opportunity to humiliate and deal with that butcher well—ideally making him so furious he divorces Lin Xi.”