The Beautiful CEO's Dragon Blood Bodyguard-Chapter 716 - 0: The Issue with the Bridal Price

Long Fei and Lin Yingying approached, one sat next to Long Santai, the other next to Lin Shirong.

Lin Shirong and Long Santai grew sentimental. Grasping his granddaughter’s hand, as if accomplishing a mission, he sighed with relief and said, "Brother Long, back then, my Lin Family owed yours. I intended to use the marriage pact as compensation. Over the years, you’ve avoided us. I know what you’re thinking; you, my older brother, are a proud man, wary of others saying the Long Family sought to climb the ladder through power. I’ve been worried about this for years and was prepared to personally visit Longjiawan Village to find you. Who would have thought, it’s the twist of fate—the will of heaven—that brought Long Fei to our doorstep. These two children, without our coercion, came together on their own. This shows that our families truly have a destined connection!"

Long Santai took a puff from his tobacco pipe, laughing, "Who can deny it, destiny is something you just can’t escape! I took a shine to Yingying, this girl, at first sight. You’ve put in a lot of effort over the years, raising such an outstanding granddaughter. Our Long Fei’s parents in heaven would surely be pleased with her."

Lin Yingying’s pretty face blushed, shy from the praise.

Long Fei felt amused inside, thinking that his grandfather hadn’t seen Wang Xiaoya and probably thought Lin Yingying was the unparalleled granddaughter-in-law after only seeing her.

Lin Shirong also praised, "And your older brother hasn’t spared any effort either, bringing up a grandson like Long Fei. Not only is his character upright, he’s also a young talent, saving the Lin Family from peril on several occasions!"

Relatives in the room who were not privy to the details snorted in disdain at these compliments.

They thought, isn’t he just a little security guard? Aside from guarding the door, what other talents could he have?

"Oh no, not at all. We’re just a humble family, raised in the simplest of ways. As long as Brother Lin does not disdain us, that’s enough."

Long Santai humbly laughed loudly, yet his face beamed with pride.

Village Chief Li Fugui sat aside, feeling quite awkward.

After all, he was the matchmaker, so why was he sidelined the moment he arrived?

He cleared his throat and broached the topic, "Now, Brother Lin! Let’s discuss the formalities, shall we? For the wedding of Long Fei and Yingying, whatever requests you have, just state them. Our side as the groom’s family will undoubtedly fulfill them without a second word."

Lin Guodong and Yu Hui breathed a sigh of relief, having circled around half the day, finally returning to the matter at hand.

Yu Hui said, "Well then, we have no issues with the wedding arrangements between our two families. It’s just the wedding date—could we perhaps choose another? Three days is too tight. We are utterly unprepared, and many relatives and friends won’t have time to be informed."

Li Fugui, well-prepared, took out his notebook, flipped through a few pages, and said, "I’ve already discussed this with Long Fei on the way here. Let’s do this: hold one ceremony in Longjiawan Village and another in your Binhai City. The groom’s side will cover the expenses for both ceremonies. This way, nobody has to travel long distances. It’ll also be more convenient for each to entertain their respective relatives and friends."

His actions amused the younger members of the Lin Family, thinking to themselves what an odd character this was.

The very picture of a village official.

Long Fei watched their reactions clearly from the sidelines.

Just a bunch of frogs in a well, Long Fei couldn’t be bothered to argue with them.

Apart from Sister Yingying and her siblings, the Lin Family truly had no one with foresight.

The saying about wealth not lasting beyond three generations speaks of them exactly.

Yu Hui and her husband Lin Guodong exchanged a glance, nodded to each other, and turned to Li Fugui, "That sounds good, we have no objections."

"Alright then, that settles it."

Li Fugui put a check mark in his notebook, and continued, "Next, let’s discuss the matter of the bride price. Although we in Longjiawan Village are not wealthy, we must still follow proper customs. Around the area, the bride price typically sits at about sixty thousand. I’m not sure what the Lin Family expects, but if it’s not enough, we’re willing to add more."

The moment he spoke, all the surrounding relatives burst into laughter.

One of the younger members teased, "Uncle, sixty thousand won’t even cover our travel expenses to your place."

"What a joke, are you treating us like beggars?"

"Every wedding in the Lin Family recently had a dowry of over a million. Sixty thousand, how can you even say that with a straight face!"

Lin Guohao seized the moment to stand up and express his indignation, "The Long Family is bullying us! Our Yingying is a head of the Lin Family, her net worth well over a hundred million. You offer a dowry of sixty thousand, isn’t that slapping the Lin Family’s face?"

His wife, Zheng Fang, made mocking comments, "You should zip it. They’ve come from a remote village; it’s already not bad they can take out sixty thousand."

Village Chief Li Fugui furrowed his brows tightly, not expecting such a strong reaction from the Lin Family.

Sixty thousand, he even thought it was too much!

He cleared his throat and said, "Well, the dowry is negotiable! It’s not like we can’t afford to give more, but the country is paying close attention to the issue of dowries recently, discouraging ostentation and waste, and we should respond to the national call, right? No, I’ll add another eight thousand. Sixty-eight thousand, double sixes for good fortune!"

The younger members of the Lin Family burst into laughter.

Someone shouted, "Uncle, let’s not mince words. If you bring out a million, we’ll not fuss over today’s dowry money."

"Yeah, the Long Family is rich, and we don’t need your money. Just show it to us, and we won’t even need the sixty-eight thousand."

A crowd of onlookers watched Village Chief Li Fugui as if it were a show.

The two elderly men in the middle, Elder Master Lin was helpless, while Long Santai appeared more nonchalant.

With such a big family and so many people, you can’t really say anything as an outsider.

Since the mediator had come, it all depended on him to negotiate in the middle.

Village Chief Li Fugui’s head was sweating; he was just bragging, how could he take out a million on the spot?

He declined with a forced smile, "What you’re saying is unrealistic, even if we went to the bank now, we couldn’t withdraw that much cash immediately, right?"

Someone laughed, "No worries, we are all VIP customers. We don’t need to notify anyone, a million can be withdrawn anytime!"

"We don’t even need to withdraw it; just show us a bank statement, and that will be enough. We just want to see if the Long Family can really pull out this amount of money!"

The crowd was intentionally seeking entertainment and fun.

Long Fei took a deep breath, his hand clutched tightly by Lin Yingying.

She was about to help Village Chief Li Fugui out of the situation when Long Santai put down his tea bowl and extended his hand, "Fugui, bring out our luggage bag."

Just before leaving, Long Santai had specifically asked Village Chief Li Fugui to carry an old luggage bag.

It was the same old army green canvas bag with a few holes gnawed by rats.

Seeing this, a crowd of Lin Family relatives thought to themselves that these country folks had brought some trash, and yet here they were putting on such airs.

Village Chief Li Fugui passed the bag over, and Long Santai placed it on the coffee table, unzipping the top.

Inside was a crumpled stack of newspapers. He pulled them out and unfolded them, flashing a brilliant white light that made everyone in the room’s eyes pop.

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