"And this engagement still counts up to now." Father su raised his hand and made a gesture in the direction of gu mohan, explaining, "Originally, old gu was going to announce this news with me today, but unfortunately, he and his wife were going abroad temporarily, so I had to come alone. Please don't be offended."
Of course, no one would be surprised. As soon as father su's words fell, cheers were heard all around him.
He responded one by one, his face creased with laughter and he looked genuinely happy.
"Uncle." Gu mohan walked up to him and whispered, "Can you come out for a while? I have something to say to you alone."
Gu mohan was as expressionless as ever, but anyone with a bit of skill could tell that he was holding back his displeasure. Almost instantly, the entire banquet hall fell silent.
Father su was a little embarrassed. He didn't tell gu mohan about this in advance, but he didn't want to give him the chance to refuse. He knew that gu mohan and su yanbai were unhappy before, but it was only a small matter after all. The marriage between the su and gu families was enough to shake up the business world.
But judging from Mohan's current performance, he was a little uncertain.
If gu mohan really firmly refused, his face would not be said, and the entire su family would be humiliated. Perhaps some people would speculate about the relationship between the su family and gu family, which might affect the stock of the su family.
In a blink of an eye, father su's mind had already turned a thousand times. He calmed down his emotions and smiled twice. He said to gu Mohan, "There are outsiders here now. What's the matter? Let's talk about it later."
He wanted to keep gu mohan in check, but gu Mohan didn't like him.
"Uncle su, if you don't want to talk alone, I'll just say it here."
Father su turned his head and stared at him.
Gu mohan said word by word, "I didn't know about the engagement you just announced. You said my parents knew, but they didn't tell me either."
"This is a decision made by our elders. Xiao pan and yan yan don't know either. It's normal." Father su said solemnly.
Gu mohan did not say yes or no, but frowned and said, "It's okay to ignore whether it's normal or not, but I don't agree to the engagement."
"But I disagree with the engagement." As soon as he said this, everyone was in an uproar.
In the midst of whispers, father su's face darkened and he lowered his voice to warn him, "Mohan, don't be willful. Even if you don't give me face, don't you want gu's face? And your father, does he know you're doing this?"
"He doesn't need to know, because even if he does, he can't stop me." Gu mohan said seriously, "I, gu mohan, did not know that I had made an engagement with su yanbai before. Although there is no way to verify the authenticity of the engagement now, even if there is, right now, I officially announce that the engagement is annulled."
Father su slapped the table and said with a frown, "It was arranged by the parents. Didn't you say it would be lifted immediately?! Whether you say it or not, I want to talk to your father personally!!"
Gu mohan raised the corner of his mouth and said slowly, "I don't think that's necessary. I already have a wife and child. Am I going to risk bigamy and marry another woman who doesn't feel anything at all? Surely uncle won't agree?"
"You... You... You said... What?!" Father su widened his eyes in shock and pointed at gu mohan for a long time before he uttered a complete sentence.
"You... Are married?!"
Gu mohan did not marry ye zhiqiao, but in his heart ye zhiqiao was already his wife, not to mention, they had their own children.
He smiled and nodded.
Father su took a long time to catch his breath. With a wave of his hand, he swept everything on the table in front of him to the ground and said in a broken, crisp voice, "Your gu family... Really... Is too much of a bully!"
Concealing gu mohan's marriage, he publicly rejected his daughter and embarrassed him. Either one of them stabbed father su's life.
"Okay! Okay!! We can't afford to climb the gu family! The su family won't stick to you anymore!" Father su pointed at gu mohan and said sternly, "From now on, the su family and the gu family have severed all business and personal relations. Everyone present can testify that the su and gu families are strangers!!"
With the sound of father su's drink, the scene suddenly seemed to be at a standstill. The air was slowly moving around, and everyone had their own thoughts.
Gu mohan did not respond to father su's words, but silently turned around and walked out of the banquet hall with his back straight.
That night, father and mother gu came back from abroad and knew about it as soon as possible.
Father gu was so angry that he had high blood pressure that he called gu mohan home overnight for an explanation.
Gu mohan was working overtime at the company. His mood was also affected by what happened at the banquet. His tone was a little stiff, "I have nothing to explain. It's just what you heard."
"What did I hear? Do you know what I heard?!" Father gu pointed at his nose and said loudly, "You made a scene at the su family's banquet. You rejected the su family's daughter in public and broke up with the su family!"
He gasped and asked word by word, "Say, did you do this?!"
Gu mohan nodded and replied calmly, "I did it."
"Why are you?! Don't you know my relationship with old su? Don't you know how much cooperation gu and su have? Do you know how much the gu family will lose if you say a few words in anger at the banquet today?!"
"I know. But I wasn't just angry, I was telling the truth."
"The truth?" Father gu chuckled and said, "I really didn't expect you to grow up with hard wings. Even if you lie, your face won't change and your heart won't beat! You said you were married. Who did you marry? Who is your wife and child?!"
Hearing this, gu mohan raised his eyelids and said faintly, "Don't you already know about my wife and children?"
Father gu secretly investigated ye zhiqiao and little treasure, and sent people to monitor the matter around him, he had long been aware, not to mention, because the other party was his father, he did not want to make the old man unable to come down, he did not want to make the relationship between father and son rigid.
Father gu was a little surprised that he knew about this, but the awkwardness was fleeting. Then he sat down on the sofa and took a sip of tea. That kid... Is his name little treasure?"
"Yes, gu ruoxi. My nickname is little treasure."
Father gu sighed and said slowly, "Bring that child back to me sometime."