The Su family's engagement party.
The spacious Su family courtyard was filled with thirty-six tables, each occupied by descendants of prominent and well-respected families in the locality.
They looked at the stunning and charming Miss Su Ya with regret in their eyes.
"What a pity for Miss Su Ya, such a beautiful woman pursued by the sons of the four major families, yet to marry a prisoner. Has the old master gone mad?"
On Su Ya's face, there was also a look of resentment as she reluctantly said to the old patriarch, "Grandpa, have you really gone mad? Just because he saved your life back then, you want to marry me off to a prisoner?"
Old Master Su's face darkened as he slammed the table, "Ya'er, do you really think your grandfather would harm you? As long as you marry Young Master Ye, you are destined to enjoy endless wealth and honor."
"Wealth and honor? Grandpa, his Ye family has been annihilated. What kind of wealth and honor can Ye Ling, a man just released from prison, bring me?"
Su Ya's eyes were filled with bitterness as she ignored the old patriarch's livid face and said angrily, "Grandpa, I do not agree to this marriage. I would rather marry a beggar than someone like Ye Ling!"
With a slap!
The old patriarch banged the table forcefully, collapsing to the ground, propping himself up with his hands, and letting out heart-wrenching sobs.
"I failed in my parental duties, causing such a farce that has humiliated Young Master Ye; I deserve to die a thousand times over!"
"Grandpa!" Su Rou rushed over anxiously, trying to console him while angrily saying to Su Ya, "Cousin, how can you talk to Grandpa like that? He has always cherished you tenderly, holding you close in his heart. Can't you fulfill Grandpa's last wish before he dies?"
Su Ya's face stiffened, then she retorted, "Su Rou, quit your pretense. Since you're so filial, why don't you fulfill Grandpa's wish and marry that prisoner, Ye Ling?"
Just then, a voice full of mockery and ridicule came from behind them.
"Heh, you a prisoner, worse than a beggar, dare to spout nonsense here? Do you really think you're somebody?"
Su Ya looked at him with disdain, her eyes filled with scorn as if she were looking at trash, while Su Tiande stroked his beard and laughed, "Heh, I bet you don't even have a proper engagement gift, standing in our Su family's home, you're an embarrassment!"
Ye Ling, empty-handed, gave an apologetic fist salute, "Old Master, I have just come out from Far North Prison and haven't had time to buy a gift. Your birthday feast is in three days, I will make up for it then. I, Ye Ling, will never let my wife suffer any grievances!"
"Haha, you! Do you know how many dignitaries will come to the Old Master's birthday feast in three days? Each of their gifts is worth a fortune. Don't you dare bring some shabby gift that will make our entire Su family lose face!" Su Ya mocked, and her mother Zhao Yuelan added with a sneer, "Ye Ling, don't say I didn't warn you, at the birthday feast in three days, the Chen family's young master will also attend. The Chen family runs a large jewelry and jade business; their gift will surely be top-notch. When the time comes, if you, as another son-in-law, get outshone by the Chen's young master, that would be truly disgraceful!"
"The Chen family? They're just strutting around in a backwater like this. The gift I, Ye Ling, will give cannot possibly be worse than his!" Ye Ling waved his hand, his eyes full of contempt, and took Su Rou's hand to leave the Su family mansion.
At the entrance, an old jeep drove up. An honest and naive-looking man got out of the car and respectfully opened the doors for them.
Su Ya glanced at it and could not help but laugh scornfully, "An old clunker that stopped production over ten years ago, you're so poor you ride in this junk, and you still have the nerve to brag at our Su's house?"
"Dad, Ya'er is right, what were you thinking, choosing such trash to be our granddaughter's husband? The Su family's reputation will be ruined with him!" Su Tiande frowned and looked at the patriarch, speechless.
Old Master Su, however, was hunching over reverently, watching the jeep drive away.
Only after the license plate was out of sight did he turn around and curse, "A bunch of fools, you're blind as dogs! Someone who can ride in that kind of car is not someone you can afford to offend!"
Although the jeep had been discontinued on the market, it was still in production for the military.
And the license plate of this vehicle started with VA, which could only be used by the headquarters of the military region!