Chapter 804 - 774: Strong Alliance (1)_1
The engagement of Situ Xin and Xiao Muli was originally intended to invite just a few people; they planned to keep it simple. However, to others, particularly politicians and those wishing to climb their way into the good graces of the Situ, Loo, and Xiao families, it seemed otherwise. For them, this was the union of Situ, Loo, and Xiao families. This meant a powerful alliance between the three families.
Therefore, politicians who were not on the guest list and those angling to get in with the Situ, Loo, and Xiao families did everything they could to attend the engagement party. As a result, many uninvited individuals showed up at the Situ Xin and Xiao Muli engagement party held at the Capital City Grand Hotel, despite the Situ, Loo, and Xiao families’ strengthened security measures. But these guests were not like the media; they were people of status. When they came to offer their congratulations, it would have been inappropriate to turn them away with a cold face.
Faced with these individuals coming up to offer their congratulations, Old Master Situ and the others felt rather helpless—they hadn’t invited these people at all, yet they still had to greet them with smiles and say thank you. Fortunately, the old hands at the Situ family had anticipated such a situation and made sure that the venue could accommodate everyone without it being too small.
However, despite their preparations, the banquet hall still felt quite crowded.
When Old Master Xiao and Xiao Muli were busy welcoming guests, Xiao Guobing and Liu Yun arrived with complex expressions. They did their best to smile, but the smiles they forced were stiff and uncomfortable.
"Dad. Muli." Xiao Guobing, compared to Liu Yun, was somewhat better; he just felt uneasy in the presence of his father and son. Unlike Liu Yun, who resented her son Xiao Muli for not valuing her, his mother, or his dissatisfaction with his daughter-in-law, Situ Xin, Xiao Guobing did not share these feelings.
In Xiao Guobing’s opinion, Situ Xin was quite a match for his son, both in terms of family background and capabilities. He fully understood his father and son’s approach to the engagement party.
"Dad. Muli." Liu Yun greeted Xiao Muli and Old Master Xiao with a stiff face. After the greetings, she gave Xiao Muli a complex look. She opened her mouth as if to say something but ultimately said nothing. She wanted to question Xiao Muli loudly about what status she, his mother who had borne him for ten months, held for him. However, she remembered the stern warning Xiao Guobing had given her before leaving the house.
Xiao Guobing had warned her to restrain herself and not to cause any trouble at Xiao Muli’s engagement party. If she ruined Xiao Muli’s engagement, divorce would be the only outcome for them. Xiao Guobing’s words truly frightened Liu Yun. It wasn’t just that Xiao Guobing had never been so harsh with her—it was also because she wasn’t the same Liu Yun from before the Liu Family had fallen.