At the table in the private room, Luo Ye sat with Su Baizhou. Beside them sat Chen Shaoman and Fan Xinya respectively, followed by Gu Ransheng and Fan Jian, with Gu Mingxuan and Fan Chen at the end.
Between Gu Mingxuan and Fan Chen sat the unlucky Ouyang Mingyue, who stared at everyone with a completely bewildered expression, still unable to process what was happening.
Who am I?
Where am I?
The servers began bringing out the dishes at that moment.
Each dish had been carefully prepared by Yulan Private Kitchen, featuring renowned Jiangnan cuisine.
At the dinner table, no one brought up the engagement at first. Instead, they chatted and laughed about everyday matters.
The most frequently discussed topic was Luo Ye and Su Baizhou's amusing childhood stories, leaving the two protagonists too embarrassed to lift their heads.
Besides, there was not much involved in an engagement to begin with. It was merely a sense of ceremony.
Since the two families did not live in the same city, and even the place where they were dining was not in either of their cities, many parts of the process had been simplified.
Still, many necessary formalities remained.
For example, Chen Shaoman had brought the betrothal gifts.
The Red Packet representing "one in ten thousand" showed how much they valued Su Baizhou.
Luo Ye had also bought all kinds of jewelry long ago, and it was kept in the Family Building.
Fan Xinya had also noticed that Fanfan wore a Jade Bracelet identical to the one on Chen Shaoman's wrist.
Being able to wear the same item as the groom's family elder was already enough to show how much they valued their daughter.
More importantly, it had not been given at the engagement banquet, but before it.
True ceremony was not