"Hey, this new strawberry flavor isn't very good. Their quality control has gone downhill."
"None of you know yet, right?"
"Know what?"
"We certainly don't if you don't tell us."
"I'm getting married!"
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Right, Xiang Lin was the one who had just said he was getting married.
Ruan Jiaojiao was already annoyed by how godawful the cake in her mouth tasted. "What did you say?! Quit kidding. You're getting married? That's even scarier than Xia Shule's whirlwind marriage. Just from what I know, you two must have fought over a hundred times."
"Countless times as far as I know, too. You've gone on about them in my ear," Xia Shule remarked mildly as he ate his matcha mille crêpe cake.
Everyone burst out laughing.
Xiang Lin was a little embarrassed. They did fight often, but that was inevitable. Things were always like that while people learned to get along.
"I've thought it through pretty clearly. He's given me half his family's assets. You all know Lai Jiangtian is basically hands-off. Though he's pretty reliable when you actually ask him to do something, his parents manage most of his family's assets. So, for him to get half out of his parents' hands, and for them to be willing to give it to me, I think they're taking this pretty seriously."
Xia Shule considered it carefully. "That's true, but I trust you. We're talking about Xiang Lin here. Who could be more clearheaded than him?"
"Aw, of course. Anyway, that's what's been happening with me lately. What about you guys? How have you been?" Xiang Lin was only at the preliminary stage and hadn't officially started preparing for the wedding, so he wasn't in a hurry.
Song Dimu kept his head down and said nothing. His spirits had