More Than A Few Blessing

Chapter 21: Nouveau Riche

When Lu Chengyu drove to the hotel, the parking space was almost full. He drove his little Benteng around and find a parking space in the corner.

After straightening his coat, Lu Chengyu got out of the car, closed the door and entered the hotel lobby. The hotel is well-known throughout the capital. It is the usual place to holds a wedding banquet here. It takes at least half a year before to book this place.

As soon as he entered the lobby, he can see that there is a desk for receiving gifts on both sides. It seems to be a separate gift for both men and women. Visually, the number of bride side's guests is significantly higher than the bridegroom side's guests.

The bride has a good family background and knows many people. This situation really makes the bridegroom side's looks desolated.

[T/N: In China, usually they separate the guest from the bride and the bridegroom, so here, they can see clearly that the guest from bridegroom is less than the bride.]

Lu Dong and Shen Min are talking to a middle-aged couple wearing very expensive clothes. So, Chengyu didn't bother them, he went straight inside and give the gift money.

Lu Chengyu's uncle and aunt are greeting guests. When they see Lu Chengyu coming, they greet him with a smile.

“Cheng Yu is here,” the uncle laughed and took two steps forward. He looked at him and saw that he was dressed up very well. He said, “I haven't seen you for a long time, and you didn't come to our house.”

“I just graduated, so this is the time when I need to work hard. I usually have less time to rest and sleep. When my work is stable, I will come to your house.” Lu Chengyu smiled at Lu Yongguo. How Chengyu couldn't see that the smile on his uncle's face more to politeness than intimacy. In this kind of family relationship, it is better to distance himself(LCY) from it rather than being intimate.

Lu Chengyu took out the monetary gift that he had been prepared and gave it to his aunt, Lu Suyun, who is responsible to receive the gift and his second uncle Lu Chang Jun, who is responsible to register the monetary gift. When both of them saw the amount of the monetary gift, their complexion's change.

Lu Suyun jokingly speak out: “Cheng Yu, how's your work? How much is your salary?” This gift is quite generous among ordinary people.

“I work in the city and my boss is a good person. Also, my salary is quite appropriate, just a little busy.” Lu Chengyu smiled and answered two questions. He looks at the time and it was 11:40. It seemed that the banquet was about to start.

Lu Suyun realizes that Lu Chengyu did not want to talk about his work in detail. Although she sighed that this nephew was estranged from her, she did not continue to ask him questions. She just greeted Lu Chengyu with a gentle attitude and asked him to go to the second floor where the banquet is being held.

After saying a few casual polite remarks with several elders, Lu Chengyu went up to the second floor. Earlier, he drove all the way over without washing his hands, when he thought about having dinner later, Chengyu turned around and went to the bathroom.

As soon as he reached the door of the bathroom, he heard the second uncle's son, Lu Liang, is talking to the aunt's son, Sun Junyi, inside the bathroom.

“This morning, when we accompany Dong ge to meet the bride, why didn't ask Chengyu to come along with us? If Chengyu is there, the bride's best friends will unlikely to make things difficult, we don't need to wait for a long time for them to open the door.” (T/N: ge: brother)

“Auntie didn't tell you, the eldest aunt was afraid of Chengyu's fortune will influence the newcomers. Therefore, they inform Chengyu to come to the wedding ceremony and as for welcoming newlywed, they didn't mention it to him.”