Addicted Book 2 - Passionate Flames

Chapter 106 - Accompanying Each Other Hand In Hand For A Lifetime

Translated by Finger_n_paws and RosySpell

At seven in the evening, all the invited guests started to enter the wedding venue. This was a crystal ballroom, at about two thousand square meters in size, without any pillars, and a high ceiling of over ten meters. This place could accommodate more than a thousand people. Other than the huge entourage of bridesmaids, groomsmen and each other's relatives and friends, there were also uninvited society people who were mostly interested in doing business with GuHai's company. Included were also the representatives who had received the lighting donations a few days ago. They had wanted to use this opportunity to express their gratitude and well-wishes.

The wedding banquet venue was exquisitely decorated with a stage in the center. All the surrounding guests' tables radiated out in circles; creating an atmosphere of completion.

YangMeng had already arrived at the wedding venue in the afternoon. He and the two staff sitting beside him were the red envelope money counters1 for this event. As the number of guests arriving increased, their workload increased as well. YangMeng was in charge of counting while the other two were in charge of noting down the amount. Because the amount of cash gifts could be very big, there was also a row of safe deposit boxes on standby. Once a safe was filled, the soldiers would to take the box away and replace it with a new one.

1Note: the most common gift for a Chinese wedding is a red envelope of cash. The closer the relations between the guest and the newlyweds (including their families), the higher the amount of gifted cash. At the wedding venue, there would be people responsible for documenting the red envelope gift by writing down the name of person giving the gift and the gift amount. YangMeng and the two staff are performing this role for the wedding.

"Zhang Xiao Mei, 16882 yuan."

"Su Hui, 28882 yuan."

"Zhang Cheng, 188882 yuan."

2Note: in Chinese culture, the number 8 is an auspicious good number. It indicates prosperity and wealth because it sounded like the Chinese word for "becoming rich." Also note that the numbers end in an even number. All gifts should come in even numbers, meaning 'good things double.' Obviously, all the numbers mentioned in BaiLuoYin and GuHai's wedding has some sort of meaning.

Since YangMeng started counting the money, the cash that went by his hands had been endless, with amounts ranging from as little as one to two thousands to as much as a few hundred thousand. Even an ordinary office employee would feel embarrassed to not give out at least a few thousand yuan on such an occasion. YangMeng had depleted his entire personal savings and still didn't' have enough money. He felt a bit ashamed towards his old classmate so he volunteered to help out here.

YanYaJing and TongZhe came together. When YangMeng saw TongZhe, he mocked him with a smile.

"Sister, you came?"

"Had I known that you were in charge of counting the money, I would have changed everything into bills."

He handed YangMeng a credit card after finishing his sentence, "Charge 131,4003."

3 Note: In Chinese numerology, the number 1314 is pronounced like the word "forever." The literal meaning is 'one life one lifetime.'

"Sister you're so generous! You're the one gifting the highest amount of money thus far."

It was YanYaJing's turn and she also took out her credit card, "Charge 131,401."

TongZhe glanced at YanYaJing, speechless.

Very soon, YouQi made a high-profile entrance with his bodyguards escorting him by his side. YangMeng was still busily counting the red envelope from someone else and didn't see YouQi walking towards him, until a voice sounded beside his ear, "521,5214."