Damn, How could my family be so wealthy?!-Chapter 445 - 444: Got the Seed

However, Su Mu had no intention of discussing the true thoughts of a person he didn’t know with his girlfriend.

Because no matter the outcome of such discussions, Su Mu wouldn’t be able to confirm it with Bai Mingqi.

Therefore, dwelling on Bai Mingqi’s change of attitude regarding Bai Wanting and Allen’s wedding seemed unnecessary to Su Mu.

Allen’s lucky star?

Su Mu took it that Xuanxuan was referring to the wedding dress issue he had resolved for Bai Wanting.

"Allen and your cousin’s wedding must be happening soon, right?"

Xuanxuan had mentioned that her uncle was now very eagerly starting to arrange Bai Wanting and Allen’s wedding.

Su Mu guessed that Bai Wanting and Allen’s wedding was not likely to be drawn out for too long.

"Yes, it should be soon, so my mom asked me to come out with her to pick a wedding gift for my cousin and Allen."

Because Bai Wanting’s marriage really took everyone by surprise.

When Bai Mingyun found out about his niece’s plan to get married, Bai Mingqi was still not consenting to his daughter’s marriage.

But Bai Wanting already had a seed in her belly.

He Jingfen had no choice, knowing that her daughter definitely couldn’t wait, and hurriedly called Bai Mingyun and Jiang Xinxuan over.

Then Bai Mingyun brought Bai Wanting and Allen back to the Jiang family in Huadong City.

Bai Mingyun knew his brother’s temper and didn’t want Bai Wanting to clash head-on with her father.

After that, due to Bai Mingqi’s reluctant nod, He Jingfen came to the Jiang family in Huadong City and took her daughter and future son-in-law back to Huangtong City.

One could say, from learning about Bai Wanting’s desire to get married to the moment Bai Mingyun left with Jiang Xinxuan,

Bai Mingyun really didn’t have any time to prepare a wedding gift for his niece.

Of course, after He Jingfen took Bai Wanting and Allen back in the morning, Bai Mingyun finally didn’t need to be preoccupied with his niece’s affairs.

But Bai Mingyun had more important things to do.

That was to entertain his future son-in-law.

Compared to preparing a wedding gift for Bai Wanting, taking care of his future son-in-law was a trifle.

If it weren’t for the fact that Su Mu and Elder Su had something to do in the afternoon, Bai Mingyun wouldn’t have the time to go out with Xuanxuan to pick out gifts.

In terms of priority, Bai Mingyun clearly knew what was more important.

Jiang Xinxuan didn’t mention that she was also planning to pick a few outfits with her mother.

On one hand, Jiang Xinxuan saw it as a trivial matter and didn’t want to bother Su Mu further.

On the other hand, a woman dresses for the man she likes, and Jiang Xinxuan only wanted to look her best for Su Mu.

Not now when she wasn’t ready yet, but she would inform Su Mu in advance.

A wedding gift?

If Xuanxuan hadn’t mentioned it, Su Mu would have forgotten about this part.

By now, Su Mu and Allen could be considered friends.

Although he hadn’t spent much time with Allen, Su Mu found that they got along quite well.

Su Mu felt that he should also prepare a wedding gift for the couple.

Of course, according to Bai Wanting, Su Mu had already given the best wedding gift to her and Allen,

which was the wedding dress personally designed by Madam Wang Weiwei.

But Su Mu felt that was a gift from his mother, not counting as his contribution.

However, Su Mu didn’t have much experience with this kind of thing.

Considering that Xuanxuan was now selecting a wedding gift for Bai Wanting with her mother,

Su Mu thought he’d take Xuanxuan to pick one out in a few days as well.

Xuanxuan should be able to pick things out better now with the experience he gained today.

"Accompany me in a couple of days to pick out a wedding gift for Allen as well,"

Su Mu genuinely considered Allen a friend.

Knowing that Allen was pretty much alone in his home country, Su Mu felt that Allen had truly made many sacrifices for Bai Wanting.

When Allen and Bai Wanting would hold their wedding, the attendees would mostly be friends and relatives from Bai Wanting’s side, which seemed to make Allen’s loneliness stand out even more.

Su Mu knew that giving a gift wouldn’t mean much, but at least it could let Allen feel that he had friends in a foreign land.

This was the real reason Su Mu wanted to give the wedding gift.

Of course, agreeing to be Allen’s best man was already the best support Su Mu could offer.

Although Su Mu didn’t believe what Xuanxuan had said about her uncle doing a complete one-eighty in his attitude toward Allen and Bai Wanting’s wedding just because of him.

Su Mu had no idea how grateful Allen, currently in Huangtong City, felt towards him in his heart.

Ultimately, Su Mu just wanted to show care for Allen, his new friend.

Su Mu specifically said the wedding gift was for Allen, also keeping in mind the expensive wedding dress his mother had given to Bai Wanting.

If Su Mu were to say he wanted to give Bai Wanting a gift, he felt she wouldn’t dare to accept it.

A wedding dress worth over six million had already been given to Bai Wanting.

Whether it was a gift from Su Mu’s mother or from Su Mu himself.

In the end, it was the Su Family’s wealth, and Bai Wanting was the recipient.

This was very clear.

Bai Wanting hadn’t even had the chance to return the enormous favor and gift, so how could she possibly continue to accept wedding gifts from Su Mu?

Su Mu naturally thought of this.

And Xuanxuan had also mentioned that she was currently with her mother.

Su Mu thought that if Xuanxuan carelessly mentioned that he wanted to give Bai Wanting a wedding gift, it might provoke a reaction from the Bai Family.

Therefore, this time Su Mu intentionally didn’t mention Bai Wanting.

Su Mu had originally planned to give a wedding gift purely with Allen in mind.

Not bringing up Bai Wanting could save him a lot of trouble.

Of course, Su Mu would definitely not mention Bai Wanting.

After all, whether the gift was for Allen or Bai Wanting, it was essentially the same thing.

"Alright."

Indeed, since Su Mu said the wedding gift was for Allen, Jiang Xinxuan didn’t say anything else.

Jiang Xinxuan always obediently respected Su Mu’s decisions, especially since Su Mu hadn’t mentioned that the wedding gift was related to her cousin.

Jiang Xinxuan didn’t even bring it up with her mother, who was currently driving beside her.

"Su Mu, my mom and I are almost at Wanda Plaza, I won’t chat anymore, bye-bye."

Jiang Xinxuan noticed that her mother had already driven into the parking lot of Wanda Plaza.

When shopping with her mother and picking out gifts and clothes, she couldn’t always be on her phone chatting with Su Mu.

And in the afternoon, Su Mu and Elder Su had matters to attend to.

Even though the auction event was at four-thirty in the afternoon, Jiang Xinxuan didn’t know exactly when Su Mu would leave.

Jiang Xinxuan also didn’t know if Elder Su would need to talk to Su Mu before heading to the auction event.

So, Jiang Xinxuan also conscientiously ended the WeChat conversation with her boyfriend.

Su Mu replied with an "OK" and put his phone down as well.

Su Mu also didn’t know what his grandfather wanted him to do at the auction event he was to attend with him.

This was the first time Su Mu had ever been to an auction event in his life.

You should know that in Su Mu’s ordinary eighteen-year life, an auction event like this—a high-level social activity—would never have appeared in his life.

Nevertheless, Su Mu was not the least bit worried.

In Su Mu’s view, he was just accompanying his grandfather to have a look.

Su Mu certainly had no thoughts of bidding on anything.

The star of the show that afternoon was of course Elder Su. freёnovelkiss.com

As for Su Mu, he thought of it as an opportunity to broaden his horizons.

From the auction events Su Mu had seen on television dramas, it was simply a bunch of people sitting together.

There was a stage with an Auctioneer standing on it.

The Auctioneer would first introduce the items that were going to be auctioned.

Then the Auctioneer would announce a starting price, and the interested people below would raise their paddles to bid—that was all there was to it.

As depicted on television, it was very simple: the highest bidder wins.

Su Mu knew that reality wouldn’t be much more complicated.

It was just about spending money to buy things after all.

The only difference was that ordinary transactions are clearly priced.

This auction simply utilized the principle that rarity commands a premium.

It was just about getting those interested in these items to compete with each other.

Of course, the ultimate goal was simply to sell at a good price.

Money was really no object for the Su Family.

Therefore, that afternoon, whether or not Su Mu’s grandfather could secure any spoils of war depended on whether the auctioned items were to Elder Su’s liking or not.

However, based on Su Mu’s understanding of his grandfather, there would definitely be something at the auction that Elder Su would be interested in.

Otherwise, it would have been impossible to invite Elder Su to an ordinary event of this kind.

Not to mention the fact that Elder Su was also planning to bring Su Mu along to the auction.

About this, Su Mu was very clear in his mind.

Truthfully, if Su Mu wanted to know the specifics of the afternoon’s auction, he could have easily checked it out.

After all, formal auctions like these would release announcements in advance.

It’s just that some auctions have high thresholds, and not everyone who wants to go can go.

Unfortunately, Su Mu truly had no interest at all.

Even though Su Mu wasn’t exactly busy now and had some leisure time on his hands,

he had no desire to go online and research the information.

For Su Mu, he was just keeping his grandfather company.

It seemed like the afternoon’s auction had not much to do with Su Mu himself.

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Because Ah Fook was aware when Su Mu returned to the castle.

Su Mu had also informed Ah Fook that his father and mother would be back at the castle for dinner that evening.

All the big and small matters in the castle were managed by Ah Fook.

Su Mu naturally passed the tasks onto Ah Fook with ease.

After Elder Su finished his busy work of writing and painting in the study, Ah Fook went in and informed him that the young master had already come home.

Elder Su was aware that Xiao Mu had gone to his girlfriend’s place that day.

Thinking that Xiao Mu couldn’t possibly return to the castle this early, Elder Su had taken a short rest after lunch and then proceeded straight to his study.

This was how Elder Su usually whiled away his time.

Over time, it became a part of everyday life.

If Elder Su had known Xiao Mu would return so early today, he wouldn’t have bothered with those things in his study.

For Elder Su, writing and painting could be done any day.

But the time his grandson spent at home was limited.

Especially during the day, which was even rarer.

Unfortunately, by the time Elder Su found out Xiao Mu had already returned to the castle, it was too late to invite Su Mu to play a game of chess or anything of the sort.

Because Elder Su didn’t mention the time to Su Mu,

So Su Mu had no idea he had become the prime candidate everyone eagerly wanted to play chess with.

You should know that Su Mu was dragged into playing a game of chess at his girlfriend’s house by her father.

If it weren’t for the fact that he knew he had something arranged with Elder Su in the afternoon, Jiang Maohua would not have let his future son-in-law go so easily.

Owing to the fact that it was Elder Su who had arranged to meet Su Mu, Jiang Maohua, even as Su Mu’s future father-in-law, didn’t dare to compete with Elder Su for his company.

Jiang Maohua, left with no choice, got a small fix of his chess addiction before obediently "releasing" Su Mu to return home.

And because Su Mu didn’t want to disturb the Elder, he managed to avoid being roped into another game of chess.

The time was also about right; Elder Su asked Ah Fook to notify Su Mu in his room that he could get ready, and then he too went to change clothes to go out.

Elder Su usually wore more casual attire at home.

As a prominent figure in Huadong City, he naturally needed to prepare a bit before going out.

Su Mu had been resting in his room anyway.

Upon hearing Ah Fook say he should get ready for going out soon,

Su Mu immediately picked up his cell phone and walked out of his room.

Truth be told, since Su Mu was visiting his girlfriend’s house for the first time today, he had dressed rather formally.

Even the watch Su Mu chose to go with his outfit today was a diamond-studded Patek Philippe business series.

So, there really wasn’t much left for Su Mu to prepare at the moment.

He could just head out directly.

Su Mu was very quick with his movements, so of course, he arrived in the living room before the Elder.

"Grandpa, looking sharp!"

Not having to wait long in the living room, Elder Su, dressed smartly, walked in as well.

Seeing his grandfather so seldomly dressed in formal wear, Su Mu gave a thumbs up.

Su Mu now understood that his good looks weren’t just because he had inherited his parents’ genes.

If you were to talk about charm, Su Mu thought it should start with his ancestors from the Su family.

Looking at his grandfather, Su Mu could imagine that in his younger days the Elder must have been a handsome fellow.

It was only after the addition of his grandmother and mother’s genes that Su Mu’s handsomeness entered an enhanced mode.

Su Mu knew he could describe his appearance as breathtakingly handsome.

"You rascal, never serious,"

There probably wasn’t anyone who dared to speak to the Elder like that, and yet, a simple compliment from Su Mu actually made Elder Su’s face show a hint of embarrassment.

You have to understand that Elder Su was a formidable figure; not many would dare to address him so casually, face to face.

Even Su Ruizhi wouldn’t dare speak to his own father in such a manner.

Pretending to be stern, Elder Su didn’t want his grandson to see that he felt a bit shy at the moment.

Of course, Su Mu noticed, but knowing how much his grandfather valued his dignity,

Su Mu could only stifle his laughter inwardly, careful not to show his amusement on his face.