Chapter 3090 Shen Tianyu 490

Jing Hong took the red envelope, jewelry, and ancient painting from Bai Chenxue and handed them to Bai Chenshu, who was standing to the side.

He invited everyone to drink tea and have some snacks.

The Bai family members are introverted and have few collateral relatives. Engagement is different from marriage, so Bai Hanzhu and her eldest son Bai Yan only invited three or five close friends and did not invite business partners. Bai Zhan and his wife Chu Chu have always lived a reclusive life of wandering around and have no old friends in Gusu City.

The people from Maoshan were Master Mao Jun, along with Jing's father, mother, Jing Ge, and Jing Hua.

The two sides together numbered no more than ten people.

The arrival of the Gu family suddenly made the place seem much larger, creating a rather crowded scene.

Like a butterfly, Jing Hong moved among the Bai, Mao, and Gu families.

Bai Hanzhu stroked his beard, sipped his tea, and smiled as he watched Jing Hong, who seemed to have inexhaustible energy. He nodded frequently, secretly praising him in his heart.

The Bai family, from the oldest to the youngest, are all introverted. It's rare to have such fresh blood, which has stirred up the calm waters of the Bai family.

Bai Hanzhu said to Su Hua, "At first glance, Ahong didn't seem particularly impressive, but the more I get to know him, the more I realize how wonderful he is. I used to worry that after I passed away, Xue'er would have no one to take care of her, but now I'm relieved. That girl has had a hard life; she lost her mother at a young age, and I, this old man, raised her single-handedly. I'm an old man, rough and careless, so naturally I'm not as meticulous as a woman, but I managed to raise her, though she's still sickly. Thankfully, she met Jinghong; Xue'er has been smiling more lately, and she's even gained a little weight."

Su Hua smiled and said, "Jing Hong is rough around the edges but meticulous at heart, and he's quite an interesting person."

Gu Beixian sat between the two.

I usually find it quite annoying that Bai Hanzhu and his beloved wife Su Hua are trying to get close to each other.

Today, however, he sat calmly, slowly sipping his tea, without interrupting.

Over the past four years, the relationship between the Gu family and the Bai family has been like a tangled mess of threads, intricate and intertwined.

Jing Hong's appearance untangled that knotted thread.

From now on, everyone goes back to their place.

Gu Aoting had already become close friends with Mao Junzhen, and the two were engaged in lively discussions, ranging from the creation of the world by Pangu to the latest international economic situation.

The two old men, whose combined age is two hundred, use trendy internet slang and occasionally throw in a few English phrases.

Gu Aoting is just an old businessman, that's fine.

Even with his hair tied up and wearing a long robe, Master Mao Jun was surprisingly fashionable.

This surprised both the Bai and Gu families.

Gu Qianyun and her husband chatted happily with Jing's mother, Jing's father, Bai Zhan, and Chu Chu.

Shen Tianyu and Yuan Jinzhi exchanged a glance, only four words echoing in their minds: a happy ending for everyone.

The couple were drinking tea when Jing Hong walked over.

He held a cup of tea in his hand, gently touched it to Shen Tianyu's teacup, and said, "Yesterday I took Xuexue to pay respects to our ancestors, but I haven't paid respects to Xuexue's ancestors yet."

Shen Tianyu nodded slightly, "Go ahead and offer your prayers, don't worry about us."

Jing Hong smiled and said, "You and Jinzhi come with us."

Shen Tianyu's handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly as he glanced at him, the unspoken message being, "What are you up to?"

Jing Hong said, "Come with me."

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Shen Tianyu couldn't refuse him, so he stood up.

Yuan Jinzhi then stood up.

The couple followed Jing Hong to the ancestral hall in the backyard of the Bai family.

The small ancestral hall is old, simple, and quiet.

Bai Chenxue was kneeling on an antique-style prayer mat, lighting incense, waiting for Jing Hong.

Hearing a noise behind her, she turned around.

Seeing that Shen Tianyu and Yuan Jinzhi had also arrived, Bai Chenxue looked at Jing Hong with confusion.

Jing Hong did not explain, but took two more prayer mats and placed them in front of the table.

He turned to look at Shen Tianyu, "Let's go together."

Shen Tianyu frowned slightly, wondering what the Taoist priest was up to.

He could calculate the past and present, but he couldn't calculate the strange and eccentric thoughts of this Taoist priest.

His ideas are too unconventional.

His surname is Shen, so he can't possibly worship the ancestors of the Bai family.

Jing Hong took the incense and handed it to Shen Tianyu and Yuan Jinzhi.

He knelt before the prayer mat and murmured, “Ancestors above, I, Jing Hong of Maoshan, am engaged to your daughter Bai Chenxue today. I have come to pay homage to all our ancestors. On this joyous occasion of our engagement, may our ancestors bless us with the birth of a son to carry on the Bai family line. In the future, Jing Hong and Chenxue will surely bring our son Jing Bai to solemnly worship and express our deepest gratitude to our ancestors on Qingming Festival, Cold Clothes Festival, Ghost Festival, and Lunar New Year’s Eve.”

He glanced back at Shen Tianyu and Yuan Jinzhi, then turned to the memorial tablets in front of the incense table and said, "These two are Jing Bai's future father-in-law and mother-in-law, Shen Tianyu and Yuan Jinzhi. The Bai family is small, and there has always been an imbalance of male and female. The men of the Bai family either lose their wives, marry late, or have many misfortunes and wander from place to place. We hope that the ancestors of the Bai family will bless Jing Bai with a safe birth, a good marriage, and the continuation and flourishing of the Bai family lineage."

Shen Tianyu understood.

Because of a calamity, he and Yuan Jinzhi were destined to have no children.

If you want to create something from nothing and achieve something extraordinary, you must leverage external forces.

Borrow from heaven, borrow from earth, borrow from the wonders of nature, borrow from extraordinary people and things.

Jing Hong is forcibly borrowing from the ancestors of the Bai family.

Shen Tianyu bent down and knelt on the prayer mat.

Yuan Jinzhi knelt on the prayer mat beside him.

He and Yuan Jinzhi were destined to have no daughters, but Jing Bai was destined to have a wife.

This is similar to the folk belief of "having a child after conceiving a son".

The four people held incense and knelt in devout worship.

Jing Hong placed the incense sticks on the table and looked at the ancestral tablets of the Bai family. He then said, "In a few days, Shen Tianyu and I will go to the Kunlun lineage to search for dragon scales and phoenix feathers. I hope our ancestors will bless us so that we may have our wishes fulfilled and a safe journey."

Shen Tianyu thought to himself, "This person is really pushing his luck. He kowtows once and makes three wishes."

And each one of them had a great, extraordinary, and difficult wish.

It's too much to ask of a "spirit".

But the squeaky wheel gets the grease; such people get along well anywhere.

After the worship ceremony, the four people got up and left the ancestral hall.

As Shen Tianyu stepped out the door, he turned around and saw a sudden gust of cold wind blowing across the table. Four incense sticks emitted wisps of fragrance, but the incense stick that Jing Hong had placed slanted its fragrance in the wind.

The other three incense sticks remained unmoved.

Shen Tianyu thought to himself that the ancestors of the Bai family probably also found Jing Hong annoying.

However, those who find it troublesome will generally do as instructed.

If you don't want to help, the incense that Jing Hong lit will go out.

When Yuan Jinzhi saw Shen Tianyu turn around, she turned around to look as well.

But she couldn't see that the fragrance was slanted.

Back in the main house, Jing Hong and Bai Chenxue held their engagement ceremony.

After the ceremony, the group went to the hotel for their engagement banquet.

Jing Hong frequently glanced at his watch.

He also invited Gu Chufan and Shi Shi.

But they were late.

He hoped Gu Chufan would come, that all the knots in Bai Chenxue's heart would disappear, and that she would clean her heart completely, so that it would only hold him from now on.

The group got into the car.

Jing Hong gripped Bai Chenxue's hand tightly.

His hands are warmer than normal.

Bai Chenxue's hands were covered in a fine layer of sweat from his grip.

The car slowly moved forward, and Bai Chenxue gave him a sweet smile, "You seem very nervous?"

"Correct."

"What's there for a grown man like you to be nervous about? You were quite bold when you threatened our ancestors in our ancestral hall just now, why are you chickening out now?"

Jing Hong's Adam's apple bobbed up and down. "I'm thinking..."

He paused, deliberately keeping everyone in suspense.

Bai Chenxue asked curiously, "What are you thinking about? You're usually so quick to speak, why are you hesitating today?"

Jing Hong pursed her lips and said, "I'm wondering whether to have a super-thin, zero-distance relationship after the engagement, or wait until after the wedding?"

Bai Chenxue asked in confusion, "What does 'ultra-thin zero distance' mean?"

Jing Hong said seriously, "Negative distance."

A beat too slow for Bai Chenxue to react, and her face turned red to the roots of her neck in embarrassment!