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Chapter 398 Tacky Su Meng

During this time travel, Suning discovered that many people like to discuss things at the Peninsula Hotel. I don’t know if it’s because they want to look pretentious or if they really like the environment here.

Suning was invited here by Mr. Zhou, and was stared at by Mr. Zhou with a sharp gaze, as if he would summon his thugs to kill Suning if he was not satisfied with anything.

"Suning, I heard you're going to marry my daughter, Ayu?"

"Huh?" Su Ning really wanted to deny it, but thinking about what he had already promised the other party, he could only bite the bullet and admit it, "Yes! Mr. Zhou, I really want to be your son-in-law."

"Suning, although you're doing well now, I've investigated your businesses and found that the investment companies behind them hold absolute control. In other words, you're just a professional manager. How can you possibly give my daughter happiness?"

"Mr. Zhou, love is enough to satisfy all. As long as your daughter and I truly love each other, we will definitely support each other." Having decided to help Miss Zhou, Su Ning played his cards right. "Besides, my current achievements won't cause your daughter to suffer. Even if I'm fired by the capital behind me one day, I still have shares in the group. It's not like Mr. Zhou is left with nothing."

"Haha, feelings? Do you and Ayu have feelings for each other?" As if what Su Ning said was so funny, Mr. Zhou couldn't help but look at Su Ning with amusement.

"Mr. Zhou, Ah Yu and I have known each other since she was sixteen or seventeen years old. We have developed feelings for each other over the years, right?"

"Hmph! Even if what you said makes sense, if you and A-Yu really have feelings for each other, I won't do anything to break you up."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhou."

"Suning, don't be so quick to thank me. Listen to my conditions first!" Mr. Zhou looked at Su Ning with a smile on his face, but his words chilled Su Ning like he was falling into an ice cellar. "First, send all three of your girlfriends away. Second, transfer all your shares in the Xia Ning Group to the Zhou family. Third, you must marry into our Zhou family, and your future children with Ayu must have the surname Zhou."

"Uh?"

At this moment, the only thing Suning could think of was to apologize to Miss Zhou. He really couldn't help her because her father asked for too high a price and was completely trying to kill her.

"How about it? Can you agree to it? Just give me a straight answer."

"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou!" Su Ning looked at Mr. Zhou seriously, "I can't agree to any of your three conditions."

"What? Then why are you talking to me?" Mr. Zhou suppressed his inner rage and glared at Su Ning in front of him, "You are not allowed to approach my daughter again."

"Mr. Zhou, Suning has always been grateful for your care over the years. In fact, I have always regarded you as an uncle in my heart." Suning really did not want to interfere in the Zhou family's affairs, nor did he want to offend Mr. Zhou for no reason. After all, Mr. Zhou was also his "benefactor". "If I can get married with A Yu, of course both the Su and Zhou families will be happy.

If you are willing to let Ayu marry me, I will give you a dowry of 100 million US dollars as a token of my sincerity. The former Kangle Building, now the Xia Ning Group Building, will be renamed Mingyu Building and become Ayu's private property.

As for the three conditions Mr. Zhou just mentioned, Suning will absolutely not agree to them."

"Haha, you're quite generous." Mr. Zhou was also shocked by the generous gift Suning offered, but he still insisted on his conditions. "But I only have those three conditions. If you want to marry my daughter, you have no room for bargaining."

Suning stood up and bowed to Stephen Zhou to apologize, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou! I disturbed you today."

Seeing Suning turn around and leave, Stephen Zhou was also confused by Suning's decisiveness, "This..."

After Suning left the Peninsula Hotel, he immediately picked up his mobile phone and called Miss He, "Hello, Ayu!"

"It's me! Suning, are you okay?"

"I just separated from your father. I can't help you with your affairs."

"Huh? What happened? Did my dad reject you?"

"Ms. Zhou, your father has made three requests that I absolutely cannot agree to, so I can only say sorry to you."

"Ah? What three requests?"

"Ah! He abandoned his wife and children, transferred his shares, and married into the Zhou family."

"what?"

"Ms. Zhou, I have really tried my best to help you. You and your father are both benefactors of Suning, and I really don't want to offend you.

So, you will have to face the future on your own."

After hanging up the phone with Miss Zhou, Suning went straight back to the Su family in Mid-Levels. With the improvement of the mainland economy, Suning could already foresee that it would take off soon, so the mainland became the focus of his career.

Suning was very surprised by what happened today, because he knew that in the eyes of others he was a professional manager, which proved that his previous efforts were meaningful.

In 1982, the Forbes list wanted to evaluate Suning and Su's investment, but Suning directly refused and took great pains to prevent the media from reporting any news about himself and Xia Ning Group, just wanting to keep a low profile and do his own thing.

He had long expected to be rejected by Stephen Zhou, and he had done his best to fulfill Miss Zhou's entrustment, but he did not expect Stephen Zhou to make such a harsh request.

Because his business is mainly in manufacturing and his future focus will also be in the mainland, he has started to build the group's headquarters building in Shanghai a long time ago. Now that the headquarters building in Shanghai has been completed, it is time to move Xia Ning Group's headquarters to Shanghai.

Suning returned to Beijing again, and then went straight back to the slum where he grew up. Looking at Nanluoguxiang, which had not changed much, Suning felt a little sad.

Nowadays, the capital city is bustling with activity, but Nanluoguxiang seems to be isolated from the hustle and bustle of the capital city, still immersed in its own story.

"Hey, Chunming is back?"

"Uncle Guo, you are busy!"

"What can I be busy with? I'm not like you, Chunming, who's busy with big things."

"hehe."

"Chunming, I heard that you used to be the director of a private museum. I have some very good treasures there. Would you like to appraise them for me when you have time?"

"Eh? Uncle Guo, I've been busy lately. I'll go check it out when I have time."

"Ah! Then we must make it a deal."

"Haha, Uncle Guo, you go ahead and get busy."

Su Ning entered the courtyard and did not go back to his own home. After all, Han's mother was in Hong Kong and the house was full of dust. Then he went straight to Su Meng's house in the backyard.

Grandma Su looked at Su Ning who suddenly appeared and was stunned for a long time in surprise. "Grandma Su, don't you recognize me?"

"Chun Ming? Is it really you?"

"Grandma Su, it's me! Is Su Meng home?"

"She's not at home, but she'll be off work soon. Come inside and sit down first."

"Okay! Thank you, Grandma Su."

"Chunming, have some water." Grandma Su first poured a glass of water for Su Ning, and then looked at Su Ning with a complicated expression.

"Thank you, Grandma Su!"

"Chunming, Su Meng is getting married soon. What do you want to talk to her about now?"

"Ah? Su Meng is getting married soon, congratulations!" Su Ning was a little surprised, then explained with a smile, "Grandma Su, do you remember the gift box I gave Su Meng when she was admitted to university?"

"Huh? I have some impression. It seems like I've been keeping needles and thread there all the time."

"Ah? I wanted to get the box back when I returned to the capital this time. After all, Su Meng and I each have our own families, so this gift doesn't seem appropriate."

"Huh? Chunming, what you said makes sense. I'll give it to you now." "Then I'll trouble you, Grandma Su."

Grandma Su quickly walked into her own room, and after fiddling with it for a while, she took out the rosewood box from that year and poured all the needles and thread in the box onto the table in front of Su Ning.

Watching Grandma Su's actions, Su Ning felt extremely distressed, "Hey! Grandma Su, please be gentle."

"Isn't it just a broken sticker box? Look how nervous you are."

"Haha, Grandma Su is right." Since they didn't understand the affection, there was no need for him to explain, and he simply took the sticker box and left.

"Grandma Su, I've got the sticker box back. I'll go back first."

"Ah? You're not waiting for Su Meng?" Grandma Su felt a little surprised.

"No! I came here just to put up the box."

Watching Su Ning's departing figure, Grandma Su muttered, "He's still the same, so impulsive!"

Grandma Su was a little unhappy because there was no box to store needles and thread. She looked for a box everywhere angrily. After a busy period, she found a shoe box that was not quite suitable.

When Su Meng came home from get off work, she saw her putting needles and thread into a shoe box and looked over curiously, "Grandma, I'm back."

"Oh! Mengmeng is back!"

"Grandma, what are you busy with?"

"Han Chunming came over just now and is taking away the sticker box that he gave you that year. I can only find a shoe box to put the needles and thread." Grandma Su explained unhappily.

"Ah? What about the others?"

"I'm leaving! I'm leaving as soon as I get the sticker box. I'm going to break the sticker box and treasure it."

"Uh?"

After Su's father and mother came back, they also heard about this incident, but they didn't take it to heart and didn't think about it anymore.

But Su Meng tossed and turned that night and couldn't fall asleep. She felt like she had missed something and always wanted to figure it out. Then she looked at the time and it was only a little after eight o'clock.

Then Su Meng got up quietly, went to the yard, rode her bicycle out of the slum, and headed straight for the home of Hou Paolan and Hou Su'e.

Hou Su'e looked at Su Meng who had suddenly come to visit her and was very surprised. "Su Meng, why are you here so late?"

"Sister Hou, is your father, the ragged Hou, here?"

"Yes! What do you want to see him about?"

"Yes! I want to ask him something."

"Oh! Dad, come out for a moment. Su Meng wants to talk to you about something." Hou Su'e shouted to the ragged Hou in the inner room.

"Ah? It's so late, what's the matter?" Hou Polan, who was just about to go to bed, was a little unhappy.

The rag-and-bone Hou hurriedly walked out wearing a coat, then looked at Su Meng in front of him, "Su Meng, what's going on?"

"I'm sorry to have disturbed your rest."

"It's okay! Tell me what happened!"

"The story goes like this. In early 1978, Han Chunming gave me a sticker box with a poem on it: 'My love for chrysanthemums is rare since Tao Yuanming. Who else loves lotus as much as I do? Many love peonies, but I alone love them, emerging from the mud without being stained.' It was signed by Changchun Jushi." Hearing Hou Polan's urging, Su Meng recalled and explained, "Mr. Hou, do you know the origin of this sticker box?"

"Haha, of course I know." After hearing Su Meng's explanation, the Broken Marquis suddenly laughed, "Han Chunming got this sticker box from me."

"This box dates back to the Kangxi reign and is made of huanghuali wood. The bottom is made of golden nanmu wood and the signature on it is from Emperor Qianlong."

"Ah? Emperor Qianlong's calligraphy?"

"Yes! This sticker box is my favorite thing. Han Chunming begged me for a long time, so I gave it to him reluctantly."

"Mr. Hou, does this mean that this sticker box is very valuable?" Su Meng looked at Mr. Hou in surprise.

"Huh? The value of this sticker box doesn't lie in how much money it costs. Perhaps only Han Chunming knows its significance." The Tattered Marquis looked at Su Meng with disdain, suddenly feeling that Su Meng was so tacky. "However, if you must measure it with money, it should be worth 18 million now!"

"what?"

Su Meng returned home in a daze, thinking about the box sticker in her mind. Now she finally understood the meaning of the box sticker. It was very ironic that she measured Han Chunming's feelings based on value.

Speaking of which, the original owner, Han Chunming, was really unlucky. The woman he loved with all his heart all his life didn't understand him at all and turned a blind eye to his intentions, just like winking at a blind man.

Stephen Chow's family home in Hong Kong.

Miss Zhou looked at her father, Stephen Zhou, “Dad, why are you doing this?”

"Humph! Why are there so many whys?"

"Dad, you're really going too far?" Miss Zhou looked at her father angrily, her words filled with sadness and sorrow, "You said Danny's family background is not good and he has no business ability. I'm listening to you and I won't date him anymore.

Now that I have chosen Suning, why are you still against it?"

"It's not me who rejected Suning, it's Suning who rejected me!"

"Haha, abandoning your wife and children, transferring your shares, or marrying into the Zhou family—which one would Suning agree to?" Miss Zhou sneered. "Perhaps no normal man would agree to that, right?"

"Oh? It seems that Suning didn't hide anything from you."

"Dad, I'm willing to sacrifice for our family, but can you give me a little freedom of choice?"

"Ayu, do you also know about Suning's betrothal gift?"

"Dowry? What do you mean by dowry?"

"Suning said that if I agreed to marry you, he would give me $100 million as a betrothal gift and rename the former Kangle Building, now the headquarters of the Xia Ning Group, to Mingyu Building as your private property."

"what?"

"Ayu, I can see that Suning really likes you, but that alone isn't enough." Mr. Zhou looked at his beloved daughter and explained earnestly, "He's just a professional manager with capital in front of him. He doesn't have the ability to bring you happiness. Love alone won't satisfy you."

"Is love enough to drink water?"

"Yes! How could that idiot Suning actually say that love is enough to satisfy one's hunger? That's absolutely ridiculous!"

"Dad, is it really impossible for Suning and I?"

"Ayu, I'm doing this for your sake. By transferring Suning's shares in Xia Ning to the Zhou family, we, the Zhou family, have a firm grip on his lifeline. By sending his girlfriend away, I'm also giving you peace of mind. By letting him marry into our Zhou family, I can make him work wholeheartedly for the Zhou family and ensure he never escapes your control."

"Dad, none of what you do is what I want. Can't you compromise a little for me?" Miss Zhou shook her head with a wry smile.

(End of this chapter)