Chapter 18 Your Wife Isn't Here

Jiang Liu was being at his very calmest. "She didn't come," he replied indifferently. "What a diss to you! She shouldn't have..." Everyone was as surprised as Gao He. After all, the bride must have come from a family that wasn't as rich as the Jiangs. Any other woman would have felt it necessary to show her appreciation for having the honor of marrying into the Jiang family. Who wouldn't be aware enough to show Jiang Liu enough respect when it was due? What sort of woman would be so not self-aware? Qin Wanyu piled it on. "I believe it's not your wife that didn't want to come, right? You must have prevented her from coming. You're really a stingy fellow, you know that? You can't bear for us to look at your wife and want to keep her all to yourself, right?" Jiang Liu strode up toward Qin Wanyu and sat down beside him, resting his weight on the sofa. "You really understand me, you know that?" A few men laughed. "Say, since our beloved Young Master Jiang has suddenly gotten married, I think he can't have beautiful women drinking with him now, right?" Gao He continued teasing. "Don't let it sound as though I always did that... It's damaging to my reputation." Wang Junxian passed a cigar to Jiang Liu. Jiang Liu pointed his lit cigar at the mischievous Gao He. He was the youngest among all the rich young males in the room and the youngest grandchild of Chief Gao. He was well-liked by his family. As to why he ended up mixing with Jiang Liu and the others? It was because they had hobbies in common—golf and snooker. Even though he was young, Gao He was extremely talented. He played both sports well, and even though he was a little mischievous, he was not a bad person in nature. As such, he mixed well with the others. He had just returned from a holiday in Northern Europe a few days ago. The moment he touched down, news began flooding in. It was news of Jiang Liu's marriage. What was even more surprising was that his bride was Xie Dongyang's fiance. It was huge news, and it was for this reason that he clamored to get Jiang Liu out for drinks once he was free. At the very same time, Gao He wanted to know what had actually happened. Aside from Gao He, none of Jiang Liu's other friends were that hooked on women. Qin Wanyu used to have a girlfriend, but unfortunately, she passed away from breast cancer two years ago. It was a huge blow to him, and he never searched for a new girlfriend after that. As for Wang Junxian, he was preoccupied with his career and did not have the time to socialize. He had been a bachelor for a long time, just like Jiang Liu. However, the Wangs were a reputable household and one of the Four Great Families. He would not have to worry about finding a wife, should he want one. Gao He had brought along a few young friends of both sexes who were children of rich entrepreneurs. To build up the atmosphere, he had also hired a number of beautiful models to keep things exciting. The young ladies were extremely open. At first, they were just playing drinking games with dice, but after consuming more alcohol, they began to do crazier stuff. They began bouncing around wildly to high-energy dance music. Seeing that it was too noisy for anyone to possibly overhear them, Qin Wanyu lowered his head in Jiang Liu's direction. "Jiang, what's the matter with you? Why did you get married so suddenly and even snatched the Xie's would-be daughter-in-law from them? It's totally unlike you." "To rescue a damsel in distress," Jiang Liu simply replied, the corners of his lips rising slightly. "Don't change the subject. Come on, we've been curious to know for the entire day." Indeed, even the usually reserved Wang Junxian wanted to ask Jiang Liu why he had made up his mind so quickly about something as important as marriage. Most importantly, they wanted to know what caused him to "snatch" someone else's bride from her own wedding ceremony? Was he very sure that he wouldn't cause irreplaceable damage to the relationship between his family and the Xies? In actual fact, everyone knew what happened on the night of the wedding. After all, there were thousands of guests present. They knew that the root cause was Xie Dongyang's scandalous affair being exposed at the wedding ceremony itself. He had forced his bride-to-be to face all of their guests on her own. Little did he expect that she could be so ruthless. Not only did she not break down and cry, but she also turned the tables on him and got a replacement groom at the very last minute. It just happened that the replacement groom was Jiang Liu. This was the official version of what went down during the wedding, but everyone wanted to hear the real juicy bits from Jiang Liu himself. Jiang Liu smiled mysteriously as he leaned back on the luxurious European-style red sofa. He began to speak...