Chapter 667 Breaking off the Engagement

Just as he was on the verge of bursting out in anger, Zhao Hongkun slowly unclenched his fists and eased his cold expression, after a few seconds.

He smiled and said, “Wan’er, I’m sincere to you. Why do you have to do this? Don’t make such a joke with me again, okay?”

“Joke?”

Qi Waner smiled and said, “Zhao Hongkun, we are not so familiar with each other. I will not joke with you.”

Zhao Hongkun said, “No matter what you did in the past, I don’t care. I only care about you.”

Qi Waner smiled sarcastically and said, “You only care about the so-called blessings I will bring to a husband, don’t you? As long as I can help you become successful, you can accept anything, right?”

Zhao Hongkun frowned and said, “Waner, you’ve gone too far. I know you can’t accept me now, but I promise you’ll look at me with new eyes in the future.”

“You think too much. We have no future at all.”

After saying that, Qi Waner went straight to the relatives next to her.

Looking at her graceful back, Zhao Hongkun’s eyes flashed with a cold light. Although their conversation was very unpleasant and Qi Waner had rejected him outright, he could not give up.

Soon, the engagement party officially began. In the banquet hall, the beautiful emcee walked to the front.

She was a well-known host of a TV station in Huaxia. Today, she was invited to preside over the engagement ceremony of Qi Waner and Zhao Hongkun. It could be seen that the Qi family attached great importance to this engagement.

The emcee smiled and said, “Dear guests, although it’s not a formal wedding ceremony today, it’s also a very grand engagement party. Miss Qi Waner and Mr. Zhao Hongkun will complete a lifetime contract with all of you as the witnesses. Let’s welcome this happy moment with a warm applause.”

The audience burst into thunderous applause. Even the masters of the Seven Great Families clapped their hands unhurriedly.

Standing next to her, Qi Yulong was very satisfied with the arrangements. Among the second generation of the Qi Family, he was the one who performed very well. Now that his daughter would be married into the Zhao Family, the position of the next patriarch would belong to him.

Qi Waner and Zhao Hongkun went up to the stage. Zhao Hongkun’s face was full of smiles, but Qi Waner’s expression was stiff and no joy could be seen.

The emcee walked up to them and did not realize what was different about today’s celebration. She raised the microphone in her hand and said, “The engagement is about to be completed. Before that, I have a few questions to ask the groom-to-be and bride-to-be.”

He said to Zhao Hongkun, “I’d like to ask you first, handsome Mr. Zhao. Would you like to marry Miss Qi?”

“I’m willing!”

Zhao Hongkun’s voice was loud and powerful. “In the past, I did not believe that there was such a thing as love at first sight in this world. But at the moment I saw Waner, I believed it. This is the woman I have been looking for all my life.”

After he finished speaking, the audience burst into thunderous applause, but some people secretly sneered. They knew very well that what he loved at first sight was the so-called husband blessing.

Zhao Cangqiong, the head of the Zhao family, sat next to Qi Waner’s grandfather Qi Guofan. Seeing his grandson’s performance, he could not help but say proudly, “Old Qi, my grandson is not bad, right?”

“Not bad, not bad at all! Otherwise, how could he be worthy of my granddaughter?”

Qi Guofan laughed happily. He was extremely satisfied with this marriage.

At this moment, the emcee moved the microphone to Qi Waner. “Beautiful Miss Qi, would you like to marry Mr. Zhao?”

Qi Waner did not answer directly. She glanced around and saw all the people’s expectant expressions. Then she said firmly, “I, Qi Waner, don’t want to!”

The few short words she uttered sounded like a clap of thunder in the whole banquet hall. Many people even suspected that there was something wrong with their ears. At such a festive time, how could the bride-to-be say no?

At this time, Qi Waner smiled slightly and seemed to be very satisfied when she saw everyone’s shocked expressions. She repeated, “You didn’t hear it wrong. I just said no!”

This time, the whole place was in an uproar and the atmosphere immediately became restless.

Many people who failed to pursue Qi Waner were secretly delighted. “Even Zhao Hongkun can’t get the woman I can’t get. Now there will be a good show.”

Zhao Hongkun’s face went pale as if he had been struck by lightning.

Although Qi Waner had expressed her dissatisfaction just now, he thought that she was just playing a little trick on him. For the children from big families like theirs, the family’s interests were the most important.

He never thought that Qi Waner would do what she said, completely disregarding the face and reputation of the Qi family and the Zhao family.

“Didn’t she know what kind of situation the two families would be in by doing this at this moment? Didn’t she think about the serious consequences of doing this? If this marriage fails to go through, the Qi family and the Zhao family will become the laughing stock of the whole aristocratic families in the capital in the future.”

The beautiful lady held up the microphone in her hand. At this moment, she was completely dumbfounded. She couldn’t even say a single word from her prepared script.

At first, she thought it would be a beautiful job. She simply organized the engagement ceremony and then she could get a big red envelope from such a big family.

However, the reality was not as good as she thought it would be. Although she had hosted many weddings, it was the first time that she had encountered such a situation. For a moment, she was at a loss.

Under the stage, Shi Zhixuan was stunned. Only then did she realize what her daughter’s words meant. She had never thought that her daughter would take such an extreme measure, which would certainly break the whole Qi family.

Qi Yulong, who was standing next to her, was almost driven to death by Qi Waner. He did not expect that his daughter would be so ignorant of the general situation.

He hurried to the stage and said, “Waner, are you still having a fever? If you don’t feel well, go and rest. Don’t let it affect your mood.”

Then he took the microphone from the emcee’s hand and said to the audience, “I’m sorry, everyone. Waner had a fever last night, so she is not very clear-headed now. Please forgive her…”

Qi Waner grabbed the microphone in his hand and said, “I’m not sick and I’m also very sober. That’s what I want to say. I don’t want to! I just don’t want to!”

This time, Qi Yulong was completely dumbfounded. Although he knew that Qi Waner was forced into this engagement, it was very common in aristocratic families.

He had put Qi Waner under house arrest before, thinking that what was done could not be undone. After all, all the children of aristocratic families paid more attention to their family interests and personal love was nothing at all.

If this marriage was successful, his status in the Qi family would rise and he would very likely become the next family master.

However, he did not expect that Qi Waner was much more unyielding than he had imagined. She said that she did not want to marry publicly and directly sent him from heaven to hell.

Feeling the ridicule and mockery in the eyes of the audience, Qi Yulong shouted angrily, “Qi Waner, are you confused? Do you know what you are talking about?”

“I’m not confused. I know what I’m talking about and what I want.”

Qi Waner had no intention of changing her mind. She said with a determined look, “I’m not willing to marry him. I was completely forced. Now my acupuncture points are sealed. Do you think I did it voluntarily?”

After she said that, the banquet hall, which had just been quiet, was in an uproar again. No one had expected that the Qi Family would seal their daughter’s acupuncture points for this marriage.

Originally, in many people’s eyes, she had a rare husband blessing and Zhao Hongkun was a young talent in the capital. In the circle of aristocratic families, this was a good marriage. They did not expect that the marriage was completely forced.

At this moment, the smile on Zhao Cangqiong’s face had long disappeared. He looked at Qi Waner on the stage, who was determined and Zhao Hongkun, who was completely at a loss. Finally, he sighed softly.

Originally, he thought that this was a happy occasion for the Zhao Family. His grandson and Qi Waner was a match made in heaven. If they married, it could make the Zhao Family go up another level. But now it seemed that things were not as he had imagined.

After all, Zhao Hongkun was an outstanding figure of the younger generation. He slowly recovered from the shock and said to the guests under the stage, “Everyone, I’m sorry. I just bickered with Waner under the stage. She just said these out of spite. Don’t take it seriously.”

After that, he turned around and took Qi Waner’s hand. “Waner, we can talk when we go home. Don’t lose your temper here.”

Originally, he still held the last glimmer of hope, hoping that Qi Waner would give some face for the two families.

But he was disappointed. Qi Waner slapped his hand away and said, “Zhao Hongkun, are you still dreaming? It’s impossible for you and me to have a home.”

“Uh…”

Dream? Only then did Zhao Hongkun realize that everything that had happened before seemed to be a fantasy. Although the woman in front of him was good, she did not belong to him at all.

Seeing that his grandson had been rejected time and again, Zhao Cangqiong became angrier. If things went on like this, not only would the Qi family lose face, but the Zhao family would also lose face.

The girl from the Qi family had gone too far. Hadn’t she considered the dignity of the two noble families? Hadn’t she considered the consequences of such a farce?

Thinking of this, he turned to look at Qi Guofan. “Old Qi, your granddaughter is too ill-bred. She doesn’t care about our Zhao family at all. Shouldn’t your Qi family give us an explanation?”

At this moment, the masters of the other big families remained calm and watched the situation. Some of them even had faint smiles on their faces. After all, those who were watching the fun did not have to worry about it. The bigger the trouble is, the better for them.

“Nonsense!” Qi Guofan could not sit still and his face was livid. Originally, he thought that Qi Yulong could calm the situation down. Unexpectedly, it became more and more serious. It was a slap in the Qi family’s face that the engagement party was ruined in such a way.

He slammed the table, stood up, pointed at Qi Waner and shouted, “You must give me an explanation now.”