With a snap!
Lu Yinshuang, completely ignoring Li Mingxi's confusion, walked up and unplugged the machine from the player.
"I already know your master is innocent!"
She said to Li Mingxi, then walked up to Cheng Xiaofan, bowed deeply, and said with a smile, "I'm sorry, Xiaofan brother-in-law, your sister-in-law misunderstood you!"
"Come, give your sister-in-law a hug as a sign of our close reconciliation!"
As Lu Yinshuang, the ice queen, opened her arms to Cheng Xiaofan, he recoiled several steps, hastily saying, "I'm sorry, sister-in-law. Besides my Bai goddess, I wouldn't dare hug any other woman!"
Lu Yinshuang laughed, "You absolutely cannot hug other women. However, your Bai goddess and I are sworn sisters. We are family, and family members don't stand on ceremony; we can hug!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she forcefully embraced Cheng Xiaofan, stood on her tiptoes, and planted a firm kiss on his chin.
"What are you all staring at me for?"
Lu Yinshuang turned around and said to the other girls, "Quickly, tidy up the chairs and invite the guests from Xiaofan's side to join us for tea!"
With the situation resolved, Cheng Xiaofan finally felt a sense of relief.
This time, he was truly grateful to Li Mingxi for rushing over to save the day. Otherwise, facing his goddess Bai's sisters, even with a hundred mouths, he wouldn't have been able to explain himself clearly.
What he hadn't expected was that Li Mingxi and Bai Yiling had a past connection in the film and television industry years ago.
Before taking their seats at the table, Luo Changsheng pulled Cheng Xiaofan aside and whispered, "Xiaofan, in the future, when you're with other women, you must be mindful of appearances and avoid causing misunderstandings!"
"Grandpa Luo, I understand. It won't happen again," Cheng Xiaofan vowed.
Luo Changsheng chuckled, "You really scared me just now. I genuinely thought you had gone astray and were caught red-handed!"
"Fortunately, it was just a misunderstanding!"
After the misunderstanding, everyone was joyous!
The intimate hug between Lu Yinshuang and Cheng Xiaofan earlier was proof of that.
At the table, Han Jie was beaming, engaged in lively conversation with Luo Changsheng and Tu Biao.
Outside the tent, over a dozen workers joyfully unloaded chickens, ducks, fish, and meat, along with hundreds of bottles of Qian Ri Zui wine, from a Volvo truck.
Several plump chefs, all smiles, hurried over and used small motorized carts to haul away the unloaded produce.
As soon as the goods were unloaded from the truck, Luo Changsheng, Tu Biao, Han Jie, Bai Yiling, Lu Yinshuang, and others emerged from the tent.
Bai Yiling and Lu Yinshuang, along with some other women, were ushered into Li Mingxi's top-of-the-line Hummer SUV.
The rest of the group took seats in Tu Biao's Volvo truck.
The truck's cargo area had been converted to resemble a camper, with fold-out tables and sofas along the sides, equipped with all necessary electrical appliances.
Sitting on the thick, springy sofas was remarkably comfortable.
Rumble!
Vroom vroom vroom!
Li Mingxi's SUV led the way.
Two Volvos followed closely behind.
Following Miao Xiuhua's arrangements, the convoy drove directly to the new villa, where the day's banquet would be held in the spacious courtyard.
As the vehicles arrived at the villa's main gate, firecrackers, suonas, and gongs erupted in a cacophony.
Lu Yinshuang, Mo Yunying, and the others, having grown up in the city, had never witnessed such a grand spectacle for a mere engagement ceremony in the countryside. They were all astonished.
The courtyard entrance was adorned with lanterns and streamers, and a large red carpet was laid out from the outside leading inwards.
As the group entered the courtyard, they were immediately awestruck by the villa within.
"Yi Ling, your in-laws are truly extravagant! Besides the main villa in the center, there are side villas on either side. How will you and Cheng Xiaofan manage to live here?" Lu Yinshuang exclaimed, looking bewildered.
Bai Yiling smiled, "My mother told me that these side villas are specifically for our friends to stay in."
Mo Yunying's eyes lit up with excitement. "Sister Bai, please reserve a room for me. I'll come to stay frequently whenever I have the chance."
"Sister Bai, don't forget to save one for me too!" Liu Wanqing chimed in.
Bai Yiling chuckled, "You can all choose your rooms yourselves when the time comes. You can even decorate them as you wish."
"The room layouts here are unique, just like in a home. Each has a separate living area, bedroom, and bathroom."
Lu Yinshuang nodded repeatedly and smiled, "This must have been designed by your subordinates Fu Yueli and Gu Jingyue, right? They are exceptionally talented in this area!"
"Yes, they designed it!"
Cheng Xiaofan, overhearing their conversation, confirmed his earlier suspicions.
When Miao Xiuhua commissioned Fu Yueli and Gu Jingyue to design the villa, Bai Yiling must have already received this information from them.
In the city, such a villa would cost hundreds of millions.
Building it yourself in the countryside would still exceed a hundred million.
Clearly, Bai Yiling had secretly contributed a significant sum of money.
Below the villa was a dedicated, spacious parking area capable of accommodating dozens of vehicles without issue.
Lu Yinshuang remarked, "Yi Ling, you can have your dozen or so luxury cars from C City brought here and parked now."
Bai Yiling smiled, "Yes, I was planning to have those cars driven over in a couple of days."
Mo Yunying teased, "This is quite a perk for Cheng Xiaofan. Your precious cars will become his transportation."
Bai Yiling laughed, "Xiaofan isn't interested in my cars. Wherever he goes, he has Potianying!"
"Potianying's speed in the sky is indescribable. A journey that takes a car a whole day, it can cover in less than an hour!"
"Even the most impressive vehicles in the world, even airplanes, would be mere specks compared to his Potianying!"
Lu Yinshuang immediately agreed, "Yi Ling is absolutely right. With Potianying by his side, he wouldn't spare a glance at any luxury car, no matter how expensive."
Three women are a force to be reckoned with.
When these women gathered, Cheng Xiaofan became the quintessential invisible man.
However, being invisible wasn't so bad!
Upon entering the villa, Bai Yiling led them on a tour of the various rooms on the first floor.
After the first floor tour, except for Shen Ruobing, the rooms were claimed by the other women.
Even Li Mingxi wasn't to be left out and requested a room for herself.
Shen Ruobing had already been arranged by Miao Xiuhua to stay with Bai Yiling, so she didn't need to claim a room.
At this moment, Cheng Xiaofan felt a pang of conflict.
A beautiful villa like this, with so many stunning women living in it in the future, what would the villagers say behind their backs?
He couldn't fathom what his parents were thinking when they decided to build such a large villa.