Chapter 13: Financial Crisis

"Really? That's great!" Shen Rong clapped her hands in excitement.

After that, when An Zhiyan came downstairs, she was shocked by the heap of things down there.

"Miss!" Nanny Sun was standing on one side in the living room. She immediately called out to An Zhiyan when she saw her coming downstairs.

"Er… Nanny Sun, what's going on here?"

"Miss, this is Mrs. Xia's wish. She said you have agreed, so she… "

Before Nanny Sun could finish speaking, Shen Rong appeared with a change of clothes.

"Yanyan, I have just called Mr. Xia. He'll be back from the company shortly." It could be seen that Shen Rong really treated An Zhiyan as her own family's daughter-in-law.

"Ah, haha!" An Zhiyan laughed awkwardly. She really didn't expect Aunt Xia to act so quickly.

"It's okay, Yanyan. Now we are only proposing marriage. In future, when you marry into our Xia family, I guarantee you that Minghao that kid will never do anything against your wishes."

Hearing her words, she thought the support from Mother-in-law Xia was really overkill!

"Hey, Sister-in-law, you have no idea how unfair my Mom can be!" In the living room, sitting on the expensive sofa, Xia Yue picked up an apple and nibbled on it.

"Whenever I ask for a few thousand extra dollars of allowance, Mom always rejected my request. The moment she decided to propose marriage, she gets all busy!"

After listening to Xia Yue, An Zhiyan felt it was all so comical. Indeed, the atmosphere in the Xia family was very nice. Mother-in-law Xia had a good temperament and so did Xia Yue. They could talk about anything. Over here, An Zhiyan felt more at home than in her own house. 

"If I can continue to live here, it doesn't seem too bad!" An Zhiyan thought in her heart.

"That's why I say, Sister-in-law!"

Xia Yue got up and walked over to An Zhiyan, then with a solemn expression, she said, "With such a nice mother-in-law, just marry into our family!"

"Hahahahahahaha…" Xia Yue's words caused everyone to laugh out loud.

With that, in the sea of laughter, Xia Minghao suddenly appeared with a bunch of Chinese bellflowers. This was An Zhiyan's favorite flower.

"Here, for you!" 

Xia Minghao stretched out and handed the handful of flowers in his arms to An Zhiyan. Like other romantic dramas, Xia Minghao gave An Zhiyan a bunch of fresh flowers, however, the difference here was, these flowers were picked by him personally.

He liked An Zhi Yan, so he didn't want to wait any longer.

An Zhiyan did not say anything, but simply smiled and took the flowers. If all went well, later when Xia Zhentian returned, they could officially go to the An family to propose marriage.

All the standard requirements that were requisite in a marriage proposal had been arranged by Shen Rong in advance.

As they were located in the north, and in general, northern customs meant families in the north placed greater emphasis on marriage proposal gifts, Shen Rong decided to start with 50 million.

Next were the 8 items that the groom's family typically brought along. There were gift pastries, quilts, gold accessories and all the usual customs.

"Mom, I can understand all these things, but can you explain to me, what does this goose mean?" In truth, Xia Yue's question was also what An Zhiyan was puzzling over in her heart. She too, wanted to know why a goose was needed in a marriage proposal.

"Silly children, that's because you didn't bother to understand!"

"It's true that I don't quite understand!" Xia Yue shook her head with a confused look, "Hey, Mom, don't laugh. Why don't you ask sister-in-law? I bet she doesn't know either."

Shen Rong then turned her attention to An Zhiyan.

"Ah, Aunt, to tell you the truth, I don't quite understand it either." An Zhiyan smiled in embarrassment.

"In fact, the white goose symbolizes a husband will be loyal to his wife for life. As the white goose will only mate with one partner for life, it represents eternal loyalty. In this way, we can show our Xia family's sincerity to Yanyan's parents." 

After everything was prepared, everyone sat on the sofa and waited for Xia Zhentian. After a long while, he still did not return. In the end, Shen Rong called him directly.

At this moment, a piece of news on television caught everyone's attention. 

"According to reports, a wave of financial crisis hit our city without warning. At the moment, banks and enterprises are being affected one after another. Among them, typical of those affected are the Boshi Corporation, which is controlled by the An family as well as the Xia Group, controlled by the Xia family, both of which are 2 of the 4 wealthiest families in the city. These 2 enterprises typify the fallout from this crisis. According to insiders' revelation, the Boshi Corporation under the An family is on the verge of collapse."

When everyone heard this, they also took a sharp breath. No one expected that the financial crisis this time would have such a great impact.