Chapter 667 - Breaking off the Engagement (1/2)

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.