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Fang Yuan had already prepared Zhou Shengde's wedding gift and even asked Xiang Lingling if she needed his help with preparations.

After being rejected, Fang Yuan curled his lip.

The gift he prepared this time would definitely be eye-catching. To say nothing else, it would surely satisfy Zhou Shengde and his girlfriend.

She even looked down on what good gift he could prepare. Hmph, just wait, he'd let her know his capabilities on the wedding day.

Fang Yuan was now looking forward to the wedding day.

He felt he could already see the day when his gift would be brought out and shock everyone.

But now he needed to confirm that there were absolutely no problems with the gift he prepared.

It would be bad if it failed at the crucial moment.

As for what gift he prepared, he would keep it a secret for now. They would naturally know on the wedding day.

Anyway, it wouldn't disappoint the audience.

However, his rest time was running out. After attending that bastard's wedding, he would have to prepare to go to the controlled nuclear fusion project.

Having been away for so long, those professors and experts should have solved the theoretical problems he had told them about.

This was just the first stage, not the entire controlled nuclear fusion project being solved.

There was still a long way to go before truly solving these problems.

At least it couldn't be solved overnight.

Fang Yuan was fully prepared for this. This would be the longest project he had worked on since getting the system.

It was also a project he wasn't entirely confident in completing. Don't let his current leisure fool you.

In reality, this was just him being lazy in advance to prepare for the difficulties ahead.

To be honest, it wasn't his time to shine yet. The protagonist always appears at the most crucial moment. Wouldn't it be a bit undignified to personally step in now?

Hmm! That's a perfect excuse to be lazy. Fang Yuan even believed it himself.

But regardless, whether he was there or not didn't make much of a difference right now.

Alright, now wasn't the time to think about these things. Zhou Shengde's wedding was right in front of him, he should quickly focus his attention on that.

After all, he was his most valued brother, so he had to make his wedding grand no matter what.

But no matter how he looked at it, this kid didn't seem very happy. Fang Yuan didn't know if it was his imagination or what.

Was he not satisfied with his future partner? No way, he seemed more than satisfied with Wang Lijia!

That's right, he hadn't seen either of their parents for so many days.

What did this mean? Were they letting the younger generation handle this matter themselves?

"Hey, Que De, why haven't I seen your aunt and uncle?" Fang Yuan finally couldn't contain his curiosity and asked.

"Oh! About that, my old man had a little accident and needs to go abroad. As for Lijia's family, it's the same. Her dad has a secret project, but he'll be back on the wedding day."

Speaking of this, Zhou Shengde's head grew larger.

After both sets of parents set a lucky day, they actually became hands-off managers.

Although they were both unavoidable situations, it made him feel helpless.

If both sets of parents were there, he wouldn't have anything to do.

How could he have imagined it would be like this, where they had to decide everything themselves and trouble his two best brothers.

Fang Yuan looked at Zhou Shengde with sympathy. This kid must have done too many bad things usually.

They were actually dropping the ball at such a crucial moment.

"Alright, let's not talk about these upsetting things. It's really thanks to you and Xiao Qiang. If you two weren't helping, I wouldn't have been able to manage these past few days," Zhou Shengde patted Fang Yuan on the shoulder.

Xu Qiang and Fang Yuan were now at what status? They both came back to help with just a greeting.

This was the greatest recognition for him. At least he hadn't made the wrong friends.

"Hey, why are you suddenly so sentimental? It's not like you at all!" Fang Yuan was embarrassed by Zhou Shengde.

"It's nothing, isn't it almost time to get married? I suddenly had a new understanding," Zhou Shengde said, looking ahead inexplicably.

Not giving him a chance to continue pretending, Wang Lijia's voice came from behind them.

"San Dezi, come here, what's going on?" A standard northeastern girl, even her style was like that.

Aggressive, direct, but not at all annoying.

"Wife, there are so many people here, can you give me some face? Shouldn't you be careful about calling me San Dezi?" Zhou Shengde quickly ran over and said to Wang Lijia.

"What's wrong with so many people? Aren't they all your best friends? They're not outsiders, they'll find out sooner or later anyway," Wang Lijia waved her hand dismissively.

If it was in front of outsiders, she would give her husband face.

But now, she'll do whatever makes her happy.

Besides, he hasn't done anything these past few days, he only knows how to shout 666 there.

She was already giving him face by not scolding him. If Zhou Shengde knew what she was thinking, he would definitely feel very wronged.

It was clearly her who disliked him doing these things, but now she was blaming him instead.

Xiang Lingling stood beside Wang Lijia and looked over at Fang Yuan.

It really had to be said that Fang Yuan seemed to be doing the best these past few days.

Yeah, the one she chose was definitely the most outstanding.

No one was allowed to question this.

Another round of busyness began. This was the norm these past few days. Don't think that they were being salty fish. When these people didn't think of them, there was nothing to do. Once they thought of them, haha.

That was the result now. Regardless of whether you need their help or not, there was always something for them to do.

"Ah! It's finally all prepared, groom, it's up to you to perform next!" Fang Yuan and Xu Qiang sat on the ground, disregarding their image.

It really was a case of one person getting married and affecting the whole family. Who would have thought that such a sacred thing as marriage would be so tedious?

As expected, practice leads to true knowledge. The weddings in books are all lies, only writing about the good things.

As for these unknown things, only those who have personally experienced them would know.

Fang Yuan had experienced this feeling.

If possible, he definitely wouldn't want his wedding to be so tedious in the future.

He seemed to have forgotten one thing, as long as he opened his mouth, someone would prepare any kind of wedding for him.

At that time, he only needed to bring Xiang Lingling with him.

But he also didn't want to make a big scene. Simple and easy was better than anything else. Besides, he hadn't even proposed yet, so when he could get married was still a problem.

…

His personal problems would be solved later. Now, the most important thing for him and Xu Qiang was to be good groomsmen for Zhou Shengde.

There was no need to say much about the process of picking up the bride. Anyway, with the two of them blocking the attacks, Zhou Shengde didn't suffer much.

The rest was the grand wedding scene. After the bride and groom finished their vows, the wedding was considered to be more than halfway over.

The following things were not important, but there was still one most important part.

Fang Yuan gave the gift he had prepared for a long time to Zhou Shengde.

It was just a small box, and there was the sound of metal colliding inside when it was shaken.

"Yo, the gift from our local tycoon Fang will definitely be eye-catching, right?" Xu Qiang teased from the side.

"Don't worry, it's definitely better than yours," Fang Yuan retorted without any politeness.

This was carefully prepared by him. For this, he didn't hesitate to use the relationships he hadn't used for a long time - Boss Ma and Boss Lei.

"Hurry up and open it to take a look, it will definitely satisfy you," Fang Yuan said to Zhou Shengde.

"Okay!" Zhou Shengde said, opening the box.

There was only a key and two pieces of paper inside.

"This is… Alright, Yuanzi, you really spent a lot this time," Xu Qiang said immediately after seeing the key.

"Hehe, continue to look down, this is just an appetizer!" Fang Yuan said, pretending to be nonchalant.

"This isn't the main event yet? Que De, quickly see what's written on those two pieces of paper," Xu Qiang seemed even more excited than the person involved.

"This is too precious, Yuanzi, I can't accept it," Zhou Shengde didn't immediately continue looking down, but instead handed the key to Fang Yuan and said.

"Take it, this was given to me by the other party when we cooperated with Bentley before. I happen to have a better one, and it's just collecting dust in my place," How could Fang Yuan accept it?

"That's right, you should continue to look at the other two gifts I prepared for you."

Seeing Fang Yuan's persistent appearance, Zhou Shengde smiled.

"That's right, you're a local tycoon now, this shouldn't be anything to you, right?"

After speaking, he continued to pick up the two pieces of paper in the box.

"Dear Mr. Zhou, happy wedding!

Ali is here to offer you the most sincere blessings, and present you with an exquisite congratulatory gift. Please have your wife open Alipay, the congratulatory gift has been sent to her Alipay account, please pay attention to check it!"

What was this? Zhou Shengde was a little confused by the content on the paper. Wang Lijia was also equally puzzled.

"Sister-in-law, quickly open it and take a look, Yuanzi only knows how to keep people in suspense," Xu Qiang encouraged.

She had used Alipay in the morning, and didn't notice anything different.

Wang Lijia was also very curious, and quickly took out her phone to open Alipay.

"Dear Ms. Wang, congratulations on winning the Alipay Huabei experience award. In the future, all products you purchase using Huabei will be paid for by Ali." After seeing this prompt, Wang Lijia and Zhou Shengde looked at Fang Yuan.

“Why are you all looking at me? How is it? Isn't this grand prize great? It's like a permanent version of the Huahua Card. Aren't I clever?” Fang Yuan felt a little embarrassed by everyone's gazes.

Wang Lijia's Ant Credit Pay limit isn't very high, but she still has tens of thousands of yuan each month, which adds up to nearly a million a year.

And this is permanent, meaning that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will have nearly a million yuan in shopping credit every year for the rest of her life?

This is even more valuable than the first gift.

“Oh right, there's one last gift. Seeing how you all look, I'll reveal it.” Fang Yuan picked up the last piece of paper, which had a card wrapped inside.

“Look, this is the last gift I prepared, a Da Mi VVIP membership card. It has a similar function to the permanent Ant Credit Pay from before. As long as you or your sister-in-law have this card, you can go to Da Mi stores and buy Da Mi products for free, both online and offline!”

Don't think this isn't as valuable as the previous gift.

If you weren't my best friend, I definitely wouldn't give such a gift.

The value of any one of these three gifts made everyone present take notice.

Especially the parents on both sides.

Zhou Shengde's parents were alright, as they at least had some understanding of Fang Yuan.

But Wang Lijia's parents were different. They had heard that Zhou Shengde had a very capable good brother, especially Wang Lijia's father, Professor Wang, who had helped Zhou Shengde a lot.

He had some understanding of Fang Yuan, but today he truly understood this young man even more.

It seems this guy is not only remarkably accomplished academically but also leads the way in the business world.

You can tell from his generous actions.

“Not bad, Yuanzi, I want the same treatment when I get married,” Xu Qiang said to Fang Yuan, recovering from his shock.

“Don't worry, it definitely won't be worse than this.”

“Uh! I was just joking. Don't prepare such expensive gifts when the time comes. I'm afraid my girl's heart won't be able to take it,” Xu Qiang quickly refused, startled by Fang Yuan's words.

He was afraid of this guy. This was truly a tycoon-level move.

He was taking care of someone's eating, drinking, and entertainment for the rest of their life. He didn't have such thick skin.

…

After returning home, Fang Yuan realized how big of a joke he had made.

It turned out the gifts he prepared really weren't very good. It seemed Xiang Lingling was wise not to let him help prepare.

Who would do what he did? Wasn't this just using money to overwhelm his brother?

Fortunately, they were all his own people, and no one else knew about this.

Otherwise, Fang Yuan would have really embarrassed himself today.

It wouldn't have been impossible for him to instantly become a trending topic.

“A'Yuan, tell me, couldn't you use your brain a little? Why didn't you discuss such a big matter with me beforehand?” Xiang Lingling tilted her head and said to Fang Yuan.

“I did discuss it with you, didn't I? I just didn't say what gifts I was preparing. Besides, you didn't ask me!” Fang Yuan's aggrieved expression made Xiang Lingling not know what to say to him.

“Alright, let me help you prepare for this kind of thing next time. I knew you couldn't prepare any satisfactory gifts. Look at Lijia and Zhou Shengde's expressions, you…” Xiang Lingling didn't know what to say to him.

“Okay!”

Fang Yuan was also completely disappointed in his abilities in this area.

It seemed that all these years he had been immersed in the ocean of knowledge, he had almost forgotten the most basic social graces.

Fortunately, he wouldn't have to pay attention to these things in the future. With Xiang Lingling around, he could leave this kind of thing to her.

After finishing things here, he should quickly meet all the prospective members of the think tank.

He needed to free up Xiang Lingling as soon as possible. It should be known that her academic achievements were definitely among the best of the younger generation in the country.

He couldn't delay her development.

There were really too many things here, and she couldn't handle them all by herself.

Fortunately, he would be able to free her soon. He hoped that he would be satisfied with the prospective members he was going to meet this time.

The additional features of the system were now coming in handy.

No sooner said than done, Fang Yuan didn't waste any more time. He and Xiang Lingling contacted these people separately, and after arranging a time, he returned to Jingdu.

For everyone's convenience, the interview, or rather, the meeting, was held in Jingdu.

After all, most of these people were not in the country, and even if they were, they wouldn't be in a place like Beihai.

Even though Beihai's business environment had improved somewhat, it was still lacking compared to other places.