Chapter 49: Love
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“It’s not good. The master of ceremonies for the wedding has had a bit of a situation and seems to be unable to come.”
An Zhi put down her phone, her expression a little troubled.
“Huh? How could he drop the ball at such a critical moment?”, He Mu Qing frowned and paced back and forth. “Then when will the wedding company send someone over? The two of them are still waiting inside.”
“We’ll have to wait a while. It might be delayed until the afternoon…”, An Zhi lowered her head. “I’ll see if there’s a faster way.”
“Hello, someone is looking for you.”
The etiquette lady knocked on the door and walked in. “She said she’s a friend of the bride and groom.”
Su Xi and He Mu Qing looked at each other, and then they both looked at An Zhi. “Did you also invite your university classmates?”
“No…”, An Zhi shook her head with an innocent look. “I’m not that stupid.”
“By the way, the person who came is a lady. She said her… surname is Gu.”
The few girls were stunned for a moment, and their faces suddenly turned pale.
The waiting room at the wedding venue was originally empty, and there was not even a welcome sign. Su Xi quickly pushed open the door. The empty waiting room only had a high-legged chair. The girl was wearing a snow-white dress, and her demeanor was proper. Her features were beautiful, and her appearance was young.
“Hello.”
The girl looked at the door and quickly stood up. She shyly rolled the ends of her hair by her ear. “I’m Gu Xiyue. You probably don’t know me, right?”
“Gu Xiyue?”
“Yeah, I know Sister An Zhi. I’m Gu Chuan’s younger sister.” Gu Xiyue had specially dressed up before she had come. She was carefully selected from head to toe. The hem of her skirt was swaying behind her, and her figure was graceful, and her voice was also sweet.
“My brother just came back to the country, and he’s also taken over a lot of company matters. He’s very busy, so he sent me here. This is a wedding gift.”
Gu Xiyue took a few steps forward and stuffed a red-bottomed and gold-edged envelope into An Zhi’s hand. “Hurry up and open it.”
An Zhi was still in a daze, and her head was a little unable to turn. She opened the envelope according to Gu Xiyue’s wishes, and a card fell out. She held it in her hand and looked at it, and her small mouth slowly opened.
She covered her mouth, and her round eyes were filled with an incredible look. “This… this is… how is this possible?”
“Oh, oh, I took the wrong one. This is my brother’s.”
Gu Xiyue slapped her head and changed to another two envelopes. “This is the red envelope my brother gave. This one is mine. Hehe… I don’t have much pocket money. I hope you don’t mind.”
“Then what about this one?”, An Zhi showed the card to the two people behind her. The few of them were full of surprise, and they were a little afraid to believe it.
“This…”
Gu Xiyue puffed out her cheeks, and her gaze skipped over them and stopped on the corridor behind them. The sound of her high heels on the ground was crisp.
“This is Sister Gu’s wedding gift. It’s a bit special, right? It was just a show back then. Those death documents were all fake. Brother Su Yu’s identity has never disappeared from the very beginning. Actually, Sister Gu Zhi has been these years…”
The few of them turned their heads and looked at the swaying shadow at the end of the corridor.
The woman was in a black dress, and her seaweed-like black hair was sliding down her chest. Her exposed skin was as white as snow, and it was like a blooming white lotus under the light. A sand mole was on the corner of her eye, and her expression was gloomy and cold, as if she had gone through all the vicissitudes of life. The woman’s charm was mature, and her every move was exuding a charming and alluring aura, and she was wantonly beautiful.
An Zhi hid back a little, and her little face was red. “So those things were done by Teacher Gu Zhi. But… when I met Teacher Gu at the nursing home, she was also quite pitiful. Should I forgive her? Oh… I don’t understand these things. I’d better go and contact the master of ceremonies.”
She turned her head, and her eyebrows and eyes were drooping, and her expression was troubled. She inadvertently glanced at Gu Xiyue, who was well-dressed and had a noble temperament, behind her. A pair of almond-shaped eyes suddenly lit up.
Su Xi was still staring at the woman and was pouting. “Tsk tsk, so high and cold.”
He Mu Qing had already clenched her fists.
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“Hey, are you going or not…”
He Mu Qing had her hands on her hips and was staring at the bright and beautiful woman in front of her, her gaze hot. “Are you still trying to show off to me? If it wasn’t for An Zhi pulling me, I wouldn’t want to hold your skirt for you. I’m telling you, with me here, Su Yu won’t be bullied by you in the future.”
“Qian Ge, Su Yu is waiting for you outside. Hurry up and go.”
An Zhi was holding one of Xia Qiange’s hands. She lightly bit her pink lips, and she had hesitated for a long time before she had said the words that were stuck in her heart. “Su Xi is right. A woman in a wedding dress is really beautiful. Qian Ge… I’m so envious of you.”
The woman under the fluffy wedding dress was slender and fragile. Whether it was her body temperature or her skin, her body was indeed as fragile as glass. Her exposed ankles and wrists were so slender that they were amazing, as if they would fall apart with a gust of wind.
Her exquisite makeup had made up for her not-so-healthy and sickly color. Her thick and curled eyelashes were trembling like the wings of a butterfly. Something was choking in her throat, and she couldn’t speak.
Of course, she knew that he was just a step forward. But all of this was like a dream. She had stopped, and she was worried that if she took one wrong step, there would be an abyss below.
After a long while, her chest was heaving. She had finally pushed open that door, and the bright white light had instantly poured down like a hot and dazzling sunlight. She had squinted her eyes and was standing in the light.
“Please welcome the bride and groom to the stage.”
Gu Xiyue’s long dress was swaying behind her, and the translucent and exquisite pendant on her earlobe was sparkling. Her smile was sweet, and she was waving her slender arms with a high voice.
Time was passing too quickly. Xia Qiange, who was on the stage, was still in a daze. Her vision was gradually becoming clear, and she had finally seen him, who was on the stage, and he was heroic and moving.
Everything was as illusory as a dream, like a fragile bubble that would break with a single poke. So she had walked every step very carefully, until she was standing in front of him.
The groom was wearing a well-fitting black suit, and his hair was carefully styled. It was the exquisite features that she had been tired of looking at. His back was straight, and his figure was dejected. He was a handsome young man, and he was unparalleled, like a green and lush pine and cypress, and an orchid under a step.
Su Yu had looked back at her and had touched her thin and haggard cheek. He was a little heartbroken. It was not just him who had suffered. It was a two-way street. People were born to torture each other. But fortunately, they had called a truce in advance, and it was time to rest.
There was no need for another person to hand her hand to him. The light dust was on the weak grass. For many years of hardship, they had only known to rely on themselves to endure. They had made mistakes, and they had taken a detour. One misunderstanding after another, and they had both been tormented to the point of being covered in wounds.
This time, he had taken the initiative to hold her cold and pale hand, and the warmth in his palm was like a fire, and it had warmed her up bit by bit.
Xia Qiange had turned her gaze sideways and had looked at his profile. In these past few years, he had shed his freshness, and he had become much more mature and rugged, and he was handsome and moving.
He was just holding her like that. One second… two seconds, one year… ten years, maybe a lifetime… the next life. She would not find it too long. She wanted to be held by him like this forever. Her eyelashes were trembling, and her nerves were limp. Her possessiveness was at work. She wondered if she was being greedy again.
She was in a daze, and she was in a trance. Her tears were uncontrollably overflowing from her eyes.
Su Yu had frowned and had smiled and had wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. He was a little worried about her. “Don’t cry. Your makeup will be ruined later.”
He had taken out the ring, and his dark black eyes were seriously looking at her.
He was sincerely asking her. His clear and handsome look was a gentle accessory. It was a handsome look that was filled with warmth. She liked his appearance, and it was an infatuation for his gentleness, and it was also an obsession that she did not want to move her gaze away from.
“Xia Qiange, will you marry me?”
“Then… I’ll ask you.” Her eyes were filled with a crystal-clear and watery light. She was looking at him. She had suffered so much, but her bones were still filled with the poise and delicacy that a little girl should have. So she was sensitive to promises.
“Will you leave me again?”
He had shaken his head, and he was very firm. “No.”
“Really?”
He had smiled and had emphasized his tone. “No.”
“Even if there are problems?”
He had asked three times. Su Yu had deeply felt her sensitivity and fragility, and he had held her hand even tighter.
“No. If we encounter problems, we’ll solve them together. If there are misunderstandings, I’ll listen to your explanation. I won’t run away or shrink back. People will change. We should be the same.”
She had suddenly smiled happily, and her eyebrows and eyes were curved like a new moon. Her heart was filled with happiness and sweetness, and she was worried that she had pushed her luck again. She had held his arm and had shaken it. She had puffed out her chest, and she was as naive as a child. Her tone was soft and coquettish.
“Then… do you have any requests for me?”
The desire for love is to live. He had smiled and had said, “I want you to live a good life.”
She had suddenly fallen into a silence. She had lowered her head, and her dark black eyes were dark and uncertain. The steel forest of the city had collapsed, and the surroundings were quiet. The sound in her ear was as if it had disappeared.
“My illness is not yet cured. I really don’t know if I can… I’m sorry.”
He had not hesitated and had said, “Then… one day at a time.”
She had been hit by a meteorite in her heart, and she was a little afraid to believe it. She always felt that this was too unequal, so she had confirmed with him again.
“That’s all? Su Yu… don’t spoil me.”
“That’s all.” He had nodded with great certainty.
Yes, it will always get better, even if tomorrow is only a little better than today.
The past always wakes them up to what they once had. Whether there will still be quarrels and contradictions in the future, whether they will be separated and reunited, she did not know. The only thing she was sure of was that she had promised him to live a good life. Her medicine was herself, and she would never despise life. She still had a long life to wait with him.
A bottomless chasm is hard to fill. Then cross it. The long wind sweeps over the mountains. The sea is turbulent. They will always ride the wind and break the waves.
The twists and turns will come, and they will also pass.
But no matter what, Xia Qiange had always loved the person in front of her. She was fascinated by the way he was staring at her. Her shadow was reflected in his eyes, and they were full of affection. She loved him, her only one in this life, and everything about him. She would never get tired of it in this life.
Xia Qiange had raised her long and exquisite neckline and had slowly and deliberately tidied up her long hair. Her smile was like a flower, and she was dazzling and breathtakingly beautiful under the light. She was shining brightly, like a brilliant and bright star that would never fall.
She had wiped the tear stains from the corners of her eyes and had reached out her hand and had handed it to him. She had gently stuffed it into his palm.
Su Yu had looked at the slender and beautiful hands and had bent down. He had lowered his head and had lightly kissed her gradually warming fingertips.
“So, Miss Xia, are you willing?”
The love was lingering and long, and the tide was rising and falling. The great river and the huge lake were rising and falling. The long night was no longer long, and this world was no longer cold and lonely. The flowers, the grass, the stars, and the moon had all become gentle. Their meeting was never a mistake, but a beautiful longing in this world.
The corners of her lips were curved up, and she was smiling. She had said her response with a cherished and clear voice.
“I do.”
End of Volume
