Chapter 38 A Big Gift at the Wedding

When they returned to the villa, both of them were exhausted and collapsed on the sofa. Liao Feng reached out and interlocked his fingers with Ruan Xingfeng, then took his hand and kissed it.

"Xiaolu, can we get married too?" This was the second time he proposed to Ruan Xingfeng. Last time, Ruan Xingfeng agreed with red eyes, but now Ruan Xingfeng's body obviously stiffened. If he married Liao Feng, things would become more troublesome, whether he agreed or not.

Ruan Xingfeng's initial stiffness slowly relaxed. He didn't pull his hand back, but instead, he applied a little force with his fingertips, gripping Liao Feng's fingers again.

He raised his eyes, and the silence and disgust in his eyes were replaced by a complex light, which was mixed with a hint of fragility, a hint of desperation, and a hint of something similar to dependence that Liao Feng longed for. This look perfectly concealed the cold and ruthless plan that was running fast in his heart.

"Okay." Ruan Xingfeng's voice was very soft, but it was clearly heard by Liao Feng, "Let's get married."

Liao Feng was stunned. The huge ecstasy instantly swept away all his previous anxiety and doubts! His little deer agreed! He knew that his little deer still loved him!

"Really? Xiaolu, are you serious?" He could hardly believe it. He sat up suddenly, holding Ruan Xingfeng's face with both hands, eager to confirm.

Ruan Xingfeng looked at the undisguised ecstasy in his eyes and sneered inwardly, but a tired yet genuine (seemingly) smile appeared on his face: "Yeah. But..." He paused slightly, with a hint of coquettishness, "Don't be as tired as Xuexi and the others today, okay? Keep it simple. I just want the most important person to be there, and be yours quietly."

Liao Feng heard his words, which were full of consideration and deep love! Liao Feng was overjoyed and immediately promised: "Okay! I'll do whatever you say! As long as you nod, I can do anything!" He excitedly hugged Ruan Xingfeng again, as if he was holding a treasure that had been lost and found again.

The wedding was scheduled for three days later. Since Ruan Xingfeng said he didn't want it to be too grand, he invited the three Li brothers and their partners who were familiar to him, as well as his two brothers. He didn't know whether Xu Nuoyan would come back, but since Song Xuexi's wedding was coming, he would not miss his wedding either.

The next night, Ruan Xingfeng returned to the dormitory and told several roommates that he was going to get married. Fu Hangxing was drinking milk tea on the bed. When he heard his words, the milk tea in his mouth sprayed out, "Brother, are you serious? Didn't you say you were going to leave him?" He wiped the stains from the corner of his mouth and looked at Ruan Xingfeng in disbelief.

"I just agreed to go ahead with the wedding, but I won't complete it," Ruan Xingfeng laughed at his appearance, then looked at the three of them and said seriously, although they didn't quite understand what Ruan Xingfeng meant, they felt in their hearts that this wedding was not necessary.

"Is there anything you need us to do?" Zhou Yi looked away from the computer screen and asked Ruan Xingfeng. The other two people also looked at him.

Ruan Xingfeng nodded and replied: "I need you to find me all the intimate photos or videos of Liao Feng and Li Mingyuan when they were in love. We really don't have any. We can do it ourselves."

"Brother, brother...you're saying a lot..." Fu Hangxing finally caught his breath and lowered his voice, as if he was afraid someone might hear him. "Not completing the wedding? What do you mean? You're going to...run away during the wedding?!"

Ruan Xingfeng's eyes were terrifyingly calm, but a hint of an icy smile lingered on the corner of his mouth: "Run? That would be too easy for him. I'm going to give him a 'big gift' in front of everyone."

He glanced at his three roommates, lowered his voice, and laid out his plan: "I need you to help me find all the intimate photos or videos of Liao Feng and his first love, Li Mingyuan, when they were in love. The more intimate the better, and the more 'affectionate' they are, the better."

Zhou Yi frowned. "They were very low-key back then, and it happened many years ago. It's probably hard to find such public intimate photos."

"I know." Ruan Xingfeng nodded. "So I said, if we really can't find any, we can just make some ourselves."

"Do it yourself?!" Xiaozhe exclaimed, then immediately covered his mouth.

"It's not fake," Ruan Xingfeng explained. "It's using existing individual photos of them, or old photos from a distance where you can't clearly see their interactions but the atmosphere is ambiguous. I've used technology to synthesize and edit them, and then added some... suggestive text or audio."

The dormitory was silent, as everyone was shocked by Ruan Xingfeng's crazy and bold plan.

Fu Hangxing swallowed his saliva: "Then what? What happens after we release it?"

"And then?" Ruan Xingfeng chuckled and instantly looked heartbroken as he continued, "As the person who married him, when I saw him being intimate with his ex, of course I would run away from the wedding, and then have an accident on the way." He hated her so much that she really dared to hurt him.

He knew that Liao Feng was soft-hearted, and would definitely feel guilty if those photos appeared at the wedding, but that was not enough. He needed Liao Feng to completely stop looking for him out of guilt, but still help him, so that it would be much easier for Ruan Xingfeng to do those things.

Fu Hangxing, Zhou Yi, and Zhu Zhe's eyes were wide open like copper bells, "Then how do we broadcast it? You know that Liao Feng's bodyguards must do a good job of security." Zhu Zhe did not quite agree with this idea. If they failed, everything would be gone.

Ruan Xingfeng shook his head and said, "He does a very good job of security, but he won't doubt me. When the time comes, I'll tell him I want to put something there, and he won't let anyone watch. You guys can go ahead and put it there."

"But you are the biggest suspect now. What if he investigates later?" Zhu Zhe continued to ask worriedly. This was the question Ruan Xingfeng wanted to hear the most.

Ruan Xingfeng's smile was filled with a cold, all-seeing sarcasm. "He won't doubt me. In his eyes, I'll always be the 'little deer' who needs his protection and can't live without him. Well-behaved, timid, and will only cry when wronged. His arrogant personality means he'll just treat this as an 'accidental' scandal, someone trying to embarrass him, or maybe it's his own negligence. He'll never imagine that I was the one who orchestrated this 'harm' against him."

He paused, his eyes scanning the three of them sharply. "Even after I was 'accidentally' injured, he'd only blame himself even more, believing it was because he failed to protect me and deal with past relationships that I got hurt. He'd desperately try to make it up to me, and what I want is the freedom and space to 'rest in peace.' Then, no matter what I do, he'll do his best to satisfy me out of guilt, even offering to use his connections to clear obstacles for me."

Fu Hangxing took a deep breath and said, "Xingfeng, you have schemed against him to the core."

"He was the one who pushed me into a desperate situation first." Ruan Xingfeng's eyes instantly turned cold. "Now, let's discuss the details."

It is true to think so. Liao Feng is such an arrogant person that he doesn't think Ruan Xingfeng can plot against him, so this provides Ruan Xingfeng with greater convenience.

When the four of them finished their chat, it was already dawn. Ruan Xingfeng twisted his sore neck and said, "Okay, that's about it. Things on the wedding day will be left to Ayi and Xiaozhe. Liao Feng has never met you two, but he has a good impression of Hangxing." Fu Hangxing rolled his eyes when he heard his words.

The two of them looked at Ruan Xingfeng curiously, but he just smiled and said nothing. Fu Hangxing really couldn't bear it anymore and fell back and fell asleep.

Liao Feng dragged Song Xuexi to choose a wedding ring. Ruan Xingfeng said he didn't want to go, so he dragged Song Xuexi to run early in the morning. "Brother, it's only 7 o'clock in the morning and the store opens at 8 o'clock." She sat listlessly in the car, but Liao Feng could not see her tiredness. He only felt excited in his heart.

The plan advanced steadily under the current. Zhou Yi and Xiaozhe worked tirelessly, searching through the vast sea of ​​online archives and alumni photo albums for any possible clues. Fu Hangxing, his nerves constantly on edge, was responsible for planning Ruan Xingfeng's escape route and rendezvous point.

On the other hand, Liao Feng was completely immersed in the joy of preparing for the wedding. He finally chose a pair of simple but valuable diamond rings.

The inner circle was engraved with the initials of each other's names. He imagined Ruan Xingfeng wearing it, and the satisfaction in his heart almost overflowed.

Time flies, and it’s the wedding day.

The venue was just as Ruan Xingfeng wished. It was not extremely luxurious or exaggerated, but was chosen in a lakeside garden villa with excellent privacy.

The sun was shining, the grass was green, and the ceremony area was decorated with white roses and veils, which was exquisite and warm. The number of invited guests was indeed small, and they were all the closest friends in Liao Feng's circle.

The first table was reserved for the three brothers of the Li family. Wu Yihan and Li Mingyuan sat together and talked quietly, while Shao Xiuqi and Li Mingxiao held hands and looked at each other with every glance filled with love.

Li Mingyuan didn't come, which surprised Ruan Xingfeng and made him secretly happy. Although this wedding was not sincere, he just didn't want to see Liao Feng's ex at the wedding.

As expected, Xu Nuoyan also came. He subconsciously glanced at the audience and did not see Ran Yian. He felt a little sad. His two brothers were married, but he was still getting over the person he liked.

In the guest seats, Zhou Yi and Xiaozhe looked at each other, quietly left their seats, and moved towards the control room as planned.

Fu Hangxing stared at his watch and the exit nervously, his palms full of sweat. Song Xuexi seemed to sense a hint of unusual atmosphere and raised her eyebrows slightly.

Ruan Xingfeng could feel his heartbeat quickening, but he forced himself to look back into Liao Feng's affectionate eyes and maintain his outward calm.

When the pastor finished saying, "Now, let us witness the love journey of the two newlyweds and share their joy...", the lights dimmed slightly, preparing to play what Liao Feng thought was a "love record".

But the photo on the screen was not of him and Ruan Xingfeng, but of him and Li Mingyuan. It was a photo from the time they met to the time they fell in love, with kissing and hugging. At that moment, the scene became chaotic, with reporters taking pictures frantically and the audience in the audience whispering.

"What is Liao Feng doing? Why are the photos of him and Xiao Yuan being played?" Li Mingxiao frowned and looked around. Wu Yihan had already asked the bodyguards to control the scene, not allowing anyone to take pictures, and asked someone to turn off the video.

Liao Feng was also confused. He looked at Ruan Xingfeng and saw that his eyes were red. A sense of guilt instantly rose in his heart, "Xiaolu..." He reached out to hold Ruan Xingfeng's hand, but was pushed away.

"Why do you have to humiliate me like this? Why propose to me if you don't want to get married? Is it just so that you can show me how much you and your ex love each other at the wedding?" His voice was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough for everyone present to hear. Liao Feng's heart broke when he heard his tearful voice.

Ruan Xingfeng played the victim very well, and it was time for Fu Hangxing to step forward. He walked over, pulled Ruan Xingfeng behind him and shouted to Liao Feng: "Mr. Liao, you are going too far. He has severed ties with his parents and married you, and you still treat him like this." The two of them sang the same tune and had a tacit understanding.

Xu Nuoyan and Song Xuexi had already gone backstage, and there was chaos in the audience. Their performance might be clumsy and unconvincing, but Liao Feng believed it.

Liao Feng was completely stunned by Ruan Xingfeng's eyes full of despair and humiliation, as well as his tearful questioning.

His heart felt like it was being tightly gripped, and the pain made him almost unable to breathe. He had never thought of hurting his little deer, let alone in such an occasion!

"No... Xiaolu, listen to my explanation! I didn't put it there! I don't know what happened!" Liao Feng stepped forward anxiously, his tone panicking, trying to grab Ruan Xingfeng's hand again, but was thrown away again.

"You don't know?" Ruan Xingfeng's voice trembled, and tears fell at just the right time, each drop seemed to hit Liao Feng's heart, "Who else but you would have these... these private photos! Liao Feng, who am I? A joke?" His performance was impeccable, and he portrayed the image of a man who was completely humiliated and heartbroken by his lover's past affection.

Fu Hangxing stood in front of Ruan Xingfeng at the right time, his face full of indignation, and his voice was loud enough for the guests in the front row to hear: "Mr. Liao! That's enough! How much has Xingfeng paid for you? Even if you can't forget your ex, there is no need to humiliate him in this way! It's better not to get married!" His words seemed to be accusations, but in fact, every word confirmed Liao Feng's crime of "unforgettable old love and deliberately humiliating".

The audience was in complete uproar. The Li brothers' faces were grim, and Li Mingxiao was even paler. Shao Xiuqi tightly grasped his hand. Although the reporters were held back by bodyguards, the whispers and glints of their gazes nearly drowned out Liao Feng.

Liao Feng just felt dizzy. He just wanted to hug Ruan Xingfeng immediately and tell him that it was not like that and that he only loved him!

However, at this moment of extreme chaos, Liao Feng's attention was completely attracted.

Ruan Xingfeng took a last deep look at Liao Feng. The heartbreak, despair and complete coldness in his eyes made Liao Feng feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he froze in place in an instant.

Then, Ruan Xingfeng turned around abruptly, pushed away the people around him who were trying to comfort him, and ran towards the back door of the wedding venue. His figure in a white suit looked particularly resolute and dazzling in the chaotic crowd.

"Little deer!!" Liao Feng reacted and roared, trying to catch up.

But Fu Hangxing, Zhou Yi and others "happened" to block his way, as if they were seeking justice for their friend, "Boss Liao! What else do you want?"

"Get out of here!" Liao Feng was about to attack, but was stopped by Wu Yihan who rushed over after hearing the news: "Liao Feng, calm down! Deal with the scene first!"

This delay of just a few tens of seconds is enough.

Ruan Xingfeng ran out the back door quickly according to the route planned by Fu Hangxing. An unremarkable black car happened to be parked on the side of the road. The door opened and Zhu Zhe, who was in charge of meeting him, shouted anxiously, "Xingfeng! Hurry!"

Ruan Xingfeng didn't hesitate at all and quickly got into the car. The door closed and the car immediately drove away, merging into the traffic flow and disappearing.

The wedding scene was still in chaos. The video was finally cut off, but the damage caused was irreversible.

Liao Feng was like a trapped beast, being stopped by his friends and bodyguards. He watched the direction where Ruan Xingfeng disappeared, with a large empty space where his heart should be.

Anger, panic, and overwhelming guilt almost consumed him. All that remained in his mind was Ruan Xingfeng's last heartbroken look and his determined back as he fled.

He believed it, he completely believed that this was a huge harm to Ruan Xingfeng caused by his "negligence" or "being framed".

At this moment, sitting in the speeding car, Ruan Xingfeng slowly wiped away the tears on his face, his violent heartbeat gradually subsided, replaced by a cold calmness. The first step of the plan was successful.

Next, he needed to wait. Wait for Liao Feng to be consumed by guilt, wait for him to use all his strength to find and "compensate" him. That was when he would truly begin to exact revenge and gain his freedom.

This wedding turned out to be the last "big gift" he carefully planned for Liao Feng.