Chapter 748 I'll Show You a Good Show

Recovering from her initial shock, Xia Ningxi's previous impatience vanished, replaced by a look of alertness: "What is it?"

"I'd like to invite you to be my dance partner tonight and accompany me to a grand wedding," Li Yancheng said.

Xia Ningxi's lips twitched: "Huo Nanxiao's wedding, right?"

"As expected of the chief physician of the capital city, you're amazing. You guessed it right away," Li Yancheng praised with a smile.

Xia Ningxi said, "I'm not free."

"Watching a show, are you sure you don't want to go?" Li Yancheng asked seriously.

Xia Ningxi: "What's so interesting about that? I'm not going. My patients are more important. If you have nothing better to do, I can invite you to Ninghai Hospital to watch an epic surgery."

"No, I'm not interested in you cutting off people's foreheads." Li Yancheng refused without any politeness.

Tang En, who was standing next to Xia Ningxi, also heard this and sneered disdainfully: "Ignorant fool. Don't bother with this kind of person. He'll know how powerful we are in the future."

“Okay,” Xia Ningxi replied with a smile.

Li Yancheng probably heard Tang En's sarcasm and suddenly changed his mind: "I'll go over now, but in exchange, you have to come with me to Huo Nanxiao's wedding after your surgery. I've prepared a spectacular show for you."

"We'll see," Xia Ningxi said, without giving a definite answer.

Xia Ningxi didn't know if the surgery would be successful. Even though they had conducted hundreds of experiments beforehand, they couldn't guarantee that the surgery would go smoothly, and even if it did, they couldn't guarantee that the person would survive.

If she can't be saved, Xia Ningxi probably won't be in the mood to attend Huo Nanxiao's wedding, let alone pay attention to anyone.

"I need to go prepare for the surgery, I have to go now." Xia Ningxi hung up the phone.

She turned off her phone, and no calls came in; the long surgery was enough to swallow up everything else.

Everything was unrelated to Xia Ningxi; who got married was none of her business.

Meanwhile, the wedding planning company was setting up the wedding venue, and Xia Wanwan was also coordinating with the wedding planning company and the hotel staff, handling every detail.

Despite having been beaten, Zhou Fenglin showed no signs of injury whatsoever. Her face was full of smugness. Even before the guests arrived, she was already putting on airs as the mother-in-law of the richest man, ordering the wedding staff around and occasionally uttering some offensive words.

Everyone kept quiet and didn't initiate any arguments with Zhou Fenglin, but they cursed him incessantly in private.

“Who are these people? We’re here to work, not to be slaves, and they’re even putting on an act.”

"Why do you treat us like dogs? And this mistress is so ostentatious after taking over the position."

"What a shameless family. With their character, even if they marry into a wealthy family, it won't last long. Sooner or later, they'll be kicked out."

"Alright, alright, stop talking. It wouldn't be good if someone overheard us."

The staff members chatted amongst themselves, but immediately fell silent when they noticed Zhou Fenglin looking at them.

The wedding was scheduled for 6 p.m., but some guests had already arrived as early as 5 p.m.

After several days of careful recuperation, Xia Wanwan was able to stand up with difficulty, but she could not stand for long periods of time. Therefore, Huo Nanxiao shortened the wedding to ten minutes, simply going through the motions and announcing the marriage, without planning to go through any other procedures.

Even though it was so simple, Xia Wanwan still ordered a very beautiful wedding dress for herself.

Regardless of how this marriage came about, Xia Wanwan will cherish the opportunity to be with Huo Nanxiao.

She stood in front of the mirror at the wedding company, looking at herself again and again, then turned to Huo Nanxiao and asked, "Does this outfit look good?"

Huo Nanxiao: "I'm glad you like it."

“But I hope to choose one that you like.” Xia Wanwan’s eyes were burning with desire.

Huo Nanxiao walked up to the wedding dresses and casually picked one out: "This one will do. It's lighter and more comfortable. You're not in good health, so don't wear anything too complicated."

"Okay, this is the one." Xia Wanwan was very happy and turned to the makeup artist, saying, "Please do my makeup."

The makeup artist stepped forward with the cosmetics, smiling, and asked, "Does Mrs. Huo have any requests regarding the styling?"

Xia Wanwan said, "I have very little hair, could you please style it to suit me? I've been sick for a long time and my complexion isn't very good either, could you please cover up my wrinkles?"

"Okay, no problem." The makeup artist methodically gave Xia Wanwan a sophisticated look and applied heavy makeup.

She was neither as young nor as beautiful as Xia Ningxi. She had been bedridden for many years and was very thin. Although she had gained a lot of weight after more than half a year of recuperation, some traces of time were still left on her face.

She was beautiful, but not as beautiful as she used to be. She was getting older, so she didn't want to lose this opportunity.

Even though she knew that Huo Nanxiao only agreed to marry her to repay the debt of saving her life, Xia Wanwan still wanted to seize this opportunity. She thought that since they had grown up together, there might still be a chance for them to fall in love with each other again.

She dressed herself up so beautifully that even passersby would be impressed when they saw Xia Wanwan.

But Huo Nanxiao's gaze towards her was very calm, even somewhat indifferent.

"You don't seem to like this wedding dress I'm wearing?" Xia Wanwan asked, voicing her doubts.

Huo Nanxiao: "I'm glad you like it."

Xia Wanwan felt sad, but she didn't say it. She knew that Huo Nanxiao's heart wasn't with her and she was too lazy to ask. In the end, they would both be unhappy anyway, so why make each other angry?

"Then let's go to the wedding venue." Xia Wanwan forced a smile.

Huo Nanxiao nodded and took her hand as they left the wedding company.

Guests arrived one after another at the banquet, all of them business partners of Huo Nanxiao. There were also many wealthy young men from the capital city, but none of the most important figures were present.

Under normal circumstances, Huo Nanxiao's wedding would have been a sensation throughout the city, with all the powerful and influential people in the capital attending. However, because the bride was Xia Wanwan, the older generation of important figures simply did not show up and instead randomly selected a young lady from their family to attend the wedding as a token gesture.

Xia Wenhe's dream of making business partners through the wedding was shattered, and he was very sad. But then he thought that he had already become Huo Nanxiao's father-in-law, and there would be plenty of people begging to cooperate with him in the future.

The whole family gets whatever they want. The wedding hasn't even started yet, and they're already putting on airs, acting all high and mighty and looking down on everyone.

The guests just smiled and didn't dare to say anything.

Fu Mingyan was so angry that she jumped up and down, saying to Fu Xiyu, "Brother, you have no shame! Our Fu family has a reputation to uphold. Attending a mistress's wedding, do you think our family isn't shameful enough already?"

Fu Xiyu angrily rebuked, "Don't talk nonsense."

Fu Mingyan: "My parents didn't come, Uncle Jin didn't come, and neither did the Ji family's uncles. They all look down on Xia Wanwan. Why should I come here to support her?"