0036 Wedding Events (7)

The unassuming and unpretentious clubhouse, with its continuous bamboo shadows, feels more like a family gathering than a wedding banquet.

However, the guests present made Lingling secretly alarmed several times.

Leaving aside the newly rich in business and politics, just walking through the alley, I encountered countless figures that I would only see on TV or in books.

The visitors were all dressed in traditional Chinese clothing, understated and elegant, without any ostentation, which showed the host's noble character.

The younger ones would respectfully address him as "Young Master Wan" when facing the person next to them, while the older ones would chat with him warmly and ask him to express his greetings to the elders in his family.

Lingling realized that her previous understanding of Wanqi Fuze was still superficial.

This is not because of conservatism, but because her initial environment obscured her perspective.

Because I've never seen it before, I can't see it clearly.

The only difference was that when she saw him this time, no one gave her any strange or uncomfortable looks.

Several passersby even asked, "Is this Miss He? She truly has fair skin and delicate bones."

He Lingling smiled awkwardly, but Wan Qifuze simply tightened his grip on her hand and subtly pulled it back to answer for her. Leaning against him, Lingling finally felt at ease.

The pearl earrings swayed slightly with each movement, producing a melodious, crisp sound even though they were silent.

Seeing how protective Wanqi Fuze was of her, the visitors smiled faintly and secretly sighed that they had flattered the wrong person, then bowed and left.

However, on the short, several-hundred-meter-long stone path, Lingling felt as if she had met dozens of people along the way, and even the order in which each person appeared seemed to have been carefully designed. Walking down the path felt like dealing with both enemies and friends for a long time.

How could this be a wedding banquet? It was clearly a contest of wits and banter between politicians and businessmen.

She glanced at the people around her, and found that they were always polite and proper in their words and actions, responding to everything with remarkable grace and skill. It was a level of expertise that required countless years of practice, both openly and secretly.

He led her into a side room, right next to a bamboo grove, where the bamboo shadows swayed, providing excellent concealment. Outside, there was a fishpond, and Lingling turned her head to see several red, orange, yellow, and black carp swimming happily, looking quite endearing.

Someone removed the silver fox shawl from her shoulders, leaving her only in her plain cheongsam.

The bamboo shadows and gentle breeze accentuate the surrounding beauty and elegance. Standing here now, one feels as if in a warm spring, even though it is an autumn scene.

Wanqi Fuze raised his hand to tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear, and her clear, bright eyes instantly captured his heart.

"If you don't like socializing, just wait for me here."

His eyes were brimming with affection, so much so that she could hardly contain them.

She almost mistakenly believed that she was really his companion accompanying him to a relative's wedding.

She hurriedly turned her head, not seeing the fleeting look of disappointment in his eyes. When she looked up again, all that remained before her were the upright, graceful bamboo stalks swaying in the wind.

Why is there a slight pain in my heart?

On the small table were exquisitely presented pastries and a bottle of rice wine that the waiter had just uncorked.

Lingling was about to pick up the wine to taste it when a faster paw reached for the almond tart on the table, startling the distracted Lingling.

A small face, not yet fully grown but already incredibly beautiful, came into Lingling's view.

She held her breath for a moment, not because the still-childish face looked somewhat familiar, but because of those beautiful eyes that held a deadly allure and danger.

It was indeed sky blue.

Aria smiled, waved in front of her, said "hi," and then sat down next to her without hesitation, stuffing the almond tart into her mouth.

He looked to be around ten years old, already quite tall, but his mannerisms still carried a childish air. He was wearing a formal Zhongshan suit, which fit him perfectly and was clearly custom-made for him, but at that moment he had unbuttoned the top button.

This unconventional way of dressing didn't make him look strange; on the contrary, it saved some "unreasonable" things from falling into the mistake of being "ugly."

Before he could even swallow the almond tart in his mouth, he picked up a piece of cheese.

He Lingling gestured with her chin towards the almond tart: "Is it delicious?"

Aria popped a piece of cheese into her mouth and took a piece for her: "It's not up to me to decide, you try it yourself."

Lingling was amused by him.

She also took a piece and chewed it. It was slightly bitter at first, but then sweet. As she chewed, she wondered which high-ranking official's treasure it was, sitting here chatting with her in the same room. But it was fine; she was tired of seeing Wanqi Fuze's grumpy face every day. Today was a good day to feast her eyes on him.

Thinking this, she spoke again to the handsome boy who was focused on eating, "Are you mixed race?"

Because his pupils were a beautiful blue, but his hair was more like the brownish-black hair of an Asian.

“No.” Aria shook her head.

Lingling was slightly puzzled.

"My dad is."

I see.

Are you in high school yet?

The man answered while eating, "I'm in college."

"Oh...wait?" He Lingling choked.

Aria thought she was very pretty, but looked even more immature than him. She thought to herself that her usually serious and taciturn uncle actually liked girls like this...

He reached over the low table and touched her pearl earring. The earring swayed gently, forming a beautiful arc.

“You look better in this than my mommy does…” After saying that, she tilted her head seriously and amusedly, as if she was thinking about how not to offend two family members at the same time, “It should be more suitable.”

Lingling was taken aback by him. She felt embarrassed that she had been led by the nose by a child several times today. So she pretended to be serious and said, "Children shouldn't act like hooligans."

She also noticed something strange about his words.

What earrings? Why compare them to his mommy again?

Aria laughed again.

With these questions in mind, two more people entered the side room.

The man was tall and handsome, while the woman, though dressed elegantly, appeared lively. Upon closer inspection, she wore a pair of pearl earrings almost identical to Lingling's.

Most importantly, the man's face was exactly the same as the boy's face in front of him.

Aria recognized the person and happily called out "mommy," then glanced at the man with a slightly awkward but also delighted look.

The man smiled gently and patted his head, his eyes overflowing with love and doting. The woman, whom Aria called Mommy, called out to the two, one big and one small, "Hey, stop putting on this father-son drama."

Both of them laughed shyly.

Lingling was feeling somewhat at a loss when Wanqi Fuze lifted the curtain.

Lingling noticed that he had changed his clothes again in just a short while.

He said calmly, "It's one thing for Aria to run away, but for you two newlyweds to make me deal with the guests, isn't that a bit unfair?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the room burst into laughter, and the faces of the men, young and old, seemed to overlap to some extent.

Lingling had a guess in her mind.

Wanqi Fuze took the handkerchief offered by the waiter, wiped his palms, walked slowly to her side, and put his arm around her waist.

He gave Aria, who wasn't even as tall as him, a rather unfriendly look. "Wan Qijun, did you bully her?"

P.S.: Oh my gosh~ My favorite little rascal from the Wanqi family has made his appearance! I'm going to post some random things about Aria on Weibo.

My son is useless at everything, but he's number one at protecting his wife. How could you be so heartless as to be jealous of your little nephew...?