Chapter 18

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I would like to use this entire chapter to describe the story of my best friend Princess Iron Fan, as well as the wedding of Princess Iron Fan and Monk Tang on March 2nd.

Princess Iron Fan was the first of my closest friends to get married.

We were classmates in high school. We were in different classes in our first year of high school, and were assigned to the political class together in our second year of high school.

At first, we didn't play together, but until our senior year of high school, she started dating a boy named D in school. I don't know why we became familiar with each other (maybe because I matured precociously?), and I would often chat with her about the ups and downs of love.

At that time, Princess Iron Fan was an extremely gentle girl, the kind who would cry if touched. She was very kind-hearted and gentle and nice to everyone. She was devoted to friendship and even more devoted to love.

When I was in college, Princess Iron Fan was going to study in Japan. Before she left, she often came to see me. She came to the university to stay with me for one night, and we went to the cinema near the school to watch a movie just the two of us. I still remember it was "Real Steel". She baked a cake for me on my birthday and took a lot of beautiful photos of me with her SLR camera. We had afternoon tea many times and always had endless things to talk about.

She is so good to me, and she is even better to D.

At that time, I kept thinking that whoever married this girl would be happy for the rest of his life. If D let her down in the future, I would be really, really angry.

Unfortunately, after her birthday, D cheated on her.

Her birthdays were very close to mine. On the day she had my birthday dinner with me, I saw her sitting opposite me, looking so pale that she looked unrecognizable. Although she was talking to me, I had no idea where her mind was.

I told her, "A person who doesn't know how to cherish you is not worth your heartbreak. He will get his comeuppance. I hope you can be strong and treat yourself well."

In 2012, I stayed with her and watched her recover little by little in a month... In order to make her happy, I registered an author account called Sang Jie in Jinjiang and officially began to serialize my first novel in my life on the Internet, called "It's Not Too Late to Fall in Love". She was Qin Xuan who made me Sang Jie, and Chen Yuanshan was the ideal husband I created for her, and the good man I hoped she could find in the future.

Then, after Valentine's Day, she reunited with D, who turned around and begged for her forgiveness with a sad scene.

I only found out about it afterwards. She said she didn't dare tell me because she was afraid I would scold her.

What can I do? I know she likes this man too much, even though I know there will be countless crises in the future, but right now, I have no way to stop her from continuing to be with the person she likes.

Then, Princess Iron Fan went abroad to study, and I kept in touch with her. Later, due to health reasons, she returned to China after a year and a half. She and D continued to date. I watched them move forward steadily, and saw D's seemingly sincere love for her. I thought to myself, if D can really change his ways, as long as she is happy, I can look forward to their ending.

In 2015, when I was traveling in Germany, I received a WeChat message from Princess Iron Fan.

She said: Sang, we broke up, and I guessed right, he fell in love with someone else.

Because before I went to Germany, she told me that she felt D was cheating on her again. I comforted her and said that it was impossible, and that D was probably under too much pressure because they were going to get married, so he behaved a little bit.

At that moment, I realized that I might still be confused by her love for D and her appearance. A dog will always eat shit, and if something cheats for the first time, there will be a second time.

Five years of relationship were ultimately destroyed.

I was extremely anxious, and after returning to Shanghai, I met her immediately.

This was a more severe and devastating blow than the last time. She lost a lot of weight. She said to me in a hoarse voice, "I didn't eat anything for three days and three nights. I just drank some water."

She cried across from me and my eyes also turned red.

I really don't understand why D would treat such a good girl like this. She gave all her heart to him, but in return she got betrayal and lies again and again.

My friends and I helped her to cheer up. Later, she had another boyfriend, but unfortunately he didn't appreciate her kindness.

In fact, I always thought that Princess Iron Fan was very brave.

Because many girls will be very scared after being hurt once. They dare not give again, dare not show their true heart again, and will not start the next relationship so unreservedly and love bravely again.

But she did it.

Every time she fell hard, she was scared, but she was still willing to believe that people are good, to trust the next person, and to seriously manage the next love.

On New Year’s Day 2017, Princess Iron Fan and I went to Hong Kong together.

In the early morning of the day we were playing in Disneyland, we were lying on the bed and chatting until 3 o'clock. She started crying and said: I feel like I may never meet a good person again. Every one of them is like this, so cruel and heartless. What should I do?

I didn’t know what to do, because at that time I also felt that maybe I would never meet the right person. It was too difficult. It was really too difficult to find someone who loved me and cherished me.

And in June, she told me that she met someone who might be the right person for her.

This man's nickname is Tang Monk. Why is he called Tang Monk? Because he always nags her about many things, worries about her and takes care of her, without stopping for a minute.

When they met for dinner, she said, "I think he's very good, but I don't dare to say too much right now. Whether we can make it to the end or not, we have to take it one step at a time to know."

Later, when I met Brother 6, I felt that her destined lover was Tang Monk.

My brother 6 and I met and played with them. I saw with my own eyes how Tang Seng doted on her and satisfied all her girlish hearts. No matter how she got angry, Tang Seng was always happy and looked intoxicated.

The progress of our two couples is actually very similar. When they put marriage on the agenda, my brother and I were also at a similar stage. We got our marriage certificates one month apart and had our weddings only two months apart. Because my brother and I held our wedding later than them, I could still continue to be her bridesmaid.

On Saturday, March 2nd, I arrived at Princess Iron Fan's house early.

Everything was ready. After the door-blocking game was over, Tang Seng knelt on one knee in the room and proposed to her. It was supposed to be funny, but I saw tears in her eyes.

After that, we served tea as usual and went to the hotel to take photos. We finished around 3 or 4 in the afternoon. Brother 6 came to the hotel early to accompany me. We watched them rehearse in the banquet hall together. Brother 6 suddenly turned to me and said, "Why do I feel nervous when I look at Tang Sanzang?"

I don't know why, but I also felt that Tang Seng was particularly nervous and anxious since the morning of that day. We, including Princess Iron Fan, thought he was nervous about the oath-taking part.

Soon, at half past six, the wedding officially began.

When I saw Princess Iron Fan's father leading her, dressed in white gauze, onto the stage under the shining lights, and when I saw tears of happiness in her eyes, I also felt tears in my eyes.

When she and Tang Seng faced each other and began to say their vows, the bridesmaid and groomsman next to me were already crying with tears all over their faces.

"I rarely tell you I love you or express my feelings for you in front of you. Most of the time I laugh at you and complain about you, but I know how good you are to me. You are the only one in this world who can tolerate all my bad tempers."

Princess Iron Fan held the microphone, her face full of tears as she looked across at Monk Tang, choking up, "From childhood, my father doted on me. He would pick the stars in the sky for me if I wanted them. My mother doted on me, taking care of every detail of my life. My brothers and sisters doted on me, the youngest sister. My best friends gave in to me in everything. And today, I can tell them that I've found someone who dotes on me like my father, takes care of me like my mother, treasures me like my brothers and sisters, and gives in to me like their friends. I'm married to someone who holds me in his hands."

I looked back at Brother 6 and there were tears in his eyes too.

I raised my hand to touch my face, then put down my wet hand with a smile.

The beauty of a wedding does not lie in how many gorgeous decorations and stunning stage effects it has.

Rather, it depends on how much sincerity and love the bride and groom put into making this wedding, to express their love and seriousness for each other.

Today, I can feel their love and cherishment for each other from their vows to each other, and I can see from my Princess Iron Fan’s eyes that she has really found the right person.

This person loved her with all his strength, so that she could continue to live the happy life of her first 26 years in her next life.

However, the vows were not the biggest highlight of the wedding.

When the emcee took the microphone and said to everyone, "Today, we have invited a heavyweight guest, he is an old man who has been married for 50 years."

All of us, including Princess Iron Fan, cast puzzled glances towards the gate.

The next moment, we saw Tang Monk, dressed up as an 80-year-old man, walking towards the center of the stage with slow steps.

Princess Iron Fan stood up from her chair in shock and stared at him in amazement.

It was not until this moment that I realized why Tang Seng was so nervous today - it turned out that he had secretly planned a big move without telling anyone.

Tang Sanzang walked to the center of the stage and said to Princess Iron Fan in the audience with a smile, "My dear, how come you are still so young and beautiful? Look at me, I am already so old."

As soon as these words came out, I saw Princess Iron Fan's tears fall down.

"I think that over the past 50 years, under my careful care, you are still so beautiful, always the same as when I first met you. In these 50 years, I have spoiled you every day, accompanied you to the places you wanted to go, accompanied you to eat what you wanted to eat, done the housework, cleaned the house, helped you cut your toenails in the middle of the night... fulfilled your every wish. In these 50 years, our love has been as strong as ever every day. I almost can't remember our grandson's name, but I still remember the look on your face when you accepted my confession."

He talked a lot, really like an old man, slowly recalling the fifty years they had spent together.

The whole audience burst into tears again.

Princess Iron Fan was laughing and crying at the same time, and when Tang Seng pulled her onto the stage, they hugged each other tightly.

Brother 6 wiped his eyes beside me and said, "Tang Seng really loves her very much."

Yes, everyone present here knows this fact.

We all saw how much thought he put into her, how seriously and hard he loved her, and how determined he was to protect her so that she would never be hurt again or shed a tear of sadness again in her life.

My Princess Iron Fan, how lucky I am to have found Monk Tang.

This makes all the past hurt, all the sadness, all the disappointment, and all the waiting worth it.

The current Princess Iron Fan is no longer as soft as she was at the beginning. She would cry when touched. She spoke harshly and argued with me most of the time. She is no longer so "gentle".

But I also like her the way she is now, because she has found someone who allows her to be willful and be herself without restraint. It is Tang Seng's love for her that makes her become like this.

Congratulations my Qinxuan, congratulations on finding your Chen Yuanshan.

I hope you will always be this happy.

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Brother 6: I am still very moved after watching it again. I sincerely wish them well.