Chapter 110 A Joyous Wedding
Although I haven't ridden the electric bike for two years, it's still in good condition.
Lin Xili got into the car, tested the brakes, and turned to look at the twins standing at the door.
Huo Xining and Huo Xiyu had already put on their little helmets, their faces beaming with undisguised excitement.
For them, riding an electric car is a novel experience. In their old house, they were always picked up and dropped off by private cars, but electric cars belong to another world.
"Hold on tight."
Huo Xiyu sat in the back seat, carefully gripping the edge of the seat with both hands.
Huo Xining stood on the front step, with his back against Lin Xili.
Huo Nanchen stood calmly at the door, watching. Lin Xili said, "You take them there, I'll walk."
"good!"
The electric car drove onto the bluestone road, and the wind blew in my face, carrying the heat of the afternoon.
Huo Xining's voice was filled with joy, "Wow, this feels so good."
The candy shop is small, with various candies, cookies, and chocolates displayed in the glass counter.
"Back to hold your wedding?" the boss greeted warmly.
"Yes, tomorrow, an auspicious day." Lin Xili parked the car and led the two children into the store.
Huo Nanchen arrived at this moment, pushed open the door and came in, his forehead covered in fine beads of sweat.
Seeing this, Lin Xili took out a wet wipe from her small crossbody bag to wipe away his sweat. "You must be very hot!"
Huo Nanchen nodded. "Okay, I'll do it!"
The boss chuckled and joked, "Dr. Huo, your wife is really good to you!"
Huo Nanchen nodded slightly, "Mm!"
Feeling a little embarrassed by the public praise, Lin Xili quickly changed the subject, "Boss, please introduce yourself to us!"
"Alright!"
Just then, Aunt Wang arrived on her electric scooter with Grandma Huo in tow.
As soon as they entered the store, they started picking things out, examining this candy, smelling that cookie, and whispering among themselves.
"These shortbreads are delicious, but they don't keep well."
"Chocolate melts easily in hot weather."
"How about we stick with the traditional peanut brittle and coconut brittle?"
Lin Xili was showing the two children candies when Huo Xining pointed to a type of soft candy shaped like a small flower and said, "This one is pretty."
Huo Xiyu then looked at another type of hard candy printed with the character "囍" (double happiness): "This is more appropriate for the occasion."
Finally, six types were chosen: peanut brittle, coconut candy, nougat, lard candy, sesame candy, candied winter melon, and individually packaged wedding cakes and walnut shortbread.
While the boss was packing, Huo Xiyu suddenly noticed a stack of red, heart-shaped tissues in the corner of the counter. The tissues were small, and the heart pattern was embossed.
“Auntie,” he tugged at Lin Xili’s sleeve and pointed to the heart-shaped paper, “Xining and I can use these to write our blessings and put them in gift bags for the guests who come to give their blessings.”
Lin Xili paused for a moment, but Huo Xining excitedly chimed in, "Just write, 'May you find your soulmate, someone to share joys and sorrows, and to be with you year after year, day and night.'"
These words, spoken by a seven-year-old child, stunned the adults in the store.
Aunt Wang was the first to exclaim in admiration, "You two kids know so much! Who taught you to say that?"
Huo Xiyu replied earnestly, "What's written in the book is a very good blessing."
Grandma Huo looked at the twins with loving eyes and said, "Okay, okay, let's do it this way."
There were quite a lot of things. Aunt Wang said, "I can put a few bags on the front footrest of my electric scooter."
The shop owner quickly said, "It's alright, I'll just load them all up in my tricycle and deliver them to Dr. Huo's house."
Huo Nanchen nodded to express his gratitude, and together they loaded all the items onto the tricycle.
Lin Xili drove the twins back, Aunt Wang drove Grandma Huo, and Huo Nanchen had to sit on the tricycle.
Back in the two-story building, everyone sat around the square table and began to pack the wedding candies.
The small red gift box is printed with a simple gold "double happiness" character.
Each box should contain two wedding cakes, six candies, and a small red envelope, which has been prepared in advance.
Lin Xili and Huo Nanchen were in charge of packing, while Aunt Wang and Grandma Huo were in charge of folding the gift boxes. The twins wrote on the heart-shaped paper with a black ballpoint pen.
Huo Xiyu writes very carefully, each stroke neat and tidy.
Huo Xining's handwriting is more delicate, but equally neat.
Neither of them spoke, focusing intently on writing the blessing.
After writing one page, I carefully folded it and put it into a gift box.
Lin Xili finished packing a box and looked up at the two children opposite her.
Huo Xining had just finished writing a page when he looked up and smiled slightly at her.
She looked at Huo Nanchen again. He was putting a walnut pastry into a box with his head down. The sunlight fell on his profile, outlining a clear and soft contour.
Lin Xili's nose suddenly felt a little sore. She lowered her head and continued what she was doing, then whispered in Huo Nanchen's ear, "This kind of life is really good."
Huo Nanchen reached out and gently patted the back of her hand.
On the wedding day, the first light of dawn was breaking.
Lin Xili woke up in the guesthouse that Grandma Huo used to run.
The room was the same one as before, with the gray tiled roofs of the town and the verdant mountains in the distance visible from the window.
Wen Qing was helping her adjust her veil.
Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Wen Qing went to open it.
Standing outside the door were the Lin family members—Lin Weihua, Song Yuan, Lin Junsheng, Chen Jinyue, Lin Xuenuo, and Lin Junsheng's daughters Lin Siyu and An'an.
The adults were all dressed appropriately, with a complex expression on their faces.
Lin Weihua looked at his daughter in her wedding dress, his lips moved, but in the end he only said, "She looks beautiful."
Song Yuan's eyes were a little red, and her expression was somewhat guilty. She stepped forward and helped Lin Xili straighten her wedding dress. This was the first time that the mother and daughter had such an intimate moment.
Lin Junsheng and Chen Jinyue stood at the door, not coming in.
The disdain they once showed was gone, replaced by a restrained respect.
Three-year-old Lin Siyu broke free from her parents' hands and walked up to Lin Xili, saying, "Auntie is a beautiful bride today."
Lin Xili smiled and gently patted her head, "Thank you, Yuyu!"
At this moment, Lin Xuenuo led An'an forward and said, "An'an, congratulations on your wedding, Auntie!"
An'an: "Auntie, so~ beautiful~"
"Good girl, An'an, thank you!"
Lin Xuenuo held a small gift box in her hand. "Sister, thank you. I have already opened a jewelry design studio."
She paused, then lowered her head. "This is my first design, I hope you don't mind. I used to be jealous of you being a top student at school, but I never thought about my own reasons. I said so many hurtful things to you, I'm sorry."
Lin Xili took the gift box and opened it to find a dragon and phoenix bracelet made of gold, with a very unique design.
Looking at the sincere apology and remorse in her once spoiled, willful, and arrogant younger sister's eyes, she said, "It's all in the past. Take good care of An'an. Here, help your sister put it on."
Lin Xuenuo nodded vigorously, tears welling up in her eyes. She unfastened the bracelet and put it on Lin Xili.
Song Yuan recalled how she had not only neglected her daughter but had also repeatedly pressured her to divorce Huo Nanchen. Because of her snobbishness, she had almost caused her daughter to lose the right man for the rest of her life.
She went over and put her arm around her youngest daughter's shoulder, and the two of them couldn't help but shed tears together.
Wen Qing knew about their relationship and handed over a tissue at the right time, saying, "Alright, alright, today is a joyous day, you should be happy."
Just then, the wedding procession arrived, but there were no wedding cars.
Huo Nanchen walked over, followed by Xiao Wang, a young intern doctor from the health center.
He was the best man today, dressed in a simple white shirt and trousers, with a shy smile on his face.
Behind them were Huo Xining and Huo Xiyu, two children dressed in formal attire, carrying small bamboo baskets filled with flower petals.
Because they were too close, Huo Nanchen decided to carry Lin Xili home.
Huo Nanchen entered the room and, under everyone's gaze, bent down and picked up Lin Xili.
Lin Xili wrapped her arms around his neck, and her veil gently brushed against his cheek.
Huo Nanchen's arms were strong and powerful as he carried her steadily out of the guesthouse and onto the bluestone path.
The roadside was filled with locals and tourists, some clapping and others offering words of blessing.
Huo Xining and Huo Xiyu walked ahead, grabbing flower petals from the bamboo basket and scattering them into the air.
Blue snowflakes mixed with red rose petals fluttered down, landing on the newlyweds' hair and shoulders, and on the bluestone pavement.
The sun was shining brightly, and the sky was a clear, deep blue.
Huo Nanchen carried Lin Xili step by step toward the two-story building at the end of the town street.
The road wasn't long, but it was walked slowly and solemnly. Lin Xili leaned against him, able to hear his steady heartbeat and smell the ambergris on his body.
Her veil fluttered gently in the wind, and the hem of her wedding dress swayed slightly with each step.
The neighbors along the roadside smiled and said auspicious words, "May you have a long and happy marriage!"
May you have a son soon!
Happy wedding!
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