Liu Jingze held Su Tiantian's hand, his head getting closer and closer to her. She heard a low voice beside her ear: "You clearly know that this is not what I meant. I want to thank you. The bride-picking was so smooth today because your family was willing to cooperate."
Su Tiantian's tone was filled with a little worry: "I just heard from A Ling that big brother and the others went to block the door together."
Liu Jingze remained calm: "Brother Zhiyao and the others just stopped me for a while, I didn't even take a sip of the wine."
Su Tiantian said without pretense, "I knew in the middle of the night that my eldest brother and the others were going to block the door like this. I wanted to inform you, but my eldest and second cousins told me not to tell you and to keep it a secret. They also promised me that they would handle it appropriately and would not embarrass you."
Liu Jingze said: "With Zhihao here, I'm not too worried. Otherwise, there's still my father-in-law."
After a while, the eldest aunt knocked on the door and said, "The bride and groom need to go downstairs to worship their ancestors and offer tea."
The sisters came into the room and started to make noises: "The groom is going to carry the bride downstairs."
Someone said, "Brother Jing is going to carry Tiantian downstairs."
Liu Jingze did not refuse. He put on Su Tiantian's golden wedding shoes and picked her up by the waist. Everyone made way. When the relatives and friends downstairs saw the groom carrying the bride downstairs, they applauded and cheered.
The three little girls who had just blocked the door were vying to help Su Tiantian lift the hem of her skirt. Their mother quickly stepped forward to stop them, fearing that the hem would be torn if the three girls pulled at the same time. Mai Xinli then stepped forward to help Su Tiantian lift the hem of her skirt.
The newlyweds didn’t know much about the traditional rituals, and they just did whatever their aunt-in-law told them to do.
The bride and groom offer tea to the bride's parents to express their gratitude for their upbringing. The eldest sister-in-law sings the blessing: "The bride and groom offer tea to their parents, and may they live a life of wealth and glory."
Then she picked up the porcelain pot and added tea to the cups that the bride's parents had drunk from. The bride's parents continued to drink tea, and the eldest sister sang "The bride and groom come to add tea, and bring children and grandchildren back to their parents' home."
Su Jinyuan and Sang Yimei gave Liu Jingze a gold necklace and a red envelope respectively. The eldest aunt said, "The groom is so lucky. The bride's younger brother said he prepared a gold necklace for his brother-in-law, and the bride's cousins also prepared a gold necklace for you."
Zheng Ziyang, the best man, hurried forward and helped Liu Jingze put on four gold necklaces.
Su Zhibiao said, "Brother-in-law Jingze, we are sincere enough. The red envelopes we collected at the door just now are not even enough to cover the price of this gold necklace."
Ma Yiqian said, "Third cousin, if you feel like you're losing money, just ask Tiantian's husband to treat us to a meal later."
Su Zhiyao said: "Then ask him to have dinner and a midnight snack."
The eldest sister-in-law stepped forward and said, "My dear brothers and sisters, please be kind and ask the groom to give you two more glasses of wine when you return home on the third day."
At this time, a middle-aged woman who looked to be in her forties and dressed fashionably walked up to Su Tiantian and said, "Tiantian, you're in such a hurry to get married. Are you pregnant? Let me feel your belly."
In the blink of an eye, her hand reached out to Su Tiantian's belly.
Liu Jingze put his arm around Su Tiantian's waist and stepped back, her hand missing. Everyone was shocked, some of them unable to react at all.
At this moment, a woman in a black suit grabbed the middle-aged woman's hand and twisted it behind her back. She was the female bodyguard sent by Liu Jingze.
The middle-aged woman screamed: "Help, it hurts, let go quickly, I am the bride's second aunt."
Another female bodyguard quickly stood beside Su Tiantian, alert.
Liu Jingze said in a calm tone: "Let her go."
The female bodyguard let go of the middle-aged woman's hand. The middle-aged woman rubbed her hands and said angrily: "Who are you? How dare you hit me? I want to call the police."
The Su family's relatives gathered around. Shi Xiaoqin walked over to the middle-aged woman, grabbed her hand, and looked at her. "Nothing's wrong. Today's a happy day. Why call the police?"
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