Chapter 344: Love is ever-changing
Ye Qingbai, as Bai Zhi's cousin from her maternal family and Lu Ye's good brother and subordinate, was even more excited and stood up to applaud vigorously.
He was happy for the deputy battalion commander and also relieved that his cousin had found a partner.
However, his gaze involuntarily fell on a certain figure across the round table.
He noticed that during the ceremony on stage, her eyes were vacant and lifeless, as if she was constantly distracted.
Even though he stared at her for a long time, she didn't notice.
Ye Qingchuan, the younger brother, did see it.
He followed Ye Qingbai's gaze and asked, "Brother, what are you looking at? Do you know that serious-looking older sister?"
Ye Qingbai met Ye Qingchuan's curious gaze, coughed lightly, and scolded in a low voice, "What are you staring at me for? In the stands."
Ye Qingchuan glanced casually at the bride and groom on the stage, then quickly looked away and asked Ye Qingbai in a soft voice, "Brother, I'm hungry. When do we start the banquet?"
Ye Qingbo, "!!!"
As expected of a simple-minded child, he's just here to enjoy the feast.
All the vows and declarations of love on stage are nothing to him compared to a plate of braised pig's trotters.
"Wait a moment, the food will be served shortly."
Ye Qingchuan said, "I didn't eat this morning, I'm almost dizzy from hunger."
Actually, everyone was busy today and didn't even have time to eat anything this morning. When Ye Qingchuan reminded them, Lu Ya and Lu Hai, who were at the same table, started to quietly agree.
They were all hungry.
Lu Hai, with his sleek parted hair and wearing a white suit, sat there unmoved by his cousin's heartfelt confession on stage.
"No matter how nicely they talk now, it won't affect the two of them fighting and arguing later."
Lu Ya, who was looking forward to the future, rolled her eyes at Lu Hai when she heard his words. "Can you not be such a spoilsport? My cousin loves his wife so much, they will definitely love each other for a lifetime."
"Heh." Lu Hai gave a nonchalant, cold laugh when love was mentioned.
Lu Ya didn't want to say anything more to him, "Someone like you doesn't understand anything."
"I don't understand anything, and I don't want to understand anything."
“I guessed it would be like this when my parents got married. But now? Do they still have any love for each other in their eyes?” Lu Hai said, glancing at his parents sitting together at the next table, who seemed like strangers.
He continued, "Love exists, but love is fleeting; it has an expiration date."
Lu Ya disagreed with his statement.
"I heard you're in love?" Lu Hai asked her.
Lu Ya looked disgusted and said, "Mind your own business."
A libertine has no right to talk about love.
Lu Hai continued casually, "I don't want to bother with you, but Dad said you're going to arrange some kind of friend for our coal mine, and even give him a management position as a leader. Are you out of your mind?"
"Is our job something just anyone can do?"
Lu Ya retorted arrogantly, "My friend is educated and very capable at work. He can pick it up with just a little learning. He's no worse than you."
Upon hearing this, Lu Hai's expression changed. "I disagree."
Lu Ya pursed her lips and didn't say anything more.
What's the use of him disagreeing? As long as her father agrees to let Li Wei work at the coal mine, that's enough.
"Your romantic partner isn't that so-called friend, is she?"
Suddenly, Lu Hai seemed to realize something, and looked intently at Lu Ya to confirm.
Lu Ya's eyes flickered, avoiding his gaze, and she stammered without answering him.
Lu Hai, with the air of a seasoned lover, lectured her.
"If you want to find a partner, find someone who is your equal, someone whose conditions are similar to yours. If you can reach an agreement, that's even better, everyone gets what they need. If you can't reach an agreement, just have some fun and break up. They won't bother you."
Lu Ya scoffed at his words.
How is this different from what her mother said?
To put it bluntly, it's all about profit.
"The scariest thing is that you dated a poor, down-on-his-luck man from a poor background, trying to use so-called feelings to cross social classes. That kind of person has no love, only interests in his heart, and only wants to use you to climb up and achieve his own goals."
Lu Hai and Lu Ya were practically face to face at this moment. He coldly reminded her, "Get your head straight. My dad and I work hard to earn money and build our careers, not so that some phoenix man can sit back and enjoy the fruits of our labor."
Upon hearing Lu Hai's words, Lu Ya originally wanted to retort, wanting to scold him for being a libertine who knew nothing about love.
But she couldn't help but recall what Bai Zhi had told her before.
She said that Li Wei had been using the money she subsidized him to support his mistress.
He was with her only to swindle her money.
Bai Zhi also said she knew which university Li Wei's "white moonlight" was attending and could take her there.
However, Bai Zhi was busy preparing for the wedding during this period, and she herself really didn't believe Bai Zhi's words.
Of course, she admitted that she didn't have the courage to face it.
What if Li Wei really does have someone else outside...?
Lu Ya shook her head, trying to clear her mind of the jumbled thoughts.
Bai Zhi was definitely lying to her.
The purpose of Angelica dahurica is very simple.
She did it for her cousin.
She knew Ye Qingbo liked her, so they wanted to break her up with Li Wei.
Then they could try to match her up with Ye Qingbo.
The table where Ye Qingbai and his group sat was filled with Lu Ye and Bai Zhi's siblings and cousins of the same generation.
This includes Xie Zheng, Chen Lin, and Shen Qian.
Apart from Xie Zheng and Chen Lin, who were single-minded, almost everyone else had their own worries.
Xie Zheng noticed that Lu Ya was whispering and bickering with Lu Hai, glancing at the newcomers on stage, and then stealing a glance at Ye Qingbai.
He spoke casually to Lu Ya, "Cousin Lu Ya, did you see that? That's what love is all about."
"Unlike some people, what they talk about is nonsense. That's not love at all, it's poverty alleviation."
Lu Ya met Xie Zheng's mocking gaze, and she was so angry she couldn't speak, "You........"
Xie Zheng continued to lecture her, "What do you mean, 'what ...? Marrying a girl is like being reborn; you'd better open your eyes.'"
Upon hearing Xie Zheng's words, Lu Hai looked at him with sparkling eyes and inquired, "Brother Zheng, what do you mean? Do you know about Lu Ya's relationship?"
"I don't know anything." Xie Zheng looked at Lu Hai, who was dressed even more flamboyantly than him, with disdain and scoffed, "Stop just flirting with girls. Do you have any free time to care about your sister? Look at you, you're so young but your complexion is already terrible. Can you please control yourself?"
Chen Lin, sitting next to him, couldn't help but cough...
Shen Qian, "!!!"
That damn Xie Zheng, why does he blurt out everything?
but........
Shen Qian's gaze fell on Lu Hai's face.
This kid doesn't look too well.
The dark circles under the eyes are very obvious.
In their medical terms, it's a manifestation of kidney deficiency.
Is it really due to excessive indulgence?
Lu Hai seems to be only twenty-three or twenty-four years old, how could he be...?
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
In this situation, being teased by Xie Zheng made Lu Hai so embarrassed that he just wanted to disappear into the ground.
Lu Shan's sharp eyes shot towards them, and she said, "Say less."
As soon as Lu Shan spoke, the noisy group fell silent instantly.
The ceremony on stage was over, and the food began to be served.
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