Chapter 73, Wedding March: "Do you take this young lady to be your wife?"
Anna said with a sorrowful expression, "Miss, Madam did this to save lives... Please accept my condolences!"
Qin Lan flew into a rage: "This isn't her at all! You dare lie to me? I'll make sure you all pay with your lives!"
Anna suddenly knelt down and cried out, "Miss, wake up! Madam—she's long gone!"
Liu Lu pondered: "Could this be talent? She performed quite well. If someone were to pull strings, she could debut based on this performance alone."
She was even a little jealous. She had been a minor supporting actress in the entertainment industry for so many years, yet she was not as lucky as an ordinary person.
Feng Manhong turned her head to look at her, remained silent for a moment, and said softly, "I watched Teacher Liu's performance. You really brought Empress Wei to life."
Believe that all your hard work and ups and downs are not in vain.
She gently patted Liu Lü's hand, and the latter went from being shocked and stunned to having tears in her eyes.
"Without yesterday's hard work, there would be no future success. Teacher Liu's path has been exceptionally difficult, but you must believe that you are no less capable than anyone else. In fact, you are far more outstanding than many others."
There were so many couples on set that Yang Xingji didn't know which one to ship, and she looked around anxiously.
Qin Lan hugged the small bottle and burst into tears, saying she couldn't believe it, but her movements were gentler than anyone else's.
Xiahou Cheng said sadly, "From then on, Qin Lan developed a habit of carrying Jiang Yan with him at all times. Whenever he missed her, he would take her out, look at her, touch her, or mix some water with her and drink a sip..."
Qin Lan broke down on the spot.
She thought she had let go, but now she realized she had underestimated Xiahou Cheng.
Qin Lan was immediately taken aback, staring at the audience in disbelief: "Is this something a normal person would do???"
Xiahou Cheng argued logically: "Her repressive family background has long distorted her psyche. She is not a child who grew up healthily. If someone is kind to her, she will hold on tightly and not let go. This withdrawal reaction is perfectly reasonable."
"So you want me to drink my ashes diluted with water??" Qin Lan continued to glare at her.
"I didn't ask you to actually drink it, just take it out and look at it and touch it." Xiahou Cheng quickly explained, "Of course, actually drinking it would be more in line with the character... It contains milk powder, which is edible."
Qin Lan faced her for a full five seconds before finally standing back with her fists clenched. She gritted her teeth, raised the small bottle, and then stroked it with a look of deep affection.
After touching her for a while, she started crying and frantically shouted, "Water! Water! I want water!"
Anna scrambled over to give her the thermos: "The water's here! The water's here!"
Qin Lan unscrewed the cap and poured in some of "Jiang Yan's ashes".
Under the horrified gazes of everyone, she drank it all in one gulp.
The audience fell silent.
Feng Manhong sighed: "Until just now, I still think that XX, the actress who won the Best Actress award, is the most dedicated actress in the industry. She once soaked in the water for two days for a scene."
Liu Lü: "And now?"
Feng Manhong exclaimed with deep respect: "Teacher Qin is just as impressive!"
Yu Jintang turned around and smiled wickedly: "Don't worry, we'll make you all the most dedicated actors today."
The audience below the stage all shivered.
The first scene ended smoothly, and the actors went off to change clothes.
Qin Lan returned to the dressing room, but it was empty.
She lifted the curtain and went into the cubicle. Sure enough, Jiang Yan was sitting in a chair, legs crossed, playing on her phone.
Seeing her arrive, he raised an eyelid slightly and said indifferently, "You've come?"
"You have quite a temper," Qin Lan leaned down and lifted her face. "What do you mean?"
"It just means you're unhappy." Jiang Yan looked directly at her: "Didn't you urge me to go out before?"
Qin Lan fluttered her eyelashes: "I just wanted you to be mindful of the occasion."
“I don’t like this.” Jiang Yan shook her head: “You always seem to have some reservations when you talk to me. You can be more open.”
Qin Lan thought for two seconds, not quite understanding what she meant: "Am I not open enough yet?"
Before we even started talking, he would tie her up in the dressing room and do it with her, and she didn't feel any restraint at all.
Jiang Yan remained silent for a moment, then lowered her eyes, her gaze naturally falling on her lips.
Qin Lan felt that Jiang Yan was asking for a kiss, so he lowered his head and kissed her.
Jiang Yan responded absentmindedly for a while, but gradually became more enthusiastic as well. She inhaled the fragrance from Qin Lan's neck and sighed, "I haven't touched a living person's skin for three days."
Qin Lan pinched the back of her neck hard: "Just say you want to die."
Outside the changing room, Xiahou Cheng sat down steadily, while Yu Jintang stood up.
She glanced at Yun Chui first, then couldn't help but grin wickedly.
Yun Chui started getting goosebumps on his arms.
"Act Two of 'The Great Breakup Battle,' action!"
Yun Chui makes her debut, radiating her own light.
Wearing a school uniform, her clean and refreshing demeanor amazed everyone.
Yu Jintang's passionate voice rang out:
"She is a genius girl who graduated from Harvard University at the age of ten. She took over Tianyu Group at the age of twelve, and at the age of fifteen, in order to experience life, she was transferred to Jinhai No. 1 High School for a year of high school in China, and was admitted to the top university in the country with the outstanding grades of the top in the country! From childhood to adulthood, she has received so many awards and certificates that she has more certificates than the RMB in the whole country!"
Yun Chui pulled out a stack of glittering gold certificates from his pocket and scattered them expressionlessly to the audience.
Yu Jintang then changed the subject: "However, she had an unfortunate family. In this family, she had no relatives or friends. When she was fifteen, her cousin Yang Xingji was jealous of her talent and actually led a group of people to ambush her on her way home from school, and beat her so badly that she ended up in the hospital, leaving her with a lifelong disability!"
Yun Chui: "..."
Yang Xingji went on stage while cursing in his heart.
The same few staff members appeared again. She gave a shout, and the men in black swarmed forward and beat her with sticks. After they dispersed, Yun Chui had successfully bitten through the blood pack and was lying on the ground in a very pitiful state.
Yu Jintang said sadly, "After the diagnosis, her family doctor Anna told her that she would never be able to stand up again."
Yun Chui, who had always been number one since childhood, found it hard to accept this blow. How could a prodigy like her grovel before the world? She began to hate her own weakness and uselessness. If she could be a little stronger, then no one could hurt her!
Yun Chui lowered his head and muttered to himself, "This body is still too weak..."
Anna made her entrance, pushing her wheelchair with great effort.
"Miss, this is a fully automatic wheelchair that was custom-made for you by the gentleman. It can reach a speed of 300 km/h. Next time someone hits you, you can just run away!"
"An unfaithful father, a wicked stepmother, a brainless sister, and a paralyzed woman! But despite her disability, she persevered and created a new generation of business legend while sitting in a wheelchair!"
"Just then, Tianyu Group encountered an unprecedented crisis! In order to overcome the difficulties, the cold-hearted father, Feng Manhong, actually proposed that she marry into the recently popular Dikun Group!"
Yu Jintang recited a sentence and Yun Chui took off a piece of clothing, revealing a business suit she had already put on underneath. A pencil skirt, black stockings, and high heels—she looked so sexy that Song Man couldn't help but stare.
Two men in black rushed up and spread a red carpet on the ground, then stood on either side holding ceremonial cannons.
Yun Chui briefly stepped down from the stage, then returned after putting on a wedding dress.
Yu Jintang: "The wedding car has arrived. The two brides, Yun Chui and Qin Lan, walked along the 999-kilometer-long red carpet and solemnly entered the hall!"
Feng Manhong led Yun Chui, and Liu Lü linked arms with Qin Lan as the four walked down the red carpet.
Yu Jintang said, "Liu Lü is very worried. She knows all too well how rebellious her daughter is. This time, she brought her to the wedding, and although she got into the wedding car smoothly, Liu Lü always felt that something was amiss."
Liu Lü stared straight ahead, her lips barely moving: "Just finish the wedding properly, and I'll give you 20 billion afterward."
No wonder she was worried, just look at Qin Lan's outfit... red hair with a few tufts of green in the middle, eighty studs in her ears, and two 12-centimeter high Crocs peeking out from under her wedding dress...
The two newlyweds ascended the steps, and their "fathers" released their hands, handing them over to the "priest."
Yu Jintang: "At this point, the two parents finally felt relieved and were just waiting to read the vows and exchange rings."
Father Anna read aloud, "Miss Yun Chui, whether in poverty or wealth, whether lowly or noble, do you take Ms. Qin Lan to be your wife?"
"I do."
Yun Chui was as calm as still water, her face showing acceptance of reality, which, combined with her wheelchair, made her all the more pitiful.
Father Anna turned to the other bride.
"Miss Qin Lan, regardless of poverty or wealth, regardless of lowliness or nobility, are you willing to marry Ms. Yun Chui?"
Qin Lan opened her mouth and said, "I don't want to."
Liu Lü suddenly stood up: "Qin Lan!!"
Qin Lan ripped her wedding dress apart and roared, "I want to call off the engagement! To tell you the truth, I already have someone I like!!!"
Liu Lü glared and roared, "That dead man?"
Yu Jintang's voice became urgent: "Qin Lan, without hesitation, pointed to someone at random—an inconspicuous cleaning lady in the crowd. Her rebellious spirit flared, and she strode over, lifting the cleaning lady's chin: 'I love her!!!'"
Qin Lan grabbed Jiang Yan's chin and roared, "She's the one I love!"
Jiang Yan, the cleaning lady, was wiping the table when she heard this. She was startled and looked up with a blank expression.
Yang Xingji fainted again, this time with a smile.
Yu Jintang continued reading the background: "Qin Lan was extremely shocked. The person in front of her... looked so much like Jiang Yan! It turns out that at the last moment of that fire, Jiang Yan was saved by a passing policeman. Influenced by her, she applied to the police academy and later became an undercover agent. This time, she disguised herself as a cleaner and infiltrated the wedding venue to infiltrate the Dikun Group, which owns multiple casinos!"
Qin Lan suddenly grabbed Jiang Yan's chin, her face a mixture of joy and rage: "You're not dead!! What, are you happy to have dumped me? All these years, to avoid me, you actually came here to work as a cleaner?! Am I that repulsive to you?!"
Jiang Yan's eyes were red and swollen. After a moment of silence, she struggled weakly and said, "Miss, you've mistaken me for someone else. Your fiancée is upstairs..."
Yu Jintang also threw down her manuscript and passionately said, "Qin Lan was consumed by rage. Even at this point, Jiang Yan still wanted to deny their past relationship! In this hall, she seemed to be completely isolated and helpless. Everyone's faces seemed to have turned into venomous demons, forcing her to marry someone she didn't like at all! She was clearly frigid, but the only woman in the world who could excite her, her only lifeline, was actually trying to sever ties with her and push her to another woman!"
Feng Manhong parted her lips slightly and said, "It seems that both of our directors are talented."
Qin Lan looked pained and angry.
Yu Jintang roared, "Love and hate intertwined! Love and hate intertwined!" In the throes of intense emotion, she kissed him fiercely!
A collective gasp rippled through the audience, but Qin Lan leaned in naturally and kissed Jiang Yan's lips.
Yang Xingji fainted again.
Jiang Yan was completely stunned at first, but after a long while she struggled to get up, bit her lip hard, and pushed her aside.
Yu Jintang: "Qin Lan wiped the blood from his lips, lowered his head and chuckled wickedly: 'Woman, aren't you going to take advantage?'"
Qin Lan had already given in: "Woman, you won't take advantage of me."
Yu Jintang: "Liu Lü finally caught her breath, strode over to Qin Lan's side, and slapped that unfilial daughter across the face!"
Taking advantage of Qin Lan's unpreparedness, Liu Lü raised her hand to slap her, her actions somewhat furtive.
Jiang Yan grabbed Liu Lü's hand instinctively: "Why did you hit her!"
Qin Lan was moved and spontaneously added, "So this is what it feels like to be protected..."
Liu Lü: "Because I'm her father!"
Jiang Yan stood in front of Qin Lan, like a puppy with its fur standing on end: "She said she doesn't want to get married, can't you hear her?"
Liu Lü sneered: "What right do you have to speak? You, a mere cleaning lady who wipes tables, dare to covet our young lady?"
Qin Lan: "Because she's my woman!"
Liu Lü pulled a piece of paper from her pocket and threw it at Jiang Yan's face: "Take five million and leave my daughter!"
The three of them were having so much fun that Yu Jintang couldn't get a word in edgewise, and a bunch of heads in the audience were moving around with them.
Jiang Yan's face flushed red, and she angrily tore the shopping receipt to shreds: "Sorry, sir, I'm not the kind of person who would sell my dignity for money!"
Qin Lan said, moved, "So you really still love me..."
Jiang Yan turned around with red eyes: "I'm just a cleaner, how dare I presume to be associated with the young lady of the Dikun Group..."
Qin Lan was moved: "When you took me to live in that dilapidated house before, did I ever complain? I didn't want your wealth, your status, or anything external that was attached to you!"
Jiang Yan couldn't help but shed tears: "Qin Lan..."
Qin Lan also took her hand: "Jiang Yan, I am very unhappy. I don't want to marry her at all. Come back to me, okay? Marry me, and I will spoil you and make you the happiest woman in the world."
Jiang Yan's lips moved, but Liu Lü roared, "You rebellious daughter, are you treating today's wedding as a joke?"
Qin Lan turned around with an air of authority: "The wedding will continue, but I'm changing the bride!"
Yu Jintang finally spoke up: "At this moment, Yun Chui suddenly raised her head and interrupted her: 'I disagree!' She looked in Jiang Yan's direction with worry in her eyes, as if she had known her for a long time."
Yun Chui looked up: "No! I won't allow you to marry her!"
Yu Jintang: "Jiang Yan gave Yun Chui a reassuring look and said, 'I do.'"
Qin Lan was overjoyed, but Yun Chui was filled with grief and indignation. The Dikun Group had openly broken off the engagement, leaving Tianyu Group in a terrible position! In her anger, she was so furious that she impulsively proposed marriage on the spot!
Yun Chui: "???"
Yun Chui: "Fine, the young lady of the Di Kun Group wants to break off the engagement. I, Yun Chui, will put this out there today: who is willing to marry me?"
Yu Jintang: "A brief silence fell over the room, and for a moment no one answered. Then Yun Chui said, 'I have a xx membership, so I can binge-watch the epic historical drama 'The Age of Red Powder'!' Another girl jumped out: 'What? Marrying you means I can watch 'The Age of Red Powder'? I do!'"
Everyone: "………………"
Lin Shu: "Did they pay me for the hidden ad placements???"
Yu Jintang ignored him: "That girl is Song Man! The lights came on, and Song Man appeared. It turns out she is the second young lady of the Dikun Group, Qin Lan's younger sister!"
Song Man went on stage with a blank expression.
Yun Chui reached out his hand to her, and she had no choice but to walk towards him step by step.
The script didn't say we had to walk over there.
Yun Chui gazed at her: "Are you really willing to marry me?"
"Yes, as long as you can lend me your membership." Song Man replied helplessly.
Yun Chui looked at the guests and said, "The wedding ceremony will continue!"
Lin Shu played the wedding march.
This is also the only live musical accompaniment in the entire script.
In fact, music performances on variety shows are edited in post-production, so there's absolutely no need to play them live.
But this is exactly the moment that everyone who knows the inside story has been waiting for.
Father Anna once again stepped onto the altar, looking at the two couples on either side: "Do you take this young lady to be your wife?"
"Whether in poverty or wealth, in lowliness or nobility, in health or sickness, in joy or sorrow, are you willing to hold hands and grow old together?"
"Are you willing to love her, respect her, comfort her, and protect her? Regardless of the past, as you walk down the aisle at this sacred place, are you willing to pledge your love and care for your wife?"
To everyone's surprise, the priest's face was streaked with tears.
Liu Lü was surprised again: "Is Anna's acting really that natural?"
Yun Chui silently felt Song Man's palm, tears welling in his eyes.
As the absurd plot faded, they could only hear the sacred melody in their ears.
Song Man's expression shifted, and she glanced at Yu Jintang.
Finally, she said, "I do."
They exchanged rings. Song Man bent down and put the ring on Yun Chui's finger, who was sitting in a wheelchair.
It is a dazzling diamond ring.
She recognized the rings; they were a limited-edition pair from ten years ago. She'd seen a picture of them in a magazine back then, and casually pointed to them at Yun Chui: "These are beautiful, I want them."
So Yun Chui bought it, but never showed it to her. She told Song Man that the day they entered the hall of marriage, she would put it on her herself.
Song Man's friends were all watching her nervously, afraid that she would suddenly turn hostile.
This ring reminded Song Man of the past, of unfulfilled promises. From her perspective, she certainly had the right to be angry. The missing diamond ring had appeared in an absurd scenario, and the person hadn't even offered an explanation—why should she accept it?
Song Man also stared silently at the ring.
Yun Chui coughed softly, her breathing slow and heavy. Perhaps due to nervousness, her face looked unwell, flushed with a sickly redness.
Unexpectedly, Song Man eventually reached out her hand and let Yun Chui put the ring on her finger.
They exchanged rings and recited vows on an absurd stage, listening to the wedding march playing from their cell phones.
Yu Jintang breathed a sigh of relief: "To celebrate the wedding, Tianyu Group detonated ninety-nine nuclear bombs."
The four brides: "?"
Staff fired a salute.
Song Man tentatively asked, "Are we still alive?"
"Of course!" Yu Jintang snapped her fingers: "Sweet married life, let's get started!"
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