Chapter 57 The Wedding
The Lin and Zhou families were united by marriage, and the wedding was held at a hotel owned by the Zhou family.
To ensure the privacy and smooth running of the wedding, the hotel stopped accepting guests a week in advance.
The couple's wedding followed some Chinese wedding customs, including the six pre-wedding rites, and was held in accordance with traditional Chinese wedding practices.
Lin Yi'an's wedding dress was a handmade embroidered dragon and phoenix gown, while Zhou Mingshi wore a long robe and mandarin jacket.
The bridesmaids included Tao Tao, Zhou Mingshi's childhood friend's girlfriend; Lin Yi'an's colleague from the TCM clinic; two college classmates from Beijing; and several girls from Lin's family and friends. Lin Jingyun had never been a bridesmaid before, but since it was her own sister's wedding, she naturally wanted to support her and also came to be a bridesmaid.
As for the best men, they were all Zhou Mingshi's childhood friends.
The wedding banquet invited a top-tier wedding planning team in the industry, so the extravagance of the wedding goes without saying.
Throughout the day, from the wedding procession to the actual wedding ceremony, the two were like puppets on strings, completely manipulated by others.
Zhou Ming has never been this obedient in his entire life.
After the wedding banquet at noon, the two hid in their hotel room and didn't come out.
Zhou Mingyang, the older brother, was exhausted from his younger brother's wedding. He was in charge of the hotel, and since his brother didn't come to greet the guests, he and his father had to handle the reception.
Fortunately, he still had some conscience and sent his assistant Chen and several of his secretaries to help.
When his son got married, Tan Qingwen's relatives, friends, and business partners naturally attended, and he was quite busy.
The Lin family also has its own circle of friends, and they are all extremely busy.
As for the elderly men and women, they kept talking to Lin Shuhe, Liu Zhengying, and Grandma Lin.
At this moment, the two newlyweds are removing their makeup and jewelry in the room.
Ye Lingzhi originally wanted to come and help, but Zhou Mingshi, the groom, simply closed the door and wouldn't let her in. She could only go to the next room with Lin Jingyun.
It's 3 p.m. now. Lin Yi'an was dragged out of bed to get ready before 5 a.m., and she was already yawning repeatedly before she even finished taking off her headdress.
Zhou Mingshi: "Lean back on the sofa, close your eyes and rest, I'll take it apart for you."
As he spoke, he took off another hairpin and placed it on the table.
Lin Yi-an: "Let's dismantle it together. After we're done, I'm going to take a nap."
Zhou Mingshi: "Hmm."
After a lot of effort, the two finally finished removing their makeup. Lin Yi'an was so sleepy that she took off her clothes and fell asleep on the bed.
As for the dinner party tonight, I'll just put on some light makeup then.
Zhou Mingshi touched her face, changed out of his dress, and knocked on the door next door. Ye Lingzhi came out and asked, "Mr. Zhou?"
Zhou Mingshi: "Yi'an is asleep. Go and keep her company. I'll go to the banquet hall to check on things."
Ye Lingzhi: "Okay."
When Zhou Mingyang saw him come down, he said irritably, "You've finally come out."
Zhou Mingshi looked around and said, "It's fine."
Zhou Mingyang: "Go ahead and order your brother around as much as you want."
Zhou Mingshi: "You said you're the older brother, so who else should I order around if not you?"
Zhou Mingyang: "...That's true, you can only order me around. Even if you assign tasks to our third brother, we wouldn't trust him to do anything."
Yan Shuyan rolled her eyes: "The two of them don't talk nonsense or cause trouble. It's good enough that they just stand there like pillars. How can we expect them to help?"
Zhou Liqing is funny.
Zhou Mingyuan and He Xishan had been repeatedly told by Yu Minhua that they could remain silent today, but if she heard them utter any nonsense, they should get out of the house.
The two found this explanation incomprehensible. They weren't sick; how could they have said anything out of line at their brother and sister-in-law's wedding banquet?
They just felt that their grandmother looked down on them. They had their own pride and wouldn't speak unless they wanted to. They just did as their grandmother said, pretending to be mute the whole time, and just ate and drank.
Sun Yurong was almost driven crazy by her son. So many business executives and social celebrities came today, and he just stood there dumbfounded, saying he wanted to create a wealthy family on his own. With his attitude, who would believe that he could create a wealthy family?
He Xishan hadn't said much all afternoon, but looking at the grand wedding banquet, she couldn't help but have her own thoughts. She nudged Zhou Mingyuan and said, "We've only registered our marriage, when are we going to have a wedding banquet? Even if it's not this grand, we should at least have a wedding ceremony, right?"
Zhou Mingyuan comforted her, "We definitely have to have a wedding, but aren't you pregnant now? We can have the wedding after the baby is born?"
He Xishan was still dissatisfied, and at this moment there was no other way. She did not want to abort the child, nor did she want the child to become a child of a single-parent family, so she could only listen to him.
Zhou Mingshi went to the banquet hall at the Lin family's place. Wang Yuehua saw him and asked, "Where's An'an?"
Zhou Mingshi: "I'm tired, I'm sleeping."
Wang Yuehua: "She got up before five o'clock. Let her sleep. There's nothing to do here. You should go and rest too."
Zhou Mingshi: "I've come over to greet the guests."
Wang Yuehua: "Mm."
When Zhou Mingshi returned to the room, Lin Yi'an was still asleep. Ye Lingzhi went back to the next room after seeing him return.
Although Zhou Mingshi was a little sleepy, he couldn't fall asleep, so he sat on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.
Lin Yi'an slept until five o'clock, when Zhou Mingshi took out an evening dress for her: "Have Assistant Ye come over and do your makeup?"
Lin Yi'an: "Mm."
Ye Lingzhi arrived quickly.
Zhou Mingshi: "A simple makeup is fine."
Ye Lingzhi: "Okay."
After Ye Lingzhi finished her makeup, Zhou Mingshi took out a jewelry box and said, "Wear this jewelry."
Lin Yi'an opened the jewelry box, inside was a set of custom-made diamond jewelry.
The jewelry is designed in a luxurious style with full diamonds, each diamond radiating dazzling brilliance...
Zhou Mingshi: "I'll put it on you."
Ye Lingzhi packed up her makeup box and quietly went out.
Lin Yi'an entered the banquet hall arm in arm with Zhou Mingshi, and the banquet hall immediately fell silent.
Zhou Liqing and Yan Shuyan, one an older sister and the other a sister-in-law, naturally came over to keep their brother's wife company.
He Xishan and Zhou Mingyuan stood together, watching Lin Yi'an receive everyone's blessings. They felt a little envious. What girl wouldn't want to receive everyone's blessings with the one she loves?
Zhou Mingyuan noticed the envy in her eyes and said, "Don't worry, we will have a wedding in the future too."
Sun Yurong sneered, "Your wedding won't have this many people attending. Of course, it's different if you're marrying a rich heiress."
He Xishan's eyes immediately reddened. Zhou Mingyuan said, "Mom, it's such an important occasion, you'd better not say too much and anger Grandpa and Grandma."
Sun Yurong snorted and fell silent. This son was good for nothing else, but he knew how to deal with his mother. He knew how to use his grandparents to pressure her.
Yan Shuyan glanced at them, ignored them, and said to Zhou Liqing with a smile, "The jewelry at the Yi'an banquet is not cheap either."
Zhou Liqing: "Naturally, it wasn't cheap. It was a diamond that Ming Shi bought at an auction and personally commissioned a master to design and craft it."
Sun Yurong glanced at her daughter-in-law: "When you have your wedding in the future, you won't have so much expensive jewelry. Of course, you're not vain or greedy, so I don't think you'll care that much."
Zhou Liqing said, "Yi'an's dowry is generous. The Lin family also gave her three percent of the Lin Group's shares as part of her dowry. Even if Mingshi gives her the most expensive jewelry, she deserves it."
He Xishan clenched her hands: "I didn't marry Mingyuan for money. We truly love each other. We got married and held a wedding to receive the blessings of our relatives and friends. As for jewelry and such, I don't care about it."
What could Zhou Liqing say after she said that?
He simply said, "That's good. I hope you can always stick to your inner thoughts."
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