Chapter 164 Wedding Prelude
January 9th, the coldest day of winter, is a good day for getting married, meeting relatives and friends, and traveling.
"Today is such a great day! It's just a little cold." Before eight o'clock, Lu Siqi and Zhang Le'en arrived at the gate of the park.
Zhang Le'en also tightened his clothes and said, "Luckily, the park has a constant temperature system, otherwise your wedding dress is made of so little fabric, you would have caught a cold!"
Lu Siqi felt it was well worth it. "If it weren't for this coincidence, we wouldn't know how many years it would have taken us to save up for such a grand wedding!"
Zhang Le'en thought for a moment and said, "If you like, we can have one on our golden wedding anniversary. You can wear a cotton-padded jacket then."
Lu Siqi: "Wearing a cotton jacket doesn't show off my figure."
Zhang Le'en: "Well, as long as we are happy."
Lu Siqi bumped into him, causing him to stagger, and then he burst into laughter. "Yeah, as long as we're happy."
After saying that, he ran forward hurriedly. Zhang Le'en took out a balloon from his trouser pocket and blew it up. When he looked up, he found that the person had disappeared. A park staff member was standing next to him, looking at him in surprise.
Zhang Le'en pretended to be calm as he deflated the balloon and said, "This is a gift for my girlfriend."
Meng Xiaodai: ...
Don't think I didn't see you trying to hit Lu Siqi with a balloon just now.
Although she had seen many couples being affectionate in public, this was the first time she had seen a couple acting like kindergarten kids without saying a word. Meng Xiaodai couldn't help but feel surprised.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile, "The wedding will be held in the afternoon, come with me first!"
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"Hi everyone, I'm Xiao Zhou. Someone asked me why I could snag four or five tickets to the park each week. Of course, it's because I have a good relationship with the park director!"
In the live broadcast room, the audience said: Just brag!
"Okay, let me tell you a secret. Many people wait until their holiday to book tickets, but after many experiments, we've discovered that the theme park's ticketing system is probably limited, so most people can only grab one or two tickets per week. But if you queue up every day from now on, you can get at least one ticket a week. You don't have to cash in these tickets right away; you can save them up and cash them all in when you actually have a holiday. In other words, during the annual holiday, everyone can use this method to save up tickets for a week-long visit to the theme park..."
"Don't worry about not being able to redeem your tickets due to overcrowding. I've asked the park staff, and they've already made plans to handle the peak crowds during the Lunar New Year holiday, so feel free to grab your tickets!"
"Okay, now let Xiao Zhou take everyone around the park to see how they've decorated the wedding venue..."
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Winter vacation is finally here! Bai Jiyue didn't carry a schoolbag today, but a cross-body bag. It only had two compartments: one for her phone and the other for her rabbit stuffed doll. Although she had only spoken to the doll in her dreams and wasn't sure if it could actually speak, she felt like it could see and hear. So, instead of stuffing it in her backpack, she unzipped the bag to let its head stick out.
It was nine o'clock in the morning when she walked into the park, but the park already had a wedding atmosphere.
There is a wedding photo of the newlyweds placed at the gate, and many fresh roses are wrapped around the door. After entering the park, you can see pink roses and colorful balloons everywhere. If it were just this, it would be just an ordinary wedding venue, but this is a fantasy park!
She hadn't taken two steps when a group of elves flew towards her. They had thin and transparent wings like dragonflies, and wore small skirts or pants in various colors such as pink, white, blue, and red. Their body proportions and faces were almost the same as those of humans, except that each of them had a small halo on its head.
These aren't the aggressive red-eyed elves from Mischief City, but rather the children's area's sprites, fashioned from flower petals by the tree spirits. Their clothing is colored by the flowers they've picked, and their lifespan is as brief as a fallen flower. They have no intelligence and can only follow simple commands. Yet, they're incredibly popular, attracting visitors to the children's area daily.
At this time, each of them was holding a candy in their arms. One of them stopped in front of Bai Jiuyue and threw the candy in its arms to her. Bai Jiuyue stretched out her hands and caught the candy in surprise, forgetting that these elves had no IQ, and said thank you several times in a row.
Most of the tourists around had the same reaction. Although the petal elves have existed in the park for a long time, every time they come into contact with this cute and dreamy creature, it is like meeting a shooting star, and they always feel surprised unconsciously.
"Wow, the wedding candy is from this brand! It's not cheap! A small box costs twenty yuan at the supermarket, and one piece costs two yuan."
"Two dollars isn't too expensive!"
"Think about it, the average cost of a ride in the park is less than ten dollars."
"Fuck! After comparing them, candy suddenly seems so expensive!"
"Ahhhh, I'm so excited. I can't wait for the wedding to happen!"
"After today's live broadcast, it's inevitable that more and more people will apply to hold their weddings in the park."
"I also want to get married in Paradise in the future."
Perhaps because it was finally winter vacation, there were many students in the park. Bai Jiuyue had already seen several familiar classmates. Not long after, she went to the Prank City with a group of classmates. As the main venue for the wedding, the Prank City was decorated in the most atmospheric way. Colorful balloons, streamers, and the very traditional double happiness paper-cuts could be seen everywhere.
Not long after they started walking, the word "囍" (囍) was stuck on everything they were wearing. Some were stuck on their backs, some on their hats, and some on their phone cases. The sticking was truly everywhere, but they couldn't find the person who had secretly stuck the "囍" (囍) on them. Finally, they caught a red-eyed elf, but before they could question it, it was turned into a bunch of giant walking wedding candies, and everyone laughed together.
"Everyone, come over here! There are gifts over here!" A classmate who hadn't been pranked by the red-eyed elf excitedly ran back to report the news. However, his classmates were nowhere to be seen. There was only a group of giant candies thrashing around. He froze for a moment, then burst into laughter and pulled out his phone. "Haha, don't move. I'll record this for you."
With a click, the classmate ran to his candy classmate and compared the eggplant.
The tree spirits walked out of the children's area and set up a stall on the main road of the City of Pranks. Everyone could go there to receive a bracelet made of leaves, with a small pink flower in the shape of the Chinese character "喜" (happiness).
"It's so beautiful!" Bai Jiuyue and others finally got this little gift after going to the staff to cancel the transformation effect. When they put it on their hands and faced the light, there would be some broken light flowing, just like a special effect.
The beautiful tree spirit said, "This is a blessing ring. As long as you hold sincere blessings for the newlyweds in your heart, your whole day will be filled with good luck!"
Bai Jiyue subconsciously said: "What if the other way around, you don't want to bless the newlyweds?"
The other students said, "What are you thinking about? Who would attend a wedding and not wish the newlyweds well, except for those who have a grudge against them?"
Bai Jiuyue said: "That's hard to say!"
She didn't know that her subconscious question just exposed her pessimistic attitude towards marriage and her partner.
The tree spirit distributing the gifts looked at her gently and said, "It's okay not to give a blessing. A wedding is a way for the newlyweds to share their happiness with others, not a ceremony to ask for blessings. Today's newlyweds are already very happy, and they hope that you who will soon witness their wedding can also be as happy as they are."
Bai Jiyue asked again: "Is marriage the only way to achieve happiness? What if you don't want to get married?"
The tree spirit laughed and said, "It's not because you can be happy after getting married, but because you are happy, you need to get married. If you can be happy living alone, then not looking for another person and focusing on yourself is the most complete happiness."
"Although we tree spirits are hermaphrodites and don't need another person to reproduce like humans, there are still people in our tribe who want to get married. This is not easy, because it is very difficult for one person to fully accept another person into their territory and share all their happiness and feelings with another person without reservation..."
Bai Jiuyue was still too young. She had too many confusions to solve and too many things she had not seen. But after hearing what the tree spirit said, she felt her body lighten, as if a layer of something pressing on her shoulders had been removed. She unconsciously touched her rabbit doll and thanked the tree spirit with a smile.
"Mom and Dad, there are gifts over there!" The Yu couple brought their son Xiaoyu to the Shu Ling's stall. Xiaoyu blushed the moment he saw the Shu Ling. He hid behind his father with red ears, but he couldn't help but stick his head out to peek at the Shu Ling.
The tree spirit gave him a bracelet, but Xiaoyu was shy and kept silent until his parents began to urge him. Then Xiaoyu whispered, "Sister, can I marry you when I grow up?"
The tree spirit chuckled, her beautiful hair spinning and shining in the sun. "No." She refused.
Xiaoyu's tears instantly welled up in her eyes, and she pursed her lips and stopped talking.
Yu's mother patted his head and said, "Why are you crying? You are so rude, and no one blames you, yet you have the nerve to complain."
Yu's father said, "Being rejected is normal. Even the emperor has his subjects who disobey his orders! It's not shameful. On the contrary, if someone can give you a formal rejection, it means they respect you very much. You should be happy about it."
Yu's mother: "Did you hear that? Apologize to your sister right away. Luckily you're still young. If you were still so reckless when you grow up, you'd be arrested for harassing women."
With the kind witnesses of the surrounding tourists, Xiao Yu bowed to the tree spirit and said, "I'm sorry."
Sister Shuling waved her hand to indicate that she didn't mind.
The family of three walked away hand in hand, the sound of their conversation still carried by the wind.
Yu's father: "Proposing is a very solemn matter. It takes at least a year of observation and consideration."
Yu's mother: "If the other party doesn't agree, just walk away tactfully and don't cause trouble for others."
Xiao Yu: "What if I really want to marry her?"
Yu's father: "That's easy. Sincerity can move mountains and open up new paths."
Xiaoyu: “What do you mean?”
Yu's mother: "If you study hard and make positive progress, and meet the other person's ideal partner requirements, then you can try to ask for a relationship again. If it doesn't work the first time, try again."
Yu's father: "That's right."
Xiaoyu: “What should I do?”
Yu's father: "First, you have to be tall and strong! And you have to be at least twenty years old."
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Their voices faded away. The tree spirit smoothed the hair by his ears and said to his companions, "The humans here are really nice. What do you think?"
Seeing her companion nod, the tree spirit smiled, but the smile suddenly turned sharp when she noticed the Bishop of the Church of Life walking out of the church headquarters.
"Today, no one can ruin this wedding."
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