Chapter 90 The Wandering Travel Group (Twenty-one)
Because there was a group of villagers who were obviously not good people following behind them, Bei Xi took Nan Huan to take a detour, finally got rid of the people behind them, and quietly returned to the original wedding room.
After Nan Huan scanned everything in the room, he opened the wardrobe and looked for a while, finally moving his gaze to the two stools in front of the dressing table.
"Hmm... I felt something was odd just now, and now that I've looked carefully, I've discovered it."
Nan Huan nodded at Bei Xi and asked him to look at the furnishings in the room.
The overly delicate screen, the overall overly soft decoration, and the two identical sheep-horn combs on the dressing table, Bei Xi already understood what Nan Huan meant.
Finally, her eyes fixed on the mahogany tray on the dressing table.
Inside was a folded paper with a gold border, and golden writing could be faintly seen from the back.
Bei Xi opened it, took a look, and handed it to Nan Huan, "It's a marriage certificate."
Nan Huan didn't remember whether this thing had been on the table since a while ago or it suddenly appeared, but when she saw the name on the marriage certificate, nothing mattered anymore.
At the wedding, it’s getting really lively.
A Liu seemed to have returned to normal, without that forced void.
However, facing the eye-catching red and the noisy crowd, she always felt a little uneasy for some reason, as if she could sense that something big was going to happen soon, or as if she simply had some bad memories of the scene before her.
But when they thought about it more deeply, all they could remember was a blank.
The villagers around him were clearly saying congratulatory words with congratulatory smiles on their faces, but Liu always felt that the smiles did not reach their eyes.
And essentially, the wedding was not blessed.
But soon, a red wedding veil covered A Liu's head, blocking all her vision.
She was a little dazed, and for a moment she seemed unable to remember what she was doing.
It was not until the host's voice, "The ceremony is about to begin," that she was completely brought back to the scene.
"Dear guests, please take your seats for viewing the ceremony."
The host's voice was shrill and long, with a drawn-out tone, and it wasn't festive at all.
A Liu couldn't tell where he was standing just from his voice, nor could he tell which old man in the village he was.
With just one order from him, the noise in the main house suddenly became silent, as if it had been cut off with a knife.
It was as if the noise and congratulations just now were just a scene.
Is this what a wedding is supposed to look like?
This thought suddenly flashed through A Liu's mind.
It seems like something important is missing?
The red wedding veil blocked her view. Through the barrier, she could not see the main hall clearly. She could only see rows of dark figures on both sides.
And the malicious looks that fell on her made her instinctively feel disgusted.
Even a few fragments flashed through her mind so quickly that she didn't have time to capture them.
"Please invite another newcomer to come out."
The host's words interrupted A Liu's wandering thoughts at the right time.
Oh, yes, it turns out that what I was thinking about was missing, and it was Ahua.
Is this normal?
At my wedding, I forgot my significant other.
A Liu asked herself this question in her heart, while looking through the red wedding veil towards the side where the noise came from.
I saw a person wearing a new wedding dress just like me walking out from the other side of the main house.
A Liu couldn't see her face or her expression, so he didn't feel happy, just strange.
The newcomer walked up carefully and stood beside him.
Her figure was wrapped in the wedding dress, and Liu couldn't see clearly, but he could feel from her movements that she seemed very tense, but not simply nervous, but overly cautious.
Especially when I turned my head to look over there.
Is it because the wedding is finally coming?
But shouldn't I feel happy at this time? Why should I be afraid?
A Liu took a look and then looked away, covering his chest.
The heart there was beating steadily and healthily, with no sign of speeding up at all.
On the contrary, because of the way she tilted her head just now, he felt a new sense of disgust.
"The auspicious time has arrived, play music."
At the MC's command, festive music filled the entire courtyard.
The disappeared noise returned in an instant, with loud gongs and drums and suonas.
Amid the high-pitched voices, the guests cheered and said auspicious words in an orderly manner.
"This is the first couple in our village. Look how well-matched they are."
"That's right. This is the first time we have had a wedding like this. Look how pretty this bride is."
"Yes, yes, Ah Liu will enjoy a peaceful life from now on."
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Although the words were not loud, they still entered Liu's ears against the backdrop of the music.
This scene made her feel inexplicably familiar, but the scene in her impression seemed a little different.
"Bow to Heaven and Earth..."
The emcee's voice sounded again in the music.
Before A Liu could react, he felt his body automatically turn towards the courtyard.
They both raised their hands and bowed.
A Liu found that the sky outside the courtyard had become a little gloomy at some point.
It seems like two different spaces separated by a courtyard.
On one side there is false liveliness, on the other side there is real gloom.
And I seemed to be trapped in this falsehood, with a mirror in front of me that I could not escape from or break.
"Bow to your parents..."
She tried hard not to turn around, the images flashing through her mind were becoming clearer and clearer.
It was still a wedding, and I was still standing in the main hall, surrounded by people.
They looked down at themselves with scrutiny and disdain.
There was no music, no celebrations, no blessings at the wedding, only sarcasm.
Where was Ah Hua at that time? What was he doing?
A Liu had no choice but to turn around, and her straight back was bent by an invisible force.
While bending down, she glanced at the person next to her for some unknown reason.
It seemed that he wanted to use the scene in front of him to help himself recall the wedding that he seemed to have experienced, which could not be called a wedding.
She was clearly covered with a red wedding veil, and it was clear that the other person shouldn't be able to feel my gaze.
But A Liu could clearly feel that A Hua, who was wearing a red wedding veil, seemed to be looking at her as well.
And because she turned her head suddenly, the hand hanging by her side seemed to clench a little.
This silent gaze and deafening silence seemed to have said thousands of words, but it seemed as if neither of them could understand what the other meant.
Through the red wedding veil, A Liu seemed to see another A Hua.
Unlike her hiding behind the red wedding veil at this moment, she seemed to be by his side before the silent trial took place.
But when those blatant scrutiny and contemptuous looks came at her, she had already blended into the crowd.
What happened then?
Oh, it seemed that the other party compromised and said that she was just in a whim and didn't really like women.
Snap——
The thing that was restraining A-Liu in her mind seemed to be suddenly broken, and those briefly forgotten memories suddenly invaded her whole body.
At this time, the sound of fighting was heard in the gloomy courtyard. Several villagers who were guarding the courtyard were kicked in and fell into the main house.
Logically speaking, with such a big change, the wedding should have been postponed.
But the master of ceremonies acted as if he didn't see it. He asked the bride to face the empty main table, pay her respects to her parents, and then called out the third time as if nothing had happened.
"The couple bows to each other..."
And from the other party's anxious tone, it can be seen that he seems to want to complete the process as soon as possible.
The guests who were originally standing on both sides waiting for the ceremony, stood up in unison because of the noise outside the courtyard, blocking the entrance to the main house, as if they were blocking someone and did not want others to break in before the wedding was over.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi rushed over immediately after finding what they needed in the bridal chamber.
However, the closer they got to the main house where the wedding was held, the more villagers appeared. The virtual panel was controlled, so Bei Xi had no choice but to pick up a branch in the yard and rush in directly.
The villagers were no match for her at all, simply because they outnumbered her, and Nan Huan selfishly didn't want A Liu to complete this so-called, fake wedding.
Seeing that densely packed villagers were blocking the door to the main house, it would take some time to get in.
Nan Huan couldn't hold back any longer and started shouting at the top of his lungs.
"A Liu, A Liu, wake up. This is not the real Fengmen Ridge, and you don't really want to marry the other person..."
A Liu had remembered everything long before Nan Huan spoke.
But the person next to her seemed to have sensed something and used an invisible force to control himself to turn around and face her.
As if she was determined to complete the wedding, through the red wedding veil, A Liu seemed to see the other person's eyes full of obsession.
Her waist was bending down uncontrollably, but her eyes were clear.
Just before the ceremony was about to be completed, she spoke calmly.
"That's enough, Ahua."
Her tone was extremely calm. She didn't show any anger at being deceived, nor any joy or surprise at meeting again after a long separation.
"That wedding was never completed. This is a fact, a past that cannot be changed. Even if everything that happened today is true, I will never choose you again. Our relationship ended the moment you withdrew from the wedding."
Amid the noisy music, A Liu's voice was not loud, but she knew the other party would be able to hear it.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, the noisy music, the strange emcee, and the villagers blocking the door all fell silent in an instant.
A lively wedding finally returned to deathly silence.
A Liu discovered that the invisible force that controlled his body had disappeared.
The first moment she regained control of her body, A Liu reached out and took off the red wedding veil on her head.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi entered the main house at the same time. Nan Huan was surprised to find that the virtual panel that had been locked before was suddenly unlocked.
Although he felt that a great battle was about to take place, Nan Huan still stood in front of A Liu at the first moment.
"Are you okay?"
She didn't hear what A Liu said just now, but when she saw the look in her eyes, which was no longer the bewitched state she had been in before, she knew that she had come to her senses.
A Liu shook his head. "It's okay. Thank you."
She had said everything she wanted to say, and then she just stood quietly behind the two of them without saying a word, nor did she look at the veiled person who was still standing in the middle of the main room.
Bei Xi and Nan Huan felt a little relieved, and then they looked at the man very solemnly.
Because according to their previous experience, as long as the person in the illusion realizes that something is wrong and recognizes that the person in front of them is not a real person but a shadow, the illusion will fade away immediately.
But the current situation is a little different, because it is difficult to say that the person in front of you is just a shadow, and although A Liu has recognized that this is an illusion, the illusion has not faded.
The man seemed to be still thinking about what A Liu had just said, and seemed unable to come back to his senses for a long time because of these words.
After a long time, the man finally moved and took a step towards the direction where A Liu was.
"A Liu, come back and I will give you a perfect new wedding. I can make all of them shut up. Believe me..."
She was wearing a red wedding veil and reached out to pull A Liu, as if she didn't notice Bei Xi and Nan Huan standing in front of her.
But before she could touch A Liu, Bei Xi's iron axe had already stabbed at her first.
Ahua dodged Beixi's attack lightly, flipped nimbly in the air, and returned to her original position, without the red wedding veil on her head even flying up.
Although I couldn't see her eyes, I could still feel that her gaze was on A Liu from beginning to end.
However, the latter was indifferent to her words, and the disgust in his eyes became more obvious after hearing her words.
She could feel Ahua's powerful strength, and in order to prevent Beixi and Nanhuan from getting hurt while protecting herself, she thought about it and decided to explain it clearly.
"I think you may have misunderstood. I asked them to help me meet you, not to complete any unfinished wedding with you, but just to tell you what I just said."
Having said this, she paused for a moment and gave a disdainful smile towards the red wedding veil not far away.
"You told all the villagers to shut up back then, saying it was for me, but I think only you know why. And even now, you refuse to take off your wedding veil and let everyone see your true face. How credible are you?"
A Liu had no resentment in his heart, but he just didn't understand why the other party could still remain so hypocritical at this time.
She just felt sorry for herself for not being able to judge people well back then.
The body under the red wedding veil trembled slightly, as if these words finally touched the place in her heart that she least wanted to be touched.
She didn't understand why a happy wedding had come to this.
She was only one step away from completing her wedding with A Liu and making up for the regrets of that year.
Obviously everything can start over again, just that little bit, just that little bit.
It’s all the fault of these two people in front of me. If it weren’t for them, I could have stayed here with A Liu for the rest of my life.
No one here will laugh at them, and no one will look at them with contempt and judgment.
She clenched her hands tighter and tighter, as if A Liu's words had touched a painful spot, and she raised her hands.
The red wedding veil that had been covering her head finally fell off with a gust of wind, revealing her beautiful face.
The familiar face in memory appeared, slowly overlapping with the scene in Liu's impression.
The other person was wearing a red wedding dress and standing with him in the main room.
But at that time, with their financial resources, they could not hold a grand wedding, so they just held it in their own courtyard.
That was the first time she saw Ah Hua wearing a red wedding dress.
It was also the first time she saw the other person, and he was wearing women's clothes.
Their original plan was to hold a small wedding in their own yard, with both of them wearing red wedding gowns.
After all, this is their own business, and this is the only wedding in their lives, so both of them want to be bold.
I don't want to hide like I usually do. After all, this is just a matter between two of us.
But they all overlooked the fact that in an old-fashioned village, the marriage of two women was no longer a personal matter, but would attract the attention of the entire village.
Those scrutinizing, curious, and disdainful looks came at once, filled with criticism and scrutiny, and were hurtful to both of them.
What was originally a simple wedding for two people became the laughing stock of the entire village in the mouths of the villagers.
Women who like women have become freaks in their eyes, objects of their sexual fantasies, beings they despise and yet covet and can humiliate at will.
Neither of them expected that it would cause such a huge tsunami.
It was only during this turbulent time that A Liu saw her own heart clearly. Or maybe she had known A Hua's secret for a long time, so her love was pure.
Even though she was severely hurt by those words and insults, she still insisted on her own ideas.
She had never been to school and didn't understand much. She just felt that if she liked someone, she would be determined to be with him/her, regardless of her gender or what kind of identity she held in the village or in this society.
All she wants is to be with someone she likes and who likes her back, and to have three meals a day and a simple life.
With this thought in mind, she felt that the serious injuries and malice did not seem so unbearable.
She didn't think this was what is called bravery, but she also didn't expect that Ahua didn't have the courage to accept his own identity, let alone the courage to stand with her.
So when she had to endure the villagers' dirty words and almost insulting sexual actions.
When she looked back to find the person who could make her braver, she found that Ah Hua had compromised at some point.
Her heart was dead from that moment on. She had no resentment, just some disappointment.
It seemed as if it was at that moment that I completely recognized that this person who had grown up with me, the person who had given me warmth when I was a child, was still able to push me away when I needed him the most.
"In fact, you can still tell from his appearance."
The red wedding veil was taken off, bringing about a brief silence, which was broken by Nan Huan. She paced slowly on the spot with her hands behind her back, but her eyes were on Ahua's face.
It was as if he was carefully observing the other person's appearance, or making a comparison in his mind.
She took out the red paper with gold edges from her body and waved it in front of Ahua.
"Would you like us to call you Tao Hua, Xiao Tao, or Jiu Ying, dear tour guide?"
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