The wedding continues
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The lights were blinding, and the air was filled with the rich, woody scent of white roses.
Kirimi held Kiriaki's arm and slowly passed through the middle area.
What she didn't expect was that all her former colleagues were there. She thought to herself that they must think Meng Yanxiu was crazy, and they also thought she was crazy.
She calmed herself down and continued walking forward.
Everyone's eyes followed her. She glanced sideways and saw many familiar faces on her right.
Meng Yanxiu's family sat in the right main guest area.
At a glance, she saw Meng Yuetong sitting at the main table. He had a head of dazzling yellow hair, a wine bottle in his hand, and was staring at her with a bloody mouth. Meng Yanxiu's mother Fang Youlan was still arrogant and looked down on everyone. Meng Huaiyu bowed slightly and carefully wiped Fang Youlan's fingers. Meng Yanxiu's grandfather Meng Zhu was still serious and sitting upright.
At first, she mistakenly thought that Meng Yanxiu was not welcome in the Meng family, but later she realized that Meng Zhu favored him the most and was also very kind to her.
Even Meng Zhuzong said after drinking that if he could only have one grandson in this life, it would definitely be Meng Yanxiu.
For this reason, Fang Youlan always quarrels with Meng Zhu. Perhaps for this reason, Fang Youlan treats Meng Yanxiu worse than a stepmother.
Scenes from the past flashed before her eyes. Suddenly, the person sitting next to Meng Zhu stood up and looked at her with tears in their eyes. Her nose felt sore and she turned her face away hastily, fearing that tears would fall.
She quickly turned her gaze to the left guest area.
At a glance, I saw my mother Xu Huilan wearing a red cheongsam.
Suddenly, her eyes became even redder. She hadn't seen him for just a few days, but she just wanted to cry.
Next to her mother was Jiang He. She hadn't expected Jiang Jiang to come here without telling her. At this moment, Jiang Jiang had already burst into tears and needed her mother to comfort her.
As she approached the stage, she withdrew her gaze.
Wu Zhang held her hand tightly and whispered to comfort her: "They cry because they are happy for you, but you can't cry. You are so beautiful today, you should smile more."
Kirimi choked and said "hmm".
The sound of the piano music faded, and the emcee's voice suddenly became louder.
"They have walked hand in hand through four cycles of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and finally this day has arrived! Now, please, groom, walk towards your bride!"
There was thunderous applause from the audience, followed by cheers.
Watching Meng Yanxiu's figure approaching, those happy and painful past events came to her mind vividly. Her heart ached and a tear fell without warning.
"Come." Wu Zhang handed her hand to Meng Yanxiu warmly and solemnly, as if she had fulfilled the most important trust in her life.
As he turned around to leave the stage, this usually resolute old father couldn't help but feel a lump in his throat and his eyes moistened.
Meng Yanxiu gently held her fingertips and wiped away the tears from her eyes with his other hand.
"Don't touch me." She turned her head away and suppressed her surging emotions.
"Okay, come with me here." Meng Yanxiu lifted her skirt.
She followed Meng Yanxiu to stand under the five-meter-high white rose arch and looked down at the audience. Jiang Jiang was holding her mother's arm and her father was pretending to be strong. Their eyes were red and their faces were smiling. She nodded to them and everyone was trying not to cry.
The emcee then said, "Please ask the newlyweds to face each other."
Wu Jianwei turned around, but avoided Meng Yanxiu's sight. Her eyes fell on the host's face. Only then did she recognize that the host was Wu Ze, Jiang Jiang's boss and Meng Yanxiu's good friend.
Wu Ze was a little flustered by her gaze, so he moved away from the microphone and whispered, "Jianwei, why are you looking at me? Are you looking at Yanxiu?"
Wu Jianwei then reluctantly turned her head and looked into Meng Yanxiu's eyes, but Meng Yanxiu's gaze never left her.
Wu Ze cleared his throat and spoke formally and solemnly: "At this sacred moment, please allow me to ask you a question. Mr. Meng Yanxiu, the groom, are you willing to marry the bride, Miss Wu Jianwei? Regardless of..."
Before Wu Ze could even ask about his classic vow, "whether rich or poor, in good times or bad...", Meng Yanxiu gave the answer without hesitation.
"I do."
Wu Ze nodded vigorously and asked, "Ms. Wu Jianwei, the bride, are you willing to marry the groom, Mr. Meng Yanxiu, and let him be your husband?"
This time, Wu Ze simply omitted the rest of the words, but Wu Jianwei was reluctant to speak.
Meng Yanxiu looked into her eyes calmly, and their eyes met.
The guests in the audience were silent, and Wu Ze's hands were sweating as he held the host's words.
"Yes." After a long silence, Kirimi finally answered.
Before the wedding started, she told Meng Yanxiu that she would not say a word. Meng Yanxiu told her that she really didn't want to answer, so she just nodded.
But she didn't want to nod just now. She answered, but these two words didn't count. She didn't recognize them. She just didn't want her family members in the audience to notice anything unusual.
Wu Ze breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led the applause: "Let us bless the two newlyweds!"
The audience applauded again.
At this point, Kirimi Wei already wanted to leave.
Wu Ze then said: "Please let the groom kiss the bride!"
"..." Wu Jianwei glared at Wu Ze suddenly, then turned to Meng Yanxiu and warned in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"
Meng Yanxiu approached step by step, grabbed her arm and leaned closer.
The audience started to make a commotion. Wu Jianwei stared at the person in front of him in surprise, regretting that she had not thought of this step when negotiating the terms. She should have avoided it in advance.
Then she closed her eyes.
Surprisingly, Meng Yanxiu didn't kiss her.
Meng Yanxiu suddenly tightened his arms, held her in his arms, leaned against her neck, and whispered something in her ear that he had been holding back.
"Awu, I miss you so much."
Wu Jianwei slowly opened her eyes, feeling her heart torn apart and her eyes stinging. Her hands hung at her sides, her fingertips trembling.
"Woof woof!"
Suddenly, two crisp calls came from far away.
She suddenly turned around, pushed Meng Yanxiu away, and stretched out her hands to take it.
"biscuit!"
The snow-white biscuit was wearing a small white flower bud skirt, and its two brown ears flew up like butterfly wings. It kicked its hind legs hard, ran all the way from the flower path, and jumped straight onto her skirt.
She wanted to hug it, but her skirt restricted her from squatting.
Then, Meng Yanxiu sighed lightly, bent down, picked up the biscuits, and put them in her hand.
The tears that had just accumulated in her eyes now fell one by one. Her slender fingers gently stroked the fluff of the biscuit and she said a lot of things to the biscuit.
"Biscuit, I missed you so much."
"Biscuit, you look so pretty in your little skirt."
"Biscuit, who tied a bow on your back? That's so cute."
"Biscuit, did you miss me?"
Biscuit: “Ohhhhhhhhh…”
Wu Ze couldn't help laughing, then covered his mouth with his host's hand card and said to Meng Yanxiu, who was watching coldly from the side: "You are thinking about her, and she is thinking about the dog."
Meng Yanxiu glanced at him with a sharp knife, and Wu Ze immediately restrained himself and continued to preside over the meeting with great emotion.
"Our little cookie, who carries a heavy responsibility, couldn't wait to make an appearance early, and it seems it can't wait any longer either. So now, please allow the bride and groom to exchange rings!"
Wu Jianwei turned around hesitantly and looked at Meng Yanxiu: "What ring?"
Meng Yanxiu took a step closer, raised his hand to untie the bow on the back of Biscuit, took down the dark blue velvet ring box hanging on the strap, and then asked someone to bring Biscuit to the aunt.
He pulled up Wu Jianwei's left hand, took out a round diamond ring the size of rock candy from the ring box, and slowly pushed it onto her ring finger. The size was just right.
Wu Jianwei looked at the Harry Winston diamond ring in surprise.
This is the classic The One series, with a large round main diamond in the center and double rows of densely set diamonds on the outer ring tightly surrounding the main stone, making the diamond ring more dazzling and shining from any angle.
"Does this look like Baily's beads?" Meng Yanxiu held her hand and asked in a deep voice.
He remembered that she said Baily's beads were beautiful, so he chose the diamond that most resembled the Baily's beads.
Wu Jianwei couldn't help but be confused by his display of affection. She withdrew her hand and said calmly, "I'll take it off and give it back to you later."
"We'll talk about it after you can take it off." Meng Yanxiu held the ring box in front of her again. There was also a men's ring inside. "Put it on me."
Kirimi paused slightly, then took off the ring and said indifferently, "Raise your hand."
Meng Yanxiu cooperated by stretching out his bony fingers. Wu Jianwei quickly grabbed his cold fingertips, put the ring on his finger, and immediately let go of his hand.
"Is it over?" She lifted her skirt with her hand. "I'm leaving."
"Wait." Meng Yanxiu sighed softly, "There's one last step. It won't take you too long."
Kirijianwei lowered the hem of her skirt: "What?"
As he spoke, a champagne tower was pushed onto the stage.
"Love is like fine wine; it needs time to mature and become more mellow. Come, please, the two newlyweds, pour the nectar of love into this cup tower of love!"
Wu Ze excitedly read the hosting script he had written, which gave Wu Jianwei and Meng Yanxiu goosebumps.
Meng Yanxiu stepped forward, opened the wine, and said to her sideways, "Hold it in your hand."
"Oh." Wu Jianwei reached out and held the bottle mouth. He held Wu Jianwei's hand, covering the back of her hand with his entire palm, and held her in front of him. Her ears turned red.
The bottle of wine was tipped between the two people's palms, and the liquid slowly flowed into the cup tower.
After pouring a bottle of wine, she smelled the scent. It was not champagne, but rose absinthe.
She didn't know that after she left, Meng Yanxiu bought a winery and only brewed this kind of wine.
The aroma of wine filled the air, and the performer's fingertips continued to dance across the keys. As the melody grew stronger, everyone present raised their glasses and drank.
As soon as the wine entered her mouth, Wu Jianwei's mind became confused. She seemed to taste the sweetness and bitterness between them, and the tangled taste had long been mixed.
"The wedding banquet officially begins..."
As soon as the host finished speaking, she put down her wine glass, picked up her skirt, and went off the stage to find her parents.
Meng Yanxiu looked at her anxiously leaving figure, turned around and patted Wu Ze's shoulder: "Thank you, you've worked hard."
After saying that, he left too.
The guests began to eat, toasted their glasses and whispered about this mysterious wedding.
Wu Jianwei held her parents' hands with tears in her eyes: "Mom and Dad, I'm sorry."
Xu Huilan and Wu Zhang both tried to control their emotions and comforted her: "We're a family, why bother saying these things? Seeing you happy is what mom and dad care about most."
"Yeah." She hugged Jiang Jiang beside her again, "You're hiding this from me too?"
Jiang He's eyes were swollen like walnuts. She lowered her voice and said, "I really don't know. Wu Ze asked me to come and deliver some documents. As soon as I arrived, I saw your parents and I was almost scared to death. I didn't tell you because... I also wanted to know if you would come."
"This is their usual tactic." Wu Jianwei leaned on Jiang Jiang's shoulder, feeling inexplicably empty in his heart.
Jiang Jiang patted her on the back and pulled her aside: "Mi Wu, have you ever thought about it? Is there really no misunderstanding between you back then? After you left, he looked for you everywhere like crazy. For a while, he almost lived in Wu Ze's office, just because he thought you would contact me."
Jiang Jiang paused, then spoke out what was in her heart, even though she knew Wu Jianwei would not like to hear it.
"Mi Wu, from what I've seen, his feelings for you don't seem fake, and you've always loved him, right? Let's use this wedding as an opportunity to give each other another chance."
"He and I ended a long time ago. This wedding doesn't count."
Wu Jianwei spoke in a firm tone. When she looked up, she saw a group of people walking towards her. She let go of her arms around Jiang Jiang, wiped away her tears, and walked forward to greet them.
"Jianwei, how have you been these years?"
Meng Zhu, with silver hair, stood tall and straight with a cane, and extended his other hand to shake hands with her.
Wu Jianwei seemed to have a lump in her throat, not knowing how to address him. In the end, she only said, "I'm fine. You look more energetic. You must take care of yourself."
"Since you said so, I will try to live for a few more decades."
Meng Zhu patted her hands and then turned to her parents: "I'm so sorry for the delay. The elders of both sides should have met in advance. I hope you can forgive me if there is anything inconsiderate."
"No, we think everything is fine."
Wu Zhang and Xu Huilan are both carefree people. As long as they treat their daughter well and don't look down on her because of her family background, nothing else matters.
"Thank you for your understanding." Meng Zhu chatted with them for a few more words before being helped to rest. Before leaving, Meng Zhu asked Fang Youlan and Meng Huai to greet them.
Fang Youlan just said "Hello" as a courtesy, but Wu Jianwei didn't even greet her.
The atmosphere was awkward. After a few bland words between the two sides, Fang Youlan and Meng Huaiyu went to greet the Meng family's old friends.
At this moment, Meng Yuetong, who was standing at the back, suddenly appeared. He kept making “Wow wow wow” sounds and exclaimed, “Jianwei, I never thought you could marry into my family.”
Wu Jianwei used to just hate Meng Yuetong, but during the year she dated Meng Yanxiu, she realized how despicable Meng Yuetong was.
To this day, Wu Jianwei still regrets that she shouldn't have brought Meng Yanxiu to Fu Li's birthday party. If it weren't for that meeting, she wouldn't have accidentally run into Meng Yuetong in the next room, which indirectly led to Meng Yuetong meeting Fu Li.
After that incident, Meng Yuetong not only used Fu Li to drive Huang Rui crazy, but also almost caused Fu Li to commit suicide.
What Meng Yanxiu didn't know was that Fu Li blamed all the mistakes on her, took away all her savings, and left her in debt.
At this moment, Wu Jianwei was too lazy to pay attention to Meng Yuetong and could only squeeze out a few words from between her teeth.
"I didn't expect you to still be like this. You're really bringing shame to your family."
As soon as she finished speaking, Meng Yuetong raised his eyebrows, and at this time Meng Yanxiu came.
Meng Yanxiu stood in front of Wu Jianwei and asked Meng Yuetong in a cold voice, "What should you call me?"
"Ah?" Meng Yuetong froze in place for a moment.
With Meng Yanxiu's temperament, he would have cursed in such a situation in the past, but because Wu Jianwei's parents were present, he suppressed his emotions and calmly warned Meng Yuetong.
"When your elders teach you, you should listen."
These words made Wu Jianwei embarrassed. She just turned around to avoid him when she heard Meng Yuetong say something reluctantly.
"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry."
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