Chapter 21 Marriage 1
"You're blocking my way to work! Get out of the way!"
Lin Yao opened the car door and got out, his eyes sweeping over the floating truck blocking the middle of the road.
The truck bed was filled with beautifully packaged boxes, and several robots were carefully moving things into Delinwei's yard, apparently in preparation for the wedding.
Delinwei was standing next to the hover truck, hands on her hips, directing the placement of the robots. Upon hearing this, she turned around with a smile that couldn't be more fake.
"Oh, it's my cousin. Are you rushing to work? It must be so tiring. You've lost so much weight lately."
She deliberately puffed out her chest, and the hem of her newly made custom-made gown swept the ground with a sense of ostentation;
"Unlike me, I will soon be the young lady of the Cang family. From now on, I can just be the wife of my army commander and have a lot of free time."
The pride in his tone was almost overflowing, and there was no trace of the reluctance he had when he changed jobs in the White Tower.
Lin Yao looked at her like this, with a faint smile in the corner of his eyes, but his eyes were as calm as a pool of deep water, and his tone was indifferent:
"Really? Congratulations then. Speaking of which, you could have been the Marshal's wife."
These words were like a fine needle, accurately piercing Delinwei's most sensitive spot.
The smile on her face froze instantly, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes, but she suppressed it immediately and tightened her fingers around the hem of her skirt: "Why bring up the past?"
She glanced at Lin Yao meaningfully, then turned to the transport robot and shouted:
"Move those boxes of jewels into the inner room. Be careful. They were specially transported from the Central Star by the Cang family!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Lin Yao again, her chin slightly raised, "Look, how much the Cang family values me? These things are much more generous than the compensation the Cang family gave you back then."
"And my wedding dress. Although we had a short time to prepare for the wedding, the material was carefully selected. I had it altered five times before it finally fit my body shape. It looks so beautiful when I wear it."
Delinwei's pretty face was full of pride as she spoke, as if she was already wearing a wedding dress;
"The Delin family hasn't been this lively for a long time. Cousin, if you have nothing to do, you can come over and take a look at the decorations. Maybe I can even arrange a marriage for you and gain some experience."
She paused, looked at Lin Yao's calm face, and added, the gloating in her tone almost impossible to hide:
"Oh, look at my memory, I almost forgot. It seems that the Ye family has not issued any statement yet, acknowledging you as... um, the person you are engaged to."
Lin Yao's expression finally changed slightly. He leaned forward slightly, as if to whisper something, but his voice reached De Linwei's ears clearly:
"Really? But why did I hear that when you were trying on your wedding dress, the person accompanying you was Marshal Cang's wife?"
Delinwei's expression suddenly changed.
Lin Yao seemed not to notice and continued speaking, his tone calm, but every word piercing the heart:
"What's going on? The wedding is almost here, and Young Master Cang hasn't returned yet? Your dress may fit you, but I don't know if his will fit you."
He looked at Delinwei's face, which turned livid in an instant, a sly glint flashed in his eyes, and he added slowly:
"Oh! By the way...does he know about this wedding?"
As soon as these words were spoken, Delinwei's face turned red, as if she had been slapped in public.
She stared at Lin Yao intently, her chest heaving violently, obviously having been hit in a sore spot.
Lin Yao's words were not groundless.
A few days ago, he asked driver Xu to stop the car halfway and wanted to walk back to the yard by himself. When he passed by De Linwei's yard, he happened to hear several servants whispering.
"... Missy just got angry again and smashed several cups!"
"That's right. I heard that the Cang family sent five messages to Master Cangye, asking him to apply for leave and come back to prepare for the wedding, but there was no response at all!"
"What should I do? The wedding date has been set..."
"What else can we do? The Cang family has already sent people to the expedition front to look for him. I hope they can make it in time..."
He found it interesting at the time. He didn't expect that De Linwei had such a big plan, but she couldn't even get the male lead.
"You!" De Linwei was so angry that her whole body was shaking. She pointed at Lin Yao and couldn't utter a complete sentence for a long time. Her carefully painted face was distorted with anger. "What nonsense are you talking about!"
"You know best whether I'm talking nonsense or not." Lin Yao stood up and regained his previous calm.
"Okay, you're busy with your wedding, and I'm busy with my work. Let's stay out of each other's way. Please make way and don't waste my time."
De Linwei looked at Lin Yao's eyes that seemed to see through everything, and knew that if she continued speaking it would only make things more embarrassing.
She glared at Lin Yao fiercely, gritted her teeth and yelled at the driver of the hover truck next to her: "Get out of the way!"
The hover truck slowly moved aside, making way for a passage.
Lin Yao got into his hover car. The moment the engine started, he took a look through the rearview mirror.
De Linwei stood there, her face turning pale and blue, staring at his car with resentment. Her distorted expression seemed as if she wanted to eat him alive.
The hovercraft gradually drove away, and Lin Yao could imagine De Linwei's mood at the moment.
De Linwei, who stayed where she was, watched the taillights of Lin Yao's car disappear at the end of the road. Finally, she couldn't bear it anymore and kicked the box next to her hard. The things in the box made a crisp "clang" sound.
She clenched her fists tightly, her nails almost digging into her flesh, and cursed in her heart: Hateful! Hateful Lin Yao!
But in a moment, Delinwei seemed to remember something, and her face became distorted and strange:
Lin Yao, just wait! There will definitely be a day when you will be doomed, and I will definitely watch carefully!
She took a deep breath, trying to calm her surging emotions, turned around and shouted at the stunned servants and robots:
"What are you looking at? Get back to work! If you delay my wedding, you'll be in trouble!"
However, no matter how she pretended, the uneasiness in her heart caused by Lin Yao's words spread quietly like a vine.
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The working days at Bai Ta were dull and leisurely, at least that was what Lin Yao saw.
Perhaps it was because he met a tough guy like Zhao Feng right after he started working, so the subsequent routine counseling was as easy for him as drinking water.
Speaking of Zhao Feng, Lin Yao's thoughts drifted.
The next day, after Gu Yang left, the stern sentry came to the counseling room.
First, he solemnly thanked Lin Yao for helping him remove the low-frequency vibrations that had been tormenting him.
He also learned the general course of events from Li Xue, and then Zhao Feng swore in the name of a sentinel that he would help cover up the matter!
So recently, in order to play the role of "Lin Yao is still struggling to guide Zhao Feng" well.
In order to play this scene well, Zhao Feng and Li Xue would come to the 32-09 counseling room every day after Lin Yao finished counseling and stay there for an hour. The three of them became familiar with the spiritual bodies.
Today is no exception.
Not long after Lin Yao finished his last counseling session, the door of the counseling room was opened by Li Xue with ease.
Zhao Feng followed behind her and nodded to Lin Yao.
Lin Yao waved his hand without even raising his head, letting them do as they pleased, his fingertips moving rapidly across the computer screen.
He never gave up the idea of getting some paper books!
He went to several antique shops a few days ago and found some yellowed old books, but the prices were so high that it made his eyelids jump. The compensation given by the Cang family was not even a fraction of their value.
"Why not do it myself?" Once this idea came up, it grew rapidly. First make paper, then write it myself.
After all, he had practiced calligraphy for a few years on Earth. Although he could not be considered a master of calligraphy, at least his strokes were neat and presentable.
While my mind is still filled with Tang poetry, Song lyrics, and famous works of various philosophers, I will quickly copy them out, so that this trip will not be in vain.
The more he thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. Lin Yao's fingertips flicked across the light screen, clicking on a plant fiber analysis report, studying the ratio of mineral pigments, and even looking at several types of brush handle materials.
The spirits next to them were having fun.
Shasha and Lightning were fighting hard for the ball, and the halo of the energy ball rolled on the carpet; Li Xue's swallowtail butterfly folded its wings and lay quietly in the warm light of the cloud lamp, like an exquisite jewel brooch, watching the battle with interest.
"Hey!" Li Xue tiptoed to Lin Yao's side and put her head close to the light screen.
"You're rummaging around, aren't you picking out wedding gifts? Planning on giving them to your cousin and... your ex-fiancé?"
Lin Yao raised his head from the material analysis on the computer and looked at her with a puzzled look: "Why do you ask?"
Li Xue mysteriously pulled out her laptop, opened an email, and handed it to him. It was De Linwei's electronic wedding invitation, projected on a holographic screen.
Just as De Linwei said, the wedding dress was indeed beautiful, with heavy craftsmanship and dazzling inlays. The only flaw was that she was the only one wearing the wedding dress on the invitation.
The Li family is also ranked among the top in the Central Star. Although it is not as good as the Cang family and the Ye family, it is still more than enough to surpass the Lin family. As a member of the main branch of the Li family, Li Xue was not surprised at all when Lin Yao received this invitation.
"What do you say?" Li Xue was now very familiar with Lin Yao, so she asked directly.
"What can I say? Just go to the banquet when the time comes!" Lin Yao answered nonchalantly, and his gaze returned to the computer.
In his opinion, it was just a matter of attending a wedding and eating something!
He wasn't familiar with Delinwei, and even less so with Cangye!
Li Xue made a "tsk" sound and said that he was too careless. This wedding should have been his!
It would be fine if he was intercepted by De Linwei, but Ye Heng was the marshal anyway. Not only that, he was also the head of the Ye family and controlled the Red Shadow Legion, which made him much superior to Cangye.
Li Xue shrugged. "You shouldn't be at a disadvantage, but the problem is..." She lowered her voice and said earnestly, "The Ye family still hasn't acknowledged you!"
"But they didn't deny it, right?" Lin Yao paused his fingertips on the light screen.
He glanced sideways at Zhao Feng, who was sitting on a floating sofa pretending to enjoy the scenery. Ever since hearing the words "Red Shadow Legion," the sentry had been scratching the armrests of the sofa awkwardly, his ears turning red.
He withdrew his gaze and looked at Li Xue again.
"Not denying it means admitting it. It's just that the Delin family slapped the Ye family in the face, and they are just venting their anger!"
Li Xue paused, as if this was the truth.
"Okay, thank you for your concern! But I'm really fine! Just remember to go to the banquet then!" Lin Yao slid his light brain and continued to look for something.
Seeing that he really didn't care, Li Xue stopped asking questions and turned to find Zhao Feng to discuss other things.
There was finally some movement from the floating sofa, but Zhao Feng still didn't dare to speak too loudly. After all, he belonged to the Red Shadow Legion, so no matter how he responded, it would be inappropriate.
When the time came, Li Xue and Zhao Feng said hello to Lin Yao and left smoothly as if they had set a program.
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Lin Yao also packed up and left. He walked to the corridor with his bag and pressed the elevator button.
He touched the laptop in his pocket. He had just added a purchase list of several types of bark fibers to the shopping cart. He would study them when they arrived. Maybe he could try making paper next week.
The elevator door opened and Chen Ke was standing inside.
The man was still wearing his impeccable uniform. His gaze from behind his gold-rimmed glasses fell on Lin Yao. He paused and asked, "Is Zhao Feng's counseling session finished today?"
"Yeah." Lin Yao nodded and walked into the elevator.
"His current fluctuation value is stable at 40. He's doing well." Chen Ke's tone was flat, and his fingertips stroked the light computer.
Lin Yao responded, but felt a little strange in his heart.
Chen Ke was a senior supervisor at the White Tower, so it was impossible for him not to know about Zhao Feng's situation. However, his tone was so calm that it seemed as if he was talking about an ordinary little thing.
Was it that Li Xue’s cover-up was too perfect, or... he didn’t care at all?
The elevator arrived at the first floor and as the door opened, I heard a commotion coming from the hall.
Lin Yao looked up and saw a group of sentries in silver-white uniforms surrounding a man walking out.
The man's epaulettes were decorated with stars. He was the White Tiger Legion's combat staff officer, the one I had met in the battle observation area that day.
"What are you daydreaming about?" Chen Ke took a few steps and found that he had not yet left the elevator.
Then, following his gaze, Chen Ke looked at the group of sentries and said in a low but calm voice:
"Those are sentinels from the White Tiger Legion. Given your current status, I don't think you would want to come into contact with them!"
Lin Yao snapped back to his senses, met Chen Ke's inquiring gaze, and quickly looked away:
"Nothing, I just thought there were too many people. I didn't expect you to be so gossipy! Did you get an invitation too?"
Chen Ke nodded, then looked at him deeply. Without further questioning, he patted his arm and said, "Am I some kind of robot? You can't gossip?"
Lin Yao blinked innocently and shook his head, indicating that he didn't say anything.
"You'd better leave quickly! Otherwise I'm worried that you will run away in a while!" Chen Ke rarely smiled, but his smile was cunning.
Lin Yao didn't understand why he said such a thing, and then this person said something completely unrelated.
"Do you know why I came down here?"
Without waiting for Lin Yao's reaction, or rather, he didn't care whether Lin Yao would react or not; "The leader of the Red Shadow Legion is coming, you should know who he is!"
"Ye Heng!!!" Lin Yao said the name in shock.
"Your fiancé is coming. Do you want to wait with me, or..." Chen Ke didn't finish his words.
Lin Yao really responded to Chen Ke's words, "Flee in panic!"
The words "See you tomorrow!" shattered in the wind.
Chen Ke looked at his back as he almost ran away leaving an afterimage, shook his head helplessly, but countless smiles flashed in his eyes.
The glass door of the hall slowly slid open before my eyes, and the evening light poured onto the steps of the porch like melted honey.
Lin Yao took a deep breath. He couldn't say why he ran. It might be because Ye Heng's name was mentioned too highly today.
Perhaps, he really didn't care, but it was related after all, so he was confused; or perhaps, he was really not ready to meet Ye Heng!
Lin Yao was about to take a step forward when he caught a glimpse of a black and red shadow out of the corner of his eye.
He subconsciously turned sideways, and at that moment, a team of sentries in the uniforms of the Red Shadow Legion walked in from outside the door.
The black and red fabric shone with a calm luster in the sunset glow, and the red-gold snake totem on the epaulettes seemed to come alive, with its scales emitting tiny rays of light under the sunlight.
The two groups of people passed each other at the porch like two intersecting streams.
Lin Yao's fingertips inadvertently swept across the cuffs of the person closest to him. The fabric had the crisp texture unique to soldiers, but also revealed a hint of imperceptible warmth.
He retracted his hand as if burned, his eyes lowered to the other's shiny military boots. The toes of the boots were stained with a few grains of dust from the starport, but they were still as straight as pine trees.
The air was filled with a faint smell of gunpowder, mixed with a cold pine aroma, very much like the wind on the polar snowfields.
He didn't dare to look up, but at the moment when they passed each other, he felt a pair of eyes falling on him.
That look was filled with quiet inquiry, like the water in a deep pool, silent and invisible, yet it seemed to be able to reflect the shadow in people's hearts.
Lin Yao's heart skipped a beat and his pace quickened.
The sunset glow stretched his shadow very long, sticking it to the ground on the porch, like a bird fleeing in panic.
"Huh? Why is this guy leaving in such a hurry?" Ye Mang stroked his chin, looking at Lin Yao's back that almost melted into the sunset glow, and couldn't help muttering, "Did he do something wrong?"
Xu Li looked at him with a look of idiocy: "What kind of fool are you? This is the White Tower!"
Ye Heng, who was walking in front, did not look back. His dark green pupils swept across the hall calmly.
His fingertips were unconsciously stroking the cuffs. The brief touch just now was like a feather gently sweeping across the lake of his heart, leaving imperceptible ripples.
The guide passed by him. Although he couldn't see his face clearly because he tilted his head, his snow-white neck was like the never-melting snow on the mountain top, so white that it made people's heart palpitate.
"Who just passed by?" His voice was very clear, like a mountain spring hitting bluestone.
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