When it came to the team assignments and the drawing of lots, Feng Linwan hadn't called for it to begin, so no one dared to move.
It wasn't until the "rumble" of airplane engines echoed from the sky that Feng Linwan slapped her thigh – they had arrived!
The Qin family patriarch, along with his wife and son, came to pay a visit.
Du Ruoxin peered upwards, and upon not seeing Qin Yunqiao descend, she breathed a sigh of relief. However… cough, cough, why was Big Brother Qin bruised and swollen?
Had he… been beaten?
*Pfft—*
Du Ruoxin watched Big Brother Qin's expression, which seemed to say, "I want to beat someone, I'm furious, don't provoke me," and couldn't help but want to laugh.
But she couldn't, she had to hold back!
Guests were here, she had to be polite!
Du Ruoxin looked at her husband, perhaps her darling husband's poker face could cure her schadenfreude.
But, her husband was also struggling to contain his amusement.
This was a bit awkward.
Even more awkward was when Qin Yunxi passed by the couple and quietly said, "If you want to laugh, laugh! Holding it in is bad for your health!"
Hahahaha—
Du Ruoxin could no longer hold back, hugging her husband and laughing uncontrollably.
She had never been pressured about marriage, so she didn't know what it felt like to be beaten by one's father at thirty.
Just thinking about it—how miserable!
Feng Linwan personally welcomed Zhan Lan, and the two sisters, arm in arm, intimately walked to the main seats.
The sacrificial rites were presided over by Rong Jianshen, while the dragon boat race was hosted by Feng Linwan.
At her command, everyone blew their horns, and the Dragon Boat Festival dragon boat race officially began.
Rong Jingyang was injured, so he was not allowed to participate this year.
Du Ruoxin wanted to row, and stood eagerly in the crowd, her husband forgotten for the moment.
She pulled Grace along, lining up to get onto the boat.
The race was divided into three groups, with a mixed gender format. The course was several tens of meters long, paddling from upstream to downstream, and then back upstream from downstream. The first to arrive won.
The winning group would receive a family reward.
The rewards varied each year, sometimes rare items from all over the world, or items of sentimental value, but in any case, they were highly anticipated.
Everyone was eager, and as soon as the signal was given, they would unleash their full strength and sprint.
Qin Yunxi was assigned to the position of the first rower, originally belonging to Rong Jingyang. Du Ruoxin, under her mother-in-law's hint, arranged for Grace to be second, Rong Jingwen third, and herself fourth…
【Go for it!】
Although Du Ruoxin found the matchmaking efforts of her mother-in-law and Aunt Zhan both amusing and exasperating, she couldn't help but find it enjoyable to see Big Brother Qin being tormented by Grace.
What if?
What if they hit it off while tormenting each other?
Even though the probability of this was minuscule, lower than the success rate of scientists researching time travel or wormholes.
But people should always be full of imagination, if not for Grace and Qin Yunxi getting together, then for the fact that if Qin Yunxi didn't obey Aunt Zhan's orders, he would be severely beaten by Uncle Qin.
For that reason alone, she had to cooperate.
Hahaha, so happy.
Grace, who had brought joy to others, was unaware at the time that she had been "betrayed" by her best and most trusted friend.
Du Ruoxin said, "Guests should be in the front."
She firmly believed in this statement.
Even though she disliked Qin Yunxi intensely, and even more so, she detested him being in front of her, especially when she caught the scent of his subtle, musky perfume, it felt like a cat scratching her insides.
Endure!
On such an important day, she couldn't ruin the joyful atmosphere of Sister Xin's family due to personal reasons.
Moreover, apart from Qin Yunxi, everything else was so wonderful.
She had never participated in such a team event, and the thought of it made her excited.
"Bang—"
A gunshot sounded, and the race began.