Chapter 353: Chapter 353: Like Marrying Off a Daughter
“Bro, can you go a little easy on me?”
He’s even started to call Jiang Yan bro. At life-and-death moments, the ability to adapt is what makes a real man.
Xiao Si swallowed his saliva and said to the expressionless Jiang Yan, “Just don’t hit my face, anything else is fine.”
Jiang Yan glanced at him with a hint of coldness in his eyes and raised his eyebrows slightly. His voice was low and chilly, “Are you sure everywhere else is fine besides your face?”
He subconsciously glanced at the lower part of his body.
Xiao Si naturally understood what he meant.
With a worried expression, he said, “You can’t be so heartless as to make me childless, right?”
Jiang Yan curled his lips into a thin smile and scoffed, “The Xiao Family doesn’t seem to be short of heirs, are they?”
Xiao Si swallowed his saliva again, feeling that he still needed to defend himself.
Jiang Yan also saw that he had something to say, and generously remarked, “If you have something to say, say it now, before you lose the chance to speak later.”
Xiao Si cleared his throat and said, “Well, I really didn’t do it on purpose. I shared that video purely to teach everyone a bit about your romantic techniques, so they can use them when pursuing girls in the future.”
After speaking, he looked at the people below the stage and asked, “Am I right, guys?”
However, the air was filled with silence.
Everyone was looking at him with smiles on their faces, but no one took up his words.
Xiao Si: “…”
What a bunch of bad friends!
At this point, Jiang Yan spoke again, “Old Xiao, do you really think I’m just angry about the video clip you shared?”
Xiao Si looked at him, puzzled: “What else then?”
Jiang Yan: “Why don’t you think about it again?”
Upon hearing this, Xiao Si suddenly turned his eyes to Wan Muqi and Gu Beiyan in the audience, giving them a suggestive eyebrow raise.
Wan Muqi and Gu Beiyan smiled slightly and nodded their heads in unison.
The interaction between the three of them was something probably only they understood.
“…”
Xiao Si cursed them under his breath, “You guys are really inhuman!”
Right after he finished speaking, his body suddenly lifted off the ground.
With a “bang,” he crashed heavily onto the floor.
“Ow!”
“Damn!”
He was in so much pain that his entire face twisted.
The people below the stage also frowned, not out of sympathy or concern, but because they were startled.
“Jiang Yan, could you at least give me a warning before you hit me!” Xiao Si cursed loudly. “At least let me brace myself!”
The man said in a deep voice, “Do you think your enemies will give you time to get ready?”
Xiao Si grimaced in pain, and his complaints got stuck in his throat due to these words.
Jiang Yan didn’t give him any time to catch his breath.
“Get up, and don’t make me say it twice.”
Xiao Si: “…”
The next second, he could only obediently get up.
“You can fight back,” Jiang Yan said.
Xiao Si grumbled to himself: How could he dare fight back? Even if he did, he wouldn’t be able to touch him. Moreover, it might just be asking for more trouble!
“…”
What followed was the crowd only hearing wail after wail from Xiao Si.
Long He Song even made a point to have someone record the whole process on their phone.
Jiang Yan fought as he saw fit, but he didn’t really go for the kill.
He mainly wanted to teach him a lesson.
Half an hour later.
Xiao Si begged for mercy, “Bro bro bro, that’s enough, isn’t it? This has gone on too long. If it continues, your brother here is going to be ruined.”
Gu Beiyan interjected from below the stage, “Look at this pathetic sight. Your body is so fragile that you can’t even last half an hour before giving up?”
It was more than half an hour last time for him.
The highlight is, this kid was also egging things on below the stage back then.
All of these, he remembered well.
“Exactly,” Wan Muqi added appropriately: “With your weak body, you really should let Ah Yan spend more time training with you to get stronger.”
Xiao Si clutched his chest and cast a resentful glance at them: “Are you guys still human? Are you even my brothers?”
Gu Beiyan said seriously, “It’s precisely because we’re brothers that we’re worried about your frailty and want to help you out.”
“…”
Bullshit!
Helping him?
More like wanting to see him get beaten up!
Hmph!
…
Another half an hour passed.
Xiao Si was supported by Jiang Feng and Jiang Qi from both sides as he walked down.
He really didn’t have the strength to walk on his own.
He felt like his entire body was falling apart, everything hurt.
But as a doctor, he was also clear that his injuries weren’t serious, and he hadn’t hurt any vital parts, but it was still painful…
Gu Beiyan stepped forward and raised his hand to pat his shoulder.
As soon as he patted, Xiao Si cried out in pain.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts…”
“Gu, are you doing this on purpose?”
He raised his hand and glared at Gu Beiyan.
Gu Beiyan clicked his tongue: “Is it necessary? I just patted you once, and you act like it’s life or death. With that physique of yours, how are you going to carry on your family line in the future? How are you going to satisfy your wife’s happiness for the rest of her life?”
Xiao Si pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheeks: “Those are two different concepts, you know?”
Gu Beiyan chuckled and said, “Oh, so you know they’re two different concepts? What, have you already experienced it? With whom?”
Xiao Si didn’t want to continue this conversation, this guy always talks nonsense!
“I think you’re still talking quite energetically. Why don’t we have Ah Yan give you another bone setting session? We’ve got plenty of time after all,” Gu Beiyan continued.
Xiao Si: “…”
He stopped looking at him, instead turning to Jiang Feng and said weakly, “Hurry up and take me to the hospital, or my back is going to break.”
Jiang Feng didn’t immediately respond to him, but instead looked over to the man coming down from the arena, looking refreshed and clear-headed.
Xiao Si gritted his teeth and said, “What are you looking at him for? He can’t eat you, can he?”
Jiang Feng: “…”
After all, Master was his boss, so of course, he had to ask for the boss’s opinion.
Jiang Yan had fought and vented his anger, “Alright, take him to the hospital, don’t be an eyesore here.”
Xiao Si: “…”
Humph, now I’m an eyesore, but not when you were hitting me, right?
He originally wanted to say something, but Jiang Feng stopped him.
“Young Master Xiao, you should save some energy.”
After saying that, he and Jiang Qi supported Xiao Si and headed towards the exit.
Although Su He wasn’t at the scene, she saw the entire process in the group chat.
She didn’t plead for Xiao Si either, after all, he was indeed somewhat in the wrong.
Out of all the plays, he had to spectate one from her family, who else could he blame?
She had just arrived at the research institution and was preparing to get out of the car.
As soon as she moved, she felt like her waist was falling apart.
After taking a moment to recover, she supported her waist and got out of the car.
Last night, someone tormented her until late at night, thrashing and crashing – the fact that she could get up today was all thanks to her professional ethics keeping her going.
He, on the other hand, got up early in the morning and still had the energy to beat someone up.
*
In the blink of an eye, it was time for Su Zhimian and Sang Luo’s wedding.
The wedding was held in Beijing.
Since Sang Luo didn’t have a complete family, she had a mother, which was equivalent to having none.
Su He, Jing Xuan, and Jiang You arrived two days early to accompany her.
They were like her family.
Su He booked a room at a hotel under the Su Group and had it carefully arranged.
Since Sang Luo didn’t have a stable home, she could only be sent off from a hotel.
But from now on, she would have a complete family of her own.
“Susu, thank you for doing so much for me.”
Sang Luo was truly grateful to Su He, because Su He really helped her a lot.
They met by chance and she never expected that they would become friends, and even family.
Su He smiled and said, “Sister Sang Luo, we are family now, there’s no need for formalities. You just need to live happily every day, that’s the best reward for me.”
Sang Luo wasn’t a sentimental person, but at this moment, her eyes started to well up with tears.
“Hey hey hey, Sister Sang Luo, don’t cry, okay? When my brother comes to pick you up and sees you crying, he might think I’m bullying you.”
Sang Luo knew she was joking.
“If I’m here, he wouldn’t dare to blame you.”
Su He raised her hand to wipe away the tears from Sang Luo’s eyes, “You’re supposed to be the most beautiful bride today, you can’t cry. Your makeup has just been done, crying will ruin it, and we might delay the auspicious time later.”
At that moment, Jiang You, wearing her bridesmaid dress, walked in.
“Sister Sang Luo, it’s time to change into your wedding dress.”
The bridesmaids today, aside from Jiang You, were An Mi, Fei Xu, and Lan Yan.
Sang Luo didn’t really have any close friends in Yue City, especially these past few years being a single mother with a gambling-addicted mother.
Many people avoided her like the plague once they knew about her situation.
Sang Luo’s first wedding dress was traditional Chinese style, and it was custom-made for her by her mother-in-law, Qiao Yi.
When Sang Luo came out dressed, everyone was taken aback by her beauty.
Jiang You exclaimed, “Wow, this is so beautiful!”
“It looks like I’ll need to get a custom-made Chinese wedding dress for my own wedding.”
Su He nodded with satisfaction; it was indeed very beautiful.
She was dressed in a Chinese-style wedding attire, which highlighted her strengths impeccably – the dignified and festive bright red, the elegant gold thread embroidery, and her graceful makeup all exuded a strong oriental charm from head to toe.
“Auntie has great taste,” Su He said.
She knew that this wedding outfit was prepared by Qiao Yi.
Since Sang Luo had no family to prepare these things for her, Qiao Yi had taken care of everything that needed to be prepared by the bride’s side, even the dowry.
Sang Luo, being with the Su Family, was also considered half a daughter; everyone in the Su Family, young and old, liked her very much.
Twenty minutes later, over a dozen luxury cars congregated outside the hotel entrance.
Jiang You was the first to hear the news: “Sisters, the groom is here, get ready.”
“No opening the door without enough money!” she added another line.
Su He reminded her, “Don’t go overboard, alright?”
Jing Xuan also said, “After all, your sister Sang Luo can hardly wait to go straight to your brother Zhimian right now.”
“Where am I like that?” Sang Luo said with an embarrassed face upon hearing her words.
Jing Xuan smirked: “Not yet? You won’t even let us hide the wedding shoes.”
Sang Luo pressed her red lips and said, “I’m just worried about missing the auspicious time.”
Jing Xuan just smiled and stopped teasing her.
Jiang You stood at the door, keeping watch towards the direction of the elevator.
Upon hearing the sound of the elevator doors opening, she then saw a group of people walking out from the elevator.
She hurriedly turned and ran back, closing the door with a “bang.”
“They’re here, they’re here.”
Soon after, the doorbell rang.
Jiang You’s voice came from inside: “Brother Zhimian, you know the drill.”
Su Zhimian’s voice also rang from outside: “Open the door, here’s your red envelope.”
Jiang You gave Fei Xu a look.
After understanding the signal, Fei Xu chained up the security chain, then cracked open the door.
A bunch of red envelopes was immediately stuffed in from outside.
“Can we come in now?” Su Zhimian asked.
Jiang You was the most enthusiastic bridesmaid when it came to blocking the door.
“No, no, you have to answer a few of my questions first. If I’m satisfied, I’ll open the door,” she said.
Su Zhimian was very patient: “Okay, ask.”
“Can you promise to love her, protect her, and cherish her for a lifetime?”
“Yes!”
The man’s resounding voice passed through the door.
Even Sang Luo, who was sitting on the bed inside the room, could hear it loud and clear.
Jiang You asked him several questions in a row.
Su Zhimian’s answers were all to her great satisfaction.
“Okay, I won’t stop you guys anymore, come on in.”
Time was also limited, and Su He kept reminding her to watch the time.
After Su Zhimian picked up Sang Luo, he still had to return to the Su Family to pay respect to the elders with tea, and then rush to the wedding venue. All this required time to travel.
Once the door was opened, a group of people surrounded the groom and entered.
Then, they headed straight to the room to fetch the bride.
Su Zhimian looked at Sang Luo in her bridal gown, his deep eyes twinkling with light and filled with boundless tenderness.
He had been waiting for this day for a very long time.
Xing Siyang was one of the groomsmen. As soon as he entered, he noticed the wedding shoe on the edge of the bed.
Clearly, they didn’t hide it well; it was just that the thing had been disguised a bit.
He bent down to pick it up and then handed it to Su Zhimian.
“Here, hurry up and put it on the bride, let’s go, time waits for no one,” Xing Siyang urged directly.
Su Zhimian came back to his senses, immediately knelt on one knee, and looked at Sang Luo with eyes full of tenderness.
“My wife, I’m here to take you home.”
Sang Luo nod shyly.
The crowd started to chant: “Kiss, kiss, kiss!”
Sang Luo was a bit embarrassed, after all, so many people were watching.
She shook her head at Su Zhimian.
But the next second, the man rose, leaned over her, and kissed her red lips.
All she heard were cheers around her…
Then, she was lifted up by the man: “We’re going home.”
Su Zhimian carried her and walked towards the door.
Jing Xuan nudged Su He with her shoulder, “It’s good that you didn’t have this part when you got married, otherwise you’d probably have to dig a hole and crawl into it.”
Su He: “…”
Indeed, she should feel lucky that she didn’t have this segment.
Half an hour later.
The wedding car arrived at the Su Family’s old house.
Old Mr. and Mrs. Su, as well as Su Tiancheng and Qiao Yi, were already waiting.
The elders of the Su Family looked at the two of them, their faces filled with joyous smiles.
The couple first offered tea to Old Mr. and Mrs. Su.
“Grandpa, Grandma, please have some tea.”
“Ah, good, good, good.”
Then, Old Madam Su handed Sang Luo a red envelope.
“Sang girl, from now on the Su Family is your home. If Zhimian dares to bully you, you tell Grandma about it, understand?”
With slightly reddened eyes, Sang Luo looked at Old Madam Su and nodded: “Thank you, Grandma.”
Actually, ever since she got together with Su Zhimian, she had been really scared and felt very inferior, knowing that her background was not worthy of someone as outstanding as him.
But the elders of the Su Family gave her a strong sense of security and confidence, as well as love; they never looked down on her.
Next, they offered tea to Mr. and Mrs. Su Tiancheng.
“Dad, Mom, please have some tea.”
Mr. and Mrs. Su Tiancheng received the tea cups with a smile.
Looking at Sang Luo, Su Tiancheng said: “Good child.”
Then, Qiao Yi also took out a thick red envelope and handed it to her.
Sang Luo received it with both hands: “Thank you, Mom.”
Qiao Yi touched her face, a look of contentment on her face.
Mr. and Mrs. Su looked as if they were marrying off their daughter, rather than receiving a daughter-in-law.
After the tea ceremony, everyone then proceeded to the wedding banquet venue.
The wedding banquet was held at Century Manor in Beijing.
Upon arriving at the wedding banquet venue, Su He and the others accompanied Sang Luo to change into her wedding dress.
This wedding dress was personally designed by Su He, tailored specifically for her.
“It’s stunning!”
Su He, looking at the wedding dress on her, saw it as a stroke of genius; only she could bring out the essence of this wedding dress.
“Wow, sister-in-law, your unique design is simply brilliant; it makes me look forward to my own,” Jiang You said.
Jing Xuan said enviously, “I wish I had a wedding dress of my own.”
With a smile, Su He said, “Don’t worry, you’ll have one.”
Jing Xuan’s eyes instantly lit up: “Really?”
Su He: “Nope.”
“…”
Since Sang Luo’s father was no longer there, no one could escort her down the red aisle, so this important task was entrusted to Mr. Su.
“Girl, don’t be nervous. Just take Dad’s hand later, walk forward with confidence, head high, chest out, and boldly stride ahead,” Su Tiancheng, seeing her a bit nervous, said to comfort her.
Sang Luo felt a warmth in her eyes, a surge of comfort spreading in her heart.
“Thank you, Dad. With you here, I’m not nervous.”
At this moment, Su Baobao, the flower girl, excitedly said, “Auntie, don’t worry, with Baobao here, I’ll protect you!”
Gazing down at him, Sang Luo smiled and said: “Thank you, Baobao.”
Su Yuxuan also said in a sweet, sticky voice: “Mommy, I’m here too~”
With them around, Sang Luo felt her nervousness ease.
Mr. Su successfully handed her off to Su Zhimian.
The two of them also took their vows in front of all their friends and family and exchanged rings.
The entire wedding process went very smoothly and was a complete success.
After that came the banquet and the toast.
All the guests this time were strangers to Sang Luo, as they were friends and family from the Su side.
On her side, there was almost no one.
But with Su Zhimian by her side, she didn’t need to worry about any awkwardness.
Yet, just as she was going to change into her fourth outfit during the banquet, she received a phone call.
“Sang Luo, I raised you all these years, and for such an important event as your wedding, you actually didn’t inform me? I think you’re fed up with living. Have you forgotten how you came to be?” Chen Jinlian’s sharp voice came through the phone: “Ungrateful girl, do you think that by marrying into a wealthy family, you can just disregard me? You’re dreaming beautifully!”
As soon as Sang Luo heard her voice, she felt a headache coming on.
She didn’t inform her precisely because she feared she would mess things up.
Embarrassing herself was one thing, but bringing shame on the Su Family was another.
“Ms. Chen, I didn’t inform you. Don’t you know the reason yourself?” Sang Luo struggled to keep her emotions stable, trying not to get angry with her.
Chen Jinlian was taken aback.
But she still pretended to be ignorant: “What do you mean, you ungrateful brat?”
“I don’t want to talk too much with you, I have things to do.”
After saying that, Sang Luo hung up the phone immediately.
Seeing that she hadn’t come back after such a long time, Su Zhimian came looking for her.
“What’s wrong?” Su Zhimian saw her face was distressed: “Are you feeling unwell somewhere?”
Sang Luo shook her head.
“I think my mother has shown up,” she said.
Su Zhimian thought it was some other issue, “Leave this matter to me, don’t worry.” He raised his hand to touch her head, knowing what she was worried about, “Rest assured, with me here, she won’t cause any trouble.”