"We just got married; I haven't had enough time for just the two of us yet. Let's talk about having children later." Long Yubei slightly furrowed his brows, "Grandma, don't be too anxious."
"You're not anxious, you rascal, but think about how old your grandfather and I are. We might not be able to hold children soon. If not now, when? Do you want to wait until your grandma passes away before you have them?"
Gu Lili spent most of the morning with the Long Family; aside from the Dragon Mother and Long Tianjiao, who were cold and didn't speak to her, the old master and old mistress were very pleased with her.
In the blink of an eye, February 26th arrived.
The day of the wedding ceremony had come.
This day, at four in the morning, Gu Lili was forced to get up.
Dressing up in a wedding gown and getting made up lasted until daylight.
Since she had no family home, she was picked up from the bridal shop and brought back to the Long Family Mansion.
The process skipped over luxury cars.
When Gu Lili, dressed in a pristine white wedding dress and wearing delicate makeup, was carried down from the helicopter by Long Yubei, the attending guests gave a warm round of applause.
This day, she became the protagonist in the eyes of all the guests who came to attend the wedding banquet.
"Do you like it?" he asked beside her.
"There's something else you'll like more, look towards the south." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novel-fire.net
Gu Lili followed his gaze and was surprised to see Gu Xichen also looking at her.
He sat there, with a shocked expression and something unreadable on his face, all alone; his girlfriend He Meiwei did not come.
Gu Lili curved her lips, giving him a dazzling smile.
Her gaze clearly asking him, hey, how do I look? I'm wearing the most beautiful wedding dress and makeup today, stunning, aren't I?
Is it stylish like the old ladies on the streets?
These questions, had no answers.
Because she wouldn't ask Gu Xichen directly.
After all, his answers weren't that important.
After the ceremony and toasting with the guests, Long Yubei was attending to the guests, while Gu Lili, suffering from burning pain in her feet, went back to the resting room to change shoes. Gu Xichen took this opportunity and followed her.
He closed the door, and as Gu Lili put on her flats and glanced at him, "If you've come here to spout some useless nonsense, just stop."
"How long have you known him?"
"Not long, I met him the day you stood me up at the bar."
"Why did he marry you?"
"Ask him that." She didn't bother with him, "I'm going out."
Her wrist was suddenly gripped by him; Gu Lili looked up at him, "Trying to die, are you? Let go."
"He must have some scheme to marry you, you fool."
"Scheme?" She was indifferent, "Apart from me, what else do I have? Gu Xichen, haven't I told you to stay out of my business? You have no right. Touch me again, and I swear I'll cripple you."
Saying that, she kicked him, causing him to release her wrist in pain. Watching her leave, Gu Xichen felt a burning in his chest.
Previously familiar with her plain looks, her outdated side, seeing her today, he almost couldn't recognize her.
She was so captivatingly beautiful, a beauty he only realized today.
He couldn't grasp the feeling.
It was like a cherished treasure he never appreciated, thrown on the ground and picked up by someone else while he could only watch powerlessly as it was taken away.
He was tormented by emotions that Gu Lili didn't care to linger on.
She was starving. She hadn't eaten anything since morning, and filling her stomach was the most important thing right now.