"He is the groom and the wedding has been finished, already."
These words from Yuyan shocked everyone to their bones. Their eyes not leaving a sight in front where Yuyan was standing wearing a red bridal dress and Lu Lijun was wearing a red robe meant for the groom.
The bride, wearing a red Traditional Chinese wedding dress, long up to her feet, a belt circled around the waist to tie in a knot at the backside, long sleeves ended up to half of her palm, her hair tied in a bun with hair jewelry tucked in them. A tinge of light makeup and a red shade on her lips. The dress perfectly fitted to her slim body and everything together made her look the prettiest Chinese bride.
The groom, wearing a robe, having a fine embroidery of golden color threads on it which was bigger in size to Lu Lijun’s short stature. The bottom part of the robe brushed the floor as he walked and circled around his feet as he stood up, the long sleeves hid his hands completely as they were too long for his short arms. That loose robe was secured tightly around him with the belt of the robe that was being tied at the backside.
"W-What? What did you just say?" Su Hui asked in disbelief and others continued sitting in their seats in a shock.
"You heard it right, aunt Su Hui," said Jiang Yuyan confidently.
"You married to Lu Lijun?" Su Hui asked again.
"Yes," Jiang Yuyan replied, looking into Su Hui’s eyes.
Mo Ruolan stepped towards her daughter and exclaimed, "Yuyan, this is not the time when you joke around."
"It’s the truth, mother. I married Lu Lijun and we are now husband and wife," Jiang Yuyan declared.
Lu Lijun was standing silently there, not minding what others were saying, but every word being said there was getting imprinted on his mind.
Ning Jiahui and elders were still in shock and didn’t know what to say or how to react.
"How can you marry a kid? If you had done it, it’s not legit?" said Qin Xiu to side with her mother-in-law.
Jiang Yuyan left out a chuckle. "Legit, huh? When a man can marry a girl of his granddaughter’s age, why can’t I marry a boy who is just a few years younger than me?"
"He is not even an adult. Law won’t accept this wedding, Yuyan," Su Hui said, being furious about it.
Su Hui could see there was a change in Jiang Yuyan and she was not the one they all say a previous day, week and helpless and crying one. ’What had happen suddenly to give her courage?’ thought Su Hui.
"Are we really talking about the law? I thought here we follow the things done by our ancestors." A sarcastic reply came from Jiang Yuyan.
"That was the different thing and this one is different. Marriage with the kid is simply not acceptable," Su Hui insisted, but it didn’t affect Jiang Yuyan a bit.
"How can you....."
"Aunt Su Hui, haven’t you said the weddings in the temple, permitted by the lord and the master are legit?" Jiang Yuyan interpreted Su Hui.
Jiang Yuyan’s lips carried a smirk and her eyes evil. She looked totally different from the innocent Jiang Yuyan. Her mother noticed it and thought there was no way she could stop her daughter.
Jiang Yuyan was using Su Hui’s words on her that made Su Hui speechless.
"Still no one will accept this wedding, Yuyan," saying Su Hui looked at the elders and other family members but no one gave Su Hui a look of support as all were shocked and disappointed with the situation.
"Father-mother, tell her this is not acceptable," Su Hui pleaded but there was no reaction from elders.
"Help me get back to the room." Saying to his wife, elder Lu got up from his chair and grandma Zhao Shuang helped him. Both left the living room together.
It made Su Hui frustrated and she looked at Ning Jiahui, "Elder sister, won’t you say anything to her. Say something, he is your son who doesn’t even know the meaning of marriage."
Ning Jiahui, who was sitting in the chair helplessly while looking at the floor with her teary eyes, looked at Su Hui, "This is all your fault, Su Hui. You forced her to do this."
"Elder sister, I was thinking about her well being....."
"Not a word more, Su Hui or I might do something to you that we will regret for our lives." Ning Jiahui warned, her expressions furious that scared Su Hui.
This calm-looking woman, Ning Jiahui who always tolerated everything Su Hui did, her misbehaving attitude, her hurting words and what not just to maintain peace in the family but this time Ning Jiahui looked furious and it scared Su Hui.
Not saying anything, Ning Jiahui left the room too and Su Hui could just look at her.
Su Hui moved to Mo Ruolan, "Aren’t you going to say anything to your daughter, sister Ruolan?" Sui Hui asked, hoping that at least Mo Ruolan being a mother will stop her daughter.
"I couldn’t say anything when you forced my daughter to do a thing against her will so what do you expect me to say now?" Mo Ruolan countered.
"Tell her it’s not acceptable," Su Hui replied.
"When she was crying her heart out and begged you to not send her away, you took its advantage. As a mother, I failed to help her and now how do you expect me to say anything?"
Mo Ruolan looked hurt and emotional. What happened was not acceptable for her too, but there was nothing she could do but to show her anger to Su Hui.
"But...."
"Don’t forget you are the one to push my daughter to this point, so it’s only your fault." Saying Mo Ruolan left too.
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