Furious Su Hui looked at Jiang Yuyan who was calm and there was not a tinge of regret in her eyes, instead, she looked determined about what she did.
"This marriage is not acceptable Yuyan," declared Su Hui.
"I don’t care what you think, aunt Su Hui. You can go to the temple and ask the master if it is acceptable or not." Saying, Jiang Yuyan pulled out a small paper scroll from the pocket in her sleeves and offered it to Su Hui. "Have a look. This is the paper from the temple if this is what you think approved the weddings for our ancestors."
Su Hui recognized the red color paper scroll, and it confirmed to her that Jiang Yuyan really went to the temple and went through the procedure of the wedding.
Su Hui took that paper scroll from Jiang Yuyan and opened it just to make it sure again, but it broke the last thread of hope in Su Hui’s mind. This cleared all of Su Hui’s doubt as she thought Jiang Yuyan was putting on the show just to avoid getting married to Lu Feng.
That red color paper meant to have an approval of the wedding and the confirmation of the man and a woman being a husband and a wife which is personally written by the master in the temple and no one could deny the wedding happened.
Su Hui looked devastated. "You really..." Mumbling, Su Hui tightened her grip on the red paper as if she will tear it.
"Don’t you dare to tear that paper, aunt Su Hui, as you know the punishment of denying the wedding when the great master himself approved it," warned Jiang Yuyan and took that paper back from Su Hui. Folding the paper back in the roll, Jiang Yuyan kept it back.
Su Hui couldn’t do anything but to curse the situation. She looked utterly disappointed, devastated and broke. Moreover, Jiang Yuyan used all of Su Hui’s tricks against her and made turned the table in her favor.
Seeing Su Hui, who looked as if she lost everything, Jiang Yuyan smirked and looked at Lu Lijun with a smile who was just observing what was going on and said, "Let’s go, Lu Lijun."
Lu Lijun nodded and followed Jiang Yuyan, his steps slow as the long robe was getting into his feet.
Two girls from the Lu Family, who were watching all this with a shock, they too didn’t know what and how everything happened. Not knowing what to think about it, both girls left and only Su Hui and Qin Xiu left behind.
"This girl, what has she done?" Su Hui was frustrated as all her dreams about her son shattered into pieces.
"Calm down, mother. There should be a way. Do you really think she did it? I mean Lu Lijun is a kid." Qin Xiu asked, consoling her mother-in-law, but they both knew there was no way out as others in the family said nothing and the master in the temple whose words were equal to that from a god himself approved it.
When Jiang Yuyan entered the room with Lu Lijun, she closed the door and turned to him.
"Let me help you take out the robe." Saying Jiang, Yuyan stood up in front of Lu Lijun and untied the strap of that oversized robe around his waist. Finally, Lu Lijun felt relieved as that heavy robe was finally taken off and he could be in his normal clothes, T-shirt and pants.
With something going on in her mind, Jiang Yuyan made him sit on one chair. Kneeling in front of him, she said, "Lu Lijun, do you remember what I said?"
Lu Lijun gave her a puzzled look to know what she was talking about, so Jiang Yuyan continued. "I told you we will play one game, remember?"
Lu Lijun nodded and Jiang Yuyan continued, "What we did since the morning, I mean, going to the temple and praying to the god in these clothes, it’s just a part of the game and the game is over now. You can forget about it all, okay?"
Lu Lijun nodded again and Jiang Yuyan gave out a sigh of relief. "You must be hungry as you haven’t eaten anything." Lu Lijun nodded again. Jiang Yuyan asked the servant to bring breakfast to their room.
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Mo Ruolan went to Ning Jiahui who was sitting on the bed, crying over the things. Mo Ruolan didn’t know what to say, whether she should blame her daughter for taking such a decision or blame others for forcing her daughter to do this.
Mo Ruolan stood near the bed with her head down apologetically and said, "Sister, Jiahui, I apologize for Yuyan’s actions....."
"You need not apologize as we all are at fault," Ning Jiahui interrupted her and Mo Ruolan agreed to it.
Wiping her tears, Ning Jiahui continued, "I am worried about what will happen next. Lu Lijun is just a kid and how it will affect him. He doesn’t even know what he had been put into."
Understanding Ning Jiahui’s worry, Mo Ruolan sat on the bed to console her, "Though we believe in old traditions, according to the law this marriage is not valid as Lu Lijun is a minor and it carries no value. Nowadays, to consider the marriage is legit we need permission from the law so I think it can be solved."
Mo Ruolan’s words were convincing for Ning Jiahui, but as a mother Ning Jiahui was worried about her son knowing how he was and mumbled, "I hope he will forget it as a dream till he grows up."
"He will. Lu Lijun is just a kid and it won’t take him time to forget it as the time will pass by," Mo Ruolan assured.
"I hope so too as I know how Lu Lijun is and he won’t forget it easily. I am worried, it might create trouble for Yuyan once he will understand the things and it will again disturb our family," said Ning Jiahui.
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