While the guests chattered in the crowds waiting for the bride to show up, Qi Shuai stood on the stage holding the oxygen of his entire life.
People say that women get nervous while walking down the aisle on their big day, but none ever talked about how jittery men feel while standing on the stage. The gentle trembles that they feel while looking in the empty way from where their bride would appear.
While his fingers clasped on the suit's button, his other hand clenched inside the pocket gathering all the strength he felt he had in himself. But still his heartbeat didn't feel that easy to get back to normal. It kept thumping inside his chest.
Li xu stared at the man on the stage and couldn't help her lips from curling up. Their tables were the closest to the stage, from where she could even clearly read his expressions.
She wasn't surprised to even find him like that. Not being gender biased, she had always believed the feelings both men and women feel at weddings are almost equal as they both are equally aware of how their lives will be in the next coming hour.
"Hey, Mr. Beelzebub, what do you think? After a few months, you might be standing there feeling the same. Will you also ..." Reaching out Feng Shufen's hands, Li Xue said. But before she could even complete her words or deliver the thought she got in her mind, Feng Shufen interjected.
"It won't be same." He said as his head slowly turned to the side to look at her. Li Xue blinked her eyes as she stared at him dumbfoundedly for a moment. Maybe his sudden interruption took her off-guard.
When she realized, she blinked her eyes away before coughing out to say, "You shouldn't be so confident, Mr. Beelzebub. The stage may look simple but the emotion with which you will stand there will make you lose all your toughness. Same as what is happening to Director Qi."
She said before turning back to look at Feng Shufen but his expression was still as confident as ever. When Li Xue saw him like that, she raised her brows at him and the man again shook his head and said again, "I won't be like him there because I am no longer in doubt. I know how to protect you. So, the fear of ruining perfection for you will never strike me, nor will I ever let that happen."
He said and Li Xue didn't know how else to respond to him. This man ... Wasn't he too narcissistic?
Shaking her head internally, she didn't speak more. She turned her head and looked back at the stage. "Let's not cause murmurs around. We should focus on the event. It's my best friend's wedding."
Soon, the music changed and the lights dimmed. The light balls of the chandelier moved and that silenced everyone in the hall, letting them know that it was the time for the bride to appear.
The gazes turned and everyone shifted in their positions slightly to look back at the passage that was decorated with the best high-end flowers just to welcome the bride to her new phase of life.
It was all dark at first, but soon a light flashed and the prettiest adorable face came to everyone's sight. The grey eyes blinked looking around like the twinkles of the stars in the night sky and the people gasped in awe.
They have all heard of the little princess of the Feng family but never have they ever got sight of her. Nor were there any pictures of her on the internet. And now that today they saw the pretty face in the focus of the light, for a moment everyone was dumbfounded.
The features of the girls were so identical to her parents that no one had to confirm if they were right to think what they were thinking. And if there would even have been a person who wanted to confirm it, the intimidating yet polite presence of Gao Fan was alone to tell what identity the girl held in the family.
"O my gosh! Is she the little princess?"
"She looks so like Shufen. How could you even doubt it?"
"She sure is going to turn out as a beauty in the future. Definitely the beauty genes in her have come from her both parents."
"Aiyah! She looks so pretty. Even though it's audacious to think, I still want to wish that she turns out to be my future daughter-in-law. Fortunately, my son is just a few years older than her. He will definitely grow handsome. They will together make a good pair."
"That's not just audacious to think but also sinful. She is the daughter of Feng Shufen and the next generation of the Feng family. Do you think taking her as your daughter-in-law will be so easy to think? Only in your dreams."
"Did you forget, she is not just a Feng but also carries royal blood in her veins. In future, she would turn out to be the gem that not all family will be capable to think of."
"Heh! If we think of it that way none of the family will be capable. They will have to find someone among us and we aren't the bad option. Especially when I am confident that my son would be the best out of all handsome men in his age."
The sight of WeiWei made mothers desperate. While someone was outspoken about it, some held their thoughts back to themselves.
Unaffected from all that talk, Little WeiWei simply walked the pathway. Her walk was confident but to carry out the meticulousness in her work, she urged the man on her side, "Uncle Secretary, please make me sure to remind me if I do it wrong."
Gao Fan couldn't help but smile at her request. "Little Young Miss, you are doing it perfectly. Don't worry, I am here for you. I will keep refilling the flowers in your basket." He said and the little girl gave him a nod of determination.
She walked on the path, scattering flower petals along the way. The music in the background adding innocence to her aura. But just when she reached the middle of the hall, the music paused, taking a turn to something more melodically dramatic, indicating the main entry to the vision.
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