Chapter 138: Chapter 138 The Bride Finally Arrives_1
People kept coming up to Ye Fei to toast him, showing immense respect in the process.
Ye Fei’s words, though few, had been profoundly impactful.
He had instantly subdued the county mayor’s rage and quelled the commotion, seemingly with effortless ease.
His capabilities were apparent to everyone present.
However, at that moment, one person was not happy.
Ye Shoutian stood dumbly at the door, yet the bridal escort team still hadn’t returned.
It should be noted that the team set out at three in the morning, and now it was nearly ten o’clock, yet there was still no sign of them.
"Going to the city and back shouldn’t take this long."
Ye Shoutian was burning with anxiety.
"Son, what exactly is going on? Did the team bring back the bride?"
Ye An was also somewhat anxious at the moment, sweat beading on his forehead.
He could not make contact with the bridal escort team or the bride.
"What in the world is going on?"
Ye Shoutian grabbed Ye An, bombarding him with incessant questions, "What’s the deal with the bride?"
Ye An, feeling extremely helpless, could only say, "I don’t know, I can’t reach them."
Ye Shoutian was furious, "All the guests have arrived, and you say you don’t know? How can you be so unreliable?"
It wasn’t just the county mayor waiting inside.
The mysteriously influential Ye Fei was there too!
Ye Shoutian now realized Ye Fei’s formidable power; the man had come from afar to attend the wedding and had even forked out a million for it.
If the bride was missing, wouldn’t that spell disaster?
The Ye Family’s face would be utterly lost!
Time trickled away moment by moment.
More and more people were standing in the yard, waiting expectantly.
As noon approached, everyone started to feel that something was amiss.
"Shoutian, what’s going on here, where’s the bride?"
"Yeah, normally by this time we’d have already performed the heaven and earth bowing ceremony; who waits until noon?"
A group of people kept tugging at Ye Shoutian, asking questions, growing more suspicious.
Ye Fei also noticed something was off and came out to the yard.
Seeing the change in expression, Qian Dao’an hurriedly asked Ye Shoutian, "What exactly is happening?"
Ye Shoutian hemmed and hawed but couldn’t provide a coherent explanation.
Reflecting on it now, he too felt it strange.
The way his son Ye An and the girl had met was weird, the dowry they asked for was weird, and the fact that the girl wasn’t present when the parents of both sides met was even weirder.
Thinking through it all, everything seemed suspicious.
Ye Fei’s expression turned grave.
A group of people huddled together, chattering noisily.
"Could it be a scam? Did the bride run away?"
"Hey, I’ve heard of this kind of thing before, where the bride takes the dowry and runs off, disappearing into thin air."
Another chimed in, "Or could this be something the Ye Family concocted just to deceive people? Some high-class family’s daughter demanding a whole million for a dowry."
"Yeah, what if it was Ye Shoutian, that bastard, who made up a wedding to swindle our gifts?"
"Damn it, if that’s the case, I won’t stand for it!"
Doubts rose among the gathered voices, and Ye Shoutian was out of options.
Just then, Ye An suddenly shouted out.
"They’re here! They’re here!"
"The procession has arrived!"
In an instant, everyone’s gaze turned towards the distance to see a convoy approaching amid clouds of dust.
Ye Shoutian finally felt relieved and said, "There must have been a delay on the road; as long as the people arrive, that’s good."
He immediately ordered, "Start the firecrackers now!"
Of course, a wedding needs firecrackers.
This was especially true in the countryside.
Moments later, the sound of suonas and drums boomed, followed by the roar of a hundred firecrackers – pop pop popping without pause.
The yard immediately buzzed with excitement, and the crowd let out a collective sigh of relief.
Ye An wore a bright red flower on his chest, exceptionally conspicuous.
The motorcade stopped at the gate, and the person leading the team immediately came to find Ye Shoutian.
Ye Shoutian was also somewhat vexed, "Why are you only arriving now? It’s been delayed for several hours!"
But the team leader was even more annoyed, "You think I wanted to be slow? I’m in a hurry to get home to change my kid’s diaper!"
"What kind of address did you give us? We were waiting there without a signal, just damn waiting!"
Ye Shoutian was taken aback.
No wonder they couldn’t get in touch all morning.
But what era was it? How could there still be a place with bad signal?
Moreover, the girl’s family lived right in the city center, where the signal should be excellent!
"What exactly happened?" Ye Shoutian asked.
The leader angrily complained, "We were waiting in that forsaken place all morning, knocking on doors and windows, no one came out, and we couldn’t get in touch with you."
"We decided to leave, thinking maybe you got the location wrong, so we moved to find some signal to contact you."
"And guess what? Nearly drove me insane!"
Ye Shoutian stood there, dumbfounded, "What happened?"
"As soon as our motorcade reached another area, the signal was fine, and we planned to contact you..."
The team leader was clearly infuriated, "But just then, we saw a girl, dressed in red and wearing a red bridal veil, strolling around shopping."
"Upon asking, it turned out she really was your damn bride!"
"What kind of family are you running here? It’s really been a waste of time! Taking on this job has been such a hassle!"
After dropping off the people, the convoy drove away in a hurry.
Ye Shoutian stood there dumbly looking at the bride, feeling entirely uncomfortable.
This bride, why had she arrived alone, without any family members to accompany her?
