Wow, this is my first time attending a high-society wedding. It's not like what I've seen on TV — kind of down-to-earth. Tang Keke and Bai Yuyou had also arrived at the wedding venue. Since it was set in a village, everything was decorated in festive red, but there was no sense of luxury; instead, it felt quite simple.
"These must have cost a lot," Bai Yuyou said, pointing at the decorations like the lanterns. Spreading across nearly half the village, the scale of a single wedding was unimaginable in expense. But compared to that outrageous dowry list—
"Over eight hundred catties of gold jewelry..." Tang Keke fell into deep thought. Wait, wasn't this stuff usually measured in grams? Did rich people weigh it in catties?
"One gram is five hundred yuan, one catty is five hundred grams... Eight hundred catties would be..." Tang Keke pulled out her phone and punched the numbers into the calculator. When she saw the result, she couldn't help but gasp.
She even wondered if she had misread it.
"Did I accidentally add an extra zero or two?" Before Tang Keke could finish, Bai Yuyou said quietly, "No, it really is several hundred million."
Tang Keke: "..."
"How many figurines could that buy?"
"And that's why you can't make any money, Keke," Bai Yuyou said softly.
"Don't hit me with that truth bomb, Yuyou."
Bai Yuyou was still looking around, seemingly searching for Ye Shuang's figure, but she couldn't find him. There were too many people here. Even the parking lot at the village entrance was packed with luxury cars, showing just how many guests had shown up.
"Miss Kou Kou, where will we sit?" Tang Keke asked curiously as they walked, following the guide named Kou Kou.
"Miss Tang, Mr. Ye arranged ahead of time that you'll all sit in the front row, on the groom's side by his family's table," Kou Kou turned back with a smile and said. Perhaps expecting the wedding day to be crowded and worried that Bai Yuyou and the others might not find seats, Ye Shuang had arranged for Kou Kou to guide the girls early.
"Yuyou, sweetie—"
Just as Bai Yuyou and her group entered, a familiar voice caught her attention from across the room. The girl looked up and noticed a figure waving at her from beside a table.
It was Aunt Li.
"Aunt Li..." Bai Yuyou walked over. Aunt Li took her hand and made her sit down beside her. "Let me take a look at you, dear."
Aunt Li cupped Bai Yuyou's little face in her hands and examined it. Seeing her complexion was fine, she seemed to relax a bit. "Good, looks like you had proper rest. Didn't have trouble sleeping last night, did you?"
"No," Bai Yuyou said softly.
Hearing that, Aunt Li felt reassured. Despite various concerns, she had been worried that Bai Yuyou might be upset about the situation and start overthinking things. But now, it seemed like everything was fine.
Bai Yuyou noticed Aunt Li's makeup. Compared to her usual over-the-top punk style, today she looked unusually elegant. No, to be exact, her makeup was perfectly normal: just a light eyeshadow and foundation, paired with a yellow-and-white sequined long dress.
"Aunt Li, you look really pretty today," Bai Yuyou complimented.
"Hehe, what a sweet tongue you have, kid. Alright, just sit next to me, then," Aunt Li said, chuckling happily and couldn't resist pinching Bai Yuyou's cheek.
By then, Tang Keke and the others had also taken their seats. Since they arrived relatively early, there were still many empty seats nearby, while the bride's side was already full.
"Aunt Chen Qin's relatives came really early. On our side..." Tang Keke glanced at the groom's family side and noticed very few guests.
"Ye Shuang has never kept in contact with his relatives, so there won't be any relatives showing up," Aunt Li explained. Since they don't even know who his relatives are or where they live, naturally there's no way to invite them.
"No worries, we've got big brother," Tang Keke said with a grin.
"Yeah, Ye Shuang has us," Bai Yuyou agreed.
Aunt Li just smiled and said, "That's true, too."
Not long after, the groom's side gradually filled up. Most were Ye Shuang's former colleagues and schoolmates. It seemed Ye Shuang was well-liked — even acquaintances from far away came to attend the wedding banquet.
"Wow, it's full after all," Tang Keke said. At first, she had worried there wouldn't be enough people.
"Ye Shuang used to have a lot of good colleagues," Aunt Li added.
"Yuyou, Keke."
A voice called out. Bai Yuyou and the others turned around and saw some members from the Light Music Club, including Peach, as well as Zhixia, Linlin, and Anshiya, all of who had come.
"You're here!"
"Yeah, we hit a little traffic. Peach drove us here," Zhixia said.
"A lot of people flocked here — all here for the wedding banquet," Peach added.
"So... Teacher Ye is that rich?" Linlin noticed the dowry list and was stunned. "I knew Teacher Ye was well-off, but not that wealthy."
"That's aunty Chen Qin's money," Keke explained. "Big brother probably only has a million or two on him."
"'Only,' he says? Do you have even ten thousand in your pocket, Keke?"
"Nope," Keke flatly admitted, which got her a gentle smack from several girls.
"Is Little Fish not here?" Keke suddenly noticed.
"Not sure."
Just as the girls were chatting, white mist began rising from the ground.
"Oh, is that dry ice?"
The host's voice rang out — a bit raspy, like a duck's — announcing: "The auspicious hour has arrived! Let us welcome the groom —"
Ye Shuang walked out slowly, wearing a red scholar's robe. He looked capable and elegant, yet not overly flashy. The moment he appeared, cheers erupted from the crowd.
"Whooaaa!"
"Now, let us welcome the bride —"
With the host's words, at the other end of the red carpet, amid the swirling white dry ice, a figure walked out wearing a phoenix coronet and an embroidered red wedding gown with golden threads. Chen Qin advanced slowly, and all eyes fell upon her. Her snow-white wrists and neck glittered with gold jewels.
Chen Qin smiled confidently, radiating a royal aura with such elegance she resembled an empress.
Phoenix crown and robe, ten-mile dowry of red—
The opulence and romance of a traditional Chinese wedding shone brilliantly at that moment.
"Wow, what a stunning wedding dress," Tang Keke and the others couldn't help but exclaim. But the next second, they noticed two girls behind Chen Qin, both dressed like maids holding up lanterns.
"Haven't we seen those two somewhere?" Keke paused.
"They look like An Shiyu and Anshi Yi..."
"What are they doing? Acting as bridesmaids?"
] [Lone Wolf, No Male Gaze] [Protagonist is pursued early on; extreme protagonist-stans, stay away!] The "Carnival Paradise" descends and slowly devours the real world in the form of a game. By chance, Zhu Yan awakens the talent [Roleplay], becoming one of the first beta players. He thought he could develop safely, but after clearing the first instance, he is branded by humanity as the chief culprit behind the game's spread—a traitorous villain. A villain? Who would ever... become one! He'll be the villain! From then on, Zhu Yan is not only a player but also a lackey for the Carnival Paradise. Between the straight path and the crooked path, he chooses the con. With his left hand, he dons the villain's mantle, staging scenes within instances, infuriating players who decry him as a despicable traitor, all while the game happily promotes him. With his right hand, he joins the non-human organization "Fangcun Mountain," which opposes the Carnival Paradise, transforming into a mysterious player who slaughters game bosses, earning cheers of "Long live the expert!" from fellow players. Gradually, Zhu Yan rises to become an S-rank human player in Fangcun Mountain's archives, while also being the Carnival Paradise's certified top game Boss. But when the final war erupts and both major factions place their hopes in him— Players tag his various aliases: "Experts, this offensive depends on you." The Carnival Paradise's supreme Boss throws an arm around his neck: "Bro, you're the iron, I'm the steel; you can't let me down again!"
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lanned to earn money steadily and take life at a slower pace. But he never expected... his father's remarriage, and the stepmother bringing along a dependent, would completely disrupt his life's plans...
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
