Chapter 61: End of Main Story
At this moment, Ning Qingqing saw Qiao Xiaomian enter and waved hurriedly. “Little Mianmian!”
Qiao Xiaomian recovered and walked over quickly. “I just got off work—”
Ning Qingqing smiled and stood up, making a gesture to massage her. “Our Vice Manager Qiao has worked hard. Keep working hard, and you’ll be promoted to Manager soon!”
Saying that, she pulled Qiao Xiaomian over to introduce her to everyone. “This is my best friend, Qiao Xiaomian. She’ll be the maid of honor later too!”
Gu Youchen, afraid Ning Qingqing wouldn’t remember everyone’s name, introduced his childhood friends to Qiao Xiaomian himself.
When it was Zhou Linghang’s turn, Gu Youchen noticed that Zhou Linghang, who was usually very energetic, had a strange expression.
But Gu Youchen didn’t think much of it and simply introduced, “This is my childhood friend Zhou Linghang. He’s also the best man.”
Qiao Xiaomian had greeted everyone one by one just now. Now she smiled too, but her tone seemed somewhat meaningful. “Oh, surname Zhou. Hello, Mr. Zhou.”
Zhou Linghang nodded and looked at her. “Surname Qiao. Miss Qiao looks a bit familiar. I feel like I’ve seen you somewhere before.”
The two exchanged a couple of polite sentences, then separated.
“Linghang, didn’t you say we should play that game just now? Come on!” a friend shouted at Zhou Linghang.
“Oh, sure.” Zhou Linghang was obviously not as hyped as before.
He said, “I can’t play games anymore. Let’s sing instead. I especially like listening to Brother Chen sing!”
Hearing this, everyone got interested again and started clamoring for Gu Youchen to sing.
The focus shifted, and it seemed no one present noticed anything amiss.
They played until well past midnight. Ning Qingqing got sleepy. She had a day off tomorrow to ensure she would be beautiful for the wedding the day after.
So everyone dispersed and went home.
Gu Youchen was taking Ning Qingqing home and asked how Ning Qingqing’s two friends, Wang Qian and Qiao Xiaomian, were getting back.
Wang Qian’s face was full of excitement right now because she had actually met the top star Ye Peicheng, and since their homes were in the same direction, Ye Peicheng said he could have his driver drop her off first before continuing.
So there was no need to worry about Wang Qian. Just as Qiao Xiaomian was about to say she would take a taxi, someone suddenly said from the side, “Don’t you live on Huaihai Road? My place is on the way. I’ll take you.”
Qiao Xiaomian saw Zhou Linghang and was about to say something when Gu Youchen said, “Linghang, it’s a bit late. Drop her off at her building entrance and ensure her safety.”
Zhou Linghang nodded. “Mm, no problem.”
Seeing that Qiao Xiaomian had a ride, Ning Qingqing felt relieved. Yawning, she left with Gu Youchen.
Gu Youchen dropped her off at Ning Ruojun’s villa and hugged her reluctantly. “Qingqing, see you at the wedding the day after tomorrow.”
Ning Qingqing nodded. “Mm, see you the day after tomorrow.”
It was already too late, so Gu Youchen didn’t enter the villa to disturb Ning Ruojun. He just stood at the door to say goodbye to Ning Qingqing, deliberately leaning his face close.
Seeing this, Ning Qingqing laughed straight away. She leaned in to kiss the corner of Gu Youchen’s lips and quickly said, “Hubby, goodnight.”
As she spoke, she unlocked the door and stepped right in.
The aura left by the girl still lingered on the corner of Gu Youchen’s lips. That ‘Hubby’ in his ear made his breath skip a beat. But before he could respond, the little flirt had already run away after teasing him.
Looking at the closed door, Gu Youchen didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
He returned to the car, his eyes still smiling.
The next day, Ning Qingqing slept until the sun was high. Today, her father and Tan Xizhou were coming, and she had to pick them up at the airport in the afternoon.
After lunch, Ning Qingqing said goodbye to her mother and went to the airport.
After picking up her father and brother and taking them to the hotel, Tan Xizhou said to her mysteriously, “Sis, Dad decided to let me transfer here for high school!”
Ning Qingqing was surprised. “School has already started. Transfer this year or when?”
Tan Xizhou said, “This year. We are contacting the transfer procedures. Sis, I’ll be able to go to the school you attended before!”
Ning Qingqing smiled and nodded. “Okay, then you should be living on campus, right? Come find me anytime on weekends; I’ll take you everywhere to eat.”
Tan Xizhou patted his flat lower abdomen. “Sis, a man with an eight-pack can’t eat indiscriminately!”
“Man? You’re just a little kid!” Ning Qingqing pinched Tan Xizhou’s arm, unexpectedly finding real muscle.
“See? I got this from playing basketball every day!” The kid looked proud. “I won’t even need shoulder pads when I wear a suit tomorrow!”
“Okay, okay, okay, you’re amazing.” Ning Qingqing laughed. “But you haven’t finished growing yet. Those groomsmen are all older than you and a head taller than you. Do you want to wear height-increasing insoles?”
Tan Xizhou: “…”
Miscalculated.
The next day, Ning Qingqing was married from Ning Ruojun’s villa.
Wearing a snow-white wedding dress, she was picked up by Gu Youchen and placed in the wedding car. Together, they arrived at the venue.
To maintain the mystery, Li Lan hadn’t shown Ning Qingqing the rendering of the wedding venue. So the moment she walked into the venue, she couldn’t help being shocked by the romance of the moment.
There were fresh flowers everywhere. Surrounded by bridesmaids on the flower corridor, she walked onto the red carpet.
Photos were projected in the air using lighting effects, gently drifting down—all solo shots of her and Gu Youchen or photos of them together.
As she walked step by step, the light and shadow photos danced before her eyes. She seemed to see the journey of how they met and got to know each other.
Until Gu Youchen appeared at the end of the red carpet in her line of sight.
Gu Youchen, in a suit, looked quietly at Ning Qingqing, as if he had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing her walking towards him in a wedding dress, he pinched the ring in his hand, his palm sweating beads of fine sweat.
Her hand was placed in his palm.
He knelt on one knee and asked her, “Qingqing, I didn’t have time to ask for your willingness before. Now I want to ask again.”
His voice carried a hint of nervousness and expectation: “Are you willing to marry the Gu Youchen who has liked you for ten years?”
At that moment, the sun was shining brightly. Ning Qingqing met Gu Youchen’s gaze and found her heart shouting: “I do.”
He put the diamond ring he designed on her ring finger.
The diamond ring bore their initials—Q&C.
Ning Qingqing put his ring on Gu Youchen and pulled the man up.
They kissed under the sunlight, witnessed by the guests.
Offstage, Shen Zhiyu had come with her father and brother.
Seeing the two on stage, her eyes felt sour. She, who used to love saying mean things, couldn’t make a sound right now.
Ten years…
She heard Gu Youchen say he had liked Ning Qingqing for ten years.
She subconsciously turned to look at Shen Zhiqian beside her.
Shen Zhiqian was also wearing a formal suit. Shen Zhiyu knew that this suit was specially ordered by Shen Zhiqian at the end of last month. Even the tie and leather shoes were brand new.
She thought Shen Zhiqian had ordered it to attend an entrepreneur summit forum later, but she hadn’t expected it was for today.
Somehow, Shen Zhiyu suddenly remembered a sentence she saw online before—
“I dressed in my finest, just to miss you.”
She suddenly felt like crying, not knowing if it was for herself or her brother.
She thought, if time went back to that day on the grandstand of her school playground, when she and Xue Wenlan saw Ning Qingqing, if she hadn’t said those nasty words, hadn’t provoked Ning Qingqing and Gu Youchen, would today look different?
However, there were no ‘ifs’ in the world. No one could give her the answer.
Beside her, Shen Zhiqian watched the entire ceremony, sitting upright, with barely any expression on his face.
But Shen Zhiyu knew his mood right now was ten thousand times worse than hers.
What was sadder: never having possessed, or having possessed and then lost?
Many things couldn’t be compared; they had no way of knowing the answer.
But Shen Zhiqian’s slightly trembling fingers betrayed his emotions at this moment.
He came to witness her wedding. He had never thought about this scene in the past, yet after Ning Qingqing truly turned away, he had imagined it countless times.
But in every one of his imaginations, he was the groom, not like this now—
He attended her wedding in full attire, but only as a guest.
On the stage ahead, Ning Qingqing’s eyes were full of smiles.
People were like this; happiness couldn’t be hidden, and unhappiness was hard to conceal too.
Obviously, Ning Qingqing was happy after marrying Gu Youchen, because Shen Zhiqian realized that when they were together, Ning Qingqing rarely had such a spirited expression.
Ning Qingqing held the flowers, looked at the eager guests below, and laughed. “Everyone get ready! I’ll count one, two, three, then get ready to grab the flowers! Let’s see who can get the baton of love!”
The atmosphere among the crowd became even more lively. Even those in their forties and fifties were infected by the atmosphere today and ran over to grab the bouquet.
Ning Qingqing turned her back to the crowd. She had already memorized the position where her best friend was standing and chanted silently in her heart:
Little Mianmian, perk up for me! Don’t fail to catch it when I throw it right at you!
She raised her hand: “One, two, three—”
As she spoke, the bouquet in her hand flew towards where Ning Qingqing thought Qiao Xiaomian was.
Qiao Xiaomian stood below the stage and watched the bouquet fly straight in another direction.
Her hands were still held high, but even if she were Yao Ming, she couldn’t reach the completely opposite direction!
At this time, the bouquet was batted by someone in the other direction, jumped a few times, and finally landed in a person’s hands.
“Ahhh, I caught it! I don’t have to change my surname! Brother Chen, you wait! Sister-in-law, I love you!”
A very magical yet familiar voice.
Qiao Xiaomian followed everyone’s gaze and saw Zhou Linghang clutching the bouquet tightly, looking as triumphant as if he had won a hundred million.
But Gu Youchen looked at him coolly. “What was that last sentence you just said?”
Zhou Linghang reacted instantly and quickly raised his left hand. “It was a slip of the tongue! Slip of the tongue, hehe! Brother Chen, the one I love is you!”
Gu Youchen looked at him with disgust. “Scram.”
Zhou Linghang was still immersed in the joy of catching the bouquet, destined to escape bachelorhood by the end of the year and not having to change his name to Gu Linghang.
Offstage, Shen Zhiqian stood up. While everyone was immersed in the excitement, he turned and left.
He didn’t need to come today at all. Even if he received Gu Youchen’s invitation, the Shen family was fully represented by his father’s presence.
But he still came.
He thought, perhaps because he wanted to see Ning Qingqing wearing a wedding dress too much, seeing her happy appearance, even though the groom wasn’t him.
The wedding ended amidst liveliness. Gu Youchen and Ning Qingqing returned to the apartment.
Their villa was already under construction, but it would take some time to finish. Plus decoration and formaldehyde removal, they estimated they could only move in this time next year.
At this moment, the two returned to the master bedroom. On the originally plain wall hung the painting Li Lan gave them.
In the oil painting, they sat side by side. Ning Qingqing’s head rested on Gu Youchen’s shoulder. He looked down at her, his eyes gentle.
And Ning Qingqing looked ahead, a bit of small expectation and nervousness in her eyes.
That was them at the very beginning.
Author’s Note: Mm, the main story is finished! Next up are the side stories (extras)!
Translator’s note: It has ended. The side stories… I’m not too sure if I’m going to translate them. LOL. I’ll try.
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