Chapter Two Hundred: Marriage and Honeymoon (2/2)
As applause shook through the room, Xiao Yu scanned across the sea of familiar of faces.
He saw his fellow colleagues.
He saw the young lady from the human resources department.
He saw Shao Yue, who clearly looked like he wanted to start trouble, standing up and applauding.
He saw Nan Wei, who had somehow become his student.
He saw Madam Fang, who was in a supremely formal qipao, clapping solemnly. [TLN: Chinese dress]
In that instant, Xiao Yu suddenly felt an urge to cry.
……
Just as Yan Jin had said, the wedding wasn’t as scary as Xiao Yu had expected.
He knew all of the attendees. The reporters were mostly kept outside, and those who had managed to blend into the crowd to get in were quickly kicked out by all the invitees who knew each other. As per normal procedure, the two of them cut their wedding cake, exchanged rings, and took their vows.
After the oaths and exchanging “I do”s, an unknown feeling washed over Xiao Yu.
At that moment, Xiao Yu was more aware than anyone else that the scales beneath him and Yan Jin were finally equal.
Because of mutual love, they were equal.
Henceforth, Yan Jin was no longer the unreachable chairman, nor was he the owner of Mr. Mystery. When Yan Jin avowed his love with Xiao Yu’s figure reflected in his eyes, he was just Yan Jin, the Yan Jin who loved Xiao Yu.
After they’d gone through all the standard wedding procedures, Yan Jin ended the wedding with a deep kiss with Xiao Yu. Scooping up Xiao Yu bridal style, Yan Jin was trailed by curses from those who wanted to play pranks on the newlyweds. [TLN: Chinese wedding custom]
Essentially all of YL’s employees had come to the wedding. Even the janitor was fortunate enough to bear witness to this age-old ceremony. It was important to note that reporters had schemed endlessly and still failed to receive an invite. Some of the employees had never thought Yan Jin and Xiao Yu would get together. For them, it was like rewriting the history books.
Of course, since there were those who found this hard to accept, there were also those who looked upon this favorably such as YL’s small group of fujoshis. They felt they were getting free treats from how sweet Yan Jin and Xiao Yu were together, putting an end to the company’s rumored anti-homosexual stance.
In the wedding’s aftermath, newer employees such as Qin Xi who hadn’t experienced hardship because of Yan Jin silently awaited their treats as well. However, no one expected the two newlyweds to not only deny them any benefits, but even throw aside all their responsibilities for their honeymoon!
*Sigh*, news of the honeymoon pained their hearts so much.
……
Yan Jin had prepared the necessities for their honeymoon well in advance.
But truthfully, he still hadn’t learned his lesson. With everything going right, he’d accidentally forgotten Xiao Yu’s distaste of traveling for sightseeing.
“By travel, do you mean the trip to France?”
“… Huh?”
“Hmm? Are you referring to the international jewelry exhibition?”
“No, I’m talking about our honeymoon.”
Xiao Yu wore a complicated expression. “Two adult guys going on a honeymoon, doesn’t that make you cringe?”
“You can just treat it like normal sight-seeing,” Yan Jin said.
“That’s even worse. The Autumn Conference is just two months away; this year it’s a little earlier. Are you preparing to lose the harsh battle against the new SI? Even if you’re okay with getting completely embarrassed, I’m not!” Once Xiao Yu got started on work-related matters, he didn’t know how to stop his chattering. “Right after the Autumn Conference is the international jewelry exhibition. I haven’t been overseas is so long, so I need to check if my passport has expired. We can’t go empty-handed either; doesn’t YL want to expand internationally? For this heavy responsibility, I wish I could split every minute into two. How is there time to go sight-seeing?”
Yan Jin: “…”
“And, back to the original point, why should two guys travel for a honeymoon? Company projects are more important, understand?”
Yan Jin very unwillingly gave a “Mhmm”.
Xiao Yu began to laugh unkindly at Yan Jin. It was the kind of laugh that if he weren’t supporting himself on the table, he would have fallen off his chair.
Under Yan Jin’s surprised stare, Xiao Yu wiped away his tears while gasping between guffaws, “Hahahahaha, you didn’t think I was being real, right? It was obvious I was joking, okay okay, I’ll stop teasing you.”
Xiao Yu couldn’t take the condemnation from Yan Jin’s aggrieved expression, so he hurriedly stopped laughing. In between breaths, he said, “Okay, well, we definitely can’t go anywhere too far. Close-by places are still okay.”
“Like?”
“Like… Four Seasons Manor?”
Yan Jin silently placed the travel placards of domestic tourist locations from the Office of Tourism back into his folder.
“You aren’t bored from going there so many times?”
“Of course not. Also, the previous times we went, I was there as your pet. This time, I’ll be going as your significant other. It’s completely different, okay?”