Chapter 110 - We’re Not Sneaking Around, I’m Just Holding My Wife’s Hand (2/2)

“Mum, why don’t you guys chase Song Yu away? Today’s my big day, my wedding, but she came to make a scene and became the hot topic of the evening. What is this? Is she stirring up trouble on purpose?”

“This matter concerns your big brother’s family. It’s beyond our control, how can we interfere? Also, your uncle already said that she’s not welcomed here. Who knew that she was so thick-skinned and would continue to sit there. No one can do a thing as she’s under the protection of your big brother. Even Grandfather Qi said let them be if they want to stay. If you chase them away, the rumors will be even worse,” Guan Liya explained in disgust.

How dare Song Yu appeared on her daughter’s big day to disrupt her wedding!

“We can only settle this matter after the wedding’s over,” Guan Liya comforted Qi Chengyue by rubbing her shoulders. “You should calm down first, don’t bother about Song Yu. Today is your wedding day, don’t ruin your mood for someone so insignificant. The bride must look gorgeous, you can’t walk down the red carpet with such a gloomy face. It’s not nice for others to see you like this. You have to value your big day, understand?”

Qi Chengyue sat back down the chair after being pressed down by Guan Liya, but she could not manage to put on a smile.

“Just one smile,” Guan Liya tried her best to coax and persuade her. She even called for the makeup artist to freshen her up. “Jian Yi’s waiting outside. If you walked down the red carpet with your dad putting on this same face, how would Jian Yi feel?” she asked.

“Jian Yi’s outside? Has he seen Song Yu?” Qi Chengyue’s expression changed immediately.

“No, how can he be out there. The wedding hasn’t even started yet.” Guan Liya wondered why Qi Chengyue reacted so strongly to this and continued, “He has just arrived at the entrance of the red carpet, waiting outside for the wedding to start.”

After much effort, Guan Liya managed to calm Qi Chengyue down and was going to leave her alone. When everything was ready, someone came to cue for the bride. Guan Liya accompanied Qi Chengyue to the entrance of the red carpet where Qi Zhongxun was waiting to walk her in.

Jian Yi was standing at the end of the red carpet. He saw Song Yu before they played the Wedding March. However, Song Yu was sitting with her back facing him. She did not even look towards his direction.

When he lowered his gaze, he saw them holding hands under the table.

In that moment, it was way past the time required to provide heating in B City, but the venue still had central air conditioning. Thus, the temperature was rather comfortable. Song Yu’s palm started sweating since they were holding hands. She felt embarrassed as it was getting moist and wanted to let go, but he did not want to release them.

“My palm is sweaty,” Song Yu said softly.

Qi Chengzhi’s expression remained unchanged. He took her hand and wiped it on his pants a few times. Then he did the same to his hand before holding her again. Song Yu stole a glance at him. She thought to herself, ‘Why does this man have to hold her hands wherever they go?’ and blushed.

When she turned around, her eyes met with Grandfather Qi who was glaring at her. He saw a blushing Song Yu right after both of them murmured something in secret. His face dropped, with a suppressed voice, he said displeasingly, “What are you guys sneaking around with your hands under the table! Aren’t you ashamed if someone sees this!”

Song Yu wanted to take her hand back once she heard him. However, Qi Chengzhi maintained his tight grip and moved their hands from his lap to the tabletop. He then held her hand openly on the surface of the table.

“We’re not sneaking around, I’m just holding my wife’s hand,” Qi Chengzhi said it in an indifferent tone and squeezed her hand after he was done.

“Who are you calling your wife. You guys haven’t even gotten married yet!” Grandfather Qi glared at both of them.

“That’s only a matter of time,” Qi Chengzhi pouted.

“We’re already stretching out limits, allowing Song Yu to sit here. Don’t push it!” Qi Zhongliang felt as if the people around were staring at them and saw how affectionate Qi Chengzhi and Song Yu acted.

“Sure, if you guys can’t take it, we can leave at once,” Qi Chengzhi said nonchalantly. Qi Zhongliang was speechless at his comeback.

They would have let them leave just now if they could. There was no need for them to wait until the last moment when the wedding was about to start.

Qi Chengzhi was about to stand up when Guan Liya rushed back. She sensed the atmosphere was not right and asked, “What happened?”

“Sit nicely!” Qi Zhongliang said with a warning glare.

Qi Chengzhi’s bottom that was lifted midway returned to its position. He pouted and continued to hold Song Yu’s hand.

At that moment, the Wedding March started playing, and the main door at the end of the red carpet opened, where Qi Zhongxun walked in together with Qi Chengyue.

Guan Liya felt a gush of warmth in her eyes when she saw her daughter dressed in a snowy white wedding gown, looking so innocent and elegant. She felt that it was only yesterday when she was still a toddler, drinking milk on her lap. Yet, she was marrying somebody today and would have her own children one day, forming a new family unit.

She took the tissue on the table to wipe off her teary eyes discreetly.

Even Song Yu had to admit that Qi Chengyue looked ravishing today. When she looked at her, her stunning looks almost made her forget how bumptious she acted on ordinary days.

No wonder people said that the bride would always be the most beautiful person.

Qi Chengyue’s gaze was fixated on Jian Yi. She had totally forgotten about Song Yu in the moment. When she saw that Jian Yi’s eyes were also focusing on her, she let out a breath of relief.

She was relieved when Jian Yi said “I do”, her eyes misted over as she could not hold back the urge to cry.

When it was her turn, she said “I do” without hesitation. Then, both Jian Yi and her exchanged rings.

While watching them, Song Yu could not help but imagine if she and Qi Chengzhi would share a moment like this one day. She was immersed in it and her thoughts began drifting away.

All of a sudden, she felt a slight pain on her arm where someone had pinched her. “Screech”, Song Yu exclaimed and came back to her senses. She saw Qi Chengzhi looking at her with a displeased expression on his face. His pair of deep-set eyes were as dark as the night, sharp but with a hint of mockery. His hands that were holding hers moved to her waist and cradled her, not before giving her a pinch.

“Envious of what you see?” Qi Chengzhi said into her ears. There was a certain degree of coldness in his mellow tone.

Nevertheless, the way both of them interacted portrayed a very loving sight to the others. They looked like they were lovers who were whispering intimately.

Song Yu’s hand crept up to the back of his waist and pinched with force as a revenge of his jealousy and payback for pinching her just now. Although he did not exert much strength in pinching her, she was still quite crossed about his misplaced jealousy.

“I’m admiring her that she gets to wear a wedding gown!” Song Yu said softly. Her face blushed instantly when she looked at Qi Chengzhi’s charming face, “Just now, I was thinking…”

“What were you thinking?” Qi Chengzhi saw how her blushed face blossomed gorgeously, her eyes were glazed with a layer of mist. His heart skipped a beat when he saw her embarrassed look, which made him softened his expression. His sharp eyebrows lighted up gradually like ink smearing over.

“Nothing,” Song Yu nudged to escape from his arms but failed.

His burning lips seared the root of her ears, grazing the fine hairs on her skin. He asked again, “What were you thinking about just now?”

Song Yu glanced at him, where she was met with his devilish taunting smile. Her face burned even redder as if he could see through all of her thoughts. She was stunned and sealed her lips shut without saying a word.

“Could it be that you were imagining how it feels if we were in their shoes?” Qi Chengzhi could feel the rising temperature on the top of her ears with his lips when he said this. His stern lips slowly drew into a gentle curvature.

When he saw that Song Yu remained in silence, he teased in a deep voice, “You want to marry me so badly?”

He guessed exactly what Song Yu was thinking about. When she was watching Qi Chengyue and Jian Yi exchanging rings and saying “I do”, she had no sense of discomfort at all. Instead, she could not help but to imagine them as Qi Chengzhi and her, thinking how would it be like to marry Qi Chengzhi.

At that very moment, she was so embarrassed that she could feel her face on the verge of exploding. She lowered her head to the extent where it could not be lowered anymore and wanted to bury her head into his neck out of habit. She had forgotten what event they were attending under his teasing.

Since he had his hands wrapped around her waist, she was almost laying in his arms. All she could see was his firm chest, her senses immersed with his refreshing scent. She felt light-headed as she was so deeply enthralled, losing her sense of direction completely.

“Ahem!” Grandfather Qi coughed roughly suddenly and warned angrily with a suppressed voice, “Respect the occasion!”

Song Yu immediately came to her senses and realized that her whole body was almost cradled by Qi Chengzhi’s arms. Song Yu felt so embarrassed that she could feel her scalp going numb. She dared not look at the other faces of the Qi family on that table as she knew that their expression would definitely look unpleasant.

Perhaps they were only one step away from yelling “Shameless!” out loud.

Song Yu shoved Qi Chengzhi’s hand away from her waist hastily. Nonetheless, many of them had caught a glimpse of how intimately both of them acted moments ago.

Zhou Mingyan gnashed her teeth in anger when she heard the chatters from the table beside, saying that the one who Song Yu entered holding hands with was the eldest grandson of the Qi family, who was also the future heir. If the engagement between Song Yu and Qi Chengji went through successfully, he would be her brother-in-law.

In spite of that, both of them got together in the end.

“I never thought that Song Yu was this kind of person!” Zhou Mingyan just could not let this go. Her eyes kept staring at the both of them, judging their public displays of affection and the disrespect for the occasion. “Before this, didn’t Yu Qianying said herself that she is interested in Jian Yi? She also kept visiting our place back in the days. Everyone thought that she likes Jian Yi. Now, Jian Yi just got married and she already found someone else! Such a fickle person!” Zhou Mingyan continued.

As a result of Jian Yi marrying the lady of the Qi family, Zhou Mingyan had a sudden boost in confidence as their family received the glory that they had never experienced before, and all of their relatives were trying to get on their good side.