Chapter 242: Chapter 242

The female comrades inside were all stunned, some of the older ones blushed, thinking how playful the young people are these days, but which woman wouldn’t love her husband showing his affection so openly? Li Xianglu’s eyes sparkled, so cheesy, yet she loved it so much!

Anna nodded, and Iro on the side opened the door, and a crowd of people crowded in all at once, Qin Xi followed slowly behind, the ten-year turmoil had just ended, and many rituals were no longer practiced, like eating raw eggs or crossing glasses in a toast.

He quietly watched the young girl sitting on the bed, clad in her red bridal makeup, feeling as though they had known each other for a lifetime. Emotions, different from before, filled her eyes, his own heart surged with excitement too.

Qin Xi approached quietly, and as everyone held their breath and looked his way, he gently said, "Xiangxiang, you look truly beautiful today!"

Li Xianglu’s face was already flushed red when Qin Xi entered, her large eyes now brimming with tears as she looked at Qin Xi, a broad smile stretching across her face: "Qin Xi, you’re here to marry me!"

Qin Xi stopped in his tracks, while the moved Iro and Anna forcibly turned their heads away, unable to bear watching. Weren’t there supposed to be wedding tears? How could someone be so eager to get married, put up some pretense at least!

This being his second marriage in his two lifetimes, it was the first time Qin Xi had seen such an eager bride. The romantic words he planned could not come out, he consoled himself thinking having a slightly foolish wife wasn’t so bad, at least she was easy to read.

The other female comrades around burst out laughing, Li Xianglu twisted her body awkwardly, while Iro quickly interjected, "Look for shoes, else how will you leave?"

Shoes that were found and worn were still not to touch the ground, she had to be carried to the car, and could only walk on the ground after reaching the destination.

Qin Xi’s followers were quite capable, quickly finding one shoe, but the last one took forever to find until Qin Zhen looked at the two girls standing by Li Xianglu’s bed, scanned them from head to toe, and pointed at the backpack Anna was carrying, "Hand over your backpack."

Anna’s chin tilted up slightly, then spread her hands out, "No red packet, no shoes!" Humph...

Qin Zhen looked at her with a frown, looking like he was about to burst in anger. Iro was about to speak, trying to ease the mood—after all, it was Xiangxiang’s big happy day, and it would not be nice to cause any unhappiness. But just as she turned her head, she saw Qin Zhen’s expression quickly shift to a pleasing smile, turning to his elder brother Qin Xi, "Brother, give Nana a big red packet, look how hard she’s hiding the shoes!"

Almost everyone was stunned by this sudden shift, a traitor had appeared among the revolutionaries.

Qin Xi looked at Anna who was slightly blushing, and pulled out two big red packets from his pocket and handed them to both, Anna and Iro, making sure no body was focused solely on Anna. He then distributed a packet to each of the few children present.

With the shoes on, Qin Xi carried Li Xianglu and walked out.

Upon reaching the door, a barrage of firecrackers went off. Since it was close by, apart from the bride who took a round in the car, everyone else walked, and they had just reached the door when the car arrived.

Qin Xi carried her inside.

At this moment, Qin Xi’s father and grandfather, as well as Mr. Li, were all ready.

This time, the guests were more than those during the engagement, including Qin Xi’s friends, making up to eight rounds of dinners to complete the occasion.

During the toast, Li Xianglu, having a poor tolerance for alcohol, used plain water for the entire process, so she sat through a meal and thus completed her task for the day.

Sister Xing and several women helped clean up, Li Xianglu and Qin Xi saw off all the guests, and it was now around four in the afternoon.

Mr. Li was also tired enough, his new leather shoes covered in dust. Seeing this, Qin Xi quickly supported him, while Li Jianqing, who was helping with moving tables, left his tasks to escort Mr. Li home with Qin Xi.

Li Xianglu had changed into a red satin cotton-padded coat, the long kind with slits on both sides, black leggings underneath, and red boots. However, the only flaw was that she carried an overstuffed military-style small backpack.

Li Xianglu murmured from behind the three people, "Grandpa, why is there so much?"

Mr. Li halted and glanced at his granddaughter touching the backpack, feeling somewhat embarrassed, he said to Qin Xi, "Please be patient with her." It was indeed embarrassing—despite the family’s wealth, his granddaughter was still so greedy.

Qin Xi gave a muted laugh and said, "Grandpa, it’s okay, she’s always ."

Mr. Li had barely slept the previous night. He began bustling around before four in the morning, attending to the kitchen and the guests, barely stopping. He had never married off a daughter in his life, but now he had married off a granddaughter, feeling both excited and complicated.

Once they returned to the courtyard house, the two male comrades had to go and deal with returning tables and some pots and pans. Ordinarily, because there were three strong men as labor in the house, but Qin Zhen had disappeared without trace when Lu Anna left.

Li Xianglu boiled water, added some safflower and mugwort, stewed it a bit, brought it in, and attended to Mr. Li as he soaked his feet and drank some hot milk before settling down to sleep.

By the time everything was done, it was already five in the afternoon. She didn’t mind being tired and sleepy, she rinsed some rice, mixed in some sweet potato chunks, put them in the rice cooker, and turned it on.

Before leaving, she remembered that there was a lot of cooked meat left over. She planned to chop some up and have a simple meal later—she was really too tired.

After boiling the water, she used a cleansing oil to wash off the white powder from her face, did a brief scrub, changed into pajamas, and planned to sleep for a while—she was truly exhausted.

The constant walking around offering toasts, on top of the miles felt like it equaled two round trips to school. The most exhausting part was her face, constantly stretching into smiles; no wonder people say the newlyweds are the most tired on their wedding day—truth indeed.

She almost fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow.

In a haze, Li Xianglu felt like she had returned to just after her graduation in her previous life.

She had gone traveling, visiting a coastal city.

The seascape was beautiful, and the seafood delicious. However, the weather changed; the once clear sky suddenly became overcast with heavy clouds, and nearly everyone evacuated from the seaside residence.

Li Xianglu saw herself leaving as well, but somehow ended up being dragged onto a boat, then imprisoned with seven or eight children and another female teacher.

Soon, the typhoon arrived; the wind was so strong, making the doors and windows of the small school smack loudly.

Li Xianglu felt very scared, but not long after, someone came looking for them.

She saw that figure again; it was Qin Xi, middle-aged with sharp eyebrows and eagle eyes, still tall and imposing, but now more mature and weathered.

Gradually, her vision blurred, and she sank back into darkness.

Li Xianglu felt a sudden warmth over her body and restlessly shifted her torso.

ps: Sorry, was at work today. After asking a few days off, dealt with a lot of broken things. Had a meeting in the morning, the fart from a colleague next to me was bad enough, then at four in the afternoon just when I was about to start writing, got summoned out by a leader, just got home, let me finish what I wrote halfway.

Today is Friday, family went back to my mom’s place, I can write freely, but the update will be very late, those who sleep early, go to bed early, check tomorrow.