LRAPTC Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Wedding (2)

The emcee breathed a sigh of relief, and the ceremony continued according to the schedule.

Shen Jue looked at the ring in his hand, with a small diamond embedded in the middle, which looked very bright. He remembered his second meeting with Ji Yuanan, which was to choose a wedding ring. Having learned from the experience of choosing clothes for the first time, Shen Jue learned a lesson and decided to quickly choose a style when Ji Yuanan was struggling, otherwise he didn’t know how long Ji Yuanan would take to choose.

As expected, on the day of choosing the ring, Ji Yuanan looked down at the counter. He frowned slightly, looking very tangled. If he hadn’t seen Ji Yuanan’s increasingly locked brows, Shen Jue would have thought that Ji Yuanan had become a silent statue. He sighed silently in his heart and sighed: Ji Yuanan takes everything seriously, no wonder so many people will be sad about the fact that he is already engaged.

After all, most people want to become Ji Yuanan’s legal other half, but Shen Jue is the exception.

Shen Jue occasionally saw similar remarks on social platforms. After the news of Ji Yuanan’s engagement was released, they all lamented that Ji Yuanan was engaged at a young age, and they didn’t expect Ji Yuanan to be the type who would marry young. Some said that Ji Yuanan was deeply in love, so he got married early, and finally expressed regret.

That’s not true, Shen Jue retorted secretly across the electronic screen. Ji Yuanan didn’t look like he liked someone, and even if Ji Yuanan had someone he liked, that person would never be him.

The ring was pushed into Shen Jue’s finger by Ji Yuanan. Shen Jue lowered his eyes to look. The small silver circle moved forward slowly. He raised his eyes, and Ji Yuanan’s expression looked particularly pious. Shen Jue inexplicably felt a very strange feeling, and couldn’t tell what it was.

In an instant, everything around him blurred, and Ji Yuanan stood in the center, looking solemn and solemn. Shen Jue suddenly wanted to escape from here.

But the ceremony was not over. The emcee continued, “Now you can kiss each other.”

After a few seconds of silence, Shen Jue widened his eyes slightly, looking a little at a loss. However, in the next second, Ji Yuanan slowly approached him, apologized to him softly, then Ji Yuanan raised his hand to brush away the broken hair on his forehead, and gently kissed his forehead.

Like a feather falling, Shen Jue whispered, “It’s okay,” the second before he left.

Ji Yuanan was stunned for a moment, then smiled.

As the ceremony came to an end, Shen Jue suddenly felt tired. Facing the crowd, he felt a little retreated for the first time. He lowered his head and looked at the bouquet in his arms. The flowers were well protected and still in full bloom. He raised his hand and threw the bouquet into the crowd.

The bouquet slid out a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell straight into the crowd, and was caught by a girl wearing black glasses. The crowd let out a huge cheer, and some people then applauded. No one noticed that the two protagonists of the wedding had disappeared.

Ji Yuanan took Shen Jue’s hand and walked step by step to the changing room. He closed the door, and all the sounds were isolated outside the door. They took off their suits and changed into casual clothes. After Shen Jue tidied up his cuffs, he looked up and saw Ji Yuanan staring at him.

“What’s wrong?” Shen Jue felt strange, so he asked.

“Your hair…” Ji Yuanan’s tone was a little hesitant.

Hearing this, Shen Jue casually grabbed a small strand of hair, his eyes full of doubt. Ji Yuanan chuckled lightly. He reached out to straighten Shen Jue’s hair, barely suppressing his laughter, and said, “Okay.”

“Thank you.” Shen Jue thought that his actions might seem silly in Ji Yuanan’s eyes. He embarrassedly withdrew his hand, took a few steps back, and then said stiffly: “Let’s go out now.” He didn’t wait for Ji Yuanan to respond, and turned to walk towards the door first.

After dealing with a few guests, Shen Jue felt that his face was stiff from smiling. It was a test for him to listen to those false words with a smile. Even if he knew that the compliments were false, he still had to squeeze out a smile, pretend to be humble and accept them, and then say some insincere words. Shen Jue looked at the backs of the departing guests and subconsciously rubbed his eyebrows and sighed softly.

Ji Yuanan did not forget to maintain the false intimacy, and still hugged Shen Jue’s waist. Seeing this, he leaned close to his ear and asked softly: “Are you tired? Do you want to take a break?” Shen Jue shook his head.

In the eyes of outsiders, the two of them were very close, with a hint of intimacy. Shen Jue also felt that the distance between Ji Yuanan and himself was too close, but when he thought of his identity, he still suppressed the idea of wanting to distance himself.

“Fairy brother.” A childish voice suddenly came, and Shen Jue turned his head to look. A young boy ran towards Shen Jue, holding a small yellow flower that he didn’t know where he had picked from, and wanted to hand it to Shen Jue. He stopped in front of Shen Jue and said in not-so-fluent Mandarin: “I’ll give you this flower.”

Shen Jue squatted down, took the flower from the little boy’s hand, rubbed the little boy’s head, and smiled very gently.

Ji Yuanan bent down and asked him softly: “Congcong, why do you call this brother Fairy brother?”

“Because this brother is very good-looking, like a fairy.”

Shen Jue smiled even more. He thanked him sincerely, “Thank you, I like this flower very much.”

The little boy scratched his head and ran away embarrassedly. Shen Jue stood up, lowered his eyes and watched the young petals dance gently in the wind.

Ji Yuanan suddenly said, “He likes you very much.”

Shen Jue turned to smile at Ji Yuanan, and saw the dessert tower not far from Ji Yuanan’s side in the corner of his eye, so he suggested, “Do you want to go eat something?”

So they walked side by side towards there. There was still someone standing next to the table. When they saw them coming over, they first said “Congratulations.” After he finished speaking, he glanced at Shen Jue, and then said sincerely: “You finally got what you wanted, I’m very happy.”

It was a very nonsensical sentence, but Shen Jue had heard too many of these inexplicable remarks today, so he didn’t delve into it, just continued to smile.

Ji Yuanan introduced to Shen Jue: “Song Jing, a friend of mine.”

“Hello.”

“I opened a bar. If you have time, you can come and sit with Ji Yuanan.” Song Jing was a natural, he winked his left eye and added, “My bartending skills are still very good.”

Anyway, it was just polite talk, Shen Jue said “Okay”, and replied without any burden, “Then I must try it when I have time.”

Shen Jue finally managed to steal some laziness. He sat on the secluded wooden chair and watched the crowds of people coming and going. They were in groups of three or five, with generous smiles on their faces. Some children were holding balloons of various shapes in their hands, walking among them. Shen Jue suddenly felt like he was in a huge playground, very lively, but he still couldn’t find his place.

At this time, he could no longer find Ji Yuanan’s figure. The wind picked up, and the heart-shaped pink balloons were released, gradually drifting away with the wind, and could no longer be seen. Shen Jue protected the crumbling flower in front of him with his hands. A few seconds later, he sent a message to Ji Yuanan, then got up and walked towards the hotel.

There are many hotel suites. The invited guests can choose to stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning, or leave tonight. Shen Jue consciously came to the top floor and pushed open the door. He was shocked by the red decorations in the room and was immediately stunned.

Fortunately, he didn’t come with Ji Yuanan, Shen Jue thought secretly. He stepped into the room and immediately closed the door.

The room revealed a strange festive atmosphere everywhere. A large red “Double Happiness” character was hung in the middle of the wall, and a heart surrounded by red balloons was placed next to it. Shen Jue pretended not to see it. He put down the flower in his hand, bypassed the sofa covered with “Double Happiness” paper cuttings, stood on the balcony and looked down, and could see dense crowds of people walking around.

After blowing in the wind for a while, Shen Jue felt a little cold and retreated to the room. The bedroom door was tightly closed. He pushed it open and saw that the small double bed was covered with red roses, in the shape of a heart. Some petals fell on the ground, and there was a sweet smell. Shen Jue didn’t give himself a chance to see the whole picture, and closed the door again.

He once again felt that it was a very wise choice to come back alone.

Shen Jue was really tired after the whole day, so he could only go to the sofa to make do. He piled the red paper cuttings aside, barely lay down on the sofa, and was hit by sleepiness. Before falling asleep, he was still thinking vaguely: When Ji Yuanan comes back, he must have a good talk with him.

Shen Jue had a dream. He dreamed that he had returned to his student days. He had lost too many memories of that time, and he didn’t know whether these were the remaining memories or the imagination of that time.

He became a ghost, and no one could see him. He stood alone at the school gate. He went in without any obstacles. The teaching building was quiet. The students were in class, and only the teacher’s lectures could be heard. He stepped on the stairs. He couldn’t remember the former class. He walked past it layer by layer, and finally saw himself through the window of a classroom.

He stopped at the classroom door. The class bell suddenly rang. The teacher packed up and stepped out of the door first. The students walked to the door one after another, passing through his body one by one. Shen Jue sat in the corner without getting up, just took out a book from the drawer and looked at it alone.

Shen Jue woke up. It was completely dark. Shen Jue got up and picked up his phone in the dim light. It was exactly 8:00 pm. The message bar was very empty, with only a few messages from friends asking where he was, and the time was an hour ago.

After replying to his friends, Shen Jue turned on the light in the dark. The sudden light made him squint subconsciously. At this moment, he suddenly realized that Ji Yuanan had not returned yet, nor had he sent him any messages.

Wait a little longer, Shen Jue thought, it’s not too late now, and there’s still time to talk when Ji Yuanan comes back.

Shen Jue did wait for an hour. He was so bored that he rearranged the roses on the bed in the bedroom, but Ji Yuanan still didn’t come back. Shen Jue went to take a bath.

The night wind was a little cool, blowing Shen Jue awake. At this time, there was no one on the lawn, and only a few lights were on alone, without any of the excitement of the day.

Shen Jue hadn’t replied to the message he sent to Ji Yuanan near dusk. Shen Jue couldn’t continue to send him messages, so he could only continue to wait. He also reflected on his inappropriate behavior during the day, thinking that it was excusable for Ji Yuanan to be angry, and it didn’t matter if he was unwilling to forgive himself. He drafted a draft in his heart, apologized and made plans for the future, all waiting for Ji Yuanan to come back and say.

He waited and waited until all the lights on the lawn went out suddenly, and his vision was occupied by darkness. Only then did he realize that a long time had passed, and the time had passed midnight. Ji Yuanan still didn’t come back.