Meanwhile, Ye Feng was just preparing to leave when Lan Yazhi stopped him, saying warmly, "Child, you've been here for several days, and I haven't had a chance to host you properly. You must stay for dinner today, no matter what."
Looking at the sincere Lan Yazhi, Ye Feng's heart suddenly warmed. He could feel a deep, motherly love from her.
'She's a good person! Good people deserve good fortune.'
Ye Feng went out, retrieved the ginseng from his car, and handed it to Lan Yazhi. He smiled and said, "Auntie, you have a cold-type constitution, which is causing your menstrual cramps. If you slice this ginseng and drink it as tea, you'll be completely cured!"
Lan Yazhi opened the box, and her eyes instantly lit up. "This ginseng is such high quality—it must be at least twenty years old! Wonderful! I'll accept this as a betrothal gift."
After dinner, Ye Feng finished giving Xiao Wenyuan his acupuncture treatment. He was just about to leave when Xiao Wenyuan adamantly refused to let him go, pushing him directly into Xiao Yufei's room and shutting the door behind him!
Xiao Wenyuan's reasoning was perfectly sound: they were to enter the bridal chamber tomorrow, so tonight was for a practice run.
Ye Feng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. 'This old man is a little too enthusiastic!'
Ye Feng turned his head and saw Xiao Yufei on the bed, already fast asleep.
Seeing how she slept, Ye Feng's eyes instantly lit up. Her arms were crossed over her chest, and she was even smacking her lips. It was exactly how that little girl had slept ten years ago.
Looking more closely at Xiao Yufei, he could vaguely see the girl from all those years ago in her features.
Ye Feng's heart began to pound wildly. 'Could Xiao Yufei be the girl I've been searching for all this time?'
Ye Feng suppressed his excitement, walked to the bedside, and gently pulled open Xiao Yufei's pajamas. He was just about to pull at her bra.
Xiao Yufei was jolted awake. She screamed, shot upright, and clutched her chest, roaring at Ye Feng in fury:
"What do you think you're doing?"
Ye Feng looked at Xiao Yufei and said urgently, "Yufei, don't get the wrong idea, I just want to see your chest…"
Xiao Yufei instantly exploded!
'What the hell! He's yelling about wanting to see my chest, and he's telling me not to get the wrong idea? Do you think I'm a complete moron?'
Xiao Yufei never imagined that this Ye Feng, who looked so respectable on the surface, was such a degenerate underneath.
Xiao Yufei flew into a rage. She glared at Ye Feng and roared furiously.
"Get out!"
Ye Feng realized that Xiao Yufei had misunderstood him and quickly said with the utmost sincerity, "Yufei, please don't misunderstand! I really just want to see your chest! I swear I have no filthy intentions!"
'Oh, so staring at a girl's chest is perfectly innocent and not at all filthy?'
'Just listen to him! Is that something a human being would even say?'
At the end of her rope, Xiao Yufei suddenly raised her hand and slapped Ye Feng hard across the face, bellowing, "Get out!"
Helpless, Ye Feng had no choice but to turn and leave. Once outside, he sighed and said, "I really just wanted to see your chest. Why wouldn't she let me look?"
He remembered clearly: the little girl from all those years ago had a black mole on her left breast. If Xiao Yufei had a mole in the same place, he could confirm that she was the girl he had been searching for all this time.
But Xiao Yufei wouldn't let him look!
Ye Feng murmured to himself, "I was planning to get the Jade Pendant tomorrow and leave. It looks like I'll have to go through with the wedding night after all. Then I can verify her identity fair and square."
With that, he turned and left.
Back in her room, Xiao Yufei was absolutely livid. She couldn't believe that Ye Feng was such a massive pervert.
She immediately grabbed her phone, called Xiao Gang, and said through gritted teeth, "Dad, give that bastard back his Jade Pendant tomorrow. The wedding is canceled! Tell him to get lost immediately. I never want to see him again."
Xiao Gang's eyes lit up, and he was about to agree. But then an idea came to him. As his eyes darted around, the words on the tip of his tongue changed.
He put on a concerned act and said, "Oh, Yufei, you know how your grandfather feels about this. If we're so direct, what if it triggers a relapse of his illness?
"How about this? I'll hold the wedding for you two tomorrow. We just need to fool your grandfather. Once he's recovered, it won't be too late to make him get lost."
Xiao Yufei was worried about Xiao Wenyuan's health, so she had no choice but to reluctantly agree.
'It's just a fake marriage anyway,' she thought. 'As for that son of a bitch Ye Feng, let him try anything with me. We'll see if I don't castrate him.'
In a nearby room, Xiao Gang hung up and immediately made another call. "Hello, Yunlong, my boy. I'm calling to tell you that I'll be holding a wedding for you and Yufei tomorrow."
An excited voice replied over the phone, "Uncle Xiao, that's wonderful! But what about that bastard, Ye Feng?"
Xiao Gang spoke with contempt. "What about him? We'll deal with him. He's just some poor kid. How could he possibly be worthy of my Yufei?
"Here's the plan: tomorrow, you prepare a magnificent gift. When he sees it, he'll be so ashamed of his own inferiority that he'll pack up and leave on his own accord!"
Lin Yunlong's excited voice came over the line. "Don't worry, Uncle Xiao. Tomorrow, I will definitely prepare a magnificent gift."
...
Every single one of these words was overheard by Ye Feng, who just happened to be passing by the window.
The corners of Ye Feng's lips curled up slightly. He murmured, "A magnificent gift, you say? Well then, tomorrow I'd like to see just whose gift is more magnificent!
"No one is going to stop me from confirming Xiao Yufei's identity!"
...
「The next day」
The Xiao Mansion,
Was brightly decorated with lanterns and streamers, brimming with festive cheer. Xiao Yufei's wedding was to be held today.
Using the excuse that the house was too noisy, Xiao Gang had sent Xiao Wenyuan away early to another of the Xiao family's villas.
Seeing that the family was preparing a wedding for Xiao Yufei and Ye Feng, Xiao Wenyuan stopped objecting and left, perfectly content with Xiao Gang's arrangement.
After seeing the old man off, Xiao Gang looked at Xiao Yufei and said, "Yufei, my dear, today is just a formality to fool your grandfather. You should head to the office and get some work done. No need to stay here; it'll save you the awkwardness of having to face Ye Feng."
And so, the curtain rose on a bizarre wedding—one without a bride.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, guests began to arrive at the entrance of the Xiao Mansion to offer their congratulations. But to their surprise, they saw that only Xiao Gang was there to greet them.
What… what was this script?
Wasn't today supposed to be Ye Feng and Xiao Yufei's wedding? Where were the bride and groom? Why was it just this guy?
Someone finally couldn't resist asking Xiao Gang, "Brother, where's the groom?"
Just then, the roar of engines echoed from the distance. Xiao Gang glanced over his shoulder and said with a broad grin, "The groom? Well, here he comes now!"
Everyone turned to look, only to see a convoy of luxury cars roaring toward them. They pulled into the parking lot one after another. A group of people got out and strode forward in a neat line.
The man in the lead was decked out in an Armani suit, a Hermès belt, and a pair of Cartelo crocodile leather shoes—all brand names, dressed up as if he were for sale.
It was Lin Yunlong of the Lin family.
Lin Yunlong walked up to Xiao Gang, bowed deeply, and said, "Lin Wenlong greets his father-in-law."
At this sight, jaws in the crowd dropped to the floor.
Wasn't today Ye Feng and Xiao Yufei's wedding? How did this guy become the son-in-law?
And looking at Xiao Gang, he didn't seem to mind at all. On the contrary, he was nodding and beaming in agreement.
The crowd was instantly thrown into confusion. What the hell kind of show was this?