Translator: Mogumoguchan
Editor: lolimelon
The wedding date was set for Ji Xinglan’s birthday: the 2nd of May, the end of spring and the beginning of summer.
Yan Qiu didn’t have the hobby of dressing up in women’s clothing, and no matter what everyone said, he refused to dress up in the gown Mrs. Ji gave him. So, he ordered a few light-colored suits.
On the eve of their wedding, Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan went to the beach by the hotel they reserved for their dinner banquet to take their wedding photos. Neither of them wore a wedding gown. Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan both wore suits. One was in black and the other in white, matching perfectly.
The two of them kissed on the beach and played by the reefs to catch crabs. Joyce was the one holding the camera and taking their photos. She had come over with the sole intention of attending their wedding.
Since she had flown back last night, she had eye bags under her eyes. But when she saw Ji Xinglan, she sighed. “It has only been half a year since we’ve last met and you already have kids.”
Mrs. Ji was under a beach umbrella nearby, lying on a deck chair with sunglasses on. Ji Nai stood beside her, and both of them had smiles on their faces as they watched the young couple fooling around on the beach.
“I want to wear a wedding gown during my wedding.” Mrs. Ji suddenly removed her sunglasses and said to Ji Nai.
Field Marshal Ji looked a little shocked. “But honey, we already had a wedding.”
“That doesn’t count.” Mrs. Ji rolled her eyes at him, and with a sting in her words, “Remarriage is also marriage.”
Guilty, Ji Nai found himself speechless. Then, he smiled and hugged her. “Alright, I’ll listen to you. We can organize a wedding as well.”
……
The wedding was held on a Saturday. It was a rare, clear day. No clouds were in sight of the blue sky, merging with the blue ocean in the distance, the scenery looked beautiful.
Yan Qiu did not like the restrictive feeling in churches. After some discussion, they agreed to organize the wedding in a meadow.
Mrs. Ji happily said that she would not interfere with the youngsters’ affairs and let them do whatever they wanted. Hence, Ji Xinglan and Yan Qiu were the ones who practically handled the entire procedure on their own.
Since summer was around the corner, the grass in the garden was green and lush.
At the center of the lawn was a white carpet that formed a long path. On its sides were roses and balloons. Yan Qiu and Ji Xinglan had to walk through three arches decorated with flowers and gauze. There was a ceremony stage, and on the sides of the road were chairs positioned neatly for VIP seating.
The musicians played the Wedding March behind the stage repeatedly.
When it was almost noon, the guests arrived.
Yan Qiu saw a few familiar faces in the crowd.
Li Chengyan and Xie Yu had already mentioned earlier that they were here to be the best men. Xie Yu wore a proper suit and even put on a bowtie, making him look like a proper gentleman.
However, when the staff put on the boutonniere for bridesmaids on him, Xie Yu looked puzzled. “Why am I a bridesmaid?”
Yan Qiu looked up and saw it. He snickered and shrugged. “Just wear it.”
The best men they found were practically all young alphas who were more than 185 cm tall. When they wore their suits and stood together, they looked eye-catching, causing Bai Yuanyuan to blush and scream. She grabbed Yan Qiu and asked him whether they were going to pair up the best men and bridesmaids together.
The stylist was currently doing Yan Qiu’s hair. Yan Qiu gestured with his chin and said, “You want Xie Yu?”
Bai Yuanyuan was dressed beautifully today to make sure that she was even prettier than Lin Wei. She even put on makeup that made her look charming because she wanted to snag herself a hot guy.
But Xie Yu… Xie Yu was just a classmate who sat behind her and drooled all over his desk during class.
“No—”
Before Bai Yuanyuan finished speaking, she suddenly noticed that the handsome military school student she had been eyeing glared at her fiercely, and she fell silent while trembling.
Even though Li Chengyan glared at her, she still felt so happy that she could fly. Two suspicious red patches appeared on her face.
‘My God… That handsome guy is jealous because of me?’
She could not believe that she had this luck.
……
Yan Qiu still hated putting on makeup, so he only put on a thin layer of foundation and styled his hair a little. It was enough to make him appear more energetic.
Once he was done putting on makeup, he looked in the mirror.
He knew it. This suit reflected his figure well. Even though he did not have a body as sturdy as an alpha, the white suit hugged his waistline nicely, allowing him to give off a youthful air. Overall, he looked nice, though not in the traditional sense.
Ji Xinglan opened the door and entered. When he saw Yan Qiu, he smiled.
“You look nice.”
As he spoke, Ji Xinglan wanted to kiss him, but Yan Qiu pushed him away.
“Don’t. I put on lip gloss.”
He had indeed used a little bit of lip gloss today, but it was close to the color of his lips. Both had a light, rosy color, so it was not obvious.
“Aren’t we supposed to not see each other before the wedding ceremony?” Yan Qiu was a little curious as to why he came here. It felt like they were having a love affair.
“Hush. No one knows.” Ji Xinglan held Yan Qiu’s hand and kissed it. “Are you nervous?”
Of course he was. Yan Qiu nodded.
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The wedding ceremony started at noon, and the seats were filled with people. Both the people they knew and did not know had all arrived.
The bell chimed. Yan Qiu wore his tailor-made white suit and pursed his lips shyly as he walked on stage with Mrs. Ji holding his arm. The people watched and clapped for him.
He saw Ji Xinglan on the other end of the long carpet wearing a white shirt and a black haute couture suit. He had hair gel in his hair, and a bright but not cheesy red rose could be found on his chest. Mr. Ji and the other best men stood behind him.
The golden sun shone through the clouds. As the people witnessed the ceremony, the priest prayed for them. Ji Xinglan smiled from the other end of the carpet and walked toward him with the sun behind him.
The sun was blinding. Memories from the past started flashing before his eyes.
He knew that Ji Xinglan was not just walking on the carpet toward him. He was walking through blood and tears to finally reach him.
As the priest, all the guests, the endless sky, and the vast ocean served as their witnesses, they completed the solemn vow.
Yan Qiu stared at Ji Xinglan, his eyes turning red.
He knew that this was not a just vow, but a fulfilled promise.
Amid the cheers and claps, Ji Xinglan held Yan Qiu’s hand gently. Under countless pairs of gazes, he put the ring on his finger before drawing close to kiss him.
No lust was contained in the soft kiss. It was just a simple, sincere kiss representing promises and love.
“Now, you’re mine.”
When Ji Xinglan broke the kiss, Ji Xinglan whispered into his ear.
……
Although they had already received their marriage license long ago, they completed the oath with everyone serving as their witnesses. Now, Yan Qiu finally felt like he was married.
Yan Qiu nearly cried as he swore his oath. When he thought no one was paying attention to him, he hid in the makeup room and wiped away his tears, but Ji Xinglan saw him.
Ji Xinglan sent everyone away and touched Yan Qiu’s face as he carefully wiped the tears away.
“What’s wrong? Why are you crying?”
In an instant, Yan Qiu cried even harder.
He didn’t know why he was crying. In any case, he had a well of emotions flood in his chest and he wanted to cry.
Ji Xinglan did not stop him. He caressed his back, and when Yan Qiu stopped crying, he wiped his tears for him.
Yan Qiu’s thick, black lashes were stained with tears. The ends of his eyes and the tip of his nose were red, and he looked pitiful.
Ji Xinglan kissed him and put his forehead against his as he asked gently, “Are you done crying?”
Yan Qiu used the back of his hand to wipe his eyes.
He felt that this was a happy day, so he should not be such a killjoy, but he just could not hold it in.
So he forced himself to smile, but his smile looked worse than his crying.
Ji Xinglan sighed and patted the back of his head gently. “Don’t force yourself. When you cry, I want to cry too.”
When Yan Qiu finally calmed down and became quiet. Ji Xinglan put his head on his shoulder and teased him. “Don’t want to get married to me?”
Yan Qiu pursed his lips and shook his head repeatedly.
“Then, why are you crying?”
“I don’t know why I’m crying either.”
After he finished speaking, Yan Qiu felt like he was an idiot. Why did he suddenly become so emotional?
He never had any family when he was young. Logically speaking, even after getting married, he shouldn’t be so sad. But suddenly, he belonged to a family and he felt touched. His heart ached for Ji Xinglan, so he broke down a little.
Ji Xinglan sighed, and he patted Yan Qiu’s hair.
It had been hard for them to get to where they were now.
……
After the wedding ceremony ended, the guests moved to the hotel for food.
When the sky darkened and a muted red light glowed on the calm surface of the sea, the dinner banquet began.
Yan Qiu sat alone in the makeup room and smoothed out his clothes in front of the mirror. He changed into a wine-red suit and fixed the lapels.
His baby bump was still not obvious, and even when he wore a suit, no one could see anything.
The door behind him opened and the noise from the wedding reception flowed in, but silence soon returned.
Yan Qiu thought that Ji Xinglan had come in, but when he turned around to look, he found that it was Mrs. Ji. She shut the door behind her and chuckled when she saw Yan Qiu.
“You look pretty like this.”
Yan Qiu smiled bashfully because of her praise, and Mrs. Ji fixed his collar.
The banquet had just begun, and their presence was not required at the moment. Yan Qiu stayed in the makeup room to wait for Ji Xinglan to come to him.
After being busy for the entire day, Mrs. Ji finally had some free time to sit down and talk to Yan Qiu.
“Darling, I heard from Lan Lan that you cried today.”
Yan Qiu felt stunned before he rubbed his nose shyly to hide his embarrassment.
Ji Xinglan… How could he tell someone else about something so embarrassing?
Mrs. Ji seemed to know what Yan Qiu was thinking about, so she held his hand and said gently, “There’s nothing to be ashamed of. It’s normal for you to want to cry during your wedding. In the past, when I married his father, I hid in the hotel and cried for three days.”
Yan Qiu nearly laughed.
Mrs. Ji patted the back of his hand and said gently, “Lan Lan is loyal to the one he loves. I believe you know that.”
Mrs. Ji stopped talking for a moment, and worry flashed briefly in her eyes, but that worry faded away quickly, and Yan Qiu thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him.
“The person Lan Lan liked before… is no longer around. He followed him from the emergency room to the morgue, and after he came back from the cemetery, he did not eat or sleep, and he shut himself in his room for days. We were worried about him, but he ignored everyone. In the end, we had no other choice but to break down his door, and we found that the stupid boy cut his wrists and was so thin that he was emaciated. He was even holding the dead boy’s portrait.”
Mrs. Ji could no longer continue when she said this. She took out a handkerchief from her handbag and wiped away her tears.
“I’m sorry.” Mrs. Ji calmed down and apologized. “I don’t know why I’m telling you this. This is a happy occasion, and I shouldn’t be saying this.”
Even though Yan Qiu had already guessed that this happened, when someone who knew what happened told him about it, he still found his throat clamming up.
“Mom.” Yan Qiu’s lips quivered. He asked Mrs. Ji, “Do you know the name of the person Ji Xinglan liked?”
Mrs. Ji stared at him in a dumbfounded manner before she said the name with her rose-colored lips. “Yan Qiu.”
Yan Qiu pursed his lips and stared at him. While he had the courage, he told her the truth. “…I am Yan Qiu.”
To his surprise, Mrs. Ji was only speechless for a moment, but she did not appear to be too surprised.
“Darling, to be honest… Lan Lan already told me.” She sighed and said, “Sigh, that boy… I already had a vague feeling from before. He’s just as stubborn as his father, so there’s no way he would have a change of heart.”
Yan Qiu’s Adam’s apple bobbed. He could not say anything.
Mrs. Ji drew closer to his side and gave him a tight hug. Then, with bloodshot eyes, she touched Yan Qiu’s head. “Good boy. With you around, I’m no longer worried. He suffered quite a lot for you, so you have to live a good life together.”
……
By the time the wedding banquet started, Yan Qiu had already calmed down. His tear tracks and slightly swollen eyes were covered ingeniously by the makeup artist.
He and Ji Xinglan went out together to greet the guests.
They invited a lot of friends for their wedding this time. Among them were also important people Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji knew. Mrs. Ji acted like the standard rich socialite and spent her money without holding back. She asked for the best for everyone. If Yan Qiu had not advised her to not act so extravagantly, she would have originally wanted to organize their wedding abroad on some island.
A high-end hall was used for the wedding banquet. Bright chandeliers hung above their heads, and sounds of people clinking their wine glasses together could be heard around them. Even the floor was polished so thoroughly that it shone.
Aside from their own friends, even Mr. Ji and Mrs. Ji’s relatives and friends were around. Yan Qiu had to smile the entire time, so his facial muscles were almost stiff now.
He was never supposed to be able to attend such a grand banquet, and yet here he is.
After toasting everyone, Ji Xinglan drank quite a lot of wine, most of it because he had to drink in Yan Qiu’s place.
Xie Yu was also drunk. He hugged Yan Qiu and cried, his tears and snot smothered all over Yan Qiu’s suit. Li Chengyan had to put in a lot of effort to drag him away.
Once the banquet ended, Yan Qiu sent them to the revolving door at the hotel entrance. When Yan Qiu saw how drunk Xie Yu was, he could not help but be worried. “Will he be alright?”
“He’ll be fine. I’ll send him back. You should go back and rest with Xinglan.” Li Chengyan carried Xie Yu into the car and said goodbye to them.
Even though he heard a lot of rumors about Li Chengyan from Ji Xinglan, Yan Qiu still thought that Li Chengyan actually looked quite reliable. It might be because of the uniquely righteous presence military school students had.
Lin Wei held the arm of her new boyfriend and walked over. She stopped in front of Yan Qiu, waved at him, and smiled. “Congratulations.”
As he watched Lin Wei leave, Yan Qiu was suddenly filled with complicated emotions.
He and Ji Xinglan went through a lot of misunderstandings along with their relationship, and Lin Wei was a major reason behind it.
Two years ago, he would never have expected that they would end up this way.
……
Once they sent all the guests away, Mrs. Ji dragged Field Marshal Ji upstairs for a spa session, because they had worked for an entire day.
Yan Qiu did not see Ji Xinglan when he was downstairs just now. When he passed by the waiting area, he suddenly found Ji Xinglan sitting on the couch in the hall, and in his drunken state, he used his hand to cover his arm.
“Are you drunk?”
Yan Qiu walked over, and Ji Xinglan moved his arm a little lower. Due to his drunken state, his eyes were red. The watery sheen in his eyes made him even more alluring than usual.
By the looks of it, he was pretty drunk. Yan Qiu could not resist tilting his chin to tease him.
Ji Xinglan usually had a good alcohol tolerance, though it seemed like he drank too much today.
Yan Qiu could usually control his alcohol intake. However, since it was their wedding today, this was an exception. He sighed and grabbed Ji Xinglan’s arm, wanting to pull the drunk alpha up.
But a huge force tugged back, and instead of pulling Ji Xinglan up, Yan Qiu fell into Ji Xinglan’s arms. He was surrounded by the thick alpha pheromones, and he felt like he fell into a beer barrel. He nearly became intoxicated himself.
Ji Xinglan pressed down on his neck and slowly drew closer. His actions were even gentler than how he usually acted as he tentatively kissed his lips. Yan Qiu could taste the fragrance of wine on his lips, and he pursed his lips.
“Enough.” Yan Qiu pushed him away with a red face. When he saw that Ji Xinglan was not sated yet, he begged, “Let’s go upstairs, alright?”
It was dark, and there was no one in the hall. With the rockery bonsai hiding them, the receptionists in the distance did not notice them.
“Call me ‘Dear.’” Ji Xinglan hugged his waist and refused to let go, acting shamelessly.
Yan Qiu was worried that they would leave behind a bad impression of themselves if someone saw them, so he relented and begged him, “Dear, let’s go upstairs, alright?”
“Okay.” Ji Xinglan appeared satisfied.
“Carry me.”
‘…He’s really drunk, huh?’
Yan Qiu stared at him in resignation. He did not want to play the childish game of calling each other endearing terms, but there was no way he could carry such a huge alpha, so he could only sling Ji Xinglan’s arm over his shoulders and move him upstairs.
But the drunken alpha did not remain still. Not only did he press his entire weight against Yan Qiu, he even dared to grope him in the elevator.
The walls of the elevator were decorated with bright mirrors. Yan Qiu was pinned against the corner as he stared at the reflection in the mirrors. He could see that they were kissing from the images reflected in the mirrors.
When they reached the top floor, the elevator opened with a ding, and Yan Qiu nearly suffocated because of the kiss. His eyes were watery as he glared at the drunken alpha angrily. Using the back of his hand, he wiped the moisture off his lips. He then smoothed out his messy lapels and dragged Ji Xinglan out of the elevator.
Yan Qiu opened the door with the room card and tossed Ji Xinglan on the bed.
It was already eleven something at night. He had been busy serving the guests, so he did not eat. Now, he felt hungry. So Yan Qiu called the front desk and asked them to send two set meals to their room.
Once he put down the phone, Yan Qiu boiled some water and made tea for Ji Xinglan to help him sober up while he went into the bathroom.
He was too tired, and he needed to take a bath to relax.
After taking a bath and coming out while drying his hair, the food he ordered arrived.
Yan Qiu brought the food in to eat with Ji Xinglan. Even though it was just a simple pasta, Yan Qiu was hungry, and after he finished eating, he almost licked the plate.
He pushed the plate away in satisfaction and lay on the soft bed in his bathrobe.
The bed was large, and the two of them could do whatever he wanted.
Ji Xinglan followed him and started kissing and groping him, pinning him down. Yan Qiu giggled because of it before kicking him off to take a bath.
“Go shower. Once you’re done, I’ll play with you.”
Ji Xinglan looked a little sad, but he still did as he was told.
After he got rid of the smell of alcohol from his body and only had pheromones mixed with the fragrance of body soap on him, the refreshing scent of his pheromones grew much weaker, it smelled like the warmth of the beginnings of snow.
They could see the ocean, shining beacons, and dazzling starry sky through the floor-to-ceiling window. The sea breeze made the white gauze curtains dance. Yan Qiu laid on Ji Xinglan’s lap and listened to the waves splash against the reefs.
He suddenly looked at Ji Xinglan. “Ji Xinglan, I want to give you a wedding gift. Do you want it?”
“Wedding gift?” Ji Xinglan was not in a hurry to ask Yan Qiu what gift that was. Instead, he stared at Yan Qiu. Suddenly, he grabbed his hand and kissed it.
“It feels like I’m dreaming.” Though no one knew just to who he was saying those words to.
When Yan Qiu passed away, it was one month before Ji Xinglan’s nineteenth birthday. He was almost unable to live through his nineteenth birthday because of it as well.
That day, on his birthday, all the presents he received were related to Yan Qiu.
That day, he vanished in the morning, and when his family was finally able to find him, they found him sitting in front of Yan Qiu’s tombstone, and the setting sun dyed his shirt red.
There were two wine bottles in front of him. One of them was already empty and laid on the ground, while the other remained unsealed. No one drank it.
……
Yan Qiu considered many things regarding permanent bonds.
Ji Xinglan wanted to give him a relationship where they were equals.
Even though he stated that he did not need permanent bonds, Yan Qiu still thought about many things.
To him, there was nothing else more sacred than permanent bonds. Once the bond was made, he would only belong to Ji Xinglan regardless of whether he lived or died.
Honestly speaking, Yan Qiu hoped that Ji Xinglan would mark him.
It did not matter whether Ji Xinglan would go through the reverse bonding surgery for him, Yan Qiu still wanted Ji Xinglan to form a permanent bond with him.
Ji Xinglan did not feel any sense of security when they were together, so Yan Qiu would give that sense of security to him.
“Sorry that I wasn’t around during your nineteenth birthday.”
Yan Qiu drew the curtains and arrived in front of the bed. He pulled Ji Xinglan’s hand so that he would untie his bathrobe, revealing his long and thin neck. “Ji Xinglan, your twentieth birthday present is here. I’ll allow you to form a permanent bond with me.”
The waves struck the shore outside the floor-to-ceiling window, and the moon rose.
Mogumoguchan: Alright, side story time.
They are so sweet… It’s really a love with blood & tears
I don’t think you forgot but it really doesn’t look completed without sweat…😅😅😅
Thanks for the chapter
So sweet. Thanks for the chapter. Looking forward to the extras.
It really is no surprise that it hit Yan Qiu so hard. Xie Yu was funny but also not a surprise since he also cried when Yan Qiu came back. Now thanks to Ji Xinglan, Xie Yu can marry another alpha 😀
Thank you ❤️