Chapter 823
An Ruo, Marriage Is Not Child’s Play
An Ruo’s eyes were natural as she bit her lip and said, “Today I heard them say that the bride has to kneel and bow to her parents when she gets married, but my parents are dead… Xingtian, what about your parents?”
I don’t know if it was her illusion, but she saw a hint of coldness in Xingtian’s eyes, though he quickly regained his composure.
“I’m an orphan, I have no parents.”
This point quite surprised An Ruo; she hadn’t thought he would be an orphan.
“I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have asked you that.”
“It’s okay.” Xingtian tightly held her hand and said with a faint smile, “I used to be alone, but now I’m not, because I have you. An Ruo, you’ll always be by my side, spending a lifetime with me, won’t you?”
An Ruo was stunned. She quickly lowered her eyes, shyly saying, “I haven’t even married you yet, don’t talk about spending a lifetime together.”
The man just thought she was shy; he couldn’t help but kiss her cheek and said passionately, “Soon you’ll be married to me. After you marry me, I’ll stay with you for a lifetime, never separating from you.”
Clearly those were sweet words, yet to An Ruo, they sounded creepy. To stay with her for a lifetime, did he really intend to never let her go?
No, she wanted to return to the past; she didn’t want to stay by his side!
An Ruo worked hard to suppress the fear in her heart, smiling even more shyly, and then she whispered, “Xingtian, before we get married, can you promise me one thing?”
“What is it?” Xingtian asked pleasantly; at this moment, he was willing to agree to whatever she said.
An Ruo hid the smile at the corners of her mouth, dimmed her expression, and said, “I’ve forgotten everything about the past, but that doesn’t mean I don’t care about anything. I want to go back to my hometown, to pay respects to my parents, to tell them I’m getting married. Of course, you have to come along, too; I heard that the son-in-law also needs to kneel and bow with the bride to her parents.”
When she spoke the first part, Xingtian was already thinking of ways to refuse her. When she said the last sentence, he couldn’t help but feel a sweetness in his heart, as if he was already her husband.
“The wedding is just a few days away; let’s leave early and come back early, okay?” She looked at him expectantly, gently pleading.
Xingtian hesitated and said, “We can go visit them after the wedding. You know, the wedding is coming up soon, it would be very tiring to travel back and forth. I promise you, as soon as the wedding is over, I’ll accompany you to pay respects to your parents.”
“But I want to go before the wedding. They are my parents; I don’t want them to be the last to know we’re getting married.”
“An Ruo, your parents won’t mind these things.”
An Ruo was instantly a bit angry; she couldn’t help but retort, “How do you know they won’t mind? Besides, I also want to see my parents, to go to their graves and pay my respects.”
Xingtian hesitated about whether to agree to her, after all, taking her back to J City would be risky.
In the end, he chose not to take the risk.
“An Ruo, let me be honest with you, starting from here to your hometown, it will take several days of travel. If we go, we won’t be able to make it back in time.”
An Ruo paused, troubled and said, “Can we hold the wedding in my hometown? I think that would be more meaningful.”
“Everything here is already prepared, how can we change the location of the ceremony.”
“Then let’s postpone the wedding and hold it when we return.”
Xingtian tightened his grip on her hand suddenly and said helplessly, “An Ruo, marriage is not a game; how can the wedding date be changed just like that.”