Roulan sighs for the tenth time this day, her head spinning as she walks around the room she's currently in.
She couldn't help but bite her nails, feeling a little nervous as it was finally the day that Yanmei was waiting for.
Her eyes gaze at herself in the mirror, wincing upon seeing herself in a woman's tuxedo that hugs her body well enough.
A knock on the door interrupted her; her eyes looked at it as she cleared her throat and spoke the magic words.
"Ah, there she is."
Roulan looks at the newcomer in the mirror, her eyebrow furrowing, and sees Shihong walking inside with a familiar person behind him.
"Roulan, a friend is looking for you."
The mentioned woman looked at her back, seeing Lanying standing behind his father-in-law. Her eyebrows furrowed, seeing the woman inside.
"Lanying? What are you doing here?"
Lanying couldn't help but squeal and quickly run towards Roulan, throwing herself towards the latter as she clung to her neck.
"You didn't tell me you two were going to be married!"
Lanying spoke, her eyes getting teary as she thought that a friend of hers was finally going to have a happy ending.
"Lanying? Didn't Yanmei hate you?"
The clinging girl smirks before she removes herself from Roulan, her eyes looking at the woman's shoulder and chest.
"Dear, it was her father's idea."
Roulan glances at Shihong as the man shrugs his shoulders.
"Yanmei told me you'd probably want to invite her but didn't want to upset her."
Shihong waves his hand, opening the door as he walks out and closing it in the process.
Roulan's eyebrows furrowed, her head imagining how Yanmei probably didn't want to invite Lanying, but seeing as she treated the latter as a friend, she didn't want her to be sad.
She couldn't help but shake her head, looking down on her feet as she smiled widely with Yanmei in her mind.
"You didn't tell me that Yanmei's a big shot! I could get killed, you know!?"
Lanying glares at Roulan, her hand hitting the taller woman as Roulan looks at her and giggles.
"That's also what I had in mind when I first saw Shihong."
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"They've met already."
Yanmei looks at her back, her eyebrows furrowing, and sees her father at the door with a smile on his face.
"My daughter, you're growing up so fast."
Shihong nodded at the people inside the room, causing them to bow down at him and Yanmei before leaving.
Yanmei looks at him as if he were telling a funny story, looking behind him and not seeing Lanying around.
"Where is she?"
"With Roulan's, they're greeting each other."
Yanmei stands up from her chair, confusing her father. She couldn't help but glare at Shihong, hissing in the process.
"Why would you leave them behind!? That girl's a snake!"
She burst out, causing Shihong to laugh at her. Her eyebrows furrow, and her hand crosses on her chest upon seeing the reaction her father's giving her.
"Relax, I can see that she didn't have any other intention but to be friends."
Shihong fetches Lanying himself, and seeing the girl not that shocked upon learning that Roulan and Yanmei are about to get married but rather as a supportive friend that they got, he concludes that all of Yanmei's words about her are wrong.
Heck, he even asks Lanying if she has feelings for Roulan, but the girl denies it, saying she's just trying to burst Yanmei's bubble, and she concludes that there's something going on with them.
Shihong couldn't help but shake his head, saying that Roulan would likely deny that, but he got shocked when Lanying told him that Yanmei was the one who denied it.
His eyes gaze onto Yanmei, smiling widely as the woman focuses on her face.
"Dad, do you-"
Yanmei looks at Shihong and stops talking, seeing her father with teary eyes as she looks at him, confused as to why he's suddenly crying.
"What's going on?"
Shihong shakes his head and wipes his tears, sniffing as he looks down on the ground before looking up back at her.
"I'm so proud of you; I'm sure your mother is too."
Yanmei sighs and smiles at him, causing him to burst into tears again and walk in her direction, opening his arms for her.
"My baby girl is grown up already."
"Dad."
Yanmei couldn't help but chuckle before she dove into her father's arms, sighing in contentment as the two held the moment.
"I don't know why you're a mafia boss when you're a crybaby."
"Hey! It's your grandfather's request; he didn't want to let his daughter handle it."
"So now that you also have a daughter, would you let me handle the business?"
Yanmei looks up at Shihong. He looks down on her and smiles, shaking his head, causing Yanmei to furrow her eyebrows.
"I'll train Roulan and let her handle it."
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The ceremony started with a few people around the area, mostly Shihong's employees and a few trusted friends.
Roulan didn't say anything to her friends, considering they're both close with Huiqing, and she didn't want the girl to bug them as those two have very thin patience.
Guang has to take her midterm exam, as in two weeks they're about to go on their field trip.
Lanying is at the side, watching the sun set on the other side of the beach, creating a pink-orange sky in the process.
Her eyes looked around, seeing the people chatting with each other, but she couldn't see a single person her age.
The music quickly started, with a child coming in and throwing flowers around as the noise died down. Another kid is walking in the aisle with a pillow that has the rings on top of it.
It goes on for 3 minutes, with a few more walking inside with an object in their hands until the groom goes in.
Wait, the other bride went inside.
Roulan looks around the area, seeing the people looking at her in confusion before they start to chat with each other again, probably talking about the "groom."
Her eyes went towards Lanying, seeing the woman with a wide smile, causing her to smile back and stop for awhile.
Her action causes everyone to continue talking, almost as if letting her hear what they're talking about as it starts to get a little louder.
She clears her throat, sighing before walking again. Her face holds a confident look as she stops at the end of the aisle.
A few more people went in until the bride went inside with a veil in her head, her father walking beside her as he held a wide smile.
Everyone stopped chatting when they went in; it was as if someone caught their breath seeing the daughter of the mob boss in front.
They couldn't deny that Yanmei has the beauty of someone you'll see in the animation.
She is perfect!
Her body is on point as well, with an almost unimaginable hourglass body and a taller figure than most women her age.
Yet when she stands beside Roulan, she looks tiny.
Everyone couldn't help but start talking again, seeing Yanmei getting handed to Roulan as Shihong held a wide, comforting smile at her.
"Don't mind them; they probably didn't expect it."
Shihong nodded at Roulan as the woman bowed down at him. Her eyes locked with Yanmei's before she held her tightly.
"Is there anyone that wants this wedding to stop? If so, please step out."
The priest began as soon as Yanmei and Roulan stood in front of him. He looks around the area and gives them a moment.
He sighs and nods, looking at the couple as he smiles and continues the ceremony.