Chapter 23: CH 23

On Friday afternoon, both Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong took sick leave to go home. Tomorrow was Ji Tong and Fang Qing’s wedding, Ji Tong had asked them to go to Boyue Longhu for rehearsal. Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong were no longer flower boys, nor had they assumed any other important role at the wedding. There was no such thing as “invite the children of both parties to speak on stage”, but Lu Rong’s words were still deeply imprinted in Ji Tong mind – he should get the kids involved!

He thought the wedding scene was so complicated, there was always work for the two of them to do.

Ji Tong was a Virgo, and his rising sign was Scorpio[1], so Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong obediently made excuses, and took a taxi to Boyue Longhu Hotel after lunch. Lao Song was going to drive a wedding car, so he was too busy, thus they could only rely on themselves.

As soon as he arrived at the hotel, Ji Wenfeng said coldly to Lu Rong: “Don’t stay with me at the wedding, I don’t want others to know our relationship.”

This “you’re just my little slave not worthy of a name” drama, understand.

He took advantage of the situation to put on a look of loneliness and pride and said with facial expressions: Me too.

Ji Wenfeng walked away from Lu Rong for a few steps, then turned back, frowned and asked, “If I remember correctly, you didn’t say hello to me just now.”

Lu Rong: “…”

Lu Rong: “Ge, Good afternoon.”

Ji Wenfeng: “If you can’t form the habit as soon as possible, I won’t support you.”

Lu Rong: “…”

Did this man still remember that just a second ago, he let himself go away? Didn’t he not want to let people know that they were a family? Ji Wenfeng was really the most contradictory creature in the world.

….

Boyue Longhu Hotel covered an area of more than ten hectares, surrounded by mountains and rivers, with beautiful scenery and a simple and avant-garde design. Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong entered the door and went straight to the main venue without any effort. Although the official wedding would only be held tomorrow, the path was already filled with the wedding photos of Ji Tong and Fang Qing. Under the photos was written “Please go forward” in Chinese, Japanese and English. They used their wedding photos as a road sign and forced everyone to eat dog food.

Not only road signs, but also other wedding elements had been arranged properly. There were pink and white ribbons wrapped around the path in the garden, while Nordic-style flower bouquets were tied on the street lamps, white chairs had been placed on the passing lawn, and the pastor was standing in the gazebo holding a microphone to rehearse tomorrow’s lawn wedding. There was a medium-sized wedding band behind him, and the band was playing the wedding march. Singers were vocalizing, and hotel staff was feeding pigeons – there was even a cage of peace doves behind the band!

Lu Rong asked: “Does Uncle Ji believe in Christianity?”

Ji Wenfeng: “He is a programmer. He believes in Asimov’s three laws[2].”

Lu Rong: “My mother believes in Buddhism.”

Lu Rong and Ji Wenfeng: “…”

So what was happening with this pastor?! Did Ji Tong want to experiment with all wedding forms?!

The two rushed to the main venue of the wedding. As expected, it was Chinese-style, not only Chinese-style, but even ancient Chinese style. Both Ji Tong and Fang Qing wore Hanfu and wigs[3].

Ji Wenfeng and Lu Rong looked at the hotel lobby, which was decorated like Hengdian Film and Television City, and sat down speechlessly. At this moment, something happened on stage.

Ji Tong had been yelling all the time, he pursued perfection, and this was his long-awaited wedding, which had turned him from a gentle Confucian businessman into a tyrant. He was overwhelmed with the desire to control, and was constantly subverting the ceremony process, dissatisfied with everything, and finally quarreled with the master of ceremonies. While he and the master of ceremonies had a quarrel, Fang Qing watched for a long while, then she finally threw the hydrangea bouquet in her hand away in anger and strode away in the Hanfu.

Ji Tong shouted: “My lady!” and ran after her.

The groom and the bride ran past them one after another. Seeing this, Ji Wenfeng took a sip from his wine glass: “Is this marriage over?”

Lu Rong: “…”

And the master of ceremonies, the wedding and hotel staff gathered in a circle on the stage and quarreled for a while. The master of ceremonies walked towards Lu Rong and Ji Wenfeng: “Are you the sons of the bride and groom? Mr. Ji said that you can help.”

Ji Wenfeng, Lu Rong: “…”

Emcee: “That’s right, the bride and groom have run away, but we still need someone to rehearse, so that we can grasp the precise pinch points, measure the camera positions and so on. Can you play the role of the bride and groom? Mr. Ji is too tall, no one can play the role except Young Master Ji.”

Lu Rong hurriedly said: “My mother is…” They could find other women to act.

Before he could say it, Ji Wenfeng had already grabbed his wrist.

Ji Wenfeng smiled kindly: “Okay, he’s playing the bride.”

Lu Rong: “…”

It sounded a little shameful, but in fact it was not a big deal to just walk the stage and complete the rehearsal.

Ji Wenfeng interrupted his delusional thoughts in the next second: “Rongrong, go to the room and change your clothes.”

The master of ceremonies: “… Change clothes? No need. We just want to see a fixed point and moves.”

Ji Wenfeng: “He has to change into a wedding dress and bridal makeup, otherwise how can we see the effect? This rehearsal is formal.”

The master of ceremonies: “That’s right.” He confirmed that this was indeed Ji Tong’s son. The tendency for perfection was exactly the same as his father.

Ji Wenfeng handed Lu Rong’s hand to the master of ceremonies, and Lu Rong’s originally soft hand was now clenched into a hard fist as he retreated frantically: “The bride and groom have some small frictions, and they will solve it soon and will come back to the rehearsal. If you want to see the effect, they are more suitable.”

The master of ceremonies said: “They won’t come back for a while. They’d better never come back.” Mr. Ji was really annoying, as long as he was around, this rehearsal would never be completed.

“Come on, young master.” The master of ceremonies tilted his head and looked towards the dressing room.

Lu Rong cast his murderous eyes on Ji Wenfeng, and now he understood why Ji Wenfeng cooperated so actively. With a smirk on his lips, he stared at him maliciously.

Lu Rong was still in the puberty stage, his body was between a teenager and a young man, and he was very thin and slender, so he easily fit into Fang Qing’s backless wedding dress – even if he couldn’t fit into it, the wedding company also had other sizes, and there were probably a hundred wedding dresses in the dressing room. Ji Tong was really well prepared with multiple wedding dresses.

The makeup artist put on a wig and makeup on him: “Brother, your skin is so good, you can’t see any pores…”

Lu Rong: “Please draw me as another person.”

Makeup artist: “Huh? “

If he was forced to wear women’s clothes, he would want to become a different person completely. Ji Wenfeng had come up with such a trap, he couldn’t just be so obedient and get caught.

His height in sneakers was about the same as that of Fang Qing in high heels. After putting on the combat makeup, the master of ceremonies looked at Lu Rong in the mirror and said: “Young master can do it!”

“Hmm…” Lu Rong stabilized the things on his chest, let the left and right pieces be symmetrical, and calmly walked out of the locker room.

Ji Wenfeng had already changed into a formal suit and was standing next to the photographer to adjust his camera position: “You should take a picture of everything later.” Hearing the commotion behind him, he turned around and faced Lu Rong who was wearing women’s clothes.

Ji Wenfeng’s pupils dilated slightly.

He originally wanted to tease Lu Rong, if he could get a picture of Lu Rong in women’s clothing in distress, then he would definitely tease him in the future. But now it seemed that things had backfired. As a little slave, he was really good at pretending to be a beautiful woman.

Lu Rong walked up to him with his skirt in his hand, and asked provocatively, “What’s the matter, dear? Why don’t you look very happy?”

Ji Wenfeng was not someone who would give up easily. He straightened his back and stood up calmly.

Lu Rong: “…”

Ji Wenfeng looked at him, raised his eyebrows, and repeated word by word: “My dear?”

Lu Rong had no choice but to hold his arm.

The master of ceremonies was super satisfied with the couple: “Now let’s go to the lawn to go through the Western-style wedding process.”

Lu Rong: “Going outside?!”

Ji Wenfeng hummed contentedly, and whispered in Lu Rong’s ear: “All, all recorded.”

Lu Rong: “…”

[1] A Virgo Sun Scorpio Rising definitely wants an obsessive love where they will be hooked on the object of their desire. They want a beautiful marriage and family.

[2] 1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.