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TL: snaggletooth
Extra: Wedding Part 2
On April 15th, the wedding was held on a Southern island as scheduled.
Due to the geographical location, the April over here has already gradually gotten warmer and many flowers have bloomed.
According to the custom of City A, the two newlyweds cannot meet before the wedding. So after flying to the island yesterday, the parents from both sides immediately separated the two, and even arranged two hotels to prevent them from meeting in secret.
Qin Yiheng and Chu Yi felt very helpless. It’s not like they weren’t cooperative and they’re usually very well-behaved at home. So why does it seem like they’re very disobedient in the eyes of their parents?
On the day of the wedding, Chu Yi got up at 6, and then welcomed getting makeup done for the first time in his life.
Other than the flowers on-site and some pictures for display, Chu Yi and Qin Yiheng asked the planning team to take care of almost all the wedding needs, including the makeup artist who was helping Chu Yi with the powder right now.
“Just make it simple. I’ve never put on makeup before, I’m afraid it’ll look strange.”
The makeup artist said, “Mn, alright Mr. Chu. I wasn’t going to put on too much in the first place, you have very good skin. I’ll just put on some foundation to cover some dark circles and redness.”
Chu Yi raised his eyes, “That’s right, recently, I’ve been sleeping quite poorly.”
Zhang Kai, who was sitting aside, heard Chu Yi’s words and immediately moved his chair forward a little, “What were you doing to sleep so poorly?”
Chu Yi rolled his eyes at Zhang Kai through the mirror, “What the filthy heck are you thinking about?”
Zhang Kai laughed loudly. Although he did think of some dirty things, he can’t simply admit to it.
Zhang Kai, “Did I say anything?”
Chu Yi, “Why are you so loud?”
Zhang Kai immediately lowered his voice, “You wronged me.”
Chu Yi explained, “Since I’m going out to play with Qin Yiheng tomorrow for two weeks, don’t I have to finish my work first?”
Zhang Kai’s tone became dull, “That so.”
Chu Yi lifted his lips lightly.
Of course, there indeed was a lot of work, but it wasn’t to that extent.
Because he was about to get married, Xiao-Zhan and Rongrong took over a lot of his work.
And what Zhang Kai assumed about just now was in fact correct.
Ever since he said he was nervous last time, Qin Yiheng never let him go.
After unlocking showering together, showering became not so simple.
Every stay in the bathroom would be more than an hour, then after he was wiped clean and carried to bed, it was a few more hours.
“Close your eyes.” The makeup artist said to Chu Yi.
Chu Yi closed his eyes and stopped thinking.
“Is marriage troublesome?” Zhang Kai suddenly asked Chu Yi.
Chu Yi, “It’s alright. Although it seems that there are many things to be done, in fact, Qin Yiheng and I haven’t really done anything.”
Zhang Kai, “Isn’t this because of the power of money?”
Chu Yi laughed, “I guess you can also say that.”
Zhang Kai took a long sigh and asked, “What’s the process later? Will he come pick you up? Or what?”
About the marriage process, Chu Yi and Qin Yiheng chose the simplest one.
There will be a wedding reception. They also discussed who would pick up who[1]In Chinese weddings, the groom would go pick up the bride. In the end, they decided to let Qin Yiheng come pick up Chu Yi because of their height.
Then Chu Yi took Qin Yiheng’s personality into consideration and strongly suggested omitting the segment of blocking the door[2]In Chinese weddings, the groom who comes to pick up the bride needs to win over the bridesmaids/friends blocking the door by completing their wishes/answering their questions. Only then will the … Continue reading.
After all, he felt that with Qin Yiheng like this. If he was asked to shout out “I love you” at the door and deal with all kinds of random things before finally having to kneel down and confess in front of so many people. Even if Qin Yiheng wasn’t embarrassed, he would be the one embarrassed.
It was already embarrassing just thinking about it.
This kind of thing, it’s enough for Qin Yiheng to do it to him in private.
With so many people watching them, he’ll feel uncomfortable and won’t know how to act.
And this simplest one they chose is that when Qin Yiheng is about to arrive, Chu Yi goes downstairs directly[3]no door blocking.
Last time, the fortune-teller not only calculated the day, but also the hour. The time of Si[4]巳时; the period of the day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m, which means that 9 o’clock is the best time today.
At 8, Chu Yi was ready.
At 8:10, the camera team came in to take photos and reminded him of the time.
At 8:15, the camera team began to take behind-the-scenes cuts and some photos.
At 8:40, he was notified that he could head downstairs.
At 8:45, he met Qin Yiheng downstairs.
Because of the custom of not meeting before marriage, the moment he saw Qin Yiheng, Chu Yi deliberately expressed surprise and said to Qin Yiheng, “This handsome guy over here, are you perhaps my groom today?”
Qin Yiheng handed the flowers over with a smile and said, “Are you Mr. Chu?”
Chu Yi nodded, “That’s me.”
Qin Yiheng took Chu Yi’s waist and said, “Then it’s you who I came to pick up.”
The two walked out of the hotel together and got into the car amid a crowd of cheers and greetings.
As soon as he sat down, Qin Yiheng grabbed Chu Yi’s hair and said, “It’s hard.”
Chu Yi also grabbed at it, “Probably from the hair gel.” Then he suddenly moved back and asked Qin Yiheng, “Are there any changes about me? I got up so early and the stylist worked for a long time.”
“There are changes.” Qin Yiheng said
Chu Yi was curious, “What changes?”
Qin Yiheng, “You got your hair done.”
“Hahaha.” Chu Yi laughed and applauded, “Good job!”
He leaned back again, “The stylist asked me if I wanted to put on lipstick.”
Qin Yiheng turned to look at Chu Yi, “Did you put it on?”
Chu Yi shook his head, “No, I put it on then wiped it off, it felt sticky. Moreover,” He glanced at the driver, then whispered, “Aren’t you kissing me later? What if you end up eating it?”
Qin Yiheng smiled, “I haven’t eaten lipstick-flavored cakes before.”
Chu Yi slapped Qin Yiheng on the knee, “Hey, keep your voice down.”
Chu Yi cleared his throat, then changed the topic, “Did you put on makeup?”
Qin Yiheng shook his head, “No.”
Chu Yi was surprised, “Why?”
Qin Yiheng, “I didn’t want to.”
Chu Yi, “…You can do that?”
This reason’s quite good.
Chu Yi reached out and touched Qin Yiheng, “Ah, you did your hair.”
Qin Yiheng, “Is your heart feeling balanced?”
Chu Yi smiled and tilted his head up, “It’s balanced.”
Before long, the car arrived at the wedding venue.
What happened next was as planned. As soon as the time came, Chu Yi put his hand on Qin Yiheng’s wrist. They walked through the crowd, over the red carpet, and onto the stage.
Smiles filled everyone’s faces, the emcee was holding a mic saying joyful things, and applause broke out one after another.
“How lively.” Chu Yi whispered to Qin Yiheng between the words from the emcee.
Qin Yiheng asked, “Are you happy?”
Chu Yi immediately laughed even happier, “I’m happy.”
Probably because Chu Yi had seen similar content before. When it came to the ring exchanging segment, Chu Yi also whispered what the emcee said to the mic, and the two voices overlapped.
Chu Yi’s voice could only be heard by Qin Yiheng. His tone was different from the emcee. He was laughing as he talked, as if trying to amuse Qin Yiheng, and also himself.
“Groom, do you accept?” The emcee asked loudly.
“Do you?” Chu Yi looked into Qin Yiheng’s eyes and whispered.
Before receiving the mic, Qin Yiheng whispered to Chu Yi, “I do.” Then he took the mic and repeated, “I do.”
After the mic was returned to the emcee, Qin Yiheng used the same low tone and asked Chu Yi, “Do you accept?”
Chu Yi stopped copying the emcee, and quickly nodded twice very un-obviously, “I do.”
Nobody knew that during such a big wedding, the two newlyweds secretly held a small ceremony in front of everyone on the stage.
Announcing to the world and announcing to you.
For better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part[5]lit. never to be separated, staying together until old age.
References
↑1 | In Chinese weddings, the groom would go pick up the bride |
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↑2 | In Chinese weddings, the groom who comes to pick up the bride needs to win over the bridesmaids/friends blocking the door by completing their wishes/answering their questions. Only then will the groom be let inside to pick up his bride. |
↑3 | no door blocking |
↑4 | 巳时; the period of the day from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m |
↑5 | lit. never to be separated, staying together until old age |
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there’s a similar Malay wedding tradition that’s called palang pintu (door bar?) in where I live. so on the way of the groom walking to meet the bride there will be several ‘door bar’ which is a long cloth held by people from two sides. at each ‘bar’ the groom needs to win a pantun (poetry with rhymes) match before he can pass through the ‘bar’.
omgg we have the same tradition in turkey, the groom picks up the bride and bridesmaids block the door and ask for money or something like that asjhsjq