"I see," Rong Lan said, feigning understanding. "Come to think of it, isn't he with Ranran?"
As Rong Lan spoke, a look of wariness involuntarily flashed across Bai Rongran's eyes. "How do you know?"
Rong Lan raised her eyebrows. She knew that Chu Chuan was currently out of the country, so she was just making a casual guess. She never expected that Chu Chuan would have a conscience and go abroad to accompany Bai Rongran.
As for how she knew that Chu Chuan was out of the country, she had to thank Si Mo.
Last time, Chu Chuan sent someone to follow her and secretly take pictures of her going upstairs with Si Mo. She asked Si Mo to use magic to destroy all the backup photos that Chu Chuan had.
After that, she had to go to City F to investigate something and also had to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth again according to the method taught by Si Mo to restore her previous cultivation. She was so busy that she was afraid that Chu Chuan would cause more trouble. So she asked the bored Si Mo to keep an eye on Chu Chuan. If Chu Chuan did anything unfavorable to her, Si Mo was supposed to give him a little lesson.
Si Mo was not the kind of person who could be patient just to supervise others. He probably played tricks on Chu Chuan more than once during this period.
The last time she heard news about Chu Chuan from Si Mo was that Chu Chuan might have felt that he was haunted by something unclean and planned to go abroad for a while and come back when his luck improved.
So she knew that Chu Chuan had gone abroad, but she really didn't know that he would go to find her dear younger sister.
"I think Ranran should thank me. If it weren't for me, he wouldn't have gone abroad at all," Rong Lan said. If Chu Chuan hadn't been scared by Si Mo several times, he might have tried to cause trouble at her wedding with Chu Hengyuan. How could he be willing to go abroad to avoid trouble?
Bai Rongran didn't believe Rong Lan's nonsense. "What does this have to do with you? He went abroad because of business."
Rong Lan sighed. "That sounds like a lie. Going abroad without even attending the wedding banquet? What kind of business is so urgent?"
"What's so great about your wedding banquet?" Hearing Rong Lan talk about Chu Chuan with her so openly, Bai Rongran knew that Mother Bai was probably not around. So she immediately stopped pretending.
Rong Lan preferred Bai Rongran's current feisty attitude to her previous pretense of being gentle and kind. She smiled with her eyes bent. "Young Master Chu and I are going to grow old together. Those who attend our wedding banquet will surely grow old with their beloved partners too."
"Tsk. Let's talk about it when you really grow old with Chu Hengyuan," Bai Rongran said dismissively.
"You just wished me a happy wedding. Now you don't wish me and Chu Hengyuan a long and happy marriage?" Rong Lan pretended to be sad.
"Wish, wish, wish. Sister wishes you and the young master of the Chu family a long and happy marriage," Bai Rongran paused. "And may you have many descendants."
A long and happy marriage and many descendants.
In the world where Rong Lan lived, these were almost the blessings that one would hear at least ten times at every wedding banquet.
She was in a daze. When she came to her senses, there was a new memory in her mind.
In her previous life, at the wedding of the real Bai Ronglan and Chu Hengyuan, Bai Ronglan's biological father, as well as her grandmother and maternal grandmother, all attended. Bai Ronglan agreed to marry Chu Hengyuan under the name of "Bai Rongran" on the condition that her real relatives attend the wedding. For this reason, she quarreled with Father Bai and Mother Bai at every meal. Sometimes the quarrels were so serious that either she or Mother Bai would cry. Every time Mother Bai cried, Bai Rongran would be there to comfort her gently and even step on her for only remembering her biological parents and being ungrateful.
Later, Father Bai and Mother Bai agreed to her request and invited her blood relatives, crossing out the relatives and friends they originally wanted to invite. The atmosphere of that wedding was not good. They managed to create a lively scene, but it was all a pretense. From beginning to end, Father Bai and Mother Bai had gloomy faces and didn't even want to say a word to her. It seemed that the rift between them began to widen from that time on.
"Hey, hey, hey. If you don't say anything, I'll hang up!" Seeing that the person on the video was staring blankly into space, Bai Rongran complained unceremoniously. "Really. If it weren't for Mom insisting that I accompany you, I wouldn't waste my time on you."
Bai Rongran's voice pulled Rong Lan back to the real world. She finally came to her senses and threw the extra memory to the back of her mind. "Since Mom asked you to accompany me, even if I don't say anything, you have to continue the video call obediently. Otherwise, when Mom comes and sees that you're not accompanying me, she'll surely scold you."
"You!" Bai Rongran was angry with Rong Lan again.
But she had to admit that Rong Lan was right. She really couldn't hang up the video call casually.
Because several times when she talked on the phone with Mother Bai, Mother Bai emphasized that there would be no bridesmaids at the wedding to simplify the process. So as her younger sister, she had to accompany her elder sister more and not let Rong Lan feel lonely.
If she hung up the video call, Mother Bai might not scold her, but there would surely be a little knot in her heart.
"You've become more and more annoying, sister, after not seeing you for a month," Bai Rongran said.
"Hehe. Ditto," Rong Lan replied.
So when Mother Bai had some free time and came to Rong Lan's room, what she heard was Rong Lan and Bai Rongran bickering back and forth. Neither of them was willing to give in.
As soon as Mother Bai came in, the two of them immediately became well-behaved.
"You two. You start to fight as soon as I'm not around," Mother Bai said helplessly, shaking her head.
Rong Lan covered her mouth and yawned. She picked up the water cup with a straw and took a sip to quench her thirst.
She and Bai Rongran had been arguing for an hour, and she was really thirsty.
On the other end, Bai Rongran also picked up her water cup and took a sip to regain her strength.
Mother Bai watched as Rong Lan put on her wedding dress and then went downstairs to continue entertaining the guests. Rong Lan, who had put on her wedding dress, still had to sit in front of the dressing table for a while to fix her hairstyle and makeup.
"Ranran, does my wedding dress look good?" Rong Lan asked casually the person on the video.
Bai Rongran rolled her eyes. "It looks good. Sister's wedding dress is the most beautiful, and sister is the most beautiful too."
"Uh-huh," Rong Lan said. Knowing that Bai Rongran's praise was insincere, she still continued the conversation. "Then do you want to imagine what you'll look like in a wedding dress?"
"I'm not in a hurry. I'll surely wear a wedding dress specially designed for me in the future and then walk into the palace of marriage with the person I love," Bai Rongran said. When she mentioned "the person I love", her eyes sparkled.
Seeing her younger sister looking so happy, Rong Lan secretly sighed in her heart. Her younger sister was so oblivious to her obvious hints. A girl in love really lost her rationality. Chu Chuan was definitely not the one who could hold her hand and walk into the palace of marriage.
It was really... hopeless to persuade her...
It only took about ten minutes to fix her makeup and hairstyle. When everything was ready, someone went downstairs to inform Mother Bai.
Mother Bai came up, pulled Rong Lan around in a circle, and nodded in satisfaction. "Our Lanlan is really beautiful. Ranran, can you see your sister's wedding dress? Isn't it beautiful?"