Bai Rongran nodded cooperatively. "It's really beautiful! No wonder it's the wedding dress that several designers rushed to make at top speed!"
"Then let's get ready and head to the hotel. I'll grab my phone. Let Ranran experience how lively a wedding can be and make her regret not coming back for it," said Bai's mother as she walked to the dressing table and picked up her phone.
"Pfft—" Rong Lan couldn't hold back her laughter.
She thought that once she got herself sorted out and didn't need anyone to chat with, Bai Rongran would be free. Little did she expect that Bai's mother planned to let Bai Rongran attend the whole wedding via video call.
Poor Bai Rongran didn't throw a tantrum and refuse. You know, Chu Chuan was with her now. She had been looking forward to Chu Chuan coming abroad to spend a few days with her. But on this wedding day, she had to spend the whole day on a video call. It was such a bad deal.
What Rong Lan didn't know was that when she covered her mouth and snickered, the phone camera happened to be pointed at her. Bai Rongran looked at the person who seemed to be glowing when smiling and had a delicate and beautiful face. Then she looked at herself with a rounder face on the same screen. Her mood fluctuated, and she almost shed tears.
She used to be as young and beautiful as Rong Lan, full of the vitality and vigor of a young person. But now, for the sake of the baby in her belly, she had gained a lot of weight. Due to lack of sleep, her skin had also deteriorated a lot.
They were about the same age, but she and Rong Lan had lived such different lives.
Rong Lan didn't know that Bai Rongran had felt vulnerable for a while. Somehow, the phone that Bai's mother had been holding ended up in her hands. So she and Bai Rongran stared at each other, and couldn't help but start bickering again.
They bickered all the way until they reached the hotel.
The bottom five floors of the most expensive Fenglin Hotel in the whole of Kyoto had been booked by the Chu family. After the Bai family arrived at the Fenglin Hotel, they were directly arranged to stay in the presidential suite on the fifth floor of the hotel, waiting for the auspicious time of the wedding to start.
The relatives and friends invited by the Bai family were picked up from the Bai family's place by a row of cars and taken to the Fenglin Hotel.
To conserve her energy, Rong Lan stopped arguing with Bai Rongran after they reached the hotel suite. She gave the phone back to Bai's mother, then sat upright on the sofa and started to zone out.
The Bai family knew that the whole wedding would be tiring, so seeing Rong Lan taking a break, they didn't bother her.
It wasn't until the well - dressed flower boy arrived at the suite. Seeing the appearance of the flower boy, Rong Lan couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Si "Flower Boy" Mo saw the little fox with her fox - like eyes almost closed from laughing. He fought the urge to roll his eyes and tightened his grip on the flower basket in his hand.
The little fox was so unkind. What was so funny? He had just used a little magic to shrink himself into an eight - or seven - year - old kid. If he hadn't been bored, he wouldn't have offered to be her flower boy.
Bai's mother gently asked the little flower boy to sit next to Rong Lan. "Sure enough, the flower boy that Lanlan found is really handsome."
"Pfft—" Rong Lan turned her head and continued to hold back her laughter.
Si Mo: "???"
What's so funny? What's wrong with the elder complimenting him on being handsome? Wasn't he really handsome?
You know, his childhood appearance resembled his father by seven or eight out of ten. And his father was the man his mother had loved for tens of thousands of years.
"Come on, let me take a few nice photos of you first."
As soon as Bai's mother said this, Rong Lan obediently turned her head back, sat up straight, and waited to be photographed.
Si Mo also sat up straight obediently. He put the flower basket on his lap and held the handles of the basket with both hands, playing the role of a well - behaved little gentleman.
Rong Lan whispered to Si Mo. "Who helped you with this little suit and hairstyle today?"
"Me."
"Wow, I didn't expect you to have such skills." Rong Lan was really surprised.
This guy must always turn himself into a kid for fun.
Si Mo rolled his eyes. "Because I used to be the flower boy for my parents."
"Your parents got married after you were born?" Her gossipy spirit was instantly aroused.
Si Mo shook his head. "No, it's just that the years were long, and they were bored, so they just put on wedding clothes and took wedding photos as a souvenir. I wasn't even born when they actually held their wedding."
"By the way, don't you feel ashamed to turn yourself into a kid?" Rong Lan lowered her voice to the lowest level to prevent others around from hearing.
She had tried to turn herself into a kid, but only once.
That time, she wanted to go into the palace to visit her aunt who was already a favorite concubine of the emperor. She didn't dare to use invisibility spells to wander around in the palace. After all, there was always a national teacher in the palace who was proficient in demon - related arts. If she was caught, she would easily be regarded as a thief. So she had to enter through normal means.
Moreover, she didn't dare to show up as a normal fifteen - or fourteen - year - old girl, for fear that the concubines of the emperor would misunderstand that she was going into the palace to win the emperor's favor. It was most appropriate to enter the palace to visit relatives in the guise of a child.
She felt extremely ashamed just from that one experience of turning into a child, and she never did such a thing again.
Si Mo glanced at the little fox. "What's there to be ashamed of? I often turn into a kid for fun. At my age, I've seen everything."
"...... No wonder you volunteered to be the flower boy." It turned out he often turned into a kid for fun.
"Where did sister meet this kid?" Bai Rongran, who was extremely bored and couldn't hang up the video call, spoke up.
Rong Lan knew from Bai Rongran's tone that this person was going to pick a fight again.
Hearing Bai Rongran's words, Bai's mother thought her daughter wanted to chat with her sister, so she gave the phone to Rong Lan.
Rong Lan held the phone in one hand and pulled Si Mo's arm with the other, signaling him to sit closer. "This is my friend who is much older/younger than me. Ranran, don't you think he's really handsome?"
Bai Rongran looked at the almost flawless face on the screen. "Yes, yes, yes, he's really handsome."
While answering casually, she wondered which family this kid was from.
When Bai's mother was still holding the phone, the camera had always been pointed at Rong Lan and the kid sitting next to her. From the kid's gestures, it was obvious that he wasn't from an ordinary family. But she didn't know which family in this circle Rong Lan had such a good relationship with that she could borrow a kid from them.
"Is your sister pregnant?" Si Mo asked clearly and precisely.
Even Rong Lan was shocked, not to mention Bai Rongran on the other end, whose face turned several shades paler in fright.
Fortunately, everyone around was chatting intently and no one heard Si Mo's words.
Bai Rongran was so angry that her hair almost stood on end. "What are you talking about! I've just gained a little weight recently! I don't even have a boyfriend. How could I be pregnant!"
Rong Lan didn't intend to expose Bai Rongran at this time. She gave Si Mo a look.
Si Mo shrugged, shifted his gaze to other places, and didn't get involved in the chat between these two fake sisters anymore.