Although Si Mo didn't like to interact with humans, on this occasion, he couldn't afford to lose face for the little fox's fiancé. He forced a sweet fake smile as a response.
Chu Hengyuan led Rong Lan onto the stage, while Si Mo stood to the side. As an experienced flower boy, he knew the general sequence. He just had to wait for the couple to finish their wedding vows before it would be his turn to present the rings. Before that, he only needed to find the rings hidden in the petals of the flower basket and be ready at any time.
After the host said a few words to liven up the atmosphere, the wedding vows began.
Hearing the long - winded wedding vows, Rong Lan came back to her senses and temporarily gave up analyzing the causal lines of the guests.
After all, she would follow Chu Hengyuan to toast each table later. She could take her time to analyze the causal lines then.
"Mr. Chu Hengyuan, whether in poverty, illness, pain, wealth, health, joy, or happiness, do you promise to stay by Miss Bai Ronglan's side and love her for the rest of your life?"
Chu Hengyuan turned his head and glanced at the delicate and beautiful girl beside him. With a faint smile, he said, "I do."
Applause rang out again.
The host then asked, "Miss Bai Ronglan, whether in poverty, illness, pain, wealth, health, joy, or happiness, do you promise to stay by Mr. Chu Hengyuan's side and love him for the rest of your life?"
Hearing the host call her "Miss Bai Ronglan", Rong Lan was in a daze for a moment. In her memory, during the wedding in her past life, the host had said "Miss Bai Rongran" when reading the wedding vows. Finally, she had fulfilled the original owner's wish and married him as "Bai Ronglan" in a proper manner.
She subconsciously turned her head to look at the man holding her hand. In her memory, she had also turned to look at him after the host finished reading the wedding vows. But in that wedding, he hadn't looked at her. There had never been any eye contact between them.
But this time was different. When she turned her head, she happened to meet his smiling eyes. His lips moved slightly without making a sound, but his mouth shape seemed to be comforting her not to be nervous.
Rong Lan suddenly broke into a smile. "I do."
She was willing to marry Chu Hengyuan, not as Bai Ronglan from the Bai family, but as Rong Lan, a fox spirit with five - hundred years of cultivation. No matter whether they would be poor or sick, healthy or wealthy in the future, she was willing to accompany him on this journey.
Just because of that smiling look from Chu Hengyuan, she was sure that she would not repeat the mistakes of the original owner in her past life. Moreover, this wedding was completely different from the one in the past. Whether it was the Chu family or the Bai family, all the guests were smiling. There was none of the gloom of the past.
"Now, please exchange rings, bride and groom!" As soon as the host finished speaking, little flower boy Si Mo stepped forward and presented the ring box in front of the two newlyweds.
Rong Lan still wanted to laugh whenever she saw Si Mo, and she had to hold it back with great difficulty.
Seeing the little fox holding back her laughter until her face turned red, Si Mo secretly glared at her.
Fortunately, despite the struggle to hold back laughter, the ring - exchanging ceremony went smoothly.
Looking at the ring on the ring finger of her right hand, Rong Lan felt that the responsibility on her shoulders had become a bit heavier. From now on, she really had to be a good - earning fox to support the family. She couldn't be as carefree as before. She had someone to take care of.
After the ring - exchanging ceremony, Si Mo, the flower boy, could retire with success.
He originally planned to slip away secretly, but before he could carry out his plan, he was caught by Mother Bai and arranged to sit at the main table.
Since he was already seated, even though he didn't know anyone at this table, he had to stay obediently. Fortunately, the bride and groom would also sit at this table after toasting. As long as he waited for the little fox to come back, he would have someone to talk to.
Chu Hengyuan first took the little girl back to the room upstairs to change into a more convenient dress for toasting, and then led her back down.
The guests who had just gathered in front of the stage to watch the bride and groom exchange rings had now taken their seats and started drinking and eating.
"What's your drinking capacity, Lanlan?" While asking, Chu Hengyuan took the small cup presented by the waiter and handed it to Rong Lan.
Rong Lan took the cup. "Theoretically, it should be okay?"
In fact, she didn't know her own drinking capacity. As a fox, she didn't like to drink, and in the existing memories, the original owner didn't seem to be a person who liked alcohol either.
"Then Lanlan, drink less. You'll feel uncomfortable if you get drunk later." Chu Hengyuan said as he picked up a wine glass himself. "Let's go. Let's start toasting. After we've toasted these dozen or so tables, we can go back to the main table to eat."
Rong Lan nodded obediently. She wasn't very familiar with the wedding process, so naturally, she just did as Chu Hengyuan said.
When toasting the first table, Rong Lan took a sip of the drink.
Afraid of getting drunk, she just took a small sip, but to her surprise, it tasted like plain water.
Plain water?
Was it just her imagination?
She secretly glanced at Chu Hengyuan. Sensing the little girl's gaze, Chu Hengyuan turned to look at her. With a smile on his face, his eyes clearly told her not to say anything and just act as if she didn't know.
Rong Lan immediately understood. Chu Hengyuan had even arranged this in advance? He was so considerate that she felt even more reluctant to let him down. She must raise him to be healthy and happy in the future!
To outsiders, their eye - flirting just seemed like a sign of their good relationship, and no one thought much of it.
After toasting five or six tables, Rong Lan couldn't hold back anymore. She leaned close to Chu Hengyuan's ear and secretly asked, "Is there also plain water in your glass?"
Chu Hengyuan slowly shook his head, still smiling. "No. If there were plain water in my glass, it would be too obvious. Many people know that I'm a poor drinker."
"A poor drinker?" Rong Lan stared at Chu Hengyuan carefully for a while. "I can't tell."
The man had already drunk five or six glasses of wine, but his face didn't even turn red. How could this be called a poor drinker?
Chu Hengyuan didn't know whether to laugh or cry and shifted his gaze. "You'll see later." This little girl. She was supposed to stop looking at him so intently. A few more looks like this, and he really wouldn't be able to stand it.
It wasn't until they finished toasting all the tables and sat down at the main table that Rong Lan believed that Chu Hengyuan was really a poor drinker when she saw his earlobes as red as if they were about to drip blood.
She picked up the serving chopsticks and put several pieces of chicken on his plate, sharing her favorite food with him.
Chu Hengyuan had eaten with the little girl a few times and knew that she liked chicken. Naturally, he could tell that she was sharing her favorite food with him. He smiled and put several pieces of chicken on her plate as well.
His actual drinking capacity was okay, but he got drunk easily. Just a little more alcohol would make his face turn red, but in fact, he was still sober.
Most of the time, when his face started to feel hot, that was when he started to pretend to be drunk.