Chapter 99: Ziyi, You’re Here
Lu Ziyi thought about Ye Chuxiao’s interest in traditional folk wedding processions, so he took her upstairs to see.
Zhao Congrui and Lin Houchun followed closely. They noticed the pair’s fingers interlocked and tightly held together and couldn’t help but let out a few excited, wicked laughs. This time, Ziyi and Xiaoxiao were naturally, smoothly, a couple, right?
The tense atmosphere in the hallway earlier had truly startled Ye Chuxiao. However, with Senior Student Ziyi and the groom safe and sound, Ye Chuxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief. As she followed the crowd watching the wedding procession, she curiously asked Lu Ziyi about the lion dance and picking the green he had mentioned.
Lu Ziyi explained, “In our region, during important festivals or joyous occasions, we have the custom of a lion dance. With gongs and drums, it’s lively and festive, serving as an entertainment program.”
“During the lion dance, a red envelope is hung on a branch with leaves. On festival days, money is placed in it, symbolizing abundant wealth. For weddings, things like sunflower seeds and rice are put in, symbolizing an early birth of children.”
“Then, the branch with leaves and the red envelope are hung high up. The people performing the lion dance cooperate with each other, forming a human ladder. The lion head bites and takes down the red envelope. Because the leaves the red envelope is tied to are green, it’s called picking the green.”
“That sounds very thrilling!” Ye Chuxiao’s eyes widened. “Senior Student Ziyi, can you do the lion dance?”
Didn’t the groom just say he’d asked Senior Student Ziyi to help with the lion dance and picking the green? Even if Senior Student Ziyi was at the lion tail, he’d need a solid foundation, right?
“Could it be one of the people in the human pyramid?” Ye Chuxiao murmured.
Lu Ziyi suddenly gently flicked Ye Chuxiao’s delicate nose. “What are you talking about? I’m definitely the lion head!”
Ye Chuxiao lowered her gaze, her pink lips pursed, as if to say, “Whatever you say, I’ll pretend to believe it.”
“Hmph!” Lu Ziyi laughed, unconvinced. “I’ll show you my lion dance later, and I’ll be the lion head! I have to pick the green today!”
“Oh?” Ye Chuxiao sighed. The implication in Senior Student Ziyi’s words was that someone else could pick the green? Could it be that several lions were competing to pick the green? Wouldn’t that be a spectacular scene like a battle of lion kings?
Ye Chuxiao was about to ask more when the joyful cheers of the crowd rang out. The groom, Bai Yiming, had successfully passed the challenges and was carrying the bride, Xiao Yunfei, out of the bridal chamber.
Ye Chuxiao’s gaze was drawn over. She finally saw the legendary bride.
Miss Yunfei wore a red veil, so her face was hidden. However, dressed in big red wedding attire, she was tall. Her two slender arms were around the groom’s neck, revealing a pair of fair and soft hands.
Her skin was excellent, and her hands were beautiful. It couldn’t help but make Ye Chuxiao imagine a young lady from a prominent family practicing the four arts: zither, chess, calligraphy, and painting. She must be very beautiful, with a gentle and dignified temperament, right?
Suddenly, a hand with slender fingers waved in front of her eyes, followed by a magnetic and pleasant voice. “Let’s go, Xiaoxiao! Look, the bride is getting into the sedan chair! Still thinking about my lion dance? Don’t worry, I’ll still be handsome!”
Ye Chuxiao snapped back to reality and mumbled, “I hope so!”
“Not ‘I hope so’!” Lu Ziyi said with a smile, confidently. “It’s ‘I definitely will be handsome’!”
“Okay.”
“Not ‘okay’, it’s ‘very handsome’!”
…
Lu Ziyi and Ye Chuxiao were bickering.
Over there, the groom was carrying the bride down the stairs.
The bride seemed a little worried. Her left hand gently lifted a corner of the veil slightly.
Her gaze wasn’t on the stairs but fell upon a figure halfway down, and beside him, the slender lower legs of the girl wearing a lake-blue knee-length skirt.
She knew that was him.
