I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

"......"

Chen Shuo fell silent. As the voices of the male and female protagonists in the TV series played, his interest in reading gradually vanished.

Nothing else, this line is really infuriating. Do we really have to die here together?

"Could you watch a different TV series?"

"Why? Don't you think it's very touching?" Bai Xiaoqi's eyes welled up with a thin layer of mist, clearly moved.

"Don't you think this plot is ridiculous? Both of them could have lived, but the woman insisted on dying with one of them, like she's sick in the head."

"What do you know? They are the main characters. Someone will definitely come to rescue them in a while. This plot is actually to show the female lead's love for the male lead."

Bai Xiaoqi was talking non-stop, when suddenly an old man with a white beard appeared out of nowhere on the TV screen. He quickly took down the pursuers and rescued the male and female leads.

Oh, this...

Chen Shuo watched this scene in silence, glancing at the TV and then at her. After a while, he finally spoke up and praised her, "You're really smart."

She's usually so silly, but she's actually quite clever right now. Or maybe the reason I always thought she was a bit simple-minded was just because of a stereotype.

But no matter what, she really did understand Chinese TV dramas.

"So you finally admit you're stupid?" Bai Xiaoqi asked smugly.

“When I praise you for being smart, it doesn’t mean I’m stupid. Strictly speaking, your intelligence comes and goes, and most of the time you’re a bit silly. I’m the opposite; I’m mostly smart, and I only make silly mistakes occasionally, understand?”

Chen Shuo reached out and pinched her little face, his eyes full of doting affection.

Cute, pretty, well-behaved, and most importantly, a little silly, which doubles the joy.

Bai Xiaoqi's smug expression was instantly distorted by the pinching, her lips pouted, and she pushed Chen Shuo's hand aside, saying, "I don't understand."

This guy got it backwards; he's the one who's basically smart.

"It's okay if you don't understand. Come on, let me ask you something."

"what?"

Chen Shuo put the book he was holding aside, reached out and pulled her into his arms, then whispered in her ear, "Your period has been gone for three days, hasn't it?"

Chapter 283 What's with all the laughter?

"Your relative left three days ago, right?"

Along with warm breath, the question that sounded beside her startled Bai Xiaoqi. She thought it was something to be asked, but...

He really is a filthy, wicked person.

She inwardly cursed, but still softly replied, "Mmm."

"Since my wish from last time didn't come true, do I have to make up for it tonight?"

"..." Bai Xiaoqi fell silent upon hearing this. His wish involved a white-stockinged catgirl, with the catgirl on top and moving on her own; just imagining the scene made him feel incredibly embarrassed, but...

She glanced at Chen Shuo, then lowered her head, her two small hands clasped together, unsure whether she should agree or not.

After thinking for a moment, she decided to pretend she didn't know, so she asked, "Wh-what wish?"

"Don't you already know?"

"do not know."

"Then I'll tell you, it's..."

"I don't want to hear it." Bai Xiaoqi covered her ears with her hands, but unfortunately she only had two hands and couldn't take care of the cat ears on her head. So she simply twisted her body to break free from Chen Shuo's arm, got off the sofa, and ran away in her slippers.

"Go ahead and run. You can run away, but you can't hide. Anyway, you'll definitely make up for my wish tonight, right?"

"In your dreams!"

.......

After many twists and turns, it's now October, the golden autumn season, and the temperature has cooled down considerably with the change of seasons.

With their wedding just over a month away, the couple drove to the provincial capital to take wedding photos.

I was wrong to choose that photo studio for my ID photos. They promised they would take great pictures and that I would come back for my wedding photos... and they did take really good ones.

But at this point, Chen Shuo could only say, "Sorry, photographer, we really wanted to try our skills in the provincial capital. Besides, the scenery there is beautiful, and there are parks converted from ancient royal gardens."

He tried on all sorts of clothes, including wedding dresses, traditional Chinese wedding gowns, and traditional Chinese wedding robes. After that, Chen Shuo decided that he would have a traditional Chinese wedding when he got married in the future.

While the white wedding dress looked beautiful on her, it paled in comparison to how she looked in a traditional Chinese wedding gown.

Perhaps it's because traditional Chinese wedding attire is more grand and luxurious.

After taking their wedding photos, the couple spent a few days sightseeing in the provincial capital before returning with a huge pile of wedding photos.

There are two large photos, framed in beautiful frames, meant to be hung on the wall, one in the bedroom and one in the living room, along with several thick albums.

"Mom, do you think these photos of wedding dresses in bright red are beautiful?"

"No, they're all beautiful. Look how well these photos were taken, how pretty they are."

Wu Yulan flipped through the photo album page by page, saying this, but in her heart she really thought the bright red wedding dress looked better.

If you hadn't seen these bright red wedding dresses, you might think that wearing a wedding gown is especially beautiful, but the world is full of comparisons, and once you compare, it all falls short.

Still not telling the truth.

Not getting the answer he wanted, Chen Shuo leaned closer to the old man again, "Dad, what do you think?"

"All is well, all is well." Chen Jianwen nodded repeatedly.

"..."

Seeing Chen Shuo's gaze sweep over her, Bai Xiaoqi hesitated for a moment before saying, "I think this bright red wedding dress looks good."

"Right, so we plan to have a traditional Chinese wedding."

"Hold a traditional Chinese ceremony?" Wu Yulan looked up, thought for a moment, and then said, "Is it like the kind you see on TV, where you have to ride in a sedan chair or on horseback or something?"

"Isn't that a bit too much trouble?"

Chen Shuo was stunned for a moment. He hadn't thought that much about it. He just wanted to set up the wedding venue in the traditional Chinese style. As for riding in a sedan chair or on horseback, where could you find a horse these days? Even if you could find one, could it even be driven on the road?

"I reckon it will be hard to find sedan chairs and horses. If that doesn't work, we'll go with the times and cancel the horses and sedan chairs. We'll use wedding cars instead, and the wedding venue will be decorated in a Chinese style. The main thing is the clothes, bright red."

Wu Yulan looked up and thought about the scene. It seemed like it would work. Just as she was about to speak, Chen Jianwen interrupted, "Then you can't both wear bright red. You wear a bright red wedding dress, and she has to wear a dark green wedding gown. Red for the man and green for the woman, blue for the woman and dark for the woman, that's a proper classical wedding."

"is it?"

Chen Shuo scratched his head. It seemed that there was such a saying. It had been the case in the Tang and Song dynasties, but people still had to wear green for their weddings. Was that really appropriate?

"Wait, Dad, I remember when I was little, I saw your wedding photos, and you were both wearing bright red clothes."

"Hey, could we have been like you are now back then? It was only the 90s, who cared about so much? We were lucky to have a red jacket to wear. Besides, your mother and I didn't have a traditional wedding."

"So what kind of wedding did you have?"

Wu Yulan chimed in, "Back then, we didn't let you choose. Do you think it's like now, where you can have whatever you want, like destination weddings? Back then, we had a continuous banquet, inviting relatives and friends over to eat, and then going from table to table toasting each other."

As she spoke, Wu Yulan seemed to recall the past, then turned to look at Chen Jianwen, "I remember when we got married it was in winter, right?"

"Yes, it's almost Chinese New Year and it's really cold. When we went over to toast, I think it was your uncle or your maternal uncle, but before he even drank from his glass, his snot was already freezing. It made me laugh so hard, and you even pinched me hard."

Thinking of that day, Chen Jianwen couldn't help but laugh out loud again. The weather was really cold that day, but he felt warm all over.

Back then, we didn't have as many things as we do now. They even went to the provincial capital to take wedding photos. They just went to a photo studio to take a picture together. Their wedding clothes weren't as nice as they are now. They just found a red dress with a big red flower pinned to the chest. Thinking about it now, it was actually quite tacky, but they were incredibly happy at the time.

"Is that all you remember?" Wu Yulan glanced at him sideways.

"Oh no, I remember riding a bicycle back then. They weren't called bicycles, they were called '28-inch bicycles'."

Anyway, when I picked you up that morning, you were wearing a bright red dress, with a bright red cotton-padded jacket and pants underneath. You were having a hard time walking. I had just sat you down on the back of the bicycle, and before I could even start riding, you slipped off again, and then…”

"It's clearly your car that's faulty. The back seat is covered in ice, it's so slippery, how am I supposed to sit there?"

"Comrade Wu Yulan, you're talking nonsense. My car was brand new, a Phoenix brand, the most famous brand at the time. I was worried you wouldn't be comfortable, so I specially tied a big, thick cushion to the back seat. But when you slid down, the rope holding the cushion snapped. Have you forgotten?"

"That's because your rope is of poor quality."

The elderly couple chatted back and forth, reminiscing about their wedding more than twenty years ago, and then suddenly burst into laughter in unison.

As they laughed, the two looked at Chen Shuo, who was laughing along with them, and said, "It's none of your business, why are you laughing like that?"

"what?"

Chapter 284 Marrying a Wife: Eating and Dressing

The closer the divorce date gets, the busier I get. Just a few days ago I was leisurely taking wedding photos and having fun in the provincial capital, but now I suddenly seem to be very busy.

During this period, Chen Shuo was running around to various wedding planning companies in Yangcheng. He found three companies that contracted Chinese-style weddings, and then he compared prices with each of them and watched their wedding videos one by one.

Ultimately, the second company's solution was chosen.

The wedding procession, the bright red sedan chair, the venue decorations, and even the master of ceremonies—they covered everything, offering the best value for money.

As for the wedding attire, I went to a wedding dress shop to inquire, and they said it can be rented or bought.

Renting would be risky, as who knows how many people have worn their wedding attire? Buying would be a bit pricey, so Chen Shuo looked online again and found it was much cheaper. The two of them bought their wedding clothes, including the phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, for a total of over 20,000 yuan.

Although it's still a bit expensive, you only get married once in your life. Buying a wedding dress, even if you only wear it once, can be the best memento in the future. It's also good to keep it as a treasure.

Both of them wore bright red wedding attire, not green. Chen Shuo always felt that green was lacking, and besides, this wedding attire was in the Ming Dynasty style, and the Ming Dynasty was known for its bright red color.

When I got the phoenix crown back, I saw that the workmanship was very good, it was elegant and luxurious, and it looked like it was made of gold, but it was actually made of copper and iron.

The xiapei was dark green, the kind that looked like a vest or a scarf, embroidered, and decorated with a circle of pearls around the edge.

The other two also prepared an extra set of wedding attire, which was less elaborate, for toasting.

Once everything is prepared, take the wedding dress to the dry cleaners at the entrance of the community to have it dry-cleaned and ironed, then seal it up and store it in the walk-in closet at home, like a seal, to be opened the day before the wedding.

With one thing resolved, Chen Shuo was already busy with the next one. Although his parents were helping with the preparations, he, as the main character, was still incredibly busy.

Marriage sounds wonderful, but it's actually very tiring to do. After all, it's the biggest event in a lifetime, and no step in the process can go wrong.

The most idle person in the family is probably Bai Xiaoqi. She is a woman about to be married, and according to the local custom, she cannot help the groom prepare for the wedding, otherwise people will laugh at her for being desperate to get married.

I don't know who set up these ridiculous rules.

To avoid suspicion, she stayed at home every day watering flowers and raising cats, living a very comfortable life. The only time she went out with Chen Shuo was when she went to buy wedding hardware. She bought bracelets, pendants, necklaces, rings, and earrings, all of which were gold.