“Let’s sit down and eat first. Yan Sui and Ting Ting have a good relationship. They must still have something to say. As elders, we should be considerate.”
Yan Manjia said. Holding He Wan’s hand, she asked with a smile, “Sister-in-law, am I right?”
He Wan wanted to shake off Yan Manjia’s hand but found that Yan Manjia’s strength was not small, holding her hand firmly. When the servants heard Yan Manjia’s words, they came over to lead the Meng family to their seats next door.
“Let go. Yan Manjia, you are used to being shameless and having no face. Don’t think that I am the same as you.”
After everyone left, before He Wan could shake her off, Yan Manjia let go of her hand first. He Wan rubbed her wrist and her expression became a little colder, “A sister-in-law is like a mother, and I am your sister-in-law!”
“Puhahahahaha,” Yan Manjia laughed, getting louder and louder, and more and more exaggerated.
“Sister-in-law is like a mother, my ass. Have you raised me? Or did you teach me? What kind of airs can you put on me? Let me tell you——at that time, you drove my brother to his death. I will remember it all my life, and so will Yan Sui, that is…”
Yan Manjia said nothing more. She turned around and left, ignoring He Wan’s extremely ugly expression.
***
When the Meng family members came out after the meal, they saw Yan Sui bringing Meng Ting to talk in his circle of friends.
Yan Sui still looked serious and cold as usual, but Meng Ting’s expression had returned to normal. Although he didn’t talk much, he would occasionally turn his head and smile at Yan Sui, and nod to the person who spoke.
Yan Sui’s gaze that fell on Meng Ting was also a bit more gentler than that on others. Of course, only those who were familiar with him could notice this.
Look at it this way, it seems that bringing Meng Ting’s grandmother here hasn’t had much impact.
“… I guess so. The invitation has been sent out and the guests have come. Even if Brother Yan doesn’t like it, he still has to pretend to like it.”
Meng Xiao, with his arms crossed, looked at Meng Ting. Naturally, he remembered the day when Meng Ting broke his arms. It was an undeniable fact that they had a grudge. Since then, he has not stopped using the utmost malice to speculate on Meng Ting’s current and even future situation.
He thought so, Meng Qin and even Meng Jiang and Meng Bo thought so, and even Su Siyu, who arrived later with Old Madam Su, thought so after hearing about it.
He supported Old Madam Su and walked towards Yan Sui and Meng Ting step by step, looking at Yan Sui with an undisguised and unconcealed gaze.
His overly delicate face made many people involuntarily cast their eyes on him, but this did not include Yan Sui, nor Meng Qi, who was a little worried about Meng Ting.
When they came, Yan Sui was talking to Meng Ting in a low voice. He suddenly raised his hand and wiped the corner of Meng Ting’s mouth with his thumb. Just now, he secretly gave Meng Ting a snack, and a little bit of crumbs got on the corner of his mouth. In fact, if it wasn’t in front of people, Yan Sui would prefer to wipe it off for him in another way.
Meng Ting pursed his lips, swallowed the snack, and then smiled softly at Yan Sui, “It’s delicious.”
Yan Sui’s hand moved to Meng Ting’s hair for a moment. After touching it lightly, he withdrew his hand and whispered, “I’ll get it for you again later.”
“Okay,” Meng Ting nodded. When he glanced out of the corner of his eye, Su Siyu and Old Lady Su had already arrived.
He opened his eyes wide and stared at Su Siyu for a while, and then he subconsciously moved closer to Yan Sui.
“Yan Sui, this must be Meng Ting, right?”
“This is my wife, Meng Ting,” Yan Sui replied to Old Lady Su’s words, and then turned his head to look at Meng Ting and introduced her, “This is the old lady of the Su family, you can just call her Old Lady.”
Meng Ting nodded when he heard this, and then he greet her, “Hello, Old Lady.”
Old Lady Su was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then it suddenly dawned on her that she might have angered Yan Sui. The reason was probably Su Siyu who was following her. Otherwise, given her relationship with Yan Sui’s grandmother, he should have let Meng Ting call her grandma instead of such an unfamiliar and polite title.
“Hello, Big Brother Yan,” Su Siyu didn’t have the intention to accept the cold treatment. He came today with the intention of stealing Meng Ting’s limelight. As he spoke, his eyes finally glanced at Meng Ting, and the feeling of faint demonstration became a little stronger.
Yan Sui swept a glance at Su Siyu but did not respond. He nodded gently to Old Lady Su and was about to take Meng Ting away, but was held back by Meng Ting.
“If you call Yan Sui Big Brother Yan, then you should also call me Eldest Sister-in-law or Sister-in-law. That’s what Gu Lang and the others call me.”
Meng Ting paused before continuing, “Since you don’t want to call me sister-in-law, then there’s also no need for you to call Yan Sui big brother. He has a younger brother, it’s Zhen Han.”
Yan Sui didn’t tell him that the Yan family and the Su family were related by marriage. Like Rong Nan, he didn’t want to call him sister-in-law, and his thoughts were even more obvious and annoying than Rong Nan’s.
After Meng Ting finished speaking, he turned to look at Yan Sui. The seriousness in his tone still persisted, “Yan Sui, am I right?”
“You’re right,” the corner of Yan Sui’s mouth curled into a smile when he heard this. Meng Ting didn’t even know how cute he looked when he was jealous.
Meng Ting nodded his head in satisfaction upon hearing this. His gaze swept over to Zhen Han, and he asked again, “Cousin, what do you think?”
“Sister-in-law is right,” his sister-in-law’s fighting prowess against his love rivals was awesome, there was absolutely no need to worry.
Zhen Han responded and kicked Gu Lang who was beside him, then Gu Lang also gave Zhong Ming a kick; one kick after another. After a while, many people said loudly at the same time, “Sister-in-law is right.”
This sentence was echoed throughout the entire living room, and more people looked over, feeling surprised at Meng Ting’s popularity among Yan Sui’s friends.
There was a hint of a smile at the corners of Meng Ting’s brows. His gaze fell back on the pale-faced Su Siyu, and he decided to say the last few sentences before leaving.
“The words I wanted to say last time, I remembered later: ‘Where, within the corners of the world, cannot fragrant herbs be found?’. It means that Yan Sui is my husband; you can’t like him. You should go like someone else.”
How thoughtful he was, even worried that Su Siyu wouldn’t understand, so he explained it a bit. He didn’t do that with Rong Nan last time.
After Meng Ting finished speaking, he didn’t care what expression Su Siyu would have. He turned to look at Yan Sui, pulled him along a couple of steps, and then asked, “What should we do next?”
Yan Sui took Meng Ting’s hand and continued to walk out, his voice, carrying a hint of laughter also sounded: “Ceremonial obeisances1拜天地 (bài tiān dì): to worship heaven and earth; ritual kneeling by bride and groom in a traditional Chinese wedding; (of bride and groom) do/make/pay ceremonial obeisances (to Heaven and Earth, and also to their parents); hold the wedding. According to this link, on the wedding day, the couple needs to first kowtow to heaven and earth 一拜天地 (yī bài tiān dì), this is to pay respect to gods and ancestors. If the ritual is happening at a modern wedding, the kowtow is adapted to a bow. They also need to thank their parents 二拜高堂 (èr bài gāo táng) for taking care of them until now. To show respect for each other, the couple will kowtow to each other 夫妻對拜 (fū qī duì bài). Afterward, the couple becomes husband and wife officially and the groom brings the wife to the wedding chamber. The whole time the bride’s head is covered with her wedding veil, which will be revealed when the couple enters the wedding chamber. More information: Link. 
, get married.”
Meng Ting paused after hearing this, then quickened his pace to follow Yan Sui. Holding Yan Sui’s hand with both hands, he leaned forward to look at the ring on Yan Sui’s other hand. He nodded, “Finally, it’s time.”
This appearance of eagerness to get married as soon as possible2恨嫁 (hèn jià): (originally Cantonese, of a girl) to hunger for a marriage; yearns to marry. 恨 (hèn) means resentment or regret, so some people say that 恨嫁 may also be divided into past tense and future tense. 恨嫁 in the future tense means that you can’t wait to get married. 恨嫁 in the past tense means regret that you married the wrong person, but 恨嫁 often refers to the former. made many people who heard it laugh.
Meng Qi, who also followed, had bulging veins on his forehead. After listening to Meng Ting’s words just now, he thought he had made progress, but when he faced Yan Sui, he still looked like this…
In fact, a Western-style wedding would be more suitable for a large lawn like the Yan family’s. However, so many generations have followed the traditional wedding customs, and even Yan Sui is no exception. It’s just that they are a man and a man getting married, so some things need to be changed. The bridal sedan chair is not needed, and even matron of honor is not needed.
At the auspicious time of three o’clock, Yan Sui led Meng Ting across a long red carpet and arrived at the decorated wedding hall. There were big red Double Happiness3雙喜 (shuāng xǐ): Double Happiness, sometimes translated as Double Happy, is a Chinese traditional ornament design, commonly used as a decoration symbol of marriage. 
characters, dragon and phoenix red wedding candles4紅燭 (hóng zhú): Candles and lightening are important in Chinese weddings. Dragon and phoenix candles are a sign of good luck for the couple. The candles are usually red and sometimes they are smokeless. They are said to bring magic and spirit to the ceremony. More information: Link 1, Link 2. 
with the character happiness inscribed to it. There were also the memorial tablet of Yan Sui’s grandparents and his father. He Wan was also sitting on one side, but there was not much joy on her face.
Overly familiar scenes always bring back some not-so-good memories. The wedding she expected to be filled with the pleasure of revenge did not come true. She did not succeed in revenge, but now it seems that she has fulfilled Yan Sui’s wish instead.
She wanted to get up and do something but found that Yan Manjia’s hand was on her shoulder.
“Just watch. If you don’t watch until the end, how would you know this is not what you want?”
When He Wan heard Yan Manjia’s words, her scalp suddenly went numb. She turned around, wanting to confirm something, only to find that Yan Manjia had straightened up again and was no longer looking at her.
What does she know? What on earth did she know?!
The whole process of ceremonial obeisances went quite smoothly. After the two people bowed to each other, they raised their heads, looked at each other, and smiled at the same time. No matter how you look at it, they are a match made in heaven.
“The ceremony is over!” The old Great-uncle, who had presided over the kneeling ceremony for Meng Ting’s entering the Yan family’s genealogy in the morning, shouted once again, and the lively ceremony was finally completed.
He smiled. His task for today was completed. Next was the dinner party that started at around four o’clock and the dance that followed later. The dance is for young people. They, the elders, can leave after dinner.
But just when everyone withdrew their gazes and were about to exit the wedding hall, Yan Sui took a step forward. Meng Ting blinked, waiting for Yan Sui’s move, and then, he was kissed by Yan Sui in public.
It wasn’t the kind of kiss where their lips only touched for a moment and then separated, but a kiss that was quite deep yet quite restrained.
He tasted the inside of Meng Ting’s mouth once, and then slowly let go of the person, but he just didn’t continue the kiss. He hugged the person and placed another gentle kiss on his forehead, and then on his hair.
“Meng Ting, thank you for your willingness to marry me.”
Meng Ting looked at Yan Sui, his cheeks turned red, and he nodded, “I am willing to marry you.”
He hesitated for a moment, then stood on his tiptoes and kissed Yan Sui gently on the lips, then reached out to hug Yan Sui back.
The bustling voices of the surroundings had all quieted down as early as when Yan Sui made his unexpected move. Then they witnessed this kiss that was so sweet that it was unbearable to watch, as well as the two people’s confessions to each other.
Everyone was forced to take a mouthful of sugar and their whole heads were dazed by the sweetness.
“Woo hoo,” a few moments later, Gu Lang and others laughed extremely exaggeratedly. With them taking the lead, the wedding hall instantly became noisy again.
“One more kiss. I didn’t dare to look just now.”
Gu Lang voiced out the thoughts of many people, and by the way, there were a bunch of people who were happy to follow and cheer.
“One more kiss!”
“One more kiss!”
Meng Ting looked up at Yan Sui and asked softly, “Didn’t we kiss before?”
Why are they shouting as if they don’t have the nerve to kiss?
Yan Sui raised Meng Ting’s chin, then lowered his head and kissed the person again.
The author sometimes uses 老太太 (lǎo tài tai) [(honorific) old lady; respectable madam], and sometimes they uses 老夫人 (lǎo fū rén) [old madam; old lady] to refer to Old Lady Su. Should I just use Old Lady Su to make it consistent?
List of Idiom in Chapter 037.2
不由自主 (bù yóu zì zhǔ): can’t help; involuntarily (idiom); to not be able to restrain oneself; to feel an irresistible urge (to do something); can’t help but; spontaneously; in spite of oneself.天作之合 (tiān zuò zhī hé): a match made in heaven (idiom); heaven-made match; a union made by heaven. From the Classic of Poetry, poem 236 (《詩經·大雅·大明》): 天監在下，有命既集。文王初載，天作之合。, Heaven surveyed this lower world; And its appointment lighted [on king Wen]. In his early years, It made for him a mate.
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