"Minmin, marry me!"
This time, Yan Jue was not asking, but stating with an unyielding tone.
Tang Xiaomin realized belatedly that she was not dreaming.
Could she refuse?
If she said no, she was sure Yan Jue would truly go mad today.
And she absolutely did not want to see him when he was mad.
Tang Xiaomin nodded and extended her hand.
"Tang Xiaomin!"
Ye Fengxing suddenly shouted on stage.
He didn't know what drove him to call out her name.
"Aren't you here to steal the bride?"
"You reject his proposal, and I'm not getting married. Reject him!"
Ye Fengxing removed the corsage from his chest and threw it on the ground.
This action also signified that Ye Fengxing was breaking off the engagement on the spot!
A man who offered a finger bone as a betrothal gift.
And a man who was about to break off his engagement for her.
How should she choose?
If Tang Xiaomin had never felt Ye Fengxing's feelings for her before, she certainly felt them now.
In her previous life, before Yan Jue even appeared, if he had done this much for her, she might have fallen for him.
It was a pity that he had the best entrance, yet ended up with the worst outcome with her.
During Tang Xiaomin's most desperate years, Yan Jue offered her warmth. Her deep reliance and yearning for him had already filled her heart.
There was no space left for anyone else.
The situation that had unfolded made no one more flustered than Nangong Shanshan.
Tears fell from her eyes, and she heard her own heart shatter.
"Feng... Fengxing, what... what are you saying?"
"Today is our wedding day. Our families, the shareholders, everyone wants us to get married."
"You must not have slept well, so you're talking nonsense."
"Reverend, our wedding continues. Please, continue presiding."
...
Ye Fengxing shoved Nangong Shanshan away in front of everyone, his gaze fixed on Tang Xiaomin.
He was going all in, gambling his dignity in front of the world.
Tang Xiaomin looked deeply at Ye Fengxing. She knew he must have misunderstood.
"I'm sorry, I'm not here to steal the bride. You must have misunderstood."
Tang Xiaomin kicked Lu Zelei, who was behind him.
"You damn mute, speak up if you have something to say, spit it out!"
This idiot couldn't utter a word for so long, causing so much trouble.
Tang Xiaomin quickly inserted her ring finger into Yan Jue's diamond ring and pulled Yan Jue up from the ground.
"Minmin!"
Yan Jue was so overwhelmed with excitement that he forgot everything else. He cupped Tang Xiaomin's face and kissed her fiercely, as if no one else was present at the wedding.
...
Tang Xiaomin was resistant now. Her face felt like it was burning, not from a racing heart, but from sheer embarrassment. She had made a scene at someone else's wedding, and she wouldn't be able to show her face in Modu anymore.
What was even more frustrating was that she couldn't push Yan Jue away.
She could only passively accept the kiss, a kiss that would forever be etched in her memory.
After the kiss ended, Tang Xiaomin, her face dark, pulled Yan Jue and they quickly left Ye Fengxing's wedding.
With such a scene, why stay and be humiliated?
The wedding farce did not end with Tang Xiaomin and Yan Jue's departure.
Nangong Shanshan lay on the ground, her makeup smudged from crying.
"Feng... Fengxing, Tang Xiaomin deliberately used your feelings for her to toy with you. I can forgive you. Our wedding must continue. Don't fall for her trick, Fengxing..."
Nangong Shanshan's feelings for Ye Fengxing had transcended mere romantic love; it was an irrational obsession.
If any other woman were treated so by the groom, would her heart be as vast as Nangong Shanshan's?
Ye Fengxing was still immersed in the scene of Tang Xiaomin and Yan Jue kissing. Every cell in his body trembled with anger. He couldn't even hear what Nangong Shanshan was saying.
At this moment, the previously silent Lu Zelei finally spoke.
"Shanshan, you can't marry him. You're already pregnant with my child. How can you marry him!"
What!!!
Lu Zelei's words made everyone in the hall drop their jaws!
This was too explosive! Nangong Shanshan was pregnant with Lu Zelei's child, and yet she was marrying Ye Fengxing.
In that case, Ye Fengxing would become a stepfather, a truly difficult situation.
Freed from the constraints of bodyguards and the interference of troublesome people, Lu Zelei spoke his mind.
"Shanshan, have you been feeling tired lately and had no appetite? It's not because you're too tired, but because you're pregnant. Counting the time, it's our child, Shanshan."
"You weren't sick to your stomach the day before yesterday; that was morning sickness!"
Listening to Lu Zelei's words, the entire hall erupted in a clamor, as noisy as a marketplace.
Nangong Shanshan's face turned pale. The sounds of accusations and curses echoed in her ears.
She couldn't bear the contemptuous and hateful looks from so many people. Her mind felt like it was exploding, a roaring thunder in her ears.
She pointed at Lu Zelei, shouting in a breakdown.
"You're lying, you must be spouting nonsense!"
"Don't believe him, he's lying. I'm not pregnant, don't believe him!"
Nangong Shanshan's emotions flared, her body trembling with rage.
Suddenly, her stomach churned, and she vomited publicly.
"Ah! She's vomited! Could she really be pregnant?"
"When my wife was pregnant, she would also get morning sickness when she was agitated. I'm sure Nangong Shanshan is pregnant."
"What? So is it Lu Zelei's child or Mr. Ye's child?"
After all, the onlookers didn't know if Ye Fengxing and Nangong Shanshan had been intimate, so they could only guess whose child it was.
"Shanshan! Are you alright!"
Lu Zelei, with a bruised face, rushed to Nangong Shanshan's side to comfort her.
He even took off his bloodstained shirt and wiped the vomit from the corner of her mouth.
Nangong Shanshan finished vomiting and realized that she might be experiencing morning sickness. The immense shock of being pregnant with Lu Zelei's child was too much to bear, and she fainted on the spot.
"Shanshan!"
"Shanshan, how are you?"
...
Lu Zelei anxiously called Nangong Shanshan's name, but she didn't wake up.
He picked up Nangong Shanshan, still in her wedding dress, and disregarding everyone's gaze, quickly left the wedding venue.
Everyone was gone, leaving only Ye Fengxing.
"Heh..."
He let out a self-mocking bitter laugh.
With his intelligence, he quickly figured out Tang Xiaomin's sudden appearance to "steal the bride."
She wasn't there to steal the bride; she just wanted to give Lu Zelei a chance to reveal Nangong Shanshan's pregnancy.
And he himself, seeing her rush out, had lost his mind and ridiculously believed she was there to steal the bride.
How deeply did he love her to so humbly hope that after all that had happened, she would suddenly love him.