Chapter 18 The Wedding Disruption
The next day, the wedding ceremony proceeded smoothly.
Zhou Linchen suddenly burst in, trying to wreck everything.
The scene nearly spiraled out of control.
I calmly pulled out my phone and dialed Zhou Qingyan.
Moments later, Zhou Linchen's phone buzzed.
A video appeared.
Zhou Qingyan stood on the balcony railing.
Her skirt fluttered in the wind, eyes full of obsessive threat.
"Brother, if you don't come right now, I'll jump from here."
Zhou Linchen froze in place, knuckles white.
His throat bobbed. He seemed torn inside.
He looked at me with pleading and hesitation.
But in the end, his care for Zhou Qingyan won.
He spun around and rushed out of the hall, nearly stumbling.
I watched his hurried back.
My heart felt completely at peace.
No matter how long I waited or how many times I gave in.
In his heart, Zhou Qingyan would always be the priority he would drop everything for.
Fortunately, I had already let go of all hope.
This wedding was my goodbye to the past.
From the moment he turned away.
I would never give him another chance.
The ceremony continued as normal. The groom was Xu Yanbai.
Afterward, we left for an island honeymoon.
Sunshine, beaches, and my husband's company.
They washed away every shadow of the past.
But before we left, I sent the Zhou family a "gift."
The real abducted Zhou heiress, Gu Xiaoyan.
I had finally tracked her down.
News of Gu Xiaoyan's return spread online.
Reporters posted everywhere.
Zhou's parents in Europe rushed home immediately.
When they acknowledged their true daughter, they also learned I had ended my engagement with Zhou Linchen.
The cause was the fake—Zhou Qingyan.
Zhou's mother's face darkened at once.
Especially when Gu Xiaoyan cried and revealed the truth.
She had been deliberately abducted by Zhou Qingyan's mother and abandoned in the countryside to suffer.
The woman then sent her own daughter into the Zhou family to take her place.
Zhou's mother shook with rage.
She grabbed the pale Zhou Qingyan and slapped her hard.
"You nest-occupying liar! Our Zhou family raised a snake. Get out now and never show your face here again!"
Zhou Qingyan clutched her face, tears falling.
She turned to Zhou Linchen for help.
But Zhou Linchen stared at Gu Xiaoyan.
He had taken his little sister out to play back then.
That was how Zhou Qingyan's mother abducted her.
Remembering how he had protected Zhou Qingyan all these years out of guilt.
Even hurting me because of it.
Guilt and regret filled him.
He couldn't plead for her.
He looked away.
"You... leave. Don't stay here anymore."
But Zhou Qingyan laughed.
She clutched her stomach and shared "good news."
She was pregnant.
The father was Zhou Linchen.