Chapter 10 Our Wedding Day
"Yueyue, are you okay?" Gu Yehan looked me up and down, his tone anxious.
"I'm fine. Shen Huaizhi couldn't beat me. I'm a taekwondo black belt after all."
The police carrying Shen Huaizhi onto the stretcher listened.
"That's good." Gu Yehan let out a long sigh of relief.
I laughed, a soft look in my eyes. "How come your child is so important to you?"
"How could that be..." Gu Yehan was startled. "What did you say? Child?"
I touched my belly. "Yes, I'm pregnant. Three months."
Gu Yehan still had a face full of disbelief.
"Didn't Shen Huaizhi say it on the phone when he kidnapped me?" I asked doubtfully.
"I heard him say he kidnapped you, and my mind was filled with thoughts of how to save you and whether you would be okay. I didn't notice what he said after that at all..." Gu Yehan scratched his head, a few traces of embarrassment appearing on his face.
"I thought you were only willing to use the Gu family to redeem me because of this child..."
I muttered softly, but he grabbed my hand directly, his grip tight.
"The Gu family is not as important as you. Besides, I didn't even know about this child's existence. Even if it meant trading my life for yours, I wouldn't hesitate."
I was stunned for a moment, staring at him blankly. Then I burst out laughing.
"I was just teasing you, silly..."
"So Yueyue, shall we get married?" Gu Yehan knelt on one knee, took out the ring, his gaze burning. "I love you and want to give you and the child a home..."
I blinked, but didn't find it abrupt.
"But it seems you haven't convinced my dad yet?"
Actually, my dad seemed to be wavering.
My parents came out from the other side and walked to my side.
"Mom, Dad, when did you arrive?"
"We arrived while you were talking. We didn't want to disturb you young people talking about love." My mom pushed me, a smile on her face. "Gu Yehan is still waiting. You have to give him a reply."
I looked at Gu Yehan's refined eyebrows and eyes.
I smiled and nodded, extending my hand.
Gu Yehan couldn't suppress the upward curl of his lips. His hands trembled as he put the ring on me.
At this moment, I knew I hadn't loved the wrong person.
I hugged Gu Yehan tightly, hugging my happiness.
Shen Huaizhi was supposed to be sentenced to twenty years for the kidnapping, but with the combined power of our Song family and the Gu family, it had to be that Shen Huaizhi spent the rest of his life in prison.
In the end, it was life imprisonment.
Although I had severed Shen Huaizhi's hand tendons, it was in self-defense, and nothing happened to me.
Actually, as long as Shen Huaizhi received timely treatment, his hand had a chance to recover. But who let the hospital be the Song family's? It was my Song Yue's "Song." Not killing him directly in the hospital was already my mercy.
Meanwhile, the Shen family was already on the verge of collapse under the pressure from the Gu and Song families. Once Shen Huaizhi was inside, it was like the tree fell and the monkeys scattered.
The once mighty Shen family was gone just like that.
When I saw Shen Huaizhi's parents after the Shen family fell, they looked as if they had aged many years instantly.
They had only one request, hoping I could remember the years of relationship and go see Shen Huaizhi, letting him sincerely apologize to me once.
Finally, I chose to visit him in prison.
"Are you here specifically to laugh at me?" Shen Huaizhi was unshaven, and there was even a smell on him.
It was said that shortly after he entered prison, he offended the big boss there and got one of his legs broken by them.
This left him completely unable to take care of himself now.
When he sat in the chair opposite me, two prison guards had to support him over.
"Your parents asked me to come." I said calmly.
He was stunned, then began to ask about his parents' situation.
I told him everything in detail.
He laughed. The laughter sounded like it was muffled in his throat, low.
Big tears rolled down his face, and his mouth was full of repentant words, but it was useless now.
I shook my head, said nothing more, and left silently.
I didn't hear his apology, but it was said that after the time I saw him, he went mad.
Completely mad.
When I heard about it, I just smiled. After all, these things had nothing to do with me anymore.
What I had to do now was prepare for the wedding and become the most beautiful bride.
At the same time, I started to get curious about what exactly happened with the falling out between the two families that time.
I sat next to my mom, asking with a curious face.
My mom glanced at my dad. "It's all because he couldn't put down his pride. Otherwise, our two families wouldn't have fought for so long..."
Only then did I learn the truth. A competitor couldn't stand the close relationship between our two families. He deliberately tricked us. He made both families believe the other had secretly taken the deal. But the deal had actually been awarded to someone else.
At first, when my dad learned that the deal had been taken by the Gu family, he couldn't swallow the anger and directly turned against the Gu family.
Gu's uncle was also confused and argued with my dad right then.
After that, the two families became more and more at odds.
In the end, after thorough investigation, they found out they had been schemed against. But by then, the two families had reached the point of never interacting again, and my dad cared too much about face, so it stayed that way.
Later, as time went by, the relationship between the two families gradually eased.
Among them, my mom guessed my dad might have agreed to my marriage with Gu Yehan to reconcile with Gu's uncle.
Hearing this, I couldn't help thinking back to when Gu Yehan confessed to me at the beginning, and my dad's firm opposition.
I thought the Gu family had done something unforgivable, but it was just this?
Sure enough, men get more concerned with face when they get older.
As the wedding march sounded, I took my dad's arm and slowly walked toward Gu Yehan at the other end.
At this time, my belly was slightly bulging under my wedding dress.
Gu Yehan didn't choose to stay in place but stepped toward me step by step, completely ignoring my dad's ugly expression.
After all, it was the father who was supposed to accompany his daughter the whole way.
"I want to run toward you, not just have you walking toward me."
Gu Yehan only said this one sentence. My dad was stunned for a moment and let go of me, tears appearing in his eyes.
I chuckled a few times. "Run toward me? Didn't you see my dad's face at the beginning? I was afraid he would chop you up directly."
"How could that be? Isn't Yueyue by my side?" He teased, a sly look flashing in his eyes.
We walked while whispering to each other.
The guests below couldn't help but show auntie smiles.
"Does the groom promise to take the bride's hand and grow old together?"
"I do."
A decisive and firm response.
"Then the bride..."
"Of course I do."
I spoke ahead of the officiant.
The officiant's face showed no change, only his mouth corners lifted as he said, "Then the groom can kiss the bride."
Gu Yehan and I smiled at each other, then passionately kissed.
We kissed as the guests cheered.