CHAPTER 2: My Dad’s Getting Married!

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“Xiao Hai, I’ve booked the banquet. What time are we heading off tomorrow?”

“Did I ever say that I would go?”

A small smile cracked on Sun Jing Wei’s otherwise tightly shut lips. A gust of cool air blew up to his nose. That brat had always had always been hard to understand and was extremely stubborn to boot, never willing to compromise for anything.

“This is a command from the chief. No rebuttals allowed.”

Gu Hai stood up, his steady posture highlighting his military descendant. He paced around the room in an unruly manner, giving off the aura of some type of masculine imposition.

“The only way to get me to come is to have the chief drag me along by force.”

At this softly uttered sentence, the corners of Sun Jing Wei’s eyes crinkled slightly.

“Then why bother? The mistress has been long gone and the chief has barely reached forty. You just can’t leave him be, can you?”

Sun Jing Wei’s words jabbed at Gu Hai’s sore spot.

“I’ll never forgive him for what had happened to my mother.”

Sun Jing Wei hastened to Gu Hai’s side, his voice ghosting over his ears. “Xiao Hai, you can’t say this so casually. If the chief hears you, you’ll definitely get skinned alive. What happened to your mother was purely accidental. Even the forensic scientists confirmed this, so how can you still be so apprehensive of your dad?”

“Fine. Just drop it, I’ll bear it in mind.”

Sun Jing Wei took a few steps backwards and offered a military salute to Gu Hai.

“Then, I’ll pick you up tomorrow.”

Gu Hai spent the whole of his afternoon at the fencing club. Removing his mask, he felt a pair of rough hands clasp over his eyes.

“Keep still.”

Jin Lu Lu lowered her hands, squinting her eyes to size up Gu Hai. Gu Hai placed his hands on Jin Lu Lu’s cheeks and caressed them softly a few times, prompting Gu Lu Lu to let out her breezy laughter.

Jin Lu Lu, who was currently serving as Gu Hai’s girlfriend, was 1.72m tall and weighed around 40kg. Describing her as an airport was a bit farfetched. A more appropriate description would be that her chest and back were almost glued together. What people generally wanted, she couldn’t offer. If you thought she was pretty, then you’ve never been more wrong in your life. Her skin was somewhat tanned, she only had single eyelids, and to top it off, her nose and mouth were completely flat. It would have been impossible to tell that she was a girl from over fifty meters away. She was just that type of fugly woman that most pretentious, rich, old men would fall for.

“How come you’ve gotten tan?”

A small smile graced Gu Hai’s lips and it was a though all the light from the windows had been illuminated onto his face.

“I went swimming a lot on my trip.”

Jin Lu Lu followed Gu Hai to the resting area, handing out two pieces of tissue paper for him to wipe his sweat. Every time she approached Gu Hai, she could always make out the distinct scent of sweat and tobacco brewed together. If she closed her eyes, she would have imagined him to be a mature, middle aged man, but when she opened her eyes, she would only see teenager who had been forced to grow up too quickly.

“What are you looking at, silly girl?”

Gu Hai stretched out his arms and pulled Jin Lu Lu into an embrace. He let out a soft breath, “My father’s getting married. His wedding ceremony will be held tomorrow.”

“So soon?”

Jin Lu Lu raised her head, her sharp eyes digging into Gu Hai. “What about you? Are you going to the ceremony?”

“Do you think I should go?”

“Yes, you should! Why wouldn’t you? You have to let her understand that you’re part of the family so that she doesn’t feel left out.”

The only thing Gu Hai could do was bury his helplessness deep into his heart. “I just really don’t want to see them, you know? They’ve already been acquainted before what happened to my mom. With a status like my dad’s, there’s absolutely no way he could get married a second time. You should understand this without me saying it.”

“Aren’t you just over complicating things?”

Gu Hai took two gulps of water, his Adam’s apple bobbing. Jin Lu Lu jokingly gave it a pinch, almost causing him to choke.

“Say, if I bring in a group of reporters to tomorrow’s wedding ceremony and tell them to give it an extensive coverage, would it cause a great deal of negative impact on the couple?”

Jin Lu Lu was startled by this. “You want to crash the wedding?”

“I’ve wanted revenge on my father for a long time now.”

“I don’t think inviting reporters are good enough. Even if they manage to get the scoop, the TV stations might be reluctant to put it on the news and all your efforts will just go to waste ”

“You’re wrong. My goal isn’t to get it broadcasted on television. I just want them to go through the trouble of shoving the reporters and cameras away so that they’ll end up having to stop the wedding. After all, who’s actually pleased about the wedding?”

“Ohhh,” Jin Lu Lu cooed, “I get it now. So, the key feature isn’t the reporters, but the situation the couple will be going through. You’re just trying to implement some sort of deep psychological anxiety on the wedding organizers and staff, right?”

“You’re actually quite smart.”

A spark of impertinence lit up within Gu Hai’s obsidian eyes.

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