Chapter 15

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

After hearing her daughter’s reassurance, Liu Xi felt a little better, “Yuhuan, if it weren’t for what happened four years ago, I wouldn’t have wanted you to get married so early. I was afraid that something would happen to you again, so I wanted you to settle down earlier…”

At the mention of the incident, Li Yuhuan realized she had already moved on and accepted it for what it was. “Mother, it’s all in the past now,” she said, a warm smile etched onto her face.

After mother and daughter finished their conversation, Liu Xi went to the living room while Li Yuhuan changed into the wedding dress with the help of her makeup artist.

Song Ran was her only bridesmaid. Fortunately, she had almost recovered from her foot injury, but the doctor had warned her against wearing high heels. She looked down at her flat shoes before staring at Li Yuhuan, who was 1.75 meters1 tall, with the help of her heels. She pouted and said, “This is such a failure. I’ll wear a pair of high heels the next time you get married!” As soon the words left her mouth, she realized her mistake and quickly exclaimed, “No, no, no, there definitely can’t be a next time. Absolutely not!”

Li Yuhuan didn’t react too much to her friend’s slip up. She looked at herself in the mirror but only found a stranger in a wedding gown staring back at her. If she hadn’t been awake throughout the entire preparation, she would’ve thought another woman was getting married, like looking through a hazy dream.

But the pain in her lower abdomen only reminded her that she definitely wasn’t.

She felt very uncomfortable wearing the wedding gown, so much so that she followed Lei Hanping silently as they walked down the aisle, greeting and sending off their friends throughout the wedding with a smile, just like a professional actress.

When she changed into her qipao, ready to give a toast to the guests, Lei Hanping noticed Li Yuhuan’s strange behavior and asked with concern, “Tired?”

“Yeah, a little,” Li Yuhuan leaned on the dressing table and slightly closed her eyes, “I’m on my period…”

Seeing that Li Yuhuan was in her thin qipao, Lei Hanping frowned and immediately took off his coat to put it on her, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner?”

“It’s normal for women to suffer from menstrual cramps. It’ll pass after a while,” She closed her eyes and rested for a while. When she opened her eyes again, a glass of brown sugar1 water was pressed against her lips.

Li Yuhuan looked at Lei Hanping in surprise. There was no brown sugar in their suite. Li Yuhuan drank the brown sugar water and asked, “Where did Fourth Brother find brown sugar?”

“The kitchen,” Lei Hanping knelt on the ground with one knee and rubbed his palms together for a while. When his palms were warm, he placed them on her lower stomach and said, “Will you be more comfortable like this?”

“Yes,” Li Yuhuan nodded, feeling the pain in her lower abdomen slowly lessen. She looked at Lei Hanping, kneeling in front of her, and watched as he repeatedly rubbed his hands to warm her lower stomach. For a moment, she felt that he really was like her husband. She couldn’t help but say, “Fourth Brother, don’t be too nice to me. I’m not as smart as you say,” People like Lei Hanping were so easy to fall in love with.

Lei Hanping raised his head and met her eyes. “Then show me your stupidity for once.” He said.

“Forget it. I was being stupid. It’s better to be smart,” Li Yuhuan said with a smile.

Being stupid was the same as falling in love…

When they went to the main area to propose a toast, Li Yuhuan was still wearing Lei Hanping’s army jacket. Lei Hanping continued to stay by her side and did not let her touch a drop of wine. He would lower his head and whisper in her ear, asking if she was okay.

The Li family had been observing Lei Hanping. Seeing that he was treating their daughter well, Li Guowei and Liu Xi’s worries were finally put to rest. Li Qiao had also come to attend the wedding. The Li family’s relatives had thought that Li Qiao had the highest chance of marrying Lei Hanping, but they didn’t expect Li Yuhuan would be the one to marry him in the end. Li Qiao watched the proceeding with a smile on her face, but deep down, she was complaining. She hated the fact that Li Yuhuan had stolen her man.

Lei Hanping’s best man, Jiang Feng, told his acquaintances about how Lei Hanping had tricked him into asking for Li Yuhuan’s number. “You don’t know how bad he was at that time. He deliberately let me go over to humiliate myself. Then he added 100 push-ups and 200 squats to me that same night. At that time, I didn’t understand why he was punishing me, but now that I know who Fourth Sister-In-Law1 is, I’m glad I didn’t get her number back then. If I did, it wouldn’t be just push-ups and squats. Fourth Brother would have immediately sent me to the front lines!”

After the wedding, Li Yuhuan’s strength was completely drained. She leaned against the wall as she waited for the elevator. But in the next second, she was suddenly lifted into the air. Lei Hanping had carried her in his arms as he strode into the elevator.

Li Yuhuan opened her eyes tiredly and stared at his well-defined face. For a moment, she felt that he looked similar to the man from that night. In her sleepy haze, she couldn’t help but ask, “Fourth Brother, did you go to New York four years ago?” But she quickly laughed at her own question. How would that be possible? With Lei Hanping’s official position in the army, how could he leave the country as he pleased?