Chapter 196 - 194. Marriage I

Third-person POV

Weisheng and Hong er were sitting on the highest seat with Di Yu and Naran sat on the lower seat in front of them. They proceeded with the tea ceremony and kowtowed three times to heaven and earth, parents, and each other.

Hong er gripped Weisheng's hand and turned her face away. Weisheng worriedly looked over Hong er and saw her eyes filled with tears. Weisheng patted Hong er's back to calm her down but it made Hong er's tears to fall down her cheeks.

Hong er: "She had suffered enough."

Hong er dabbed her tears away and looked at Meiyun with a proud smile. A pang of guilt hit Weisheng's heart as he knew something that Hong er doesn't know. He also looked at the woman in red with guilty eyes.

Weisheng: 'I'm sorry.'

But the woman they were talking about was smiling gleefully like today was one of the happiest days she had ever felt. Although she couldn't see Di Shang's face because of her veil, she could feel him smiling from ear to ear. Di Shang guided Meiyun to their chamber and set her down on their bed.

Di Shang: "I have to go toast with the guests."

Meiyun: "En. Enjoy your time."

Di Shang walked out of the room and now Meiyun was alone with the two new servants that Di Shang especially chose for her. Meiyun lifted up her veil (even though she shouldn't) and looked at them with a wide smile.

Meiyun: "What is your name?"

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Weisheng and Hong er had left earlier than most of the guests as they have piles of doc.u.ments that they had to look over. Di Yu received a congratulatory letter from Xu Tingfeng for his son's marriage and sent some gifts for the couple since he had considered Meiyun as his own daughter.

Di Shang finally sent all of the drunk guests off safely to their carriages. They highly praised the Di family for their drinking ability. Even after holding a few drinking battles with the groom, the groom could still stand straight with a calm face.

Di Yu stood beside Di Shang and smacked his back.

Di Yu: "They can't compare to us."

Di Shang: "En. But…"

Di Shang sniffed his clothes and scrunched his nose. Even though he was not drunk, he was stinks of alcohol. He sighed and saluted to Di Yu.

Di Shang: "Father, this son has to go."

Di Yu: "En. Treat her kindly."

Di Shang: "Yes."

With that, Di Shang left to find his wife. He entered their chamber and saw Meiyun was wiping her sword rings with her veil still covering her face. She heard the door opened and lifted up her head.

Meiyun: "You come back."

Meiyun stored her sword rings back and carefully walked towards Di Shang. Di Shang ran to her side and helped her to sit.

Meiyun: "Wow, you stink."

Di Shang: "Yeah, I will go take a bath."

Meiyun: "Before that, please take off this veil."

Di Shang looked at Meiyun and laughed. He sat beside her and took the red stick on the table then slowly lifted up her veil. He thought that he was ready, yet, it felt like his heart stopped for a moment when he saw her.

Her red lips companied with a light eye make-up gave her a tint of s.e.xiness and innocence in it. Even Di Shang was speechless. Meiyun smiled from ear and ear and leaned closer to Di Shang.

Meiyun: "Do I look pretty?"

Di Shang: "Very."

Meiyun: "Ehehehe~"

Meiyun bashfully giggled and offered help to continue their ritual. After they were done with everything, Meiyun helped Di Shang to take off his clothes. Di Shang was quite embarrassed since he never showed his half-n.a.k.e.d body to any girl except his mother.

With a white towel wrapped around his waist, he stepped into the bathroom just to find Meiyun followed behind him with only a short towel covering almost none of her thighs. Di Shang's face instantly flushed red as he stared at her body.

Meiyun: "Don't stare at me like that. I became self-conscious you know."

Di Shang: "S-sorry."

Di Shang turned his head away and walked into the bathroom. He dipped into the huge bathtub and relaxed his body. Meiyun sat behind him and offered to scrub his back which he gladly accepted. After a while, Di Shang turned around to ask her something but he accidentally pulled the towel that was covering her body.

Both of them stopped for a few seconds before Meiyun blushed profusely and swiftly turned her body around. Di Shang's face immediately dropped when he saw the numerous scars on her back.

Her back was fully covered with various scars, from whip scar to a burn scar. However, from all the scars, the most visible one was the long scar from one corner to another corner. He stretched out his hand and gently brushed his hand over the scars.

Di Shang: "Who did this to you?"

Meiyun's eyes widened in terror, she quickly turned her back towards the wall so that Di Shang wouldn't be able to see her horrible scars. Di Shang saw her lips getting paler and paler, also, her whole body was trembling profusely.

Di Shang walked out of the bathtub and slowly approached Meiyun. Meiyun crawled backward with every step that Di Shang took. His heart scrunched up like a paper by the sight of wretched Meiyun.

She had always been bubbly and cheerful hence watching her getting scared and terrorized was very heart-wrenching. Di Shnag gritted his teeth and pulled her into his embrace. He didn't care about her getting wet because of him, he just wanted to be by her side while she was having a breakdown.

Di Shang: "I don't care about your scars, your dark past that you desperately tried to hide. I will always love you no matter what."

Meiyun bit her lip trying to not let any tear fell from her eyes. She took a few deep breaths and tried to pull out her best smile.

Meiyun: "Ehehehe~ I'm wet because of you."

Di Shang's mind immediately stopped for a while.

Meiyun: 'Wait, why does it sound weird?"

Di Shang: "Aren't you impatient?"

Di Shang stared at her like she was a full course meal. The sad thought from before instantly vanished.

Meiyun: "I-I didn't mean it like th-"

Di Shang stopped her words with his lips. His tongue explored every corner of her mouth. He only stopped when Meiyun started to get breathless.

Di Shang: "So you don't want it?"

He stared at her with eyes full of desire. Meiyun's mind was blank from the deep kiss before and couldn't think of anything. She just replied obediently without thinking about the risk.

Meiyun: "I-I want it so much…."

Di Shang: 'Do you have to stir me up this much?'

Di Shang swiftly carried Meiyun to their bed and….