40: Chapter 40 Who is his bride?

Lin Xueyao rushed into Qiao Xi's bedroom next door, phone in hand.

"Qiao Xi, stop sleeping! Look at what time it is!"

Qiao Xi had been stimulated after confessing to Song Yuan yesterday and hadn't slept a wink all night. She finally managed to fall asleep near dawn, but before she could even have a complete dream, Lin Xueyao woke her up again.

Qiao Xi, feeling irritable from being woken up, said grumpily,

"Lin Xueyao, can you please stop bothering me? I'm heartbroken and very annoyed right now!"

Lin Xueyao was stunned.

"When did you even start dating?"

"None of your business!"

Lin Xueyao stood by the door, phone in hand, lost in thought. After a long while, she burst into tears, feeling wronged,

"Didn't you say yesterday that Song Yuan would definitely come find me? It's past eight now, and my phone hasn't made a sound. Is he not coming to find me?"

Qiao Xi pulled the blanket over her head, blocking out the noise.

Lin Xueyao muttered to herself,

"I should still call him and ask."

She felt uncertain now. She vaguely sensed that Song Yuan had changed; he wasn't doting on her without limits like before.

The old Song Yuan wouldn't have been able to bear giving her the silent treatment for so long. Their arguments never lasted overnight.

Lin Xueyao unlocked her phone, but before she could dial the number, Qiao Xi emerged from under the covers, sprang to Lin Xueyao's side in three seconds, and snatched the phone from her hand.

"Don't call! Have you forgotten what I told you? If you want a man to listen, don't be proactive; that will only make him disrespect you!"

Lin Xueyao wiped away her tears.

"Look at what time it is now. If it gets any later, the wedding will be over. I can't just let him deal with so many relatives and friends by himself, can I?

If I don't attend our wedding, I'll regret it for the rest of my life!"

Qiao Xi was now unsure of Song Yuan's attitude towards Lin Xueyao. After all, they had been together for three years and had a deep emotional foundation.

She had seen how much Song Yuan used to dote on Lin Xueyao.

She wouldn't let Lin Xueyao proactively seek out Song Yuan. If they reconciled, she would completely lose her chance.

"Yaoyao, listen to me, I'm right, you can't go to him. Do you know what your current behavior is? You're begging him for marriage, and such a marriage won't be happy.

My Princess Yaoyao should marry the best man in the world. We won't settle."

Lin Xueyao's mind was in a chaotic mess, but Qiao Xi's words made a lot of sense, and her best friend of many years wouldn't harm her.

Two little figures were fiercely pulling at her in her mind: one told her to call Song Yuan, and the other told her not to, to listen to her best friend.

Lin Xueyao paced back and forth anxiously.

After a while, something suddenly occurred to her: she would call the hotel first and ask if Song Yuan had canceled the wedding.

The call connected, and Lin Xueyao's palm was sweaty.

"Hello, I'd like to ask, has Mr. Song Yuan canceled the wedding venue he booked at your hotel?"

"Please wait while I check."

Lin Xueyao's heart was pounding. She had never been so nervous in her life.

Time passed second by second. For her, waiting for the answer was agonizing.

Finally, the voice on the other end spoke,

"Miss, I've checked, and Mr. Song has not canceled the wedding. It's proceeding today as scheduled. My colleague said they saw the groom and bride greeting guests at the entrance."

"What?"

Lin Xueyao's voice rose several decibels. Song Yuan and a bride greeting guests at the entrance?

How could this be?

"Hello, did you make a mistake? I am Mr. Song's bride, and I'm at home right now. How could I be greeting guests?"

The other side paused for a few seconds before replying,

"Miss, we are professionals; we wouldn't make a mistake. The welcome sign at the entrance has the names of the groom and bride, and I confirm the groom is Song Yuan!"

Lin Xueyao's heart was struck hard. For a moment, it seemed to skip a beat.

She had anticipated the outcome of this call: if the wedding was canceled, she would be sad because it would mean Song Yuan didn't want to marry her anymore.

If the wedding wasn't canceled, she would also be sad because Song Yuan hadn't proactively begged for her forgiveness, even if it meant dealing with the awkward situation himself.

The one thing she hadn't considered was that Song Yuan would marry another woman.

How could he marry another woman? Could their three years of feelings just be cast aside?

Lin Xueyao thought through every woman Song Yuan knew, but she couldn't figure out who would be marrying Song Yuan today.

She couldn't believe Song Yuan would do this to her!

"Qiao Xi, I need to go to the hotel! Song Yuan... he's having a wedding with another woman!"

Lin Xueyao's voice was trembling as she said this.

Qiao Xi went over and hugged her.

"Yaoyao, don't rush. How could that simp Song Yuan marry another woman? He must have bribed the hotel staff to lie to you.

His goal is to make you jealous, to make you be the first to apologize and admit fault. If you believe him, you lose."

Lin Xueyao wiped her eyes, a hint of joy appearing on her face.

"Qiao Xi, is what you're saying true?"

Qiao Xi nodded.

"It's true, trust me! You go wash up first, and I'll go buy you breakfast."

Lin Xueyao was pushed back into her room by Qiao Xi.

"You stay home and be good, don't go out. I'll buy your favorite durian mille-feuille. Eating something sweet will ease your anxiety."

Lin Xueyao was temporarily calmed by Qiao Xi's persuasion. Within a few minutes, Qiao Xi changed her clothes and left.

Lin Xueyao was left alone at home, with nothing to do but look at her phone.

Soon, she realized that without Qiao Xi at home, she couldn't calm down at all. Her mind was filled with thoughts of Song Yuan's wedding.

Although she felt Qiao Xi was right and Song Yuan had most likely canceled the wedding and paid the hotel service to lie to her, she still couldn't help but want to verify it.

Since she couldn't call him, going to the hotel to take a look wouldn't hurt, right?

Thinking this, Lin Xueyao went to the bathroom to wash up, grabbed a random dress from her closet, and left the house with the bag Song Yuan had given her.

At that moment, Song Yuan's wedding procession had perfectly completed its task.

He and Gu Shiyu, a perfect couple, stood side by side at the hotel entrance, greeting guests. Every relative and friend who arrived praised them, saying they looked like a married couple.

Song Yuan glanced at Gu Shiyu beside him. Today, she was more beautiful than ever, dazzlingly beautiful.

He felt that he was a bit out of her league in terms of looks.

He had never seen a woman more beautiful or elegant than Gu Shiyu.

Beyond these external qualities, Song Yuan felt that his wife's most precious qualities were her excellent upbringing, her complete lack of vanity, and her disinterest in comparison.

They weren't very familiar with each other, yet they got along incredibly well.

Song Yuan thought, perhaps this was what it meant to meet the right person at the right time.

Once all the guests had been greeted, the wedding ceremony was about to begin.

The two took off the rings they had been wearing and handed them to the flower girl. Next, they would walk down a red carpet about a dozen meters long.

Gu Shiyu's parents were not present, so he found an elder from her family to walk her down the aisle, while Song Yuan waited at the other end of the red carpet.