Lu Chi was thinking almost viciously, clenching his fists and taking the first step in preparing to snatch the bride… Then, someone grabbed his sleeve.

Had he been discovered so quickly?!

Lu Chi, who was feeling guilty like a thief, startled. Cold sweat immediately broke out as he slowly turned around, only to see a familiar and annoying face.

It was his student, Zhu Keji.

“Teacher?! You’re finally back!” Zhu Keji was completely unaware that he was being disliked, and was currently looking at his teacher with a face full of pleasant surprise.

Lu Chi moved his lips, and after a long while finally found his voice, responding with a “mm” and somewhat impatiently pulling back his sleeve. “Why are you here? Here to attend the wedding?”

For some reason, this sentence sounded rather sinister.

Zhu Keji shrank his neck, and his strong survival instinct made him smile ingratiatingly at his teacher. “Sister Shi asked me to help. There are too many people here to talk conveniently, let me take you to find Sister Shi.”

Lu Chi’s eyes narrowed. “Good.”

To think this student could actually be useful at a critical moment. Lu Chi silently followed his student as they blended in with the guests and entered the Shi family gate. All along the way, he was observing and calculating how to quickly escape after kidnapping Ah Ke, so he completely ignored Zhu Keji, who was chattering non-stop beside him about their separation and longing.

After entering the gate and walking for a short while, Zhu Keji suddenly stopped, smiled and waved at someone not far away, excitedly calling out, “Sister Shi, my teacher is back!”

Lu Chi suddenly turned around and saw Shi Fa Ke in new clothes, looking spirited and radiant.

“Second Brother Lu, you’re back!” Shi Fa Ke, upon seeing him, showed a surprised expression and hurried over.

Huh? Huh?

Lu Chi was stunned. Looking at the young woman who was running toward him with a face full of joy, he belatedly realized he seemed to have misunderstood something… Ah Ke was right in front of him, so who was that bride covered with the red veil outside just now?

Earlier, he had only been thinking about bride-snatching, and probably out of some kind of avoidance psychology, he hadn’t even looked to see who the groom was. So who was actually getting married today?!

After figuring all this out, Lu Chi couldn’t help but wipe away cold sweat. Fortunately, Zhu Keji had suddenly appeared and grabbed him. If he had successfully snatched the bride only to discover the bride wasn’t Ah Ke, how would he have handled that situation! Thinking of this… he suddenly turned around and looked at Zhu Keji with eyes full of affection and approval.

He silently decided in his heart that he would never bully him again.

What a lovely child…

Zhu Keji shivered under his teacher’s affectionate gaze. What was suddenly wrong with his teacher! Those eyes looked so disgusting!

Over there, Shi Fa Ke strode over and stopped in front of Lu Chi, looking at him and softly complaining, “Second Brother Lu, why are you only coming back now?”

Her tone was quite resentful.

Lu Chi’s heart stirred—Ah Ke really had been missing him!

This feeling of great sorrow followed by great joy, of loss and recovery, left him somewhat unable to recover for a moment. He could only stand there greedily looking at her, at her who had not yet become someone else’s bride.

This was… so wonderful.

At this moment, Lu Chi nearly wept with joy.

Shi Fa Ke looked puzzledly at Lu Chi, who stood motionless, only staring at her blankly. Then she glanced left and right, and seeing no one nearby, took a step forward, leaned close to his ear, and whispered softly, “If you had come back earlier, the groom today might have been you!”

This sentence carried a tone of disappointment at his failure to live up to expectations.

She was very close to him, so close that he could smell her unique fragrance. Her sweet breath gently brushed against his ear, making his heart race uncontrollably. But the words she spoke instantly made his heart calm as death…

“Who is today’s bride?” Lu Chi heard himself ask this question in an extremely calm voice.

Shi Fa Ke stepped back, maintaining a normal distance from him, then blinked and said, “Ke Tian.”

Hearing this, Lu Chi felt only relief.

Thank goodness Zhu Keji had stopped him! If he had snatched the bride and run off on the spot, what a huge mess that would have caused!

“Shi Fa Ke, you’re a matchmaker who’s not up front presiding over the wedding ceremony—what are you doing here? What if we miss the auspicious time?” Suddenly, He Kexian’s voice rang out coldly from not far away.

Shi Fa Ke hurriedly exclaimed “Ah!” and, abandoning Lu Chi, ran off as if her bottom was on fire.

Lu Chi turned around and looked at He Kexian, who was standing not far away. He Kexian stood in place meeting his gaze, their eyes made contact, then both looked away.

Zhu Keji nearby silently shrank his neck, feeling like he had just experienced a silent battle of swords and sabers.

So terrifying…

Only after seeing the groom did Lu Chi realize that today was the wedding of He Ke Tian and Ah Ke’s third brother. His uneasy heart immediately settled down, and he even gave wedding money and stayed for the banquet.

The grandeur of He Ke Tian and Shi Chonghai’s wedding simply shocked all of Tongluo Town. This marriage quickly replaced the eldest daughter of the Zhu family’s wedding as the new topic of conversation over tea and after meals. However, the rumors about Shi Chonghai’s impotence never completely disappeared, because strange new rumors kept emerging. For example, that the Shi and He families had moved up the wedding date merely to put on a peaceful facade, or that the He family’s business was failing so they had sacrificed He Ke Tian to marry Third Son Shi… or that He Ke Tian was deeply in love with Third Son Shi, devoted and determined to marry him regardless of everything…

Of course, the rumors about the He family’s business failing quickly disappeared, after all, the lavish dowry when He Ke Tian married was still fresh in everyone’s memory. Even if you’re going to spread rumors, you can’t just make things up out of thin air—you have to base them on facts before embellishing…

These various rumors about Shi Chonghai’s impotence only completely subsided after he and He Ke Tian had been married for half a year… when He Ke Tian became pregnant.

At that time, He Ke Tian’s belly was unusually large. After Madam He examined her, she was quite certain it was twins.

Sure enough, not long after, He Ke Tian gave birth to a pair of extremely beautiful boy-girl twins, achieving both a son and daughter at once. This was tremendous good fortune that made people envious. Madam He was very proud of this—she had known that Ke Tian and the youngest of the Shi family were a match made in heaven.

The results of the marriage compatibility reading had been the highest auspicious sign. How could it possibly be wrong?

This was heaven’s arrangement.

It was fortunate that this marriage, after all its twists and turns, finally came to pass, or what a pity it would have been.

This pair of twins was born clever and adorable. Especially after they passed the first month, the two little powder puffs carved from jade immediately replaced Shi Fa Ke as the little treasures held in the palms of everyone in the Shi family. Shi Changhuai’s naming addiction acted up again, and he named the girl twin Shi Chenxin and the boy twin Shi Chenyi.

Truly satisfying and pleasing, making others envious.

Later, rumors gradually spread that since Madam He had given birth to twins and He Ke Tian had also given birth to twins, when Shi Chenxin grew up, she would surely be a girl blessed with many children… So when Shi Chenxin grew up and reached marriageable age, those coming to propose marriage were endless, which infuriated her old father Shi Chonghai terribly. He saw everyone as wolf cubs trying to snatch away his precious daughter—simply impossible to guard against.

Of course, these are all stories for later.