newbobooks Chapter 616 I like you
Chapter 616 I like you
Adorned in a phoenix coronet and embroidered robe, her head was adorned with pearls and jade, and rouge was applied to her smooth, jade-like skin. A touch of vermilion stained her lips with the most vibrant red. Her delicate eyebrows resembled distant mountains, and a few scattered strands of ink-black hair were like the most breathtaking brushstrokes in a traditional Chinese ink painting.
Jiang Liqian wasn't someone who disliked makeup, but she had never dressed up so elaborately before, nor had she ever felt that she was so captivating and beautiful as jade.
From this day forward, her life will be intertwined with another person. It was a feeling that was utterly unfamiliar to her, yet subtly stirring within her, leaving her bewildered.
The Heaven and Earth Society testifies that their bodies and minds will merge today.
Heaven will bear witness that their red thread will be tied at this moment.
The Five Sacred Mountains and the Seas, the Six Realms and the Three Pure Ones, will all know that from this day forward, she and he will be the most inseparable and intimate partners. Her life will carry another person's life, and that person will also carry her life.
No matter where she is in the future, no matter what their circumstances will be, they will never be alone again.
"Bride, it's time to put on the veil." Her aunt smiled and whispered to her from behind. The bright red veil seemed to convey the most fervent and sincere wishes, slowly covering her beautiful eyebrows and eyes.
Jiang Li took a deep breath and stood up with her aunt's help. The door to her boudoir opened, and the golden, warm sunlight streamed in, gently and warmly bathing her, as if she had been reborn.
"Bride, be careful, step over the threshold, he's waiting for you outside." The aunties chuckled secretly, helping her walk step by step toward his tall and slender figure in the courtyard.
Xu Youan was dressed in a bright red robe, with a ruby hair crown on his head and a vermilion belt adorned with gold dragons fastened around his waist. A piece of lustrous green jade hung from his side, and next to the jade was a spirit-suppressing pearl that shimmered with golden light.
He stood in the sunlight, the fluttering red robe accentuating his young and handsome face, making him appear even more dashing and ethereal.
Many people who came to join in the fun and watch the ceremony were stunned.
This young couple is truly like a pair of celestial beings from a painting.
Xu Youan appeared calm as he watched his senior sister, dressed in a crimson wedding gown, approach him. However, his palms were already sweating profusely, his heart was pounding, and his limbs were so stiff that they seemed completely out of his control.
Nervous, apprehensive, excited, joyful, sad...
From the moment he saw his senior sister step out the door, he felt as if he had fallen into a dream from which he could never wake up. In the dream, his senior sister's wedding dress was as red as fire, and she was about to become his wife, witnessed by the gods and recorded by the heavens.
How long had he been longing for this dream?
One year, two years?
One hundred years, two hundred years?
A thousand years, ten thousand years?
neither.
It was a long, almost hopeless period of time with no end in sight.
But he still got his wish.
Heaven had been kind to him, and he was grateful, truly grateful for its mercy.
Seeing the person he had longed for and revered as a god getting closer and closer to him, Xu Youan could no longer wait. The excitement in his heart urged him to run towards her quickly.
"Senior sister!"
His eyes were slightly red as he held her hands tightly. His burning emotions seemed to pierce through the red veil that separated them and landed firmly in her eyes.
"I like you, I really, really like you, I like you so much..."
"sorry Sorry……"
Warm tears fell with a "plop" and shattered on the back of her hand, burning her hand intensely.
Jiang Liqian was stunned and couldn't speak for a long time.
His feelings were so clear and passionate, so sincere and intense, that even someone as cold as her seemed to be melted by them.
But why is he crying?
He cried so sadly, so heartbrokenly, as if liking her was his sin, as if getting close to her was his evil deed.
He is as lowly and filthy as dust, and should not covet the brilliance of the moon.
But that's not how it works.
Her Ayou was so good, handsome as a god, while she, weak and incompetent, was the one who didn't deserve him.
“Junior Brother…” She raised her hand, stroked his face, and gently touched his cold tears.
Everything seemed to be silent.
It also seems like the final end.
As the sunlight turned towards this farmhouse courtyard, she took a step forward and gently lifted a corner of the red veil with her slender, porcelain-white fingertips.
She tiptoed and gently placed a kiss on his lips.
His moist eyes suddenly lit up with countless stars, and Xu Youan's tears fell even more heavily. He could no longer hold back and hugged her tightly.
"Senior sister, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, please forgive my selfishness, please forgive me..."
Jiang Liqian was confused. She didn't understand what he was saying, but his sadness was clearly conveyed to her.
She couldn't help but hug him back.
“I am not a castle in the air, nor a dream. Ayou, don’t apologize to me. I should apologize to you. I am not a perfect person, and sometimes I even cause you to get hurt because of me.”
"I am fragile yet arrogant, proud yet cowardly, hesitant and indecisive, seemingly helpless, but in reality, I am hypocritical and incompetent. I have let down the sect, I have let down Zhenfeng, I have let down my master, and even you, I always owe you..."
"I thank God for letting me meet you, and I thank you for always being able to forgive all my flaws. Ah You, if we can't become immortals in the end, if we have a next life, and the life after that, I'll be a little greedy, okay? Let me meet you again, and let us be together again."
Xu Youan had heard many sweet words, whether they were vows of eternal love or empty promises. These kinds of stories would play out in front of him one after another, and he was already tired of them.
But he had never heard such moving and heartfelt words before.
It wasn't a promise, not a vow, but a heartfelt expression of guilt, word by word. She said she wasn't perfect enough, she said she was sorry to him…
Senior sister, please don't be so cruel to him. How many lifetimes must he spend on her before he can be free?
Senior sister, if there really is an afterlife... please don't let go of his hand, okay? He is willing, he is willing to give his everything—his body, his soul, his past, and his future—as stepping stones for her, as sacrifices on her path forward.
No regrets, I'm willing to do it.
"Sister..."
The aunts and uncles gathered around, seeing the newlyweds burst into tears the moment they met, laughed and comforted them as they pulled them into the wedding hall. Many heartfelt words can be spoken on their wedding night, but the auspicious time is absolutely, positively important and cannot be missed.
"Come, bride and groom."
"Worship heaven and earth!"
Xu Youan took Jiang Liqian's hand, and the two turned around and bowed to the heavens, thinking of their eternal love that would last for all eternity.
Just as they kowtowed, the weather suddenly changed, and a thunderbolt suddenly ripped through the sky, booming across the heavens.
"boom--!"