Volume I: Chapter 83: Joy
Although the excitement comes from joy, I don't know where this joy comes from today.
Because the preparation time for the dusk ceremony was really hasty, there were no sedan chair gongs and drums, no red makeup, and no welcoming procession. Compared with the scene when Baili Yuan married Xie Ruixiang fifteen years ago, Bai Liyuan and Shu Yan's faint ceremony really seemed too shabby.
In fact, who would have thought that all these simple ceremonial matters were all requested by the bride Shu Yan. In this half a month of preparing for the ceremony, Shu Yan, as the bride, can always be perfunctory, perfunctory, and willing, always giving people the feeling that she may regret not marrying at any time.
However, to the comfort of everyone in the fort, until the day of the faint prayer, Shu Yan did not show the slightest remorse.
As everyone knows, Shu Yan, who doesn't care about these superficial flashiness, has no time to take care of these red tape at this time. At this time, Shu Yan only wanted to see Bai Liwei immediately, and informed Bai Liwei that she planned to cancel the decision to cancel the faint ceremony.
So Shu Yan held such an urgent thought, taking advantage of the fact that the sky was not yet bright, and while the guests had not yet entered the fort, he took three steps and two steps all the way to Wufu Zhai. Shu Yan, who was traveling in a hurry, had already knocked on the door of the courtyard without vain fasting at this moment.
After a while, with the sound of hurried footsteps, the gate of the courtyard was opened suddenly; And this person who came to answer the door was none other than the master of this unvainous fasting-Bailiwei.
Bai Liwei, who had not slept all night but was still awake, at the moment he opened the door, he saw that the person outside the door was Shu Yan, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Shu Yan, who came uninvited, did not see the slightest uninvited entry from other places, so he entered the courtyard without vain fasting; And Baili Wei also entered the courtyard after relatching the courtyard door.
However, when Baili Wei and Shu Yan were in the courtyard of Wu Zhai at the same time, before Shu Yan, who was in an anxious mood, spoke, Bai Liwei took the lead and said to Shu Yan as if he had expected it: "Yan'er, I didn't close my eyes all night, I sat all night, and I waited for you all night, and finally waited for you at dawn this day." I know, you're coming. ”
When Shu Yan heard this, he was very surprised and asked Bai Liwei again and again: "Second master, how do you know that I will definitely come?" Why do you have to stay up all night and wait for me all night? ”
"After more than 20 years of waiting, do I still care about this sleepless night?" Bai Liwei asked Shu Yan rhetorically.
Shu Yan, who is in a hurry to cancel the faint ceremony, how can he be in the mood to waste time playing dumb riddles with Bai Liwei here? I only heard her go straight to the point and say to Bai Liwei: "Second master, I came here early in the morning to tell you ......"
"Come into the house and say, Yan'er, the yard is too empty, the sound is too far, I don't want people who shouldn't hear hear things that shouldn't be heard." Bai Liwei resolutely interrupted Shu Yan's words.
"Second master, what I want to say to you, there is nothing terrible for others to hear." Shu Yan said frankly to Bai Liwei.
"That's just one person's idea, as the saying goes, 'the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart', you have been in this Jinhong Water Heart Fort for nearly twenty years, you don't know how deep the water in this fort is, right?" Bai Liwei walked towards the house and said to Shu Yan, "Let's go, let's go into the house and say, I know what you have to say, I have been waiting for you to change your hexagram all night." ”
Bailiwei's tone was clearly mixed with loss and sadness, which made Shu Yan, who had originally decided to come, feel that it was not a good feeling in his heart.
After a while, he led to Baili in the room, and after Shu Yan also entered the room, he latched the door with his hand, and then said to Shu Yan who was standing aside: "If you have something to say, sit down and say." ”
"No, second master, I'll just stand here and say, it's easy to lose the confidence to speak when I sit down." Shu Yan refused without hesitation.
"Okay then, then you just stand and talk, I'll sit down and listen." Bai Liwei said, and sat down on the pine bench next to the pine table.
"Second master, I want to cancel today's faint ceremony, not only today, but I will not hold a faint ceremony again in the future, because I don't want to get married, never again." Shu Yan said to Bai Liwei in a hurry.
"Yan'er, don't say it so decisively, if you don't want to marry me today, it doesn't mean that you don't want to marry someone else in the future! Isn't it because you believe that your wait is meaningful? Baili, whose heart is like a mirror, said to Shu Yan in his heart.
"To be honest, Second Master, although I am firm, I am not sure whether my waiting is meaningful." Shu Yan said frankly to Bai Liwei.
"And what made you suddenly change your mind and be so determined?" Bai Liwei asked Shu Yandao curiously.
"It was a dream, a reunion in the middle of the night, which made me realize that even a familiar taste, a similar scene, could evoke my thoughts about him and my attachment to him. I once said to the young master that everything that is put down and what cannot be let go can be stopped with the passage of time; But now that I think about it, how is that possible? I stored him in the sun, in the air, and to me, he was everywhere! While I can't erase it, I really don't want to erase it. If so, how can we stop it? Shu Yan, who seemed helpless, but was actually enjoying it, responded.
Bai Liwei understood in his heart that the "he" in Shu Yan's mouth was referring to the "he" in Shu Yan's heart, and it was also the Baili Mo who was in a dilemma of life and death.
"Yan'er, remember? What you said to me at the beginning of the month, marrying me, is a choice you made willingly, not reluctantly, and not aggrieved. Then I'm going to ask you now, are those words all lies? Baili Wei pretended to be angry and asked Shu Yandao.
Although it was a feint, Bai Liwei was really angry; It's just that this "qi" has already been exhausted in the long wait last night.
"Those words are definitely not lies, second master, I was indeed a willing choice at that time, not reluctant, nor aggrieved; It's just that now it seems that I can't do it. Shu Yan explained to Bai Liwei.
"What's the difference between that and a lie?" Bai Liwei continued to pretend to be incomprehensible and asked Shu Yandao, "Yan'er, then I'll ask you again, you promised me at the beginning of the month, you hope that in the days to come, whenever you open your eyes, the first person you see will be me." After a month, isn't this promise counted? ”
"Count, second master, it's just that even if every time I open my eyes, the first person I see is you, it can't change in the slightest, my heart is his fact." Shu Yan responded.
"Then it's better not to count!" Baili said dejectedly.
"So, second master, while it's still too late to regret it, hurry up and notify everyone to cancel the faint ceremony! From now on, you can go ahead and find your own happiness. And I continue to look back, to remember my own joys. As for the relationship between you and me, there can only be a master-servant relationship, and at the same time, we must completely cut off the previous ambiguity, so as to have the best of both worlds. "Shu Yan is well-organized, and the head is to arrange the planning to Baili Wei.
"Yan'er, for the arrangements and plans you made decisively and simply, I can only say that it is still the same sentence, it is just your own idea." Bai Liwei said disdainfully.
"Second Master, what do you think?" Shu Yan asked helplessly.
"What do I think...... Bai Liwei deliberately said Guan Zi, "my idea is that today's evening ceremony will be held as usual." ”
"How's that going to work?" Shu Yan subconsciously opposed Baili Dao.
"Why can't that work?" Bai Liwei deliberately did not explain to Shu Yan, and said-for-tat with her.
Shu Yan knew that she was at a loss and had a negative Baili Wei first, so she tried her best to calm herself, so she calmly said to Bai Liwei: "Second Master, if the Dusk Ceremony is held as usual, doesn't that mean that you and I will fall into endless torment?" What's more, didn't you just say that it is better not to count the promises I made at the beginning of the month? ”
Bai Liwei could feel that Shu Yan's tone was full of apologies for him; Besides, Baili Wei is not really unsympathetic, take 10,000 steps back, even if he really doesn't understand human feelings, he will not be unsympathetic to Shu Yan's feelings!
So Baili also calmly explained to Shu Yan: "Yan'er, the matter has come to this, how can I have the luxury of staying and flying with you again?" What's more, I've never had the luxury of marrying you. And the reason why I am reluctant to cancel today's faint prayer is because I really don't want to live up to the hard work of the people in the castle for more than half a month! Besides, you are no longer the housekeeper of Jinhong Shuixin Castle, if you lose the identity of the second grandmother of Jinhong Shuixin Baili Family again, then how should you deal with yourself in this castle in the future? Do you want to leave this Jinhong Water Heart Castle right now? ”
"How is that possible? Second master, as long as there is still his breath here for a day, I will try my best to stay here for a day; Even if the sky falls, even if the sea withers and the rocks rot, I will never leave. Shu Yan replied categorically.
"A life that has never been shaken is undoubtedly illusory; And after being shaken, it is undoubtedly indestructible to regain a firm life. So I know very well that now you want to stay here more than ever; Therefore, in order for you to continue to stay in this Golden Water Heart Fort in the name of righteousness, today's prayer must be held as usual. Baili said to Shu Yan without a beak.
"What about after the Prayer of Fainting? Second master, you know, you and I still have a long way to go! If you follow your path, it will undoubtedly increase our burden on each other! Shu Yan said worriedly to Bai Liwei.
"Yan'er, you must know that no matter how heavy the burden is, there will be a day when it will be unloaded; Until then, all you have to do is wait patiently for the day to come. As for after the fainting ceremony, you can continue to hold on to the persistence of your heart, and I will continue to wait for the wait in my heart, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds for you and me to be a fake couple in name only? Bai Liwei also expressed his heart to Shu Yan, and the arrangements and plans for the future of the two of them.