Chapter 1 The Substitute Bride

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The sky was faintly bright, and the warm dawn was shrouded in a hazy mist, like a silky white veil, ethereal and charming.

The faint sound of suona came through the mist, waking up the still sleeping Pulan City, the silent city gradually became lively, and the Lin family on the outskirts of the city seemed particularly lively at the moment.

There was an old man with a gray beard standing at the door, his right hand propped up on his eyes and looked into the distance, and he still didn't see a figure appear for a long time.

"His third uncle, it's almost time, why hasn't the person who greeted him come back yet," a cleanly dressed middle-aged woman walked out of the door, looking into the distance with an anxious face. The old man guarding the door saw her anxious appearance, and couldn't help but quip: "I said sister-in-law Zhang, the eldest young master of our family is not in a hurry to be the groom, what are you in a hurry here, the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry, and sooner or later it will be impossible to miss the auspicious time." "

"You old man, you can't spit out ivory in your mouth," Zhang's sister-in-law took a sip of the old man, and suddenly heard the sound of suona music coming from afar, and her face suddenly became happy, "Come on!" "

The courtyard of the Lin family suddenly became lively, and the two little guys picked up a long firecracker with a bamboo pole and waited at the door, waiting for the sound of suona to approach, and then lit the fuse and crackled. However, without waiting for the pick-up team to approach, a small guy ran in front of him, whispered a few words in the old man's ear, and the old man's face changed, and he ran to the courtyard in a panic.

In the living room, Mrs. Lin was instructing her subordinates to carefully help the seriously ill Master Lin to the main seat and sit firmly, but she saw the third uncle Yun in the porter running in and slammed the girl to the ground, and her already tired face was slightly annoyed, "Third Uncle He, what do you look like in such a panic on this good day today!" "

Third Uncle Yun didn't care to refute, stepped forward quickly, glanced at the busy maids around, and deliberately lowered his voice: "Madam, the bride has run away." "

"What!" Mrs. Lin's eyebrows were twisted, and she asked in a low voice, "Do the others know about this?" Seeing that Third Uncle Yun shook his head, he put his mind at ease, pressed his temples hard with both hands, and quietly commanded, "And Third Uncle Lao will welcome the kissing team to his home at the door, be sure not to make a noise, and I will arrange other things." "

After a while, the cheerful suona sound resounded in the courtyard, and the neighbors who came to help gathered in the courtyard to wait to see the bride appear, but the men carrying the sedan chair were waiting to see the show staged, and the corners of their eyebrows and eyes were smiling.

Mrs. Lin and the housekeeper Zhang were in a hurry in the room, this bride was disgraceful to escape the marriage, if this matter spread, I am afraid that the face of the entire Lin family will be lost, not to mention that this marriage was originally for the old man of the Lin family, such a trouble, was known by the face-loving Lord Lin, I am afraid that the old man will be more sick.

"What can I do, the team to pick up the relatives is already waiting in the courtyard, if everyone knows that the bride is gone, how can our Lin family still live in Pulan City, then the business of Shiji is afraid that it will also be affected......" Mrs. Lin sighed, wanting to directly find a girl to replace the bride, but she was afraid that it would be more embarrassing to be recognized by the neighbors in the future.

Steward Zhang was disturbed by the noisy suona sound, and he lowered his head and thought for a while, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Madam, didn't Xiaohuzi pick up a girl yesterday, if it really doesn't work, just use that girl's head!" "

When Mrs. Lin heard this, her eyebrows raised, "That unconscious little girl? Anyway, in the future, she will just be a maid, and today she is cheap. After that, I took a few girls, and I didn't have time to make a wedding dress, so I took a few bright red dresses and walked down to the room.

Before everyone in the courtyard could react, they had heard a lively sound in the hall, and they found that the bride had been carried into the room by two strong mothers-in-law, with a red headscarf on her head, and her head hung slightly as if she was shy.

Lin Daimo, the eldest son of the Lin family, who was the groom, was expressionless, and bowed down mechanically in the shouts of the master of ceremonies.

Unconsciously, the sun jumped up to the treetops, lying on the branches and watching the farce in the world, covering his mouth and snickering.

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The sky was getting dark, Lu Mengjian slowly opened his eyes, only to feel that his whole body was sore, and when he moved slightly, his waist and legs hurt violently like pinpricks, so that Lu Mengjian woke up instead.

Lifting the red cloth covering her head, the bright red brocade futon came into her eyes, red like fire, and her eyes hurt. There are very classical curtains hanging on the bed, and layers of yarn hang down on the side of the bed, which is very dignified, but at this time, Lu Mengjian has long been unable to appreciate it. She looked down and saw the big red shirt she was wearing, and she became more and more trance-like, and saw a soft red candle swaying on the candlestick not far away, and her heart turned upside down.

She remembered that she was in front of the experimental bench, after putting a few centrifuge tubes into the high-speed centrifuge, she began to think about the reason for the failure of her last experiment, because of her doctoral dissertation, the boss had been angry several times, but the experiment still did not see any progress. In order to get the experimental data as soon as possible, Lu Mengjian has been staying in the laboratory for two whole days, his mind is chaotic, and all kinds of sounds come into his ears as if they have been changed by a loudspeaker, becoming thick and rough. Suddenly, the centrifuge flew up like a flying saucer, flashing light and flying towards Lu Mengjian at high speed......

As if experiencing a very long dream, Lu Mengjian vaguely saw in the dream that she had become a rich lady, and the woman who looked like a maid next to her saw that she opened her eyes, and ran out of the door excitedly, shouting as she ran, "Miss is awake, Miss is awake!" A large group of people gathered around the bed when they heard the sound, but Lu Mengjian was extremely tired and fell asleep again.

It seems that in a dream, it becomes extremely noisy, there are constantly maids running in and out, there seem to be people screaming and crying in the courtyard, and sometimes there are words of "raiding the house" and "official mansion" into the ears, and then a few people who look like officials break into the room, tear Lu Mengjian off the bed, a maid stepped forward and hugged Lu Mengjian tightly, crying and pleading with several officers and soldiers, half-back and half-dragging Lu Mengjian out of the door. But then the girl couldn't walk anymore, so she put Lu Mengjian flat on the side of the street, knelt on the ground with tears on her face, and kowtowed and said: "Miss, the slave is really helpless, the slave can't stand you......"

Lu Mengjian seemed to have been asleep for a long time, everything in the dream was extremely chaotic, but the picture was extremely real, so real that Lu Mengjian couldn't tell whether this was a dream or reality. Looking at the pair of red candles on the table, Lu Mengjian became confused again, she stretched out her hand and pinched herself fiercely, the feeling of pain made her finally wake up.

Lu Mengjian looked around, the simple style of the Eight Immortals table was full of fruit plates and dim sum, not far away was a delicately carved brown sandalwood window, the window was pasted with a big red double happiness, everything in the room was reminding her of everything that happened today---- in a dream, she actually became someone else's bride!

Outside the window, it was dark, and there was a faint noise of people drinking and talking, and there were wax tears on the two red candles, which were solidified on the long candle, like a string of red teardrops, which was shocking. Lu Mengjian thought about it, such a classical scene had been seen in costume dramas, maybe it was filming, but there was no camera equipment around, and the pain on her legs became more and more obvious when she twisted her body.

"Who still uses such old furniture in modern times...... Could it be that I was sold by traffickers to a closed and primitive small mountain village when I was unconscious......" Lu Mengjian thought of the scene of the woman being sold to a poor mountain village and being humiliated by people on TV, and became more and more afraid in her heart, she couldn't care about the pain in her body anymore, and struggled to climb out of bed, but her weak legs couldn't support the strength of her whole body, and she fell to the ground with a pop, and she crawled out of the door with all her strength.

Lu Mengjian is determined to escape from this place, and she can get her Ph.D. in biology in half a year, how can she be someone else's bride like this, not to mention that she doesn't even know who she marries, treating marriage like a child's play is definitely not Lu Mengjian's style.

At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open, and the cold wind took the opportunity to pour into the room, and the cold breath made Lu Mengjian, who was lying on the ground, suddenly excited, and the fire of the red candle was almost swallowed by the wind, and the fire was extinguished.

The black hole at the door is like the mouth of a wild beast. The tall man stood in the doorway, and the thick smell of alcohol came from his mouth and nose, filling the room in an instant. This is the eldest son of the Lin family, today's groom official, Lin Daimo. But on his face, there was no trace of excitement brought by the happy event.

Lin Daimo looked coldly at Lu Mengjian, who was lying on the ground at the moment and wearing a red wedding dress, and looked at this seemingly rude woman condescendingly, his dark eyes even revealed disgusted contempt, and he coldly watched Lu Mengjian lying on the ground struggling.

Lu Mengjian was lying on the ground, she couldn't see the man's expression at all, she tried to stand up, but her legs didn't obey. The man in front of him seemed to be rooted under his feet, and when he saw Lu Mengjian like this, he didn't move, and his attitude of not caring about himself made Lu Mengjian a little angry.

"Hey, this big brother, can you help me get up," Lu Mengjian endured the pain and squeezed out a smile, and whispered to the man in front of him for help, but in exchange for a soft sneer from the other party.

"Don't think that if you marry into the Lin family, you will really become the young lady of the Lin family, if it weren't for your father's serious illness, do you really think you have a chance to marry into the Lin family?" Lin Daimo's words were cold, "When your father is well, you can pack up your things and get out of the Lin family!" "

On that day, the father and daughter took the initiative to come to the door to propose marriage, and almost everyone in the house knew that the woman even did not hesitate to hang herself in order to marry Lin Daimo. If it weren't for the fact that Old Man Lin's condition was getting worse and worse, how could Mrs. Lin believe the rumors of Chongxi and promise to come to the door to propose marriage at a cheap price of twenty taels of silver, fulfilling the woman's wish. Lin Daimo prides himself on being not afraid of people's words, but he is so hastily engaged in a family affair and marries a woman he doesn't love at all, he is unwilling!

What's more, this woman is actually disabled, although her appearance is beautiful, but her speech is extremely vulgar, and she even lifts her hijab without permission, without shame, so Lin Daimo's disgust becomes more and more obvious, and she directly crosses Lu Mengjian, who is facing each other with a smile, and sits on the Eight Immortals chair opposite the carved bed.

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