Chapter 658: 414 Hardworking and honest lad, unexpected gentleness (2 updates)
The caravan arrived at the Jiang Mansion, and the newlyweds served tea to their elders. The old woman gave Shen Zhixian a big red envelope, and everyone was bustling about before heading to the wedding hotel, a small resort where many relatives and friends had already arrived in advance.
Shen Zhixian hurried to change her attire, and the bridesmaids also changed out of their Chinese-style dresses, putting on ash-grey cocktail dresses.
At that time, the ceremony hadn’t started yet, but the large banquet hall had already gathered quite a crowd. Tang Wan was looking through photos taken earlier in the day on her phone showing to Tang Elder and the two Elders from the Shen Family.
"Xiaowu looks handsome in a suit," Tang Elder said, favoring Jiang Jinsang and able to quickly spot him in a group.
The Shen Elders’ gazes naturally searched for their own daughter.
"These must be photos from later on; standing next to her, this young man looks both tall and spirited," the old Mrs. Shen was looking at a photo with an auntie’s smile.
"If Shuci finds a boyfriend in the future, he should be someone like this,"
"Tall, handsome; look at the two of them together, they seem to match well. Shuci also looks very pretty in what she’s wearing today."
...
The old woman had been a young girl once too, who doesn’t like tall and handsome.
"Match? Where do they match?" Elder Shen scrutinized the photo on the phone, "Look at all these photos Wanwan has taken, his expression hasn’t changed. Don’t you see that Shuci looks uncomfortable standing beside him?"
"You old man, I was just saying it. It’s not like I really want to match them together. Look at you... what nonsensical things are you thinking about? If others heard this, they’d think our daughter is so desperate to get married, ready to forcefully link her with just anybody."
The old woman scoffed.
Elder Shen was choked and before he could even speak, he found the blame turned on him. He took a deep breath, "This person is much taller than our Shuci. Haven’t you heard the saying..."
"The bigger the person, the simpler the mind; the bigger the dog, the dumber it is!"
"Pfft—" Tang Wan couldn’t help but burst out laughing. What kind of saying was that?
After exchanging a knowing glance with Tang Elder, both shared a conspiratorial smile.
Upon hearing this, the old woman became anxious, "Don’t talk nonsense. This young man is quite agile. During the welcoming of the bride, he was the one to take action, and he also has good reflexes."
"What use is being agile? Do you think our family still needs to arrange a martial arts competition to choose a suitor?" The old man huffed, agility just means good health, how could that be a plus?
"And to say he looks spirited, where does he look simple? Let Wanwan have a say, does this young man seem simple to you?"
"Not at all, not at all," Tang Wan hurriedly shook her head.
The old woman huffed, "You listen, you can’t just because you’re not tall yourself, you harbor prejudice against all tall people, that’s discrimination."
"I..." Elder Shen was flustered, after all, he was 175 cm tall, not so bad in height.
"Grandpa and Grandma," Tang Wan coughed, "Brother Hao and Auntie are not in that kind of relationship, there’s no need for you two to argue over this, it’s meaningless."
"I know," the old woman hummed twice, "Besides, being a bit simple isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Finding someone too clever might not suit our Shuci."
...
Tang Wan felt somewhat helpless; why was there such a fuss over Brother Hao when there clearly wasn’t a whiff of a relationship?
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The Jiang brothers had been busy greeting guests and finally found a moment to rest. So they came over to greet Tang Elder and the Shen Elders.
"Grandpa, Grandpa, and Grandma, we’ve been too busy just now to take care of you," said Jiang Xie. With both families throwing a big wedding banquet, there were way too many people, and Jiang Jinsang hadn’t had the chance to properly speak with the three elders.
"It’s fine. You need to take care of yourself, don’t exhaust yourself. Have a seat and drink some water." Tang Elder was fond of Jiang Jinsang and motioned to Tang Wan to sit aside, making room for Jiang Jinsang.
And along with them came Jiang Shiyi and Jiang Chengsi, exchanging greetings and pleasantries.
"So you’re the third Jiang brother, I’ve always heard Master Xi praise you, saying you’re excellent," the old woman was extremely kind and amiable.
"Master Xi is too kind."
In fact, Xi Fangli had also considered matchmaking Jiang Shiyi with Shen Shuci in the past, as he favored those good in academics. But the Shen Elders didn’t quite like such scholarly types.
It reminded them of how their own daughter was gradually wooed away by Tang Yunxian.
Tang Yunxian was born with the appearance of a scholar, gentle and elegant, seemingly without malice, harmless to humans and animals. Back in the day, when he was just friends with their daughter, they said they were just ordinary friends, treated them favorably in many ways, to put it in modern terms, almost like a "male BFF," but later the two of them claimed they had been in love for a long time.