Chapter 173: Crashing the Wedding?
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“Nom nom 😋”
Lin Muyu curled up on a long bench in the corner of the banquet hall, leisurely picking up a piece of osmanthus cake and bringing it to her mouth.
The soft pastry wrapped in sweet sugar frosting melted on her tongue with a sweet fragrance.
Since she didn’t recognize a single guest at this full hall anyway, she was quite content with the peace and quiet, with no one to disturb her exclusive enjoyment of the delicious food.
“Xiaotao, do you want one? This osmanthus cake tastes really good.”
She held another untouched piece of pastry between her fingers and asked quietly in her mind.
The next second, Xiaotao’s lively voice rang out in her head.
“Yes, yes! But Xiaomu is also making a fuss for some.”
Lin Muyu couldn’t help but curve her lips, quietly storing the two pieces of pastry into her space while complaining internally.
“That Xiaomu, all she does day and night is eat and sleep. If this continues, she’ll sooner or later turn into a round little piglet.”
“Master! Don’t think I can’t hear you!”
Xiaomu’s indignant voice suddenly exploded in her mind, completely different from her usual lazy tone.
The smile in Lin Muyu’s eyes deepened as she coaxed with a teasing tone.
“Alright, alright, even if you really do turn into a little piglet, I can still afford to raise you~”
This wasn’t just empty comfort, she was quite the little wealthy woman now, and raising these two weapon spirits, Xiaotao and Xiaomu, was more than easy.
“Bad Master… mmm, but this pastry is really delicious, nom nom, so satisfying…”
Xiaomu’s voice gradually softened, full of gluttonous obsession with the food.
Lin Muyu nodded to herself. She had to admit, General Li’s family was quite wealthy, even the pastries at their banquet were this delicious, sweet but not cloying, with an excellent texture.
As for why her senior brother had left her here, Li Menghua’s surname was Li after all, and being a good friend of the city lord’s son, he was naturally serving as the groom’s groomsman.
Given the situation, he was probably mingling at the tables right now, entertaining the guests who came to offer congratulations.
“Miss, I…”
A young gentleman in a blue robe approached Lin Muyu with a wine cup, carefully drawing near. Before he could finish speaking, he was cut off.
“Not interested.”
Lin Muyu’s tone was flat, her rejection practiced and smooth.
When encountering this kind of approach, most people would sensibly retreat after being blocked by her cold, keep-your-distance attitude.
But this time another person came over, their voice carrying a familiar teasing tone.
“My, such a pretty little thing, all alone~”
“Not—”
Lin Muyu instinctively started to refuse, but wait, why did this voice sound so familiar?
She finally looked up toward the source of the voice.
Yunduo stood before her, eyes curved in a smile. Before she could react, Yunduo plopped down on the bench beside her, instantly pressing close against her.
“Hey, it’s cramped.”
Lin Muyu frowned, instinctively shifting to the side, but the bench was only so wide, there wasn’t much room.
“It’s fine, more warmth when we squeeze together. If it’s really too much, I can just hold you~”
As Yunduo spoke, she reached out to put her arm around Lin Muyu’s shoulders.
Lin Muyu quickly pressed down on her hand, saying helplessly.
“Let’s forget that. Squeezing is fine.”
She was truly at her wit’s end. How did she keep running into this annoying Yunduo everywhere she went?
“How did you end up here?”
Lin Muyu asked in confusion.
Yunduo raised an eyebrow and countered.
“If you can come here, why can’t I?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled out a small pear wood table from somewhere and lightly set it down in front of them.
Immediately after, all sorts of sweets and snacks continuously appeared from her hands, quickly filling the small table completely, a dessert version of a full imperial banquet.
“Don’t go emptying out all the food from the banquet!”
Lin Muyu couldn’t help but remind her, looking at the mountain of pastries piled on the table.
Yunduo just smiled carelessly.
“Don’t worry, watch this.”
She picked up a piece of lotus cake and lightly tapped it with her fingertip. The original single piece of pastry suddenly became two.
“Duplication?”
Lin Muyu’s eyes widened in surprise, her gaze locked on Yunduo’s hand.
If it was just duplicating pastries, that was nothing special, but what if it were rare medicinal materials or treasures, could those be duplicated the same way?
As soon as this thought emerged, she pushed it down. It wasn’t her ability anyway, so what was the point of dwelling on it?
“Here you go!”
Yunduo generously pushed half the pastries on the table in front of Lin Muyu, then started eating on her own.
Lin Muyu watched her eat one after another, wolfing them down with such unrestrained gusto that sitting next to her made Lin Muyu want to pretend she didn’t know her.
This eating style was even more unrefined than her own.
“Could you eat a bit slower? No one’s competing with you…”
Lin Muyu tried to advise helplessly.
Just then, the sound of thunderously loud gongs and drums suddenly came from outside. Lin Muyu’s ears twitched, and she quickly grabbed Yunduo, who was still stuffing pastries into her mouth.
“Stop eating! The bride should be arriving, the ceremony is about to start!”
Yunduo paused, reluctantly finishing the pastry in her hand, then quickly collected all the remaining pastries from the table, her face still showing lingering satisfaction.
Then she leaned close to Lin Muyu and said with a somewhat mischievous, playful tone.
“It’s starting? The good show is about to begin~”
“What good show?”
Lin Muyu looked at her blankly, completely unable to understand why Yunduo had suddenly become so excitable. It was quite strange.
But she didn’t dwell on it too much, pulling Yunduo along as she headed toward the front of the banquet hall, ready to watch the excitement.
From a distance, she could see the groom wearing bright red wedding robes with a brilliant red flower pinned to his chest, his face full of joy as he held the bride’s hand, walking step by step toward the great hall.
The red ceremonial robes made his figure look tall and straight, his features full of happiness, quite a splendid sight.
The bride wore a red dress embroidered with phoenixes, her head covered with a bright red veil, her steps light and slow.
“Wow~”
Lin Muyu couldn’t help but softly exclaim, her eyes sparkling as she watched the scene.
“What, feeling envious?”
Yunduo leaned close to her ear and teased in a low voice.
But Lin Muyu didn’t respond, instead muttering to herself.
“When will I be able to marry a pretty girl?”
“Marry? You can only be married!”
Yunduo mercilessly shattered her fantasy.
“Says who?!”
Lin Muyu glared at her indignantly.
She was a cultivator, wouldn’t it be easy to marry an ordinary girl?
It’s just that ordinary people’s lifespans were too short. If they really got together, they’d inevitably be separated by death sooner or later.
So generally when cultivators married, they would find partners who were also cultivators, so they could last together.
As the two quietly argued, the bride and groom had already entered the great hall and stood before the offering table, ready for the ceremony.
“So this is what marriage is like?”
Lin Muyu watched intently, her eyes full of curiosity.
In her past life, she never had the chance to experience such things.
In this life, having become a cultivator, her thoughts were mostly focused on cultivation, and she hadn’t experienced marriage either.
For her, this mortal wedding ceremony was truly novel.
“No, the good show hasn’t started yet.”
But Yunduo just smiled mysteriously, her tone hiding some anticipation.
“?”
Lin Muyu was about to ask what she meant when she heard a loud voice ring out from the sky.
“Wait!”
The voice pierced through the noisy crowd, clearly reaching everyone’s ears.
All the guests present froze, looking up toward the sky, their faces full of surprise.
The expressions of General Li’s family instantly darkened, and the groom frowned tightly.
General Li stepped forward and sternly demanded toward the sky.
“Who goes there? How dare you make trouble on my son’s wedding day!”
A figure slowly descended from the sky. The man landed in the center of the great hall and shouted with resolute determination.
“Who I am doesn’t matter. I just want Xuanxuan to come with me!”
“Who’s Xuanxuan?”
Lin Muyu was wondering when something cool was suddenly pressed into her hand, it was a watermelon that Yunduo had produced from who knows where.
She took a bite of the watermelon and asked unclearly.
Yunduo, meanwhile, pulled out a handful of melon seeds and leisurely cracked them while tilting her head toward the bride’s direction.
“There, that’s her.”
Lin Muyu paused mid-bite of her watermelon, suddenly understanding.
“So, this is a wedding crash?”