Charlotte Lane smiled and said, âGood.â
She looked forward to the future, a future with Kevin Clark, their children, and friends and family.
**
It was July the following year.
The lotus blossoms in the Clark Manor were in full bloom, pure and endless.
Meanwhile, the roses in the rose field were also stunningly gorgeous.
It was the season when all kinds of flowers were in full splendor.
On the early morning of July 20, before many people had gotten up, a topic about what happened in the Imperial Capital soared to the hot search list.
What was going on? Last night everything had seemed normal, but now, stepping outside, the streets were adorned with festive decorations in a sea of red.
The entire Imperial Capital was draped in red silk, red âhappinessâ characters, and red lanterns.
Everywhere you looked, there was a feeling of great joy.
Even all the advertisement spaces in shopping malls and skyscrapers had removed their original ads and replaced them with the double happiness (âåâ) character.
[Whose wedding has taken over the entire Imperial Capital? Holy cow! This is the Imperial Capital, where an inch of land is worth its weight in gold! Not just some village! Wonât they go bankrupt?]
[Who could be that extravagant? Do you know how much it costs to occupy those advertising spaces in a building? Someone did it! They took them all. The key isâ¦he just put up a single happiness character.]
[A friend told me that the red silk decorations even reached the suburbs.]
[But yesterday evening before I went to bed, there was nothing. This speed, not to mention the money, how many people must have been involved!]
[I worked the night shift yesterday, and when I got off at 1 am, I saw the streets were being decorated with red lanterns. I simply thought someone in the neighborhood was getting married and had prepared the route for the procession⦠I didnât expectâ¦]
[I also assumed someone in our residential estate was getting married. Decorating during the late night.]
[Look at the pictures! The main road! The greenery on both sides of the road is covered with roses! All! Roses!]
[Wow! There are so many flowers! So many! All the roses in the country must have been brought here.]
[Iâm getting more and more curious about which big shot is getting married.]
[My familyâs shop is located next to the main road. Our storefront has been requisitioned for today and even gave us a large sum of money. Howeverâ¦we still donât know whoâs getting married. Honestly, I feel uneasy accepting this money.]
[Remembering that someone so extravagantâ¦I can think of one person.]
[I wonât say more. Iâm going to head to our uncleâs Facebook page for more information.]
â¦
Meanwhile, at the Lane Family Estate.
Anisa Cooper rushed from the entrance of the house to Charlotteâs room on the second floor, hurriedly locking the door, panting and exclaiming, âTheyâre here! The marriage party has arrived!â
Logan slowly tucked the high heels into an opaque balloon and inflated it with an air pump. Afterward, he placed it among a pile of red balloons, making it indistinguishable from the others.
Robinson Scott tore open a pillow from the sofa and hid another shoe inside. Then, he zipped it closed and tossed it onto the sofa nonchalantly.
As for Charlotte Laneâ¦she was wearing a red dragon and phoenix gown and styled her hair like a beautiful bride, casually sitting cross-legged on the bed while eating a bowl of porridge.
The tassels on her golden phoenix hairpins swung gently with her movements as she ate.
âBrook Sister, why are you still eating?â Anisa buzzed around Charlotte, âThird Master and his party are here!â
Charlotte had finished her makeup except for her lipstick since she was eating, âNo need to rush. My brother and his buddies are still stalling them on the first floor.â
âWhereâs the lipstick?â Hill Dawson looked for the lipstick.
Olivia Lane helped out.
Serena Buster helped her adjust the hem of the skirt while Stella Edwards stood by the door asking, âShould we block it somehow? Are they going to kick the door down?â
âItâs fine,â Logan said, âAs long as Big Boss is there, they wonât dare.â
As soon as his voice trailed off, noisy voices could be heard from outside.
Upon hearing that soundâ¦
Everyone except for Charlotte rushed to the balcony to look down.
Kevin Clark, dressed in a matching red dragon and phoenix gown, walked at the front.
Behind him were dozens of men also dressed in red robes.
Following Kevin were Hugo Clark and Xavier Dominic, then Yoshua Archer and Edward Darkmoon, and finally, the seven gossiping friends, excluding Alfie Ward.
Captain Mason and the 12th Hall Master were even further back in line.
Aside from Kevin Clark at the front, the men behind himâ¦seemed like a group of monkeys in the mountains.
Jumping and hopping about, they waved something in their hands and yelled loudly.
Even Hugo Clark joined in the spectacle, waving his hand half-heartedly.
âThis looks like a large-scale display of human atavism,â Robinson Scott remarked sarcastically.
âThis is the first time Iâve seen Kevin Clark not object to this,â Siera Santiago commented.
Damian Brown said, âMen will be boys until they die; this is indeed true.â