Though the current situation in Jiangdong could be considered as calm, the Lu family and Xur family were like bombs that could go off any time without warning. No one knew when these bombs would be set off.
Li Er felt that this was not a good time to hold a wedding.
"You think the two powerful families from Yanjing might cause trouble? If that's the case, then all the more I should hold my wedding. I will have a red carpet ready for them if they choose to turn up," Ye Fan said coldly with a small but dangerous looking smile.
When Li Er heard this, he felt the corners of his eyes twitch frantically.
He knew it. No one could change Mr Chu's mind once it was made up.
There was no other way but to agree with him.
"Do you have the scale of the wedding in mind, Mr Chu? Would you like it to be a cozy reception with close relatives and friends or...?" Li Er was inclined towards a smaller scale reception.
With the recent events in mind, Li Er felt it would be better to have their energy and resources focused on gearing up for a possible attack from both the Lu and Xur families.
It was customary to have a wedding ceremony to mark the occasion, but there was no real need to hold an elaborate one.
Ye Fan put his cup down and said arrogantly, "Of course we have to invite all the powerful people in Jiangdong to Yunzhou! This time, I will give Mu-Cheng a magnificent wedding!"
Li Er's face paled immediately, but he didn't dare to disobey Ye Fan despite his worries.
He would just have to start the preparations according to Ye Fan's instructions.
Construction work had also begun at Mount Yunding in the midst of the wedding preparations.
The villa had been destroyed and hence, a new one had to be built.
Ye Fan and the rest were kept busy during this period as there were only three days left to the wedding with a lot of things to prepare for.
Although Li Er had undertaken most of the preparation work, Ye Fan and Qiu Mu-Cheng had to personally see to some of the tasks like the guest list, wedding dress selection and photo-taking.
"Ye Fan, this is the bridal boutique introduced by Miss Li," Qiu Mu-Cheng said happily to Ye Fan as she held his arm in front of a bridal boutique.
It was impossible to have a custom-made wedding dress due to the time constraint.
Qiu Mu-Cheng would have to make do with picking a ready-made one off the shelves.
However, they were still clueless about wedding dresses despite being married. It was Li Er's sister, Li Xue-Qi, who had to recommend a bridal boutique to them in the end.
The Li family owned a variety of businesses which included custom-made wedding dresses.
Li Xue-Qi happened to be working in this line and hence was familiar with it.
Ye Fan had asked Li Xue-Qi along today to help with the wedding dress selection.
"Ye Fan, let's go in and take a look first. Miss Li will probably arrive later.” The arrangement was to meet at 3PM but they had arrived half an hour earlier. An impatient Qiu Mu-Cheng started to pull Ye Fan towards the entrance of the bridal boutique.
Just as they walked to the entrance of the boutique, two kids who were playing with each other came running towards Qiu Mu-Cheng.
"Be careful, Mu-Cheng!" Ye Fan quickly pulled Qiu Mu-Cheng aside.
While Qiu Mu-Cheng had avoided the collision with Ye Fan's quick response, the latter was not so fortunate. The kid knocked into Ye Fan and spilled a cup of milk tea onto his clothes.
Afraid that they might be in trouble, both kids turned quickly and ran off without an apology.
"Are you alright, Ye Fan? Do you want to go back to change your clothes?" Qiu Mu-Cheng quickly took out some tissues and helped Ye Fan clean up the milk tea stain on his clothes.
Ye Fan smiled, "Don't worry, it's no big deal. I can just go to a bathroom and use some water to clean up. Let's go into the boutique first."
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