After Transmigrating, The Fat Wife Made A Comeback!

2363  The Same Words

Li Gui looked at the wedding dress she was wearing. It was made by the best tailor in the capital and he had worked hard to rush out the final product. The phoenixes on the dress were all embroidered with golden thread and in fact, the dress was the old master craftsman's final piece of work before retirement. One would not be able to find another wedding dress as exquisite as this in the capital.

"Mom, you and Uncle Xu have to get along well. I think Uncle Xu is someone you can entrust yourself to," Qiao Mei said as she looked at Li Gui seriously.

"Yes, I think so too," Li Gui said blissfully.

"However, you can't rely too much on a man. You must always have a way out. People change with time. You've experienced so much in the past, so I don't think I need to say more. The two of you have only known each other for a short period of time and still need to get used to having a life together," Qiao Mei said worriedly.

For some reason, Qiao Mei kept feeling uneasy, but she could not put a finger on it. Anyway, it was always better to be safe than sorry. Playing safe never hurt anyone.

"I'm already a grown adult, yet you still worry about me!" Li Gui said with a laugh.

The two of them chatted happily. The Xia family members had all come to help out at the wedding banquet. As there were many relatives of the Xia family around, Xia Wen went around to toast them one by one. For some strange reason, Xu Chun had invited Wang Tian to the wedding banquet. The moment Wang Tian sat down, she fixed her eyes on Xia Yuan and did not stop looking at him for even a moment. Xia Yuan could feel a chill run down his spine from being stared at.

"Elder Brother, why is she here?" Xia Yuan asked with a frown.

"I'm not sure either. She probably took advantage of the situation and requested to come as a guest. The Wang family is not the host today, so she won't be able to cause any trouble. Just bear with it so that your third cousin-in-law won't be caught in a difficult situation," Xia Wen whispered as he patted Xia Yuan on the shoulder.

"I know," Xia Yuan said.

In this era, a wedding banquet was not a grand event. Everyone just gathered together to have a meal together and that was it. This was most likely the last time that Li Gui would get married. Qiao Mei did not want Li Gui's wedding to be a lackluster and unmemorable event, so Xia Wen and the rest were also here to join in the fun.

Qiao Mei led Li Gui and Xu Ba to the private room on the second floor of the restaurant. There, Xu Ba held Li Gui's hands and looked at her affectionately as he said, "Li Gui, the first time I saw you, I fell deeply in love with you immediately…"

Before Xu Ba even finished speaking, Li Gui's face had flushed a bright red. Even at her age, this was the first time she had heard such romantic words. How cloyingly sweet! Fortunately, all the people in the room were her close acquaintances, so she felt much more at ease.

"In the future, I will dote on you, love you, protect you and take care of you. I won't let you suffer alone. From now on, I'll hand over all my money to you…" Xu Ba said earnestly. Qiao Mei did not write this speech for him. Xu Ba had prepared it himself. Qiao Mei was very satisfied with Xu Ba's literary talent.

Before Xu Ba finished speaking, there was a loud commotion downstairs. A slightly plump middle-aged woman came running upstairs with a young girl in tow. As she ran, she shouted, "Xu Ba! You ungrateful thing! You had said the same words to me in the past! The exact same words! You even said that you would only love me in this lifetime. If you hadn't promised me not to remarry, I wouldn't have left our children to you!"

Qiao Mei widened her eyes and stared at Xu Ba. He looked panicked but he did not refute what the woman said. He just stood there motionlessly, as if he had been turned to stone.

Li Gui looked at the woman and then at Xu Ba. As she fell into a daze, she felt that all those blissful moments in the past were just an illusion. She retracted her hand and stood rooted to the ground with an unhappy expression.

Xu Ba quickly explained, "No! It's not what you think! Let me explain! Whatever it is between me and her is all in the past!"

"Why are you still alive, you b*tch! Get lost now!" Old Madam Xu ran up the stairs, panting heavily. It was such a difficult task for her to exert herself like this at her age, but this further proved that the Xu family was really rattled by this woman's appearance. Nôv(el)B\\jnn

"Don't you dare touch my mother!" the young girl shouted as she stood in front of the middle-aged woman.

"You wretched girl, how dare you talk to me like that!" Old Madam Xu was so angry that she felt chest pains. She held onto her chest and kept walking backwards. Xu Ba quickly ran over to support Old Madam Xu.

"Mother! How do you feel! Are you alright!" Xu Ba said worriedly.

"What can happen to me! Look at this woman! Back then, I told you about how this woman is from the countryside! She won't have a good upbringing! You still… no! It's all this woman's fault! She's a jinx!" Halfway through her tirade, Old Madam Xu suddenly remembered that Qiao Mei and Li Gui were also from the countryside and she could not continue talking without making them feel like she was scolding them as well.