Zhang Jingzhi's reasoning was: If I choose a bridesmaid like you, will the guests look at me or at you?
Xiao Xiao stared wide-eyed and shrugged her shoulders: "Well, there's nothing I can do about it. I've lived like this for over twenty years, it's not worth disfiguring myself for your wedding!"
Jiang Sicheng and Xiao Xiao discussed, "Why don't we hold our wedding together with them? It'll be more lively with more people." Xiao Xiao didn't answer, just smiled. Then Zhang Jingzhi jumped in and shouted, "No! Absolutely not!"
Thinking about it, it makes sense. She couldn't even tolerate Xiao Xiao, who was a bridesmaid, let alone a bride like Xiao Xiao.
Zhang Jingzhi told everyone very seriously, "Do you think it's easy for me to hold a wedding? How many times in a lifetime can you have one? Would I be stupid enough to let some monster steal my thunder?"
Wang Yuhan looked up from the Financial Times, glanced at Zhang Jingzhi, and asked sarcastically, "Zhang Jingzhi, how many more weddings do you want to have in your life?"
Zhang Jingzhi chuckled twice, gave him a few appeasing pats on the shoulder, and then sat down on the sofa to continue racking her brains for a suitable bridesmaid. Wang Yuhan felt sorry for her and kindly suggested, "If you really can't find anyone, don't worry, I've got you covered."
Zhang Jingzhi didn't move her head, but instead glanced at Wang Yuhan with a wary look and asked, "Who?"
Wang Yuhan's attention was mostly on the newspaper, so he didn't notice Zhang Jingzhi's tone and continued, "Oh, I have a few female classmates who aren't married yet. I think they'll satisfy you. If not, I'll have them come over and help."
Comrade Zhang Jingzhi then asked, "Them? How many?"
"How many?" Wang Yuhan frowned slightly, as if he was carefully considering the question, and then said, "About six or seven, that should be enough for you."
Six or seven more? Zhang Jingzhi nimbly pounced from the other end of the sofa, like a vicious dog pouncing on its prey, and tackled Comrade Wang to the ground, angrily demanding, "Confess honestly, just how many women have you been involved with!"
The newspaper in Comrade Wang Yuhan's hand was completely ruined. He helplessly held Comrade Zhang's waist and exclaimed, both laughing and crying, "Jingzhi, Jingzhi, I'm telling you, Zhang Jingzhi! What are you talking about?!"
After a series of intimate moments, a struggle and a tug-of-war, and so on... Comrade Wang proved his innocence through his actions. We can only describe Comrade Wang's ordeal with this phrase: the process was ecstatic, but the result was sweet.
Finally, the bridesmaid issue was resolved. Zhang Jingzhi found Jiang Xiaoruo, who was neither too tall nor too short, neither too glamorous nor too ugly, to save the day. She successfully transformed Jiang's "instant noodle head" into a "straight noodle head," and the pretty and charming Jiang finally met Zhang Jingzhi's many requirements, thus securing her place as bridesmaid. However, to Zhang Jingzhi's utter surprise, while everything at the wedding was perfect, the only imperfection was that there was an extra couple – the captivating Xiao Xiao still got married alongside her.
Comrade Zhang Jingzhi, filled with bitterness and resentment, was extremely unwilling. Her eyes reddened with anger as she asked Xiao Xiao and Jiang Sicheng, "Are you two really that impatient? Are you really that willing to join us in this fun?"
The honest and upright Jiang Sicheng was witnessing Zhang Jingzhi's true colors for the first time, so he was stunned on the spot. The words he was already too embarrassed to say got stuck in his throat, and he could only blush and stammer to Zhang Jingzhi.
Xiao Xiao, unfazed by Zhang Jingzhi's shrewish behavior, took Jiang Sicheng's arm and replied softly, "We can wait."
Zhang Jingzhi was even angrier: "You had the time to wait, yet you still had to join in the fun!"
Xiao Xiao then slowly added, "But our baby can't wait!"
“Even if we can’t wait, we have to—” Zhang Jingzhi stopped mid-sentence, her mouth agape as she stared at Xiao Xiao. Wang Yuhan quickly reassured her, “It’s alright, the place is big enough anyway, and besides, they’re in a hurry, there’s no time to prepare any more.”
Zhang Jingzhi didn't react, which startled Wang Yuhan, who quickly pulled her into his arms, let her rest her head on his shoulder, and gently comforted her. After saying a lot of nice things, he heard Zhang mutter in his ear with extreme resentment, "Why, why is she faster than me at everything? I can't outrun her in 100 meters, I can't outrun her in 800 meters, how come she can even give birth faster than me!"
Wang Yuhan was a bit dumbfounded, and his usually quick-witted tongue became somewhat tied. He really didn't know how to comfort Zhang, and in the end he could only comfort her by saying, "It's okay, as long as we have more children than her!"
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You guys are asking why Zhang didn't ask Chu Yang to be her bridesmaid? Are you kidding me?! Her baby is almost a month old!