Chapter 7.8 – Excuse me

There was a beach located right outside the west entrance to the village, where large trees grew from the shore to the water. There were stone slabs connected under the trees so that people could keep out of the water as they walked. It was the only way to go to the western part of the river.

The two people stood on the tree branches above, watching the wedding procession pass by below. All the various colored lights looked like a colorful dragon winding through the trees.

A few moments ago, they had used the darkness to hide themselves among the caravans leaving the village. The family of the person getting married appeared to be wealthy since every guest who left the village received a bowl of wine.

After the two of them drank the wine and wiped their mouths, Zhang Qianjun Wanma said to Little Brother Zhang, “We were chased by the girl’s family and friends for a long time. Now that it’s just the two of us, how can we crash the wedding?”

“We had so much trouble just now because they could see us. But now that we can hide in the dark, we can figure out a plan as we try and catch up with them.”

They knocked out the people who were handing out wine, stole their mules, and rushed all the way to the front. Even though most of the procession had passed by now, Little Brother Zhang still didn’t say anything.

Zhang Qianjun Wanma had doubts about crashing the wedding, but he stopped himself from asking any questions. Instead, he looked at Little Brother Zhang, who seemed to feel that something was wrong.

He couldn’t see the bride.

The colorful lights below were arranged in a disorderly manner and the band was traveling alongside the entire procession, but the bride who should’ve been at the front of the procession wasn’t there. She didn’t appear to be in the middle or at the rear of the procession, either.

Although Little Brother Zhang had hit her out of reflex earlier, he didn’t hit her that hard. The bride should have woken up after they poured a little cold water on her. Otherwise, the wedding procession wouldn’t have been back on the road.

“Is it possible I killed her?” Little Brother Zhang touched his chin. “Impossible. There’s no need for a marriage send-off if she’s dead.”

If this was the case, then the bride was hidden among the wedding procession. Could it be that someone already knew they would crash the wedding?

“Am I that easy to see through? Maybe it’s because the bride’s behavior on the street gave people some ideas.”

She had suddenly bit a passerby on the street, after all. If the passerby hadn’t knocked the bride to the ground, there would’ve been a huge misunderstanding. But the passerby’s own actions were a resolute expression of his complete ignorance of the situation. That was why Little Brother Zhang didn’t think that they would know of his plan to crash the wedding.

Suddenly, Little Brother Zhang had a thought. He felt as if he understood what was going on and said to Zhang Qianjun Wanma, “No. Here’s what happened. I have a little theory that can combine some of the facts. This is the patriarch’s woman. She and the patriarch love each other deeply. The patriarch has always been elusive, so no one knows where he is. His enemies haven’t been able to find him for ten years, but they found out about his woman while looking for him. So, they used a trick to force the patriarch’s woman to marry an old Han Chinese with sores all over his face who is also the boss of the caravan. His real purpose is to lure the patriarch out because he knows that the patriarch will never let the woman he loves marry such a rough man. But the patriarch is formidable, so they know that he’ll definitely choose to crash the wedding right as they’re getting married. They made the preparations a long time ago. They hid the bride among the wedding procession and are waiting for the patriarch to come out. It’s a trap down there, which means the patriarch must be around as well!” With that said, he looked into the darkness around him.

Zhang Qianjun Wanma looked at Little Brother Zhang, completely dumbfounded. “What did you just say?” He finally managed to ask after a while.

Little Brother Zhang couldn’t see anything in the darkness. He turned his head, took a deep breath, and said the same thing to Zhang Qianjun Wanma all over again. “I have a little theory that can combine some of the facts. This is the patriarch’s woman. She and the patriarch love each other deeply. The patriarch has always been elusive, so no one knows where he is. His enemies haven’t been able to find him for ten years, but they found out about his woman while looking for him. So, they used a trick to force the patriarch’s woman to marry an old Han Chinese with sores all over his face who is also the boss of the caravan. His real purpose is to lure the patriarch out because he knows that the patriarch will never let the woman he loves marry such a rough man. But the patriarch is formidable, so they know that he’ll definitely choose to crash the wedding right as they’re getting married. They made the preparations a long time ago. They hid the bride among the wedding procession and are waiting for the patriarch to come out. It’s a trap down there, which means the patriarch must be around as well!”

Zhang Qianjun finally understood this time and looked at him, “How is this a little theory? It sounds like you’ve completely imagined the whole thing.”

“My instincts are telling me this is what happened,” Little Brother Zhang said. “Our top priority right now is to find the bride.”

Zhang Qianjun Wanma suddenly saw something in Little Brother Zhang’s mouth reflect off the lights, but he couldn’t tell what the other man’s tongue was fiddling with.

“Let’s find a way to get into the procession first and observe closely!”

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Tiffany’s notes: Little Brother Zhang is the king of headcanon lol.