Bright and early on the twelfth of the first month.

Xu Ye got a call from Zhao Ming. Yu Jiaying had just told him to come down to the bridal shop for the groomsman and bridesmaid fittings.

Xu Ye had been thinking he'd go over in the afternoon. But the moment Chen Qingqing heard they'd be trying on clothes, she lit up. She was up early doing her makeup, and when she saw Xu Ye still lying in bed, she hauled him right out of it.

The two of them left the hotel at eight-thirty and finally reached the bridal shop a little over forty minutes later.

Zhao Ming and Zhang Ruowei were already there and had changed into their groomsman and bridesmaid outfits. It was chilly, so Zhang Ruowei had a down jacket draped over hers.

Yu Beiwang, Pei Youwei and Yu Jiaying were there too. The couple had just gotten back from Jiangzhou a few days earlier. Over New Year, Pei Youwei had taken her fiancé around to visit her side of the family. Judging by how the two of them were together now, whatever had been weighing on her heart was finally, completely resolved.

"Xu Ye, you finally made it."

"Zhao Ming, what happened to you over New Year? How'd you put on so much weight?"

Zhao Ming sighed. "Thank a certain someone. Every day she wants me to take her somewhere good to eat. Then she has two bites and stuffs the rest down my throat."

Zhang Ruowei bumped Zhao Ming aside with a twist of her hip, folded her arms across her chest and huffed. "Don't you get snide with me. It's not like I held a knife to your throat and made you eat it."

"You've all tried yours on?"

"Mm. It's just you and Chen Qingqing left."

The groomsman outfit was really just a men's formal suit. The bridesmaid dress was a beautifully made gown, but not like the bride's. The wedding dress was pure white. The bridesmaids' had a touch of gray, so there was no mistaking who the star of the…