The CEO’s Unkown Wife
Chapter 372 Bad Character_1

Chapter 372: Chapter 372 Bad Character_1

The only beam of light at the wedding stayed with the bride, moving with her footsteps.

At the same time, a profoundly emotional piece of music resounded through the venue.

The bride stood on the stage, conversing with her father who was giving her away, and the entire atmosphere was incredibly moving.

Even though Xia Qingtian was just a guest, she was rendered teary-eyed by the emotional setting.

Bo Jingyan heard the sound of sobbing next to him and turned to look. He saw the foolish woman beside him crying her eyes out, her makeup on the verge of smearing.

He quickly handed her a tissue to wipe her tears, asking with a hint of helplessness in his voice, "Why are you crying?"

Xia Qingtian didn’t move, letting him wipe her tears, before speaking up, "Don’t you find this scene truly quite touching?"

Bo Jingyan didn’t comment.

However, he didn’t ignore the hint of envy hidden beneath the gleaming eyes of Xia Qingtian as she watched the wedding, an envy that even she herself hadn’t noticed.

His gaze dimmed as the realization hit him that although they had been married for three years, he had never given her a proper wedding.

It appeared that every girl looked forward to walking down the aisle in a wedding gown, towards the man she loves, without hesitation.

With this thought, there was a contemplative look in Bo Jingyan’s eyes.

Xia Qingtian had no clue what he was thinking and noticed something odd.

Normally, the groom should come on stage first at a wedding. Not only did the bride appear first at this wedding, but even after so much time, the groom had still not appeared.

She also noticed that there were several staff members hurrying through the crowd, as if searching for something, occasionally exchanging information.

A hunch suddenly occurred to Xia Qingtian.

Could it be that Shen Yaxuan...

As time passed with the groom still nowhere in sight, one after another, people who were initially moved by the wedding began to notice that something was amiss.

Whispers started to circulate through the crowd.

The bride and her father standing on the stage grew increasingly uneasy, and the master of ceremonies’ expression turned awkward.

Suddenly, someone went up to the stage and whispered something to the host.

The host nodded, then announced with feigned calmness that there has been a problem at the groom’s company that required his immediate attention overseas. Therefore, the groom couldn’t present himself today.

However, the wedding was still valid, and the bride, Shen Zhiyi, was recognized as the young mistress of the Shen family.

Once the groom, Shen Yaxuan, returned from his business trip, they would hold another wedding ceremony for the bride, and everyone would be invited again. He asked for everyone’s understanding.

No matter whether the guests believed this explanation or not, they had to respect the Shen family’s reputation.

"Shen Yaxuan must have run away from the wedding," Xia Qingtian couldn’t help but whisper to Bo Jingyan.

So the people those staff members were searching for among the crowd must have been Shen Yaxuan.

"Yes." Bo Jingyan agreed with her.

Xia Qingtian knitted her brows, thinking Shen Yaxuan was extremely irresponsible. If he didn’t want to marry Shen Zhiyi, he could just refuse to marry her.

Instead, why did he choose to abandon the wedding on the actual wedding day, causing such embarrassment to the bride?

Both the bride and the groom’s families were prestigious in A City. Even though Shen Zhiyi looked upset, she completed the wedding ceremony alone.

After the wedding ceremony, the bride stepped down from the stage, and there was no toasting session.

No one demanded anything more.

Midway through the event, Xia Qingtian went to the restroom. As she left the restroom and passed by the hotel balcony, she vaguely heard the sound of sobbing.

She instinctively looked over and saw Shen Zhiyi in her wedding gown.

Considering that Shen Zhiyi probably wouldn’t want anyone to see her crying here alone, she planned to pretend she hadn’t seen anything and leave.

However, Shen Zhiyi, who had heard the sound of footsteps, turned her head and looked at her.

Their eyes met.

Xia Qingtian couldn’t pretend she hadn’t seen her now.

Shen Zhiyi’s eyes were red and swollen, and her makeup looked blotchy.

"Don’t cry. The groom didn’t attend because of work," sighed Xia Qingtian, handing her a packet of tissues from her handbag. She pretended to believe the host’s explanation for the groom’s absence, so as not to embarrass her.

Shen Zhiyi gave a self-mocking smile.

The host’s explanation was nothing but a deception, and today’s wedding guests were not foolish enough to believe the groom wasn’t a runaway.

She knew that Xia Qingtian only said that to save her face, and for that, she appreciated her kindness.

"Thank you," she wiped her tears with the tissues Xia Qingtian handed her.

Xia Qingtian sighed in relief when she saw that she had stopped crying.

She then gave Shen Zhiyi her makeup foundation and lipstick for touch-ups before returning to Bo Jingyan’s side.

Although the groom was absent from today’s wedding, it still ended successfully.

...

After Shen Yaxuan’s wedding, Xia Qingtian proceeded with her work for Cheng Bingbing.

She placed all her hopes on a medical aesthetics company called Shengmei.

Two days later, Xia Qingtian’s application for cosmetic surgery was finally responded to, only to be rejected.

Even though Shengmei had successfully developed a scar removal technology, the company explained that it was too costly and they were in the process of refining the technology.

They were only offering the procedure as a goodwill gesture to the public and were not making any profit from it.

So, the slots were very limited.

She didn’t know how long she would have to wait if she missed this chance.

So, Xia Qingtian must find a way to secure a slot, to help Cheng Bingbing remove the scar on her face.

It took her an enormous amount of effort to finally meet up with the person in charge of Shengmei, requesting to have dinner with them, in an attempt to find a way to secure an extra slot.

During the meal, she was almost feeling sick from all the drinking, and the person in charge remained unpersuaded.

Xia Qingtian went to the restroom to freshen up, prepared to push harder.

But when she returned to the private dining room, she found an extra person whose back was turned to the entrance.

The person from Shengmei, who had been unyielding just moments before, was now behaving in a most obsequious manner towards the newcomer.

Hearing the footsteps, the person from Shengmei looked back and seeing it was Xia Qingtian, smiled obsequiously, "Miss Xia, had we known you were a friend of our young lady, we would have treated you differently. Look at the misunderstandings this has almost caused."

"Don’t worry, I’ve already called the company. The extra slot you wanted will be provided. In a few days, you can bring your artist to our medical aesthetic clinic."

Xia Qingtian felt as if she was dreaming, everything felt unreal.

She instinctively bit her lip, and only when the sharp pain registered did she realize that this was all real.