Was it you that night?
Chapter 114 - 112: Groom Swap

Chapter 114: Chapter 112: Groom Swap

Shen Qinghe felt that something was off about the groom beside her, yet she couldn’t just lift the red veil to see for herself.

Upon reflection, she reasoned that if the man beside her wasn’t Senior Brother Xu, he would likely have been driven out of the wedding hall by now, and no one would dare to swap the groom so openly, would they?

"Salute the main hall!" As the officiant called out loudly, Shen Qinghe was the first to kneel to the ground.

But the groom beside her stood rigidly erect, and by his posture, he seemed reluctant to kneel with her.

Her heart chilled, she whispered to herself that Senior Brother Xu wouldn’t ruin the wedding right at the moment of bowing to the hall, would he?

She discreetly tugged at the red token to signal the groom to kneel, but he remained motionless.

The guests witnessing the ceremony erupted into murmurs, and Shen Qinghe lifted the red veil a bit higher, looking up from the groom’s long legs, and growing more alarmed the more she looked.

These legs definitely didn’t belong to Senior Brother Xu; he wasn’t as tall as this man.

Forgetting the ongoing ceremony, she boldly lifted the red veil and found herself staring into Dongfang Wuya’s face.

She was taken aback, pointing at Dongfang Wuya’s face, "How can it be you..."

How could it be Dongfang Wuya?

Dongfang Wuya was struggling with whether to kneel along with Shen Qinghe or not; as a person who wouldn’t even kneel to the heavens, why should he kneel before so many people?

As he met Shen Qinghe’s astonished gaze, the corners of his lips curved slightly, "Do you wish to proceed with the ceremony with me?"

By then, Shen Qinghe had finally recovered from her shock, her pretty face clouding over as she lowered her voice, "What are you trying to do?"

Indeed, why had the groom turned into Dongfang Wuya, and not a single person in the crowd had reacted?

"You wish to marry, don’t you? I’ll humbly play along with this game. But to ask me to kneel before so many people, that is difficult for me," Dongfang Wuya said with arrogant indifference.

Shen Qinghe’s expression turned ugly, "They didn’t recognize you’re not Senior Brother Xu?"

That was the only possibility she could think of.

After all, Dongfang Wuya had said he was a cultivator, and it made sense that he could cast a Blinding Spell that prevented everyone from recognizing him.

"Why were you able to recognize me at a glance? Have you ever thought about it?" Dongfang Wuya countered.

How would Shen Qinghe know the reason?

"Where have you hidden Senior Brother Xu? Today is my wedding day, and I won’t allow anyone to ruin it!"

Shen Qinghe then said to the guests, "Please wait a moment, the groom and I will be right back!"

With those words, she grabbed Dongfang Wuya by the wrist and dragged him out of the wedding hall.

Resigned, Dongfang Wuya followed Shen Qinghe out of the hall and onto a deserted corridor.

Once sure that no one had followed, Shen Qinghe released Dongfang Wuya and coldly demanded, "Tell me, where have you taken Senior Brother Xu?!"

What enmity did she possibly have with Dongfang Wuya that made him want to sabotage her wedding?

"Only I know where Xu Jun is, but I will not hand him over!" Dongfang Wuya declared boldly, feeling no guilt for his actions.

Shen Qinghe, confused, asked, "Why do you want to ruin my wedding?"

Dongfang Wuya fell momentarily silent; he couldn’t very well say that he didn’t want to see her bow to Xu Jun together with him, could he?

He told himself that because he was in the Illusory Realm and she didn’t know what she was doing, it was right for him to act this way.

"Give me a reason!" Shen Qinghe became genuinely angry when she noticed Dongfang Wuya avoiding her eyes.

"I’ve said this is an Illusory Realm, you can’t just marry someone carelessly," Dongfang Wuya replied insincerely.

"Since you say it’s an Illusory Realm, then whoever I marry, it’s not real, so why do you feel the need to disrupt my wedding?" Shen Qinghe felt that Dongfang Wuya’s reasons for interrupting the wedding were contradictory.

Dongfang Wuya looked coldly at Shen Qinghe, "I’m doing this for your own good, you should be thanking me."

Shen Qinghe felt she couldn’t reason with Dongfang Wuya, so she called people over to block him and planned to continue the unfinished wedding ceremony.

Upon seeing this, Dongfang Wuya raised his voice and asked, "With Xu Jun absent, whom are you going to kneel with at the ceremony?"

"No need for you to worry!" Shen Qinghe instructed Cai Xin accordingly.

Cai Xin hesitated, "Miss, do you really want to do this?"

Couldn’t they wait to find Xu Jun and then proceed with the ceremony?

"I can’t wait, today’s marriage must happen. Divine Sword Villa has been embarrassed once; we can’t let it be humiliated again! Go on, we can’t keep the guests waiting too long," Shen Qinghe spoke in a calm tone.

Cai Xin knew that Shen Qinghe’s decision wouldn’t change, and reluctantly fetched a rooster.

When Dongfang Wuya broke free from the crowd, he saw Shen Qinghe about to enter the wedding hall with the rooster and stepped forward to block her, "Shen Qinghe, you’re not seriously considering marrying this rooster, are you?"

"How did you get here?" Shen Qinghe retorted.

With an indifferent expression, Wuya began to speak, "A few mere mortals, how could they stop me?"

Although he was trapped in the Illusory Realm and his cultivation base was suppressed, he still had a trump card, namely Little Black.

Little Black was another puppet he had crafted, one he would not summon unless it was critical.

During this entry into the Illusory Realm, Little Black’s cultivation base was not under control, probably because Little Black was not a cultivator but a puppet he had created. In the Illusory Realm, puppets were no different from the real world, their power remained formidable.

Just now, no one in the wedding hall realized he was Dongfang Wuya; it was just a Blinding Spell cast by Little Black.

"I don’t care how important a figure you are, today is the great day of my wedding, and no one is going to ruin it!" Shen Qinghe didn’t want to waste any more words on Dongfang Wuya, so she picked up the rooster and proceeded to the wedding hall.

Dongfang Wuya followed closely behind, his lips curling with sarcasm, "How come I never realized before that you have such a foul and stubborn temper? Truly unendearing!"

Shen Qinghe thought to herself that she didn’t need to please Dongfang Wuya or care about his preferences.

Seeing that Shen Qinghe was ignoring him, Dongfang Wuya stepped forward to block her path, "Do you insist on getting married? Even to this rooster?"

"Senior Brother Xu fell ill today and couldn’t come; having this rooster stand in for him would perfectly solve the problem. Although I don’t know why you are trying to stop me from getting married, it’s my own business and has nothing to do with you, Mr. Wuya!" Shen Qinghe tried to push past the man blocking her way, but he was immovable, like a wall.

Dongfang Wuya looked at Shen Qinghe’s tightly furrowed brow and found it hard to picture her marrying a rooster. But the thought of standing in for Xu Jun and marrying Shen Qinghe was even less appealing to him.

Forget it, he’d suffer one more time and play along with this house-wedding ceremony.

"Little Black, kill that annoying rooster!"

No sooner had Dongfang Wuya’s words fallen than the rooster in Shen Qinghe’s hands was snatched away by a shadowy figure.

The next moment, she smelled a strong scent of blood; the rooster had been reduced to bone dust and scattered, with blood raining down and blurring Shen Qinghe’s vision.

It was then that she truly felt that the Mr. Wuya before her didn’t seem like a normal person.