Journey to the Rose

A week later, Ruan Xi's bachelor party began.

Because he had to leave his hometown for the wedding, the Ruan family held this bachelor party in a big way. Various bands paraded in the city every afternoon. The cheers and ritual music rang out for seven days in a row. Ruan Xier was about to explode. .

But he couldn't stop this series of absurd behaviors from happening.

The walls of the living room at home are covered with all kinds of oil paintings, the suspended ceiling is led by arches, the velvet rolls into a black night dotted with stars, and several expensive and gorgeous ribbons descend from the sky and spread flat on the red carpet on the central axis .

The most exaggerated thing is that the designer responsible for the scene layout will even tie the never-drying red roses to the legs of the stools where the guests sit.

Check the calendar, the bachelorette party is tonight.

After breakfast, Ruan Xi stood at the dining table and quickly covered her mouth with a milky white napkin.

He was about to vomit from these breakfasts.

The chef cooks milk, fried eggs and delicate mousse cakes, but now he just wants to go out of the manor to eat noodles made of spicy red oil.

In order to resist the reporter's relentless high-definition cannon shots, Ruan Xi refrained from eating fatty food all day yesterday, because he couldn't control his speed at all, and he would get acne overnight after eating.

People who are good at watching him will not allow him to make such a mistake.

In the evening of this day, Ruan Xi stayed for a long time on the balcony of the tower building of the living room of Ruan's house.

He watched the orange-red sunset fall in the sky, and then changed from deep purple to oppressive black.

Shaking the empty red wine glass in his hand, Ruan Xi picked up a bottle of high-grade white wine neatly from his feet, unscrewed the lid, smelled the aroma of the bottle, and planned to drink it straight away, wanting to drink it while the wine was strong Think about how to escape this ridiculous place overnight.

"Brother Ruan Xi!" It was Song Shumian.

Song Shumian looks like a human today, wearing a dark blue suit with a five-pointed star folded in a napkin in his pocket.

He searched a lot of places before finding Ruan Xi, his face flushed with anxiety, and he exclaimed, "Why are you here alone? The host has already introduced your life, why don't you go down and show your face? Everyone is here Looking forward to your appearance!"

"Life? Is my family holding a memorial service for me?" Ruan Xi frowned.

"..."

Song Shumian thought about the mess introduced by the host just now, and confirmed that it was indeed his life.

He didn't dare to say any more, and suddenly saw Ruan Xi's white wine bottle, his eyes widened, and he asked, "Why are you drinking white wine? You'll have to drink red wine with the guests later..."

It's still a wine glass!

so big!

Song Shumian found that Ruan Xi had already drank a big glass, and asked worriedly, "I remember you can only drink...are you still sober?"

"I drink very well," Ruan Xi gently tapped the tip of her nose, "Let's go, I'll cheat the corpse."

·

Finally, Ruan Xi appeared under the merciless flashing lights of the reporters.

Under the huge crystal chandelier, he held his breath and saw clearly his current situation.

Under the feet is the red carpet that has been spread all the way to the entrance of the banquet hall. There are many fallen rose petals beside the red carpet.Beside him, there are countless familiar faces but I can't think of any communication faces.

The spectators laughed at Yan Yan, holding their goblets and looking at him with vaguely curious eyes.

Ruan Xi didn't say much, and continued to maintain her aloof personality, pursed her lips and smiled, and then nodded to everyone.

Look, this is Ruan Xi.

Even though he is about to step into the grave of marriage, he still shines brightly, possessing a holy brilliance that ordinary people cannot have.

Finally, Ruan Xi took the microphone very politely and thanked the guests briefly.

Today he is the protagonist, so he didn't wear a suit, but picked out a black velvet cloak.

The cloak was embroidered with complicated patterns and characters he couldn't understand with golden silk threads, and it fell on his shoulders like the vast starry sky.

The butler responsible for handling the accompanying items said that these are the most traditional and oldest blessings, expressing the hope that he will be happy and meet true love.

When the housekeeper said this, Ruan Xi hung her head and said nothing the whole time, always feeling that the words sounded like irony.

The wind is beating the horn, and Ruan Xi's appearance is tonight's little girl.

After this wave of small talk subsided, among the many people who passed by Ruan Xi, some of them occasionally came together to chat, and Ruan Xi didn't show any discomfort, but just kept clinking glasses with them politely.

The reception enters the invitation to dance stage.

Ruan Xi made an excuse casually, trying to escape from the corner of the attic.

Before he quietly walked to the window, he heard two strangers of the same age on the other side of the snack table whispering, "Hey, Ruan Xi's marriage has not been heard in advance! You said that if the Wei family didn't What should I do if I'm handsome, I haven't even released the photos, will it be ugly?"

Well, maybe it's really ugly.

After so many years, the gossip ability of the masses is so developed that not even a single photo has been circulated...

The paparazzi are not strong this year.

Ruan Xi nodded while listening, and even took a piece of sweetheart cookie and stuffed it into her mouth.

Anyway, no one can see now, so he doesn't have to sip with difficulty under the light.

"Oh my God, is it that Ruan Xi is going to put it in the cow..." Another person burst out laughing, "No, my upbringing does not allow me to say the rest of the word."

Ruan Xi was no stranger to this kind of laughter.

Sure enough, he was another person who came to see his own jokes.

He remembered that when he was a child, whenever it rained, the cleaners at home would go to the water circulation system to clear the pipes, and he would follow secretly to see.At that time, there was a ditch outside the Ruan family's castle-like building, and in summer, there were always a few gray mice waiting for someone to feed the cheese that the owner hadn't finished eating.

"Ruan Xi is so proud, but in the end she has to obey fate...it's not as good as ordinary people like us."

"Yes, I don't think he's in much spirits to-night."

"I heard that the Wei family is in the northernmost city of Zenith. Although it is prosperous and powerful, it is very cold and it snows all the year round. The weather is particularly bad."

"Yes, I should have a bad temper."

"Ouch, I remember that there was a news report last year that the serial killer escaped from there!"

"That's scary!"

……

Ruan Xi leaned against the wall and listened for a while, and didn't mind if the black gold velvet dress was stained with wall dust.

marry?

Real marriage is out of the question, I'd rather elope with my ex-boyfriend.

and many more.

As soon as this absurd idea came to her head, Ruan Xi felt a little drunk, and her head buzzed continuously.

Probably the terrible stamina of the red wine came to the fore, mixing with the white wine to subdue his huge volume tonight.

But he can't collapse now, he has to go back to his room to have a good rest, and find a way to escape in the middle of the night.

People from the Ruan family should look for him at the reception later, but as long as he is drunk, there is a good reason to go back and rest.

Ruan Xi walked out of the small door of the banquet hall with her clothes in her hands.

The cold wind at night made him tremble, and he was quite awake.He will not attend the reception for the time being, and now he has to go to see if the carry-on luggage hidden in the back garden is still there.

The world has not been peaceful recently, and the Ruan family patrols 24 hours a day, and some servant who doesn't have a good eye may just walk away with his luggage.

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Very timely, there are no stars in the night sky of Abze City tonight.

The back garden was dark and gloomy, and it was obvious that the bustle of the front building had nothing to do with it.

The moon was gloomy and white, and the evening wind blew the leaves, and there was silence all around.

In the open space in the back garden, Ruan Xi saw a familiar figure standing less than ten meters away from her.

It has appeared thousands of times in dreams.

The man didn't wear the suit that all the guests wore. Instead, he wore a short sleeve and a pair of camouflage pants. He didn't look like he had just attended a bachelor party, and he had an unfinished roll of cigars between his fingertips.

The lighthouse on the top floor swept the light across the area, and quickly returned the area to darkness.

But just a moment of brightness allowed Ruan Xi to see clearly the appearance of this person.

Short cut, broad shoulders.

Much taller, and much stronger.

Even though the night was dark, Ruan Xi could still see the narrow eyelids of this man. She lowered her head slightly to press the brow bone, and the double eyelids were hidden under the peak of the eyebrows. Years later, I have never seen anything comparable.

Obviously we haven't seen each other for several years, but it seems like a lifetime has passed.

The picture in front of Ruan Xi's eyes became blurred, wondering if it was the moonlight that had dreamed.

With just such a glance, Ruan Xi seemed to return to that rainy night in an instant.

At that time after school, the Ruan family had too many entourages, so Ruan Xi deliberately took a detour to shake off those people, and wanted to follow this person to take a long detour.

The two met secretly at night, and this man stood quietly waiting for him in the dark like this, no matter how cold it was, he only wore a short sleeve, no matter how much rain it was, his skin was warm when they touched each other.

Seeing Ruan Xi coming with an overly heavy cloak and dress, the man threw the cigar into the smoke extinguisher not far away.

The man moved back and forth.

He moved!

Ruan Xi thought he was going to run, so she quickened her pace and shouted "Stop!" to the shadow that was about to melt into the night not far away.

run what run?

Could it be that the fact that no one has been found for so many years is hiding on purpose?

The person who was called was shocked again, as if he hadn't reacted.

Not daring to attract other people's attention, Ruan Xi resisted the urge to call that person by his name.After observing that there was no one else around, he changed his usual aloof image and rushed forward a few steps, "Stop!"

The man stopped.

Lu Zhenghe.

He was indeed Lu Zhenghe.

Ruan Xi's heartbeat exploded into a drum beat, which rang out over the "Sleeping Coral Reef" played wildly by the orchestra in the banquet hall.

Seeing Lu Zhenghe standing upright, Ruan Xi also slowed down, held her breath, and stepped forward.

On the surface, he is still the Ruan Xi who doesn't have any mood swings, but in fact his back is already soaked in sweat.

At this time, there was no movement around at all, and time was like a long river flowing slowly.

They seemed to be wrapped in still water, without any sound.

If possible, Ruan Xi really wants the orchestra to improvise a desperate and passionate song. He has already thought of the name, and it will be called

—— "On the eve of the wedding, I ran into my first love who had been missing for many years".

Ablaze·4 "Lu Zhenghe, I will kill you."