575 Double Wedding
On her way to Jing House, Xiu was worried about Darren's first eting with her Uncle Jing. She already knew how Clara mom loved him but Uncle Jing was different. Even though he agreed to let her get the marriage certificate without as much reluctance as she had expected, but she didn't know how he would react to eting Darren.
That's why right now Xiu's jaw almost hit the floor because right before her...
"Son-in-law!" Uncle Jing not only looked happy, but he was also even hugging Darren like a real father-in-law. He even patted his shoulder saying, "Why did you bring presents? It's not like we're eting for the first ti."
"But it's my first ti eting you as your official son-in-law. Mama said I can't co empty-handed." Darren was still as well-mannered before elders as Xiu rembered. But...
"When did you guys et? And why do I not know that?"
Both Darren and Uncle Jing looked at Xiu's frown and cleared it up that they knew each other even before Darren started dating Xiu. Since every ti Xiu brought up her boyfriend's na, she never described him in detail so Uncle Jing didn't realize it was Darren until he and Clara t Darren with Francesca in a restaurant a few weeks ago.
Only now Xiu understood why Uncle Jing's reaction to her dating changed so dramatically lately.
"France, it's so great to see you again!" Clara greeted Francesca as if they were long ti friends eting after a long ti. "But you didn't have to bring presents. That's totally unnecessary since we are a family now."
Xiu's brows knitted up even more. Just last night over the dinner weren't they talking about their first eting to Clara mom and Uncle Jing? Oh, wait! The exact words of Francesca were, 'I have to et them as well. Let's visit them tomorrow. You both have to pay your respect as well.'
She snorted to herself. So, it turned out this is just their first visit to this house as in-laws. Otherwise, they have had their introductions done already. How stupid of her to be worried over nothing!
"Mama, I thought you didn't know Clara mom and Uncle Jing since you said you want to et them." Xiu was pouting adorably at this turn of events. So, it turned out even she could be pretty clueless about so things.
"Of course, I had to et them how else we will decide the wedding details? You aren't expecting to be done with it with just these marriage certificates, do you?"
Hearing that reply, Xiu pursed her lips and shook her head, "Obviously not. That's all up to you guys." With that, she lowered her head and stopped talking. With how excited these people were, she couldn't just dampen their moods by saying that she was very much content with these certificates, that's all!
Tugging at Darren's sleeve, she complained, "You didn't even tell that you t Uncle Jing as well."
Xiu felt touched to hear that. She was very happy to see that Darren respected and admired her Clara mom and Uncle Jing just like she did. But she was not happy about the fact right now Clara mom was busy with Francesca while Uncle Jing was talking to Darren. She however was left to sidelines to stare at them.
Excuse ? Is no one even gonna talk to her here?
Since no one actually paying her any attention, she decided to help the maid in the kitchen but she was about to enter the kitchen when an arm slung around her neck in a tight grip and ca a raging voice.
"Xiu, the viper!"
"Ow! Nora, that hurts!" Xiu tried slapping her arm away but Nora wasn't willing to.
"Oh, I'm doing it to hurt you, bloody turncoat!" Nora was still not done as she went on, "You have any idea when I heard from mom and dad that you got married without even inviting how hurt I was? Bloody traitor! What kind of best friend are you?!"
Xiu finally understood why Nora was so mad. Well, she couldn't just say that she hadn't expected it. And she also couldn't deny that she hurt her.
"I'm sorry! I was in a rush."
Nora let her grip loosened up but her hand still lingered on her shoulder as she asked, "Why? Tell , are you pregnant?"
"WHAT?!" Xiu exclaid so loudly that even the elders in the other room heard her voice.
Darren even ca running over as he asked, "Is everything okay?"
Nora who had her hand over Xiu's mouth smiled at Darren with hostility and said, "Everything is abso-bloody-lutely peachy! Don't worry, brother-in-law!" Darren felt fidgety when she addressed him like that and added, "You should get back to the room. I have things to discuss with my sister."
Darren looked at Xiu who could only nod at him to let him know that she was fine and he didn't have to worry. After he reluctantly left, Nora dragged Xiu to her room and locked the door. Then turned around to face Xiu as she questioned again, "So? Are you really pregnant? You can tell anything."
"What nonsense are you spouting? There is nothing like that. This is my ti to enjoy a honeymoon period. Why would I want a kid to intervene in this ti? At least, for five or ten years, I hope there is none!"
Nora squinted her eyes at Xiu and placed her hands on her hips. "Other than that reason I can't think of a reason why you guys would opt for a shotgun wedding. I an it's not like your parents don't agree and you had to elope."
Xiu rolled her eyes at Nora as she said, "Don't be ridiculous. It's nothing like that. I don't consider it a shotgun wedding since we didn't hold the ceremony. We just got our certificates legally."
"So, should I call it a flash marriage then?"
"How is that a flash marriage? I have been dating him for months and didn't I repeatedly told you that I want to marry him? Let's think it like this, one day I opened my eyes and looked at the beautiful sky only to realize that there won't be a better day than today to beco Mrs. Salvay. And that led to the Civil Affairs Bureau."
Nora sat down beside Xiu on the bed and said, "You really know how to do everything that cos to your mind."
"Well, I don't like wasting ti when I'm certain of what I want."
Nora smiled at Xiu and nodded, "You certainly don't waste any ti at all." She took a pause to add, "But I had so much planned for my sister's wedding. I thought I'd be your maid of honor. I used to tell you all about that. How can you do this to ? But then again, now you don't need since you have your husband. How can I compare to him? Poor !"
Xiu rolled her eyes at Nora and punched her arm. "Stop it, eh! I didn't forget any of your stupid wedding dreams. And the wedding ceremony is still gonna happen. You can still be my maid of honor if you want to be."
"What do you an if I want to be? Aren't you gonna ask to be your maid of honor? If not , who else are you gonna ask?"
Xiu smacked her head and said, "I thought you wanted to have a double wedding. How will you play the role of maid of honor at your own wedding? Unless you don't want that double wedding to happen anymore. I believe that the planner must be hidden under your bed even now."
Nora's eyes widened as she pointed at Xiu and gasped, "You! You got your mories back?"
Xiu smiled at Nora's reaction and nodded her head.
Nora clapped her hands, "You really rember everything?"
"Not everything but I rember a lot now. Like how you wanted us to wear the sa wedding dresses. Also, what was the the you chose?"
Nora hugged Xiu tightly as she said, "Forget it all. I'm so happy to know that you rember it." Pulling away, she wiped her eyes and said, "Today must be a good day! Not only sister is married, she even got her mories back. I'm so happy. This calls for a celebration!"
Xiu really didn't know how Nora was so excited over this. So, to tease her she said, "But you do realize I don't need a mory manual to stick to now, right?" Nora's excitent vanished in a mont as she stared at Xiu. She just realized that before the mory loss, Xiu was a very mysterious person. But after the mory loss, she had gotten even closer to Xiu. Since after the mory loss, Xiu loved to talk to her about everything.
Seeing her face Xiu shook her head and pinched Nora's cheek saying, "But I still need my sister. So, you better not get any ideas of estranging."
"Never ever! I only have one sister, after all."
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