“Miss Wang Luan really is quite slow—these questions, I had already thought them through long ago.” Yan Qiongyu cupped her face and smiled. “Whether it was feeling that I had added trouble for you, brought unnecessary danger, or wasn’t good enough to you, all of those have troubled me before.”
“Didn’t I say it already? We are the same.”
“I can properly comfort Miss Wang Luan, but emotions like these can probably only be temporarily eased. If next time you feel troubled by them again, you also need to tell me promptly like this, so that I can comfort Miss Wang Luan’s feelings.”
Wang Luan held onto his arm and extracted the core meaning from his words: “So what you mean is, next time I should keep confessing to you, right?”
Yan Qiongyu praised her: “Miss Wang Luan’s ability to summarize is still as strong as ever.”
Her reading comprehension had always been quite good.
Wang Luan: “…………” I’m telling you about my sadness and pain—don’t just treat it directly as coquettish confession!
Yan Qiongyu seemed able to see the emotions rolling across her face, the smile in his eyes clear: “In a relationship, positive and negative emotions originally exist as mutual proof.”
“I already understand the situation. Then let’s start now.” Yan Qiongyu took hold of Wang Luan’s hand.
“Start what?” Wang Luan was confused.
“Start thinking of ways to comfort Miss Wang Luan.” Yan Qiongyu pulled her as they walked outward. “If you feel that last time’s wedding wasn’t done well enough by yourself, then let’s do it one more time.”
The two boarded Wang Luan’s privately modified spaceship. Just as Wang Luan was about to start the ship, Yan Qiongyu pressed her into the copilot seat. He stood at the main control console and input a planetary coordinate.
That wasn’t an edge star zone, but a certain planet under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Legion. The biggest characteristic of this planet was that eighty percent of its permanent population were soldiers from the legion.
Yan Qiongyu didn’t know where he got the travel permit from. Their ship landed very smoothly on this numbered l99 planet, and before entering the planet he even took out two identity cards.
Wang Luan didn’t know how he could, with such a face that was unforgettable in every sense, just barge into a dangerous zone like this.
She took a dust-proof mask and shoved it onto Yan Qiongyu’s face: “Do you remember that you’re the Empire’s top wanted criminal?!”
Yan Qiongyu laughed heartily and let her put the mask on him, then pulled her—also wearing a mask—down from the ship.
They entered the city. It didn’t look as prosperous as the edge star zones. Most of the people walking on the streets wore military uniforms, and omegas were almost nowhere to be seen. There were especially many taverns along the streets; the entire city was filled with the rough atmosphere of bachelors.
“Is there something special about this place?” Wang Luan felt strange about Yan Qiongyu bringing her here.
Yan Qiongyu only smiled mysteriously and pulled her to an institution hall on a street corner whose purpose she didn’t know, and said to the staff inside: “Today’s mass wedding hasn’t ended yet, right? Please help us register.”
Wang Luan: “What?!”
The staff member didn’t even look up, directly took the two identity cards, gave them a new card, and then gifted them a bag. Yan Qiongyu took the things and held Wang Luan’s hand as they walked out.
Wang Luan: “What? Is this the civil affairs hall? Did you bring me here to register for marriage?”
Yan Qiongyu: “No, this is just a competition registration office.”
Register for what competition? Wang Luan was led by Yan Qiongyu to a vast square packed with people, and when she was pushed onto a section of obstacle track, her entire mind was blank.
Beside her, standing at the starting point of the obstacle track just like her, were dozens of alphas and betas, all with looks of eager anticipation.
And on the nearby stands, another group of omega and beta men and women were shouting the names of certain people.
“xxx, go for it!”
“xx, if you can’t get the final prize, then don’t marry me!”
“xxx, I believe in you! You’re the best!”
Yan Qiongyu was also among this group, but he didn’t shout. He only happily waved at Wang Luan, whose expression was on the verge of cracking.
The sturdy, dark-skinned alpha standing beside Wang Luan shouted toward the stands at his partner: “I will definitely obtain the final victory! xx, wait to marry me!”
His eyes shone with a light of certain victory—or rather, it wasn’t just him. The rest of the people standing here were the same, each brimming with aggressive momentum. Only Wang Luan was still full of question marks.
The rough alpha glanced contemptuously at the clean and neat Wang Luan: “Not from our legion, right? Someone like you dares to come participate in our group wedding competition? If you lose too badly, your marriage partner might even dump you.”
Wang Luan: “…………” This is really outrageous—why did it suddenly turn into a competition?
Even though she was full of doubts inside, when the start was announced, Wang Luan subconsciously rushed into the first echelon.
All kinds of obstacles were set up on the obstacle track. Large pits, electric nets, and the like were the most basic; most challengers could get through them, only with distances being stretched apart.
The most brutal was the laser section in the middle. Wang Luan heard the alpha beside her curse aloud when the laser grazed his scalp, and all kinds of angry shouts from people who couldn’t dodge in time and had their clothes burned through rose one after another.
For a moment, Wang Luan was infected and also wanted to curse.
“Bastard! You suddenly threw me here and I didn’t have any preparation at all!”
Yan Qiongyu, who clearly heard this sentence from the stands, laughed particularly happily. How to put it—although he liked Miss Wang Luan very much, occasionally seeing her this irritable and furious was also quite interesting.
Charging past the laser track, Wang Luan had already reached second place. Ahead of her was only a silent, valiant alpha, and further ahead was a blocking team composed of seven mid-tier mechas.
The mecha pilots who generally served as the blocking team in group wedding competitions were all legion soldiers who couldn’t find partners. At times like this, they too would be eager and ready, vowing to act as the biggest stumbling block on the wedding path of this group of lucky ones favored by omegas, knocking them down halfway.
Facing the seven ferocious mechas, Wang Luan twitched the corner of her mouth.
She was a repair technician with a very broad range, basically able to get her hands on anything and try it. She was already very familiar with dismantling mechas. The first mecha she ever worked on was the Empire’s top-tier mecha, so of course she wouldn’t be afraid of these mid-tier ones now.
When the one in first place was still being blocked by the mechas, Wang Luan had already passed through the encirclement of the mechas and closed in on the final high platform.
“xx’s! How did she get through!”
“Damn, how did the mecha’s arm fall off!”
“Shit, she dismantled it!”
“That person dismantled a mecha arm with her bare hands?!”
Of course not. Carrying tools with her was already a habit for Wang Luan, and of course it was also mainly because these mechas had seen countless battles and were already on the verge of retirement, so they were easy to dismantle.
After she passed through the mechas’ encirclement, a series of shocked cries sounded from behind.
“Quick, there’s a gap there, go through there!”
“Ahhh no, the one in front is about to take first place, hurry and stop her!”
In the end it turned into a melee. Several of the fastest alphas fought on the high platform. As a result, a group of dust-covered alphas, dejected like defeated roosters, returned to the stands beneath the starting point, receiving either comfort or angry scolding from their respective partners.
Holding the first-place reward and the commemorative medal, the flame bouquet symbolizing courage, Wang Luan came over and sat beside Yan Qiongyu. She was drenched in sweat, just as dusty, and still breathing heavily.
Yan Qiongyu took the flame flowers from her hands, brushed aside her sweat-soaked hair, and kissed her on the forehead.
“Look, they’re all envying me.”
Wang Luan looked to the left. Indeed, those people acting as the “brides” were all looking over here with envy. In contrast, on the right side, the alphas were also glaring at her.
“Miss Wang Luan felt she didn’t do her best last time—can you now be certain that you are the best?” Yan Qiongyu said softly with a smile. “Looking at everyone’s envious gazes, I think no one would feel that Miss Wang Luan, who went all out to win victory for me, treated me poorly.”
He pulled her hand up again. There were some abrasions on Wang Luan’s fist.
Not just her fist—there were also some injuries on her body. In the final melee, those alphas had gone at it ruthlessly like they were fighting to snatch a wife, and she had taken quite a few hits in the chaos.
“Look, now you have injuries on you too, so don’t mind those little wounds on me anymore.” Yan Qiongyu’s clean fingers gently rubbed her fist.
With Yan Qiongyu putting it that way, she really had done very well.
Wang Luan looked at his sincere eyes: “…Is that so? Why does it feel like something’s a bit off?”
Yan Qiongyu let out a low laugh: “Nothing’s off. Alright, next it’s my turn to go on.”
After the alphas’ obstacle competition came the main stage for the omega and beta brides. It was fixed every year—they had to make the most beautiful wedding dress for themselves, to wear at the evening’s mass wedding ceremony.
Yan Qiongyu stood calmly among those ordinary, unremarkable yet equally smiling-with-happiness “brides,” and received the basic outfit and materials.
The other omegas didn’t dare talk to him, but couldn’t help looking at him.
His bearing was far too elegant, completely out of place among them. When he cut fabric and threaded needles, it didn’t look like he was making clothes at all—more like he was putting on some kind of performance.
As the sky gradually darkened, nearing the end, most people on the field were watching the dress in Yan Qiongyu’s hands slowly take shape. It was truly a very beautiful and distinctive wedding dress, making a group of prospective brides especially envious.
Finally, an omega standing beside Yan Qiongyu couldn’t help whispering to him: “The dress you made is really beautiful. Wearing this dress, you’ll definitely be the most beautiful bride tonight.”
“Thank you.” Yan Qiongyu smoothed the hem of the skirt. “The one who will wear this dress is indeed beautiful and adorable.”
This dress was made for Wang Luan. When all the omegas on the field were making wedding dresses for themselves, he was making a wedding dress for Wang Luan.
In the end, as the only alpha in the venue wearing a wedding dress—and the most beautiful wedding dress at that—Wang Luan received the most attention. She couldn’t help but be glad she was wearing a dust-proof mask; otherwise, she really wouldn’t have been able to handle all those gazes.
Yan Qiongyu calmly held her hand as they stood in the wedding procession. Although the onlookers all felt that this pair of newlyweds who didn’t show their faces and had both taken first place were a bit strange, no one said anything.
Here, soldiers could be summoned to fight at any time. Every day, there was death, but every day there were also weddings. Inevitable separations could not stop love from happening; before death arrived, they ran toward the one they loved.
Therefore, the people here didn’t care what identity the newlyweds on the field had. Here, no matter what their identity was, they were just the most ordinary pair of newlyweds.
Strangers cheered for them and offered them their blessings.
Amid the cheers of strangers, Yan Qiongyu asked Wang Luan in a low voice, “Did I comfort you well, Miss Wang Luan?”
Wang Luan carefully lifted the hem of her beautiful skirt and nodded. “Yes. Thank you, wife.”
Yan Qiongyu: “…………” Alright then—he could indeed feel that Miss Wang Luan had mixed emotions of both happiness and displeasure toward this surprise journey.
