Chapter 60: Boss, I’m In!

Cheng Fei answered Gao Ming with a smile. After they got close and exchanged some sweet looks, Gao Ming used the chance while fixing her veil to quietly whisper into her ear.

“Stay calm. Relax. Whatever you do, don’t forget the lines!”

Gao Ming sounded relaxed, but Cheng Fei’s heart tightened instantly.

It was better before he said anything. Now she felt even more nervous.

“Can you stop talking nonsense?” Cheng Fei muttered through her smile, barely opening her lips.

“After this is over, both rings are yours.”

At that moment, Cheng Fei felt like the whole world had changed.

How would a traveler trapped on a cliff by wolves feel when suddenly seeing a helicopter coming to save them?

That was exactly how she felt.

Before this, Gao Ming had promised compensation in the future. The papers were signed and fingerprints stamped, but it was still “future money.” She could see it but not touch it yet, which made her anxious. What if something unexpected happened and the deal was canceled?

But this was different.

A diamond ring worth over two hundred thousand yuan. As long as she finished this three-hour wedding ceremony, it would belong to her.

That feeling of treasure being right in front of her…

It felt amazing.

“Kiss my cheek.”

Gao Ming saw that Cheng Fei’s eyes were practically shining with the light of gold and diamonds. Her earlier panic was completely gone.

There were only a few hours left, but they were the most important hours. To deal with someone as money-loving as Cheng Fei, he needed extra insurance to make sure nothing went wrong.

Cheng Fei smiled even brighter.

Alright then, boss!

Forget kissing the cheek, even kissing on the lips would be fine!

The veil blocked the view, so Bai Xi and Zheng Qi could only see Gao Ming whispering into Cheng Fei’s ear. They could not see his mouth clearly.

“I left in a hurry this morning and forgot to bring the rings,” Gao Ming said after standing straight again, showing some guilt and nervousness on purpose.

She immediately stood on tiptoe and kissed Gao Ming on the cheek in front of everyone. Her smile bloomed beautifully like a flower.

“It’s okay. The ceremony hasn’t started yet. Don’t panic!”

The bridesmaids laughed quietly, and the crowd instantly became much livelier.

So natural. He really had chosen the right person.

Gao Ming was very satisfied. He patted Cheng Fei on the shoulder like a boss encouraging an employee.

But who cared about boss and employee roles these days?

“Sigh… this is what happy people look like.”

“Yeah. I’m starting to regret coming. Their wedding feels like a slaughterhouse made to torture single people.”

“Hehe!”

In Cheng Fei’s eyes, everything now looked like those sparkling diamonds. Her mood instantly became wonderful.

Normally, showing affection at a wedding would not cause much trouble if done quietly. After all, Cheng Fei was today’s main character, the bride.

But the problem was that she turned around afterward and grinned foolishly.

At least, she thought it was just a silly smile. To everyone else, though, it looked like open mockery.

The two women gritted their teeth and exchanged angry looks.

“I think we let the groom in too easily earlier.”

“Then later, I’m definitely joining the wedding room prank. What about you?”

“You understand me perfectly!”

Wow. These two clearly would not stop until they had their revenge.

But…

Hehe!

Actually, that sounded pretty good.

If two beautiful women were going to mess with someone, it obviously would not be the groom.

That meant they would target her instead.

Exactly what she wanted!

Cheng Fei turned around again, raising her eyebrows, glaring, and licking her lips on purpose, doing everything she could to provoke them.

Money and beauty together. How wonderful life could be!

Zheng Qi’s self-control was clearly weaker, but she could not openly betray Cheng Fei here. Bai Xi grabbed her arm.

“Calm down. Relax. Revenge comes sooner or later.”

Zheng Qi slowly let out a long breath.

“When the time comes, everything will be paid back. Little Feifei, don’t blame me later for ruining your good night!”

“Come on~ let’s have fun~ we still have~ plenty of time~!”

Cheng Fei’s singing was horribly out of tune, like a painful attack on everyone’s ears. People almost wanted to shout, “Stop singing, we’re on the same side!”

Miao Lei stood nearby with an awkward smile. She did not know the others well enough to join the conversation.

Zheng Qi was naturally outgoing and very good at dealing with strangers. Getting another helper sounded like a great idea.

“Xiao Miao, want to join us later?”

“Huh?” Miao Lei obviously understood, but although everyone liked fun, the boss was standing right there. Keeping her job was more important, so she pretended not to understand. “J-join what?”

“The wedding room prank.”

“Uh…”

Being exposed so directly made Miao Lei embarrassed.

“Ahem. Just look at her. Red lips, white teeth, pretty face, soft skin, great body… wow… if you just reach out and—mmph!”

Wait.

Was she praising Cheng Fei or praising herself?

Who here dared say they had a better figure than Zheng Qi? Cheng Fei felt like she could swallow a chair whole from anger. As for skin, Zheng Qi’s skin tone was slightly darker, but she spent half the year in front of cameras. Who could compete with her skincare?

Bai Xi’s eyelids twitched hard. She quickly covered Zheng Qi’s nonstop mouth and gave Miao Lei an embarrassed smile.

“Haha… she drank too much last night.”

“Haha!”

The four of them laughed awkwardly together. Then a signal came from the host inside the hall.

Bai Xi and the other bridesmaids temporarily left to enter the hall and “take their positions,” while the groomsmen waited at the entrance for Cheng Fei to appear. After Gao Ming’s so-called “call of love,” it would be her turn to enter.

Cheng Fei took a deep breath and carefully stepped forward in her high heels.

But she had not worn this kind of shoe for long enough. Her foot landed badly, and her body shook slightly, almost falling over. Two female relatives nearby quickly reached out to help. Luckily, Cheng Fei reacted fast enough and steadied herself in time. She smiled softly at the two girls as thanks.

Zheng Qi and Bai Xi shook their heads and sighed. They wanted to say something, but this was not the right moment.

Fortunately, the host was very experienced and extremely quick at handling situations.

“Looks like the bride is already dizzy from happiness! Don’t worry, the groom is yours. He’s not going anywhere!”

“Hahahahaha!”

The crowd burst into laughter. Cheng Fei did not care anymore. As long as she survived today, it would already count as a stage victory.

Holding up her dress with both hands while the three bridesmaids carried the long train behind her, she slowly walked onto the glowing stage runway.

The ceremony continued according to plan.

Gao Ming stood on the stage with his back facing her. Cheng Fei walked up and lightly touched his back.

At that instant, all the lights focused on the two of them.

It felt as if holy light surrounded the whole place. The noisy sound system disappeared from her ears, replaced by soft and smooth music.

The person standing before her, whether man or woman no longer mattered, looked like someone who had descended from heaven.

Gao Ming turned around. His eyes slowly became dazed as he gently walked toward the woman in white.

But just as he raised his hand to touch her jade-like face, he clearly saw the shining look in her eyes.

Cheng Fei was smiling, but in her mind, Gao Ming had already become a human-shaped diamond.

A huge diamond.

Heavy.

Bright.

A perfect top-grade diamond.

From her eyes, Gao Ming understood something. His eyelids twitched slightly as he stepped forward and hugged her.

They walked across the white carpet and flower decorations, smoothly finishing the interactive parts of the ceremony before finally reaching the hardest part.

The kiss.

Cheng Fei imagined everything from that night. Gao Ming’s almost seductive makeup, along with that sexy cheongsam so revealing it even showed leg hair.

She nearly laughed out loud.

She calmed herself and mentally blocked out everything below the neck, leaving only that beautiful face in her imagination.

Only then did Cheng Fei finally manage to complete the kiss successfully, staying in Gao Ming’s arms for a short, affectionate moment.

After that, the main part of the wedding banquet officially began.

Cheng Fei lifted her wedding dress again and returned to the private room. Zheng Qi, Bai Xi, and Miao Lei helped her take off the wedding gown before changing into a small red dress and returning to the hall.

Toasting guests at every table was unavoidable.

Thankfully, she no longer needed to wear that beautiful but extremely troublesome wedding dress.

After dealing with all the guests, she finally arrived in front of Qin Yi and Lu Shengdong.

Cheng Fei had been smiling happily the entire time, but the moment she saw them, she suddenly wanted to cry.

Their true relationship had never been revealed to Gao Ming’s parents. The old couple had specifically told her not to say it.

They had already lost their only son.

Were they now supposed to lose even the right to openly be her parents?

No matter what, Cheng Fei could not be that cruel.

“Mom…”

She could not stop herself.

But before she could say more, Qin Yi and Lu Shengdong immediately stared hard at her.

Still, that special word had already been spoken clearly enough for Gao Ming’s older relatives at the table to hear.

Everyone knew Cheng Fei’s background. Her parents were supposedly dead.

So where did this “mom” come from?

Gao Limin and Guo Rui were toasting guests at another table and did not hear it, but when they turned around, they saw everyone staring at Cheng Fei.

The two hurried over.

Seeing there was no way to hide it anymore, Cheng Fei directly explained:

“These two… are my parents…”

Not “godparents.”

Not “adoptive parents.”

She called them “parents.”

Qin Yi and Lu Shengdong were so shocked they nearly jumped, thinking Cheng Fei was about to reveal the huge secret.

Thankfully, she only explained it vaguely and carefully. The two finally relaxed a little.

There was actually such a story behind this?

Gao Limin and Guo Rui naturally felt suspicious at first. Luckily, Zhou Lin, with his honest-looking face, stepped forward to support the story. Zheng Qi and Bai Xi also helped smooth things over.

In the end, the couple finally let go of their doubts.

They politely apologized and said they had not thought carefully enough, speaking with formal courtesy.

After the banquet ended, the two old people quietly left without saying goodbye.

The teasing plans from Zheng Qi and the others never happened, because both Cheng Fei and Gao Ming had already been drunk like ducks and thrown into the hotel room.

Back home, more than ten red paper bags were placed on the bright red wedding bed.

Cheng Fei knew they were all snacks made by Qin Yi herself. Dried fruits, nuts, and sweet treats.

Squatting beside the window while chewing dried winter melon slices, Cheng Fei stared through the gap between distant buildings as if she could somehow see her hometown in Fuxian.

Thinking about the lonely backs of the two old people, her face quietly became wet with tears before she even noticed.

A damp hand suddenly reached over, grabbed a piece of dried winter melon, and stuffed it into a mouth.

A tissue was handed to her.

This time, she did not refuse.

She looked up quietly. A complicated expression flashed through her eyes. Mixed with sadness, anger, and helplessness.

At this point, helplessness clearly outweighed everything else.

No matter the reason, once the choice had been made, there was no going back.

After wiping her tears dry, she slowly walked to the bed.

“Melon seeds, pistachios, walnuts… which one do you want?”

“Anything is fine.”

A bag of sunflower seeds was tossed over. These handmade natural snacks tasted far better than factory-made food. Gao Ming opened the bag and happily started eating.

“If you want, why not bring them here to live with you?”

Cheng Fei laughed softly and shook her head.

“Acting is still acting. I’m afraid I’ll accidentally expose something. Besides, they’ve lived in that small county town for decades. They’re used to the neighbors and the life there. They wouldn’t adapt well here.”

Gao Ming did not continue the topic.

Hearing Cheng Fei cracking walnuts on the bed, he suddenly wanted some too, so he asked for two peeled walnut pieces while casually handing her a beer.

Downstairs, the talking voices disappeared.

The lights went out.

Footsteps stopped outside the door.

Gao Ming’s hearing was extremely sharp. The moment he heard it, he immediately reacted, blinking at Cheng Fei and gesturing toward the door.

Emergency plan activated.

Time for this again.

The walnut shells were crushed together and thrown into the trash can.

Cheng Fei lay flat on the bed and stared at the ceiling.

Then it started again.

After another intimate “couple scene” that made it impossible to stay calm, combined with the exhaustion from the entire day, Cheng Fei slowly fell asleep.

At home, she usually dressed very simply. This time, she only removed the hair tie from her ponytail before hiding herself completely under the blanket.

When Gao Ming finally got into bed, the sleeping Cheng Fei suddenly turned over and tightly wrapped both arms around his neck.

He tried pulling her arms away, but with only light force, he could not separate this koala-like person from him.

Using more force…

Forget it.

Her face was extremely close. Gao Ming froze awkwardly and simply stayed still to see what would happen.

“Mom… go back later…”

So this was what she truly cared about.

Gao Ming lay down and let her small head rest against his chest.

The scene brought back old memories and a name he had not thought about for a long time.

Just like before, his fully recovered hand gently patted her back, almost like comforting a child.