Chapter 1535 (Title is a Spoiler)
Chapter 1535 (Title is a Spoiler)
Jin Chonglin felt like his world was crumbling away. He continued kneeling there with a stunned expression while watching his girlfriend walk away.
Everything around him turned quiet.
This was the first time in his life that he felt like time had been frozen. It felt like he had separated from his own body, and that he was watching somebody else get rejected by his girlfriend. It was a surreal experience—a f*cking frightening experience.
He didn't notice the people around him wearing a myriad of expressions.
Some gasped. Some looked horrified. Some looked entertained, wanting to watch more of the drama. Some looked at him in schadenfreude. Some pitied him.
When it felt like time unfroze itself and his motor skills returned, Jin Chonglin stood up in a rush, almost tripping on his own feet, and chased after Chen Fei. He didn't care about his own image as a superstar anymore.
There was no way that he would allow the woman to run away from him just like that!
He, Jin Chonglin, had never been the type to give up!
"Babe! Hey, wait!"
Chen Fei kept on walking away. She wasn't running, just speed-walking.
He was about to reach her when she stopped and faced him again. He immediately put on the brakes and almost stumbled again. Now that she was facing him, he found that he didn't know what to say.
His mind went blank.
What the heck was happening to him?
This was so weird!
It was as if a dumb spirit had possessed him and prevented him from forming coherent thoughts.
Then he stood there looking like a stupid idiot as Chen Fei grinned at him.
"Just joking," she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Okay, Jin Chonglin. I say yes, so you can feel happy now because I'll marry you."
His eyes and mouth opened wide as if he couldn't believe that she had just pranked him. He must have stayed like that for too long because Chen Fei became impatient again.
"What are you waiting for?" she demanded, wiggling her fingers in front of him. "You're not going to give me my ring?"
"Oh. Oh, right!" Jin Chonglin regained his senses and took the ring from the box.
He was so clumsy that the ring slipped from his hand. It rolled away to who knew where, causing him and everyone else to panic.
"The ring!" He immediately went down to all-fours to hunt for it.
One of his backup dancers and some of the guests joined him in looking for it while his other backup dancer was filming everything with glee.
Chen Fei covered her face with the huge bouquet. Could she take back her yes?
Her future husband was too embarrassing!
She could hear the guests laughing at them.
Well, whatever. This was the man that she chose for herself. She had to live by her decisions. Sighing, she carefully cradled her bouquet of roses and joined her man in hunting for her ring.
Across the venue from all the hubbub, Jin Liwei held his wife who was clutching her stomach laughing until tears formed at the corners of her eyes.
"Liwei! Why is your brother so funny today?!" Iris felt like she couldn't breathe from too much laughing. "This is the best proposal I have ever witnessed! Hahaha!"
Jin Liwei immediately scowled, feeling jealous. "What about when I proposed to you? That wasn't the best?"
Iris immediately tried controlling her laughter. It was difficult but for the sake of coaxing her husband, she still had to do it. She smiled, stood on her tippy-toes, and kissed the corner of his mouth.
"Of course, your proposal to me is the best," she said. "What I meant was that this is the best proposal by other people that I've ever witnessed."
Jin Liwei felt better. He caught her mouth and kissed her, too. Not too deep but enough for her taste to linger in his tongue.
After the kiss, a flush-faced Iris rested her head on her husband's chest. They embraced as they watched Jin Chonglin and Chen Fei along with the other guests look for the diamond ring.
"I guess we'll have another wedding in our family soon," Iris commented.
"En."
'As long as Chonglin doesn't mess it up,' Jin Liwei added in his thoughts.
He cared for his younger brother, but he knew about Jin Chonglin's messy relationships with various women in the past. He just hoped that his younger brother wouldn't play with Chen Fei's feelings. His wife and their girl squad wouldn't let his younger brother off the hook if Jin Chonglin ever hurt Chen Fei.
Just his wife alone was enough to destroy Jin Chonglin.
Long Jinjing was also someone who shouldn't be overlooked. She was Chen Fei's best friend and the most protective of her. She might seem timid at first, but if her husband—Lu Zihao, that vengeful b*stard—was added into the mix, then it would be an instant game over for Jin Chonglin.
The other members of the girl squad would surely band together to wage war on Jin Chonglin if he ever did anything bad to Chen Fei.
If that ever happened, Jin Liwei wasn't sure if he could help his own younger brother then.
Iris had no idea that her husband's thoughts had already strayed to the worst-case scenario for her brother-in-law. Even if she knew, she would definitely agree with Jin Liwei. She and her friends would always protect each other from undeserving men.
Back to the chaotic scene near the stage, a guest finally found the missing ring. He graciously handed it to the frantic Jin Chonglin who almost called him father in gratitude.
Everyone was laughing. They had never seen a clumsier proposal than this.
Jin Chonglin ran to Chen Fei, waving the ring in his hand.
"Don't wave it like that!" Chen Fei scolded him. "What if you accidentally throw it again? If you lose the ring again, I'll take back my yes and you can just marry your own sorry self!"