However, he couldn’t afford to relax. The Jianghu was full of all sorts of unexpected methods. It was possible that because of his appearance, some plot point not in the original novel might occur for Yun Huizhou.
Regardless of whether it was the plot or not, he had to be careful.
He decided that once the “maintenance medicine” in his hands was finished, he would drag Yun Huizhou back to Drunken Dream Island to get more medicine from the West Island Lord before coming out again.
Anyway, wasn’t it just cross-dressing on Drunken Dream Island? Out of the year he had spent on the island, the only day he hadn’t worn women’s clothing was the day he first arrived to join the sect.
They were all his own people; it was no big deal. Didn’t the West Island Lord wear them just fine too?
Since he was the only one on the whole island cross-dressing, he might as well have someone accompany him.
There was nothing that a year of cross-dressing couldn’t solve. If there was, then make it two years.
Having come to terms with it, Lian Li happily finished washing up. After sitting on the bed to circulate his internal energy for a round, he lay down to rest.
Perhaps because he had prevented Yun Huizhou from setting a flag, the remaining procedures went incredibly smoothly.
However, due to the previous assassination attempt, Lian Li could no longer continue to impersonate Su Fu on the viewing platform. On the final day of the deciding match, Su Fu went there herself.
Lian Li changed back into men’s clothing. He was too lazy to sit on the viewing platform, so he stayed in a corner with Yun Huizhou, chatting and dozing off.
The two had originally wanted to bet on who the final winner would be, but they discovered they were both rooting for the same person, so they had to give up on that idea.
Lian Li watched as that Young Hero Zheng defeated his last opponent. Then, after Su Jun went on stage to announce him as the final victor, Lian Li turned his head to look at Su Fu.
He noticed a gentle and appropriate smile on Su Fu’s face. It was impossible to tell if she was satisfied or not. When Young Hero Zheng walked to her side and reached out his hand toward her, she didn’t hesitate for a moment before placing her hand in his.
Standing together, they looked like a perfect match of a talented man and a beautiful woman.
Lian Li nudged Yun Huizhou with his elbow and asked, “Do you think Miss Su is satisfied?”
He didn’t ask if Su Fu liked him. Today was the first time they had officially met. Even if she had a good impression from seeing his portrait before, it couldn’t be called “liking” yet.
Yun Huizhou replied, “Young Hero Zheng is a disciple of the Guihai Sect Leader. He is twenty years old this year and is already a quite formidable master among those at the second-class level. The Guihai Sect isn’t one of those small sects without fame or foundation; the sect has two super first-class masters presiding over it and six first-class masters. Their conduct is also upright. The Su family should be very satisfied.”
He didn’t directly answer whether Su Fu was satisfied. After all, Su Fu’s martial arts marriage competition was, to a large extent, to find a backer for the Su family.
Although the Su family had set an age limit—only those under twenty-five could participate—to ensure Su Fu’s marriage would be more pleasant and to prevent some shameless old men from lusting after her beauty and shamelessly participating.
But essentially, Su Fu was still getting married for the sake of the entire Su family.
This Young Hero Zheng was already the best choice within the Su family’s range of options. Lian Li saw Su Fu and Young Hero Zheng standing together. Although they weren’t overly intimate, they were poised and generous. There was no sign of reluctance, nor did she deliberately avoid him.
Presumably, when the Su family decided on the martial arts marriage competition, Su Fu had already prepared herself mentally and accepted it all.
Next was the preparation for the wedding. These matters didn’t have much to do with Lian Li and Yun Huizhou; their mission this time could be considered complete.
The two returned to the Su Mansion early, picked up the bags they had packed the day before, and left the Su family home.
After all, Su Fu would be staying home to prepare for her wedding in the coming days. As two men with no blood relation to her and of a suitable age, it wasn’t very appropriate for them to continue living in the Su Mansion.
However, the two didn’t leave Fengyi City. Instead, they went to an inn that Su Jun had booked for them in advance, planning to leave after Su Fu’s wedding was over.
At the inn Su Jun booked, the two were only responsible for checking in with their bags; they didn’t even have to pay for their own meals.
The Su family was wealthy. Every day, three meals were ordered from the best restaurant and delivered to them. The dishes were rich and varied, even more extravagant than if they had gone out to eat themselves.
The two lived very comfortably.
The day before Su Fu’s wedding, Lian Li was rummaging through their bags. Finally, with a look of deep grief, he walked up to Yun Huizhou and said, “Miss Su is getting married tomorrow. The clothes we brought out are either white or black. It wouldn’t be good to go like that, especially since Su Jun said he wants us to sit at the main table.”
Yun Huizhou looked bewildered. “What’s wrong with that?”
Lian Li hadn’t expected this reaction. In the modern world, not to mention anything else, as times developed, wedding attire came in all sorts of colors. Naturally, no one would care what color the guests wore.
As long as you didn’t go streaking, weren’t overly exposed, or didn’t wear a shroud or funeral clothes, people wouldn’t care at all.
But in ancient times, people were probably quite particular. It would be fine if they weren’t sitting at the main table, but sitting there in all black or all white wouldn’t be very good.
Lian Li scratched his head and said, “Anyway, let’s change to a different color. Blue or yellow. While it’s still early, let’s go out and buy an outfit. It’s no big deal to have an extra change of clothes anyway.”
After saying that, he didn’t wait for Yun Huizhou’s response and pulled him by the hand toward the exit.
Yun Huizhou felt there was some truth to it, so he obediently followed Lian Li out of the inn.
The inn was located in a prosperous area, so the ready-made clothing store wasn’t far.
The two chatted as they walked toward the shop.
After thinking it over, Lian Li picked out a deep blue outfit with silver-thread embroidery for Yun Huizhou, while he chose a pale yellow outfit with gold-thread embroidery for himself.
Both of them had standard builds, so they could take the ready-made clothes immediately.
After returning to the inn and changing into their respective outfits, Lian Li rushed into Yun Huizhou’s room.
Because he cross-dressed, he had worn clothes of every color. Yun Huizhou, on the other hand, spent ninety percent of his time in all black; occasionally, if it wasn’t black, it was all white or all gray.
In any case, in the year or so Lian Li had known him, he had never seen him wear any other color.
When he entered the room, Yun Huizhou happened to be tying his belt.
Hearing the door open, Yun Huizhou turned to look. He saw that Lian Li had already changed his clothes and had even specifically tied his hair to match the outfit.
Lian Li already possessed a sickly paleness, but the pale yellow made his complexion look a bit brighter. Although the vividness between his brows had decreased slightly, it gave him a very spiritual and ethereal feeling.
Yun Huizhou withdrew his gaze and said, “My own clothes are still more comfortable.”
Lian Li said, “You have to have some clothes for formal occasions. There’s no harm in getting used to it. Are you unhappy even with new clothes to wear?”
Yun Huizhou smiled and didn’t speak. Instead, he walked up to Lian Li, resting one hand on Lian Li’s shoulder while the other toyed with the fabric at Lian Li’s chest.
Before Lian Li could impatiently push him away, he said with a smile, “You look quite good in this.”
