Exclusive Model for the Top Painter Chapter 47

An Exciting Wedding

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Sunday afternoon, 3 p.m., C City, Donghuai Hotel.

An endless stream of people flocked to the hotel, and even though the security guards had set up a cordon, they were unable to stop the fire-like enthusiasm.

All this was due to the sudden emergence of the following hot topics on Weibo earlier in the day:

#InternationallyRenownedPainter'sLoveWithHisPersonalModel

#YuanJinIsReal

#YuShanAttendsBestFriend'sWedding

#FashionCelebritiesGatherInCCity

#ArtWorldRepresentativesSendTheirBestWishes

#TrafficJamInCCity

#TianHanGroup'sSharePriceSoars

Netizen bloggers and fans from all walks of life scrambled to get to the scene, even fighting over a spot outside the hotel.

The management department of C City had a huge headache and had to send a large number of staff to the scene to control the situation.

Liang Jin was in the wedding banquet hall on the 9th floor of the hotel, standing at the glass window and looking out. He really did not expect that he could make such an epic scene by getting married.

Liang Ci asked uncertainly, "Son, why are there so many people outside?"

Liang Jin opened Weibo on his phone and pointed at the hot search list, saying to Liang Ci, "Because I'm on fire online."

He knew that Ji Xiuyuan took this matter very seriously, but he never expected that Ji Shen would change his low-key style and make this wedding so... so loud that everyone knew about it!

Ji Xiuyuan had chartered the entire Donghuai Hotel and sent invitations to almost everyone he knew, and it was almost as if he had advertised it on TV to announce it to the world.

From this point of view, it seems that he was indeed Morgana's biological son, even more so than before.

What made Liang Jin feel most helpless was that Ji Shen had also deliberately invited Yu Shan and Zhou Hai.

Zhou Hai could reasonably be considered a long-time friend of his, so there was nothing wrong with sending him an invitation. However, Yu Shan was a bit more outrageous, as he had no connection with Ji Xiuyuan, nor did he have any friendship with himself.

From this, it could be concluded that he was acting out of a selfish desire to assert his sovereignty!

Liang Jin originally thought that Yu Shan would not come. But who knew that not only had he come, he had come in an extremely high profile manner. There must have been quite a few of his fans in the crowds of overwhelmed gossip-eaters outside the hotel.

Liang Ci said, "In all my years of life, I have never seen such a show. Son, you've come a long way!"

Liang Jin patted him on the shoulder, "Dad, remember the WeChat emoticons you always sent me? Indifference and tranquillity, no need to be surprised by favour or shame. Just think of it as an unusual meal and let's go home afterwards. Where's Mom?"

Liang Ci glanced into the banquet hall, "Discussing things with Mr. Ji, I think."

"Oh, that should be rather boring." Liang Jin opened his mobile game, "Why don't I teach you to play this game? We'll go eat when it's time."

Liang Ci nodded approvingly, and the father and son sat down in the corner to concentrate on studying the game.

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In the evening, after a long and trivial process, the banquet officially began.

It was finally time to eat! Liang Jin sat down and hadn't eaten a few bites before the MC excitedly said, "Now, coming up, the exciting game session!"

Liang Jin: ? What's going on here?

He looked at Ji Xiuyuan beside him with a questioning gaze, and the latter explained, "This is a common activity at wedding banquets, and I think... it's very interesting."

The MC pressed the remote control in his hand, and a huge wheel appeared on the electronic screen in the banquet hall: "Everyone present, there is an exclusive number on everyone's seat. Later on, numbers will be randomly generated on this wheel, and when the wheel's hand stops spinning, the number pointed to will be the lucky winner of the draw! The guests who are drawn can ask the two grooms any questions they want!"

At this point, the MC paused for a moment and deliberately repeated in a subdued tone: "Any question is allowed! If the groom can't answer, he will have to give a red packet on the spot!"

Liang Jin squeezed Ji Xiuyuan's palm: "This kind of game with such obvious pitfalls, you actually think it's interesting??"

Ji Xiuyuan whispered, "Perhaps, from their questions, I can learn something that you haven't told me."

The first person to be drawn was Yu Shan.

When the MC handed the microphone to him, Liang Jin already had a very ominous feeling.

Yu Shan, who was sitting at a table with the cast of 'Si Qing Ru Xia', took the microphone and shamelessly asked the first shameful question, "Liang Jin, let me ask you, who is on top, you or him?"

The older generation present were shocked, was this a topic that could be announced in a public place?

Liang Jin resisted the urge to rush over and smash his head with the microphone: "I refuse to answer that question!"

Ji Xiuyuan smiled at him, "Mr. Yu, I think that the answer to this question is obvious."

The MC hurriedly rounded up the situation and persuaded Yu Shan, "Why don't you ask another question?"

Yu Shan asked again, "When you do it with him, which one do you like the most..."

The MC, frightened into a cold sweat, immediately grabbed the microphone from his hand and announced in a loud voice, "Thank you, sir! Please be seated! We'll draw the next one right away!"

With unhappiness written all over his face, Yu Shan sat down and drank several mouthfuls of wine: "No fun."

The other people at his table: ... He must not be invited to any future weddings!!!

The second person to be drawn was Zhou Hai.

Liang Jin was depressed: Is this wheel deliberately working against him? Why does it always draw people it shouldn't?

Fortunately, Zhou Hai's question was very normal, he asked, "Which one of you confessed first?"

Ji Xiuyuan: "Me."

Liang Jin was puzzled, "Wait, wasn't it me?"

Ji Xiuyuan: "Xiao Jin, it was me first."

Liang Jin: "That's not right, it was obviously me! I was drunk at that time and forgot about it the next day, you always tease me because of that."

Ji Xiuyuan gently said, "Xiao Jin, it was before that. On the night of the Qixi Festival, I confessed my feelings."

Liang Jin was bewildered: "? How come I don't know that?"

Ji Xiuyuan laughed lightly, "Because at that time, you were asleep."

Liang Jin felt like he had missed out on a million dollars: "Ah! Such an important thing, why didn't you shake me awake at that time?"

The third person to be drawn was Shu Yue.

He was sitting right next to Zhou Hai and excitedly grabbed the microphone, "Sister-in-law, let me ask you! What was the time and date of when you first met my brother? Where was it? What was the weather like? What kind of clothes was my brother wearing? What was your first impression of him?"

The series of questions was articulated so clearly and logically and with such great momentum that even the MC was ashamed of himself.

Liang Jin thought to himself: who could remember this shit?

But Ji Xiuyuan said, "April 30th, 6 p.m., at a resort hotel in A City, with sunny weather. He was wearing swimming trunks and was very sexy."

Shu Yue was surprised, "No way? You can even remember this. Brother Brother Brother! Do you remember?"

Naturally, Liang Jin didn't remember, but he still lied, "Of course I remember." And his eyes implied to Shu Yue that enough was enough.

However, Shu Yue did not understand his implication and continued to ask, "Oh, then tell me, what was he wearing that day?"

Liang Jin threatened, "Shu Yue, don't force me to beat you up!"

Shu Yue's hand shook in fear and he knocked over the wine glass on the table, spilling all the wine on Zhou Hai's trousers in an indescribable place.

He immediately handed the microphone back to the MC, then pulled out a pile of tissues and piled them on Zhou Hai's trousers: "Sorry Boss! I didn't mean to do it, let me wipe it for you."

Blue veins flared up on Zhou Hai's forehead, "No need!"

Shu Yue sneered, "Wow, you're so fierce! How can you find a wife like this? My brother is already married, are you jealous?"

"You might as well worry about yourself."

"What's the hurry? I'm still young and there are lots of little girls at school who have a crush on me. You're so stingy and bad-tempered, be careful of not getting a date."

Zhou Hai threw the tissues into the trash bin with a dark face, "I suddenly remembered that there were some mistakes in the accounts you gave me last time, so you're working overtime tonight."

It's my brother's wedding and you're telling me to work late tonight??? He gripped his glass tightly, swallowed his heated anger and gritted his teeth, "Okay Boss, overtime! Together! You won't be able to sleep tonight either!"

The fourth person to be drawn was Summer.

Summer was a friend of Liang Jin's from when he worked at Zhou Hai's company, and was also a model. She first smiled and gave her blessings, then teased, "A'Liang, the last time we met, I had just gotten together with Liu Shen and encouraged you to be brave and chase after love. I didn't expect you to get married in less than a year, this speed is really enviable!"

Sitting next to her, Liu Shen felt the pressure of a billion dollars.

Summer continued, "My question is simple. At that time, you asked me what heart palpitations were like. At that time, the reason for your heart palpitations, were you referring to Mr. Ji?"

Liang Jin said, "Yes."

Ji Xiuyuan asked, "Xiao Jin, back then, when was it?"

Liang Jin thought back for a moment, "It was a long time ago, when I first met Morgana and then went to your exhibition together. So, if you really want to talk about it, I already had my heart set on you back then, and I held back for a long time afterwards!"

Ji Xiuyuan laughed: "Xiao Jin, I held back for longer than you did."

Liang Jin: ???

The last person to be drawn was Yao Yin.

She had a bright smile and a sweet voice: "A'Liang, do you have any nicknames for each other?"

Finally there was a question that could be answered, and Liang Jin said, "There are so many! Ji Shen, Xiuyuan, Yuan Yuan, Big Baby, Wife!"

Yao Yin winked at Liang Jin, "This last one, shouldn't you call him husband?"

Ji Xiuyuan agreed, "Xiao Jin, I think she's got a point."

Liang Jin: "It's wife! Shut up!"

After the question-and-answer session, the MC brought in a silver basin containing white powder topped with a pair of red candles. He said, "Now, will the two of you please blow out the candles together!"

Liang Jin's mind was full of questions: What was this all about???

Ji Xiuyuan took his hand and whispered, "Xiao Jin, I'll count down from three and we'll do it together."

"Oh okay."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

As the red candles went out, light wisps rose.

Silver threads fell like snow, trailing through their hair.

In a flash, it was as if they would still have the same interests until their hair turns grey.

———

By the time the dinner was over, it was late at night.

Most of the guests were planning to stay overnight and set off the next day.

All rooms at the Donghuai Hotel were available to them free of charge, and all they needed to do was check in at the front desk.

Yu Shan was very drunk, he glanced at the door but did not see the car that would pick him up. Immediately, his temper flared and he called his assistant.

A gentle and well-mannered voice came from the other end of the line, "Brother Yu?"

"Ruan! Jun! You! Where! Are! You?"

"Brother Yu, didn't you say this morning that you'd postpone all your schedules for the day and not to follow you, giving you a day off?"

"I said that and you did it, huh? Don't you know how to do more than what's been recorded?"

"I'm sorry, Brother Yu, it was my mistake."

"I must see you in front of me within an hour."

"But Brother Yu, I'm in A City now, aren't you in C City?"

"Then I'll give you two hours, hurry up and get your ass over here."

"Okay, Brother Yu, I'll be there right away."

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: July 3, 2023