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The Substitute Groom Chases His Wife

Chapter 1: Wedding Day

"Nuan Nuan! Your groom is here."

An Nuan's heart was beating fast, hearing that her fiance, Pei Yi Zhi had arrived to pick her up for their wedding. She clenched her hand around the bouquet in her hand tightly and inhaled a deep breath to calm down.

However, she could not hide her anxiousness.

She has been in a relationship with Pei Yi Zhi for five years. An Nuan was still finding it hard to believe that she would be marrying the person she loved.

Once they say their vow in front of the wedding officiate, Pei Yi Zhi will become her husband. From that moment onwards, she will have to entrust her future to him.

Whatever happens, they will stay together.

The atmosphere around An family's residence was quite lively. The girls who accompanied An Nuan earlier left the room to tease the groom and join in the festivity mood.

"Are you still nervous?"

Ren Di's voice made An Nuan look up. While the others went out, Ren Di stayed with her as she waited for Pei Yi Zhi to show up.

An Nuan inhaled another deep breath. "It's impossible to say that I am not nervous. Xiao Mu, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."

Ren Di smiled. As someone who had stayed by An Nuan's side, she naturally everything about An Nuan and Pei Yi Zhi's relationship.

The couple had gone through a lot of ups and downs. They went through a test during their wedding preparation. There were a couple of times that An Nuan wanted to give up as well.

But they were finally here.

As her best friend, seeing An Nuan in her wedding dress made Ren Di happy as well.

"Nuan Nuan, I'm here." Pei Yi Zhi's voice was heard from the door.

An Nuan turned to Ren Di anxiously as the door was pushed open from the outside.

Pei Zhi Yi's figure appeared.

An Nuan looked at him with a dazed look on her face.

Today, Pei Zhi Yi looked very handsome and elegant in his tuxedo.

An Nuan's heart skipped a beat as Pei Zhi Yi stood in front of her. To her surprise, Pei Zhi Yi went on one knee as he offered his hand to An Nuan.

"You..." An Nuan's cheek turned bright red as she noticed that a few people were peeking at them from the door. "What are you doing?" Her voice was a whisper.

"An Nuan." A roguish smile appeared on his lips. "Let's get married."

The couple stared into each other's eyes. For a long time, it seemed as if everyone around them had disappeared.

An Nuan felt her nose and eyes turn sour. She had to remind herself not to cry and ruin her makeup. The corner of her lips turned to a smile. Slowly, An Nuan raised her hand and placed it into Pei Zhi Yi's hand. "Let's go."

The people who came to look at the bride and groom applauded. Some of them whistled and cheered as Pei Zhi Yi carried An Nuan to leave the room.

Pei Zhi Yi could not hide the smile on his face with his bride in his arms.

The groomsmen and the bridesmaid left as well in another car, heading to the hotel where they would have their wedding ceremony.

An Nuan sat in the car. She could not stop smiling on her happy day.

Once in a while, An Nuan would glance out the window to check if they had arrived at the hotel. It took her a while to notice that there was something wrong with Pei Zhi Yi.

The smile on An Nuan's face quickly disappeared upon seeing Pei Zhi Yi glancing at his phone for the umpteenth time.

"What's wrong?" An Nuan asked. Her heart felt uneasy as she saw Pei Zhi Yi's expression.

"It's nothing." Pei Zhi Yi forced a smile. "Just a little nervous."

An Nuan's instinct was telling her that Pei Zhi Yi was hiding something from her. However, An Nuan quickly dismissed that thought.

She convinced herself that Pei Zhi Yi was nervous about the wedding.

Once they arrived at the hotel, the bride and groom were taken to another room to rest. An Nuan took a seat on the banquet chair as the makeup artist touched up her makeup.

"Mom..." An Nuan's eyes and nose turned sore again as she watched her mother walk over.

"Alright. Don't cry. You are going to waste the makeup artist's hard work." Shi Xi frowned as she looked at her daughter. "Nuan Nuan, you are going to become someone's wife today." A gentle smile appeared on Shi Xi's face. "You looked so beautiful."

An Nuan let out a chuckle as she took the tissue paper from He Xiao Mu. "Mom, you're going to make me cry."

"Look at you, mother and daughter."

A voice made An Nuan turn. She recognized the woman as their neighbor and her mother's good sister, Mrs. Lin, Song Luan.

"Shi Xi, you told your daughter not to cry, but it looks like you're the one who going to cry right now," Song Luan teased.

Shi Xi widened her eyes in surprise. "I'm not." She lowered her head in an attempt to hide her face.

"Take this and wipe your eyes before the tears will ruin your makeup as well," Song Luan said as she passed a paper tissue to her friend.

"Mrs. Lin." An Nuan greeted the elder woman with a smile.

"Nuan Nuan." Song Luan smiled. "Your mother is right. You looked very beautiful today."

As Shi Xi's good friend and the An family member, Song Luan had watched An Nuan grow up before her eyes. She had considered An Nuan as her daughter as well.

A faint sigh escaped Song Luan's lips as she recalled her unmarried son. She did not know when it be her son's turn to get married.

"Where is Zhi Yi?" Shi Xi asked as she looked around the room.

An Nuan looked around the room but could not see her groom. "He should be here." An Nuan tried to smile. "Perhaps, he went into the bathroom?"

Just in time, the door was pushed open from the outside.

The commotion made everyone shift their attention to the door. Then, An Nuan noticed Pei Zhi Yi's best friend and best man, Wen Xi standing at the door.

Their gazes met.

Something about Wen Xi's gaze made An Nuan feel uneasy.