Chapter 909 - Tantrum Before The Wedding
Everyone arrived outside the huge rotunda which had been turned into a magnificent indoor forest. Those close to Iris Long and Jin Liwei knew the romantic story behind it, that it was one of his presents for their first anniversary as lovers. It quickly became a favourite place for their guests to visit.
The indoor forest was the venue for today's mysterious event?
They began entering. Those who never visited it before like the Black Stars were amazed at the sight all around them. The forest was much bigger than they expected. Since everyone was still near the entrance and at the very edge of the forest, all they could see were the trees, plants, butterflies and the beautiful nature inside the rotunda. The glass domed ceiling provided them with a clear view of the sunny sky. It felt like they were outside without suffering the cold late autumn weather.
"Dad, Big Sis Mei'er, this place is amazing!" Ming Li, a.k.a. LittlePhoenix, exclaimed. She hadn't stopped looking around, the excitement clear in her eyes.
It wasn't only her. Their group consisting of the Black Stars were all awed at the indoor forest.
"Beautiful," Feng Wan, a.k.a. MrsLovePhantom, sighed dreamily.
Si Xinyue, a.k.a. JJNumber1Fan, squeezed her husband's arm in delight. The Chief of Police gave her hand a light pat. Then he glanced at the two young men walking beside them.
"You don't seem surprised. You've been here before?"
"Yes, sir," Hou Liang, a.k.a. MonkeyFace, replied.
"I don't usually need to wear my mighty slippers here because Boss Iris allows me walk barefoot in her forest," Wu Chen, a.k.a. iEatSlippers, said next.
"I see," the Police Chief nodded and didn't question them any further.
Hou Liang and Wu Chen also didn't explain why they had been here before. They hadn't announced yet that their Boss Iris was the real owner of the gaming company, Planet Monkey. She would sometimes invite the two of them and a few key employees who knew her identity as Planet Monkey's owner to the mansion so that they could personally update her about the company's progress. These meetings had been held in the indoor forest a handful of times. Then they would always have a nice meal afterwards.
The last ones to enter was Wei Lan's group. She insisted on letting everyone go in first because in her mind, an important person like her, a viscountess, should have the grandest entrance among everyone present here today.
"Yi Mei, go ahead. Raaaandyyy and I will enter after you."
"As you wish, Madam," the old housekeeper said. She and the cook and the rest of the Gold Heights penthouse staff went in.
"Now it's our time to shiiiiine, Raaaaandyyyy doll. Reeeaaadyyyy?"
The Zumba instructor offered his elbow to her, straightened his posture, and flashed his widest smile. He had been infected by Wei Lan's habit of pretending that there were always photographers taking shots at them, so the two of them were always striking a pose even if there was nobody looking at them. It was a habit Wei Lan never abandoned from her days as a struggling model in her youth before she hooked up with Long Tengfei and married him.
"Ugh! Goooood thing there's a stone path in this…this jungle. Otherwise my heels would sink in the disgusting soil. The horror!" Wei Lan lifted her skirt a little to prevent the hem from touching the ground. "I told dear Liwei that he should've put tiles or maybe some marble flooring on the ground instead of all this dirty soil but nooooooo, my daughter said this is peeeerfect! Sometimes that child has nooooooo taste at all. Must've inherited such lack of taste from the Longs."
Randy looked around and thought that Iris was right. This was perfect. Imagine a forest with ceramic tiles or marble floor. Would that still count as a forest? He didn't voice out his real thoughts, however, and just allowed Wei Lan to continue criticizing her daughter's alleged lack of taste and her ex-husband's genes for passing down such a bad trait to their child. Fortunately, the two of them were at the back and nobody could hear her except for him.
Finally, the first group reached the centre of the forest. They could be heard gasping and exclaiming in shock.
"What's happening?" Wei Lan asked and stretched her neck in a futile attempt to see what was causing such a reaction from the people in the front."
"Oh my!" Huang Yuyan, who was usually quiet and a bit timid, couldn't restrain her shocked exclamation either. "Mother! T-this is…oh my!"
"Ah, those children really got all of us this time," Grandma Li murmured.
"Bahahahaha! This is good. Very good! Great! No, this is the best! Those kids aren't such slow pinheads after all! They made this old man very happy today! Bahahaha!" Grandpa Lu's booming voice must've scared some of the koi fish in the pond because there were splashes and ripples on the crystal-clear water surrounding the islet.
Unable to hold her curiosity any longer, Wei Lan dragged Randy and pushed their way to the very front. When she saw the sight in front of them, her face twisted into different expressions. First was confusion, then shock, before finally settling into horror.
"WHAT?!!! Raaaaaaandyyy, tell me that this is not happening and that this viscountess is dreaming right now! There's noooooo waaaaaay that my daughter is marrying dear Liwei today without informing meeeeeeee, her viscountess mother, beforehand!!! A viscountess' daughter should have a graaaaaand wedding with hundreds, no, thousands of guests and held in a graaaaand palace like royalty! This is not a grand wedding at all!!!"
Everyone wore different expressions on their faces as they watched her. Some looked awkward and embarrassed. A few pretended that she didn't exist and wasn't making a scene in front of all of them. Most of them, however, were frowning and looking at her with clear disapproval.
"Control yourself, Wei Lan," Long Tengfei's cold voice scolded her. "Stop throwing a tantrum like a toddler and don't let our daughter and soon-to-be son-in-law hear what you're saying!"