"What?"
"Shen Manyao and Chi Junrui are getting married next month! I heard they got their marriage certificate yesterday. Now all that's left is the wedding banquet." Mo Jie spoke with undisguised glee. "Who knows what the Chi family and the Shen family were thinking, waiting until now to hold the wedding. With all the old aristocratic families in Wancheng, I've never seen a bride wear a wedding dress with such an obvious baby bump!"
Shotgun weddings were not uncommon, but one this glaringly obvious... all one could say was that the Chi and Shen families were truly bizarre.
Li Rongxiu could not help recalling the strained, superficial way Shen Manyao and Chi Junrui had interacted at the school anniversary banquet. The image he had carried over from his previous life of the two being deeply in love and swearing eternal devotion seemed to have completely fallen apart. He said somewhat wistfully, "Better late than never. Everyone chooses their own path. Since she chose Chi Junrui back then, she should have expected the consequences."
Hearing this, Mo Jie could not help sighing again. "Sometimes, I really don't know what women are thinking. They have perfectly good lives, but they insist on making a mess of things before they'll stop."
Listening to Mo Jie's vague complaints, Li Rongxiu knew he was really talking about his cousin-in-law giving him the cold shoulder these past few days. Mo Jie worked in the business division of a bank, in sales. The job itself involved plenty of entertaining, and given Mo Jie's status, the usual nightlife and socializing were even more unavoidable.
A few days ago had been the third anniversary of Mo Jie and his cousin-in-law meeting. She had booked a hotel and planned to make it romantic, but Mo Jie had been dragged