As the two stood together, the applause below remained as resounding as ever. Cheng Tian and Su Han looked so well matched standing hand in hand. Holding the microphone, Cheng Tian waited until the applause slowly subsided before preparing to speak.
Meanwhile, backstage, Bai Yun was slowly adjusting the lighting, making it softer so the specially invited photographer below could take pictures more easily.
Just then, Huang Zequan suddenly burst in. "Oh no, oh no!"
"What happened?"
Huang Zequan was still holding a red speech booklet that looked like a menu.
"Cheng Tian forgot to take his script up with him!"
Bai Yun: ???
I left in such a hurry that I actually forgot the script... Cheng Tian gave a helpless, wry chuckle, but he did not feel the slightest panic.
Holding Su Han's warm, soft little hand, Cheng Tian had never felt so calm. He knew their friends and family were seated below, all waiting for him to speak. Even his Pokémon were down there.
If he got stage fright now, he really would look like a clown.
So Cheng Tian gently cleared his throat, then slowly began, "Distinguished guests, first of all, thank you for coming to our engagement banquet. I'm Xiaohan's boyfriend, Cheng Tian."
What was there to be afraid of?
Hadn't I already decided what I wanted to say right from the start?
"I was born in Bingzhou, the place that ranks dead last nationwide in development every year. My family could only be considered comfortably off. We had nothing whatsoever to do with the word 'rich.'"
"I thought I would spend my whole life quietly staying there, working an ordinary job and enjoying a life of idleness." Cheng Tian turned to look at Su Han beside him.
"Until I met Xiaohan."
A look of reminiscence