After Yucheng and his groomsmen filed into the Liyue embassy, the clamor inside did not cease for the next half hour.
Led by Ningguang and Miko, the bridesmaids placed obstacle after obstacle along the only route to Shenhe's room. Only after enduring countless hardships and finally seeing Shenhe did Yucheng truly feel that he seemed to have found Itto's real job market. A brute-force groomsman like him was an exceedingly rare yet extremely important presence among groomsmen.
Unfortunately, after this battle, the tall, imposing Itto had collapsed unconscious on the floor after Miko tricked him into eating Aburaage, triggering an allergic reaction. In the end, a helpless-looking Kuki Shinobu simply dragged him away.
Meanwhile, Gorou suffered a series of stress reactions due to his fear of foxes, and ended up looking utterly resigned to life as Miko toyed with him however she pleased.
In the end, Yucheng deployed his "nuclear weapon" by having Cyno tell bad jokes. Knowing what was coming, Alhaitham immediately put on his noise-canceling headphones and did everything he could to block out the sound.
At first, none of them thought anything of it. How could telling bad jokes count as a nuclear weapon? What could that possibly do to me?
But after a few jokes, not only did they meekly surrender, even the lively atmosphere in the venue instantly went cold.
It truly was a dirty trick that killed ten thousand enemies at the cost of eight thousand allies. To avoid disrupting the proceedings that followed, everyone unanimously decided that Cyno absolutely could not be allowed to continue.
Still, to be fair, all the trials and obstacles along the way became worthwhile the moment he saw Shenhe in her bridal finery.
Shenhe's beauty was natural, stemming primarily from her own bearing, with makeup taking second place.