Love Affairs in Melbourne-Chapter 115 - 112: 9 Level Tests (Additional - for @Top Mo Fan, the 5th Alliance Hierarch)

Chapter 115: Chapter 112: 9 Level Tests (Additional Chapter for @Top Mo Fan, the 5th Alliance Hierarch)

Liu Siyan and Lu Ying were getting married that day, and while the bride’s side was bustling with activity, the groom’s side was still leisurely.

Although the groom also needed a simple makeup application before the ceremony could begin, it was only limited to applying some foundation after picking up the bride and arriving at the hotel for the wedding banquet, certainly a much simpler task than doing the bridesmaids’ makeup.

After the groomsmen had gradually gathered, finding nothing to do at Liu Siyan’s home, the men found it a bit boring and eventually decided to set up two tables for playing cards.

While they played, the groomsmen waited for a notification from the bride’s side.

Upon receiving the message that Lu Ying was ready, Liu Siyan led his groomsmen to set out for the bride-picking ceremony.

Wedding ceremonies in Wenzhou were usually a grand affair.

If the lead car was a sports car, the groom had to drive himself because it only had two seats.

If, like Liu Siyan, he rode in a limousine to pick up the bride, the groom simply needed to sit back as a passenger.

A stretch limousine, of course, wouldn’t be able to fit all the groomsmen to pick up the bride.

Not to mention the bride and bridesmaids, there were also uncles waiting at the bride’s home.

In Wenzhou, picking up the bride typically required deploying a fleet of cars.

Even the car responsible for filming might not suffice with just one.

After the caravan arrived at Lu Ying’s home, Liu Siyan and his groomsmen were set to officially step on the "battlefield."

The difficulty of picking up the bride depended on how "seasoned" the Bridesmaid Team was.

If the Bridesmaid Team consisted of many experienced bridesmaids and there were many doors in the bride’s home, the groomsmen would face numerous challenges at each door.

The bridesmaids waited in Lu Ying’s own bridal room, anticipating people to come and "knock on the door."

When Liu Siyan and his groomsmen arrived at Lu Ying’s home, they first had to knock on the initial door, which was guarded by the bride’s relatives.

Guarding the door for the bride was generally just a formality for the relatives.

After all, on the day meant for celebrating with a banquet, no relative intentionally aimed to make things difficult for the groom by denying him entry.

Aside from a few extreme parents who indeed wouldn’t even allow the groom to enter the house—overeagerly frustrating him to the point of leaving—such scenarios were not common.

A groom with such a temper would also not be considered normal. News reports often featured "man bites dog" incidents rather than "dog bites man."

Under normal circumstances, the groom and groomsmen could easily open the first door of the bride’s home by handing over a few prepared red envelopes.

Lu Ying’s home was a duplex. After entering the first door, they encountered Lu Ying’s cousins guarding the staircase.

Lu Ying’s cousins, being quite young and eager for excitement, opened each red envelope as they received them.

The youngsters declared that if any red envelope didn’t contain Mao Zedong’s portrait, they wouldn’t allow anyone upstairs.

They opened each envelope one by one, persisting in their eventual goal of delaying the process.

However, the groomsmen weren’t pushovers; they easily brushed past the few kids guarding the staircase and climbed up intact.

Lu Ying’s room door was locked.

The key moment of the bride-fetching journey involved nine groomsmen accompanying Liu Siyan to overcome the challenges laid by nine bridesmaids guarding the bridal room.

This stage was undoubtedly the most difficult and lively part of the bride-fetching process.

Having been classmates for three years, they knew each other very well; Liu Siyan and his groomsmen had to pass nine tests set by the bridesmaids to fetch the bride and bring her to the limousine.

Female classmates arranging challenges for a male classmate intending to marry wouldn’t go easy on him.

From the morning they arrived at Lu Ying’s home, the Bridesmaid Team had been discussing how to "deal with" the male classmates.

Class 12-4 had always been exceptionally harmonious, and with a legitimate reason to "bully" the male classmates, a well-planned series of challenges was naturally in order.

The real task of Lu Ying’s cousins blocking the staircase was actually quite simple: to allow the photographer upstairs into the bride’s room but prevent the groomsmen and groom from following directly.

Thus, although the cousins quickly faced a "defeat" in guarding the staircase, their true mission had been successfully completed.

Receiving red envelopes and watching the excitement, Lu Ying’s cousins remained very happy.

After their "defeat," they showed no unhappiness at all and shamelessly switched sides, joining Liu Siyan and the groomsmen to conquer the final door.

Conquering the door seemed difficult, but entering the bridal room was actually simple.

Providing enough red envelopes would suffice.

Without allowing the groom inside, it was impossible to start the challenges.

However, once inside Lu Ying’s room, taking the bride away wasn’t a simple matter.

"Next, come the Nine Trials of Love," Jiang Zhaoxue announced as she took charge of the proceedings.

Jiang Zhaoxue, special admission student in the arts for class four, was an enigmatic figure.

There had been many rumors about Zhao Xue since sophomore year, but most classmates from class 12-4, being "in midst of it all," often heard them only after going to university.

"Let me begin. The first test—please tell us, groom, when you first held the bride’s hand, was it her left or her right hand?" Ren Jing, who was the closest to Lu Ying among the classmates, posed the question.

For questions testing the groom like this one given by Ren Jing, the bridesmaids would ask the bride in advance, allowing her to provide her answer and write it down directly to avoid any last-minute changes out of an overprotective concern. ƒrēenovelkiss.com

With these kinds of questions, it wasn’t important whether the bride remembered the answer or whether it was genuine; what mattered was that the groom’s response had to exactly match the bride’s.

The bride alone set the standard.

"Are you really starting with such specific questions?" Liu Siyan, usually reserved with words, naturally couldn’t be reticent on his wedding day.

Liu Siyan already sensed that today’s Nine Trials would not be a simple procedure.

"Liu Siyan, it’s not your turn to ask questions yet. Just answer the questions honestly," Jiang Zhaoxue continued to keep order.

"If you can’t even remember such a crucial detail, it means you don’t love Lu Ying enough," Ren Jing underscored the importance of her question.

The groomsmen suggested to Liu Siyan that, anyway, whether it was the left or the right hand, randomly picking one still gave a fifty percent chance of being correct.

"My right hand, holding Lu Ying’s left hand," Liu Siyan thought for a moment and gave an answer based on their usual interactions.