"Miss An, how about this hairpin?"
The paper man gestured behind her, and boxes of gold and silver jewelry were placed on the table in front of her for her to choose from.
Today is the last day of the Underworld Banquet, and it is also the day when she and Abe will choose one of them to marry the eldest young master of the Geng family.
The Geng family couldn't wait and asked An Qian and the others to put on their phoenix crowns and harems early this morning.
The lips are pursed with lipstick, and the eyebrows are drawn with luodai.
She was dressed up by several paper figures all day long, and she was still picking out the accessories on her head and adjusting the makeup on her face until sunset.
"The time of Unity has arrived————"
The sound of a paper man telling the time sounded outside the house.
"Miss An, it's time to go."
The paper man behind him warned.
Anxi stood up from the chair and walked out of the door with her back stiffened after sitting upright all morning.
Even if she and Abe are the only ones left now, they still have to line up and follow the sound of the bell and move towards the destination.
"Dingling~"
The bell stopped ringing.
In the Geng family hall in front of her, the beams were covered with red silk, and the windows had red letters of Double Happiness. It was more red and more eroded than what she had seen when she arrived.
A huge head was embedded in the wall of the hall. With a long face and a frown, he stared at Anxi and Abe. He was sizing up whether they were qualified to marry into the Geng family.
On both sides of the head, the old lady, the second lady and the second young master were still sitting, and they were also carefully observing the two people standing at the door.
Anxi and Abe seemed to be animals in a cage and could only let them pick and choose.
"Ladies."
The leading paper man suddenly spoke to them, bent down, pointed to the brazier in front of them, and said respectfully:
"We have to go through the necessary rituals first."
An Qian glanced at the brazier, turned around and asked deliberately: "There is no groom, and I may not be able to marry your eldest young master. You want me to step over the brazier now?"
The paper man still bent down and replied: "It's not convenient for the eldest young master now, so keep everything simple."
Simple?
Anxi despised.
How can there be simplicity in letting two brides step across the brazier together?
Should she marry the young master of the Geng family, or let her marry Abe.
It seems that the eldest young master of the Geng family must be in poor health, so he is so anxious to advance the wedding and let the bride finish what she needs to do while he waits to reap the results.
"Ladies, please."
The paper man spoke again.
"Okay, I'll go first." Abe took the lead towards the brazier. She even glanced at Anxi warily, fearing that Anxi would snatch it from her.
Abe didn't have so many ideas. She just felt that she was only one step away from successfully marrying into the Geng family and becoming popular and popular.
She jumped over the brazier briskly, and then saluted to the heads in the hall.
When An Qian saw this, she didn't say any more nonsense and walked forward and jumped over the brazier.
After jumping over the brazier, it is time to pray three times before getting married.
Worshiping heaven and earth, worshiping parents, and worshiping each other as husband and wife were all completed by her and Abe. It seemed that this marriage was really between her and Abe.
Just when Anxi thought that she and Abe would have to complete the wedding together.
The second lady who was sitting on the chair suddenly raised her hand.
The two paper figures waiting by the pillar immediately came forward, holding a tray containing the handkerchiefs Anxi and Abe had sewn the day before yesterday.
"If it is not convenient for the eldest young master to come out, we will send the tokens of the two of you to him for review. Whichever one of these two handkerchiefs he chooses, that person will be the eldest young mistress of the Geng family."
The second lady spoke leisurely, and then motioned the paper figures to give the handkerchiefs to An Qian and the others.
"You can put some of your own scent on your handkerchief so that the young master can distinguish it."
"Yes." After hearing the second lady's words, Abe immediately put the handkerchief on his wrist and rubbed it to ensure that the handkerchief was covered with his own breath.
Anxi also took the handkerchief, imitating Abe's example and pretending to rub it on her wrist.
In fact, she pressed her handkerchief to the head of the correction fluid hidden in her sleeve and dipped it into a drop of pure white correction fluid.
【Ding! 】
["Pansy Handkerchief" has been detected. Would you like to modify or add a prefix? 】
【…】
[Changed to "The pansy handkerchief that the eldest young master of the Geng family likes", please check it]
Hearing Correction Fluid's words, Anxi safely placed the handkerchief back on the tray held by the paper man.
"Okay, take it to the room."
The second lady ordered.
The two paper figures bowed their heads in response. They put Abe's handkerchief in front of them. This was because Anxi had been deducted points before, and Abe was the one who performed well in this game.
The paper people walked towards the room where the eldest young master was, and gradually disappeared.
Abe watched nervously as the paper man left
After a while.
Two paper figures came back.
The handkerchief on the tray of one of the paper figures was missing, while the other remained intact on the tray.
The eyes of the old lady, the second lady, the second young master, and the heads on the wall were all focused on the empty tray.
"It's Miss An." The paper man replied softly.
As soon as it finished speaking.
"Send to the bridal chamber————!"
The leading paper man immediately shouted at the top of his lungs.
The head on the wall, that is, the master of the Geng family, immediately fixed its gaze on An Qian. It was an extremely authoritarian gaze that could not tolerate any rebuttal.
He ordered An Qian from top to bottom: "From now on, you will belong to the Geng family. Keep your duties and don't embarrass the Geng family."
An Qian raised her head and looked back at Master Geng. His aura was quite oppressive, forcing everyone to bow their heads in front of him.
But Anxi still looked at him and said, "Okay."
After Anxi answered, she walked towards the arranged room without looking back.
"What! How could this happen!"
Behind him was Abe's cry after losing the election.
Abe was unwilling to accept the facts before her. She knelt down weakly on the ground and started crying.
She had suffered so much all this time just to marry into the Geng family, and now her handkerchief was all gone because the eldest young master of the Geng family didn't like her, and all her efforts were in vain.
"Take her away, what does it look like to cry and cry on her good days?" The old lady glanced at her with disgust and instructed the paper man to take Abe away.
"No! No!"
Abe was dragged away, and calm returned to the hall.
The four members of the Geng family drank the tea in their hands and waited for the meeting between Young Master Geng and An Qian.
…
…
"Squeaky--"
The door was pushed open.
The room was dark, with only a wrist-thick red candle burning on the table. The red candle wept, melting and solidifying on the table like drops of blood.
"Squeaky-"
The door was closed behind her.
It was the work of the paper figures who came here with her. They wanted to leave some space for Master Geng and An Qian to be alone.
Anxi didn't look back because of the sound of the door closing.
Her focus was entirely on the room she was in.
The room was dark, and except for the red candles, it was impossible to see any furnishings or people in the room.
However, Anxi never let down her guard. She leaned against the door to avoid something attacking her from behind.
She held the correction fluid in her hand and waited for Young Master Geng to appear.
"ah………"
A baby's faint cry came from a corner of the room.
coming.
Anxi held the correction fluid tightly and turned slightly towards the source of the sound.
"ah………"
The baby's cry continued, and at the same time there was the sound of limbs rubbing on the ground. The friction sounds continued one after another, which showed that the baby was crawling very fast.
"Poof!" The fire flickered.
Under the light of candlelight.
An Qian saw the true form of Master Geng in an instant.
The skin is dark red and the whole body is covered with velvety hair, like a parasite that cannot survive alone and is looking for a host.
Wherever it crawled, there were long blood marks, which were the blood left when it was taken out of the eldest lady's belly.
"ah………"
Anxi's lap sank, and the little baby had climbed onto her lap unknowingly.
It hugged Anxi's leg tightly and continued to climb up. It was so strong that it seemed to tear off the flesh on Anxi's leg. It couldn't wait to get into Anxi's belly.
But unfortunately, Anxi will not get what she wants. This is the moment she has been waiting for.
The tip of the correction fluid flashed silver in the candlelight.
【Ding! 】
[The "five-month-old young master of the Geng family" has been detected. Would you like to modify or add a prefix? 】
"snort."
Anxi couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth when she heard the correction fluid asking her to modify the prefix.
See if I can't control your Geng family!
