The maids giggled and clustered together again, chatting. Only then did Granny Xi step forward, bowing respectfully to Su Muqing.
"Miss Su, you've finally arrived. Our young lady has been waiting for you for a long time. She was just telling me that after the wedding ceremony, you would definitely come find her. Even when the dishes from the small kitchen were served, she refused to eat first, insisting she wanted to wait until you arrived to eat together. I was preparing to go look for you, and I didn't expect my lady to be so prescient; you arrived before I even left the courtyard gate!"
Su Muqing wore a graceful smile and nodded slightly at Granny Xi in greeting. Granny Xi stepped aside, letting her walk ahead. The two chatted casually as they made their way towards the bridal chamber.
Chen Wenyi had been waiting alone in the room for a long time, her back almost aching from sitting. At first, when she saw the fan in her hand slowly lower, the wedding attendant would remind her, worried that if outsiders saw her like this, they would say she wasn't demure enough.
But her arm was really getting sore from holding the fan for so long! Moreover, according to the local customs, she heard this feast would last from noon until the afternoon, and then the groom would return to the chamber to share a wedding toast with the bride. Familiar guests would also come to cause a ruckus.
If it were a native wedding, during these hours, the bride could only occasionally lower her fan, and must keep it raised the rest of the time. But Chen Wenyi didn't care about that; she wasn't foolish. Wouldn't holding her hand up for several hours without moving be torture?
When only she and the wedding attendant were left in the room, Chen Wenyi directly tossed the feather fan onto the nearby couch. The wedding attendant opened her mouth, but seeing Chen Wenyi's impatient expression, she swallowed her words of admonishment.
Soon, the meals arranged by Madam Chen were served one after another. The weather was already hot and stuffy, and looking at the bland dishes on the table, Chen Wenyi's appetite diminished further.
Recalling Su Muqing's sickly expression when she saw these dishes last night, Chen Wenyi guessed that she might come to find her. The wedding attendant still wanted to help serve the food.
But Chen Wenyi waved her hand, indicating she had no appetite. After waiting for a while longer and still no one appeared, Chen Wenyi, drowsy from lying on the table, asked the wedding attendant to go and see. If Su Muqing hadn't arrived yet, she should go directly to the front hall to find her.
When the wedding attendant entered with people, Chen Wenyi was lying on the table with her eyes closed. The more she looked at her makeup, the more stunning she found it. It was both cute and lively, giving the impression of a mountain spirit fallen into the mortal world, making it impossible to look away.
She could even foresee that during the wedding revelry that afternoon, when people saw the bride's appearance, they would definitely inquire about who did her bridal makeup.
After all, bridal makeup in the past was always the same monotonous pale face with red lips. If one didn't know beforehand which family the bride belonged to, one would likely not be able to recognize her at all.
Feeling someone enter, Chen Wenyi slowly opened her eyes and saw Su Muqing and the wedding attendant standing beside her. "You're finally here! Granny Xi, you may go down first. Miss Su and I want to chat."
"Yes, young lady. I will be guarding the door. If you need anything, just call me." After speaking, Granny Xi bowed and turned to leave.
She had thought they truly had some private girl talk to have, but unexpectedly, they had only sent her away to eat some special snacks.
Looking at the neatly arranged dishes on the table, Su Muqing sat down beside them and gestured for Chen Wenyi with her chin. "Why aren't you eating? Aren't you hungry after a morning of busy-ness?"
"I am hungry! Of course, I'm hungry, but I don't want to eat any of these things. They don't whet my appetite at all!" Chen Wenyi said, propping her face with her hand, wanting to ask the wedding attendant to boil some water. She craved instant noodles from her space.
Seeing her disinterest, Su Muqing felt a sense of empathy. As Chen Wenyi hesitated whether to ask Granny Xi to boil water, Su Muqing took out a pile of snacks from her sleeve.
Spicy duck necks, five-spice braised chicken feet, Jue Wei duck heads, two buckets of pickled cabbage and beef noodles, several bottles of Happy Fat House water... even the hot water for the instant noodles was prepared.
Looking at the pile of delicious food on the table, Chen Wenyi excitedly rubbed her hands, her mouth constantly secreting saliva, some even overflowing onto her lips before she could swallow.
In this moment, she felt completely revitalized. Even though she usually couldn't handle too much spice, she felt she could eat until she dropped right now.
"Wow! Little Mu Mu, you're amazing! Are you perhaps a Doraemon sent by God just for me? You actually guessed what I was thinking at this moment. I love you to death! Come, come, give your sister a kiss!"
Although she was two years younger than Su Muqing in this life, she knew that in her previous life, she was a full nine years older than Su Muqing. Therefore, in front of Su Muqing, Chen Wenyi habitually referred to herself as "sister."
She pouted her moist cherry lips, looking as if she were about to bestow favor upon Su Muqing. The latter, seeing her fiery red lips approaching, quickly dodged with a giggle.
Although she wore a mask, she didn't want it to be covered in lipstick marks; how strange would that look!
Chen Wenyi wasn't angry that Su Muqing didn't accept her kiss and turned her attention back to the pile of snacks.
Seeing her eager expression, Su Muqing sat down again, pushed the pile of snacks towards her, and then opened two boxes of instant noodles, leisurely starting to add the seasoning packets.
"Hurry and eat! I'll make the noodles!" Actually, Su Muqing herself didn't really want to eat instant noodles. She had so many things to eat in her space, any of which could be a satisfying meal.
However, Chen Wenyi had been talking about instant noodles since last night. Knowing she hadn't eaten them last night, and with other things to do later, she worried Chen Wenyi would get a stomachache if she ate too many different things, so Su Muqing decided to eat instant noodles with her.
"Mwah! You're so good!" Chen Wenyi blew her a flying kiss from afar and then grabbed a five-spice braised chicken foot, starting to devour it.
Delicious! It was truly delicious! Chen Wenyi savored the familiar yet strange taste in her mouth, feeling so touched she almost wanted to cry. She hadn't tasted this flavor in so long, and she had once thought she would never taste it again in this lifetime.
After all, she was a beautiful woman with a good education in both lives. Although Chen Wenyi ate quickly, she still possessed an inherent elegance and didn't eat sloppily, disregarding her appearance.
More importantly, she was deliberately controlling her movements, worried about ruining her beautiful makeup. After all, her groom hadn't had a chance to fully admire her playful and cute spirit makeup yet. Wouldn't it be a great pity if she made it too messy!