Chapter 157 Dream Wedding

The island wasn't large, with over 90% of its area covered in trees. Aside from a ring of sandy beach, it was entirely greenery.

Guided by Kong Lingkai and Li Wanyu, the group headed into the island. After walking nearly 20 minutes along a manicured jungle path, they discovered a hidden paradise within.

Nothing could be more picturesque than a lake in the middle of a forest, and the lakeside cabin was the perfect finishing touch.

Xia Yan was amazed to see a large open space in the forest not far from the cabin, where the wedding structure had already been built. An archway made of fresh flowers stood before a cleared aisle, with three rows of seats on either side.

It was clear that the wedding wouldn't be large, as there were only 24 seats in total.

Xia Yan stood by the lake, gazing at the wedding venue in the distance, and said enviously, "It's so beautiful, like a dream wedding."

Blue sky, white clouds, forest, and lake – it was indeed beautiful.

Hai Tianqing had said that he and Fang Xingyun were planning a "small affair," probably due to the Fang family. They had no choice but to choose this. It was certain that the guests invited were all very close to both the bride and groom.

"Wow! Pipi!" A girl's voice called out, and the five-person group stopped on the small bridge over the lake, turning to look.

They saw a little girl, about eight or nine years old, wearing a beautiful white and yellow flower crown and a white princess dress. She looked like a little angel, staring at Jiang Xiao with her big, adorable, blinking eyes.

Her eyes seemed to sparkle, and when she saw Jiang Xiao looking back, her face turned red in an instant. She covered her mouth with one hand and exclaimed, "Pi... Pipi!"

Jiang Xiao smiled and waved, "Hello."

"Wow, Pipi!" The little girl forgot her shyness and ran over quickly, as if she had seen her favorite toy. Her shoulder-length hair fluttered as she ran, and her flower crown almost fell off.

The more Jiang Xiao looked at her, the more he felt something was off. She was running faster and faster, and it looked like she wasn't planning on stopping...

Jiang Xiao watched this human cannonball and made a surprising move.

He actually adopted a horse stance!

Steady!

"Oof." As expected, the little girl crashed into Jiang Xiao's arms.

To prevent the little girl from hitting his steel-like bones, Jiang Xiao took a step back and spun to dissipate the force.

This was too steady!

"Really, a real, live Pipi!" The little girl rubbed her face against Jiang Xiao's chest, even sniffing him. Then, her expression changed.

She took two steps back, flustered, "Pipi is so salty."

Jiang Xiao: "..."

He had just come out of the sea, what did she expect?

The little girl's expression was strange, her little brain seemed to be rebooting. Perhaps in her imagination, the radiant Pi God should have smelled like cream?

"Duo Duo, slow down, Duo Duo..." A couple hurried out of the woods. When they saw Jiang Xiao and the others, they were also taken aback.

The middle-aged woman was very plump, and it was clear at a glance that she was not a Star Warrior. She smiled apologetically, "Duo Duo is too rash, she likes you very much."

Jiang Xiao subtly pulled the floral shirt from Han Jiangxue's hands and quickly put it on.

The little girl looked down at the water stains on her white princess dress, wiping them with her small hands as she said to Jiang Xiao, "My name is Song Duo Duo! Go take a bath, and I'll like you again!"

Ding! A little fan acquired~

Jiang Xiao smiled and nodded to the family of three.

Sure enough, the wedding guests were all above a certain age, mostly married with children.

Jiang Xiao thought to himself: Poor Fang Xingyun, luckily you met this little matchmaker. Otherwise, you don't know when you would have caught up with your friends' progress.

The group entered the huge lakeside cabin. As Fang Xingyun's brother, Kong Lingkai naturally took charge, arranging rooms for everyone. On the second floor, at the end of the corridor, Jiang Xiao saw someone unexpected!

Someone he had met once before!

Xu Li.

Jiang Xiao wasn't too familiar with the name Xu Li, but he knew Xu Li's code name: One Tail!

Back then, when Jiang Xiao was still an unbearably unskilled newbie, during the mercenary invasion of the Snow Plains, Jiang Xiao had seen two great figures: One Tail and Two Tail.

Due to later events, Jiang Xiao and Two Tail became comrades-in-arms.

At that time, Hai Tianqing and his four-person team were detained by the Night Watch and imprisoned, their hands handcuffed with Star power cuffs. They were caught in the mercenary attack, and the entire prison was about to collapse.

In that critical situation, Two Tail chose to rescue Jiang Xiao, leading him out of the prison, which led to her battle with the mercenary leader.

The world was so wonderful. If One Tail had chosen to rescue Jiang Xiao at that time, perhaps there would have been no series of events that followed.

From any point of view, both of them would have rescued the only trapped Jiang Xiao. It was just that under the team's arrangement, One Tail stayed to fight the enemy, while Two Tail took Jiang Xiao away.

Apparently, Xu Li had heard the sound of people coming upstairs, so he came out of the room at the end of the corridor to check.

Jiang Xiao and Xu Li's eyes met, and their expressions froze slightly.

Jiang Xiao was reminded of the memories deep in his mind.

Xu Li, on the other hand, was thinking about how this inconspicuous kid had achieved such amazing accomplishments in just a few years.

Xu Li's room was on the left side of the stairs, while Kong Lingkai led the others to the right side. Across the long corridor, they nodded to each other, and Xu Li turned and walked back into his room.

"Jiang Xiaopi, do you know him?" Kong Lingkai asked curiously.

"Ah." Jiang Xiao snapped back to reality and nodded. "What's up?"

Kong Lingkai shrugged and said, "Hai Tianqing said he's a friend. This guy doesn't even reveal his name, very mysterious."

Doesn't even reveal his name...

He probably has a hidden secret.

To say nothing else, Xu Li's presence at Hai Tianqing's wedding was already beyond Jiang Xiao's expectations.

Xu Li was the captain of the original Tail Feathers Team, and now, the Tail Feathers designation had been given to Two Tail, who had carried forward the Tail Feathers Team, turning it into the Tail Feathers Corps. Xu Li should also be standing in a very high position now.

Hai Tianqing was someone who had been expelled. Xu Li attending Hai Tianqing's wedding represented too much.

Their brotherhood was still there, and it also represented that Xu Li recognized Hai Tianqing.

In contrast, Two Tail...

Jiang Xiao shook his head, casting aside these messy thoughts. He was assigned to a small single room and couldn't help but ask curiously, "By the way, where are Teacher Hai and the others?"

Kong Lingkai laughed heartily, "Floating on the sea, don't know where they've drifted off to. Your Teacher Fang had a little problem and needs to calm down."

Jiang Xiao chuckled and said, "What's wrong? Pre-wedding jitters?"

Li Wanyu glared at Jiang Xiao playfully, "Don't say that in front of her, the family is putting too much pressure on her."

"Okay, okay, got it." Jiang Xiao nodded repeatedly.

After arranging the rooms, Kong Lingkai and Li Wanyu left. Jiang Xiao thought for a moment, walked out of his room, and headed to the end of the corridor.

One Tail.

Former captain of the Tail Feathers Team!

A famous figure, but he hadn't had the chance to say more than a few words to him.

Jiang Xiao came to the door and gently knocked.

Click.

The wooden door opened, and a burly man over two meters tall looked down at Jiang Xiao. He was not only taller than Two Tail but also more massive in build.

But to be honest... he didn't put as much pressure on Jiang Xiao as Two Tail did.

Aura was an intangible thing, but it could be compared.

Especially for a battle-hardened warrior like Jiang Xiao, he was very sensitive to Star Warriors' auras. Perhaps it was because Xu Li was a shield warrior, he wasn't a slaughterer, but more of a guardian.

Xu Li stepped aside and walked back into the room, sitting in a wooden chair.

Jiang Xiao leaned against the door frame, not entering.

Xu Li looked up at Jiang Xiao, his usually serious expression showing a hint of a smile, "She didn't misjudge you."

Jiang Xiao didn't react.

Xu Li: "I heard you became Nine Tail."

Jiang Xiao: "I wanted to be the boss, become One Tail, but she refused."

Xu Li nodded thoughtfully, "What do you want from me?"

Jiang Xiao: "To hear a story."

Xu Li: "Huh?"

Jiang Xiao: "Two Tail won't tell me, and Four Tail can't be asked, so you're the only one left in the team."

Xu Li seemed to understand what Jiang Xiao meant. What problem wouldn't Two Tail tell him, and Four Tail couldn't be asked? It was obviously about Three Tail.

This was the problem that had been bothering Jiang Xiao all along.

Xu Li said, "Why should I tell you?"

Jiang Xiao said with a smile, "The Tail Feathers Corps has many people, but the Tail Feathers Team only has two, Two Tail and me.

In her Tail Feathers Corps, there are many loyal soldiers, powerful warriors selected through layers of screening, mostly handpicked by her, and even comrades who have gone through life and death with her.

But no matter what happens, those people will always be her subordinates, her inferiors.

And her real teammate, to this day, is only me."

Xu Li raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "So?"

Jiang Xiao: "So I want to take better care of her, to better understand this team. The knot in your heart that you can't untie, I'll try."

For a moment, the room fell silent.

The two people's chat was only a few words before they went straight to the point, and the atmosphere was indeed not very friendly.

Time passed by, but no one spoke in the room.

Jiang Xiao opened his mouth and said, "You came because you still recognize Hai Tianqing in your heart."

Xu Li finally responded, "To some extent."

Jiang Xiao said casually, "Then what about Three Tail? Do you recognize him?"

Xu Li pondered for a long time, and said something unexpected: "To some extent."

Jiang Xiao: "Then you have even more reason to tell me."

Dong dong dong...

The sound of shoes on the stairs brought the two people's conversation to an abrupt halt.

The two people seemed to be in a hurry. Jiang Xiao leaned against the door frame and turned to look. He saw a pair of newlyweds at the second-floor staircase.

Happy, joyful, surprised.

Jiang Xiao couldn't find any "pre-wedding jitters" on Fang Xingyun's face.

"Oh! Little Jiang is here!" Fang Xingyun looked around and found Jiang Xiao, walking over quickly.

Hai Tianqing also looked happy, but when he saw Jiang Xiao standing in front of Xu Li's door, he paused slightly.

"Teacher Fang, you look so happy!" Jiang Xiao opened his arms and gave Fang Xingyun a light hug, patting her back.

"Hehe." Fang Xingyun smiled gently, straightened up, and gently rubbed Jiang Xiao's head, "Duo Duo is right, you smell so salty."

"Salty?" Jiang Xiao grinned, "Not only salty, but I'm also bitter and astringent!"

As he spoke, Jiang Xiao's gaze passed over Fang Xingyun's shoulder and looked at Hai Tianqing, smiling, "Is this the taste of love?"

Hai Tianqing nodded subconsciously, but quickly reacted and looked at Fang Xingyun's unkind eyes, waving his hands repeatedly. In his anxiety, his dialect came out again: "No, no, love is sweet, really sweet!"

Fang Xingyun looked Hai Tianqing up and down, and snorted softly, turning her head away.

Hai Tianqing, such a gentle and refined person, grabbed Jiang Xiao by the back of the neck like he was grabbing a bamboo rat, lifting him up directly and even shaking him in the air, "You little brat, you're scheming against me as soon as you arrive! How can I trust you to be my best man?"

"Ah?" Jiang Xiao was shaken and his voice trembled, "Best man? You didn't~ tell~ me~"

"It was added at the last minute." Fang Xingyun explained, "We originally wanted to simplify everything, but I have a best friend who insisted on being the bridesmaid."

Jiang Xiao's eyes lit up immediately, "Pret~ty?"

"Stop shaking him." Fang Xingyun put her hand on Hai Tianqing's arm, "Her child is nine years old, and you've met her, her child is our flower girl, Song Duo Duo."

A 9-year-old flower girl, isn't that a bit old?

Oh well, after all, resources are limited.

Jiang Xiao was lifted into the air, struggling to turn his head to look at Hai Tianqing, and said, "You can be your own best man, isn't that your main job?"

Hai Tianqing: ???

Seeing Hai Tianqing about to go berserk, Jiang Xiao hurriedly said, "Okay, okay, I'll do it, let go of me... What do best men have to do?"

"Let him go quickly." Fang Xingyun slapped Hai Tianqing's hand hard, and Jiang Xiao finally landed on the ground.

Fang Xingyun said, "Come on, we ordered a suit for you, go try it on quickly. If it doesn't fit, go exchange it quickly."

With that, Fang Xingyun dragged Jiang Xiao away.

Hai Tianqing stood at the door, saw Xu Li in the room, opened his mouth, and after a long time, said a sentence: "Thank you for coming."

Xu Li removed his serious expression and nodded with a smile, "Thank you for inviting me. Many people wanted to come, but you didn't give them the opportunity."

Hai Tianqing smiled helplessly.

Xu Li said, "Hongying (Luan Hongying - Two Tail), did you invite her?"

Hai Tianqing smiled weakly, did not respond, just waved his hand, and turned to leave.

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