NOVEL NEXT Chapter 97: It's So Hard to Be a Scumbag...
It was eleven in the morning.
The backstage of the wedding hotel.
"So, I'll start the show with 'Dust of Beauty', then follow up with romantic songs like 'As Promised' and 'I Want to Hold Your Hand', which are kind of suitable for a wedding, right?"
As a web-celebrity singer who had debuted nearly 20 years ago, Xu Song had released quite a few songs over the years—at least two hundred—but not many were suitable for wedding performances...
Especially well-known ones like 'The Funeral of the Rose'; if he dared to let him sing that, Li Feng would absolutely jump out and kill him...
A few people had spent half an hour backstage before finally settling on five songs...
The hotel manager stood by with a grin, looking completely cooperative...
Xu Song singing at their hotel was equivalent to a free advertisement for them, and it didn't cost a penny... Later, they could just record the wedding scene and post it on TikTok, which was neither copyright infringement nor promotion and was simply delightful...
Gu Heng nodded slightly as he listened to the five songs Xu Song had proposed...
Asking a singer who usually sang about breakups to squeeze out a few wedding-appropriate songs from his repertoire was indeed a tough task for him...
Just as everything was almost arranged, Gu Heng's phone rang.
"Hengzi, where are you? Haven't you arrived yet? The wedding is about to start, and the best man needs to make a speech!"
"I'm already at the hotel, I'll be right there."
"Hurry up, the MC is already prepared."
After hanging up, Gu Heng didn't linger backstage any longer; he gave a few instructions to Xu Song and then took Lin Ran's hand and headed towards the wedding hall.
Suddenly having her hand grabbed by Gu Heng, Lin Ran couldn't help but shiver, blurting out instinctively, "What are you doing?"
"What do you mean? We're going to the wedding." Enjoy new tales from empire
Gu Heng led her out of the backstage, turning his head with a puzzled look upon hearing her words.
"Do I have to go too?"
"You don't like these kinds of occasions?"
Lin Ran thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's not that I don't like them, but I don't know anyone at the wedding, and me being there as a stranger seems a bit inappropriate."
Gu Heng chuckled when he heard this...
Without caring about her reaction, he pulled her hand and hurried towards the direction of the wedding hall.
I already told them you are my girlfriend, so in these kinds of settings, we are practically one, pretending in front of my family or theirs, just might as well go all the way through."
Besides, you, a high executive of a big company, have seen all sorts of scenes, right? An ordinary village wedding, what's the big deal?"
Lin Ran didn't say anything after hearing Gu Heng's words, just fixed her gaze on his back, wondering what...
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"You finally arrived, damn it, this is a once-in-a-lifetime event for me; can you not mess it up?!"
After arriving at the wedding hall, Li Feng handed the car keys back to Gu Heng, unable to help but complain.
Although he was cursing Gu Heng, his eyes were fixed on Lin Ran, who was led by Gu Heng...
"And... aren't you going to introduce us?"
Gu Heng smiled and waggled the hands they held in front of him: "Need an introduction? This is my girlfriend, Lin Ran."
Lin Ran didn't think much when Gu Heng introduced her to his parents, but being led and introduced to his friends like this brought a strange and indescribable feeling...
Suppressing that feeling, Lin Ran displayed a proper smile: "Hello, I'm Lin Ran..."
But she couldn't bring herself to say the rest...
It wasn't until she turned her face and saw the smile on Gu Heng's face that she continued, "Gu Heng's girlfriend..."
After Lin Ran verbally acknowledged it, the only doubt in Li Feng's heart began to dissipate, and he started to complain to Gu Heng, "I say, Hengzi, that's really not cool of you. You've got such a beautiful girlfriend and you're keeping her secret? Don't you consider me a brother?"
If he had known earlier that Gu Heng had a girlfriend, he wouldn't have deliberately tried to set up Li Mengxue with Gu Heng...
After talking briefly, Li Feng pointed to a big round table not far away that was already filled with quite a few people: "Everyone else sitting there are old men and ladies; you guys can sit at the classmates' table."
Those old classmates you all know, just sit and catch up, and introduce Lin Ran to them."
"I've got to go prepare for going on stage, so I can't entertain you for now."
Knowing he was busy today, Gu Heng didn't say much, just patted his shoulder and led Lin Ran to the classmates' table...
The lively group that had been chatting energetically fell silent as if on cue when Gu Heng and Lin Ran approached...
He had already figured out how to deal with these people...
But the sudden silence caught Gu Heng off guard...
Scanning the room, he saw Li Mengxue, who was sitting on the side with her head down, probably figuring out why the group went silent...
The ex and the current facing each other...
In their eyes, wasn't it obviously a volatile situation?
If it were just ordinary classmates, they might have teased a bit...
But since it involved Gu Heng, they didn't feel like joking at all...
After all, among them were many realistic, opportunistic classmates who wanted to establish a good relationship with Gu Heng, perhaps needing his help in the future.
And those without such intentions wouldn't go out of their way to annoy Gu Heng.
Gu Heng noticed that the seats were almost all taken, with only two spots left next to Li Mengxue; he hesitated about sitting there...
Being frank, he really didn't want to interact too much with Li Mengxue...
And he wasn't interested in showing off in front of her, flaunting how well he was doing now...