You Are The Apple of My Eyes
Chapter 440 A Black Wedding

The Mist Water Park was decorated in black and white. It looked nothing like a venue for a wedding. Michelle, James, and Emma were so surprised that they froze.

"Is this really a wedding?" Emma was flabbergasted. She turned and looked at the two people next to her who were just as confused as she was.

Then, they heard footsteps and discussions from behind. James took Emma's hand as Emma took Michelle's. In a flash, they were nowhere to be found. They sneaked away like thieves.

It was already half past two in the afternoon. The wedding guests had started arriving, and almost all of them were relatives and friends of the Ye family.

Of all the people present, James only recognized Howard and Julie. Vivian must be in the bridal car.

"This is a weird wedding. Uncle John didn't pick up Vivian. She came here in her own car," James said as he poked his head out.

The three hid themselves behind the wall of the public toilet. They crouched there with their fingers pinching their noses.

The smell coming from the toilet was not that strong, but the thought of the toilet alone made them want to hold their breath.

Pinching her nose with one hand, Michelle fished her newly bought lighter from her pocket with the other. "I don't care whether she came here by herself or not. Once she gets out of the car and steps onto the lawn, I will light the firecrackers and toss them at her."

"We'll be caught if she gets injured," Emma said with a smart look. "Just throw them near her to scare her and make her unable to control her expressions. The media outlets are here today. Her photos will be ridiculous."

"You're naughty, Emma. I love it." Michelle looked at her with a snicker.

"Am I?" Emma asked with an innocent look.

"No, you are not." Smiling, James touched Emma's head.

The three's gazes followed the others to the wedding venue. Michelle tilted her head and said, "What will they think when they see the wedding decorations?"

"We'll find out soon enough." James was also curious. He had never seen such a scary-looking wedding venue.

As the guests entered the venue, they could not help shivering.

It was so cold.

However, they had to hold on.

Howard and Julie chatted with the guests happily as they walked with them into the park.

Then, a man suddenly exclaimed, "Look at this. This is ominous, isn't it?"

"What?" Julie was busy talking to a guest and did not notice what was going on ahead.

Howard looked in the direction the man was pointing at. The lawn of the Mist Water Park was covered with a long white carpet, and the overall design resembled an open-air crystal garden. Everything was adorned with white crystal and snow dominated most of the landscape. The entire place looked like the dead of winter.

Instead of green plants and colorful flowers, there were dead branches everywhere. The flowers here had only one color.

They were all black.

All the flowers were dyed black.

The whole wedding venue was decorated in endless white and depressing black.

Howard's face drained of color.

When Julie turned to look at the wedding venue, she stopped and her face turned deathly pale. Her shawl fell to the ground and got stained with melted snow. "Why is it black? Who uses black and white as a motif for a wedding?"

"It's really ominous. It's not festive at all."

"Why do I feel like we're here for a funeral?"

"Stop it!"

Someone silenced the people who were whispering. Howard and Julie looked very displeased.

They were so angry that their faces were pale as a ghost.

Someone secretly took a photo of the wedding venue with her mobile phone, but put away her phone at once when she saw Julie glaring at her.

However, she had already taken the photo and posted it on WeChat Moments.

The wedding guests were relatives and friends of the Ye family, but that did not mean that they were close to the bride and her parents. For the woman who had taken the photo, it was the first time that she had seen such a strange wedding. Naturally, she thought that she must post it on WeChat Moments to share it with others.

She captioned the photo, "Is this a wedding or a funeral?"

Sitting in the bridal car, Vivian happened to see the photo. She felt as if she had fallen into an ice fishing hole.

She opened the door and got out of the car. Without a coat, she shivered in the cold wind.

"Miss, where are you going?" The driver called after her, but she ignored him.

To Vivian, the cold wind was nothing compared to the impact of the photo.

The wedding Vivian dreamed of was bright and dreamy, not icy and depressing like the one in the photo.

She lifted her dress slightly and ran to the lawn of the park. She wanted to see what was going on.

Everyone's head turned as a bride in a black wedding dress stepped in, her dress a stark contrast to the mostly white venue.

Someone whispered, "Why is the bride wearing a black wedding dress?"

"It's direful and a little scary."

"Maybe it's their personal preference."

Julie was furious when she heard her friends gossiping. She wanted them to shut up but had to ignore them when she saw her daughter striding in.

"Vivi, what are you doing here?" Julie hurried to hold her daughter's hand.

"I want to have a look..." Before Vivian could finish her words, she had already glanced at the wedding venue.

It was exactly the same as the photo. Everything was black and white and not in the beautiful sort of way.

Her heart sank, and her breath started coming in short bursts. "How could it be? How could it be? Mom, what's going on? Who designed this? Who designed the wedding this way?"

It was already unacceptable for her to wear a black wedding dress. It was more unacceptable to hold the wedding in such a gloomy place.

Growing uneasy and angry, Vivian started screaming, completely ignoring the gazes of guests around her. "Who the hell designed this? Come out at once! Come out!"

"Vivi, calm down." Julie tried her best to soothe her daughter, but the guests were starting to stare and whisper more among themselves.

They looked at Vivian like she was a shrew.

"I said, come out! Show yourself!" Vivian's eyes turned red. She had never felt so aggrieved.

Seeing this, Howard went livid. "Stop it. Don't you feel ashamed?"

Vivian trembled, and tears started streaming down her distressed face.

After a moment, the guests started walking away one by one, keeping their opinions to themselves.

After everyone else was gone, Howard asked Vivian with a long face, "What happened between you and Mr. Shi? Why is the venue decorated like this?"

"I...I don't know. I've never asked about it. John did everything. I'm sure it's not John's idea. Someone must be trying to make a fool of me." Vivian started sobbing helplessly. She was enraged but did not forget to defend John. She absolutely refused to believe that John would deliberately sabotage their wedding like this.

"Regardless, Mr. Shi has to give us an explanation today." Howard was also a renowned man in Lexingport City. He could not afford to lose face because of a wedding mishap.

Julie added to her husband's statement. "This was arranged by the Shi family. They should be responsible. We can't let our daughter be wronged. They just humiliated our family."

Then, she turned to comfort her daughter. "Don't worry, dear. Your father will get justice for you. How could they decorate the wedding venue like this? Did they just want to embarrass our family?"

"And why haven't the members of the Shi family come yet?" Howard asked angrily.

His roar was so loud that James heard it from where he was hiding. He rolled up his sleeves and was about to step out, but Emma stopped him.

"Someone's coming."

It was Chester. His face was as cold as John's.

"What can Chester do? He's just a child. What if they bully him?" James still wanted to show himself.

Emma held down his hand and said, "Richard is walking next to him. He's Uncle John's proxy, and he's well trained. Chester will be fine. Don't worry. Uncle John must have arranged everything. We can't ruin this wedding anymore.

Let's go, Mimi." Emma reached out her hand to Michelle, but she was not there.

Emma did not notice when Michelle slipped away.0000000