Chapter 184 - Our Yao Yao Brought a Friend with Her

As the two of them arrived earlier, there were a lot of available parking spaces. Zhang Yu Han parked his Cayenne near the banquet hall entrance and helped his girlfriend from the car. 

Li Qin Yao held on Zhang Yu Han's arms tightly as they walked into the hall. She was someone who rarely wore high heels due to her work. Now that she was wearing a high heel, Li Qin Yao found that it was a bit difficult to walk around. 

There was still an hour left before the wedding banquet began, therefore, there were not many people in the hall. As Li Qin Yao looked around, she noticed that her uncles and aunties were entertaining a few of their guests. 

Once the family noticed the two of them walking into the halls, everyone turned towards her with a questioning gaze. 

Sensing that everyone's gaze was directed to her, Li Qin Yao felt her heart thumping loudly. She recognized a few faces in the banquet hall and realized that they were the same people who had given her that judging stares when they found out about the accident two years ago.

Suddenly, Li Qin Yao felt as if she was back to two years ago where everyone was staring and whispering as she walked by. Back then everyone was accusing her of the constructors' death. They were blaming her for using those cheap materials.

Her hands started to sweat from anxiety and she wanted to take a few steps back to retreat. She was not expecting to experience the feeling again when she decided to attend this wedding.

"What's wrong?"

Li Qin Yao felt Zhang Yu Han's tightened grip on her hands and looked up. She saw his concerned gaze and blinked a few times.

"Qin Yao, are you alright?" He bent down to look at her face.

Once she heard his deep voice so close to her ear, Li Qin Yao snapped out of her trance. His thumbs rubbing softly on the back of her hands soothed her. She looked at Zhang Yu Han and smiled. "Nothing. I was just… nervous. I didn't expect that there would be this many people."

After all, Li Ming Han was marrying Bai Qing Qing, a daughter of someone prominent in Capital City. Surely their wedding banquet would be this grand. 

Seeing that the girl beside him had started to smile, Zhang Yu Han felt a bit relieved. But of course, her slightly pale face from earlier could not escape his eyes. Zhang Yu Han knew that she was not telling the truth. He was worried but decided not to ask at the time.

Li Qin Yao took a deep breath and ignored the other inquiring look. Forcing a smile on her face, Li Qin Yao pulled Zhang Yu Han towards her third uncle and aunt to greet and congratulated them for gaining a daughter in law. The others who stood far away started to lean closer to find out about the mysterious man beside their niece.

"Yao Yao, you're here early," her third aunt, Wen Shu Yue spoken. "Your two cousins, Ye Chun and Ye Xia are still having fun with the others. They should be here soon."

Li Qin Yao glanced around the room and noticed that even Li Mu Bai and his sister had not arrived.

Her third uncle, Li Sheng gave a look over at Zhang Yu Han before he turned to his niece. "Yao Yao, this is…"

"Third uncle, third aunt, this is my boyfriend, Zhang Yu Han, Zhang Yu Han, this is my third uncle and third aunt."

Li Qin Yao spoke in a low voice, but most of everyone who stood near to Li Sheng and his wife could hear her introduction. On cue, Zhang Yu Han then greeted the two elders politely before he spoke a few congratulatory words and blessings. 

"Third uncle, have you seen grandfather and grandmother?" Li Qin Yao had spoken first before both the elders could ask another question.

Li Sheng exchanged a glance with his wife. A smile crossed his lips when he figured out what his niece was up to. "Your grandparents should be in the back, resting. They said they will come out once the others have arrived. The two of them are alone. If you have something to say to them, you should go ahead."

Li Qin Yao felt heat creeping to her face as her intention was exposed. After chatting briefly with the husband and wife, Li Qin Yao then dragged Zhang Yu Han to find her grandparents.

Once Li Qin Yao and the man had disappeared among the crowds, Li Qin Yao's second aunt, Zhao Wei immediately left her friends and walked over to her brother-in-law. 

"Brother-in-law, sister-in-law," Zhao Wei smiled amiably at the couple. "Who was that with Qin Yao?"

"Yao Yao introduced him as her boyfriend," Li Sheng said with a smile.

Hearing the answer, Zhao Wei's eyes brightened up. "That girl has a boyfriend?" She turned towards the direction where her niece and her boyfriend disappeared and knew right away that Li Qin Yao was going to introduce that man to the elders.

"Did he said anything about her boyfriend?" Zhao Wei asked Wen Shu Yue. 

"We didn't get to ask," Wen Shu Yue answered. "After all, we still need to greet our guests."

Zhao Wei's eyes dimmed. But once she saw that a few more guests had walked in into the hall, her smile went back on her face.

Meanwhile, Li Qin Yao continued to hold on to Zhang Yu Han's arms as the two of them went to search for her grandparents. After checking with the staff for the direction, the couple then walked along a corridor and headed towards a room.

Li Qin Yao tilted her head to look at Zhang Yu Han with a teasing smile. "Mister Zhang, are you ready?"

Zhang Yu Han let out a chuckle before he pressed his lips on her forehead. "Alright, now I'm ready."

Li Qin Yao let out a giggle. She lifted her hand and knocked on the door gently. After a few seconds of waiting, her paternal grandmother, Mu Ling Xi appeared at the door. Once she saw her granddaughter standing at the door, a smile curved on her lips.

"Yao Yao, you're here. Is it time yet?" Mu Ling Xi called. Her eyes paused at the tall man beside her granddaughter. She gave him a look over, but her gaze stopped at the couple's linked hands.

"Grandmother, is Grandfather here?" 

Mu Ling Xi snapped out of her thought and smiled to the couple. "Come in. Your grandfather is just reading" She moved aside to let the two into the room.

Once the two walked in, Mu Ling Xi immediately went to her husband who was focusing on the newspaper on his hand.

"Old man," Mu Ling Xi's voice sounded urgent as he shook her husband's arms. "Our Yao Yao brought a friend with her."

Li Ren Xin frowned at the sudden disturbance. "What friend?" He cast a displeased look at his wife and looked up. His movement paused when he saw a tall man beside his granddaughter.