I thickened my face and patiently coaxed her, preventing her from making a scene with my parents.

"Okay, if Eden has any other needs, contact me and let me know in advance."

"Hey, kid, why are your eyes red? Why are you crying?"

After we parted, my mom finally saw my face clearly.

"It's nothing, just thinking about getting married makes me emotional."

I used Dick's words to cover it up.

My mom chuckled, called me a silly boy, and went off to busy herself.

I returned to the bridal chamber and called Dick to the balcony.

I crouched against the wall, lit a cigarette, handed it to him, and asked.

"Where's Hale?"

He took it, crouched beside me, took a deep drag, and said.

"I don't know! It seemed that his sister called him away."

Hale's sister, Lillian Brown, was Eden's bridesmaid this time.

It seemed that in the previous life, they might have been involved long ago. Otherwise, what would a groomsman be doing at the bride's house at this time?

I didn't believe Eden's family lacked helpers.

Seeing my unfriendly expression, Dick tentatively asked what was wrong.

I slowly exhaled a smoke ring, turned to him, and said.

"The only brothers I can trust now are you and John."

Saying this, my eyes turned red again.

After my death, only the two of them cried heartbrokenly. Hale hugged Eden and laughed.

"Daniel, no matter how better you are than me, your wife still chose me!"

Anger made me crush the cigarette with my bare hand, my fingers instantly burned.

Dick was shocked and asked what happened.

"If I told you Hale and Eden are having an affair, would you believe me?"

I asked him with a self-deprecating smile.

He stood up in shock.

"What?!"

I gave a bitter smile, "They are together behind my back. Though I don't have solid evidence yet, I need your help."

Dick left a sentence and ran off.

"Damn it, even if you say there's a sun at night, I'll believe you! I'm getting John!"

John angrily tore off the orchid leaves beside him.

"Damn! This adulterous couple, I wondered why they always had the highest bathroom frequency during our outings! They must have been sneaking around!"

I hadn't noticed until he mentioned it.

"Damn! I remembered! On Hale's birthday, you guys got me drunk, right? Bending over the table, I saw two people touching each other under the table! I don't remember anything after that because I passed out!"

"Daniel, did you touch Eden that night?"

My heart sank.

Do I need to sneak to touch my own girlfriend?

That night Eden was sitting between me and Hale!

"Damn it, this bastard dared to hit on your girl. Let's kill him!"

John impulsively got up and rushed out.

Dick and I stopped him.

"Don't be impulsive. We don't have evidence now. We can only stabilize them first."

After saying this, we began to discuss the specific plan in detail.

We all agreed that these two should suffer the most vicious revenge.

Now everything was still in time, as Eden's parents had inadvertently helped me a lot!

They persuaded Eden not to get the marriage certificate with me, to have the wedding first, and observe for a year and a half before deciding.

Without a marriage certificate, things would be much easier!

In my previous life, the night before the wedding, Hale didn't return home.

It wasn't until four in the morning that he came back, reeking of alcohol.

When asked, he claimed he was helping his sister and had accidentally fallen asleep after having a few drinks.

Now, it seemed likely that it had something to do with Eden.

I gave her a call.

"Hello, honey, what's up?"

The moment I heard her voice, I felt a wave of nausea.

Her voice was sickly sweet, something I used to love in my previous life. How could I have ever liked it?

Suppressing the urge to vomit, I asked her.

"Darling, how's the setup on your end? Do you need any help?"

She refused repeatedly, "No, no, no need. In our hometown, it's tradition for the bride and groom not to meet before the wedding. Stay put and don't come over. We have enough people here. Love you!"

After saying that, she hung up quickly.

We began analyzing the situation.

Her hometown wasn't far from the city, only about a half-hour drive.

Eden didn't like the idea of getting married in the village, so she had me book two five-star hotel rooms, supposedly for her and her bridesmaids.

She didn't have many friends, just the two bridesmaids.

So two rooms seemed a bit extravagant.

Seeing my face grow darker, Dick volunteered to go and observe secretly.

There wasn't much else we could do.

After Dick left, I received a call from Eden's mother.

"Daniel, there's a change of plans, and I need to tell you in advance!"

I was taken aback and put her on speaker.

"Sure, go ahead, Auntie."

"Well, two buses might not be enough. Hurry and get another one. The whole village is coming, and many people from Eden's grandmother's side are also attending."

"And tomorrow, we've arranged for twelve people to block the door. Prepare a red envelope with 666 dollars for each. It's a good omen and looks impressive!"

"Oh, and prepare a big red envelope with 10,000 dollars for the master who matched your horoscopes and chose the auspicious date. We owe him thanks. Without his approval, we wouldn't be willing to let our daughter marry you!"

John silently cursed beside me, calling them shameless.

A plan suddenly formed in my mind.

They cared about appearances, right? Tomorrow, I'd make sure their entire family lost face!