Su Zhaozhao couldn’t help but laugh at Zhang Jingshu’s words.

She felt a little embarrassed.

After all, when she first went to the military district, she had run into Jiang Manzhi and even made sarcastic remarks to her just to help Xie Huaizheng.

But she never expected that she and Zhang Jingshu would end up becoming friends despite their age gap.

Huang Jiqin also joined them to chat.

Su Zhaozhao sat between them, chatting and snacking on melon seeds. She never imagined she’d be so popular.

When it came to the wedding, Zhang Jingshu had some thoughts of her own.

“Since the venue is all set up, Zhaozhao, have you finalized your outfits and styling?”

Su Zhaozhao nodded.

“What about the gold and silver jewelry? Is it all ready?” Zhang Jingshu asked, looking at Huang Jiqin.

“You don’t need to worry about that. I prepared it all long ago. But a family like ours should be a bit more low-key.”

“Okay.” Zhang Jingshu smiled, then slipped the jade bracelet from her own wrist and offered it to Su Zhaozhao. “Zhaozhao, this is my wedding gift for you. I didn’t have time to prepare anything sooner, but this is what I always planned to give you.”

Su Zhaozhao looked at the green jade bracelet. Its color was absolutely exquisite, and she knew a bracelet of this quality had to be worth a lot of money.

She waved her hands in a flurry. “No, no, Auntie, I can’t accept this! It’s far too valuable. Why don’t you give me something less expensive instead?”

‘By the standards of my time, this would probably cost well over a hundred thousand.’

Besides, she would never wear it out. It looked so fragile, like it could get bumped or scratched easily, and Su Zhaozhao was terrified that if she accidentally damaged it, she’d be absolutely heartbroken.

‘Besides, doesn’t Zhang Jingshu have a daughter? She should be giving this to Jiang Manzhi, not me.’

Zhang Jingshu just smiled and waved her hand. “No, Zhaozhao, I’ve always intended this for you. I’ve already prepared a generous dowry for Manzhi. So please, accept this.”

Zhang Jingshu insisted, slipping the bracelet directly onto Su Zhaozhao’s wrist.

Su Zhaozhao had a delicate frame, and her skin was smooth and fair. The vibrant green jade set off her skin, making her hand look even more pristine and beautiful, lending her an air of nobility.

“How beautiful! Zhaozhao, look, this bracelet suits you perfectly.” Zhang Jingshu’s eyes crinkled in a smile, showing no sign that she considered the gift she’d just given away to be particularly valuable.

Su Zhaozhao, for her part, turned the bracelet on her wrist and had to admit it was beautiful.

Although her interdimensional space contained all sorts of things, it didn’t have any precious jewelry like this, and Su Zhaozhao had no idea why.

‘Maybe the space can’t generate things that are too valuable?’

‘If it could create things that were obviously valuable and easily exchanged for other goods, wouldn’t that be a backdoor to getting rich?’

‘Could it be that the space had its own set of rules about that?’

Just then, Zhang Jingshu noticed the silver bracelet on Su Zhaozhao’s other wrist.

The antique-style pattern on the silver bracelet caught Zhang Jingshu’s eye. She couldn’t help but ask, “Zhaozhao, where did you get this bracelet? The quality looks excellent, and the engravings are just gorgeous.”

“My mother left it to me,” Su Zhaozhao told Zhang Jingshu.

“Oh, I see.” Zhang Jingshu couldn’t help but smile. “A mother’s love for her daughter.”

“Yes. It’s always with me, so it feels like my mother is always with me, too.”

Next to the vibrant, expensive green jade bracelet, the silver one didn’t look nearly as stunning. But what it held within was far, far more precious.

「Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, the wedding day arrived.」

It was fashionable in this era for brides to wear a red blazer with a matching skirt, their hair curled to look particularly chic and modern.

But Su Zhaozhao chose a traditional Dragon and Phoenix Robe instead. Since the weather was cold, she paired it with a red plush overcoat.

She was up at the crack of dawn for hair and makeup.

However, it was mostly Su Zhaozhao directing the makeup artist on how to do it.

Every era has its own trends. For instance, the makeup techniques of this period weren’t as refined as those of modern times, and the available cosmetics were quite basic.

Su Zhaozhao provided her own cosmetics for the makeup artist to use.

She watched intently through every step, from the foundation to the setting powder.

The makeup artist had never seen such a vast collection of cosmetics. Su Zhaozhao instructed her on how to do the eye makeup, which eyeshadow colors to use, and all the finer details, like where to apply highlighter and contouring shadow.

The makeup artist was stunned. “Miss, where on earth did you get all this makeup? I’ve never seen anything so exquisite. The powder’s texture is so fine, and it blends in perfectly. It looks as natural as bare skin.”

“Oh, I had someone bring them over from Hong Kong,” Su Zhaozhao explained.

‘Any old excuse would do. Even if Xie Huaizheng asked, she could just say Xu Jiaxin gave them to her.’

Goods from Hong Kong were, after all, much more advanced than what was available on the mainland.

“I’m so envious,” the makeup artist said, her eyes full of admiration as she looked at Su Zhaozhao. “A whole set like this must have been expensive, right?”

“Yes, it was.”

Finally, under Su Zhaozhao’s direction, the makeup artist completed the entire look.

Looking at the girl in the mirror, who was as exquisite and beautiful as a porcelain doll, the makeup artist couldn’t help but ask, “Um, Miss, would it be all right if I had our photographer take a few extra photos of you? We could display them in our studio.”

In this era, it was common for couples to hire a makeup artist and photographer from a photo studio for their wedding. It was more convenient, and those professionals had more experience with wedding looks.

“Of course,” Su Zhaozhao said, not minding at all, and let the photographer take a few extra pictures.

‘Actually, she had learned how to do this whole look in her interdimensional space over the last few days.’

‘The space had internet access, so she had searched through countless wedding makeup and hair tutorials, picking and choosing until she finally settled on this one, which was the most natural yet refined.’

‘To that end, she had spent the past few days studying exactly how to create the look.’

‘Unfortunately, her own application skills weren’t quite up to par; otherwise, she would have done it herself.’

‘After thinking it over, she decided it was better to let a professional handle the application while she just played the role of director.’

Her hair was done in a similar fashion. Su Zhaozhao simply had the stylist put it up in a simple yet retro updo.

She didn’t go for the tight curls that were popular at the time, choosing this style because she felt it suited her better.

It was clean and elegant, and once the gold jewelry was added, the girl in the mirror had shed her youthful air, replaced by a captivating, mature grace.

When Xie Huaizheng came over and saw Su Zhaozhao’s finished look, his eyes instantly lit up.

He walked over to her, standing behind her and gazing at her reflection in the mirror, unable to look away.

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