There is no Redemption for A Scum Villain

Chapter 20

Neither Yue Qingyuan nor Shen Qingqiu would have anticipated such a reaction from the other peak lords when they informed them of their plans to marry. They had thought that the reaction might be negative, but what they got was truly surprising.

Qi Qingqi, Shang Qinghua and Mu Qingfang expressed their joy for them, although Shang Qinghua looked thoroughly puzzled and Qi Qingqi... Well, she was Qi Qingqi. Liu Qingge and three other peaklords reacted very neutral, as if they had already anticipated as much. Liu Qingge though gave a small nod to express his approval.

Even the third group of people, whose reaction was not ideal, but not negative either, seemed like they too had already waited for this to happen. They had just rolled their eyes as if annoyed that they had to be here while their sect leader looked like a teenager in love.

The only negative reaction the two got was after Shang Qinghua realized that he would have to organize the whole thing. As if he didn't have enough on his plate already. But he let it slide. It was for his 'children' after all. And those two specifically. He would make sure to organize the best wedding there had ever been. Even better than the weddings of royals or popstars.

Yue Qingyuan and Shen Qingqiu had told him that he could take his time. 'You have all the time you need, Shidi,' Yue Qingyuan had said, but Shang Qinghua was not so sure. The glare Shen Qingqiu had given him had been more than clear.

Shang Qinghua never would have thought that he would have to go out and buy wedding garments. Back in his old life he had never planned to marry. Impossible if he considered his sexuality. And after he had come here, he didn't think it either. In a world where the only one who got wives was the protagonist, why would the sect that was doomed to suffer horribly be having anyone marry?

He had come to realize by now that he had had many misconceptions about this world. Nothing was set in stone. Not even the fate of his characters. The two men in front of Shang Qinghua happily standing close together and chatting proved that to him. Well, anyways, now he was standing in a tailor's shop and had to discuss why he wanted to order two sets of garments for men.

"What sect did you say you were from again?" the tailor asked.

"Cang Qiong Mountain," Shang Qinghua replied, gritting his teeth. He had been at this for quite some time already.

"And who's gettin' married that you'd need these?" the tailor wanted to know, "And both are men's garments... Are there two weddings?"

"No, there is just one wedding," Shang Qinghua replied. His eye twitched. 'Fucking homophobes...' he thought. "And it's none of your business who gets married. You will find out soon enough."

"Dude chill, I was just asking!" the tailor said. The man was a rather young apprentice, about twenty and clearly without an ounce of respect. "So, two men, huh? That's something new. And your sect leader is okay with that?"

Shang Qinghua was very close to asking another tailor to do this. He came here to have something made and not to be questioned. He knew that Yue Qingyuan would most certainly have no problem with this being known, but Shang Qinghua just didn't want to tell this guy and he didn't want people starting to gossip. He felt personally attacked when people treated this like something weird, something that wasn't normal.

"He is very okay with it. He couldn't be more okay. In fact, he is utterly overjoyed," Shang Qinghua said. His voice was akin to venom dripping from a snakes tooth, but even now the tailor didn't stop pestering.

"Oh, really? Your sect is very open," he said as he gathered a bunch of material, "Do you have the measurements?"

Shang Qinghua took out a pice of paper. He wanted to read them out when the tailor snatched the paper. Shang Qinghua paled. He had written the names to each measurement. The tailor folded open the paper and looked puzzled for a moment, then he laughed.