The joy of the wedding music reached its climax.
Mr. Gu, a little reluctant, placed his daughter's hand into his adopted son's hand.
Even though they were both his precious darlings, even though he knew Gu Yuzhi was utterly devoted to Sha Sha, he still felt an inexplicable sense of loss.
It was like some burden in his heart had finally been set down, and yet a piece of it was missing at the same time. The hand holding his cane trembled, and he almost couldn't stand steady.
But the old man still braced himself, took a deep breath, and completed the ceremony perfectly.
He stepped down.
The couple's vows began.
"Gu Qiusha, are you willing to be his mermaid, and never grow legs and walk away?"
"I do."
"Gu Yuzhi, are you willing to be her little train, and never go off the rails?"
"I do."
The emcee's joking questions cut through the melancholy of giving a daughter away and livened the mood.
