Title Before His Eyes: Chapters 9-16 ✅

Before His Eyes by Bu Wen San Jiu “Second,” Shi Kai said. “I knew it wouldn’t be your first,” Pan Xiaozhuo said. “Why?” Pan Xiaozhuo grinned and said matter-of-factly, “Because you’re handsome.” Shi Kai didn’t expect him to say that. He laughed at first, then threw his spoon into his bowl and said exasperatedly, “Oh, please! Whenever the camera was there, they wouldn’t let me stand up straight—they said I stole the show, so I couldn’t be taller than the groom. It’s not like I could keep bending my legs like some sort of curtseying servant girl the entire time; in the end, I had no choice, I had to brace myself on my knees.” As he spoke, Pan Xiaozhuo laughed. Shi Kai continued, “The original groomsman was twenty kilos heavier than me. I was swimming in his clothes, and I had to keep bending down all the time. Then the bride’s mother came over and said it was a waste of good height to be so weak—we hadn’t even done anything yet, and already I couldn’t stand up straight anymore.” Pan Xiaozhuo was dying of laughter. He almost lost his grip on the chopsticks he held; he put them down before saying, “They wanted you as a groomsman, but they were worried you’d steal the show.” “Eat,” Shi Kai reminded, then continued, “They didn’t want me. The groom’s 1.72m and the other groomsmen were all around 1.7m. I was completely out of place.” Pan Xiaozhuo imagined the scene, then thought of Shi Kai being forced to stand half-bent. He couldn’t stop laughing. Shi Kai said, “This is the last time. Nobody’s allowed to ask me again. I’m not doing it anymore.” Pan Xiaozhuo said with a laugh, “You can still do it one more time.” Shi Kai asked, “Why? There’s a number of times you can do it?” “I heard you can only be a groomsman three times before you get married,” Pan Xiaozhuo recalled, saying, “from my shi-ge 1 .” Shi Kai didn’t respond. Pan Xiaozhuo continued by himself, “Leave the last one to Ji Nan. When he gets married, you probably won’t have to bend down.” After a few seconds, Shi Kai said, “Who knows when that’ll be.” 1 His male senior in his major. 眼前 by 不问三九, Chapter 9: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=7142651&chapterid=9 This chapter is a fan translation by @nandemonksloth. Join the Discord for updates.