There was a particular kind of quiet in the world that year. Borders had closed, plans had scattered, and yet here — tucked into the hills of Wuomin, Puli — a wedding was still being built from nothing, one careful decision at a time.
Sevian and Alice’s celebration was only the second wedding ever held at The Bal’e Villas. The venue itself was still finding its voice, and there was something fitting in that — two people beginning a marriage in a space that was, in its own way, also just beginning. Nothing here had been done a hundred times before. Every detail felt considered, deliberate, a little braver for the uncertainty surrounding it.
At the door, the games began — the traditional gauntlet the groom must pass before he’s allowed to claim his bride. Challenge after challenge, laughter rising each time. No two rounds ever look the same in photographs. Underneath the jokes is something quite tender — family and friends, in the most direct way they know, making sure this next step is not taken alone.
Against the backdrop of a year that asked so much of everyone, Sevian and Alice chose to move forward anyway. Not despite the difficulty, but through it. The hills of Wuomin gave them stillness and space; their families gave them noise and blessing; and somewhere between the two, a wedding day took shape that neither the venue nor the world around it will forget.
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那一年，世界特別安靜。邊境關閉，計畫一再被打亂，但在埔里牛眠的山丘間，一場婚禮依然一步一步、認真地被建構出來。
Sevian 與 Alice 的婚禮，是 The Bal’e Villas 場地啟用以來的第二場婚禮。場地本身還在摸索自己的樣子，而這恰恰有種奇妙的呼應——兩個人在一個「才剛開始」的空間裡，展開屬於他們自己的開始。沒有什麼是被重複過一百次的標準流程，每個細節都顯得格外用心，也因為周遭的不確定，反而多了一份勇氣。
迎娶闖關，照舊在門口熱鬧展開。題目一關接著一關，笑鬧聲此起彼落，每一次闖關都拍不出相同的畫面。玩笑背後，其實是家族與朋友，用最直接的方式確認：接下來的這一步，你們不是一個人走。
在那個對所有人都格外艱難的一年，Sevian 與 Alice 選擇依然向前——不是無視困難，而是穿越困難，走到了彼此面前。牛眠的山林給了他們安靜與空間，雙方的家人給了他們喧鬧與祝福。婚禮，就在這兩者之間，成為了一段誰都不會忘記的日子。
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