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A wedding without bridegroom was held on April 21, the first day after deadly earthquakes struck SW China. Zhuo Jia, the bridegroom, is a solider of the Chengdu Military Region; he had to leave his beautiful bride behind to participate in earthquake relief.
Chen Jing, the bride, held their ceremony as scheduled with her parents and parents-in-law. She said to all the guests attending the wedding: "I wish he could do his best for relief work and I will take care of our family."
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