Chapter 83: A001, please go to window 1

Fu Mingshuang's fingers trembled inadvertently, as if they were hooked around Lu Shiyu's.

"Are you...making a pinky promise with me?" Lu Shiyu lowered his eyelids and took a look.

"No." Fu Mingshuang pulled his hand back abruptly and turned his head to the other side.

On the other side was the window, and the sunlight was still too glaring. She really couldn't adapt to it, so she closed the window herself.

The carriage fell into darkness again, but Fu Mingshuang felt much better.

"Lu Shiyu, let's not talk about these hypocritical things between us. Just say something real that can impress me."

Lu Shiyu raised the corner of his mouth, took out a neatly folded paper from his pocket, and spread it out in front of Fu Mingshuang. On it was the sentence he had written at that time:

[Marriage? The kind where you stab each other to death]

But what Lu Shiyu was tapping with his fingertips was the following line written by Fu Mingshuang herself:

[Yes, put four times a week in the agreement]

"Does it impress you if it's written here, four times a week?" Lu Shiyu asked.

Fu Mingshuang glared, "What? We agreed on two times. Lu Shiyu, can you please have some sense of contract?"

"Then, Fu Mingshuang, can you please have some sense of contract?" Lu Shiyu challenged directly.

Fu Mingshuang felt humiliated and gritted her teeth. She couldn't curse back, so she could only hold it in.

A sly smile flashed in Lu Shiyu's eyes. He took out a pen and added another line on the paper.

【June 30, 2025 - June 30, 202__】

A string of dates with a space in between.

Fu Mingshuang looked at him puzzledly.

"My request is very simple. I will solve my problem within one year. As for whether to solve your problem and how many years it will be valid, it's all up to you." Lu Shiyu pushed the note in front of her again.

She stared down at the line of dates and felt the balance in her heart begin to waver.

"At best, we can only go until 2029, which is four years..." Lu Shiyu stared at her as if she were prey.

"Fu Mingshuang, can't you afford to play like this?"

"Alright!" Fu Mingshuang slapped the thin paper with his palm, as if leaving his own handprint. "Let's play, I have nothing to lose anyway."

Fu Mingshuang put the paper away and put it in his pocket. When he was about to get off the car, he said, "Okay, okay, then we'll choose another day for the wedding banquet."

"Do you think I can trust you again?" Lu Shiyu grabbed her wrist and said, "It's better to do it now than today."

"Didn't we have the wedding at noon? It's already afternoon now. It's unlucky to have missed the auspicious time."

"I told you, today is the day to get married, it's a once-in-a-century opportunity."

"Once in a century? How can that be so exaggerated? This kind of thing happens every few days, more frequently than my period. If I don't set it up today, I can just do it on the next auspicious day."

"Okay, then I won't go back." Lu Shiyu didn't insist anymore.

Fu Mingshuang: “???”

Lu Shiyu was so accommodating that it was difficult for Fu Mingshuang to deal with him all of a sudden.

It wasn't until the car stopped in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau that she understood.

"You said you don't want to have the wedding, so let's not have it. Let's get the marriage certificate directly." Lu Shiyu pulled Fu Mingshuang out of the car.

"You can't enter without an appointment!" Fu Mingshuang reminded him.

"Yes."

Lu Shiyu took out his mobile phone and showed the "Appointment Successful" interface to the security guard at the door, and the security guard let them in.

Lu Shiyu pulled Fu Mingshuang to sit down in the marriage registration area.

The divorce area across the street was bustling with people, while the marriage area was occupied by only Fu Mingshuang and Lu Shiyu.

"How can you get a certificate? Are you the boss who booked the whole place?"

"Am I stupid?"

"Then why is no one getting married today?" Fu Mingshuang looked around and couldn't help but sigh.

At this time, a cleaning lady mopping the floor passed by, hunched over, and said as she mopped, "The zodiac calendar says it's a bad day to get married today. It only happens once every hundred years, so there are many divorces and no one is getting married here."

"Auspicious for marriage? This only happens once in a century?" Fu Mingshuang crossed her arms and asked Lu Shiyu with a raised eyebrow, "Didn't you say that this day is auspicious for marriage?"

Lu Shiyu stared ahead, his face calm and his heart steady as he said, "Maybe I saw it wrong."

"Then let's choose an auspicious day to come back."

Lu Shiyu grabbed Fu Mingshuang and said, "If you are sincere, your wish will come true. If I say today is a good day to marry you, then it is a good day to marry you."

Fu Mingshuang was stunned for a moment after hearing this. She stared at Lu Shiyu's profile, and then she remembered to ask him:

"Why did you go dye your hair again? Aren't you afraid your family will be angry? Now, let me be clear, I didn't force you to do this this time, so don't blame me."

"Haven't you heard that it means growing old together?"

"What?! You believe it? You actually believe in this kind of thing?!" Fu Mingshuang showed a surprised expression as if he saw a mentally retarded person.

"I don't believe it." Lu Shiyu groaned, "But I thought there was such a rule."

"What's the rule? You have to dye your hair white before getting married?" Fu Mingshuang was so shocked that a fist could fit in her mouth.

"No, I've never heard of it. Young man, stop fooling me." The cleaning lady mopped the floor past the two of them from another direction, saying as she left.

Lu Shiyu remained calm: "It's my first time, I have no experience."

Fu Mingshuang looked at Lu Shiyu from head to toe. After a long pause, she slowly said, "Lu Shiyu, why do I feel like you've been acting weird lately? Have you been cursed?"

Lu Shiyu lowered his eyes, staring at the ground, and said slowly: "Maybe, I don't know."

A couple who were seeking a divorce accidentally walked into the wrong marriage registration area. Seeing Lu Shiyu and Fu Mingshuang, who seemed to be in love but were actually not, they said as they left:

"Did these two come to the wrong place? It looks like they are here to get a divorce."

"Even if they didn't go to the wrong place, you can see how reluctant they are. Sooner or later they will get a divorce like us."

"That's right, honey, you're right!"

Lu Shiyu watched the two people leave, frowning slightly: "Fu Mingshuang, smile with your teeth bared, don't look so sad."

Fu Mingshuang stepped on him casually and said, "You keep baring your teeth, keep baring your teeth. But you better bark for me first."

The two of them turned their heads away at the same time and didn't look at each other.

"A001, please go to window 1."

"Please show both parties' ID cards and household registration books."

"Yohoo! Lu Shiyu! It can't be done? I didn't bring my household registration book." Fu Mingshuang jumped up proudly.

"I brought it."

"I said I didn't bring my own."

"I told you I brought them for you." Lu Shiyu threw out two household registration books with a "pop".

"H-How did you get it?"

"Your father asked someone to fly it to me." Lu Shiyu said truthfully.

"Are you two very familiar with each other?" Fu Mingshuang put her hands on her hips, ready to lose her temper again.

"I'm not familiar with him, but at least on this matter, your father and I have the same goal."

Fu Mingshuang was speechless and sat back in his seat listlessly.

"Come, both of you, fill out the form, sign and seal it." The staff member skillfully carried out the process.

Soon, each of them had a little red notebook in their hands.

At this time, Lu Shiyu received a WeChat message on his mobile phone.

【smoothly? 】

【The formalities have been completed.】

【Then our transaction begins now. 】

【good. 】

Lu Shiyu exited the chat history with Chi Xuan and turned off the phone screen.

Fu Mingshuang glanced at the small notebook in her hand, then closed it with a sigh. She accidentally glanced at the bustling divorce hall across from her and casually asked a staff member:

"If I want to get a divorce here, how early can I get an appointment? I'm afraid I won't be able to get one by then."

Fu Mingshuang was dragged out by Lu Shiyu like a chicken.

The two walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Fu Mingshuang shook the little red book in her hand and said sarcastically, "This is the most special birthday present I've ever received."

June 30th, today happens to be her birthday.

"I'd rather you didn't prepare a gift for me like you did last year."

"Last year, I bought..." Lu Shiyu called out to Fu Mingshuang who had taken a few steps forward.

Fu Mingshuang turned around in surprise: "No, I didn't receive it."

"I threw it away."

"What???"

"You said you had a boyfriend, so I threw it away."

"What's the connection between the two?"

"It doesn't matter." Lu Shiyu took a step forward and walked past her.

This time, it was Fu Mingshuang's turn to stop him: "Lu Shiyu, do you never celebrate your birthday?"

"yes."

"Then can I celebrate your birthday with you today?" Fu Mingshuang smiled at him.

The sun was about to set, leaving only the last bit of warmth shining on the two people. Lu Shiyu was immersed in astonishment, staring blankly at Fu Mingshuang. He heard her add, "I just saw your ID number..."

"0630, so this is also your birthday..."

Fu Mingshuang hadn't smiled so brightly at him in a long time. Lu Shiyu opened his mouth and finally uttered a sentence:

"You might as well think it over. Tonight is our wedding night. Where are you going to stay?"