Silly girl, do you know that I wanted to marry you long before you wanted to?
Mo Huaixing opened his eyes, took her hand, and solemnly promised, "I'll put it on you after we leave here, okay? I promise I won't keep you waiting long."
"Won't keep me waiting long?" Gan Tang repeated, looking at him with a smile, and teased, "Mo Huaixing, do you know that's what scumbags like to say the most?"
Mo Huaixing looked utterly wronged, his face darkening with frustration. "Then tell me, what should we do?"
"Marry me now, immediately, right now."
Her words carried an undeniable resolve, forcing Mo Huaixing to confront the issue. He looked out of the car, where he saw only the vast, endless sea.
When he turned back, Gan Tang had already gotten out of the car, so Mo Huaixing had no choice but to follow the girl, who had suddenly decided to go to the beach.
The wind was a bit strong, so Mo Huaixing hurried a few steps and draped the coat he was carrying over Gan Tang's shoulders. Only then did he realize that she was wearing a red coat today, and even her hair tie was red.
Mo Huaixing stood at the edge of the sea and the edge of the cliff, knelt on one knee, and took out a glittering ring.
"Gan Tang, will you marry Sheng Ziyi?"
Gan Tang corrected her, dissatisfied, "It's not a proposal, it's a marriage proposal."
"How can you get married like this?" Mo Huaixing was amused by her and stood up to remind the naive girl: "You should go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get married."
"Why can't we get married?" Her words carried a mix of bewilderment, naivety, and stubbornness.
"In the beginning, there was no marriage law. The book records that the Yellow Emperor and Leizu got married on the mountaintop by bowing to each other eight times. The so-called eight bows are: Heaven, Earth, Sun, Moon, Mountain, River, Ancestors, and Husband and Wife."
As Gan Tang spoke, she pointed to the sky, “Now here we have heaven and earth, sun and moon, mountains and rivers, and each other. We will follow the example of our ancestors and be married by bowing eight times.”
Gan Tang took out two red candles from her backpack, placed them on the beach, and smiled proudly at him, "We'll do eight bows, five more than others, so we'll definitely be very, very happy."
Mo Huaixing was shocked: "Are you serious?"
"Of course it's true." Gan Tang knelt on the ground and lit the red candles, glaring at him with displeasure. "Marriage is a big deal, how can you joke about it? Be serious."
Mo Huaixing looked up at the sky. It was dusk, and he could see both the sun and the moon. She had really put her heart into it.
Mo Huaixing was at a loss for words. He knelt on one knee, stroked her hair, and sighed, "You're still missing one bow from your eight bows. Our parents aren't here anymore; we should at least tell them."
“Yes, it’s not bad.” Gan Tang took out a Chairman Mao badge from her backpack and placed it behind the red candle. “It’s just right for you to worship him.”
They were really well prepared; Mo Huaixing was dumbfounded.
The sea breeze stirred up fine sand, covering the badge. Gan Tang picked it up and carefully wiped it on her clothes, then placed the backpack behind the red candle and put the badge back on.
"I'm sorry, I originally wanted to take the statue, but I was worried that it would be too conspicuous." Her words were full of sincere expectation, which made him yearn for it.
"Okay, let's get married."
Mo Huaixing returned to the car, carrying a case of mineral water and a bottle of wine. He arranged the mineral water bottles in a semicircle around the red candle and themselves. Then he used the bottle caps as wine glasses and placed them in front of the red candle.
Despite the constant sea breeze, the red candles burned ever brighter and never stopped burning.
The two knelt before the red candles, facing the sea, and bowed again and again.
After the eight-bow ceremony, from that moment on, he was her husband, and she was his wife. Heaven and earth, the sun and moon, and the beautiful mountains and rivers bear witness, forever unchanged.
Mo Huaixing slipped the ring onto Gan Tang's ring finger, completing the final ceremony.
"Mo Huaixing, it's perfect!" Gan Tang looked at the diamond ring, her face beaming, and said proudly, "See? Even God wants me to marry you."
Mo Huaixing nodded in agreement. "Silly girl, it's not that heaven wants me to marry you, it's that I want to."
Gan Tang ran towards the sea, excitedly shouting, "Mom and Dad, I'm married to the person I love most!"
She took off her shoes, wrote his and her names in the sand, and then circled them with a big heart.
"Silly girl, it's cold!"
As the waves crashed in, Mo Huaixing ran over, scooped up the playful girl—no, his wife—in his arms. Gan Tang wrapped her arms around his neck, straddled his waist, and whispered in his ear, "Mo Huaixing, heaven and earth cannot be deceived, and people's hearts cannot be betrayed. I am your wife now, and you must take it seriously."
Mo Huaixing looked at the name on the ground and said with dissatisfaction, "Since heaven and earth cannot be deceived, why don't you write my real name?"
The names on the beach are Gantang and Mo Huaixing.
A hint of sadness flashed in her eyes, but thankfully it had darkened. He couldn't see the sorrow in her eyes. Gan Tang smiled her most beautiful smile and comforted him, "What does it matter if we have names? I know it's you, and heaven and earth know it too."
"What kind of twisted logic is that!" Mo Huaixing turned his head away in dissatisfaction.
Gan Tang cupped his face in her hands, her eyes deep: "Mo Huaixing, from now on, no matter what happens, no matter who you are, you must remember that you still have me. I love you, and I will love you forever and ever."
She wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him all the way to the depths of his heart. Wave after wave crashed in. Seawater seeped from his shoes down to his knees.
Mo Huaixing smiled and touched her forehead, pleading, "It's a bit cold, can we go back to the car?"
"Why go back to the car?" Gan Tang was very excited and didn't want to go back.
Mo Huaixing grinned mischievously, "There's more to do in the car than here."
When Gan Tang came to her senses, she was already lying on the back seat, being kissed so hard that she felt dizzy, and her clothes were almost completely undressed.
"Mo Huaixing, this is outside."
"What's going on outside? There's no one here." Mo Huaixing said seriously, "Since it's a wedding, let me ask you, what should we do after the wedding ceremony?"
"...The wedding night." Gan Tang hummed and murmured, her face flushed with embarrassment.
"Good boy!" Mo Huaixing kissed him again.
Gan Tang buried her face in his chest, blushing. Oh my god, what was wrong with her? She would never have dared to even think about something like this in a car. Now, she actually…
"Mo Huaixing, isn't this car a bit too small?"
"Yeah, it's affecting my performance a bit."
"..."
The waves pounded against the shore with dissatisfaction, finally driving away the parked vehicles.
...
Since He Zhong, the second-in-command of the Green Dragon Gang, rebelled, the entire Green Dragon Gang has been filled with unease.
There were over a hundred people involved with He Zhong. Lu Zhengqian secretly executed four people, including He Zhong's most trusted subordinate, Yu Dayong, and sent twenty people abroad. However, he spared the mastermind, imprisoning him in a secret room. It seems he'll be locked up for life.
The rest were not pursued further and were dispersed among other people.
In order to dispel the shadow of He Zhong's rebellion, Lu Zhengqian specially held a family banquet at the villa.
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