Chapter 181 Never Apart (End of Main Text)
Lu Zhenyu sat leaning against Fan Meng's tombstone for a long time.
She didn't get up until the wind stopped, and then patted her skirt.
"I'll stop chatting with you here for today. Once Pearl is able to go out on her own, I'll bring her to meet you, her godmother."
She knelt on one knee in front of the tombstone, held it for support, and kissed the smiling face in the photo.
"Thank you so much, Xiaomeng."
"Zhenzhen will live well, and from now on, she will live earnestly, carrying your share of life."
As Lu Zhenyu stood up, footsteps gradually approached from behind.
Shen Jingsi, who had rushed over, bent down and placed a bag of wedding candy in front of the tombstone. He then stood up and put his arm around his wife's shoulder, saying, "Xiao Meng, I'm going to marry your Zhenzhen."
Lu Zhenyu was surprised, "When did you secretly slip it in?"
He reached out and gently brushed the tip of her nose. "I can read your mind, I know everything."
You know your own wife best.
Having shared a bed for half a year, how could Shen Jingsi not see through Lu Zhenyu's feelings?
He simply didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't press her for details.
At that moment, Shen Jingsi knew that nothing was more important than being by his wife's side and giving her a sense of security.
Lu Zhenyu asked, "Then do you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Shen Jingsi looked at the girl intently for a couple of seconds, then raised an eyebrow seriously. "I know."
Lu Zhenyu's expression turned serious. "So after the wedding, can I go to Xiaomeng's hometown and bring her younger brother over?"
"Then you probably won't be able to receive it."
"Why?"
Shen Jingsi raised an eyebrow. "Because he's currently studying for his MBA at Harvard."
"What?" Lu Zhenyu exclaimed in shock.
Four years ago, after Shen Jingsi resolved the issues between the Duan and Zheng families, he learned about Xiaomeng's situation from Feng Manman.
She came from a blended family, but unfortunately her biological father passed away when she was ten years old. Her stepmother took care of her and her half-brother.
Fan Meng, whose family was poor and often went hungry, lost interest in studying and started working early to support her family. She made a pact with her adoptive mother to help support her only younger brother.
Lu Zhenyu was Shen Jingsi's lifeblood. When he learned that his wife was alive and that Xiao Meng had saved her, his gratitude towards the girl was beyond words.
Of course, I was even more shocked when I learned that she had perished in the fire.
Later, Shen Jingsi had Wang Kai bring the mother and son back from the small town, giving them a large sum of money and a house to help them settle down in the capital.
That child was also promising; after transferring schools, he repeated a year and went on to become the top science student in the country in the college entrance examination.
Shen Jingsi saw that he was a promising talent, so he donated a laboratory to Harvard and sent him there, with his mother accompanying him.
“They called me a while ago and said they could get early graduation qualifications. My plan is to wait for them to come back, train with me for a few years, and then let them take over Dad’s business.”
My father is getting old, but he has achieved remarkable success in expanding his territory in Texas over the years.
But we can't just leave our elderly father there alone.
Fan Shuo is a promising young man. Letting him take over is also a way of indirectly acknowledging him as a member of the Shen family.
Lu Zhenyu understood all of Shen Jingsi's carefully planned arrangements.
Looking at the girl on the tombstone again, I inexplicably felt that her smile seemed even brighter.
Shen Jingsi said to the tombstone, "Don't worry, from now on he will be my younger brother, Shen Jingsi's younger brother. His future life will only be smooth sailing and successful, making your older sister proud."
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When the two returned from the cemetery, the people at the manor had already played ten rounds of mahjong.
As expected, everyone gave the two who ran away halfway a good scolding.
But that couldn't dampen the couple's joy.
The free and relaxed wedding begins.
The girl in a pure white wedding dress was surrounded by the little ones to the end of the red carpet. The golden sunlight shone down, shining through the long veil and illuminating her beautiful face, where a gentle smile appeared between her brows and eyes.
So beautiful it's unreal, like an angel fallen to earth.
Shen Jingsi, standing under the tree, watched this scene and inexplicably his eyes reddened.
He swallowed hard several times, suppressing his emotions, and strode over with tears welling in his eyes.
Lu Zhenyu placed her hand in his outstretched palm and could clearly feel the trembling of her husband's fingertips.
"Honey, you seem very nervous."
Someone who is always soft-hearted but stubborn in words said, "I'm not nervous at all."
Accompanied by the melody of the piano, they walked step by step to the gate formed by two camellia trees.
The backdrop is a clear blue sky dotted with a few fluffy white clouds, with flowing green water, rolling green hills, and an endless expanse of lush green lawn.
They stood under the tree, gazing at each other.
The officiant was Feng Manman, a member of her family who claimed to have "witnessed the couple's love story from the time they were born."
"Dear Mr. Shen Jingsi, are you willing to marry Ms. Lu Zhenyu, whether in riches or poverty, in sickness or health, in beauty or old age, and to stay with her forever until we grow old together?"
The crowd on both sides craned their necks, eagerly awaiting the groom's answer.
The result was that no sound was heard for a long time.
Puzzled, I got up and took a closer look at the person opposite me.
Good grief, she's crying over there.
We've raised six kids already, and I still don't know why this one is crying so much.
He pinched the corners of his eyes, looked up at the sky, and tried to control his suddenly turbulent emotions with deep breaths.
Lu Zhenyu felt like laughing and crying at the same time. She reached out from under her veil and wiped away the tears on her husband's face.
Feng Manman couldn't wait any longer and coughed twice. "Groom, if you don't answer soon, the sun will set."
Taking a few deep breaths, Shen Jingsi composed himself and took Lu Zhenyu's hand tightly, saying, "I'm more than willing."
Feng Manman then looked at Lu Zhenyu and asked, "Ms. Lu Zhenyu, are you willing to marry Mr. Shen, whether in sickness or in health, in good health or old age, in poverty or wealth, and to stay with him until the end of your life?"
Looking at her husband, whose eyes were red from crying and whose lips were trembling as he looked at her, Lu Zhenyu, her eyes moist, nodded, "I'm very willing."
On the other side, Shi Yiqiao opened the glass chamber, and Lu Xinsen, dressed in a pure white princess dress, holding a wedding ring, came to her parents with Lu Xiaosi at her feet.
The couple knelt down, kissed their daughter, took the rings, and, holding each other's hands, put them on their ring fingers.
After the ceremony, everyone stood up and cheered.
Along with the colorful ribbons rising into the sky, a dazzling display of fireworks stretched for thousands of meters away.
One after another, people shouted:
May the bride and groom live happily ever after!
"May you have a son soon, two in one year, three in two years!"
"Don't go to bed too early tonight, I'm definitely bringing people to make a ruckus at the wedding night!"
"I'll be a good person tonight, and I'll take Little Pearl away as her godmother."
"You already have two sons, what are you trying to fight over? I, as your godmother, will take Pearl away!"
After the wedding that day, Lu Xinsen asked Shen Jingsi a question.
She asked, "Dad, Mom already agreed to marry you, so why were you crying then?"
Shen Jingsi didn't answer this question; it was Lu Zhenyu who did.
"Because I'm happy." She hugged her daughter. "Sweetie, remember this: we don't want the kind of man who won't cry at his wedding."
"Do you want to cry and be embarrassed like Dad?"
"Huh?" Shen Jingsi looked at his daughter who covered her mouth and chuckled after speaking. "Are you still my daughter? Those were tears of happiness from your father, how are they embarrassing?"
Pearl pouted her pink lips, "Anyway, I just feel embarrassed."
Then she looked at Lu Zhenyu and asked, "Mommy, do you think Daddy is embarrassing you?"
Lu Zhenyu glanced at Shen Jingsi, who was squinting, and suppressed a laugh. "Want to hear the truth?"
“Of course.” Pearl nodded very solemnly. “Adults cannot lie.”
Lu Zhenyu whispered in her daughter's ear, "Actually, there's a tiny bit." She even made a hand gesture as she spoke.
Shen Jingsi's face darkened. "Lu Zhenyu, what were you secretly saying to our daughter behind my back?"
Feeling uneasy, Lu Zhenyu quickly grabbed her daughter and ran into the house.
"Stop right there! If I catch you, I'll teach you a lesson!"
"Ah!!!" Little Pearl ran the fastest, "Daddy embarrassed himself and won't let anyone talk about it, and he's even getting angry and trying to hit me! Help, Shinichi, help me!"
The daughter ran away in a flash and disappeared, leaving only Lu Zhenyu to be caught.
He pressed the person down onto the sofa, and Shen Jingsi, with his handsome yet wicked face, pressed down on him.
"What's going on, Ms. Lu Zhenyu? Let me see how you're going to run away this time."
Lu Zhenyu hadn't intended to run away, and playfully wrapped her arms around Shen Jingsi's neck, "Husband."
The soft, seductive voice sent a shiver down Shen Jingsi's spine, and his eyes instantly changed.
He pressed his face down, a small spark slowly igniting in his eyes, "Wife, are you seducing me?"
"I love you."
Lu Zhenyu's words came out suddenly.
Shen Jingsi was slightly stunned.
She leaned close to his ear again and said, "I love you, Lu Zhenyu loves Chen Jingsi so much, so very much, I can't get enough of it, I want to love you for the next life and the next."
Shen Jingsi's eyes softened instantly, and he kissed her pink lips. "I love you too, my wife. In the next life, will you let me be your husband again?"
Lu Zhenyu nodded, "Okay."
"Then let's not wait until dark and go to the bridal chamber now, okay?"
Lu Zhenyu's face darkened. "Stop joking around. Everyone's waiting downstairs."
Shen Jingsi didn't care about anything else and simply picked the person up in his arms.
"I've been waiting for over thirty years, what's wrong with making them wait a little longer?"
Lu Zhenyu's resistance was futile, and she was thrown onto the soft bed.
He scrambled to his feet in a few moments. "Shen Jingsi, if you keep acting recklessly, I'm going to call for help."
Shen Jingsi became even more interested. "Wife, does getting a license to work really have to be this exciting?"
"..." Lu Zhenyu, "Get out of here!"
"Get lost? You'll probably have to wait until your next life."
No, it's the next, the next, the next, the next life after that.
Shen Jingsi didn't leave either.
He was determined to cling to Lu Zhenyu, to cling to his faith, his life, and to the wife he had loved most passionately and intensely in his life.
He once said, "Don't let me find a trace of your love for me. If I do, you'll never be able to escape from me again."
Therefore, Shen Jingsi said, "Lu Zhenyu, I love you so much."
How much does the person beneath him love him?
"Love is endless, and I crave to live on for all eternity."
Lu Zhenyu: "Then we will never be apart again, and we will love him for all eternity."
"Very well, for all eternity."
We'll never be apart again.
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