At the age of 30, for Yu Zhujin, the fine lines at the corners of her eyes are a little more obvious, but for Su Mu, that is a big deal.
After being delayed for more than a year, Zhu Jin and Ishigami Bai's wedding was finally officially put on the agenda, and Su Mu was the one who decided and set the final wedding date.
During the free clinic, Zhu Jin found out the date of her wedding.
Because Zhu Jin planned to conduct free medical consultations for three months at the beginning of each year, the wedding had to be avoided during these three months. Therefore, the wedding was scheduled for April 19, 3709. This time, no matter what the reason, it could not be postponed.
After Zhu Jin returned to Shuilan Star, the fifty graduates who had followed her all went to work. She and Basil took the second batch of graduates to start free medical consultations again, and their schedule was truly non-stop.
At this point, Su Mu deeply understood what Zhu Jin said about not having time to get married.
Zhu Jin didn't have time to worry about her wedding, so Su Mu and Shi Shangbai took care of it. Although Zhu Jin was working hard at the free clinic, Shi Shangbai still followed the ancient rituals, including the three books and six ceremonies, without missing a single step. Su Mu was very satisfied and relieved.
Zhu Jin was also very happy, and tried to rush back after the free clinic was over every time. Shi Shangbai saw that she was too tired, so he forced her to go find her instead.
The free clinic was very busy in March, and Shi Shangbai didn't come often, but those three months were the period when Zhu Jin and Shi Shangbai's relationship quickly heated up. Talking about it hundreds of times is not as good as experiencing it once. When Shi Shangbai proposed to marry her step by step according to the ancient rituals, Zhu Jin's heart was deeply touched.
It was spring when the free clinic was successfully concluded. When Zhu Jin returned home, Su Mu had made the house look brand new. There was a festive atmosphere inside and out. The wedding dress embroidered by Lian Qiao and others was already placed on the big bed in the room.
Zhu Jin, who felt ashamed because she didn't embroider her own wedding dress, couldn't take her eyes off the exquisite and gorgeous bright red wedding dress. When she saw the bright red groom's suit next to the wedding dress, Zhu Jin squatted down and stroked it, speechless for a moment.
Only at this moment did she truly realize that she was about to get married. After two lifetimes, she was finally getting married.
"Do you like it?" The most familiar voice sounded above my head.
Zhu Jin looked up and saw Shi Shangbai squatting down. He reached out to help her tidy up the hair around her ears. The red wedding dress was reflected in his dark eyes, and he saw another her.
Zhu Jin saw himself nodding, looking foolish.
"I've seen it many times. After my cousin Lian Qiao sent it to me, I couldn't help but come to see it several times a day. I'm finally waiting for you to come back and feel the atmosphere before the wedding with you." Ishigami Bai squatted in front of her, looking silly for no reason.
"You call her cousin Lianqiao quite easily. She is younger than you." Zhu Jin somehow blurted out such a sentence.
"Well...it's too late for you to dislike my old age now." Ishigami Bai coughed and answered seriously.
"It's a little late..." Zhu Jin couldn't help laughing and rested her head on his hands on his knees.
Shi Shangbai saw a section of Zhu Jin's white jade-like neck exposed behind his head, emitting an alluring glow. Shi Shangbai couldn't help but fixed his eyes there, and his head unconsciously leaned forward.
Zhu Jin suddenly raised his head, and Shi Shangbai quickly avoided it. His eyes were a little vague, and the tips of his ears were red. When his eyes fell, they unconsciously fell on the front of Zhu Jin's neck. He quickly moved away, but fell on Zhu Jin's lips again.
Against the backdrop of the bright red wedding dress, it was truly like water splashed in oil, and it was life-threatening.
Shi Shangbai couldn't take his eyes away, and the desire to kiss was clearly revealed in his eyes. Zhu Jin looked at him and smiled.
Zhu Jin smiled and moved forward, kissed him on the lips, touched his face, and said in his heart, "So good."
He wanted to kiss her but didn't dare to, which was so pitiful, so she took the initiative.
Zhu Jin thought about it and stood up straight, but was knocked down the next second and fell on the red wedding dress. As soon as she screamed, a passionate kiss came over her. Zhu Jin had difficulty breathing and thought, she was wrong!
All men are transformed from wolves! Later, Zhu Jin thought that it was fortunate that someone still had reason in the end and saved the wedding dress, which was wrinkled but not really ruined.
The new house was set up at Shi's house, but Zhu Jin's house was also set up. The two houses were next to each other, and they would definitely live together in the future. Zhu Jin's things were bought crazily by Su Mu and Shi Shangbai Shi Wei, and she had added countless things. The Shi family had added too many things, and after Zhu Jin went to see them, she found that she could move in at any time.
Both families bought too many things, and Zhu Jin discovered the terrifying purchasing power of the three men.
On the first day back at Shuilan Star, Zhu Jin rested and visited both families. On the second day, Zhu Jin began to write wedding invitations by hand and sent them to the invited relatives and friends. Of course, there was also one to Chonglou.
Similar to the invitation sent by Chonglou, Zhu Jin did not invite him to attend the wedding.
It was three days later that Chonglou received the invitation. Looking at the familiar handwriting on the invitation, Chonglou smiled. After a long time, he lowered his head and looked at the little person in his arms. "I don't know if you can learn even one ten-thousandth of this in the future... I will let you practice this calligraphy from a young age."
In early 3709 AD, 36-year-old Chonglou became a father.
Zhu Jin saw a photo of Chonglou's family of three at Chongyang's place. The little person in Chonglou's wife's arms had eyes and eyebrows that looked just like Chonglou.
As the invitations were sent out, the wedding date of Zhu Jin and Shi Shangbai was also revealed. Amid everyone's blessings, Zhu Jin and Shi Wei were secretly looking into Shi Shangbai's secret box.
Because they bought a lot of things, all the old things needed to be sorted out. Shi Shangbai went to work, and Shi Wei continued to sort when he had time. While sorting, he found the treasure box that Shi Shangbai had found a few years ago.
After several years, Ishigami Kashiwa's treasure box is still preserved, and the password box inside the treasure box, which has been replaced with a larger size, is still there.
This time, Shi Wei couldn't resist his curiosity and secretly called Zhu Jin to spy on the secret with her.
"Auntie, there must be a big secret here. I think... in order to prevent future family disputes, we must find out what Dad is hiding!" Shi Wei was very serious.
"Family dispute? Does your father have a mistress?" Zhu Jin thought immediately.
"Second room?" This word is really invincible. Shi Wei confirmed, "What is a concubine?"
"It means a concubine..." Zhu Jin swallowed the word "concubine" after "it means a woman a man keeps outside his wife."
"...Auntie!" Shi Wei was shocked. He was angry that Shi Shangbai had discovered his embarrassing secret collection and wanted to take revenge on his father. "No, absolutely not. How could my father have a mistress outside? His heart and eyes are full of you. Because of you, I, as a son, have put everything behind me. Please don't misunderstand him!"
Zhu Jin suppressed his laughter and looked at Shi Wei and answered, "What misunderstanding? Aren't all men like this? Having mistresses is a common problem among men. There are very few men who are truly loyal to one another. It's normal for your father to have a mistress."
Of course she knew that Shi Shangbai couldn't have any mistress, she just wanted Shi Wei to know that it was wrong to look into Shi Shangbai's privacy for any reason, and she wanted him to remember this lesson.
"No, no, Auntie, why would you think that?" Shi Wei was anxious and felt extremely regretful. "If I had known, I would not have taken it out."
"Don't worry, I understand." Zhu Jin added fuel to the fire.
"What do you know, Auntie? There is absolutely no way this is a mistress's secret." Shi Wei was sweating with anxiety. "I will prove it to you. I will definitely prove it to you."
Shi Wei tried the password twice, but both were incorrect.
"Do you really want to open the password box? That would be very disrespectful to your father." Zhu Jin was calm and composed.
"I know. I will apologize to my father. I will not touch his things carelessly in the future. Before that, I must prove to you that my father is innocent!" Shi Wei gritted his teeth. "Maybe the things in here belong to Auntie. Let me try the password about you."
"Don't try, put it back." Zhu Jin stopped Shi Wei who was thinking about something.
"I'll give it one last try." Shi Wei said as he entered the password with a tentative attitude.
With a "click", the password box opened, which scared Shi Wei and Zhu Jin.
"It's actually open!" Shi Wei exclaimed.
"Why is it open? Close it quickly." This was Zhu Jin's exclamation, and the two of them said in unison.
"Auntie, I entered your name to open the password box." Shi Wei breathed a sigh of relief, "There must be something about you in here." As he spoke, he quickly opened the password box.
Zhu Jin was about to close the password box, but stopped because of the things inside it.
The small safe contained a few scattered items, including a familiar old garment that Zhu Jin had sewn herself as a 'birthday present' for Shi Shangbai, and a few handkerchiefs, some of which were dirty with marks that could never be washed off, which were obtained from Zhu Jin over the years.
In addition to the handkerchief, there was a pile of papers with her handwriting on them. She herself didn't remember when she wrote them. There were also some odds and ends that looked strange and familiar. There were hairpins, pens, brushes, and a small plate that she gave to the Shi family for snacks a few years ago. They were all old things, all of which belonged to Zhu Jin.
These things that should have been thrown into the trash can, these things that Zhu Jin had forgotten about and never taken to heart, suddenly appeared in front of him.
Zhu Jin stared at these things in a daze.
After being stunned for a while, Zhu Jin looked at these things again, then carefully put them away and rearranged them according to his memory.
"Auntie?" Shi Wei called out.
"Don't tell your father about this." Zhu Jin looked at it a few more times, closed it, and handed it to Shi Wei. "Put it away and come back. Auntie wants to talk to you."
"Okay." Shi Wei agreed obediently.
When they came back, Zhu Jin asked him to sit down. "In a few days, you should call me mom. It's up to you whether to change it or not, but I will take on the responsibility of being your mother from now on. Whether you like it or not, I will do what I should do, teach you, and take care of you until you get married, have children, and start a family."
"Compared to a few years ago, you have grown a lot in these years, but your impulsive and willful character has not changed. Auntie hopes that after what happened today, you can calm down for a minute every time you are impulsive, and use a minute to think and judge whether what you want to do next is right."
This was the first time that Zhu Jin put herself in the position of a mother, and what she said to Shi Wei was that although she was a stepmother, she was still a mother.
Although Shi Wei was a stepson, he was still a son, so he responded seriously, "Okay, Mom."
In fact, he had wanted to call her "Mom" a long time ago.
Seeing Zhu Jin suddenly look up, facing the doubt and complexity in her eyes, Shi Wei explained, "I'll get used to calling you mom first."
He wanted to change his words earlier. Over the years, it has always been his aunt who played the role of mother.