Shi Heng was stunned for a moment, then smiled broadly, "Hey!"
He freed one hand and picked up Su Mo as well, "Let's go home."
"Daddy, lift me up high!" Su Qian twisted in Shi Heng's arms.
Shi Heng smiled and lifted the two children above his head one by one. Su Qian giggled with joy.
She shouted to the little girl, "Look, Xiaomei! I have a dad who holds me up high too!"
Xiaomei looked at them enviously, "Qianqian's dad is so tall..."
On the way home.
Su Qian kept chattering, "Dad, will you come to pick us up tomorrow? Xiaomei said her dad will come tomorrow too."
"Of course."
Shi Heng looked at the two children in the back seat through the rearview mirror and said, "Dad will pick you up every day from now on, okay?"
"Good!" Su Qian cheered.
Su Niannian turned her head to look at the back seat and found that although Su Mo didn't say anything, there was a faint smile on his little face.
She reached out and held Shi Heng's hand, squeezing it gently.
Shi Henghui held her hand and they smiled at each other.
Arriving at the door of the clinic, Su Qian rushed into the living room first with her schoolbag on her back, like a happy little bird. "Grandma! Grandpa, I'm back!"
Su Mo, who followed closely behind, was quieter, but his little face was also full of happiness.
Tao Nianwan and Shi Zhengyang's eyes were instantly attracted by these two delicate and beautiful children.
Especially when they saw Su Qian, who was lively and energetic, with a vague shadow of Gu Youran in her eyes and eyebrows, and Su Mo, who was calm and quiet, and looked very much like Shi Heng when he was a child, they were instantly hit by great joy and a throbbing feeling of blood connection.
Tao Nianwan stood up suddenly and looked at the two children without blinking, not even noticing that the valuable handbag in her hand had fallen to the ground.
Her lips trembled slightly and tears filled her eyes without warning.
Shi Heng followed in and said softly, "Qianqian, Momo, this is your grandpa and grandma, hurry up and call them."
Su Qian was not shy at all and called out sweetly, "Hello, Grandpa! Hello, Grandma!"
Su Mo tilted his little face up, his eyes fixed on Shi Zhengyang's neatly trimmed gray beard, and stared at it for several seconds.
Suddenly, he said seriously, "If Grandpa's beard were a little longer... he would look like Santa Claus!"
"puff……"
This sentence, full of childlike innocence, instantly broke all the reserve and sentimentality.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter!
Shi Zhengyang couldn't help but stroke his beard and laughed heartily.
Tao Nianwan burst into laughter, quickly bent down to pick up the handbag, walked a few steps to the child and squatted down.
Unable to hold back any longer, she reached out and hugged Su Qian and Su Mo together in her arms, her voice thick with nasal sounds, "Oh, grandma's dear grandchildren, my sweethearts..."
Tears finally fell, but they were tears of joy.
Shi Heng looked at this heartwarming scene and turned his head to look at Su Niannian beside him.
She had a calm and satisfied smile on her face, and occasionally looked up at me with eyes as gentle as water.
At that moment, Shi Heng felt peace in his heart.
The ordinary warmth with a touch of fireworks that Gu Youran once longed for but ignored by him, went around in circles, crossed life and death and time, and was finally rekindled in his palm, hot and real.
This time, he would never let it go out again.
…
Three days later, in the early morning, Shi Heng and Su Niannian got their marriage certificate.
Shi Heng deliberately chose the Civil Affairs Bureau where he and Gu Youran got their marriage certificate. This decision had been brewing in his mind for a long time.
Su Niannian was wearing a simple white dress and holding her household registration book tightly in her hand.
"Why are your hands so cold?" Shi Heng held her slightly trembling hand and found that even the edge of her household registration book was wrinkled.
Su Niannian looked up at the solemn doorplate of the Civil Affairs Bureau and suddenly chuckled.
"It feels like a dream. Five years ago in the delivery room, I didn't even dare to look forward to the sun tomorrow..."
Shi Heng suddenly knelt on one knee and re-tied her loose shoelaces on the steps.
This action attracted the attention of passers-by, and Su Niannian's ears turned red with embarrassment.
But I heard him whisper: "From now on, I will make you feel that this dream is worth living for a lifetime."
The sound of the stamp falling was exceptionally clear.
The staff member handed over the ID with a smile, "Congratulations, Mr. Shi and Mrs. Shi."
This unfamiliar name made Su Niannian's heart tremble.
She saw Shi Heng taking the marriage certificate, his fingertips gently stroking the column of "Spouse-Su Niannian", and his eyes were incredibly gentle.
After walking out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Shi Heng suddenly picked her up by the waist and spun her around in the morning light.
Su Niannian exclaimed and hugged his neck, hearing his low laugh: "Now, the whole world knows that you are Mrs. Shi."
He whispered against her red earlobe, "Including the girl five years ago who didn't dare to look forward to tomorrow."
…
The news that the two had obtained their marriage certificate spread like wildfire.
That afternoon, a red paper with the word "囍" written by Su Huaishan himself was hung on the lintels of every household in the old street.
Aunt Wang, who sells tofu, brought two plates of fresh tofu pudding, Uncle Zhao from the tailor shop brought hand-sewn mandarin duck pillowcases, and even the old men who always play chess on the street corner pooled their money to buy a pair of gilded candlesticks.
Shi Heng looked at the gifts piled up in the front hall of the clinic and was shocked by this simple enthusiasm.
Su Niannian was squatting down to sort out the free-range eggs sent by her neighbors. "Everyone is really happy for us. The children on this street have all grown up eating food from hundreds of families."
At this time, Uncle Li came in holding a wine jar covered with fresh mud and placed it on the table with a "bang".
"The daughter's red wine was buried ten years ago. Xiuyuan came back from the Magic City last night and came to look for you without even entering the house..."
Shi Heng's heart tightened. It was indeed he who used his connections to transfer Li Xiuyuan to the Magic City for a meeting.
Last night, Li Xiuyuan came angrily, but was stunned when he saw Shi Heng's childhood photo. His eyebrows and eyes were exactly like Mo Mo's now.
"That guy told you to treat Nian Nian and her two daughters well before going to work this morning."
Shi Heng's throat tightened. Uncle Li patted the wine jar and said, "Drink this one first. We can dig up the rest after the children get married."
When he reached the door, he turned around and said with a smile, "Miss Nian Nian, remember to save a glass of wedding wine for the old man."
Looking at the old man's slightly hunched back, Shi Heng felt that this jar of daughter's red wine with the fragrance of soil was filled with the warmest blessings of the old street.
Tao Nianwan almost emptied the children's clothing section of the luxury store.
The day before the wedding, when Shi Heng opened the hotel suite where his parents were staying, he was almost overwhelmed by the bows and packaging boxes that filled the room.
Su Qian was spinning in front of the dressing mirror in a little princess dress studded with rhinestones, while Su Mo was awkwardly pulling at his suit's bow tie.
"Mom, this is too exaggerated." Shi Heng picked out a hairpin inlaid with real diamonds from the pile of gifts.
Tao Nianwan was pinning the fifth crystal hairpin into Su Qian's hair. "My grandchildren from the Shi family...oh, my dear, don't move!"
Su Qian threw herself into Shi Heng's arms and acted coquettishly, "Dad, grandma said I can wear the crown and be a flower girl!"
In comparison, Shi Zhengyang's gift was more popular. He sent someone to buy a whole set of mini baking tools from abroad.
Now Su Mo is seriously using a small scale to weigh powdered sugar, saying that he is going to make a cake for the wedding.
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