Chapter 23 Marriage Registration
Five days later.
Qi Sheng's identity information was officially changed to eighteen years old.
Legally, he is an adult.
Qi Feng specially prepared a coming-of-age ceremony dinner for him, which was scheduled for 6:00 p.m.
It was six o'clock in the morning and it was still dark.
Qi Sheng couldn't wait to pull the sleepy Yu Li out the door.
"Where is this?" Yu Li rubbed his eyes, yawned and swiped clumsily on his phone.
His fingers prodded at the screen, typing crookedly into the search box: Why did Qi Sheng bring me the dome house...
Qi Sheng looked at him in confusion and smiled dotingly. He gently pinched Yu Li's cheek and said, "Don't search. This is the Civil Affairs Bureau."
"Civil? Political? Bureau?"
Yu Li repeated the unfamiliar word word by word and clicked on the picture on the website.
The phone was suddenly taken away.
Qi Sheng leaned one hand on the wall behind him, holding him in his arms, and lowered his voice, "At such a critical moment, you still have the mind to play with your phone?"
Yu Li looked up at him, her eyelashes fluttering. "Are you nervous?"
He poked Qi Sheng's tense chest curiously, "You're jumping around here, like a shrimp."
"You're quite good at using metaphors. These past few days of studying for the college entrance exam weren't in vain."
The next moment, Qi Sheng stuffed his phone into his backpack and grabbed his restless fingers. "I'll give it to you when you get out."
"……oh."
Yu Li doesn’t like playing with mobile phones as much as humans do, so it doesn’t matter if it is taken away.
However, he saw the ice cream shop next to the Civil Affairs Bureau and pointed, "Qi Sheng, I want to eat."
Qi Sheng was pulled by him and leaned forward slightly, "Hehe, there are conditions for wanting to eat."
His voice was filled with seduction as he pulled the mermaid into his arms. "No matter what the staff asks you later, you have to say 'I do'. Got it?"
My little koi, this is a white lie. From now on, my confidence to resist will rely on this marriage certificate.
"Yeah! No problem!"
"Okay, then go buy it."
Yu Li took the initiative to slide into the queue and line up, staring at the flavor labels in front of him, thinking about which one to eat.
By the time it was his turn, Yu Li's entire face was almost pressed against the display counter, and the hot air he exhaled created small white mist on the glass.
"Qi Sheng, look! The pink clouds are strawberry flavored, and the blue clouds are blueberry flavored..."
He turned gracefully, clasped his hands together, and winked, "Can I eat two clouds?"
"No." Qi Sheng flicked his forehead. "Last time, who was the one who had a stomachache in the middle of the night when you secretly ate three ice creams?"
Yu Li pursed his lips and rubbed his forehead.
He tiptoed to Qi Sheng's ear and said, "You buy the strawberry flavor, I buy the blueberry flavor, and then we'll exchange the first bite!"
"Just a little bit, okay? Qi Sheng..."
“…Alright.”
Qi Sheng really bought two ice creams.
Even if he wants to pick stars today, he has to be coaxed into getting the certificate first.
Qi Sheng handed a strawberry-flavored ice cream to Yu Li.
Yu Li opened his mouth and swallowed the wrapping paper.
“…The packaging cannot be eaten.”
Qi Sheng pinched his collagen-filled cheeks and forced him to open his mouth. "Did you eat it all? Did you eat ice cream like this before? "
Yu Li was held motionless by him and nodded slightly, "Mm, delicious."
No wonder you have diarrhea...
So, Qi Sheng stuck out his tongue and licked the edge of the ice cream, and taught him, "You have to eat it this way, understand?"
Pointing to the wrapper, he said, "You can't eat this wrapper."
Yu Li understood instantly, took the ice cream from Qi Sheng's hand, stuck out his tongue with satisfaction, and licked it slowly.
Yeah! I got two ice creams.
Smart mermaids will figure it out on their own.
Actually, I’ve eaten a lot of human ice cream!
Every day after school, the owner of the canteen would give me an ice cream.
Yu Li thought quietly in his heart:
Last time I tried the chocolate crispy ones and got my hands dirty. I absolutely can’t let Qi Sheng know about this…
Yu Li secretly glanced at the person next to him. If he knew, he would definitely nag again, "Don't eat food given by strangers."
Sometimes, humans talk a lot, like a patriarch.
Yu Li stared at the billboard and wrote down the slogan: Every Friday, the second mango flavor is half price, and on Saturdays, buy one get one free of any flavor.
What does this mean?
I must check it out when I get back.
The two entered the Civil Affairs Bureau——
While queuing up to get a number, Yu Li looked around curiously and saw a newlywed couple taking photos in front of the oath-taking platform.
He tugged at Qi Sheng's sleeve. "Why did they suddenly bite each other on the mouth? Is this a necessary step for human marriage?"
"...I guess so." Qi Sheng turned into a good mentor and whispered in Yu Li's ear, "There's a professional term for their behavior, it's called kissing.
"Do you want to learn?" Qi Sheng looked at him with a wicked smile.
Yu Li nodded slowly. He didn't really want to learn because it would make it difficult for him to breathe.
Qi Sheng turned a deaf ear and said, "I'll teach you slowly when I get home."
“…”
Every night, Qi Sheng would bite my mouth.
Do I still need to learn?
Does he want me to bite him on the mouth?
At this time, the staff reminded: "Newcomer No. 520, come over to register."
Qi Sheng pulled Yu Li to the processing window.
Following the marriage procedures, the staff member smiled and asked, "Excuse me, are you two getting married voluntarily?"
"Of course!" Qi Sheng answered immediately.
Yu Li thought seriously for a few seconds, then asked with a bit of confusion, "Would it be any different if it wasn't voluntary?
The staff member's expression instantly became serious. "If you don't want to do this voluntarily, you can come back another day."
Qi Sheng quickly explained: "He was joking! We are here to get married today."
In fact, as a major general of the Federal Empire, Qi Sheng did not need to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau in person to register his marriage, as he had the authority of his military rank.
Simply submit an application within the military system and the federal marriage registration system will automatically complete the entry of spouse information.
However, Qi Feng will discover it during the review process and will definitely stop them.
Yu Li didn't quite understand and changed the subject, "It's voluntary, but... I don't quite understand what marriage is all about..."
Qi Sheng quickly covered Yu Li's mouth and said to the staff: "My wife just came back from abroad, and her Chinese is not very good..."
"I see."
The staff nodded and continued the process, "Please show both parties' IDs."
Qi Sheng was prepared and took out two ID cards from the folder.
The photo of Yu Li was specially made by him through his connections. Yu Li in the photo was smiling brightly and didn't look like a mermaid at all.
"Okay, the registration has been approved. Please go to the next door to take pictures."
The staff directed them to the waiting area in front.
After a few minutes, it was their turn.
In the photo studio, the photographer asked the two to get closer and instructed, "The groom can put his arm around the bride's waist... Hey? Who of you is the bride?"
Qi Sheng pointed his finger to the right.
Yu Li pointed his finger to the left.
Then they looked at each other.
"I'm the groom!" Qi Sheng declared hastily, "I'm the alpha, so I must be the groom. What's with that look in your eyes, photographer?"
Photographer: "Sorry, sorry, interspecies marriages between humans are complicated..."
He saw that Qi Sheng was someone he wasn't going to mess with, and said, "Come closer, I'll take a picture."
Qi Sheng held Yu Li's head, and their heads were pressed together.
Qi Sheng smiled, showing eight neat teeth, while Yu Li kept smiling in confusion.
Snap——
A wedding photo is completed in an instant.
Qi Sheng was wearing a white shirt and a red textured tie, which made him look very energetic. He put one hand on Yu Li's waist, fearing that this unstable mermaid would fall in front of the camera.
Yu Li wore a shiny little crown on his long golden hair, and his tasseled shawl swayed gently with his movements, reflecting tiny rays of light under the lamplight.
He wasn't very good at posing, his body leaning forward slightly, his fingers unconsciously tugging at the corner of Qi Sheng's clothes, like a nervous little animal, full of curiosity about the culture of the human world.
Yu Li leaned close to Qi Sheng's ear, and he still carried the sweet aroma of ice cream. "Qi Sheng, you are the groom, and I am the bride... But what exactly is a bride?"
Qi Sheng suddenly hooked his waist and pulled him into his arms, stroking the sensitive scales on his waist with his thumb, and lowered his voice so that no one else could hear.
"It's just... the little fool who gets wet by me every night."
"But I'm a moist mermaid every day. Without moisture, I'd turn into a salted fish..."
"Even if you become a salted fish, I still have a way to make you wet..."
It seems that the only way to seduce fish from other places is to learn more. Fortunately, I am a thick-skinned gentleman, otherwise, if such a pure little fish falls into someone's hands, who can resist doing something...
At this time, the staff handed them a statement: "Please read it carefully and sign it if you have no objection."
Yu Li took the document and read it carefully word by word.
"From this day forward, for better or worse, for richer or poorer... until death do us part..."
Yu Li became worried and said, "Qi Sheng, why should I chant the spell?"
"This isn't a spell..."
Patting his head, he said, "These are our wedding vows. We should treat them as our life declaration and recite them every day."
Qi Sheng explained in a low voice, "It means that no matter what happens, we will be together."
Qi Sheng rubbed the place where he had just slapped, "Don't be afraid, I will protect you."
Yu Li suddenly asked, "What if I turned into a shell? Will you still be with me?"
Qi Sheng was amused by his nonsensical question and gently scratched the tip of his nose with his hand. "What if you turned into a shell~~~~~"
He deliberately drew out his tone, "I'll just put you in my pocket and take you to meetings every day."
Yu Li's eyes suddenly lit up, "Really?"
But he suddenly thought of something and shook his head anxiously: "No, no, meetings are so boring, I'll fall asleep in my pocket!"
"Then put it under the pillow?"
Qi Sheng suppressed his laughter and continued to tease him, "This way you can hear my breathing every night, it's so hypnotic."
"But what if you roll over and crush me?"
He shook his head, considering the image. "Shells are fragile and will get crushed."
Qi Sheng: "Then I will buy you a crystal fish tank filled with pearls and corals and put it on my desk so that I can watch you every minute."
"It seems good..."
Yu Li seemed very satisfied with Qi Sheng's answer. He gripped the pen tightly and signed his name on the document.
Qi Sheng regarded these nonsensical questions as a small test from his wife.
Mr. Qi Sheng and Mr. Yu Li.
Marriage registration successful.
There is a newlywed couple in the Saar Federation Empire.
…
In the evening, Qi Sheng followed Qi Feng to meet many big names in the political and business circles.
Everyone present could see that Qi Sheng was in high spirits today.
Everyone thinks that this young man has a promising future and unlimited prospects.
But what Qi Sheng was thinking about was how to make Yu Li remember his virginity for the rest of his life.
Regarding this matter, he felt that he had to consult Zhai Wenxi.
Zhai Wenxi drank a little too much tonight, and when Qi Sheng called him out alone, he could no longer walk steadily.
"It's not... my coming-of-age ceremony. Why are you so drunk?"
Zhai Wenxi waved his hands and said, "It's okay. I've been unlucky lately, damn..."
If I hadn't told tales.
My uncle wouldn't have been sent to the hospital because of my crazy brother!
Alas... How could my uncle, such a good man, raise someone worse than an animal...
"I might have been possessed by some bad luck lately, so I don't want to get involved in other people's affairs."
Zhai Wenxi was too embarrassed to tell Qi Sheng about the affairs of Zhai Siran and Zhai Xun, as it would damage the family reputation if he told anyone.
"What's wrong with you?"
Qi Sheng felt that he was a little strange today. He was just about to talk about getting his marriage certificate with Yu Li.
Zhai Wenxi said in advance, "By the way, please take some time to check out the red phosphorus mermaid. Should you secretly transfer it to Bai Chuan's seller, or handle it privately yourself? You decide..."
Zhai Wenxi patted Qi Sheng's shoulder and said, "I have a headache. I'll go back first."
“???” What happened to him?
Before leaving, Zhai Wenxi stuffed a door card into Qi Sheng's hand and said, "There are people on duty there 24 hours a day. If it's not convenient for you, go there in the early morning."
"Well, go back and have some rest. Tell me if you have anything."
At this time, Yu Li slid out of the banquet hall, followed by Bai Chuan.
You came just in time.
He was just about to make the news that his wife was Yu Li public before the dinner was over.
They came to the empty box.
"Look at this." Bai Chuan pushed the phone in front of Qi Sheng. On the screen was a screenshot of the registration record from the Civil Affairs Bureau.
He tapped his fingertips on the table. "Only ten hours into adulthood, and already your status is 'married'?"
His tone was so calm that no emotion could be detected.
Qi Sheng almost instinctively protected Yu Li behind him, and the mermaid clutched the corner of his clothes helplessly.
"Brother Bo."
Qi Sheng looked him straight in the eyes and said firmly, "If the Civil Affairs Bureau opens in the early morning, I will take him to register as soon as he becomes an adult."
There was silence in the private room for a moment.
Bai Chuan crossed his arms, his eyes wandering between the two of them: "So, you plan to announce the marriage tonight?"
"Yes." Qi Sheng straightened his back, his military epaulettes gleaming coldly under the light. "I never regret anything I do."
Bai Chuan smiled and didn't seem angry at all because of Qi Sheng's ridiculous behavior.
"You should marry someone you truly love, and your future life will be happy. I know this better than anyone else.
But you shouldn’t hide it from me, because we will always be a family.”
…
After the party, they returned home.
"My little carp~" Qi Sheng observed Yu Li's reaction.
"Forehead."
Yu Li was still thinking about their conversation just now, and some of the words were difficult to understand.
Qi Sheng pulled out a dark velvet box from his pocket, with his usual smirk on his face, "Wife, this is for you."
Until the box was opened, a pearl ring was revealed. The pearl was of excellent quality and had a faint blue halo under the light.
Yu Li's eyes suddenly lit up. He reached out to touch it, then retracted his hand and asked in a low voice, "...for me?"
Qi Sheng raised his eyebrows and teased him deliberately, "Well, I remember you like shiny things very much."
"But..." Yu Li pinched his fingers.
Suddenly he turned around and ran to the bathroom, rummaging around for a while.
After a long while, he hurried back and spread out a piece of scales glowing red on his palm.
"Here, for you."
Qi Sheng was stunned: "...your scales?!"
Qi Sheng quickly pulled off the moisturizing fabric wrapped around him and said anxiously, "Why are you picking your scales for no reason? Where are you picking? Does it hurt?"
"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt." Yu Li's ears turned slightly red. "Mermaids shed their scales several times in their lifetime. This one is the most beautiful among the ones that will fall off soon. I'm giving it to you as a gift."
He grabbed Qi Sheng's hand and placed the scale solemnly in his palm, "From now on, if you are in danger, it will protect you."
Qi Sheng stared at the scale and his throat suddenly felt a little tight.
"Wife~" Qi Sheng cried bitterly and hugged the mermaid, "You are so good to me. I am so lucky to marry you."
"...Is your house on fire?" Yu Li looked at him with a frown.
"Well, I'm on fire."
He lowered his voice and asked, "You gave me scales. Does that mean you like me very, very, very much?"
Yu Li's face flushed instantly, and she stammered, "No, it's because you gave me the pearl. Mermaids can't owe humans a gift..."
Before he could finish his words, Qi Sheng had already lowered his head and kissed him.
The pearl ring rolled onto the carpet, but the scales were tightly grasped in his palm...
Yu Li's breathing became disordered due to the kiss, and she grabbed Qi Sheng's collar.
Qi Sheng's lips moved from the corner of his mouth to his earlobe and bit it lightly. "You finally belong to me."
"Qi Sheng..." His voice trembled, "I am not yours, I am my own."
"Hush." Qi Sheng chuckled, his fingertips sliding down his waistline, "Tonight, I'll exercise with you and try the moves from the movie."
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