Chapter 69 Chapter 67
"Are you two here to get a marriage license?"
As soon as I stepped into the Civil Affairs Bureau, a middle-aged woman came to greet me warmly.
Her eyes swept between the two of them, and when they finally landed on Shen Zhaoyue, she suddenly smiled so hard that her teeth were showing.
This little girl from the south is so pretty and lovely, she is so pleasing to the eye!
"Yes." Chen Zhaoyue responded sweetly, with a unique soft southern accent.
"Oh, what a perfect match, congratulations!" The eldest sister clapped her hands, and the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes turned into flowers with smile.
She took Shen Zhaoyue's hand affectionately and led her to the hall: "Come, come, come this way!"
She led the two of them to the ID window, not forgetting to look back at the newlyweds: "Have you brought all your documents?"
"I brought them all." Chen Zhaoyue nodded obediently, and saw out of the corner of his eye that Wen Yanxi still had a stern face, and even his lips were tightly stretched.
Her eyes rolled and she suddenly felt playful.
"Uncle~" She deliberately dragged out her voice, her voice so sweet it could drip honey: "Where are our IDs?"
Wen Yanxi took out the household registration booklet that he had kept safely from his pocket and handed it over with quick movements.
The older sister next to him suddenly widened her eyes, her mouth wide open enough to fit an egg: "Uncle...Uncle?!"
She stammered and repeated it, her eyes darting back and forth between the two of them, as if she had witnessed something extraordinary.
The world has really changed, and she can hardly understand it!
The girl in front of me is very pretty and looks like a minor.
Although the man next to him was handsome and tall, he looked to be about 27 or 28 years old.
The older sister felt something was wrong the more she thought about it, and her brows unconsciously furrowed.
"Little girl." She pulled Shen Zhaoyue to her side and asked in a low voice, "Are you an adult?"
Her tone was full of worry, and she subconsciously stood between the two of them, like an old hen protecting her chicks.
Chen Zhaoyue was amused by this sudden protective attitude and laughed, her eyes curved into crescents: "Sister, I'm already eighteen!"
She said as she flipped open her household registration booklet: "Look, I've reached the legal age for marriage!"
The elder sister took the certificate doubtfully and checked it carefully for a while.
She squinted her eyes and looked back and forth between the ID and the two people. After confirming that the age was correct, her brows frowned even more tightly.
"Oh, he's really grown up." She breathed a sigh of relief, then lowered her voice again: "So when you called him uncle just now...?"
The eldest sister hesitated to speak, her eyes full of worry.
Not only is the order of generations messed up, but it is also illegal for close relatives to marry!
Chen Zhaoyue watched Wen Yanxi's expression change from gloomy to bright, and then back to gloomy again, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became increasingly difficult to hide.
She gently tugged at Wen Yanxi's sleeve, signaling him not to be anxious.
"Sister." Chen Zhaoyue smiled sweetly and asked her elder sister to take a closer look at the information on the household registration book: "We are not relatives, this is just a nickname~"
The ending of her voice rose, with the softness unique to southern girls.
Next to her, Wen Yanxi's ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye when he heard her say this.
The eldest sister was stunned for a moment, then quickly took the household registration book and compared it carefully.
After confirming that the two were indeed not related, she suddenly slapped her thigh.
"Oh~~" This sound was drawn out for a long time, and the wrinkles on the eldest sister's face were all smiling: "Young people nowadays really know how to have fun!"
She deftly pulled out the registration form, her movements more enthusiastic than before: "Come on, fill it out."
When handing in the form, she didn't forget to wink at Chen Zhaoyue - this little southern girl is really brave, she likes it!
Wen Yanxi took the pen, his knuckles turning slightly white.
Chen Zhaoyue leaned over to watch him fill out the form, her hair accidentally brushing against his arm, causing the tip of his pen to pause, leaving a small dot of ink on the paper.
"Oh my." Chen Zhaoyue exclaimed in feigned surprise, but her fingertips quietly drew a circle on the back of his hand: "Uncle, are you nervous?"
Wen Yanxi's Adam's apple rolled, and his neck turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye.
He tightened his jaw, but when he started writing again, he used much lighter force, as if he was treating some precious document.
The older sister beside him was so happy that she couldn't help but joked, "Don't be nervous, young man. If you fill it out wrong, we can just change it!"
The more she looked at them, the more she felt that this couple was a perfect match - one was calm and reserved, the other lively and smart, and even filling out a form was so sweet.
Chen Zhaoyue tilted his head to watch Wen Yanxi writing, and suddenly found that even his handwriting was a bit neater than usual, and every stroke was full of solemnity.
Her heart warmed, and she became extra serious when writing, with her handwriting falling neatly on the paper.
After handing in the form and household registration booklet, the staff asked them to wait in the lobby.
"Aren't you going to take pictures?" Chen Zhaoyue sat on the bench, looking left and right, full of doubts about the marriage process in this era.
By modern standards, they should be in a photo studio taking wedding photos and taking vows.
"If you want to take pictures, we can go to the city to take pictures later." Although Wen Yanxi didn't understand what he meant, he had first-class execution ability and immediately proposed a solution.
“No, I…” Chen Zhaoyue opened his mouth, but didn’t know how to explain the differences in this era.
At this moment, the staff called them over to get the certificate.
"Is that all?" Chen Zhaoyue took the thin, award-like marriage certificate and was speechless for a moment.
That’s it?
Without even a red book, she was sent away with just a piece of paper?
She looked down at the simple marriage certificate, then touched her face which she had carefully taken care of over the past few days, and suddenly felt that all her skin care routines over the past few days were in vain.
Wen Yanxi noticed her disappointment and gently held her hand: "What's wrong?"
Chen Zhaoyue looked up and met his focused gaze.
The sunlight shone through the window onto his shoulders, giving him a gentle golden edge.
She suddenly felt relieved!
It doesn’t matter whether there is a red book or whether a photo is taken. What matters is the person standing next to her.
"No." She carefully folded the marriage certificate and smiled slyly: "I just think it's too cheap for you."
Since they have already obtained the certificate, isn't it perfectly legitimate for her to be more aggressive?
Thinking of this, Chen Zhaoyue took advantage of Wen Yanxi's unpreparedness, quickly kissed him on the cheek, and then ran away like a cat that had stolen some fish.
Wen Yanxi stood there in a daze, his ears instantly turning red.
He touched the place where he had been kissed, and it seemed as if the soft touch of Chen Zhaoyue's lips still remained there.
Looking at her back as she ran away like a frightened deer, his stern brows softened unconsciously, and a rare arc appeared at the corner of his mouth.
He carefully folded the thin marriage certificate and placed it solemnly in the pocket inside his military uniform, close to his heart.
The subtle touch of the paper through the fabric made his heart beat faster uncontrollably.
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