Chapter 66: All this has already had an impact. Holding your hand, and...
An unexpected typhoon blew off a section of the roof of the seaside church, and the flower arch was left with only a few leaves. It was the peak wedding season, and all decent venues were fully booked.
Their wedding was finally held in their own yard, with a makeshift setting that was as eccentric as Jiang Ziyi’s train of thought:
The lawn where Robert usually played around turned into a sea of blue hyacinths; the tents in the camp were linked together by star lights, the silhouettes of flying birds and schools of fish surrounded the undulating Roman columns, and a stuffed bear in a suit was sitting by the fence...
Jiang Ziyi and Gu Zhi walked hand in hand along the feather-strewn path - Robert bit the string of the ring pillow.
The two were so nervous that they could not hear the drum beats of the Wedding March. They walked faster and faster under the gaze of their relatives and friends. Robert, wearing a small bow tie, followed behind with his head shaking. He became the most stable person in the family.
"I do." Jiang Ziyi answered when the host asked Gu Zhi "Are you willing to make her your wife?"
She slapped her forehead in annoyance.
"I would like to too." Gu Zhi turned his body to the side and smiled for a while, then said seriously.
During the ring exchange session, the wind picked up. To prevent anything from falling to the ground, they tacitly reached out to hold Jiang Ziyi's veil.
As soon as Gu Zhi's fingertips touched the wedding ring that he had personally put on her, the meaning of his action became unclear.
He tucked her messy hair behind her ear and slowly moved his fingers down.
The MC added a timely aside so that he didn't kiss her without permission.
When Gu Zhi was reciting the oath, the balloons blown away by the wind just happened to float into the sky, and Jiang Ziyi raised his head happily——
——It’s a mess now, so let’s drink it while it’s hot.
"As a perfectionist," Gu Zhi folded the prepared manuscript in half, "frankly speaking, every detail of this wedding did not meet my expectations."
Jiang Ziyi hid his hands behind his back and quietly released the last balloon wrapped around Robert's tail. Gu Zhi pretended not to see it.
"But no accident can destroy the beauty of this moment."
A Mao is not called A Mao: In fact, the final effect is quite romantic
Koukoubei: It's just too far away from plan A.
Amao is not called Amao: Please ask Macabaka to return the daytime fireworks, the nebula ceiling, the puppy band and the winged carriage free of charge!
Koukoubei: But these surprising parts... Jiang Ziyi is not aware of them, right?
Ah Mao is not Ah Mao: That’s right, it seems I need to change my thinking…
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"I haven't slept yet?" Jiang Ziyi suddenly opened his eyes.
"It's just half past six." Gu Zhi started counting her eyelashes from the beginning.
Jiang Ziyi muttered something and buried her face in the quilt, like a crepe with a sweet filling. Gu Zhi took her in his arms.
After more than ten minutes, the crust fell apart.
The frizzy hair ends were combed out little by little, and Jiang Ziyi's bad mood after waking up disappeared. She yawned like a sneeze and started studying the schedule in advance.
The activity funds earned yesterday were still considerable when distributed among each group of couples. They can choose any three entertainment projects on the island to experience.
The list of activities is divided into several major categories, such as water sports, relaxation and leisure, and entertainment performances. They are sorted in alphabetical order and are accompanied by brief descriptions and comments... It looks a bit stubborn.
"What did you say?" Jiang Ziyi shouted while standing on the deck, her arms stretched straight out, swaying left and right with the rise and fall of the waves.
Gu Zhi held her waist with one hand and pretended to hold the steering wheel with his other hand.
This was asking Jiang Ziyi whether he wanted to go to the cabin and steer the ship.
"Great!" Jiang Ziyi happily saluted.
The sunlight was becoming increasingly dazzling. She searched for her sunglasses in Gu Zhi's backpack but pulled out a small square box instead.
Jiang Ziyi silently zipped up his zipper and pretended nothing had happened.
...Oh my god, this is the sixth one.
Considering the "regret card" she got, is Gu Zhi planning to re-enact the proposal? It made sense, after all, she had already discovered the ring before he even took it out.
"Looking for sunglasses, right? They're in the outermost pocket." Gu Zhi showed her his entire back.
Jiang Ziyi now just wanted to grab his shoulders and shake him hard: Couldn't you hide the ring more carefully? How did I find you again?
With such a rare probability, one can still be trapped in a maze.
Forget it, she would just pretend she didn't know. Jiang Ziyi looked around secretly.
The cameramen's lenses were mostly focused on Yu Huating, who was looking for a place to cast his fishing rod along the yacht's railing. He had been fishing from the ice hole to the sea, and "not coming back empty-handed" had become his obsession, so he even used his second-to-last veto vote to force Du Xiaofang to go out to sea.
Poor students have a lot of stationery, so Director Yu even used a fish-finding radar this time.
While no one was paying attention, Jiang Ziyi put on his sunglasses and went downstairs with Gu Zhi.
"Drive slower--" Du Xiaofang, who felt she was in good health and had not taken seasickness medicine in advance, said weakly while leaning back in her chair.
Under the captain's guidance, Jiang Ziyi drove the yacht towards the waters where there were many fish, humming a pirate song softly.
White foam clustered at the bow, and the sea water on both sides seemed to be clearing the way for her. Amidst the surging emotions, Jiang Ziyi discovered that Gu Zhi behind her was rather quiet. She turned around carefully and found that Gu Zhi was recording a video.
"The brave pirate captain led us around the dangerous waters full of reefs, and the legendary treasure was right in front of us..." He seemed to be narrating an epic adventure.
"First mate!" Jiang Ziyi waved his hand.
"Here!" Gu Zhi responded loudly.
“Prepare for battle!”
The two men who were too addicted to acting were quickly kicked out of the cab.
[You two young lovers are too arrogant to act like pirates in front of the real captain]
[Jiang Ziyi: Enjoy your own spiritual world
Gu Zhi: Enjoy Jiang Ziyi's spiritual world]
[Seeking Gu Zhi’s camera perspective]
[Ziyi seemed to be expecting something when he turned around just now]
[I think she was relieved? ]
[Yu Huating finally caught a fish! Congratulations]
[With this density of fish, you can catch two just by scooping up a handful]
[Du Xiaofang, please go to the main account to speak]
The group was shaken badly by the yacht. Yu Huating walked out of the dock carrying a palm-sized fish, as proud as a primitive man carrying a bear back to the tribe.
Luo Pan was practicing surfing. Her posture was unfamiliar and she would fall into the sea every few waves. She spent most of her time lying on the board.
Luo Pan tried to stand up again and again. Once she mustered up the courage, she had endless strength.
As Du Xiaofang watched, she also decided to rent a skateboard. Yu Huating placed his fish next to a small rock and took pictures at a tricky angle for a long time.
Jiang Ziyi was also interested in surfing, but she accidentally caught a glimpse of a peculiarly shaped water gun on the top shelf of the souvenir shop.
The boss wiped the dust off the surface of the gun and demonstrated its power to her: it could fire continuously, it had a flame lamp, and the barrel could rotate, it was simply a Gatling gun.
Jiang Ziyi carried a gun and shot everywhere, and no member of the program team was spared. A group of children who loved playing with water guns followed her admiringly, and they became an evil army on the beach.
The leader of the evil army was finally won over by Gu Zhi with an ice cream. His shirt was soaked, water was dripping from his chin, his eyes were wet, and he looked so pitiful no matter how you looked at him.
"...Did you secretly run under the faucet to rinse it?" Jiang Ziyi remembered that he was not that cruel.
But she still wrapped his head with a bath towel and rubbed it a few times like a puppy.
Gu Zhi's hair color was originally very dark and the texture was also relatively hard. After being soaked in water, it looked like a mass of pitch-black thorns, forming a contrast with his gentle eyebrows and eyes, giving him a unique sense of brokenness.
He bent down cooperatively, still holding her ice cream in his hand.
By the time Jiang Ziyi reacted, she had completely forgotten about Gatling.
The next stop for the couple was the oceanarium. In the cave-like deep corridors, silvery-white jellyfish dragged their long tentacles, like a group of beautiful wandering ghosts.
Jiang Ziyi stood in front of the aquarium for a long time. Just as she was about to take a step forward, Gu Zhi half-knelt down and said, "Wait."
Is it time to take out the ring? Jiang Ziyi's breathing couldn't help but quicken.
In the end, Gu Zhi just tied a knot in her loosened shoelaces.
What a great opportunity, indeed! Jiang Ziyi bit the tip of the ice cream cone into pieces.
Going up along the underwater escalator, a giant transparent pool comes into view. At first glance, there is not a single fish in it, only deep blue that is as deep as the bottom of the water.
A huge, pale figure dived into the water, its forehead puffed up and its expression seemed to be smiling...
Jiang Ziyi took a breath and subconsciously reached out to grab Gu Zhi's arm. Her movements became smaller and smaller, and in the end she just pulled open the buttons of his sleeves.
Gu Zhi buttoned his sleeves without knowing why.
The beluga whale waved its short, round pectoral fins and put its curved mouth close to the glass.
"It's saying hello!" The tourists moved closer to the pool.
Jiang Ziyi was stuck in the path of the white whale. She turned her back stiffly and moved to the other end of the pool like a crab.
Gu Zhi studied her for a moment: "Are you scared?"
"No," Jiang Ziyi said, stiffening his neck, "I just think its grin is annoying."
He said he was not afraid, but his hair was standing on end. Gu Zhi couldn't help laughing.
Jiang Ziyi went to the aquarium during his elementary school spring outing. It was the first time he saw a beluga whale and he curiously put his face against the glass.
The white whale looked her up and down for a while, then suddenly opened its mouth wide, revealing its thin, densely packed teeth and its dark mouth—and then swam away as if nothing had happened.
How could there be such an evil creature!
After many years, Gu Zhi finally unlocked a new weakness of Jiang Ziyi.
He leaned his elbow into her bosom, satisfied that she held it firmly.
"Oh, so embarrassing." Jiang Ziyi walked around in front of the counter selling beluga dolls.
She's so cute that Gu Zhi wants to play a trick on her.
By chance, a little kid pulled away the penguin pillow that was placed in the middle, and the furry forehead of the white whale came towards them. Jiang Ziyi was so scared that he jumped onto Gu Zhi.
In full view of everyone, she hugged his neck shamefully.
Gu Zhi put the doll back in its place, and Jiang Ziyi's feet also returned to the ground.
"Don't say a word." She warned with a blushing face.
Gu Zhi didn't say anything, but just looked at her meaningfully.
"Forget it, forget it!" Jiang Ziyi waved a shark tail casually, trying to perform the great memory disappearance technique.
[Holding the shark but afraid of the white whale, so cute]
[I want to report Gu Zhi for secretly pushing down the white whale doll on top of the cabinet! ]
[The frightened cat jumped into the arms of the culprit]
[The cat is good and the fox is bad! ]
[Gu Zhi promised to forget it, but he looked like he was going to remember it for the rest of his life.]
In the evening, Jiang Ziyi and Gu Zhi boarded a hot air balloon. In the orange sunset, the entire island was in sight.
During this trip, they experienced sunrise and sunset, spanned winter and summer, and saw snow-capped mountains and the sea.
From a reckless quarrel to an unguarded embrace, it seemed as if a lifetime was long and could be condensed into a kiss.
A brilliant arc of light stayed above Gu Zhi's head, and his outline was redrawn by the sun, as if it was pasted under the sky.
Jiang Ziyi wanted to touch him to feel if he was still there, but as soon as she stretched out her hand, it was held back. Gu Zhi was confirming the same thing.
He first held her entire hand in his palm until the temperature of their skin became the same, then he inserted his five fingers into her fingers and hooked her little finger.
The subtext of this set of actions is very obvious, and the emotions are repeatedly progressive: I am here - I love you - you are not allowed to run away.
The advantage of being able to communicate with each other's minds is that many things don't need to be said out loud.
Language is only the most superficial expression.
As the light changed, Gu Zhi's facial features without blind spots became deeper in the shadows.
Jiang Ziyi was gradually overwhelmed by the beauty, and she would agree to whatever he said now.
Gu Zhi let go of her hand and unzipped his backpack in front of her.
Is it so direct? It’s not impossible.
He pulled out a coat and handed it to her, then put his bag back on.
Jiang Ziyi searched the pockets on both sides, but found they were empty.
"Are you hungry?" Gu Zhi stuffed the biscuits he had prepared in advance into her hands.
Go to your telepathic connection! Jiang Ziyi stomped his feet angrily.
The hot air balloon was about to touch the ground, but Gu Zhi still had no intention of taking out the ring box.
What went wrong? Jiang Ziyi couldn't understand.
Did he spend all his savings to buy an extremely expensive ring, and then regret it and want to return it?
Or maybe Mao Yuanzhan recommended an extremely strange style and he was worried that he wouldn’t like it?
To be on the safe side, Jiang Ziyi decided to open it and take a look first.
On the way back to the hotel to meet up, she used the excuse of getting her sunglasses to take out the small black velvet box under the cover of her coat.
"What are you doing?" Gu Zhi asked suddenly.
Who wears sunglasses so late at night?
Jiang Ziyi's hand slipped again, and the box rolled all the way to his feet.
"What is this?" She had to take the initiative.
"It's the ring box," Gu Zhi said calmly, "I was worried about the water activities today, so I wanted to pack the wedding ring."
"..." Jiang Ziyi's face turned red instantly. She had been being self-indulgent all day!
Gu Zhi had indeed ordered a new ring and planned to give it to Jiang Ziyi on their wedding anniversary. He hid it very carefully this time, and there was no way she would find out in advance.
Regretfully, the card was about to expire, so Gu Zhi crossed out "hot air balloon" from his list.
Unfortunately, he has not yet found out Jiang Ziyi’s regret.
The fireworks prepared last night were quite good, but he kissed her for too long and missed most of it.
He added several things that he had not done with Jiang Ziyi to the list of activities. As a result, she was dragged by Du Xiaofang to go on a yacht, and her energy was spent on driving the boat and shooting water guns. It was only after his repeated hints that she chose to ride a hot air balloon.
It doesn’t matter, they still have plenty of time, Gu Zhi said to himself.
Jiang Ziyi, who was feeling embarrassed, opened the ring box with a "click". It was not completely empty. A black rubber band that could be seen everywhere was lying in the middle of the box.
“……”Now it was Gu Zhi’s turn to blush.
"Do you remember the last time we met before I went abroad?" He lowered his eyes.
The rubber band was in the pocket of the school uniform that Jiang Ziyi returned to him.
"Actually, I've liked you a long time ago." Even after such a long time, Gu Zhi still felt a little embarrassed.
Jiang Ziyi's eyes flickered strangely.
"Me too," she said sleepily.
When she was young, Jiang Ziyi didn't know how to treat Gu Zhi because she was neither used to being loved nor knew how to love others.
It was not until Gu Zhi had been gone for a long time that Jiang Ziyi slowly realized why she could cry on his shoulder even though she no longer shed tears; why her tense nerves were easily broken by his name; and which memory did she rely on to keep warm on the rainy night when she was walking alone.
This painful thorn rooted deep in the past feels more like a setback than a regret.
It turned out that all of this had already had an impact, and Jiang Ziyi's heart was filled with joy.
Gu Zhi stepped onto the stairs very unsteadily. Would he have a chance to show off his mutual crush on his wife in the remaining segments?
Jiang Ziyi also took two steps at a time. She had no regrets at all, but Gu Zhi always felt that the previous wedding was too simple... How about getting married again? By the way, I'll plan a puppy band or something like that as a surprise for him...
The other four guests had already arrived, and Xu Yan looked over at them with a smile.
"Why are you still holding it?" Du Xiaofang teased.
"Hold your hand--" Gu Zhi held Jiang Ziyi's sweaty palm even tighter.
"——Grow old with you." Jiang Ziyi added the second half of the sentence softly.
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