Chapter 59 Swan Lake (End of Main Text) A Heart-Fluttering Story...
Cheng Jingyan and Fu Cheng stayed with Jiang Shiyu at his house for the night.
"Brother Yu, you've been pacing around here all night. Save your energy for tomorrow... oh wait, it's past midnight, it's today." Cheng Jingyan had been playing games all night. He saw Jiang Shiyu pacing on the balcony before he even started the game, and Jiang Shiyu was still walking around after he finished.
"I'm nervous," Jiang Shiyu said frankly.
"No, damn it, why are your hands shaking like that?" Cheng Jingyan only then noticed that Jiang Shiyu's hands were shaking so badly, and quickly called Fu Cheng to take a look, "Brother Cheng, look."
Fu Cheng looked over and noticed that Jiang Shiyu's hands were trembling violently. "Brother Yu, why don't you sit down and have some water? Why are you so nervous?"
Jiang Shiyu took the water Fu Cheng handed him, drank two mouthfuls, but it didn't help much.
"Forget it, I can't possibly not be nervous today."
Jiang Shiyu glanced at his watch; it was only past midnight. He wondered what Shen Cen was doing, whether she was having insomnia like him, and whether he should get up and start putting on makeup.
Every second feels like a year.
A little while later, he drew back the curtains to look out the window. The night was still pitch black. He began to look forward to the moment when dawn would break, so that he could set off to pick up Shen Cen.
After peering out the window for a while, he felt time was passing even more slowly, and he became increasingly anxious. He then pulled out their wedding photo album from the drawer and began looking at each picture one by one, even reaching out to touch Shen Cen's face in the photos.
"Oh my god, really? It's only been one day, and you miss your sister-in-law that much?"
Cheng Jingyan was completely stunned. He was someone who changed girlfriends frequently, so he naturally couldn't understand Jiang Shiyu's feelings at this moment. But at the same time, he thought that Jiang Shiyu's ability to love one person from beginning to end was particularly cool.
"Alright, Yu-ge won't listen to anything you say now. He only has eyes for his sister-in-law." Fu Cheng patted Cheng Jingyan's shoulder. "There are still a few hours left. Go to sleep. Yu-ge will definitely wake us up very early tomorrow morning."
As it turned out, Fu Cheng's guess was correct.
Before 6:30 in the morning, Jiang Shiyu shook the two of them awake, not wanting to wait even a moment longer.
"Let's go pick up Xiao Cen."
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Winters in Jingjia are mostly rainy and gloomy, but today the weather is exceptionally sunny. The warm sunshine is baking the earth, releasing the unique woody aroma of winter.
The venue was designed and decorated by a professional team hired by Jiang Shiyu. It was an indoor wedding with the theme of snow-capped mountains, full moon, and crystal. The overall tone was mainly gentle and clean blue and milky white, decorated with many lisianthus and blue hydrangeas, which perfectly matched the winter atmosphere.
The outdoor lawn was also meticulously arranged, with a separate flower wall for today's guests to display their Polaroid photos.
As for the idea of Polaroid cameras, Shen Cen and Jiang Shiyu shared the same idea, as Polaroid cameras were a unique memory for the two of them.
Before the wedding began, Shen Cen, dressed in a plain white fishtail dress, stood at the door with Jiang Shiyu to greet the guests.
Seeing that Shen Cen was dressed lightly, Jiang Shiyu tightly wrapped her hands around his. "Are you cold?"
"I'm not cold." Although she answered like that, she still held Jiang Shiyu's hand in return, and the two intertwined their fingers.
The temperature was already high today, and with Jiang Wanqi applying a whole bunch of heat packs to Shen Cen, it could even be described as warm now.
Jiang Shiyu seemed not to hear Shen Cen's reply and pulled her into his arms, saying, "I won't be cold if I hold you."
“Hey, I said I don’t…”
Before she could finish speaking, Jiang Shiyu stopped her with an unexpected kiss.
"Jiang Shiyu, what are you doing..." She gently bumped her forehead against the man's shoulder, feigning anger and displeasure, "You stole a kiss from me."
Zhou Mingrui had actually been standing there for half a minute. It wouldn't be appropriate to go in directly, and it would be even stranger to retreat to a secluded place. He stood there for a while before Jiang Shiyu noticed him.
"Honey, your colleague is here."
Invitations were also sent to Shen Cen's colleagues at Peking University for this wedding.
"Junior sister."
Zhou Mingrui, who was finally noticed, stepped forward, presented the gift, and shook hands with Jiang Shiyu, saying, "Boss Jiang."
Jiang Shiyu shook hands with him in a similarly polite manner.
Zhou Mingrui's gaze returned to the two of them, but this time it was filled with blessings and admiration. "Junior sister, you look beautiful today. I wish you and Boss Jiang a happy marriage."
Since Shen Cen and Zhou Mingrui confessed to each other in City A, Zhou Mingrui no longer had any unrealistic ideas.
It's perfectly normal for him to have feelings for an outstanding girl like Shen Cen. However, he wouldn't let those feelings become a constraint or a moral blackmail against her. So, when Shen Cen explained that she was already married, he immediately apologized for his actions over the past few days. Afterward, he treated Shen Cen openly and naturally as a junior colleague from the university.
"Thank you, senior. Have a great day too."
Shen Cen smiled and watched Zhou Mingrui go inside, but suddenly felt a tightness around her waist.
"Jiang Shiyu, you're such a stingy person."
She knew that Jiang Shiyu was jealous because he saw her talking to another man, a man who had once had feelings for her. So, as a small punishment, he gently pinched her waist.
"Yes, that's me." Jiang Shiyu raised an eyebrow and admitted it.
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The wedding proceeded step by step according to the established plan. Shen Cen saw Jiang Shiyu, dressed in a suit, walking towards her under the lights, making a solemn promise and saying "I do".
A year ago today, she could never have imagined that a year later she would meet this man, fall in love, and walk down the aisle.
Love seems to be like this: it quietly plants a seed without her knowing, and when she comes to her senses, she is surprised to find that the tree is already full of fruit.
As the music reached its climax, amidst the loudest applause from the audience, the two exchanged rings. In that instant, their eyes were only for each other.
"The last part is the speeches by our bride and groom. Let's start with the groom."
All eyes were on Jiang Shiyu, who pulled a stack of papers out of his pocket.
"Brother Yu, what is this?!" Cheng Jingyan and others in the audience cheered. "Brother Yu, why are you cheating?!"
"This is a letter."
Jiang Shiyu opened the letters one by one. Upon hearing the word "letter," everyone in the room fell silent instantly, and the only sound in the hall was the rustling of the papers turning.
“Chen Cen, ever since I met you, I have written you a handwritten letter every year on your birthday.”
A handwritten letter every year.
Shen Cen covered his mouth in shock, his pupils filled with disbelief.
It turns out that in those missed years, Jiang Shiyu left so many traces of his love for her.
There were many letters, and each one was quite long. Jiang Shiyu selected a few to read.
The last letter was written on Shen Cen's birthday this year, on a flight from New York to Beijing. He spent the dozens of hours on the plane, except for rest and work, writing this letter. After finishing it, he carefully counted the pages and found it was twenty pages long.
By the time the story reached its climax, many people in the audience were already in tears.
Including Chen Cen on stage.
Her hands were trembling as she took the microphone.
"Jiang Shiyu, thank you."
"Actually, I never thought that there would be such a person in the world who would remember every word I said, remember every little habit of mine, and wait for me in obscurity for more than ten years."
"I didn't understand what love was before, and I didn't believe in love. It was your appearance that made me realize that love really exists in the world. It's really like the movies say, a kind of great magic."
"What is love? I've been trying to define it. But the other day, I suddenly realized that this question is actually very simple."
"For me, love is you, Jiang Shiyu."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shiyu finally couldn't hold back and turned his head to wipe away his tears.
"Jiang Shiyu, I'm really grateful for your presence. It's a pity that we missed each other's lives for more than a decade. Well then, it's a promise that we'll walk together on the road ahead."
"Wife, I promise!"
Thunderous applause erupted from the audience. Jiang Shiyu stepped forward and covered Shen Cen's lips with his.
Jiang Wanqi cried so much that her makeup was ruined three times that night. "Waaaaah, why can't I stop crying even though I'm so happy? When will I ever have such a heavenly love?!"
As Fu Cheng handed over the paper, he said, "Yes, if you want it, you can have it now. So—"
Have I met your standards to be your boyfriend lately?
Jiang Wanqi turned her head toward Fu Cheng, gesturing for him to help wipe her tears.
After Fu Cheng finished wiping, Jiang Wanqi proudly raised her head: "Barely passable."
"Does that mean it's passed?"
"yes."
"Okay, girlfriend, after the wedding, can we go on our first date?"
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The first snow of the season fell in Jingjia on the seventh day after the wedding.
Shen Cen excitedly leaned against the glass window and watched for a long time, seeing snowflakes fall on the window, melt, and eventually form a thin layer of frost on the glass, crystal clear.
She ran back to the bedside and shook Jiang Shiyu's shoulder: "Jiang Shiyu, it's snowing!"
The two of them played around until very late last night. Jiang Shiyu was fast asleep at this time, and it took a lot of effort for Shen Cen to shake him awake.
Jiang Shiyu opened his eyes groggily, and the first thing he saw was Shen Cen's bare feet on the ground.
Although the house was heated and had a plush carpet on the floor, Jiang Shiyu was still worried that she would catch a cold.
He lifted Shen Cen horizontally and carried her back to the bed, reaching out to warm her feet. "Why are you walking barefoot? Aren't you afraid of catching a cold?"
Jiang Shiyu's palms were very hot, and Chen Cen's feet instantly felt a hot and itchy sensation. She couldn't help but giggle: "Jiang Shiyu, my body isn't that delicate."
“Teacher Shen, I am now just as familiar with your body as I am with you.”
"Jiang Shiyu, you..."
"Alright, do you want to see the first snow?" Jiang Shiyu couldn't help but touch Shen Cen's cheek. He noticed that Shen Cen had a deep obsession with the first snow.
"Okay!" Shen Cen nodded, his eyes sparkling. "Let's go together."
After breakfast, the snow fell even harder. Shen Cen put on a coat and wanted to go out, but Jiang Shiyu forcibly pulled her back, carefully buttoned all the toggle buttons, and wrapped a thick woolen scarf around her before letting her go.
The two walked hand in hand into the courtyard. Shen Cen tilted her head back, white snowflakes landing on her hair and eyelashes like pearls, making her look like a snow fairy.
"You really like the first snow?" Jiang Shiyu hugged Shen Cen from behind, tightening his arms and holding her close in his embrace.
"Yes, because I heard that when Cupid descends upon winter, there is the first snow. So, lovers who watch the first snow together will grow old together and stay together for life."
As Shen Cen spoke, she turned around, her nose brushing against the man's cheek, and the two smiled at each other.
Jiang Shiyu raised his hand and gently ruffled the woman's hair. The ice crystals on her hair melted into cool water droplets in his hand. He had no doubt about this romantic story: "Yes, Cupid will surely bless us too."
"Then let's make a wish." Jiang Shiyu held the woman's hands, his expression as devout as if he were praying to a god.
"Then I hope that I can be with Jiang Shiyu forever and ever!"
"I hope I can be with Shen Cen forever and ever!"
The snow fell even harder, landing on the rooftops and the ground, as if trying to transform the entire Jingjia area into a silver-clad fairytale world.
The cold wind is playing a symphony of love in winter.
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We met again in spring, became entangled in summer, fell in love in autumn, and grew deeply in love in winter.
They will spend every season of the rest of their lives together.
What will next spring be like? We have no idea.
But the stories that touch the heart never truly end.
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Author's Note: The main story has come to an end. Thank you for your company~ [droopy-eared rabbit head] There are still a few super sweet side stories waiting for you!
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