During lunch, Gu Zhiyun and Old Man Xu tacitly avoided mentioning the photos.
Gu Zhiyun hesitated for a moment before asking Shen Jingyan about her thoughts on finding her biological parents.
However, he was afraid that he might say something wrong and hurt the girl's feelings, so he remained silent.
Actually, things are fine as they are now, Gu Zhiyun thought. Jingya is living a carefree life and is not depressed because of her parents' situation.
He hoped his little girl would always be bright and cheerful.
Shortly after lunch, Shen Honggang arrived.
Seeing his ashen face, slumped shoulders, and deep sorrow between his brows, Shen Jingyan knew that his divorce from Chen Feng was not going well.
Gu Zhiyun and Old Man Xu tactfully walked away. Although Old Man Xu always mentioned his "granddaughter," he was very mindful of boundaries and never interfered in other people's family affairs.
Shen Jingyan poured Shen Honggang a cup of tea, which Shen Honggang took and then put down.
"Uncle, just say what's wrong. Why are you being so formal with us?"
Shen Jingyan could tell that Shen Honggang was hesitant to speak, as if he had something difficult to say.
Shen Honggang sighed deeply, looking extremely exhausted.
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“Jingya, it’s all your uncle’s fault for being so incompetent. I couldn’t keep an eye on Chen Feng. She tore your household registration information off the household registration book and said she would only return it after a thousand yuan. Your uncle really doesn’t have the money…”
Before he could finish speaking, a look of guilt and embarrassment appeared on Shen Honggang's face.
But Shen Jingyan smiled.
"Uncle, is that all? She tore it up, so what? We can just take the household registration book to the police station's household registration office to get a replacement. Why do we have to spend money to buy it from her?"
Shen Honggang gaped in astonishment: "What did you say? Replacement?"
Shen Jingyan nodded and said, "That's right. When we get to the household registration office, we just say that one page of the household registration book is missing. After the police officer verifies the information, he will immediately issue a replacement. It's not troublesome at all."
Shen Honggang was a simple farmer who had lived a down-to-earth life for half his life. How could he have known that he could directly reissue his lost household registration book?
As for Chen Feng, she tried to be clever, but unfortunately, she failed because of her lack of education.
Shen Honggang slapped his forehead and said, "That's right, how come I couldn't understand such a simple principle?"
Shen Jingyan asked, "Uncle, give me the household registration booklet later. I'll go to the police station this afternoon to get a replacement. Once it's replaced, you can do whatever you want. No matter how capable Chen Feng is, she won't be able to cause any trouble."
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Shen Honggang's expression changed from gloomy to sunny in an instant.
"Okay, I'll go get your household registration book right away!"
Shen Jingyan took her household registration booklet and originally intended to ride a tricycle to town. Coincidentally, the forest farm had a batch of timber to be delivered to town, so Gu Zhiyun took the initiative to take the task and drove Shen Jingyan to town.
The process of re-registering her household registration went very smoothly. Shen Jingyan is now 18 years old and can have her own household registration.
So Shen Jingyan took out her household registration information separately and applied for a new household registration booklet.
As she walked out of the police station's household registration office, she felt very light-hearted, holding her brand-new household registration booklet in her hand, and looking forward to a bright future.
Across from the household registration office is the marriage registration office, with its large, bright red, festive signboard standing out prominently.
Gu Zhiyun suddenly sighed.
"Yun-ge, what's wrong?"
Gu Zhiyun opened Shen Jingyan's household registration book, which only had one page of information and seemed empty.
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"When will we be able to be on the same household registration book?"
He regretted not bringing his household registration booklet with him when he went home this time.
Otherwise, he would have taken the girl to the marriage registration office across the street in no time, taking their relationship to the next level.
Shen Jingyan knew that Gu Zhiyun hadn't brought his household registration booklet, so she deliberately chose to comfort him with nice words: "Brother Yun, if you had brought your household registration booklet, I would be willing to go with you across the street to get the official marriage certificate right now!"
Gu Zhiyun pinched her small nose and said, "Once we get the marriage certificate, we'll be a legally married couple. Then I can move into your room and sleep on the same kang (heated brick bed) with you."
Shen Jingyan blushed deeply, covered her face, and muttered, "Your mind is full of such inappropriate thoughts!"
"A legally married couple must share a bed; that's stipulated by the Marriage Law. How am I being improper?"
For some reason, Shen Jingyan thought of the antique-style wedding room in the system space.
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Back at the forest farm, Shen Jingyan showed Shen Honggang the newly replaced household registration booklet, and Shen Honggang finally felt relieved.
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At this moment, Chen Feng was still smugly dreaming, imagining that Shen Honggang would humbly come to her with a thousand yuan to exchange for her household registration book.
To her surprise, she was met with a self-righteous and assertive Shen Honggang.
Upon hearing that Shen Jingyan had gone directly to the police station to reissue her household registration book, Chen Feng and Shen Yuqin were both dumbfounded.
They had no idea that household registration information could be reissued!
Shen Honggang was very firm and dragged Chen Feng to the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Chen Feng refused to get a divorce easily after not receiving the money. She cried and made a scene, attracting the attention of the neighbors who pointed and gossiped about her.
Old Mrs. Chen was a person who cared a lot about her reputation. She was also afraid that if things continued to escalate, Shen Honggang would reveal that he had given her a thousand yuan, and then she would be unable to hide the fact that she had pocketed five hundred yuan. So she also helped Shen Honggang to drag Chen Feng away.
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