Chapter 148 Cherry, I've come to marry you...
Chapter 148
Xu Wenjun was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He did not agree, but just silently clutched the list of single people.
The organization has started a general survey of single men, and there will also be matchmaking events.
He didn't speak.
Political Commissar Xiao comforted him, saying, "There are plenty of fish in the sea, why are you so hung up on Comrade Ye, this crooked tree?"
Xu Wenjun's affection for Ye Yingtao was so widespread that everyone in the Harbin garrison knew about it.
But almost five years have passed; even a stone would have warmed up by now, yet there's still no sign of Ye Yingtao making a move.
How could Xu Wenjun not be heartbroken?
"Let me think about it."
Political Commissar Xiao patted him on the shoulder, "What are you thinking about? If I were you, I would go even if you didn't want to."
At this point, he said meaningfully, "Wenjun, if you don't start a fierce fire, how will you know if the other party will get anxious?"
"If you keep burning this fire and the other party doesn't react at all, then it's right for you to change your mind and marry someone else."
"Wenjun, one shouldn't be too stubborn."
This is advice given by Political Commissar Xiao, who has been through it all.
Xu Wenjun stood there, staring at the north wind outside the window; no one knew what he was thinking.
However, Commissar Xiao's words did give Xu Wenjun some inspiration, so much so that he immediately agreed to the blind date.
So much so that Xu Wenjun had just arrived at the matchmaking event in the auditorium when Ye Yingtao came running over, panting.
She blocked Xu Wenjun's path, her face pale. "Xu Wenjun, are you here for a blind date?"
Actually, Xu Wenjun was already happy when he saw Ye Yingtao come to find him, but he didn't show it.
He simply gave a curt "hmm".
This made Ye Yingtao feel uneasy. Xu Wenjun had been chasing after her for four years, and he was always the one pursuing her.
This is the first time I've been this cold.
Ye Yingtao hesitated for a moment, then took a deep breath. "Come with me, Xu Wenjun."
Xu Wenjun looked up at her, "Where are we going?"
Ye Yingtao: "Come with me, let's get married."
She reached for Xu Wenjun's hand, but he didn't move. He looked into Ye Yingtao's eyes and said, "If you don't like me, don't force yourself."
Ye Yingtao answered without hesitation, "I like it."
“I have a rural household registration, not the urban household registration you prefer.”
Ye Yingtao gritted her teeth, "It doesn't matter, I'll take you, no matter if you're fat or thin, from the countryside or the city, I'll take you."
As soon as she said that, Ye Yingtao had to admit that the light in Xu Wenjun's eyes was so bright that it almost blinded her.
"Are you coming or not?"
Ye Yingtao asked him, "Are you going to the wedding or not?"
It's clear that she's really going all in this time.
In fact, Ye Yingtao had already given this answer, but she hadn't made a decision until today when Meng Yingying gave her a strong dose of medicine, making her realize her true feelings.
Xu Wenjun's decision to go on a blind date was another powerful catalyst, which is why Ye Yingtao was so decisive and went straight to marriage.
Xu Wenjun remained silent.
Ye Yingtao took another step forward and reached out her hand, "We're getting married, are you coming?"
Xu Wenjun shamelessly reached out his hand; he would have been stupid to hesitate for even a second.
God knows how long he had been waiting for this day.
Ye Yingtao was taken aback when Xu Wenjun deftly handed her the hand. "Let's go."
"Go and apply for a marriage certificate. Once you've applied for the certificate, go and get your marriage certificate."
Xu Wenjun's marriage report was already in Commissar Xiao's hands, so when Xu Wenjun brought Ye Yingtao to see Commissar Xiao...
Political Commissar Xiao was not surprised at all. He took out the marriage report that he had prepared in advance from the drawer and wrote the word "agree" on the spot.
"Take it."
This surprised Ye Yingtao, because marriage reports here at the garrison are usually printed on the spot, right?
How come Xu Wenjun's marriage application was approved on the spot? He approved it without even writing it down.
Political Commissar Xiao looked at Ye Yingtao and asked, "Comrade Ye is very curious, how come the marriage application was approved so quickly?"
Ye Yingtao hummed in agreement.
"Xu Wenjun prepared this marriage certificate four years ago, and he has been waiting for your consent."
No one expected that this wait would last for more than four years.
Hearing this, Ye Yingtao felt a pang of sadness and turned to look at Xu Wenjun.
Xu Wenjun chuckled foolishly, "I've been prepared for a long time. Cherry, I can't help it if you keep refusing to agree."
"Fool."
Ye Yingtao said softly, and Xu Wenjun wasn't angry at all. On the contrary, he was very happy. "If I weren't stupid, how could I have married you?"
Everyone says Ye Yingtao is shrewd and calculating, always striving to be the best, but only Xu Wenjun knows that's not true.
Ye Yingtao is too insecure. She always wants to be the best, but she has no one to rely on and no one can help her.
She had no other choice but to scheme for herself.
Xu Wenjun felt pity, heartache, and affection precisely because he understood these things.
He left the office with the marriage certificate in his hand.
Ye Yingtao glanced back and suddenly asked Xu Wenjun, "What would you have done if I hadn't come to find you this time?"
Xu Wenjun looked into her eyes. "Do you want to hear the truth?"
Ye Yingtao hummed in agreement.
Xu Wenjun: "Then I will never get married in this lifetime."
"Didn't you go on a blind date or social event before?" Ye Yingtao didn't quite believe it.
"Ye Yingtao, didn't you check the list? My name wasn't even on the blind date list. I never intended to go on a blind date in the first place."
The person he liked from beginning to end was only Ye Yingtao.
Upon hearing this, Ye Yingtao felt a pang of sadness. "Xu Wenjun—"
She didn't understand her own flaws. Why was Xu Wenjun so stubborn?
"Cherry, do you know?"
"Um?"
“When I first joined the army, the cultural troupe was performing a welcoming dance on stage, and you were standing on that stage, shining brightly.”
"Later, I was ridiculed in public for walking with my feet in the wrong direction, and you were the only one who came down and hugged me."
"Ye Yingtao, I swore I would marry you from that moment on."
At that time, Xu Wenjun was just an ordinary person. He was just a small grain of sand in the team, not strong enough and not physically strong enough.
Xu Wenjun then desperately climbed up and up until he reached the instructor's position.
He didn't have the courage. He watched Ye Yingtao frantically searching for a marriage partner, starting with Qi Changming and then moving on to himself.
Xu Wenjun wasn't actually waiting for five years, but for many five-year periods.
Ye Yingtao was stunned. She turned to look at Xu Wenjun and asked, "When?"
She has absolutely no recollection of it.
Xu Wenjun took her hand, turned around and smiled. He had a pair of tiger teeth, and when he smiled like that, he looked no different from a college student.
In addition, the job of an instructor is inherently more refined and gentle.
Therefore, he looks very fair-skinned and delicate.
"It's the day we welcome the new students."
Ye Yingtao really couldn't remember; their performing arts troupe had performed the New Year's dance too many times.
“I cried because people were laughing at me for walking on the wrong feet. You came up and not only hugged me, but you also pointed your finger at all those people who were laughing at me and cursed them.”
When he recalled what happened back then, Xu Wenjun's eyes still shone with a hint of light. He turned to look at Ye Yingtao and said, "Yingtao, you have no idea how wonderful you were back then."
For Xu Wenjun, who was thin and in poor health, Ye Yingtao at that moment was the best person he had ever met in his life.
Ye Yingtao recalled carefully, "Weren't you wearing that military uniform back then? It was way too big for you."
"yes."
When she remembered, Xu Wenjun was pleasantly surprised. "I was only seventeen when I joined the army. I hadn't fully grown up yet, so even the smallest clothes were a bit big on me. Many people laughed at me for being a woman."
This is why he was publicly ridiculed at the welcome party.
At that time, Xu Wenjun truly felt that he was out of place in the stationed team. That day was the darkest day since he joined the army.
But on that day he met Ye Yingtao again.
That day seemed exceptionally bright again.
Xu Wenjun had imagined his wedding with Ye Yingtao countless times, but he never expected that on his wedding day, Ye Yingtao would be the one to invite him!
The meanings here are completely different.
Even after receiving the marriage certificate, Xu Wenjun still felt a bit unreal. "Cherry, am I dreaming?"
Ye Yingtao raised her hand and pinched his arm.
Xu Wenjun chuckled foolishly, "It hurts a little."
Ye Yingtao glared at him, "You idiot."
After obtaining the marriage certificate, she began to settle scores, asking, "Why didn't you come to see me for half a month?"
Not seeing Xu Wenjun for half a month finally made Ye Yingtao completely panic.
Xu Wenjun held the marriage certificate and looked at it over and over again, then looked up and smiled brightly, "I'm sick."
"It was particularly bad for the first two weeks. I was worried about infecting you, so I refrained from visiting you for two weeks."
In that instant, Ye Yingtao almost exploded. She chased after Xu Wenjun, "Xu Wenjun, tell me again, you haven't come to see me for half a month because you're sick, not because you're going to give up on me?"
Upon hearing this, Xu Wenjun, who had been running away, suddenly stopped and let Ye Yingtao hit him. After a while, he said sadly, "Yingtao, I will not give up on you."
"If you still refuse me, I will choose to leave the military."
"My mother once asked me, 'What will I do if I don't marry you?'"
At this point, Xu Wenjun suddenly looked up into Ye Yingtao's eyes. Ye Yingtao, who was usually bold, did not dare to look Xu Wenjun in the eye. She looked down and looked around, but dared not look at Xu Wenjun.
When Xu Wenjun saw this, he laughed and laughed for a while before saying, "I'm saying, if Xu Wenjun can't marry Ye Yingtao in this lifetime, then he won't marry her."
It's perfectly fine to live a single life.
He had ever seen the best, the most dazzling cherry blossoms.
After that, he would never be interested in any other lesbians, nor would he marry any other lesbians.
Upon hearing this, Ye Yingtao suddenly burst into tears, large tears streaming down her face. "Xu Wenjun, I'm sorry."
"I'm so sorry for all these years."
Seeing her cry, Xu Wenjun came over and wiped away her tears. "Cherry, you did nothing wrong to me."
"I feel guilty and ashamed that I failed to meet your expectations."
Ye Yingtao's criteria for choosing a partner from beginning to end were always city dwellers.
And it just so happens that he wasn't from the city.
Do you regret it?
"What?"
Ye Yingtao went to see him with red, tear-filled eyes.
Xu Wenjun: "I'm not from the city, and I don't meet your requirements, yet you married me, married a countryman. Do you regret it?"
Ye Yingtao glared at him. "What do you think?"
"Xu Wenjun, if you ask such stupid questions again, I'll smash your head in."
"I've already registered our marriage, do you think I would regret it?"
At this moment, Ye Yingtao dared to look him in the eye. "Xu Wenjun, my condition for marriage was indeed that I needed a city household registration from the beginning, but if it were you—" she paused, her tone serious, "then relaxing the conditions wouldn't be out of the question."
She should have said that four years ago, but she's too indecisive and hesitant.
I've been putting it off until now.
Xu Wenjun's eyes lit up instantly, just like a dog's. "What if I retire from the military and go back to my hometown?"
Ye Yingtao said fiercely, "Then I'll go back to your hometown with you."
"You farm the land, I'll raise pigs. I refuse to believe that we living people can be killed by holding our pee!"
Upon hearing this, Xu Wenjun finally felt relieved. He stepped forward and gently hugged Ye Yingtao, saying, "Yingtao, I've been waiting for this day for so long."
Everyone says he pursued Ye Yingtao for almost five years, but that's not actually the case.
He had liked Ye Yingtao from the day he enlisted in the army, which was September 13, 1967.
It took him six years to go from being one of the worst-performing soldiers in the garrison, one who was always on the verge of being laid off.
Only after he became an instructor did he have the opportunity to catch Ye Yingtao's eye and pursue her.
It took him another four years, eleven months, and nine days to finally marry Ye Yingtao.
Ye Yingtao knew none of this.
*
When Ye Yingtao presented the marriage certificate to Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu, both of them were shocked. "What is this?"
Meng Yingying found it somewhat unbelievable.
Lin Qiu was the same.
Marriage certificate.
Ye Yingtao waved her marriage certificate, displaying it completely in front of Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu.
Whose is it?
Meng Yingying asked subconsciously, actually quite afraid that this person was not Xu Wenjun, but a soldier that Ye Yingtao had randomly grabbed in the garrison to escape reality.
Ye Yingtao glared at her resentfully, "Who else could it be but Xu Wenjun?"
Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu exchanged a glance. "Why did you suddenly agree?"
When asked this question, Ye Yingtao didn't know what to say. She stammered, "I just agreed."
This is not like a cherry blossom.
Because Ye Yingtao is usually very arrogant and shrewish.
Meng Yingying didn't believe it, and neither did Lin Qiu.
"Didn't you say Xu Wenjun went to a blind date event today? Did you snatch her away from the blind date event and drag her to get a marriage certificate?"
At this point, Ye Yingtao said resentfully, "This guy is trying to provoke me, just to lure me into a trap."
Seeing that Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu were still a little confused, Ye Yingtao blurted out, "He didn't go to the matchmaking event, he didn't even submit his own matchmaking list. He just went to the matchmaking event, stood at the entrance of the hall looking depressed, and then had someone tell me that he went on a matchmaking event today."
"And then you went to the door, snatched her away, and forced her to get the marriage certificate?"
Meng Yingying was incredulous.
Ye Yingtao rubbed her hands together. "I didn't know that at the time. I really thought he was going on a blind date with someone else, so I got anxious."
"Unexpectedly, this person used a retreat as a tactic to turn the tables on me."
After hearing this, Meng Yingying's gaze softened instantly. "Cherry, you should be secretly happy. Xu Wenjun has been waiting for you for almost five years."
"Cherry, how many five-year periods does a person have in their lifetime? The important thing is that after Xu Wenjun waited for you for five years, he not only did not give up, but also wanted to take it a step further."
"Grab him."
Ye Yingtao didn't speak, but nodded gently, "I know."
Lin Qiu sighed, "I even said I was faster than you, but I never expected that you would be faster than me in the end."
She and Chen Shuisheng were still worried about applying for a house.
She then asked, "Have you and Xu Wenjun successfully applied for the house?"
Ye Yingtao shook her head. "I don't know."
"Where will you live after you get married?"
Lin Qiu was surprised.
Ye Yingtao smiled and said, "Whatever. If he retires from the army, I'll go home with him to farm. If he doesn't retire and stays at the military base, we'll stay in the family compound. If he can't get a house, we can just rent a place outside."
This change in mindset shocked not only Meng Yingying, but also Lin Qiu.
"No, you didn't think that way before."
I was fighting tooth and nail for a city residency permit.
Ye Yingtao murmured, "I wasn't fighting to the death for a city household registration. At that time, I felt that a city household registration could save my life in a critical moment."
“If Xu Wenjun had a city household registration, he could return to the city after his military service, find a job in the city, and his children could also have city household registration. Even our house, our home, could be in the city.”
“Yingying, Lin Qiu, do you still think this is just a matter of household registration? No, this concerns the rest of your lives.”
Ye Yingtao desperately escaped from the countryside. She used to hate the countryside the most, and she would never go back to that cannibalistic place in her life.
She hesitated and struggled for five years.
In the end, she still chose Xu Wenjun.
"How did you come to this conclusion?" Meng Yingying asked, puzzled.
They all knew that staying here was Ye Yingtao's unwavering belief. This belief sustained her for many years; even under such difficult circumstances, she never gave up and stubbornly remained with the performing arts troupe.
Ye Yingtao smiled. "It's not that I've figured it out, but I suddenly realized that I'll never meet someone as sincere to me as Xu Wenjun in my life. If I were to go back to the countryside with him, it wouldn't be impossible, but it can only be him. If it's someone else, my conditions will remain the same, and I will never change them."
However, this person is Xu Wenjun.
Ye Yingtao was willing to go against her original intentions and give up her obsession.
After hearing this, Meng Yingying couldn't help but go forward and hug Ye Yingtao.
For the first time, Ye Yingtao, a shrewd, ambitious, and profit-driven woman, compromised for someone.
"Congratulations, Cherry."
Meng Yingying didn't know if Ye Yingtao's choice was right, but she thought that many years later Ye Yingtao would definitely not regret it.
Because this was a choice she made after enduring for almost five years.
Ye Yingtao and Xu Wenjun's wedding was a grand affair, which was of course Xu Wenjun's idea.
He applied for a house in the family compound and decorated the house little by little to suit Ye Yingtao's taste.
They invited Qi Donghan, Zhou Jingsong, Gao Chunyang, and Chen Shuisheng to help knock on the door and welcome the bride.
Ye Yingtao got married from the cultural troupe dormitory. Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu were definitely present on her wedding day.
In addition, Team Leader Fang and Coach Zhao also came in person.
Let's see how this troublesome troublemaker from their performing arts troupe has finally gotten married.
Therefore, Director Fang personally combed Ye Yingtao's hair, saying, "You are the one I am most worried about among the more than twenty female comrades in the art troupe."
Ye Yingtao looked up and saw Commander Fang in the mirror.
Commander Fang then said, "You have a competitive and ambitious nature, or to put it bluntly, you like to climb the social ladder. Cherry, but you need to know that you are a smart person. Aren't all those who manage to get ahead and climb to the top smart people?"
Upon hearing this, Ye Yingtao clenched her hands. "So, is this why you've refused my requests to introduce you to potential partners all these years?"
Commander Fang nodded and said, "I've advised you before to cherish the people around you."
Fortunately, the final result wasn't bad.
Ye Yingtao thought for a moment, and instead of feeling disappointed, she felt somewhat fortunate. "It's a good thing you always rejected me back then, otherwise I would have really missed out on Xu Wenjun completely."
If Commander Fang really introduces her to someone from a well-off family, both parents working, and even in-laws who are leaders.
If the man is roughly the same type, she might actually agree.
After all, she is Ye Yingtao.
He is notorious for his love of marrying into wealth and status.
Commander Fang hadn't expected her to be so carefree, so he tapped her forehead, "Not climbing anymore?"
Ye Yingtao shook her head, her eyes, which always seemed calculating, now showing a rare hint of sincerity. "I won't go for it. It'll be my Xu Wenjun."
Meng Yingying and Lin Qiu both laughed and teased along.
"Tsk tsk tsk."
"It's Xu Wenjun from our family."
"Should we make it even more cheesy?"
Ye Yingtao raised her eyebrows. "What? Isn't Commander Qi from your family, Meng Yingying? And Chen Shuisheng, isn't he from your family, Lin Qiu?"
"How dare you laugh at me?"
She stood up with her hands on her hips, "I'm going to say that Xu Wenjun belongs to my family, to me, Ye Yingtao!"
The sound was so loud that it could be heard outside the door.
Xu Wenjun, dressed in a military uniform with a flower pinned to his chest, grinned from ear to ear upon hearing this. He turned to Gao Chunyang smugly and said, "Did you hear that? Ye Yingtao said I belong to her family."
Gao Chunyang had previously mocked him, saying he had no backbone.
Ye Yingtao called him to go get their marriage certificate, so he went, even running away from the blind date.
Gao Chunyang didn't say anything. Looking at Xu Wenjun's smiling face and smug expression, he had to admit that he was a little envious.
Xu Wenjun likes cherry blossoms.
I've liked it since the day I enlisted.
He waited for so many years, and finally stood before Ye Yingtao.
Xu Wenjun pushed open the dormitory door himself. He looked at Ye Yingtao, who was also wearing a military uniform, and grinned, "Yingtao, I've come to marry you."
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Author's Note: Xu Wenjun and Ye Yingtao's story should be a tale of unrequited love blossoming into reality, haha.
Cherry wasn't perfect, and neither was Xu Wenjun, but they were destined to be together.
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