Chapter 88
When He Tong and Ye Yuze returned to the villa again, the newly added small attic on the roof had been completed.
Following the design they chose, a large picture window was cut into the sloping roof. The space wasn't too large, only about 30 square meters, and the floor was completely covered in wooden flooring. A large waterbed sat directly beneath the picture window, with a small side table beside it. There was also a small wardrobe, two beanbags, and a small table in front of the floor-to-ceiling window. Of course, there was also a bathroom, with a small picture window above the bathtub.
After returning from the crew, He Tong rested for a night to regain his energy. The next day after breakfast, he took Ye Yuze to the attic to check.
He Tong walked around the room and felt very satisfied. He pulled Ye Yuze to lie down on the water bed and looked at the flowing clouds in the blue sky above.
As he watched, he suddenly turned his head and kissed Ye Yuze on the cheek: "Shall we sleep upstairs tonight?"
Ye Yuze turned around and kissed her back: "Then you'll have to move some things upstairs first. The closet and bathroom are empty, so you can't just move in."
He Tong chuckled and said, "No problem, leave it to me."
Ye Yuze asked again, "Do you want to go back to school? Have you decided on a supervisor for your graduation thesis?"
"No, I've already discussed this with Professor Mu," He Tong replied lazily. "The topic has been decided, and I can submit the proposal this week."
Seeing that he already had plans, Ye Yuze didn't ask any more questions and changed the subject. "I asked my aunt about it, and she recommended a resort village. The cherry blossoms there are in full bloom in mid-to-late April. We can stay there for half a month."
"It sounds good. But there won't be too many people, right? Will we be watched?" He Tong was a little worried.
Ye Yuze chuckled. "The resort my aunt is going to is definitely a quiet place. The courtyards are far apart, so you might not run into other people. You might encounter some if you go up the mountain, but it shouldn't be to the point where you'll be surrounded by people."
He Tong touched his nose and said, "I've been with you for so many years, but I'm still not used to the way rich people think..."
Ye Yuze touched foreheads with him. "There's still a lot of time to go... Besides, I can think of things that you can't think of. My aunt also said that there are cherry blossoms in the yard. If you're too lazy to go out, you can just enjoy the flowers in the yard."
He Tongyi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "It's in the yard, so can we go under the cherry tree..."
He tried to imagine cherry blossom petals falling on Ye Yuze's smooth back...
Ye Yuze coughed lightly and turned away: "Not during the day..."
Oh, that’s possible at night, it would be nice to enjoy the cherry blossoms at night - He Tong carefully wrote it down in the little notebook in his mind.
Ye Yuze's gaze moved around, and finally fell back on He Tong's face: "Do you want to have a wedding?"
He Tong collected his wandering thoughts and couldn't help but kiss Ye Yuze again: "I'm fine with anything. If you want to do it, we'll do it. If you don't want to do it, forget it."
He Tong knew Ye Yuze didn't like crowds, and he hadn't considered a wedding himself. In his mind, last year's long vacation was essentially a trip for them to get married, and they were just going through the legal procedures this year.
Thinking of this, He Tong smiled a little embarrassedly and said, "However, when we were traveling last year, my second brother complained several times in the family group. My two uncles, aunts, and my eldest aunt seemed to have assumed that we were already married. During the Chinese New Year, they even gave me a red envelope for changing my name. I guess they forgot that I wasn't old enough yet."
When Ye Yuze mentioned this, he couldn't help but laugh: "Then let's not bother too much. Traveling to get married is great. It's quiet and relaxing."
"From now on, let's take some time off every year to go on vacation as a wedding anniversary."
As we were chatting, there was a knock on the door.
The two of them sat up from the bed, and He Tong called out "Come in".
Uncle Zou pushed open the door and walked in with a smile: "How is it? Are you satisfied with the attic?"
"That must be because I'm very satisfied." He Tong replied with a smile, "Uncle Zou, you are very thorough in your work. We don't have to worry about anything at all."
Uncle Zou handed the two documents to the two of them, then sat down on a lazy sofa and said, "Boss Jin just called and wanted to ask if you could participate in the first episode of Zhilei's original reality show."
He Tong flipped through the pages with great interest: "Zhi Lei has finally decided to launch an original reality show?"
Zhilei has introduced several reality shows before, and the data feedback has been good. However, it must be painful to pay a large amount of copyright fees for each episode. Now it is finally going to try to create its own original works.
Uncle Zou nodded and said, "Yes, the theme is our country's traditional culture. The filming time for the first season is expected to be from mid-August to the end of September. President Jin certainly hopes that you can be the permanent guests of the first season. If it is not convenient, then you can be the flying guests of the first episode. The current theme of the first episode is opera."
He Tong was a little regretful: "The time conflicted with 'Dream Travel 2', so we could only participate in the first episode. Next time, let him tell his second brother earlier so that he can free up his schedule."
"Okay, I'll talk to him. The main thing is that the board of directors hadn't given any definite information, and then suddenly decided to do it and urged them to get started quickly. Besides, neither of you has participated in a reality show, and you've only been on variety shows twice. He's a little unsure of what you mean."
"This is our own business after all, so of course we have to support it."
Uncle Zou laughed and stood up: "Then I won't disturb you guys to rest. Remember to go downstairs to eat lunch at noon."
Watching him open the door and leave, He Tong sighed, "It seems that Uncle Zou is very happy working at Zhilei. Fortunately, he is helping me, otherwise you would be so tired."
Uncle Zou previously said that he was the Fang family’s steward, but he had actually been helping Fang Jingmin when he started his business. Later, he also held a position in Qiming and held shares in Qiming.
After the Ye family's misfortune, he came to take care of the two children. Initially, he was the one who managed Zhilei's affairs before handing them over to Ye Yuze. Ye Yuze didn't care to intervene, so he often kept an eye on her from the side. Now, as Ye Yuze's official agent, he was finally able to participate in Zhilei's affairs.
Ye Yuze sighed lightly: "I told him that I wanted to give him some shares. But he said that he was alone and would pass the shares back to me when he went to see my grandfather in the future, so I didn't have to bother."
He Tong listened, smiled, turned sideways, lifted the man onto his lap, and patted him on the back: "Then we are Uncle Zou's children, and we will take care of him in his old age and see him to the end of his life."
"Yeah." Ye Yuze nodded in He Tong's arms.
What Ye Yuze didn't know was that in He Tong's previous life, Uncle Zou felt very guilty about him being hit by a car. He Tong had seen Uncle Zou looking depressed several times when he was carrying people on his back.
He Tong recalled that in his previous life, after Ye Yuze passed away, Uncle Zou aged ten years overnight... Fortunately, that nightmare was over. Now Ye Yuze was in his arms, and Uncle Zou was full of energy every day.
Ye Yuze felt He Tong's arms tightening, and he struggled unconsciously: "He Tong?"
He Tong regained consciousness, hugged the person and fell onto the waterbed, rubbing his face against Ye Yuze: "What should I do? I don't feel like going downstairs for lunch..."
Ye Yuze couldn't help but laugh, and moved from him to the bed next to him: "Hold it in until you clean up this place."
He Tong followed closely and said, "Give me a kiss first, to satisfy my craving..."
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He Tong loved the water bed in the attic very much. During the time when he stayed at home to rest while writing his thesis, he would drag Ye Yuze up there to spend a night every now and then.
The only drawback is that the air in Yancheng is particularly bad in spring. Even though this is in the suburbs, you can't see the beautiful starry sky and can only enjoy the hazy moonlight occasionally.
Time slowly entered April. He Tong counted the days every day and waited anxiously for his birthday. Finally, it came.
He had made an appointment for a special channel with the Civil Affairs Bureau early on, and was so excited that he got up early in the morning.
Ye Yuze, who couldn't sleep because of his noise, had no choice but to get up too. He said speechlessly: "You already have an appointment, and you don't have to queue, so why are you getting up so early?"
He Tong pushed Ye Yuze into the bathroom and urged him to wash up: "I called Xiaoyu and Aya to come over and do our makeup and hair. It will take some time."
As he spoke, he bent down and kissed the person on the cheek: "Although we are naturally beautiful, we still have to be alert when taking pictures. The photo on the marriage certificate will be seen for the rest of our lives."
The two people who got up early went through a lot of trouble and then arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau on time.
The process of getting the certificate went smoothly, except that it took some time to wait for the photo. About an hour later, the two of them came out with the red certificate.
As soon as He Yitong got into the car, he pulled Ye Yuze and gave him a light kiss: "Finally, we've been upgraded from boyfriend to husband. Let me give you a stamp of approval."
Ye Yuze couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips: "The staff were all shocked by you. You couldn't wait to get married on your 22nd birthday."
He Tong hummed complacently, then asked, "Shall I take you home first?"
The two had agreed before that they would report to their parents after getting the certificate. He Tong planned to send Ye Yuze home and then go to the cemetery.
Ye Yuze shook his head: "I'll go with you."
He Tong frowned instantly: "It's okay?"
Ye Yuze smiled at him gently: "It's okay as long as you are here with me."
Although He Tong was still a little worried, he didn't say anything more and just asked the driver to drive directly to the cemetery.
The cemetery was deserted in mid-April. The two of them left no one to follow them. He Tong walked ahead, a bucket in one hand, while Ye Yuze followed half a step behind him, holding flowers in one hand and offerings in the other.
When they arrived at the grave of their parents, He Tong first secretly glanced at Ye Yuze's face. Not finding anything unusual, he put down the bucket, rolled up his sleeves and began to scrub the tombstone.
He had just come to pay homage during the Qingming Festival, so the tombstone was not very dirty and it was cleaned spotlessly in a short time.
Ye Yuze also put down the offerings and walked forward to place the bouquets in front of the four tombstones.
As soon as he stood up, He Tong hugged him from behind.
"Dads and moms, Yuze and I are here to see you."
He Tong whispered, and pulled Ye Yuze's left hand forward with his left hand - since the holiday, their rings have been returned to their ring fingers.
He Tong continued, "During Qingming Festival, I said we would register today. Now that we are legally married, I have changed my mind. Don't worry, we will live happily together forever."
Although Ye Yuze didn't say anything, the tense expression on his face relaxed a lot.
He Tong held him and stood quietly for a while before letting him go to light incense and candles.
The two men first lit incense on the four tablets, and then squatted down to burn paper money.
Finally, Ye Yuze took out two printouts of his marriage certificate from his pocket and placed them on the fire.
He Tong said softly, "This is what we just received today. Let's burn it for you to see and make you happy."
The dancing tongues of fire slowly licked the two pictures.
Ye Yuze didn't release his fingers until his hands could no longer hold it, letting the remaining corners fall into the bucket.
Just then, a gust of wind blew by, carrying the paper ashes towards the two of them.
He Tong quickly raised his hand to protect Ye Yuze's face.
The wind soon died down.
He Tong observed for a moment, making sure Ye Yuze wasn't blinded by the dust, and said with a smile, "They say when you burn something and the wind blows the dust toward you, it means the people down below have received something. This means our parents have seen our marriage certificate and are happy."
Ye Yuze looked at him: "Really?"
"It must be." He Tong leaned over and kissed him on the lips.
After the incense and candles burned out, He Tong pulled out the pole and put it into the bucket, then stacked the two buckets together and lifted them up. With the other hand, he took Ye Yuze's hand, and they slowly walked down the steps together.
They walked in silence all the way to the foot of the mountain. Ye Yuze looked back at the direction of the four tombstones, then looked at He Tong: "I will come with you to sweep the tombs in the future."
He Tong looked at him gently: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
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