Chapter 149 "A Marriage Token for the Wife."
Looking at her red eyes, Huaijun's voice was soft but firm.
"The rules of the deep sea, the most loyal promise, must be proven with the heart scale and the blood of the heart. My wife, you deserve the best."
He didn't say how painful it was to remove the heart-protecting scales, nor did he say that he almost fainted when taking the blood from his heart. He just felt that being able to give her the most precious thing was enough.
He picked up the necklace and carefully put it around the back of her neck and tied it for her.
The scarlet pearls pressed against her chest, separated from her heartbeat by a thin layer of fabric, as if two hearts were echoing each other.
——It belongs to him and his wife.
He couldn't help but circle around Sheng Ran a few times. The sunlight fell on him, and the mermaid's unique silver-blue fish tail swayed in the water, shining with light, like a vivid painting.
Sheng Ran looked at his figure and felt both warm and distressed.
She raised her hand and brushed the water plants around her.
The greenness at the fingertips gently surged, causing the originally dark green water plants to instantly bloom into tiny white flowers, stretching their petals in the water, adding a bit of vitality to the ceremony.
Huai Jun picked up the necklace with only shells and no pearls and handed it to Sheng Ran, with a hint of expectation in his eyes: "Wife, can you help me put it on?"
Sheng Ran nodded, took the necklace, stood on tiptoe, and gently tied the necklace around his neck.
The colorful shells stuck to his chest looked particularly beautiful against his silver-blue scales.
Does this count as exchanging rings? Sheng Ran's cheeks flushed as she recalled modern wedding ceremonies.
The next step is kissing.
She took the initiative to kiss Huaijun's lips, and she kissed him innocently and attentively.
Huai Jun was caught off guard by his wife's initiative. His heart was pounding. He suddenly took a deep breath and his eyes became extremely serious.
Facing the deep sea that nurtured him, Huai Jun slowly spoke:
"I, Huaijun, a deep-sea mermaid, today use water as witness, my tears as betrothal gift, and my blood and sweat as covenant to enter into a marriage contract with Sheng Ran."
"From now on, whether on land or underwater, in good times or bad, I will use my water and sound abilities to protect her and stay by her side."
"If one day I betray you, I wish the undercurrents of the deep sea would devour me, my heart would dry up with blood, and I would never be reincarnated."
His voice spread through the water, carrying a firm oath, and even the surrounding water elements seemed to be infected, causing gentle ripples.
Sheng Ran looked at his serious eyes, and when she heard the last sentence, she hurriedly covered Huai Jun's mouth.
These beastly husbands always love to swear vicious oaths. Do they really take their own bodies seriously?
Sheng Ran moved her lips and wanted to respond, but no sound came out.
The shock she received in the misty forest had not completely dissipated, and her ability to express herself had regressed. At this moment, she had thousands of words in her heart, but she could only convey them with her eyes.
Huaijun was not in a hurry, but just looked at her patiently and attentively.
He was no longer worried about what his wife's answer would be, because he knew that Sheng Ran would never reject him again.
What's more, if he wants to listen, he always has his own way.
Huai Jun held Sheng Ran's face and was about to repeat the same trick, but finally heard Sheng Ran's voice.
She took a deep breath, thought for a long time, and seemed to use all her strength to utter a slow but clear sentence:
"I...I do."
He expected his wife's answer to be these three words, but the moment he actually heard them, Huaijun's heart still trembled violently.
These three short words made Huaijun's eyes instantly red.
That’s not all. Sheng Ran looked into her eyes carefully and added word by word, “I… love you.”
Huai Jun looked at his wife in front of him in astonishment, and there seemed to be a glimmer of light flashing in his eyes.
"Wife, did I hear it right?" His voice almost trembled, surrounded by unprecedented surprise and happiness.
Huaijun continued, "I love you too, deeply in love with every part of you. I, Huaijun, will be your most loyal and dedicated believer in this world."
He hugged Sheng Ran tightly, and his tail gently wrapped around her legs, as if to confirm this hard-earned promise.
The surrounding fish seemed to sense their joy and gathered around them, swimming around them and forming a colorful circle.
Sheng Ran leaned in his arms and took out a small square box from the inner pocket of her clothes. This was a gift she had prepared a long time ago.
She opened the box and inside was a fishtail pendant carved from jade.
The jade was the warm jade she found in the treasure shop in Yuhua City.
Warm and transparent, the carved fish tail is lifelike.
Most importantly, there's a real scale embedded inside.
"This is..." Huai Jun asked in disbelief.
He was very familiar with the pattern, smell and color of this scale.
It's clearly his own.
Where did the wife collect it from?
Huaijun's brain raced before he figured out what was going on.
Before he awakened his sound ability, he usually used the sharp scales on his body as weapons in order to protect his wife.
After pulling it out, it disappeared into the melee.
Could it be that afterward, the wife cleaned up the scene, groping bit by bit in the mess, and finally found those inconspicuous, fingernail-sized scales?
Huai Jun took the pendant, gently stroked the cold scales with his fingertips, and his eyes turned slightly red.
This pendant glows with a soft white light under the deep-sea fluorescence, and every part of it is filled with delicate luster.
He stared at Sheng Ran with a slightly flickering gaze, and received her gentle gaze back and quiet nod, as if getting her confirmation.
Yes, everything was just as he thought.
Huaijun's voice gradually choked: "My dear wife...thank you for your gift."
"I love so much."
The warmth of the jade came through my fingertips, warmer than the warm current in the deep sea.
He held the pendant tightly in his palm and placed it against the wound on his chest, as if this would allow her feelings to protect his heart.
Before leaving the deep sea, Sheng Ran picked a lot of mild and neutral aquatic plants.
She applied the medicine to Huaijun carefully.
She could feel the wound on his chest slowly healing. On the way back, she couldn't help but touch it from time to time, fearing that he would be in pain again.
Huaijun felt hot and uncomfortable because of these soft and boneless little hands.
"Wife, you are torturing me like this."
Sheng Ran bumped into his lustful eyes, and finally realized that something was wrong a little late. With her ears red, she withdrew her hand and let him hold it quietly.
Seeing the beastly husbands waiting by the river from afar, Ling Rui was the first to rush over. Just as he was about to call out "Wife Master", his eyes fell on the necklace around Sheng Ran's neck.
The light blue pearls strung with crimson beads glowed with a strange light in the sun, so beautiful that one couldn't take their eyes off it.
"What is this? A pearl necklace?" Ling Rui came closer and reached out to touch it, but Huai Jun calmly pushed him away.
Huai Jun protected Sheng Ran behind him, and said with a subtle possessiveness in his tone: "A marriage token for my wife."
"A marriage token?" Ling Rui's eyes widened instantly. "Not only did you hold the ceremony secretly, but you also gave such a valuable gift?"
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