Registering for marriage wasn’t as complicated as they had thought. The staff asked about their preferences and basic information, had them fill out forms, sign their nas, and press their fingerprints.
Following the staff’s instructions step by step.
Jiang Cuo and Jiang Jiu were both dumbfounded. Honestly, it was rare to see him so well-behaved.
The staff wanted to take their photo, and he just sat there quietly, even the poses he took with his hands were just right.
"You two can get a bit closer, and you can smile please, no need to be so serious."
Not everyone’s a celebrity; facing cara flashes, it’s natural for ordinary people to feel nervous.
Tang Wan moved a bit closer to him, and the photographer said with a smile, "Relax a bit; back don’t blink."
The photos were processed quickly. The staff quickly cut them out and pasted them onto the marriage certificates, stamped them, and in no ti, two warm red booklets lay in front of them.
"Congratulations—"
When both of their nas appeared on the sa booklet and they touched it, reality finally set in.
"Thank you." Jiang Jinsang thanked her.
"No problem, after finishing with you guys, we can close for the day." They had only seen them on TV before, especially the rumors about Jiang Jinsang in Beijing, which were nurous. eting them in reality, he was gentle and polite, showing none of the airs of a noble son.
They couldn’t resist secretly taking a few photos of the good-looking couple.
"Thank you, for your trouble," Jiang Jinsang thanked the staff multiple tis before he and Tang Wan left.
Only when they got into the car and Tang Wan was caressing the red booklet did she feel that everything had indeed happened.
"...still daydreaming?"
Jiang Jinsang felt thrilled, thinking:
Wow, life has reached its climax.
"It all feels a bit unreal." Tang Wan bit her lip and turned to look at Jiang Jinsang, "Is it really that simple?"
Jiang Jinsang leaned over and pecked her on the lips, "How about now? Does it feel real?"
"It still feels a bit... hmm—"
Soone was excited and naturally kissed her urgently. The car was very quiet.
The two people sitting in the front exchanged looks; this was awkward. Should they get out of the car, or just keep their heads down and pretend to be dead?
**
Hexi, Qihu Mountain Villa
After buying a few things at the shopping mall, it was dark by the ti they arrived. Jiang Yanting looked at his brother with a cold face, "You said you were going to do sothing serious, and to call back. Where’s your phone?"
"Sorry, I was too busy," Jiang Jinsang said with a smile.
"Second uncle!" Taotao ran out and hugged his leg, then shouted to Tang Wan, "Second aunt!"
"Why buy anything, co in quickly," Shen Zhixian invited them into the house, "Let’s talk while we eat."
Cold dishes were already placed on the dining table. Tang Wan felt embarrassed; she had wanted to co early to help, not realizing Shen Zhixian had already prepared everything alone. "Wait for , I’ll serve the dishes."
"Sister-in-law, let help," Tang Wan said, putting down her bag and heading to the kitchen.
Jiang Yanting glanced at Jiang Jinsang, who was distributing gifts to Jiangjiang and Taotao, "You seem to be in a good mood today."
"Not bad."
"You were quite morose the past few days. You’re better now?" Soone had previously seed like frostbitten eggplants, all wilted.
"There wasn’t really anything wrong."
Since Jiang Yanting isn’t much of a talker and saw he was in a good mood, he didn’t ask further, and they all sat down to eat. Jiang Jinsang didn’t drink, but Tang Wan had a couple of glasses.
Jiang Jinsang was picking fish bones for the two children and looked casually at Shen Zhixian sitting across from him, "Sister-in-law, is everything settled with the Xie Family?"
"Yeah, all settled."
Shen Zhixian recently managed affairs concerning properties with the Xie Family. Although they didn’t divide half of the properties, there were quite a few assets to transition, which took a lot of ti.
With the Xie Family, the situation was different from transferring personal property; it involved Xie Company, which was inevitably more complicated.
This one transaction was one thing; when Shen Zhixian got married, the Xie Family naturally would prepare a generous dowry.
But Xie was cautious, insisting that the properties be clearly transferred before permitting Shen Zhixian and Jiang Yanting to register their marriage. This was not necessarily a precaution against Jiang Yanting but rather to ensure all properties would end up under Shen Zhixian’s na, giving her more security.
Jiang Yanting also understood his aning, thus he didn’t bring up marriage registration until the property transaction was clear.
Everything had been settled today, and he could focus on organizing the wedding, which was why they had invited them for dinner.
"So, when are you planning the wedding celebration?" Tang Wan asked with a smile.
"We plan to register first," Jiang Yanting stated bluntly.
"Then we’ll go to the university where we studied, take wedding photos, and also take the two children out for a bit; we’ve been too busy recently to spend ti with them."
"As for the event, the elder Xie wants it to be grand, so it might take so ti to prepare."
Shen Zhixian was indifferent about the wedding type; it was Jiang Yanting who insisted, and since Xie strongly demanded a grand wedding, she just went along.
"Chinese style or Western style?" Tang Wan pursued.
"I haven’t thought about that yet," Shen Zhixian said with a smile.
...
Jiang Yanting usually spoke in a cold and sharp manner, but this ti, when he talked about preparing for the wedding, even his voice softened a bit.
"Xiaowu, you’re already engaged. Once your health improves, you should start preparing for the wedding."
"We’ll need to make a trip to Pingjiang then."
"Make sure you take good care of yourself, don’t worry the family anymore."
Jiang Yanting was in a good mood, carrying the deanor of an elder brother, as he lectured him.
"Brother, you’ve been sounding a lot like an older relative recently," Jiang Jinsang said just after picking bones out of the fish for the child and wiped his hands with a wet wipe.
"I’ve been in regular contact with Xie Duo recently. I need to adapt to my new role quickly."
Everyone: "..."
New role: Uncle?
If Xie Duo heard this, he’d probably want to hit his head against the wall, wishing he could knock himself out.
At this mont, Jiang Yanting also felt he had reached the peak of his life, but in the next second, a statent from Jiang Jinsang completely crushed him.
"Brother, sister-in-law, I have sothing I want to tell you."
"What’s the matter? You look so serious," Shen Zhixian laughed.
"I and Wanwan have gotten our marriage certificate."
Jiang Yanting and Shen Zhixian looked at each other, seemingly unable to recover, barely believing it, while Jiangjiang and Taotao, busy eating, didn’t care at all about what the adults were discussing.
Right then, Jiang Jinsang pulled out the marriage certificate and placed it on the table...
"Wanwan, you guys this..." Shen Zhixian was astonished.
"It’s true," Tang Wan admitted, looking a bit embarrassed.
"This..." Jiang Yanting’s mind raced. "Could this be the ’serious matter’ you were talking about?"
"Yes!" soone asserted decisively.
"Congratulations. If I’d known you two were getting your certificate today, I would have prepared a couple more dishes," Shen Zhixian nudged Jiang Yanting and motioned with her eyes:
What are you doing standing there, say sothing.
Jiang Yanting, who thought he had reached the pinnacle of his life, pursed his lips and managed only two words: "Congratulations!"
The dinner suddenly beca tasteless. After sending the two away, his phone buzzed. Soone had already taken a picture of the marriage certificate and posted it in the group chat.
Qi Zeyan imdiately popped up: [Damn, got the certificate like that? So thrilling! Congratulations.]
[Jiang Xiaowu, that’s not cool, sneaking around to pull off such a big event.]
[I thought among all of us, Yanting would be the first to get a certificate and get married. Turns out it was you.]
...
A shot to the heart!
Until tonight, that was what Jiang Yanting had also thought.
After a while, soone from afar also sent a ssage: [Congratulations.]
Jiang Jinsang: [Thanks, I’ll treat you guys to dinner so day.]
**
From Hexi to Jiang Mansion, the distance was not short. The two went to get the certificate without hiding it. Excluding the staff, other people were bound to see, so even before they had told their elders, news had already exploded online.
[Explosive! Young Master Jiang and Miss Tang have gotten their certificate!]
The rumors were not unfounded, and there were pictures to prove it.
Soone had even possibly used connections to check if the two had registered, and the results were indeed accurate.
At that ti, Tang Yunxian was at ho trying on clothes, about to go to Beijing for a reunion banquet. The old master wanted to dress solemnly and appropriately, and had several suits custom-made for him and Tang Yunxian. He was trying on clothes at ho.
"Dad, my regular suits are fine to wear," Tang Yunxian frowned.
"This is a big event. Doctor Zhou is my life-saver, we can’t dress too casually." The old master had specifically ordered a black and red Tang suit, understated yet impressive.
Tang Yunxian couldn’t argue with him and couldn’t find a way to escape, so he had to go along, but then the phone rang, which delighted him as he thought he finally had a way to escape his father.
"Hello, Old Teng—" The caller was a longti friend.
"Yunxian, you really aren’t being fair."
"What did I do?" Tang Yunxian laughed.
"Such a big event as Wanwan getting her certificate, and you didn’t tell ? Although I’m not rich, I’ve never been stingy with this niece of mine."
"Wanwan got her certificate?"
The old master, who was considering whether to pair a pocket watch with his Tang suit on the day, froze in his tracks when he heard this.
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