Gong Yu spoke of it so calmly, as if it was as easy as taking a walk downstairs. But getting married was a big thing, how could he say it so calmly? Besides, it was not an interrogative sentence, but a declarative one!
Yun Muxi exclaimed in a loud voice, "What? Are you crazy?" Gong Yu had gone completely bonkers today. Forget about becoming spokesmen and taking family pictures, he was now talking about getting married?
Gong Yu had expected her to react like this. He completely ignored her shocked expression. "You"ve seen just now, they want us to be spokesmen. If we"re not a wedded couple and still go to take the photos, wouldn"t that make us a laughing stock?"
At this moment, Yun Muxi was so angry there was steam coming out of her head. This man was so evil!
Yun Muxi nodded. "I finally understand why you agreed so decisively. So this is your intention! Are you plotting against me?"
Gong Yu pulled her over and sat her down beside him. "Xiao Xi, if you think that my proposal was not sincere enough, if you want a romantic proposal, I can prepare for it. But I also hope that you can treat this matter seriously. You know Niannian"s situation, she needs a complete family. You"re also carrying another child. I think you wouldn"t want him to face the same problems as Niannian did. Children need a complete family, and they need both sets of love from their parents. Besides, I don"t want you to get judged for bringing up two kids on your own, saying you"re an abandoned single mother. You know it too, it"s not that I don"t want you. It"s you who can"t accept me."
"Gong Yu, I think you already know that marriage is not built on the basis of providing a complete family for children."
"I know, but there"s love between us too; it"s also built on the basis of love. You don"t have to deny it. I can feel it in my heart and see it with my eyes. So why can"t we be together? We are in the perfect condition to get married."
"I haven"t thought of marriage yet. I"m still young."
"This has nothing to do with your age. Firstly, you already have two kids and you"re still young, so you can also have a husband at this age. So even if you"re still young, that"s all you are."
Gong Yu"s words left Yun Muxi speechless. She could not refute a single word. She stared at Gong Yu in shock and tried fervently to piece words together in her brain.
However, she could no longer find the reason to reject him so persistently. Was it because she could not let go of her wounds or open her heart? Or was it because she found herself continuing to persist because she had been doing it all along for no reason?
Gong Yu looked at her and pulled her into his arm swiftly. With Niannian in his left arm and Yun Muxi on his right, he said gently, "Xiao Xi, stop resisting me. You chose to give birth and bring up your child alone, is it that difficult to accept me too? You"ve a.s.sumed the difficult job of being a single mother, isn"t having a husband to help you out the simplest thing that you can do?"
Until the next day, when Yun Muxi was dragged by Gong Yu to the Civil Affairs Bureau in the early morning, she still could not figure out what happened.
A staff saw her blank face and hesitated before asking with a concerned look, "Miss, are you here willingly?"
Gong Yu turned and looked at Yun Muxi. She nodded absent-mindedly and then shook her head.
She turned and asked Gong Yu, "Gong Yu, are we being too hasty?"
Gong Yu gently rubbed her head and comforted in a gentle voice, "Xiao Xi, we"ve gone through five years of trials and four years of bitter search. Our love that did not change over the four years is enough to prove everything."
Yun Muxi seemed like she understood. But at the same time, she looked like she did not. She turned and nodded at the staff again.
The staff looked at the two respectively and confirmed again. "Are you two confirmed to be here willingly to register your marriage? You"ve not been coerced, induced or even threatened?"
The couple nodded. The staff handed over a form for them to fill up and sign. After doing so, they returned the form to the staff.
The staff handed them two small stamped red booklets and smiled. "Congratulations to you two."
Yun Muxi received it and opened it up. It was a picture of them sitting in front of a red background. Gong Yu"s natural smile made him look so handsome and also showed a hint of sweetness. Yun Muxi forced a slight smile which did not make her look very happy, but it was still sweet.
This was proof that they were married? Just a small booklet and their relationship changed forever?
The extreme surreal feeling caused Yun Muxi to be at a loss.
The staff saw her stoning while looking at the certificate and asked, "Madam Yun, is there anything wrong with the certificate?"
Yun Muxi was pulled back to reality by the staff"s voice. She shook her head quickly. "No, thank you."
Yun Muxi still had a hard time digesting it even when she got on the car.
Gong Yu turned towards her and said gently, "What do you want to eat? Let"s celebrate!"
The blurred Yun Muxi asked, "Celebrate?"
"Of course, we"re married; we"re a legal couple. Isn"t this worth celebrating?"
"Gong Yu, why did we get married?"
"Mrs. Gong, think about it. You"re already married, what"s the point of asking that question? Besides, I think I"ve explained it to you pretty clearly yesterday, didn"t I!"
"But, I still find it surreal!"
"Can I interpret this as you"re too excited about getting married?"
"Which eye of yours sees that I"m excited?"
"But I can indeed feel you being swayed by the pros and cons. Doesn"t that prove that you"re actually looking forward to it?"
Gong Yu had to work in the afternoon, so he left after sending her to Murong Ye"s house after lunch.
Upon returning home, Yun Muxi found that only Murong Xu and Gu Yuxuan were looking after Niannian.
Seeing Yun Muxi return, Gu Yuxuan quickly welcomed her. "Xiao Xi, you"re back! Where have you been? "
It was a casual question, but Yun Muxi found herself stunned. Could she actually tell her that she had registered her marriage? She suddenly realized that she was not mentally prepared yet. Gu Yuxuan was her bestie that she shared everything with, but she could not bring herself to tell her.
"Um..."
Gu Yuxuan did not mean anything, but seeing Yun Muxi"s constipated look, she could not help but joke. "Come on, you and Gong Yu couldn"t possibly have done something hideous, right?"
Gu Yuxuan"s words caused Yun Muxi"s expression to become stiffer. Gu Yuxuan only casually asked because she saw Gong Yu bring Yun Muxi out. However, Yun Muxi did not expect Gu Yuxuan to guess half of it right. Perhaps that was not all.
Gu Yuxuan saw that Yun Muxi"s expression was getting stranger by the minute. She could not help but ask, "No way! You guys really did something hideous?"
"What do you mean by hideous! What a terrible thing to say!"
"If that"s not it... but you guys couldn"t possibly have gotten married."
Gu Yuxuan was like a genie. She was spot on.
Yun Muxi dodged her arm like a lightning bolt and ran into the house. She threw her bag onto the sofa and headed into the bedroom to look at Niannian.
Murong Xu came out of the washroom and seeing Yun Muxi run into the bedroom so hurriedly, he asked in confusion, "What"s the hurry? What"s wrong with Niannian?"
Gu Yuxuan shook her head and walked towards him. She wrapped her arm around his and looking at Yun Muxi disappearing from the bedroom door, she whispered, "There"s something fishy between the both of them! This is so strange!"
"Affair? Who"s having an affair with whom?" Murong Xu asked with a lost look.
Gu Yuxuan frowned and pointed towards Yun Muxi. "Who else can it be? Of course it"s Yun Muxi and Gong Yu. The two of them must have done something today!"
"What can they do?"
Gu Yuxuan suddenly thought of something. "No way! Could they have really gotten married?"
Gu Yuxuan turned and stared at Murong Xu in shock. Then, she pulled him over to the sofa and stared at Yun Muxi"s bag. She hesitated before slipping her hand into the cloud shaped bag.
Murong Xu frowned immediately and pulled at her hand in shock. "I don"t think this is a good idea!"
Gu Yuxuan shook off his hand. "It"s okay, we grew up together and have seen each other"s bags a countless number of times. This is nothing!"
"But isn"t this her secret?"
Gu Yuxuan fumbled in Yun Muxi"s bag and said, "There"s no secret between the both of us..."
Gu Yuxan stopped talking. The confused Murong Xu looked at her hand and saw her pulling out a small red booklet. He froze immediately.
Gu Yuxuan opened it up and saw the high definition red photo, both of their names, and the date on it...
"There"s indeed something fishy! They got registered so silently!"
"Weren"t they in love for years? They even had a kid, isn"t it normal?"
"But what"s unusual is that Xiao Xi kept on insisting she won"t accept Gong Yu, all the more she didn"t want to think about her own problem. And now she even got her certificate."
"So what? Xiao Xi is pregnant anyways."
"But Niannian has been born before they got married."
"Alright, stop overthinking. Isn"t it a good thing that they got married? Everyone loved to see it happen."
"That is true, but I"m keen to find out how he persuaded her. He actually succeeded in proposing! This is unbelievable. Xiao Xi is known for being stubborn. Besides, she had rejected him so many times, why did she suddenly agree? How did Gong Yu do it? What is Xiao Xi thinking?"
"Why don"t we get registered too? Then you can experience it and perhaps you"ll find out what she"s thinking."