Tang Yan hadn’t expected Sheng Yanyu to still be able to ask that question at a time like this.
Just yesterday, he had been so forceful, acting as if he didn’t care about her wishes at all. But now that the real thing was happening, he was afraid that he might truly make her feel wronged or uncomfortable.
Tang Yan’s nose tingled slightly. She raised her hand and gently covered his hand where it gripped the steering wheel, her gaze firm as she looked at him. “Sheng Yanyu, you should know me well enough to know that I never force myself to do anything I don’t want to do.”
“Even back when I cared so much about Shen Ze, I never forced myself to do anything I disliked for his sake.”
“So, agreeing to marry you isn’t for him. It’s simply because I want to marry you!”
“The starting point of everything is that I want to marry you, and I want to be good to you.”
“I won’t regret it now, and I won’t regret it in the future either.”
“Marrying you—I will never regret it!”
Sheng Yanyu’s tense and uneasy emotions gradually settled and calmed. His heart beat even faster, each thump powerful and excited, as if proclaiming its joy and exhilaration at this moment.
At this moment, he didn’t want to doubt whether these words were true or false.
Whether they were or not, to him, they were the most beautiful words of love he had ever heard.
He knew even more that even if an abyss awaited him in the future, with these words from her today, he would have no regrets and no resentment.
The process of getting the marriage certificate wasn’t complicated. Before long, they had obtained it.
When the stamps fell on both marriage certificates, Tang Yan saw Sheng Yanyu visibly let out a sigh of relief, as if the stone weighing on his heart had finally been lifted.
After putting away the marriage certificates, Sheng Yanyu distributed the prepared wedding candies to the staff. Amid their blessings, he happily took Tang Yan’s hand and left the civil affairs bureau.
“Let me see your marriage certificate.”
Sheng Yanyu turned to look at her and reached out his hand.
Tang Yan handed over the certificate, puzzled. “Aren’t ours the same? What do you want to look at?”
Sheng Yanyu didn’t speak. He took the certificate, placed them together, then pulled out his phone and took a photo. After that, he posted his very first Moments post since activating his WeChat account.
After posting, he quickly gathered both marriage certificates and tucked them into his pants pocket.
Tang Yan: “??”
“Aren’t you going to give mine back to me?”
Sheng Yanyu pursed his lips slightly and replied a little awkwardly, “You have a bad memory. You’ll lose it. I’ll keep it safe for you.”
“I won’t.”
Tang Yan considered her memory to be quite good. While she couldn’t claim to have a photographic memory, she certainly wouldn’t carelessly misplace something this important to the point of not being able to find it.
“You will!” Sheng Yanyu looked at her with a serious expression. “Anyway, you won’t need it in the future. It’s fine if I keep it.”
“How won’t I need it? For di—” Tang Yan instinctively started to retort but fortunately caught herself in time. “You’ll need it later when we buy a house together or something. I heard that when a couple buys a house together, they need the marriage certificate.”
Sheng Yanyu’s expression shifted several times, but softened into warmth and delight when he heard her say the word “couple.”
“No need to buy a house together. Just tell me which house you like, and I’ll buy it for you. It can be under your name alone.”
Tang Yan: “…”
Is he really this ridiculously wealthy?
Sheng Yanyu noticed she wasn’t speaking and worried she might be upset. His expression showed a hint of panic. “I just wanted to keep them safe for you. If you ever want to look at them, you can tell me, and I’ll show them to you. Please don’t be upset, alright?”
He was overly sensitive and cared too much about her feelings. Tang Yan felt a pang in her heart, then broke into a bright smile. “Then you need to keep them safe—preferably in a safe. Don’t lose them. That would be bad luck.”
Tang Yan suddenly understood exactly what Sheng Yanyu’s reaction had been about!
He was afraid that if the marriage certificates fell into her hands, she might one day regret it and drag him to get a divorce!
That was why he insisted on holding onto both marriage certificates himself—to eliminate any possibility of her doing something rash in the future.
Sure enough, upon hearing her words, Sheng Yanyu’s slightly furrowed brow relaxed in an instant, and his expression radiated joy and contentment.
He promised solemnly, “Don’t worry. I won’t lose them.”
“A-Yu, I want to go somewhere and bring you to meet someone. Will you come with me?” Tang Yan thought about the one matter she still needed to handle today, and her heart grew uneasy.
Would he agree?
On the way here, Tang Yan had already rehearsed many approaches in her mind. No matter what, she had to persuade Sheng Yanyu to agree to meet her teacher.
“You… what did you call me?” Sheng Yanyu’s attention, however, was fixed on her form of address.
“A-Yu? What’s wrong? Is it incorrect?” Tang Yan frowned slightly, looking a bit troubled. “Should I call you Mr. Sheng? Yanyu? Honey?”
With every form of address she uttered, Sheng Yanyu’s heartbeat quickened a beat.
Especially when the word “honey” came out—his heart raced uncontrollably, as if it might leap out of his chest.
“What do you want me to call you?” Tang Yan asked Sheng Yanyu.
After all, now that they were legally married, addressing him by his full name felt somewhat distant.
It was just a form of address, and she thought it best to choose one he liked.
“Whatever you prefer,” Sheng Yanyu said, leaving the decision to her.
“Then I’ll call you A-Yu!” Tang Yan grinned sweetly.
Sheng Yanyu nodded, his gaze deep. “Mm, alright.”
At that moment, Tang Yan thought Sheng Yanyu was truly wonderful—he even left the decision to her and didn’t care about such trivial things at all.
It wasn’t until not long after, when he “coerced and coaxed” her into calling him all sorts of names, that she realized just how naive she had been!
“A-Yu, I want to take you to meet someone. Is that okay?” Tang Yan brought up the matter again.
Sheng Yanyu nodded gently. “Where?”
“A University,” Tang Yan said.
Sheng Yanyu’s motion to start the car froze for a split second before returning to normal.
He drove toward A University with a composed expression, showing not the slightest hint of anything unusual.
Tang Yan, her mind too preoccupied with the thought of seeing her teacher soon, didn’t notice Sheng Yanyu’s reaction at that moment.
The car was exceedingly quiet. Only when they reached their destination did Sheng Yanyu turn to ask her, “Who are you bringing me to meet?”
“Someone very important to me,” Tang Yan said. “You know them too.”
Those words stirred a flicker of displeasure and resistance in Sheng Yanyu’s heart.
Someone very important?
The two got out of the car, and Tang Yan took Sheng Yanyu’s hand as they walked toward the faculty office.
Arriving at the office door, Tang Yan stopped, taking a nervous deep breath.
Sheng Yanyu could feel the girl’s palm growing damp with sweat from anxiety, and his brow furrowed even tighter.
Who exactly was it? To actually make her react like that.
Before even seeing the person, Sheng Yanyu had already felt a surge of rejection and wariness toward the other party rising from the depths of his heart!
Even with the marriage certificate in hand, he still had no sense of security!
With Shen Ze not yet dealt with, another rival in love had suddenly appeared—this feeling was extremely unpleasant!
“He’s here!” A vigorous, powerful voice sounded from behind.