Chapter 34 Getting a Certificate / Qian Jingming

Qian Xiaolan was very excited to see what Qian Xiaolan was holding, “A hamster!” Qian Xiaolan smiled faintly: “Do you like it?” “I like it!” Gu Yanqing nodded, his eyes couldn’t leave the little creature. Yes, Gu Yanqing, who was a domineering CEO in his previous life and a rough soldier in this life, loved cute little hamsters. Qian Xiaolan held back her laughter and handed the hamster to him, “When we’re busy later, let it keep you company.” Gu Yanqing happily hugged it with his arm, letting Qian Xiaolan help him back to the room. Seeing this, Gu’s family all secretly smiled.

They never thought that the usually cold and ruthless man would be so obedient to a girl. It seems this marriage was truly a good match. After Qian Xiaolan ate at Gu’s house and went back, Hu Guifen glanced at Gu Yanqing, who was only focused on playing with the hamster, and she disdainfully curled her lips. Not a good match, really not a good match! Xiaolan is such a good girl, it’s too cheap for her to be given to this stinky boy! Gu Yanqing’s leg was almost completely healed by the New Year.

That day, he went back to the hospital for a checkup, and when he came home, he brought a whole carload of things back. A sewing machine, a radio, a bicycle, a watch, and two new quilts. The car was packed to the brim and stopped in front of Qian Xiaolan’s house. When she saw those things, she really couldn’t help but laugh. She never expected that her taciturn new customer would actually be Gu Yanqing. No wonder when she went to the mountain to save people that night, she clearly saw that there was no one there, but then she saw him suddenly appear.

“Hey, Xiaolan is really getting her reward for all her suffering. This Old Eight Gu is like his father, he loves his wife.” Qian Xiaolan came back to her senses amid the villagers’ gossip, looking across the crowd at Gu Yanqing. At that moment, she really wanted to tell him her secret. But then she thought again, she couldn’t tell him, Gu Yanqing would still go on countless missions in the future, if she didn’t tell him this secret, he would definitely seek help when he was in trouble. If she told him, and he was afraid of her worrying and didn’t come to her for help, wouldn’t that be counterproductive? Qian Xiaolan’s thought arose and then was suppressed, Gu Yanqing missed a chance to know the truth.

 Their wedding date had been set, and they couldn’t hold a big ceremony at this time, and Gu Yanqing was also on leave due to his injury, so the Qian and Gu families discussed it and decided to set the date for February 2nd. Now, there were less than ten days left until the wedding. Recently, Gu’s family had been very busy. Originally, Gu Changshun and Hu Guifen wanted to build two new rooms like their first three sons, as a wedding room.

 But Gu Yanqing directly said that they could move to Qian Xiaolan’s house after marriage, otherwise, her yard would be deserted. When he heard this, Gu Yanqing almost got slapped by Hu Guifen. “You know you’re living off a woman, right? You’re already not good enough for Xiaolan, and now you don’t even want to prepare a house, how can our Gu family men be so irresponsible?” “Mom, don’t be anxious, this is Xiaolan’s idea, she said that there are still many places where we need to spend money after marriage, there’s no need to waste money for the sake of face.

She also said…” Finally, after Gu Yanqing explained for a long time, Hu Guifen let him go. However, she still warned: “If you want to become a son-in-law, I and your father don’t object (yeah, right), but if you don’t want to become a son-in-law and still want to take advantage of the Qian family, don’t blame me for disciplining you!” Gu Yanqing: “…” He finally understood, Qian Xiaolan was their real daughter, and he was adopted. *In the blink of an eye, it was February.

On February 1st, Qian Xiaolan changed into a white cotton shirt, and together with Gu Yanqing, who was wearing a navy uniform, they rode their bicycles to the commune to get their marriage certificate. Getting married was quite simple, there was no need to take pictures, they just bowed to the portrait of the great leader, and loudly recited the quote: “Make up your mind, overcome all difficulties, fear no sacrifice, and strive for victory!”

 After reciting, the staff over there also filled out the marriage certificate. When the festive, square paper was in hand, Gu Yanqing looked at the two names on it and his eyes turned red, he hugged Qian Xiaolan tightly. He had waited for this day for so long, for so long. Qian Xiaolan understood his emotions, she hugged him back tightly, and then patted him gently. Then, she looked up and smiled awkwardly at everyone in the marriage registration office: “My husband’s last mission almost didn’t come back.” The sentence made everyone’s eyes turn red.

A man in his thirties came out from the office next door, gave Gu Yanqing a standard military salute: “Comrade, you’ve worked hard!” His right leg was a little lame. Gu Yanqing let go of Qian Xiaolan, quickly returned the salute, and then grabbed a handful of wedding candies and handed them over: “Have some wedding candies to sweeten your mouth, and all the past will be sweet too.” The other party smiled and accepted, saying congratulations. Gu Yanqing thanked him, gave all the candies he brought to the people in the hall, and received countless sincere congratulations. Gu Yanqing was satisfied, he held Qian Xiaolan’s hand and walked out, the smile on his face was so silly. Qian Xiaolan couldn’t help but laugh when she saw it.

 They looked like a pair of silly roe deer. The passersby saw this silly and sweet handsome man and beautiful woman, noticed the marriage registration office behind them, and couldn’t help but smile along. Laughter is contagious, and that day, wherever they went, whoever saw them also had a smile on their face. They didn’t go home immediately, but instead took a bus to the county. Old Man Qian and the others would arrive by car at 1 pm.

 As the only girl in the Qian family, and a girl who had been missing for many years, Old Man Qian and Rongqian would definitely take time off to attend the wedding. When they picked them up, Qian Xiaolan saw a strange but familiar face.

It was a face as gentle as jade, elegant and amiable. It looked a bit like her grandfather, and also a bit like her older brother. The man smiled and extended his hand to shake Qian Xiaolan’s: “Hello, Xiaolan! I’m your father, Qian Jingming. I’m so sorry for letting you be lost for eighteen years. The fact is done, we can’t change it, and a simple apology can’t make up for your pain. But I hope you don’t resent us, there’s a long road ahead, let us shelter you from the wind and rain, and clear away the obstacles on the road, okay?” His voice was low and resonant, Qian Xiaolan uncomfortably touched her ear, and nodded dumbly. Ah, ah, ah, this is my legendary scientist father! So handsome! So cool! So charming! Qian Xiaolan was completely starstruck, where did she have the time to listen carefully to what Qian Jingming was saying? Gu Yanqing chuckled, patted her shoulder, and she finally came back to her senses. Facing the burning gazes of everyone, Qian Xiaolan was so embarrassed that she almost dug a three-bedroom apartment out of the ground.

“Look, you’re so serious that you scared our daughter, I told you before that Xiaolan is a considerate child, she doesn’t resent us.” Rongqian reprimanded Qian Jingming, patting his arm to help Qian Xiaolan out. Qian Xiaolan nodded along: “Yeah, yeah, I don’t blame you, Mom fainted after giving birth, and you were far away, I understand.”

 “Good child, Dad and Mom will make it up to you in the future.” Qian Jingming couldn’t help but reach out and stroke Qian Xiaolan’s head, not enough, he stroked it for a while longer. Daughters and sons are really different, her hair is much softer than her son’s.