Chapter 345: Chapter 346: Getting the Certificate Chapter 345: Chapter 346: Getting the Certificate Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, the day to register their marriage had arrived. As soon as Huo Chen got home, Mr. Xu, with a stern face yet reluctantly, took out the household registration book: “Here you go, treat our Yingying right, or else her several brothers won’t agree.

Don’t assume that just because I’m old, we don’t have people in our family!”

Mrs. Xu’s eyes were red with tears. Although she liked this son-in-law very much, when it came to actually getting married, she felt somewhat reluctant.

Watching her own tender and soft daughter grow up and suddenly about to marry, her heart couldn’t bear to let go.

“Huo Chen, you’d better treat my daughter well,” she said. “If you find her disagreeable, just send her back to me, don’t mistreat her.

My daughter has always been the treasure of our family. If you ever stop cherishing her, her brothers still will, her parents still do, just send her back to us.”

Hearing her mother’s words, Yingying felt a sudden pang in her nose and flung herself into Mrs. Xu’s arms, her voice slightly choked: “Mom, if he doesn’t cherish me anymore, I’ll come home by myself.”

Mrs. Xu patted her daughter’s back, her nose filled with a thick nasal sound: “Alright, alright!”

“Yingying is my treasure, I will always cherish her, I’ll protect her with my life, and won’t allow anyone else to bully her,” Huo Chen said solemnly, vowing, “If I ever treat Yingying badly in this lifetime, let me be struck dead by heavenly thunder.”

Mrs. Xu nodded, turned her back, and stealthily wiped away her tears, smiling, “Good, then hurry on now.”

Yingying wiped her tears, and the two of them took the household registration book and rode their bikes toward the county town.

On their way, Huo Chen kept a smile on his face: “After today, you’ll be mine, for a lifetime.”

Yingying chuckled and hugged him a bit tighter: “Huo Chen, let’s agree first, I’m not someone to be bullied easily.

If you dare to treat me badly, do something unforgivable, we’ll just get a divorce straight away.”

Huo Chen didn’t hesitate: “I love you – how could I possibly hurt you.

I will always treat you well for my entire life, and I will never let you down.”

Yingying nodded, leaning on his solid back.

They rushed to the Mingzheng Bureau and quickly got their marriage certificates stamped by the staff.

Yingying looked at the little red book in her hand, suddenly feeling a bit dazed.

Huo Chen’s smile couldn’t be stifled. As they left the Mingzheng Bureau, he took Yingying’s hand, shamelessly saying: “Wife, are you hungry?”

Yingying’s face turned red instantly: “Don’t call me that.”

Huo Chen disagreed: “Why not? Now that we’re legally married, I have to call you wife.”

Yingying stopped arguing, her mouth curled in a smile, her face red as they went to the State-owned Restaurant.

She hadn’t expected her man to be so childish!

Liu Guohua saw them coming and quickly ran over: “Xu Ying, what would you like to eat?”

“Wife, what do you want to eat?” Huo Chen said, looking at Liu Guohua, asserting his authority.

Liu Guohua was somewhat shocked, looking at Xu Ying in surprise: “Xu Ying, you got married?”

Before Xu Ying could speak, Huo Chen had already proudly shown the two marriage certificates: “We just got them today.”

Liu Guohua laughed and said: “Congratulations.”

Huo Chen put away the marriage certificates, and they each ordered a bowl of shredded pork noodles.

During the meal:
“Wife, eat the meat!”

“Wife, you’re too thin, eat more!”

“Wife, why aren’t you eating?”

“Wife, have you had enough to eat?”

“Wife, wife, wife.”

Xu Ying reveled in her heart as her partner behaved like a pure love warrior–so adorable.

Seeing Huo Chen so happy, she looked up with sparkling eyes and said, “I’m full, husband!”

Huo Chen sat there, stupefied, his smile widening, his heart blooming with joy as he held Xu Ying’s hand, proudly lifting his head. If they hadn’t been in public, he really would’ve liked to ravish his wife in his arms.

The couple rode home, brimming with smiles.

Mrs. Xu and Mr. Xu had already begun to prepare the house. The thought of their daughter getting married tomorrow weighed heavily on their hearts.

“Mom, I’m back!” Xu Ying called out.

Mrs. Xu quickly ran out of the house, anxiously asking her daughter, “Did you get the certificate? Let me see your marriage certificate.”

Huo Chen handed the marriage certificate to Mrs. Xu.

Looking at the marriage certificate, Mrs. Xu burst into tears again–her daughter was getting married.

“Mom, we’re from the same village. It’s not like I’m not coming back,” Xu Ying said, hugging Mrs. Xu’s arm.

Mrs. Xu nodded her head.

Village Chief Xu’s house was filled with joy.

The young men in the village were all envious. If they had known that even a wolf cub could marry Xu Ying, they would have bravely pursued her.

Now they deeply regretted it.

Zhang Dacao looked at the festive atmosphere at the Xu Family’s house, then glanced at his own foolish son, full of pity.

If his son hadn’t encountered Chen Yanran, he wouldn’t have ended up like this.

That damned Chen Yanran should rot in jail for life.

Xu Ying was getting married. Some people at the Youth Corps envied her, others looked down on her.

Huo Chen was just a country bumpkin, and Xu Ying was really foolish. Having been admitted to university, what kind of man couldn’t she find at school? Yet she insisted on marrying a rough man.

Moreover, he was involved in speculative trade; though policies have changed, in the eyes of these educated youth, speculation was still something to be ashamed of.

They should study hard and find a job with a unit, eat the state’s food. Only then, speaking out would be impressive.

Xu Qingqing loved going to the Youth Corps because only there could she find people to belittle Xu Ying with.

“Sun Pingping, your dad has really been rehabilitated? So now you’re the County Director’s daughter?” Xu Qingqing said, looking enviously at Sun Pingping, who was packing up her things.

Sun Pingping responded indifferently. She had little desire to associate with someone as foolish as Xu Qingqing. She nodded and sped up her packing.

She had waited too long for this moment; now, she could finally go back.

Seeing this, Sun Juan pulled Xu Qingqing back irritably, “Why bother with her? Now that she has the chance, she’s going to soar high. She wouldn’t spare you a second glance. She doesn’t want to deal with you, yet you shamelessly fawn over her.”

Upon hearing Sun Juan’s words, Xu Qingqing lost interest in talking to Sun Pingping and, annoyed, turned away, dragging Sun Juan with her, “Xu Ying is getting married to Huo Chen soon.

I really don’t know what she sees in him. With such good prospects, she chose a country bumpkin. I think she’s destined to spend her life in the countryside.”

Sun Juan, who also disliked Xu Ying, followed with a smug expression, “She has the talent but is blind to choose a country bumpkin without a city residency. When they have kids, they’ll have to be schooled in the village.

Not like in the city where you can buy anything you want directly, and the teachers are better too. Without a city residency, her children won’t be able to attend school in the city. Eventually, compared to us, she’ll be far behind.”

Xu Qingqing felt that Sun Juan made a lot of sense and grew even more convinced of her own discernment.

Regarding Xu Ying’s wedding tomorrow, she looked down on it entirely.