Registration and Certificate Collection

  He Dongming didn't say a word, he just stretched out his big hand and took the household register from Lan Ruoxi's hand. After flipping through it, he closed the register, grasped Lan Ruoxi's hand and said in a low voice: "Let's go, we're going in."

  "Oh."

  Lan Ruoxi instinctively responded, and when Huo Dongming pulled her inside, she still foolishly asked: "Dongming Ge, if my sister doesn't come, can you also register? My sister... She might... Uh... Doesn't want to marry you."

  Lan Ruoxi thought that He Dongming had asked her to bring their household registration book, thinking he wanted to register alone, but since her sister ran away during the registration process, it proved that her sister didn't want to marry He Dongming after all. He Dongming's unilateral action of bringing both parties' household registration books for registration made her feel a bit autocratic.

  He Dongming just glanced at her sideways, his eyes were hard to grasp. He still didn't speak, he just held her hand tightly.

  Two people walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau.

  There aren't many people coming to register, no need to queue.

  To the left of the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau was a large office where marriage registrations were handled, and to the right was where divorce procedures were processed. Lan Ruoxi had never been to such a place before, and she hadn't expected that marriage and divorce would be separated by just a door.

  He Dongming pulled her into the large office on the left, and as soon as the staff inside saw the two of them, they smiled and asked if they were there to register. He Dongming nodded and responded in a low voice that they were. The other person immediately congratulated the two of them, and Lan Ruoxi thought about saying she wasn't the main one, but when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back down. She thought to herself that since He Dongming was handling things, she didn't need to worry, and no matter what, He Dongming wouldn't turn to the page with the woman's name on it, would he?

  "Have you two brought your household registration book and ID card?" asked the staff member with a smile.

  "Here it is." Huo Dongming immediately took out his own household registration book and ID card, then placed Lan Ruoxi's household registration book on the table, turned his head and asked Lan Ruoxi: "Where is your ID?"

  "Mine?" Lan Ruoxi looked even more puzzled, could it be that she was supposed to use hers?

  "Bring it here." Huo Dongming's eyes sank slightly, and his gaze became deeper again, falling on Lan Ruoxi's body, with an irresistible majesty that made Lan Ruoxi unable to resist. Although feeling puzzled, she still handed over her ID card.

  Next, the staff handed over two forms for the two people to fill out. Lan Ruoxi finally seized the opportunity to ask: "Whose name should I write?"

  The staff smiled and replied: "Of course, fill in your name."

  Huh?

  Lan Ruoxi finally realized something, the form was filled with her name, and the ID used hers. Wouldn't the marriage certificate issued later be hers and Huo Dongming's? How could this be?

  Suddenly, Lan Ruoxi remembered that she had a bit of wine yesterday and seemed to have said something to He Dongming that just happened to match up as a couple. Could it be that He Dongming really took it seriously? But he was tight-lipped like a clam yesterday and didn't say anything. Besides, she was just joking and speaking out of emotion, not really wanting to pair up with He Dongming.

  Yes, He Dongming is a good man in her heart, and she has always hoped to find a boyfriend as good as He Dongming to her sister. However, in her consciousness, He Dongming is her brother-in-law, even if he didn't become her real brother-in-law in the end, she wouldn't have any ideas about him.

  "Dong Ming Ge, I..."

  Next to her, He Dongming, who had already filled out the forms, turned his head and deeply locked eyes with her, his gaze burning, making Lan Ruoxi a bit at a loss, this was too sudden for her. Originally, he should have been her sister's husband, but suddenly he was going to become her own husband, she found it hard to accept this change in their relationship, not to mention having to face the chaotic situation between the two families at the moment.

  "Can't fill it?" Huo Dongming's voice was still as low and magnetic as ever.

  "Agreed."

  "Then fill it in."

  "Oh, okay."

  Huh?

  What did she say?

  Lan Ruoxi really wanted to bite off her own tongue, she looked at those staff members, everyone was smiling at her with obvious blessings in their eyes, perhaps this was the only blessing they had, after all it was their job. She looked at Huo Dongming beside her again, still staring at her intensely, making her feel like her face was burning. She couldn't care about anything else anymore, she leaned in close and whispered into Huo Dongming's ear: "Dongming ge, are you mistaken? I'm not my sister."

  After she finished speaking, she blinked her big, innocent-looking eyes at Ho Tung-ming, who was standing close by. Upon closer inspection, she suddenly realized that Ho Tung-ming was so handsome he could kill, no wonder there were so many girls outside who wanted to devour him.

  "It was you who said we're a pair. Fill it in, if you can't, I'll do it for you." Huo Dongming's low voice was irresistible, and it threw back into Lan Ruoxi's ears, making her suddenly speechless.

  What did she say?

  Yes, it was what she said.

  But she is...

  "Miss Lan, fill it out according to this sample." The staff thought she wouldn't be able to fill it out and immediately handed a sample over to Lan Ruoxi, letting her copy from it.

  Lan Ruoxi's little face was redder than Guan Gong's.

  She slowly picked up the black pen, looked at the form, and felt that her brain was messed up, her hand crawled on the form, and the beautiful font filled the surface of the form...

  Her life's major event, the long-yearned-for happy registration, was actually ruined by her own self-deprecating remark yesterday.

  The next thing, copying materials, paying handling fees, were all taken care of by He Dongming. Lan Ruoxi just needed to follow him around.

  Before long, the two of them received two little red books. At the top of the book were printed in gold the words "People's Republic of China". In the middle was a national emblem, and below it were the three golden characters for "Marriage Certificate".

  Lan Ruoxi flipped through the marriage certificate, looking at the photo of her and Huo Dongming together. Her expression was unnatural, thinking that she could pull away as far as possible, but the photographer kept asking her to get closer, just a little closer. She could only stiffly lean in, while Huo Dongming didn't seem unnatural at all. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to his side, making her almost cry out at that moment.

  In the past, Huo Dongming had put his arm around her shoulders before, but in her heart, it was just a brother putting his arm around his sister, without any other intention.

  Seeing her own name, Lan Ruoxi couldn't help but say in a low voice: "I'm actually getting married like this!"

  The ending is a bit inexplicable, and it's a bit caught off guard.

  "Do we need a wedding?"

  Suddenly, a low voice came from beside her, and for some reason, Lan Ruoxi heard a hint of joy in Huo Dongming's voice, as if she was really the one he loved, not someone he had decided to marry on a whim.