Chapter 1916: If you meet a man who would give everything for you, just marry him

She said crossly, "Stop pretending. I just asked the doctor; you can actually be discharged, no need to linger here."

Once Zihan saw his cover was blown, he made up an excuse: "Yeah, the doctor told me that too, but I feel like my head still hurts a lot. Do you think I might have developed some sequelae?"

"Oh, a headache? Then you shouldn't eat greasy food. The pork rib soup probably isn't suitable for you, I'll take it away..."

Yuanyuan's arm was grabbed, and Zihan protested: "No, you can't take it away. Since it's already been delivered, it's mine."

It was soup stewed specifically for him; it could not be taken away.

Yuanyuan: "Aren't you having a headache? You should eat something light when you have a headache. I'll give this pork rib soup to He Han; it's his favorite."

In fact, the pork rib soup was what Zihan liked; He Han didn't like it at all. She said it on purpose, finding it quite amusing to see a man get jealous.

"Don't give it to him, I can eat it!" Watching his nervous appearance, Yuanyuan suppressed a laugh and said deliberately: "But you can't eat greasy food; it's bad for your health!"

"It's not greasy. How is pork rib soup greasy? It's not greasy at all, it's the best."

He sat up and nervously hugged the thermal container to his chest, as if afraid it would be snatched away.

Yuanyuan: "Your head isn't dizzy anymore?"

"Not dizzy anymore. I just remembered, the dizziness earlier might have been from playing on my phone too much. I'll be fine if I don't play on my phone."

She chided him: "Look at you, you're so old yet still acting like a child. The way you guard your food is just like Qiqi..."

Zihan was pleasantly surprised: "Yuanyuan, are you finally willing to admit that Qiqi and Wenwen are my children?"

It was already an open secret, but Yuanyuan just wouldn't admit it. Today was the first time she had relented; in reality, it didn't count as an explicit admission, but Zihan was the type to climb up the pole the moment he saw a gap—his ability to seize an opportunity was exceptionally strong!

As long as he caught the slightest chance, he had the ability to turn it into a reality immediately.

"Alright, stop babbling. Give me the thermal container, let me serve you some soup. I must have owed you in a past life."

This counted as her tacit consent.

Yuanyuan served him the soup. The ribs were stewed until soft and tender, and the lotus root had its unique fresh and crisp fragrance. Zihan ate it all in one breath—the whole container!

He was truly fine now; his appetite was incredibly good.

Consequently, Yuanyuan asked: "When are you planning to be discharged?"

You've been lying in the hospital for half a month already, aren't you sick of it?

Zihan: "Actually, I've been sick of it for a long time, but there's no choice. What if you ignore me when I go home? If you keep treating me this well, I'd rather stay in the hospital for a lifetime."

"Pah, stop saying unlucky things. You're making me angry."

"Don't be angry, it's all my fault. I apologize to you."

Seeing that she didn't look angry anymore, Zihan gathered his courage and asked: "Yuanyuan, forgive me, please. I promise I'll treat you and the children well from now on. Let's be a family together, okay?"

Yuanyuan didn't answer him immediately, but instead asked: "That night, how did you end up on that road?"

Zihan hesitated, not knowing if he should say it.

It had been so hard for Yuanyuan to give him a few days of kindness and even be willing to cook for him; if she got angry because of this and ignored him again, what would he do?

"Forget it if you won't say. I'm not that curious anyway."

"I'll say it, I'll say it."

Zihan said: "Actually, your mother tells me everything you do every day. That day, your mother said you were going to a student's house for a home visit, and that the road was a bit chaotic, so she asked me to pick you up, and that's how we met..."

Yuanyuan:...

"Fine, you guy! You actually bribed everyone. How could you do this?"

She hit him in anger, but it didn't hurt at all.

He took the opportunity to grab her hand and place it over his heart: "Yuanyuan, I know I was wrong. I promise that as long as you forgive me, I'll be honest from now on. I'll never do anything to let you down again, and I won't hide anything from you!"

"You don't need to promise. You can't do it."

"I can."

"Hmph! If you can't do it, I'll take your children and leave, so you'll never find us again."

Zihan:...

So, had she forgiven him?

Happiness had come too suddenly, catching him off guard.

"Why are you grinning like a fool?" Yuanyuan smiled very sweetly.

Zihan suddenly threw off the quilt and jumped out of bed, pulling Yuanyuan along: "Let's go, let's go home to get our household registration books and register our marriage now. It'll be too late if we're any slower."

"What's the rush? You're still wearing your hospital gown."

"No, we must go now. What if you change your mind later?"

"Hey, at least change your clothes..."

Zihan had always been someone who cared most about his image, but now he didn't care at all.

The two of them got into the car, and he drove straight toward the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Yuanyuan: "Didn't you say you needed to get the household registration books?"

"No need to go get them. I'll have my family send them over."

Zihan felt that even going home to get the household registration books would take too long, so he called his family to send them to the Civil Affairs Bureau.

It had to be fast—right now, immediately!

Then he called Tian Yuanyuan's parents and asked them to send their household registration book. Tian's father was even more anxious than Zihan and said he would send it over immediately.

The three parties met at the Civil Affairs Bureau.

Shi Youxuan and Sheng Hanyu both came. The two of them not only brought the household registration books but also a set of clothes.

Shi Youxuan said triumphantly: "What did I say? I said this guy definitely wouldn't have time to change his clothes. Was I right?"

Sheng Hanyu didn't say a word; he just felt embarrassed and didn't want to talk.

Zihan changed out of his hospital gown in the car and pulled Yuanyuan inside to get their marriage certificate.

Before long, he held the two bright red booklets in his hands. He was overjoyed, and like a treasure, he only let his parents and his father-in-law take a look before putting them away.

Yuanyuan reminded him: "Why did you put them all away? Each person should have one."

"That won't do, marriage certificates cannot be separated; they must be kept together to be auspicious."

Zihan finally got his wish and became a legal husband and wife with Yuanyuan!

Next was the wedding; he wanted to hold a wedding of the century, have his own son and daughter serve as flower children, and marry Yuanyuan in a grand and glorious manner.

Yuanyuan felt that being too extravagant was unnecessary; she was originally a simple person and only wanted a simple life, not liking any cumbersome formalities.

"Fine, I'll listen to you."

Zihan agreed immediately, being completely submissive to his wife.

But simple was only relative.

First was the betrothal gift; Shi Youxuan put the Gold-Inlaid Jade Jade Bracelet on her wrist and told Yuanyuan: "Every daughter-in-law of the Sheng Family has one, all exactly the same."

Then she took out a bank card and handed it to her, telling her there were thirty million in it as a betrothal gift.

"I don't want it."

Yuanyuan refused.

She had received a Western education and was influenced by it to some extent.

In the West, there are no betrothal gifts, nor are there dowries.

Here in Jiangzhou, there has been a custom of betrothal gifts and dowries since ancient times, but her family did not have a matching dowry, so naturally, she could not accept a high-value betrothal gift.

Shi Youxuan insisted on giving it, but Yuanyuan firmly refused to accept it!

So when Shi Youxuan met the in-laws, she handed it to them, but it was also refused; the Tian parents' reasoning was exactly the same as their daughter's.

Without a matching dowry, they would not take the betrothal gift.

Intellectuals have a backbone; they did not agree to take the Sheng Family's money to prepare a dowry for their own daughter, as this would be using someone else's money to pad one's own face, which was unnecessary!

Face is earned by oneself and is never given by others.