"Suddenly?" Gu Zhihan said, drawing closer to the young girl, "I don’t think so."
From birth until now, they had accompanied each other for twenty-two years, over eight thousand days and nights, more than twelve thousand hours.
Having been together for so many years, and being in a relationship for six or seven years, getting a marriage certificate under these circumstances were hardly sudden!
What Mengmeng meant by ’sudden’ wasn’t that their relationship was moving too fast, but that the news of getting the certificate was sudden.
"Do you want to go and get the certificate with me?" Gu Zhihan asked again as she hesitated to answer.
Mengmeng snapped back, her small hands circling his neck, her eyes curving as she said, "I would love to, but for such a big decision, I still need to discuss it with my parents."
"Don’t worry, I’ve already discussed it with them," blurted out Gu Zhihan.
Mengmeng blinked and asked, "And what do they think?"
"Naturally, they hope we get the certificate soon and have a child for them to play with," Gu Zhihan said with a beaming smile.
"I don’t want to have children!" Mengmeng, no longer the naive girl she used to be, immediately shook her head in refusal upon hearing about having children.
Ever since she studied medicine, she became more bluntly aware of the pains women endure in childbirth.
Of course, the most important reason was that she couldn’t graduate just yet; she still had a fifth year to attend next year.
Her nursing program was a five-year course, so unlike Gu Zhihan and his classmates, who could graduate this year, she couldn’t.
"Let’s not rush about the child, let’s handle the certificate first," Gu Zhihan said, now only wanting to firmly tie the young girl to his side, so he was not really concerned about the child but about getting the certificate.
After speaking, Gu Zhihan began to dress her, "No day is better than today; let’s go get it done right away."
"Ah? Isn’t that too fast?" Luo Mengmeng’s mouth was agape with surprise at this moment.
Was she really about to become a married woman so soon?
Gu Zhihan was already unmistakably pulling the young girl outside.
At the civil affairs office.
Because Gu Zhihan was well prepared, they could go directly to get it done.
However, they still needed to take a registration photo before getting the certificate.
"For you two, we have couple outfits available for the photo, would you like to rent a set?" asked the staff member with a smile.
"Not necessary," Mengmeng thought of Gu Zhihan’s aversion to hassle and guessed he wouldn’t like wearing matching outfits, so she declined immediately.
Just as she finished speaking, Gu Zhihan contradicted her by saying, "Let’s rent a set of couples’ outfits."
Mengmeng shot him a glance, "Why do we need to wear couples’ outfits?"
"For posting on social media, it’s more stylish," Gu Zhihan answered seriously.
When the staff brought out a bunch of couples’ outfits, Gu Zhihan stood there with a grave expression, carefully picking one out.
Those who knew realized they were there to take a registration photo, while those who didn’t might think he was choosing armor for a battlefield.
Luo Mengmeng couldn’t help but sweat.
What made her sweat more was the fact that he took a long time to choose a set of couples’ outfits.
Mengmeng sweated even more and urged him, "Um, have you picked one yet?"
"Mhm," Gu Zhihan finally took out a set of white shirts with hearts on them.
After they changed, the photographer started to take their pictures.
"Director Gu, Miss Luo, are you ready? We’re going to start," the photographer said, already aiming the camera at them.