Mrs. Bai watched them sweetly serving each other food. With a beaming smile, she reminded them, "Remember to go to the Civil Affairs Bureau to get your marriage certificate after dinner. We'll take care of the guests here. By the time you get your marriage certificate, it'll be quite late. Just go straight back to your bridal chamber."
Rong Lan suddenly recalled the sexual knowledge Mrs. Bai had explained to her the previous night. Her face flushed, but she still obediently nodded. "We know."
Si Mo felt a twinge of jealousy. Just eat, why serve each other food? Moreover, he noticed that everyone at this table was in pairs, and only he, a 'kid', was alone. It was really...
Ridiculous!
After a lively meal, seeing that Rong Lan had eaten enough, Chu Hengyuan put down his chopsticks.
Si Mo, who had eaten earlier than them, had put down his chopsticks long ago. But with everyone at the table, he didn't feel it appropriate to leave early. So he just held his glass and sipped Coke. When he saw the little fox put down her chopsticks, he knew he was about to be liberated. The little fox wouldn't leave him here, so when they set off for the Civil Affairs Bureau, they would surely drop him off on the way home.
Sure enough, after Rong Lan and Chu Hengyuan greeted the people at the host's table, they took Si Mo with them and set off for the Civil Affairs Bureau.
Both Rong Lan and Chu Hengyuan were dressed too formally. Fortunately, there were their casual clothes upstairs. They went to change, and Chu Hengyuan, who reeked of alcohol, even washed his face before officially setting off.
Si Mo consciously took the front passenger seat. He wasn't so oblivious as to sit in the back seat with the newlyweds.
As soon as the two in the back seat got in the car, they closed their eyes. They didn't want to say much, just wanted to close their eyes and rest. One had drunk quite a bit, and the other had barely slept the previous night and was extremely sleepy.
Both Si Mo and the driver remained silent and didn't disturb them.
It wasn't until the car stopped at the entrance of the community where Si Mo lived that Chu Hengyuan opened his eyes. He softly called out to the child who had unbuckled his seat belt and was about to get out of the car.
He took out a handful of wedding candies from his shoulder bag, leaned over, and offered them to the child in the front passenger seat with a gentle smile. "Thank you for coming to help today. You've worked hard."
The little fox, who had been dozing off against the window, was unaware of their conversation.
Si Mo looked back at the little fox who was sleeping soundly, not knowing what day it was. He took the wedding candies Chu Hengyuan offered and put them in his pocket. "You'll treat her well in the future, right?"
Now that he knew about the spell of sharing lifespan, he wasn't worried that the human's lifespan was too short. He had been worried that if one day the little fox fell in love with the human but the human couldn't accompany her for a long time. Now he was worried that if one day the little fox fell in love with him and willingly used the spell of sharing lifespan on him, but he didn't love her as much, what would she do?
If the little fox practiced hard, she could live for at least a thousand more years. A human's lifespan was at most a hundred years. The longest-lasting human love might only last for a hundred years. He didn't know if human love could last for a thousand years.
Chu Hengyuan was slightly stunned. The child's eyes didn't look like those of a seven - or eight - year - old at all. The emotions hidden in those eyes were so complex that even he couldn't figure them out. He smiled and didn't think too much. "Of course!"
The little wife he had chosen himself, of course he would treat her well.
"That's good." Si Mo nodded and stared deeply into Chu Hengyuan's pupils, as if trying to see through him. "If you don't treat her well... when I grow up... I won't let you off."
Chu Hengyuan, who usually didn't like kids much, actually found the child's threat quite cute. "Don't worry. If I don't treat her well, I won't let myself off either."
Si Mo didn't say anything else. He pushed open the car door, nimbly jumped out, and then slammed the door shut.
He didn't rush into the community. Instead, he stood at the community entrance and watched the car drive away.
When the car was out of sight, he reached into his pocket, took out a wedding candy, unwrapped it, and popped it into his mouth. "It's really... sweet..."
In the car, Chu Hengyuan looked at the little girl sleeping soundly against the window. He reached out his hand and carefully supported her shoulder to let her lean towards him.
It wasn't until she was nestled in his arms that he finally let out a sigh of relief. He put one arm around her shoulder and held her hand with the other, then closed his eyes and continued to rest.
He had opened his eyes many times before. Every time he saw her leaning against the window, he wanted to pull her over to lean on him. But with a seven - or eight - year - old child sitting in the front passenger seat, he didn't do it in the end.
Now that he had finally done what he wanted to do, he was satisfied.
Rong Lan was really sleepy, so she slept deeply. As she was sleeping, a warm thing suddenly seemed to appear beside her. Half - asleep, she thought that after practicing with Si Mo for a month, she had finally made some progress and her tail had finally grown back. Without even opening her eyes, she reached out and hugged her 'tail' and fell back into a deep sleep.
But had her tail shed its fur or gone bald? Why wasn't it fluffy anymore?
Chu Hengyuan half - opened his eyes and looked down at the little girl who had somehow hugged him. The smile on his face deepened.
His little wife was really cute.
After sleeping for God - knows - how - long, Rong Lan was once again awakened by a nightmare. The whole fox was in a daze.
She had another dream. In the dream, her originally fluffy big fox tail had become completely bald, without a single hair. It was so ugly that she wished she could cut it off and throw it away. She also dreamed that when her parents and elder brother saw her bald tail, they all laughed at her. Moreover, they waved their fluffy tails in front of her, a bald - tailed fox. She was so angry that she burst into tears, but they didn't even comfort her.
"Awake?" The man's hoarse voice rang in her ear.
Rong Lan looked up and saw Chu Hengyuan's handsome face up close. Only then did she realize that she had unreservedly nestled in his arms.
She suddenly felt embarrassed. She leaned back, raised her hand, and rubbed her face, which was a bit uncomfortable from sleeping. "Are we there?"
Chu Hengyuan couldn't help laughing. "We just arrived. I was just about to wake you up when you woke up on your own." Saying that, he picked up the mineral water bottle beside him and offered it to her. "Are you thirsty after sleeping for so long? Do you want some water?"
Rong Lan took the mineral water bottle, thanked him, unscrewed the cap, held the bottle with both hands, and took small sips of water. The whole person exuded the word 'obedient' from head to toe.
"Did you have another dream?" Chu Hengyuan asked curiously.
Rong Lan tilted her head. "Why do you ask?"
Did Chu Hengyuan even know that she had dreamed?
Speaking of this, Chu Hengyuan couldn't help laughing. "Because your hands have been moving restlessly, and you've been mumbling something about fur?" He had hugged his newly - wedded little wife, planning to take a nap. However, she was really restless. Ever since she hugged him, her hands had been groping around. And on top of that, she had been muttering with a sob that something's fur was gone.
Fur? Rong Lan's hair stood on end.