Chapter 152
Baidi City, Marriage Registration Office.
Two young people stood at the door.
Nowadays, the marriage process is very simple. Only the identity cards and signatures of both parties are needed. Even remote registration is possible.
After choosing to register for marriage and before submitting confirmation, the system will automatically generate each party’s physical examination form, property status and other reports. This is to prevent either party from being deceived into marriage.
The staff at the registration office get off work at 6 pm.
When Si Chen and Ji Chuyao arrived, it was already 5:30. There were only a handful of people in the entire registration office and it looked deserted.
For them, a marriage certificate is but a piece of paper that could be torn at any time. Its symbolic meaning is far greater than its practical meaning.
This piece of paper symbolizes that their future lives will be more closely intertwined.
They will form a family, live together, raise Si Yuan together and even sleep together. They will go through this life supporting each other.
Si Chen’s heartbeat began to race.
The marriage registration auntie was very enthusiastic: “Oh, you’re here to register for marriage? Where are your ID cards? Take it out for me to check.”
“Oh, this young man is from Beicheng District. Housing in Beicheng is so expensive. Highly-educated. Already a doctor at such a young age.”
“And what about this one? Let me see. So handsome and registered in our own Baidi City. Our district is full of outstanding people. A pity he’s being taken by a wild man from outside.”
“200 credit for the marriage certificate. Who will be paying?”
Ji Chuyao took out his bank card. “I’ll pay.”
He looked very calm.
The auntie took the card and said unhappily, “What are you giving me your student ID for?”
Ji Chuyao blushed and replied, “Sorry, I took out the wrong one. It’s my first marriage, so I’m a little nervous.”
Si Chen turned his head and forced himself not to laugh out loud.
The registration process overall went smoothly.
Ji Chuyao’s personal property list was so long that the printer ran out of paper. The asset certificates piled up as high as half a person, which stunned the present staff of the registration office.
After printing out all the information, the staff took out a piece of paper.
This was the confirmation letter, stating that both parties, knowing each other’s medical history, property and other conditions, were willing to become legal partners.
After signing, Ji Chuyao handed the pen to Si Chen.
His handwriting was vigorous yet flowing. It was obvious that he had practiced it well.
Si Chen held the pen; the tip of the pen paused on the paper. His hand, used to holding a blade, was trembling a little.
Ji Chuyao did not push him.
Si Chen didn’t feel completely awake. The pen made a thick black dot on the paper.
Ji Chuyao held his hand. “If you haven’t thought it through, don’t force yourself.”
Si Chen has always been restrained and stingy with his feelings.
He was like a miser, guarding his few loves and carefully guarding against every possibility of being hurt.
Ji Chuyao’s words pulled his wandering mind back to reality.
Si Chen smiled and signed his name. “I’ve thought it through.”
**
Ji Sicheng waited in the principal’s office until eight o’clock in the evening.
The vice principal who came out to perfunctorily invite him to dinner talked about the difficulties of Baidi City’s finances. Ji Sicheng tactfully donated 5 million credits. And yet he didn’t even manage to get Si Chen’s mobile phone number.
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Flying is prohibited in Baidi City.
Ji Sicheng called a taxi and when he recalled the pledge he’d given Ji Chuyao before leaving, he couldn’t help but feel his old face blushing. After thinking about it, he was going to have to just tell his son that he’d drunk too much engine oil at lunch and fallen asleep, carelessly delaying his mission.
Just when Ji Sicheng was thinking of this, his mobile phone suddenly received a text message from Ji Chuyao.
-Dad, don’t come back tonight.
-You don’t have to stay in Baidi City. You should hurry back to Four Seasons Island.
Ji Sicheng:?
The next second, Ji Chuyao sent a small computer program from the Civil Affairs Bureau, the kind where one can view the marriage certificate with a click.
Countless thoughts flashed through Ji Sicheng’s heart. The most likely scenario was that Ji Chuyao had found some rando to marry in order to derail this forced marriage.
Consequently, when he clicked on the program, he found that the person he’d married was Si Chen.
Ji Sicheng was shocked.
He still had the prenuptial agreement in his briefcase but that didn’t seem that important now.
What a sensible cabbage to deliver itself to the pig.
Ji Sicheng knew very well that now, having seized an advantage, wasn’t the time to stay well-behaved.
He immediately said to the driver, “Master, take me to the airport.”
He had to leave quickly, otherwise, once White King comes back, unable give a beating to the young, he might give a beating to the old.
*
The ancestral home of the Ji Family is called Four Seasons Island and for the Chu family, it is a place called Eight Directions City. Intermarriages between the two families have been happening for generations. Even the names of their bases were somewhat similar.
Song Bai stayed in Four Seasons Island for more than half a month before finally moving to a new place.
A visitor is a guest and even a bad guest has to be entertained.
Chu Fuxi sat in the conference hall, dressed in a formal suit, waiting.
Her face has always lacked emotion. The atmosphere of the whole conference room was very depressed like a storm was coming.
Chu Fuxi had written the loan contract early on. In summary, the Chu family would lend 10 billion credits to Baidi City at 0% interest and with an unspecified repayment date. They would also provide one-on-one assistance to the backward industries in Baidi City.
Every time Song Bai comes, it’s for this. So instead of waiting for the other party to bring it up, it would be better to have it signed early and send this big Buddha away.
As for why it was a loan instead of a gift, of course it was in order to recover the debt once White King dies.
It didn’t matter if it couldn’t be repaid. There were many many industries and lands in the Safe Zone of Baidi City that could be used to repay the debt.
Both parties knew this but neither said it outright.
Chu Fuxi waited for an entire afternoon.
At eight o’clock in the evening, news came from the reception party that White King had arrived in Eight Directions City.
Half an hour later, White King stepped into the conference room.
He was dressed casually. Eight Directions City is located at a low latitude. While it has been snowing in other areas for several weeks already, the water here hadn’t frozen over yet.
Song Bai had on a thin windbreaker and sunglasses.
“Sorry, there was a traffic jam on the road. I’m a little late.” His tone was casual.
Chu Fuxi felt that Song Bai finding some perfunctory excuse to give to her was already an affirmation of the strength of the Chu Family.
The conference room was furnished with two long tables, placed opposite each other, displaying no hierarchy.
One side represented the Chu Family and the other side represented Baidi City.
Chu Fuxi sat in the main seat, numerous people were seated around her, three rows deep — lawyers, secretaries, family elders and clerks.
In contrast, Baidi City’s contingent looked quite sparse.
Save for the reception group arranged by the Chu Family, White King was the only one at the entire negotiation table.
Song Bai: “Let me take a look at the contract first.”
Chu Fuxi bowed her head slightly. “Please.”
Song Bai did not act like someone to be taken seriously. But because he had lived too long and experienced too much, he had no firm conviction and no one could restrain him. His sense of morality was inevitably weak but his professional quality was not bad.
He scanned the contract and directly took a pen to mark the problematic clauses. “These, change them.”
Chu Fuxi had no complaints. Whatever needed to be deleted or changed were quickly revised to plug the loopholes.
Song Bai spent ten minutes reading the new contract but said nothing.
Chu Fuxi could not keep her unperturbed composure. “Mr. Song, do you have any other questions?”
Song Bai took off his sunglasses, his brows and eyes were smiling. “Yes. There is this one thing I’m very curious about. Do bionic people have emotions?”
Chu Fuxi was stunned. “If you mean mechanical bionic people, they have no emotions, only programs.”
“What about genetic bionic people like you?”
Chu Fuxi was silent for a moment. “I think I am no different from normal humans, except that I can’t give birth to an offspring.”
Song Bai asked, “Do your genes come from Fuxi?”
Fuxi was an Evolutionary of the same stature as Kuafu, a pig that had also jumped out of the pigpen. The difference was that this pig had been slaughtered and eaten by the administrator.
Chu Fuxi replied calmly, “My genes are 97% similar to Fuxi’s, but I am not him. I didn’t grow up under the same conditions so naturally I can’t reach his height. I’m sorry to disappoint you.”
Song Bai didn’t dwell on this issue.
“Speaking of which, your Chu Family and Ji Family have maintained a good relationship for generations. Generations upon generations of intermarriages. Who is Ji Chuyao’s fiancée?
Chu Fuxi’s tone was stiff, “This is a family matter and there is no need for you to concern yourself with it.”
Song Bai raised his eyebrows. “It might be true that I should not be butting into your family affairs but your son had previously pursued my student. And he did so in quite a flashy way, if I might add. Everyone knew about it. I’m not all that interested in matters like marriage but I do like joining in the fun. I want to see your two families get engaged before I return to Baidi City. I can even serve as a witness. What do you think?”
The meeting room was very quiet. The clerk didn’t dare to type too hard, lest the sound of the keyboard disturb the people who were negotiating.
Chu Fuxi took a deep breath. “My husband and I don’t intend to interfere with his marriage.”
But Song Bai had already flipped through the list.
The higher up Heaven’s Stairway the Evolutionary, the more difficult it is to produce offspring. Especially between Evolutionaries of different evolutionary directions since strictly speaking, they belong to two different species. Therefore, there weren’t many candidates of the right age in the Chu Family.
Song Bai’s finger landed on a name. “Chu Linglong, it’s a nice name. Let’s choose her.”
Chu Fuxi’s expression looked like she was on the verge of getting angry.
But she held back. “Mr. Song, this matter is not part of today’s negotiation and it cannot be used as a condition.”
Song Bai’s mouth was smiling but there wasn’t much of a smile in his eyes. “I don’t want my student to marry some self-destructive waste in order to repay a debt of gratitude. I don’t want his future to be tied to a big ship that will only drag him down.”
The word “waste” undoubtedly hurt Chu Fuxi.
Of course, she knew how those people talked about Ji Chuyao behind her back though she rarely refuted.
She knew that only by pretending to be indifferent would most people be afraid and think that the Ji Family had a backup plan.
Chu Fuxi’s left hand, which was under her palm, tightly pinched her palm. She answered in a manner neither humble nor arrogant, “You worry too much.”
“Moreover, he is only 26. His future is filled with infinite possibilities. A person can live to 200 years old in his lifetime.”
Song Bai sneered from his nose and was about to say something else when his cell phone rang very abruptly.
He rejected the call but the phone rang again.
Song Bai frowned slightly and chose to answer it.
Shen Yanxing’s somewhat anxious voice came through. “Sir.”
Song Bai did not turn on the speakerphone but the people present were all Evolutionaries with enhanced senses, so it wasn’t difficult for them to hear clearly.
Song Bai asked, “What’s the matter?”
“Si Chen and Ji Chuyao got their marriage certificate this afternoon!”
Song Bai’s expression, which hadn’t been very good to begin with, became even uglier. He answered stiffly, “Got it.”
After that, Song Bai hung up the phone.
Everyone could feel his anger.
Seconds and minutes ticked by, but no one in the conference room dared to speak.
Seeing that it was getting much too late into the night, Chu Fuxi finally spoke, “Sir, do you think there is anything else that needs to be modified in the contract?”
Song Bai raised his eyes slightly. His dark pupils had turned red.
He looked at Chu Fuxi as if he were looking at a dead woman.
Chu Fuxi’s heartbeat accelerated and a chill surged under her feet. She almost didn’t dare to look into Baidi’s eyes.
There was no window in the room, but a wind suddenly blew and the tea in their cups rippled. The pages of the contract on the negotiation table were blown into disarray.
The wind was dancing wildly and pieces of white paper flew up in an instant, blocking Chu Fuxi’s sight.
When this inexplicable wind stopped, Song Bai had long disappeared.
She bent down and picked up the contract that fell at her feet.
Song Bai’s signature was already on it.
……
……
Song Bai returned to the passenger plane.
While teleporting would have been faster, sometimes these pomp and circumstance were indispensable.
There were several more people on the plane, all arranged by the Song Family.
Song Bai casually handed the contract to one of them. “Send it back to Baidi City.”
“Yes, sir.”
Song Bai originally had his own housekeeper and secretary, but unfortunately they were too old and had died decades ago. Later, Song Bai also got used to being alone.
“Ancestor, where is the next stop?”
Song Bai closed his eyes and thought for a moment. “The Chen Family.”
“Yes.”
There is an unwritten rule within the Great Families circle. The ranking of the Great Families is based on the order in which Song Bai asked them for money. The stronger the family, the earlier Song Bai visits them.
Four Seasons Island has always been Song Bai’s first stop.
Shen Yanxing called again, “Sir. I checked and the system of Baidi City is independent of the Alliance’s database. There is still time to cancel the marriage registration. Do you wish to cancel it?”
Personally, he wanted to cancel it.
Shen Yanxing didn’t have any particular reason. He only felt that Si Chen was still young and shouldn’t get married so early.
In his eyes, Ji Chuyao was no different from a good-looking big-tailed wolf.
“No need.”
Shen Yanxing hesitated. “But–”
Song Bai looked out the window and replied with a smile, “Ji Chuyao was originally the backer I chose for him.”
The plane took off at this moment and the thrusters on both sides of the wings gave a huge roar.
White King’s suppressed coughs went unheard, drowned out by the noise.
So is he upset or not? Thanks for the chapter!
Omg not Ji Chuyao messaging his dad not to come back tonight…doesn’t want anyone interrupting his first night of marriage with Si Chen😂😂 Also their relationship progressed in such a funny way, went straight from making out for like the second time to getting legally married–what high efficiency lmao
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Ji sensible cabbage Chuyao: ^^
Si pig chen: —
GILF, be strong
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