The next morning, when Luo Hanshang woke up, he found that Ning Jiang was not there.
However, there was a piece of paper on his bedside table.
He picked up the note. It was written in beautiful handwriting: I have a job in the company. I'll be working overtime. Let's meet at the Civil Affairs Bureau's entrance in the morning.
Luo Hanshang looked at the empty seat beside him and raised his eyebrows.
In the past, his sleep had been shallow, and if there was even the slightest movement in the room, he would wake up.
However, ever since he started to fall asleep with Ning Jiang in his arms, his sleep seemed to be a lot better.
This woman was a magical existence to him.
In the morning, Ning Jiang would occasionally look at the clock on the wall.
At nine o'clock, Luo Hanshang called her.
She looked at her phone and hesitated for a moment. Then, she hung up and replied with a short message, "Wait a moment, I haven't finished my work. It will be done soon."
When he called again at nine-thirty, she picked up the phone. "Hello, where are you?"
"Underground parking."
"Got it, got it. I'll be right there."
After hanging up, she asked the Leader for a leave of absence and went to the washroom to put on her makeup at a leisurely pace.
It was already 9: 45 when he came downstairs.
There was no way to get to the Civil Service within fifteen minutes.
She got into his car, and his face darkened.
On the other hand, Ning Jiang smiled apologetically at him as if nothing had happened: "Sorry, when I just came out, I remembered that I didn't put on any makeup. Although it's a fake marriage, I still have to take a picture to get a marriage certificate, so I went to make myself up."
Luo Hanshang started the car and left. The car drove out of the basement, and he said coldly: "I think you did it on purpose."
"Intentionally?" She pretended not to understand.
"What did my old lady say to you?"
Ning Jiang laughed and said: "You're referring to what Grandmother said, receiving a certificate before ten. I think it's kind of superstitious, that people can live together for a lifetime even without a marriage certificate. "
"Then why must you avoid this time?"
"I didn't try to avoid it. Cory was really busy just now."
Luo Hanshang coldly snorted.
Ning Jiang was secretly delighted, but he said with an innocent look on his face: "Are you angry?"
His face was cold, and he did not speak.
Ning Jiang hurriedly explained: "Even though Grandmother doesn't know, we do know very clearly that our marriage is fake. There is no need to care about the time, is there?"
Luo Hanshang's eyes were cold, so she was deliberately late.
"This is your attitude. The person who asked me to marry is you. Have you ever thought that if you do as the old man says, you will make the old man happy? "
When he said that, she was really feeling guilty, but … She was afraid as well. What if the person her grandma was looking for was really accurate?
She lowered her eyes and said, "I'm sorry, I was too preoccupied with my grandma's feelings. Why don't you tell grandma that we got the certificate before 10 o'clock and told her not to be sad because of me?"
Luo Hanshang did not calm down.
This woman couldn't wait to marry him, yet she wasn't willing to maintain a long marriage with him, right?
Good, very good.
He was determined to let all her hopes go to waste. Since it was the same for him no matter who he married, he would spend the rest of his life with her.
Reaching the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau, Luo Hanshang's expression was still cold. Ning Jiang coaxed: "Don't be angry, why don't we not take the certificate today, have Grandma find someone else to look after the time for us. "Or, calm down, and come out after receiving your certificate. I'll treat you to lunch at noon, okay?"
Luo Hanshang glanced at her, then opened the door and got out of the car.
The two of them went in and took pictures. When they came out, it was already 10: 20.
Ning Jiang said: "Zhuo Yijun, what do you want to eat at noon today, I'll treat you."
He rolled his eyes at her and opened the door to the car.
She hurriedly got into the car and said while fastening her seat belt, "Let's go eat Thai food. I know there's a pretty good restaurant, I …"
Before she could finish speaking, Luo Hanshang's phone rang.
He took out his cell phone, glanced at it, and picked it up. "Grandmother."
Hearing him call her grandma, her heart inexplicably tensed up.
She couldn't hear what her grandmother had said, only that he was saying, "Yes, yes, 10: 20, yes, eh? Is that so? Heh, alright, I understand. "
He hung up the phone and put it aside.
Ning Jiang worriedly asked: "Are you telling Grandma that we got our 10: 20 pass? Is Grandmother very disappointed? "
Luo Hanshang did not say a word, and started the car to leave the Civil Affairs Bureau, and came to a seemingly high-class Western Restaurant.
Ning Jiang looked outside, and said guiltily: "This place should be quite expensive."
"What? You want to go back on your word?"
She quickly waved her hand. "If you don't go back on your word, you won't go back on your word. Even if you eat until you're broke, I'll take it."
Luo Hanshang got off his seat belt and followed along.
Before entering the dining room, he stopped and looked at her. "Oh yes, my grandmother told me that she was afraid we would be busy and late that day, so she purposely said an hour earlier, just before eleven o'clock."
What?
This... This... Grandma was too black-hearted.