"To the Civil Affairs Bureau," Lan Yuxi said, tilting her head to look at the stunned man. "Do you dare to go?"
Nan Xiao took a moment to find his voice. "Xi Bao, are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious! They look down on me, don't they? They're sure you won't marry me, right? Then I'll prove them wrong!"
"Xi Bao, I think you're acting out of spite. I'm afraid you'll regret it later."
Lan Yuxi bit her lip. "What do you mean? You don't dare to go, do you? If you don't dare, then forget it. Don't use me as an excuse."
The smile in Nan Xiao's eyes gradually widened until it could no longer be contained.
Lan Yuxi glared at him with a fierce pout. "What are you laughing at? If you don't dare, then forget it. Take me home!"
Nan Xiao laughed and started the engine. As the car drove, he dialed his Bluetooth. "What time is your lunch break... Wait for me a few minutes, I'll be there soon... No, I'm getting married... Why are you talking so much nonsense! Hang up!"
After hanging up, Nan Xiao called Nan Xiangdong. "Take the household registration book I left in your office, that little red box, and the DNA paternity test certificate, and hurry to the Haidian Civil Affairs Bureau as fast as you can."
Lan Yuxi, sitting in the passenger seat, couldn't help but smile. So he wasn't trying to escape, but was genuinely worried she was making a hasty decision out of impulse.
She had indeed been a bit impulsive just now, but she was certain she wouldn't regret it, because marrying Nan Xiao was her biggest dream in life.
Although she had once vowed never to marry, only she knew that she had said that mostly out of pique, and also because she felt wronged just getting married like this.
But the words spoken by those ghosts and monsters from the An family today, and their undisguised disdain, had completely infuriated her.
She was determined to marry Nan Xiao today, to make those who looked down on her, those who didn't want her and Nan Xiao to be together, just watch helplessly, unable to do anything about it!
Seeing her lost in thought, Nan Xiao reached out and ruffled her hair. "What are you thinking about? Are you regretting it? Xi Bao, you can change your mind anytime before we enter the Civil Affairs Bureau, but once we're inside, you'll have no chance. Also, in my life, Nan Xiao, there is no divorce, only widowhood. If you regret it later, unless you kill me, your name will forever carry my surname."
Lan Yuxi pouted. "Coincidentally, my life also has no divorce. Even if we go to the Yellow Springs Road in the future, you will still be mine! But there's one thing I don't understand. Why can't your name carry my surname?"
"My two children already have your surname Lan. What's the difference between that and my name carrying your surname?"
"You mean you want to change the children's surnames too?"
"No need. It's good that they have your surname."
Lan Yuxi twirled her hair around her fingers, smiling charmingly. Anyone could see she was in a very good mood.
Suddenly, she thought of something and turned her head. "You just mentioned the household registration book. Do you need a household registration book for registration in China?"
"Yes."
"Then it's over. I don't have my household registration book. My household registration might still be with your sister-in-law. I've been dealing with one troublesome thing after another since I returned, I forgot to transfer my household registration out."
Nan Xiao dotingly stroked her head. "To ensure you could smoothly continue my 'inheritance,' I transferred your household registration to my household registration book shortly after you left."
"Then what is our relationship on the household registration book?"
"Uncle and niece."
Lan Yuxi deflated like a balloon, slumping in her seat. "Then it's even more over! They definitely won't register us with this kind of relationship. Let's go back."
Nan Xiao looked at her with amusement. "It's okay. The Civil Affairs Bureau where I'm taking you to register, my comrade works there. And didn't I ask Xiangdong to bring the DNA paternity test certificate?"
Lan Yuxi pouted and looked out the window. She realized something very important: whenever she was with Nan Xiao, she became like a foolish little idiot with no sense.
The car quickly arrived at the Civil Affairs Bureau. Ma Ke, Nan Xiao's comrade, was already waiting at the entrance. When he saw Lan Yuxi step out of the car, he immediately burst into laughter.
"Haha... Little Tail, it's really you! I knew our boss wouldn't be able to escape your clutches."
Lan Yuxi looked at Nan Xiao with a headache. "If you had told me earlier that we were coming to find this idiot, I wouldn't have come... How about we change the place to register another day?"
Nan Xiao, afraid she would run, grabbed her wrist and pulled her to Ma Ke. "Don't tease her, she's shy."
Ma Ke pointed at Lan Yuxi and laughed. "She's shy?"
Lan Yuxi angrily kicked him. "Shut up!"
Ma Ke winced in pain. "Boss, you should manage her!"
"Who told you to be so talkative!" Nan Xiao laughed, pulling Lan Yuxi into his arms, and said to Ma Ke, "Let's take the photos first. Xiangdong will bring the documents over soon."
"Boss..." Ma Ke started to speak, but Nan Xiao's look scared him into silence. He rubbed his nose and made a gesture. "Please, you two. I've arranged everything. I'll take you there now."
Lan Yuxi and Nan Xiao followed Ma Ke into the photo room. Lan Yuxi suddenly clutched Nan Xiao nervously.
"How about we come back in a few days?"
Nan Xiao flicked her forehead with his finger. "Didn't I tell you in the car? Did you forget?"
"But we didn't discuss it with our elders." Lan Yuxi racked her brain for a flimsy excuse like this.
"Who do you want to discuss it with?" Nan Xiao forcefully pulled her to sit on a chair. "Lan Yuxi, no more excuses. Hurry up and get the certificate. I still need to go home to accompany Mumu!"
Ma Ke was confused. "Who is Mumu? It sounds like a girl's name."
Lan Yuxi pouted. "His little lover."
Ma Ke scoffed. "Even if all the men in the world have little lovers, our boss wouldn't."
Nan Xiao raised his eyebrows proudly. "Mumu is indeed my little lover."
Ma Ke stumbled, nearly falling. "Boss, how could you become like this?! No wonder Little Tail is still hesitating about getting the certificate with you after coming here."
Lan Yuxi gave him an exasperated glare. "Who said I was hesitating? Get out, don't affect my mood for taking pictures. This will be used for a lifetime."
Ma Ke felt the world had suddenly become fantastical. Seeing that the two were already leaning their heads together preparing for the photo, he had no choice but to retreat, so as not to disturb these two venerable figures.
After a few shots, the photographer looked at the two in the camera and smiled. "Mr. Nan, in all my years in this profession, you two are the most good-looking couple with the most marital resemblance I've ever seen!"