Even those of low repute knew to be more lenient with women.
But what about Xia Yichen?
He was supposed to be a man, yet he acted so shamelessly.
While waiting for the moving company, Xia Wanfu slowly packed her things alone.
Xia Yichen sat on the sofa, playing on his phone, scrolling through videos and occasionally smiling.
His videos were all about beautiful women, games, shoes, and cars.
During this time, he received a phone call and then went to pick up takeout.
He ate by himself, completely ignoring whether Xia Wanfu had eaten or not.
The debt collectors sat inside in twos and threes, quiet and well-behaved.
They were sure to get the house today.
If Xia Wanfu and her family didn't move out, they couldn't leave easily, as today was the deadline, and they were just doing someone's bidding.
Half an hour later, the moving company arrived.
A large truck and four or five movers, with a distant destination, the move would cost thousands of yuan.
The last time these debt collectors had come, they had taken all the valuables from the house, not even sparing the safe.
Fortunately, the safe only contained some loose cash and documents.
Later, Xia Wanfu sold the family's several cars to barely pay off the debts.
But these were nothing. They had only come to cause trouble, at least not like a robbery, ransacking the house.
However, Xia Yichen had turned the house upside down like a rebellion to get money, which was what Xia Wanfu couldn't accept the most.
Now, watching the movers carry out her belongings one by one.
Her heart ached more and more, and she felt like she couldn't hold on any longer.
From now on, she would truly have no home.
This villa had been bought more than ten years ago when housing prices were still very cheap.
She had just started to form memories that year.
She only knew that her father had made a lot of money that year, and the family had finally settled in Kyoto.
After they bought the villa, housing prices soared, increasing countless times.
There were too many things, and it would likely take the whole morning to move them all.
Xia Wanfu had to stay here.
And those debt collectors wouldn't leave easily.
Nine o'clock in the morning – Civil Affairs Bureau.
Early in the morning, Ling Yuchen took Xia Wan Tang out.
Xia Wan Tang thought they were going to work.
But when the car stopped in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau, she was stunned.
Ling Yuchen's expression was calm, but the corners of his mouth were always curved in a slight arc, barely noticeable if not for careful observation.
His original plan was to get the marriage certificate tomorrow, but his subordinates were efficient and delivered the Xia family's household registration book to him early in the morning.
Why wait?
Since the household registration book was in hand, it was best to get the certificate immediately, so that her household registration could be transferred out.
Han Xiao went to park the car.
The two stood at the entrance of the Civil Affairs Bureau for a moment. Xia Wan Tang asked with a complicated expression, "Are we here to get married?"
Ling Yuchen softly acknowledged and took her hand.
"Let's go, the Civil Affairs Bureau opens at nine."
Xia Wan Tang's steps faltered, her eyes showing hesitation, entanglement, and conflict.
She didn't know if she should get married to Ling Yuchen. Marriage was a big deal, and she was naturally conflicted, yet she also felt a sense of contradiction.
She couldn't deny that she didn't object to marrying Ling Yuchen, but there were too many concerns.
Ling Yuchen looked down at her and frowned slightly.
"What's wrong, you don't want to?"
Xia Wan Tang gave a dry laugh, "No, it's just that you can't get a marriage certificate without the household registration book."
Ling Yuchen was holding a bag. He calmly took out two household registration books from it.
One was the Ling family's, and the other was the Xia family's. He handed the Xia family's to Xia Wan Tang.
Xia Wan Tang took it with a confused look, still somewhat disbelieving that the household registration book was already in hand.
The Xia family's household registration book had always been kept by Han Wenjuan, and she had no idea where it was.
Otherwise, she would have secretly taken it when she left the Xia family.
Opening the first page, the name of the head of household was Xia Lin Feng.
Xia Wan Tang's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed, "How did you get it? That's amazing!"
Ling Yuchen's lips curved slightly, but he said nothing.
How he got it didn't matter, as long as they could get the certificate and transfer her household registration.
"Let's get the certificate first! After getting the certificate, we'll go and transfer the household registration."
Xia Wan Tang had nothing more to say. The complex emotions in her heart were suppressed by surprise.
Then, she directly followed Ling Yuchen into the Civil Affairs Bureau.
The staff inside first asked them to take a photo.
The two sat on a bench with a red background wall behind them.
Even the decisive Ling Yuchen was a little nervous at this moment.
The photographer kept asking them to adjust their positions. Seeing such a good-looking couple, he wanted to take a perfect photo.
When the positions were satisfactory, the photographer smiled, "It's a joyous occasion, can you two smile?"
Xia Wan Tang's palms were sweating from nervousness, her mind blank, and she couldn't remember to smile.
As for Ling Yuchen, he rarely smiled.
At the photographer's reminder, both forced out stiff smiles.
It was worse than not smiling at all!
It was the first time he had seen a couple getting married looking like this.
Yet they didn't seem like a couple who resented each other!
The photographer smiled and encouraged them, "Don't be so nervous. Your wedding photo will accompany you for a lifetime, so it must be perfect!"
Ling Yuchen let out a breath, turned to look at the person beside him, and finally smiled from the heart.
Adjusting their mindset, they seemed less nervous.
The photos were developed quickly.
They were placed in small transparent sealed bags.
In the photos, both were smiling brightly, like everyone else who came to get married, with sparkling eyes, mixed with sweetness and happiness.
Next was filling out the forms.
Throughout the entire process, Xia Wan Tang felt like she was in a daze.
Finally, they signed and got the stamps.
Both received a warm marriage certificate.
Xia Wan Tang felt like she was dreaming.
However, before she could even warm it in her hands, the marriage certificate was snatched away.
She heard Ling Yuchen say, "I'll keep the marriage certificate for now. Let's go and transfer your household registration."
Xia Wan Tang looked up and saw Ling Yuchen's smiling face, more radiant than she had ever seen him.
This gave Xia Wan Tang a feeling of being tricked, as if she had fallen into a trap.
But upon reflection, their marriage was only to transfer her household registration, and it was uncertain how long it would last!
If it weren't for the need to transfer her household registration, why would they get married so quickly after only a few days of dating?
After leaving the Civil Affairs Bureau, they headed directly to the police station.
The procedures for transferring household registration were still complicated and confusing, and there were many people.
Fortunately, Ling Yuchen had made arrangements in advance, and someone was already there to prepare.
After the procedures were completed, the morning was over. Fortunately, everything went smoothly.
Xia Wan Tang established her own household registration, and from then on, she was free, no longer a member of the Xia family.
The new household registration would take about half a month to a month to be issued.
Ling Yuchen thought it would be better to directly transfer it to his family's household registration, but he didn't say it.
Because he knew Xia Wan Tang still had concerns.