Chapter 824: Surprises and Continuation_3

Chapter 824: Chapter 432: Surprises and Continuation_3

Zhao Qingge didn’t refuse. When Li Peifeng walked forward and bent down, she hesitated for a moment and then placed her hands on his shoulders.

However, as soon as she got up, she began to regret it.

“Keep your hands to yourself!”

“I’m being very proper. If I don’t hold you up, you’ll easily fall.”

“…Let go, I can walk by myself.”

“We’re not at the car yet, let’s go, let’s go.”

No matter what Zhao Qingge said, Li Peifeng didn’t let go, and with a joyful demeanor, he carried Old Zhao to the car before putting her down. The passers-by who saw them thought the two had just come out of the hall with their marriage certificate, but in fact, it was quite the opposite.

“Why are you getting in? We’re not going the same way.”

Zhao Qingge saw Li Peifeng open the door and get into the passenger seat. She frowned, wanting to drive him away, but Li Peifeng explained, “We have to go back to the villa first. When you moved out, you didn’t take everything. There’s still some stuff left.”

“What stuff? Why can’t I remember?”

“Um… there’s a four-character idiom, something about different varieties of things?” Li Peifeng reminded carefully: “Diverse…”

Zhao Qingge looked suspicious: “Diverse and varied? What are you trying to say? If you’re not good with words, don’t use your mouth!”

“Yes!”

Li Peifeng nodded frantically: “You finally remembered, it’s all about color, you forgot about that!”

“Color…”

Zhao Qingge was at a loss for words, her face flushed, she raised her hand and hit: “Get out!”

“Step on the gas and let’s go quickly, let’s seize the time, after it’s done I’ll drive you back… stop hitting, if you can’t do it, then get out and let me drive.”

…

At this point, the man remains silent while the woman sheds tears.

I cried, why do we measure love by loss?

But the absurdity is that for any great love, both sides must feel more than one bout of despair, and more than one sense of loss to realize how significant this emotion is in their hearts.

Some couples can’t forget about each other after separation and quickly rush back into each other’s arms, rekindling their love.

Some couples go through a formal divorce but remain affectionate, so much so that right outside the government’s office, they return home to unwind and sweat it out together.

It may seem hypocritical, but in reality, they soberly come to realize through divorce one important thing.

That is, the chains binding their souls have long been welded together tightly, inseparable and inescapable, destined to be one.

Their relationship isn’t something a marriage certificate can prove, nor can it be affected by external forces, and certainly, it can’t be severed by a divorce decree.

Though happiness is fleeting, it is still worth pursuing; though hatred is irreconcilable, it can be avenged; though love will eventually wither, perhaps the expiration is ten thousand years away.

The ultimate meaning of all novels and literary works not only expresses the inevitability of life’s tragedies but also reveals that life will always go on.

As long as life continues, miracles can happen.

Gains and losses, forgetting and remembering, leaving and returning never cease, the strength of life is that before the last moment arrives, we always have another chance to love once more.

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since the “divorce,” and both Li Peifeng and Zhao Qingge had adapted to this divorced-but-still-together arrangement.

Close yet maintaining distance, relying on each other while remaining independent.

At least four days a week, he would go to Old Zhao’s house, even if he didn’t stay overnight, he would cook meals, clean up, and thoughtfully take care of her and her son.

Huang Tianxuan, due to work commitments, stayed in Hangzhou after the wedding and hadn’t returned to Beijing. For ordinary couples, not spending the honeymoon together right after marrying and instead working in different places might harm their relationship, but the two understood each other well and kept in touch, which didn’t negatively impact much.

As for Wu Wenyue and Xu Manning, after Li Peifeng spent more time and provided more company with them recently, they developed opinions, not aimed at Li Peifeng, but rather discontent towards each other.

The straightforward reason seems to be that Wu Wenyue has graduated, so she’s busy making arrangements for a wedding she and a certain ‘divorced man’ planned, which aroused Miss Xu’s jealousy and discontent.

Naturally, Li Peifeng couldn’t ignore this, so he teamed up with Wu Wenyue to comfort Xu Manning for several consecutive dinners, and by the next day’s breakfast, he promised Miss Xu that after she graduates next year, they would quickly set the ceremony, which made Xu Manning reluctantly stop, but she did have a suggestion.

“It’s too late to wait until I graduate next year, the sooner we arrange our wedding, the better. It’s best to have it the week after you and Yueyue’s. I’m not rushing, I’m just scared! Zhao Qingge’s family is a cautionary tale; otherwise, you wouldn’t have actually gone through with the divorce procedures.”

“Though this is fortunate, it at least served as a wake-up call for us, which is that Yueyue and my ceremony must occur before our parents understand the full scope of things, otherwise it may never happen, and husband, you might not even see us then.”

Xu Manning’s words made a lot of sense, and both Li Peifeng and Wu Wenyue thoroughly agreed. If the girls’ parents knew before Li Peifeng had married them, there’s a risk Li Peifeng could end up in jail.

Once the ceremony is completed, it’s akin to a done deal. At worst, it would be like with Old Zhao, ‘divorced-but-still-together,’ ensuring the girls don’t live with the regret of never having a wedding.

Therefore, they quickly set the wedding date for a week later and planned to return to Ningyuan City the next day to notify their parents to officially start the preparations.