Chapter 349 : Dai Yu’s Story End (2/2)

Even from this distance, I could make out Her Excellency and Sir Ling Yue standing beneath the tree. Sir Ling Yue seemed to crane his neck to look for something, while Her Excellency wanted to pull him away.

As I watched them, I didn’t even notice at what point Gu Su left and returned. He waved a wooden plaque before my eyes.

I gave him a surprised look.

The lighting was too dim, so I couldn’t make out his expression . But I could hear his voice.

“I heard that lovers who wish under the Eternity Tree will grow old together. Do you want to give it a shot?”

At that moment, I think I could hear the pounding of my heart.

The seed that I’d hidden away grew into a towering tree in that instant, its branches wrapping around my heart.

“If you don’t, forget it.” Gu Su suddenly took the plaques back and turned to leave. I reached out to pull him. “I’m willing.”

Gu Su turned. Suddenly, fireworks shot in the sky. They weren’t great, but seeing their reflection in his eyes, I suddenly felt that they were very beautiful.

I had once asked Her Excellency what would be the most sincere thing to write under the Eternity Tree.

She told me, “Names. No need for anything else. You just need to place both your names together.”

When my name and his were carved on the wooden plaques bound together by a red string, I suddenly realised why Her Excellency was so obsessed with giving Sir Ling Yue the very best, and was unwilling to let him suffer in the slightest.

“Dai Yue.”

“Hm?” I turned to look at him.

Gu Su’s handsome features suddenly magnified. Before I could react, his lips covered mine.

When did he stop calling me Dai Yue-jiejie?

A long time ago…

Every time I raised the topic, he’d always change the subject.

And yet, I actually hadn’t noticed this.

Neither Her Excellency nor Ying Yue seemed surprised when Gu Su and I got together, as if they had long expected for it to happen.

Her Excellency’s expression was even more colourful. From my interpretation, I think it meant something along the lines of: I can finally get this idiot married off! He can’t cling to my waifu ever again!

For the sake of getting Gu Su away from Sir Ling Yue faster, Her Excellency arranged for us to be married at the Prime Minister’s residence.

I hadn’t expected her to bring my mother here.

I hadn’t seen my mother in years. After the former Prime Minister’s death, she’d left to live in the countryside estate.

She was already old.

“Mother.” I knocked my head heavily on the ground.

“Good. Good…” Mother’s wrinkled face seemed like a flower in bloom as she smiled, but there were tears in the corners of her eyes.

Gu Su stood beside me, feeling a bit nervous as he copied my actions and kowtowed to Mother. “Mother.”

Mother seemed finally unable to hold back her tears as she choked with sobs softly. After a long time, she spoke, “Mother is very happy…to be able to see you get married.”

She took a brocade box from her sleeve and beckoned Gu Su over. He looked at me and only got up when I nodded.

Mother opened the box up to reveal a jade pendant. She solemnly handed it over to Gu Su. “I must trouble you to take care of her from now on.”

“I will.” Gu Su replied primly.

Meanwhile, I had some trouble holding back my laughter. I really wanted to ask him: who’s going to take care of whom?

The wedding wasn’t a simple affair—it could be called quite grand actually.

Within the hall, Mother sat at the head seat, gazing kindly at me and Gu Su.

Mother had wanted Her Excellency to sit there, but she rejected it.

She didn’t give a reason, merely rejecting the offer with an expressionless face. Mother didn’t dare to press.

The officiant’s voice sounded.

“Bow to Heaven and Earth…”

“Bow to the ancestors…”

“Bow to each other…”