“I will remember it. Don’t bring this up again in the future,” Jasper Milton said in amanding tone.
Since she had made up her mind to get married, she should forget all the unhappy things.
Ste Grace nodded and smiled. “Let’s go, my dear Mr. Milton.”
Jasper was dissatisfied with this address. “Am I still Mr. Milton now?” Was she not willing to marry him?
“Hmm, my husband?” Ste probed.
Jasper smiled. “Hmm, not bad.”
“Let’s go.”
Jasper held her hand and walked into the Civil Affairs Bureau.
The morning sun was not too strong. It fell on them and their shadows ovepped each other.
Ste realized Jasper was actually nervous.
His palm was sweaty and sticky.
He walked in and looked around before walking to a counter.
“Hi, we are here to get married,” Jasper said to the staff at the counter.
The staff was an impatient person. “ID card and birth certificate, please. Photos will be takenter. You are not allowed to put on make up, and it will cost you nine dors. Is she pregnant? If not, she should have a check-up done. Do you have any prenuptial agreement? Do you need any property appraisal?”
“She’s not pregnant. We don’t have a prenuptial agreement nor do we need a property appraisal,” Jasper said.
The staff adjusted her ck-framed sses and looked at Jasper.
Without hesitation, Ste handed over her ID card and birth certificate.
Jasper did the same.
In fact, he could hand her his military official’s ID, but he didn’t want to be too conspicuous, so he gave his normal ID card and his birth certificate.
The staff thought Jasper was quite handsome. She took a double take, wondering if he was a celebrity who came to get married. If that was the case, she would have the first-hand information.
Jasper was confused.“Is there anything wrong?”
“Nothing.” The staff lowered her head.
She tapped their information into herputer to confirm if both of them were unmarried, as well as to verify other personal information.
Ste stretched her neck to look at the photo on Jasper’s ID card.
“Most people have very ugly ID cards. You look too good in yours, is it edited?” Ste asked jokingly.
Jasper cleared his throat and whispered, “Be serious.”
Ste: “…”
Was she not? Jasper was looking very serious.They were just getting married but he looked like he was in a battle zone. He wasn’teven trying to talk to her.
“You should smile when you take the picture,” Ste reminded.
Before Jasper could say anything, the inpatient staff reminded her, “Don’t show your teeth when you take the picture.”
Ste was amused and giggled.
The staff rolled her eyes.“Go in for a check-up. The man will pay.”
“Oh.” Ste walked towards the room for the pre-marriage check-up.
Jasper took out ten dors from his wallet and handed it to the staff.
“We have packages for 99 dors and 999 dors, do you want to consider them?” the staff rmended.
Jasper was confused.“What’s in the 999 dor package?”
It was his first marriage, so he knew nothing about it.
“You can get a souvenir with both of your handprints in the 999 dors package. It’s good for memories,” the staff exined.
“Okay then.” Jasper was easy-going. He took out ten pieces of one hundred dor notes from his wallet and handed them to the staff.
The staff happily took the money and gave Jasper one dor for change.
Jasper put it into the donation box.
“Are you a celebrity?” the staff asked.
“No,” Jasper replied, serious as ever.
“Oh, you would definitely be a popr one if you were. You’re so good looking.” The staff sighed.
Jasper: “…”
Ste Grace came out of the check-up room and saw Jasper Milton sitting on the sofa, staring at the counter.
Ste followed his gaze and saw a man and a woman standing at the counter.
“What happened?” she asked.
“They are here to divorce. Look, there aren’t any smiles on their faces. That means they are not happy to get divorced.” Jasper looked at Ste. “Don’t mention divorce to me in the future.”
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“Let’s go take the picture.” Jasper took Ste to the shooting room.
It looked very simple. There were two chairs facing a camera.
Ste and Jasper sat on the chairs.
“Let’s get closer to each other,” the photographer said.
Ste leaned closer to Jasper.
“Closer,” the photographer prompted.
Ste moved even closer to Jasper.
“You need to get closer.” The photographer adjusted the angle.
Jasper held Ste’s head and put it on his shoulder.
“Okay, okay.Put your hand away,” the photographer advised.
Ste burst intoughter.
Jasper smiled too. It was the brightest smile she had ever seen.
“Okay. Are you going to get the handprint souvenir? You can go first. You can collect your marriage certificate after that,” the photographer reminded them.
Ste and Jasper went out. The staff at the counter was already waiting for them at the door.She led them to the souvenir room.
The mold was a ready-made one. It was in a heart shape, made of stic, and sculptured with roses.
The staff tore off ayer of tempered film on the surface of the mold and said, “You can print your hands on it.”
Jasper and Ste did it together.
“It needs to be dried for about five minutes, you can wait here.” The staff took the mold away.
“Did you pay 9 dors for all these?” Ste asked casually.
Jasper felt a little strange as he recalled Ste had gotten married once before this.
“999,” Jasper said
“Oh.” No wonder there were so many things.
Five minutester, the staff came over and handed a gift bag to Jasper. “The souvenir, your marriage certificate, birth certificates, ID cards, as well as a set of gifts from the Civil Affairs Bureau, are all inside.Have a happy life together as husband and wife.”
“Thank you,” Ste nodded.
The staff nced at Ste and left.
Ste took out the marriage certificate.
The photo on it showed her and Jasper smiling, looking very happy.
She recalled her previous marriage certificate.
She was forced to marry Frederick Addington.Frederick looked at the camera with disdain and anger. She was unhappy as well and was pursing her lips.
The photographer then might have realized something was wrong. He did not ask them to get closer.