After falling out with his father, it was to Xu Xiangyi that Jiang Shenghe went to when he needed to do something. Apart from his aunt, the elder he trusted and relied on the most was Xu Xiangyi.

This time, Jiang Shenghe told Xu Xiangyi that he and Luo Qi had a flash marriage. While their relationship was being cultivated, he needed him to work on his father so that he could be more accepting of the relationship.

Xu Xiangyi thought about it for a long time but he still couldn’t seem to accept this news, “With Luo Qi’s temperament, could she really agree to a flash marriage?”

“I’m not lying to you. I have the marriage certificate at home. I’ll take a photo of it for you when I get back tonight.”

“I originally prepared a New Year’s red envelope for you two, but it seems the red envelope this time must be thicker.”

Xu Xiangyi said, “Your father is free the day after tomorrow. He asked your second uncle and your aunts to go to the Jiang house for dinner. I will go then.

“Life is really not fun. People grow old in the blink of an eye,” he lamented.

As he grew older, what Xu Xiangyi missed the most were the years he spent living and eating with the Jiang family. His parents had special jobs and were away from home for several months. The longest period was seven or eight months without coming back. His parents entrusted him and his younger sister to the care of Uncle Jiang and Aunt Jiang. Uncle Jiang’s family had six children, and the family was always lively.

He was the same age as Jiang Shenghe’s father, and his sister was about the same age as Jiang Yueru. They ate, lived, and played together, and when they got mad at each other as children would do, they caused great havoc in the family.

Later, his parents were transferred to Shanghai, and he and his younger sister went with them.

From six to eleven years old, it was an age even a dog would hate—but it was also the most wonderful years of his life.

… …

Jiang Shenghe didn’t know how Uncle Xu talked to his father, but after this, his father seemed to passively accept the fact that he was with Luo Qi.

He took a photo of the marriage certificate and sent it to Uncle Xu. He didn’t capture all the information on it, just mainly to prove that they’d gotten the certificate.

Xu Xiangyi: [I want to give this to your dad and see how your dad would faint immediately.]

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On Friday, Jiang Shenghe returned to Suzhou with Luo Qi and Luo Yu.

Two of the three seats were next to each other, and the other was by the window.

Luo Yu walked ahead of her cousin-sister and brother-in-law and grabbed the separate seat.

Jiang Shenghe put away their suitcase, “Luo Yu, sit with your sister.”

“No, no, no,” Luo Yu plugged in her earphones, “I plan to watch variety shows. There’s nothing to talk about even if I sit with my sister.”

She slid the small partition closed, reclined the seat, and experienced the luxury of a business class seat.

At six o’clock, the high-speed train began to move.

Luo Yu called her mother and reported that she was on the way.

“Mom, are you cooking?”

“We’ve already eaten.”

“So early today?”

“Your dad went fishing and took some porridge to eat. I’ll make some fresh for you when you get back.”

“He’s going fishing late at night?”

“Yeah, night fishing. There’s no need to get up early since he doesn’t have to go to work tomorrow.”

“That sounds interesting.”

“He recently met a few young fishing friends. They’ve been going night fishing on weekends.”

These people were in their twenties, not yet thirty, so they could easily survive staying up late. She tried to persuade her husband not to compete with these youngsters, but her husband was obsessed with fishing and could not be persuaded.

It seemed those young people knew how to play and found fishing places that her husband had never been to before. Her husband said it was rare to find young people with similar interests and whom he could chat with.

She thought to herself that the other person seemed to be a bit silly, otherwise how would they be able to talk to someone who was fifty years old?

Luo Yu was surprised. “Young fishing friend? And they’re willing to take my dad to play?”

“Well, they seem to have a good time. He picked him up in his car and took your dad away, which made your dad very happy.”

“…”

“Didn’t your brother-in-law give him a very expensive fishing rod today? So now his fishing obsession is even worse.”

The fishing rod that Jiang Shenghe bought were delivered to her parent’s home by the specialty store today. The fishing rod was actually so expensive that her father initially couldn’t bear to accept it.

Luo Yu hadn’t known that her brother-in-law had already delivered the gift ahead of the celebration. He was so meticulous about choosing a gift for her father.

[Sister, thank my brother-in-law for me. My dad was very happy to receive the fishing rod.]

… …

Luo Qi showed Luo Yu’s message to Jiang Shenghe, “Thank you. Third Uncle likes it very much.”

Jiang Shenghe simply said, “The whole family is welcome.”

He was looking at their shared photo album. Luo Qi had just uploaded a lot of photos of potted strawberries. She took pictures of it almost every day. Every time she took a photo, there were two or three strawberries missing.

He looked and saw that the strawberries in the first pot were almost all eaten.

The strawberries he planted in the other pot haven’t grown yet, and she would run out of strawberries to eat in a few days.

She had told him that she wasn’t too busy at Ruipu—now he seemed to have realized something.

It seemed she really wasn’t busy.

Jiang Shenghe pulled up the contact information of the gardening  shop owner. He never expected that one day his contacts would include people from all walks of life. Yesterday, he just added a pet shop owner on WeChat. He planned to raise two Samoyed for Luo Qi. 

He left a message to the gardening shop owner: [Prepare three more pots of strawberries for me. It’s best for each pot to mature four or five days apart. Thank you. Sorry to trouble you.]

This would ensure sure that when she was about to finish eating the strawberries in one pot, she would have a new one.

Just after he sent the message, he received one from Qin Moling: [Are you in the company?]

[I’m outside. What’s up?]

Qin Moling intended to visit to him to talk about Yuanwei Capital. This wasn’t something he could explain clearly on the phone, [“When are you free, I’ll go to your office and chat in person.”]

Qin Moling asked again: [How about tomorrow morning?]

Although tomorrow was Saturday, it was common for them to work overtime.

Jiang Shenghe: [I’m not free tomorrow either, I’ll be in Suzhou.]

[On business trip?]

[No.]　　

Jiang Shenghe did not intend to hide it from him anymore, [Taking wedding photos.]

[Have you drunk too much?]

[It’s six o’clock, how could I be drunk? I’m with Luo Qi. Don’t tell anyone else yet.]

There were photos of him and Luo Qi in a wedding dress on his mobile phone. When they were trying on wedding dresses at the bridal shop that day, the designer took a few photos for them. Because Luo Yu was present at the time, he and Luo Qi could not act so intimate.

However, this level of intimacy was more suitable for Qin Moling to see; it would not be appropriate to be too intimate.

He picked the clearest one and sent it to Qin Moling.

Qin Moling’s reply came quickly: [The photoshop is pretty good.]

“…”

Qin Moling said again: [“Why don’t you do a marriage certificate to make Pei Shixiao angry?”]

“…”

Jiang Shenghe happened to have a photo of their marriage certificate on his mobile phone—he had taken it for Uncle Xu to see, and he later forgot to delete it.

So the photo of the marriage certificate was sent directly to Qin Moling.

Qin Moling: “…”

This guy actually has the whole set.

Today’s photoshop technology could really confuse fakes with real ones. Even he couldn’t tell whether these were real or fake.

Seventh Year of My Secret Love for You translated by Maela @ whitemoonlighttranslations.com

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T/N: I took time out to go on a trip and attend my niece’s wedding. Yep, niece. Just like He Jinxing in From the Day the Engagement is Broken, my brother is much older than me and I am a ‘young aunt’.

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A list of all advance chapters is HERE.
Chapter 53.1 — Wedding Photos on a Rainy Night
Chapter 53.2 — Wedding Photos on a Rainy Night
Chapter 53.3 — Wedding Photos on a Rainy Night
Chapter 54.1 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me
Chapter 54.2 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me
Chapter 54.3 — Don’t Just Keep Hugging Me