After Faking a Disability, I Married the New Chief Sentinel 53

Chapter 53: Wedding Photo

Beep, beep, beep, beep…
The next morning, Xu Xunyue was awakened by the special notification sound of his terminal.
There was almost no light in the bedroom, and the air was warm. He lay there with his eyes closed, pretending not to hear, for a long time before his brain lazily reminded him.
…It wasn’t the alarm clock that was ringing, but the special notification sound of the terminal.
He seemed to have only set a special notification for Zhu Hui’s messages.
Why is Zhu Hui sending me a message?
With a slight thought, his attention was focused on the Sentinel in his arms.
The body in his arms was continuously emitting heat, the close chest revealing the rhythm of his heartbeat. The other’s breathing was rapid, his muscles tense, clearly feeling that he had done something wrong.
Xu Xunyue closed his eyes and watched the situation unfold.
Creek— The sound of the door hinge turning.
It was probably the snow wolf pushing open the ajar door with its mouth.
Ever since Zhu Hui had moved into his bedroom to sleep, the snow wolf would doze outside the door every night. When the two of them woke up in the morning and made a noise, it would push the door open and come in to patrol.
Zhu Hui’s breathing instantly quickened.

[Ah, the little wolf is gone.]
The shadows whispered in Xu Xunyue’s spiritual landscape.
[It’s really gone.]
[How did it suddenly disappear?]
[Of course it was taken away by that Sentinel.]
[Why did that Sentinel do that?]
[So you guys haven’t woken up yet?]
[Give us back the wolf.]

The room was silent. Zhu Hui did not move.
After a while, he began to move his arm cautiously and slowly, lifting his wrist, extending his finger, and was about to tap on the screen of his personal terminal.
He wanted to retract the chat history.
That won’t do.
Xu Xunyue opened his eyes without any warning and grabbed the Sentinel’s wrist, which was wearing the terminal. There was already a clear smile in his eyes.
“What did you send me?”
Zhu Hui’s eyes widened in surprise. He let Xu Xunyue turn his wrist over and pull it close, his mind still analyzing the reason.
He was a high-level Sentinel, yet he hadn’t noticed that his brother was awake? Although he indeed hadn’t let his guard down with his brother…
I shouldn’t have let my hand slip.
Clearing his throat, he said with difficulty, “Nothing. I sent it to the wrong person. I was originally going to send it to myself for easy viewing. Did I wake you up?”
“It’s fine. We can sleep a little longer. There’s no hurry.”
Xu Xunyue glanced at the content of the chat interface and let go of Zhu Hui with some amusement.
On the terminal screen was displayed:
[Love Expert’s Little Classroom: On the Ninety-Nine Arts of Taking Wedding Photos Offline.]
…He didn’t expect his Sentinel to be looking at this kind of thing so early in the morning.
“Did you wake up naturally?” Xu Xunyue asked.
“I might have been a little excited. I woke up earlier today. I didn’t have anything to do after that, so I looked these up. It’s all my fault for sending it to the wrong person… But brother, your terminal…?”
Looking at those bright, gem-like eyes, the tone of suppressed joy held a guess that was on the verge of being spoken. Xu Xunyue simply said:
“Yes, I set a special notification for you. The kind that you can hear no matter when.”
“Thank you, brother! But will this disturb you?” Zhu Hui was clearly very happy, but he also felt that he should restrain himself and act more sensible. He changed the subject and asked with concern, “For example, when you’re on a mission or need to maintain 100% focus…”
“Then I can temporarily set it to silent and no vibration, and then adjust it back later.”
Xu Xunyue reached out and covered the upper half of Zhu Hui’s face, and just before he was about to speak again, he said in time, “Alright, sweetie, lie down with me for a little longer.”
Zhu Hui stopped talking, and he didn’t look at the personal terminal on his wrist anymore. He squeezed a little closer into Xu Xunyue’s arms, and his heartbeat gradually calmed down.

[? Where’s the wolf?]
[Don’t sleep yet.]
[Let him let the wolf out first.]
[You can’t do this.]
[He can’t do this.]
[Seriously, these two just don’t care about the life and death of us spiritual bodies once they’re happy.]
[Exactly. We’ll be bored to death without the wolf.]
[The little wolf is also very lonely staying in the snowfield by itself.]

Xu Xunyue: “…”
He stroked the back of Zhu Hui’s head.
“Let your spiritual body out again. His friends miss it a little.”
Zhu Hui opened his eyes for a moment, then quickly closed them.
“Okay, brother. I’ll tell it not to come into the room.”
The snow wolf, which had appeared out of thin air outside the door, shook its beautiful fur, rolled its eyes, and gently bit the edge of the door to close it again.

Hundreds of years ago, when humans got married, they definitely had a paper marriage certificate. But with the development of the times, the laws and regulations slowly changed. In the current era where electronic versions are automatically issued, a paper marriage certificate is no longer a necessary item.
Because of the former tradition and the meaning of the little booklet itself, some people would still get a paper marriage certificate. But for parties with a general relationship who were too lazy to put on a show, they wouldn’t make a special trip offline to get this thing.
And Xu Xunyue and Zhu Hui hadn’t gotten one before. This fact had also become one of the important pieces of evidence for some media or forces to believe that their relationship was cold.
As for now…
At eleven in the morning, behind the marriage registration office.
In a well-lit and lavishly decorated room, several staff members in uniform stood on the side. Their gazes were all focused on the center of the room, their expressions serious and meticulous, but the detail of them constantly shifting their weight from one foot to the other exposed their inner nervousness and unease.
The photographer behind the camera was adjusting his equipment while occasionally speaking, his voice dry as he gave instructions.
“Please… no, please both of you look to the side a little.”
“Yes, yes! That’s right, just like that.”
“Okay, please hold it for a moment, just a moment… this one is done.”
“Aiyo, this one! Beautiful! A feast for the eyes!”
“Right, right, right, hey right, right, right, that’s the feeling.”
“This one is also done. You two are so photogenic.”
As he took the pictures, the photographer gradually got into the zone. His legs stopped shaking, his throat was no longer dry, and his tongue was also nimble. He was like he was on steroids, looking like he could do this all day.
The few staff members on the side also relaxed a little. They were secretly exchanging glances, the corners of their mouths curling up and then being suppressed, as if they wanted to exchange some secret information through their eyes.
“Alright,” their lips parted. Xu Xunyue maintained his side profile and looked at Zhu Hui. “Do you think we’ve taken enough?”
Zhu Hui licked his somewhat moist lips and said in a hoarse voice:
“Mmm… I think it’s enough. Let’s get the photos and the certificate and go home for lunch.”
Since a paper marriage certificate was not a required document, the relevant departments had also relaxed the regulations on the photos placed on it.
No matter what the people in the photo were doing or wearing, as long as it was legal and compliant and did not have any bad guidance, it was fine. There was no problem with how many photos you wanted to put.
The Empire’s marriage registration office provided the conditions for taking wedding photos. If you paid more, the effect would be better. Some people would also find their own photographers and venues for outdoor shoots, but the latter option was quickly rejected by Xu Xunyue and Zhu Hui.
It snowed almost every day in the Poseidon Era. If it didn’t snow, it was cloudy. The weather and the outdoor environment were really not good. And Xu Xunyue was still in a wheelchair now, so it would be a lot of trouble to go outside.
After the matter with the Empire was resolved, and they no longer needed to be on alert all the time, or when the impact of the Cataclysm on the environment weakened, the temperature rose a little, the snow melted a little, and more green trees grew, it would be very good to have an outdoor wedding.
Back to the present.
Although Zhu Hui had woken up early in the morning to look at posts and do research, when he really got to the photo shoot, he had completely forgotten what he had learned online.
His movements were not very stiff, but his posing was really very conservative.
The most basic facing-the-camera photos were a given, and the atmospheric eye-contact shots were also no problem. When the photographer tentatively said, “How about you two take a kissing photo?” Zhu Hui was not at all unrestrained.
—Regarding this, they had actually talked about it at home before. They had agreed that you would kiss me and I would kiss you, but when it came to the actual shoot, Zhu Hui had only blushed and carefully kissed his cheek.
Xu Xunyue was a little surprised.
Of course, surprise was one thing. He wouldn’t kiss Zhu Hui’s cheek. He pinched his Sentinel’s chin and tactfully kissed him for a minute.
Absolutely tactful, only one minute.
By the way, he also used mental interference on the others present. The effect was that the staff could only roughly see that they were kissing, but could not see the details.
As for whether this would affect the photo quality?
Anyway, the photographer was excitedly clicking away, not stopping for a second.
When the two of them first arrived, the staff were frantically rubbing their eyes. Xu Xunyue had even heard them whispering to their colleagues, “I’m not mistaken, right?” and “It’s that person, right?” and their attitude was also very cautious, afraid that one wrong move would cause an accident.
Now that the shooting had been going on for a long time, the staff had become accustomed to it.
Not just numb, but how come… they even seemed a little excited?
After the photo shoot, Xu Xunyue and Zhu Hui left the room. They sat in the reception area for a while and got the photos that had just been taken and a brand new paper marriage certificate with two photos—two kissing photos—on it.
Both of them were in a very good mood. Xu Xunyue showed it by smiling all the time, and Zhu Hui showed it by constantly looking down and flipping through the marriage certificate.
Of course, this was the result of him suppressing himself.
If it weren’t for the fact that this was a public place, with so many outsiders watching, and his teetering reason constantly screaming at him to maintain his image outside…
Otherwise, he felt he could be skipping.
This behavior was too childish. It could only be shown to his brother.
As they were walking out, his extremely sensitive hearing caught the conversation behind them. It was the few staff members who had taken their pictures.
They probably thought the two of them had already gone far and couldn’t hear, so they began to whisper without any worries.
“Hiss, I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I feel that the Chief Sentinel is not quite the same as usual.”
“When have you ever worked with him? How can you say ‘usual’?”
“Aiya, that’s not what I meant. It’s just that he’s not the same as the image in the news reports and the stories my military friends tell. You know? It’s just, uh, a feeling, a kind of temperament.”
“You mean, very shy?”
“…”
“Ahhhhhhh, no, I didn’t—hush—don’t tell anyone I said it. God, that sounds so shocking to say out loud. Although I did think so, I didn’t say it…”
“It’s normal to be shy in front of the person you love. I don’t think he would be unhappy even if he heard it. You can rest assured.”
“So you also think that their relationship is not bad now, right?”
“…I’m not blind. They kissed for a minute. Can you kiss for a minute if your relationship is not good?”
“Tsk tsk tsk, I’m going to post this on the internet and be the first to break this news.”
Having already walked out of the registration office, Zhu Hui let out a soft laugh.
Very good. This is the effect he wanted.
Xu Xunyue now knew what he was listening to just by seeing his Sentinel smile like this. He asked, “What did they say?”
Zhu Hui was smug.
“Of course they said we’re a good match.”