The wedding has been postponed for three years, yet my pilot wife has canceled our marriage certificate registration 18 times.
The first time, her male apprentice was on a test flight, and I waited outside the civil affairs bureau all day.
The second time, she received a call from her male apprentice on the road and hurriedly turned around, leaving me by the roadside.
After that, whenever I arranged with her to get the certificate, her male apprentice would have all sorts of issues.
Later, I decided to leave her.
But when I boarded the plane to Paris, she chased after me crazily to Paris.
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Married for three years, Lin Xi still hasn't registered the marriage with me.
Today marks her one thousandth successful flight, and it's also the seventeenth time she promised to get the certificate with me.
However, at the celebration banquet, when her direct superior was forcing drinks on me, she was feeding drinks to her male pilot apprentice.
I was drinking close to fainting while enduring a high fever, and she didn't even glance at me.
Many colleagues in the company sighed and clicked their tongues, looking at me with eyes full of pity.
Anyone with sense could see that I endured my discomfort to drink for someone.
But after the celebration banquet, the Lin Xi who was supposed to go to the civil affairs bureau with me missed the appointment once more.
She drove the car to the entrance of the restaurant, blocking me with one hand as I was about to get in.
"Lu Chen drank too much on my behalf just now, I'll take him home, you take a cab back."
"I'm afraid we can't make it to get the certificate this afternoon, let's do it another day."
After saying this, she didn't care about my reaction at all, and hurriedly got out of the car, carefully helping Lu Chen into the front passenger seat.
Eight years in love, three years married, this was the seventeenth time Lin Xi delayed our registration because of Lu Chen.
Usually at such times, I would have collapsed and screamed, arguing with her: who exactly is her husband, and who just took the drinks on her behalf?
But this time, I just smiled faintly, "Okay, be careful on the road."
Lin Xi was stunned at my calmness today, slightly surprised, but soon returned to her indifference, saying, "I'll get you a gift for compensation when I come back tonight."
Saying this, she drove away, even closing the window for her male apprentice to prevent the drunk him from being caught in the wind.
In the past, she never allowed the smell of alcohol to remain in her car.
Every time I finished drinking for her, even in winter, she would open the convertible, let alone closing the window.
Looking back now, it's just because it was me in the car.
Guangzhou's midday is so hot that people sweat all over, but my heart was inexplicably cold.
I took a deep breath and put the household register back into my bag.
I knew it was time to let go of these eight years of feelings as well.