It wasn't until Sunday afternoon, the next day, that Chen Qingqing got the messages from Chen Hansong.

The first message was a photo. It showed the marriage certificate Chen Hansong and Jiang Meilin had just been issued.

The second was a voice message a little over ten seconds long. The gist was that he and Jiang Meilin had remarried and were legally husband and wife again.

Chen Qingqing had been waiting a long time for this day.

But now that it was here, she wasn't as excited as she'd imagined. Maybe there'd been so much buildup that she'd been ready for a long time. She just sent back a calm "Got it."

Xu Ye watched her put down her phone and go quiet for a long while. "What's wrong?"

"My parents got remarried," Chen Qingqing explained.

"Isn't that good news?"

"It is."

"Then why the long face?"

"I don't have one." Chen Qingqing was puzzled herself. "I just… I felt like this day was going to come sooner or later, so I'm not that excited. I was thinking… never mind. I wasn't thinking anything."

Xu Ye put his arm around her shoulders and smiled. "Is it that when you don't have something, you want it, but once you have it, you're afraid of losing it?"

Chen Qingqing looked up at him and gave a small nod.

When Xu Ye didn't say anything, she frowned. "Am I overthinking it?"

"It's not your fault."

Xu Ye smiled. "It's that I haven't made you feel secure enough."

Chen Qingqing leaned against him, and at last she smiled, a real smile from the heart. "No, that's not it. I just feel like I'm so happy right now, I'm not used to it yet."

The street was crowded, but Chen Qingqing didn't care one bit. She snuggled up close, her little head resting on his shoulder, her pretty eyes gazing at him, full of love.

They were almost at the hotel when Xu Ye's phone started chiming.

The caller ID said Zhang Xinzhou.

Xu Ye picked up and put him on speaker.

"Hello~"

Zhang Xinzhou…