During the days when she was waiting for the procedures and I was waiting for a job offer, we went to get our marriage certificate.

Along the way, the corners of my mouth were raised and couldn't be suppressed.

The lady who stamped the documents smiled and looked at Lu Yinong, "Your husband really loves you."

Lu Yinong smiled, "Yes, I'm lucky."

After we walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau, I couldn't help but hold her in my arms and said, "I'm the lucky one."

Lucky, a girl as silent as the deep sea, allowed me to enter her life.

It was the season when the gardenia flowers bloomed, and an old lady carried a basket full of flowers and called out to sell them.

I paid and bought a string and wrapped it around her wrist.

The fragrance of flowers filled the air.

I playfully bumped her shoulder and asked, "During those years we were apart, did you ever like someone else?"

Lu Yinong casually said, "No. During a very boring period, I would imagine writing things for you to pass the time."

I couldn't express the taste in my chest, so I just smiled hard.

She bent down and folded a stalk of dogtail grass, her fingers nimble, and made a ring for me.

Then she held my hand and put it on the ring finger of my left hand.

"You are mine," she said.

I looked at her and smiled, taking a small box out of my pocket.

Opening it, there was a diamond ring inside.

She covered her mouth.

I kneeled down, half-kneeling on the ground, holding the ring box up and asked her, "Ms. Lu, would you be willing to be mine?"

She nodded all the time.

A faint blush appeared on her usually pale face, she looked beautiful.

I gently held her finger and put the ring on.

Not too big, not too small, just right.

She looked at it under the light, looking and looking, smiling like a child.

I was standing by her side, smiling at her.

Oh heavens, make this moment last forever.

Let my girl be happy every moment, just like now.

After a long time, Lu Yinong finally calmed down and asked, "How did you know my ring size so accurately?"

I said, "When you were asleep at night, I secretly measured it."

She suddenly stomped her foot, "I didn't prepare a formal ring for you!"

I couldn't help but suppress my laughter, "It's okay."

To me, you are worth more than any treasure.

She pulled me to the mall.

The saleswoman learned that we had just obtained our marriage certificate today and said she would give us a discount.

"You two make a great couple," she said.

Lu Yinong just smiled, and I said, "Thank you, I think so too."

The saleswoman smiled with her eyes curved, and said, "How long have you known each other?"

How long have we known each other?

At 18, I met her at the subway entrance; at 19, we spent our birthdays together; at 22, I received her mail from a foreign country; at 24, I lost her.

I couldn't help but tighten my grip on her hand, only this way could I be sure that at 26, she returned to my side.

The saleswoman was still waiting with a smile.

Lu Yinong answered, "Eight years, six months, and three days."

With precision, including the zeros.

I couldn't help but look at her, and she looked at me, then reached out and touched my cheek.

The saleswoman smiled at me, "Sir, your wife loves you very much."

I said seriously, "Yes, I'm extremely lucky."