Spring River Chasing the Moon

On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, the weather is sunny and everything is good.

Today, South City is still immersed in the afterglow of the New Year. In the garden downstairs of Yuan'an Hotel, rows of red plum blossoms are in full bloom, and the branches are covered with sparse fine snow that has accumulated in the past few days.

The biggest news in Nancheng recently is the marriage of the Nan and Xu families.

Everyone knows that the Xu family has only one heir in this generation, Xu Zhiye. Even if Xu Zhiye does not follow the Xu family's political path, it does not prevent him from inheriting everything the Xu family has in the future, including their connections and resources...

He is already a child of destiny with unlimited future. Now he is with the little granddaughter of the Nan family, and the two families have joined forces.

From now on, who in South City can compare with the Nan and Xu families?

Many people speculated that the marriage between the two families might be a marriage between aristocratic families, but a few insiders revealed that the two parties were childhood sweethearts and were in a free love relationship.

Nan Qiuyue, the person involved, had no idea that rumors were already flying around. She was woken up early today and was sitting in the room getting her hair done.

Nan Qiuyue stood in front of the floor-length mirror in her bedroom, her fingertips gently stroking the flowers embroidered on the hem of her dress, her cheeks flushed against the bright red top.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door behind me. "Qiuyue, have you changed your clothes?"

It was Chen Lili's voice.

Nan Qiuyue turned around and responded, "Okay, Mom, you can come in."

The door lock clicked softly and was opened. Outside was not only Chen Lili, but also Zhu Yuying.

"grandmother."

Nan Qiuyue saw Zhu Yuying through the floor-length mirror and turned around to greet her.

Zhu Yuying smiled kindly and walked up to Nan Qiuyue. Looking at her most precious granddaughter, who looked so graceful today, she felt happy and a little reluctant to let her go.

"This is a gift from grandma."

Zhu Yuying handed a gift box to Nan Qiuyue.

"Happy engagement."

Under their expectant gazes, Nan Qiuyue carefully opened the box and found a pair of golden dragon and phoenix bracelets inside, which looked very heavy.

"Thank you grandma."

Knowing that it was Zhu Yuying's gift, Nan Qiuyue didn't act pretentiously and closed the gift box again and put it away.

Her makeup and hairstyle are already done, and now she is waiting for Xu Zhi to come to Nan's house to pick her up and take her to the hotel for the ceremony.

Half an hour later.

"Qiyue, Xu Zhi is here too."

Luo Luo ran upstairs and informed Nan Qiuyue to get ready. Xu Zhiye's car was already parked outside the yard downstairs.

Downstairs, Xu Zhi also got out of the car holding a bouquet of champagne roses. A corner of a gold-stamped patterned square scarf appeared from his suit pocket, and the diamonds on his tie clip were shining like a galaxy.

Following the direction of the red carpet, Xu Zhi also walked towards Nan Qiuyue's room step by step.

"Qiyue, I'm here."

When he arrived at the door of Nan Qiuyue's room, Xu Zhi also raised his hand and knocked on the door and spoke.

Then, the door of the room was opened and Nan Qiuyue walked out slowly in a dress.

After Xu Zhiye presented the flowers, he took the carved wooden box from the person next to him.

Slowly opening the box, the mutton-fat jade bracelet shone with a warm glow on the red velvet.

"My grandma said this is a family heirloom to be given to her future granddaughter-in-law. Should I bring it to you?"

"Ah."

Nan Qiuyue nodded and stretched out her left hand.

Under the gaze of all relatives and friends, I was somewhat shy.

Xu Zhi also gently grasped her hand and put the bracelet on her tenderly, then took Nan Qiuyue's finger and interlocked theirs.

"Let's go, we can go to the hotel now."

Looking at the two hands clasped together, Nan Qiuyue's eyes became hot. She had finally waited for this scene.

As the sound of firecrackers rang out, the convoys of the Nan and Xu families set off for Yuan'an Hotel.

At this moment, in the Dragon and Phoenix Hall of the hotel, the melodious and joyful sound of the guqin was lingering, and the fragrance of sandalwood mixed with wintersweet seeped in from the half-open carved windows.

The crystal lamps in the Dragon and Phoenix Hall are decorated with tassels, and the crystal chandeliers make the dome with the auspicious dragon and phoenix shine brightly.

Nan Qingqing and his wife, Nan Youmin and his wife, Nan Qiuyue's aunt and uncle, and some relatives and friends of the Xu family arrived early and were busy. If they saw anyone who needed help, they would lend a hand.

"They're coming."

Someone suddenly shouted, and everyone looked towards the elevator. They saw Xu Zhi holding Nan Qiuyue's hand and walking towards the Dragon and Phoenix Hall under the guidance of a waiter.

Once everyone gathered in the Dragon and Phoenix Hall, the ceremony officially began.

As the host opened the ceremony and introduced the parents, elders, relatives and friends of both parties one by one, it came to the most important part. The two protagonists exchanged engagement rings and made a promise.

"Please exchange engagement rings—"

As the host drew out the last words, Xu Zhi also took out a ring that was specially customized for today from the inside pocket of his suit, which Nan Qiuyue had not expected.

Because earlier on Xu Zhiye’s birthday, she thought that was the engagement ring they would always wear.

Nan Qiuyue felt the cool metal on her fingertips, came to her senses, and took out a men's ring and put it on Xu Zhiye.

This new pair can be worn alone or stacked with the previous pair. This is the design concept that Xu Zhiye specifically proposed to the designer.

This way, both of them can be worn daily, and they also have different meanings today.

Watching Xu Zhiye and Nan Qiuyue exchanging rings, all the elders from the Nan and Xu families in the audience felt reluctant to part.

Especially the Nan family who married off their granddaughter and daughter.

Nanzhou Yue's hand holding the purple clay teapot trembled slightly. The word "Qiu Yue" was engraved on the body of the teapot. He had specially ordered it to commemorate the year Nan Qiu Yue returned to the Nan family.

Li Muzhi's jade earrings across from her shook. She was lowering her head to wipe away the happy and sad tears from the corners of her eyes. She saw Chen Ze beside her also secretly wiping away tears. The two elders looked at each other, and knowing that their granddaughter was happy, they also smiled.

After exchanging the rings, Chen Lili stood up. The Su embroidered magnolia on her crimson cheongsam trembled slightly with her movements. She took out the pair of gilded wine cups with twined branch patterns from the sandalwood box.

"This is the daughter's red wine that Qiuyue's grandfather and father personally buried after she returned to the Nan family."

Xu Zhiye and Nan Qiuyue took the wine glasses and drank a cup of wine together at the urging of the crowd.

Light snow began to fall outside the window again, and the engagement cake was slowly pushed forward to the music.

Nan Qiuyue and Xu Zhiye held hands and cut the cake. On the top of the three-layer red velvet cake, a pair of swans made of frosting were slightly shiny due to the heat.

Luo Luo and Tang Li held up their mobile phones to record the video. In the camera, Xu Zhi was also lowering his head, staring at Nan Qiuyue with a gentle and doting look.

As dusk deepened, Xu Zhiye and Nan Qiuyue took photos with the elders of the two families in front of the screen with the Hundred Blessings Picture, and also took a group photo.

The ceremony ended with laughter and cheers from the crowd.

After seeing off most of the guests with Xu Zhiye, Nan Qiuyue could no longer stand and collapsed into the chair.

"I'm so tired. No one told me getting engaged would be so tiring."

Nan Qiuyue looked at Chen Lili and the others who were still chatting with their relatives and was really impressed.

"I'll rub it for you."

Xu Zhi also knew that she was tired. For someone who didn't usually wear high heels, it was really hard for her to wear a pair of ten-centimeter high heels from morning to night today.

Xu Zhi also helped Nan Qiuyue press her shoulders and rub her waist, which was clearly seen by Nan Youzhao and Xu Qingyan on the opposite side.

Nan Youzhao didn't say anything, but he was very satisfied in his heart. Throughout the day, he could see that Xu Zhi had been taking care of his daughter's feelings.

Xu Qingyan and Yan Zi also saw another side of their son today. They didn't expect that Xu Zhi could be so tender.