Looking back at Maggie, who was staring at them with her head resting on the open window of the car door, Edgar nodded and simply replied, "Yes."
Rene patted him on his shoulder and said, "Buddy, lucky you..." Suddenly, he burst into evil laughter and continued, "Who has ever complained that Maggie was dreadfully conceited?" As soon as he said this, Rene chuckled again and walked towards his own car. Before he got into the car, he added, "Do remember to spread the feast! Damn it! The money that I have prepared for your wedding as lucky money is about to depreciate."
"I will not spread the feast until your money appreciates..." Edgar yelled back at him.
Hearing these words, Rene paused, and glanced back at Edgar before joking, "Alas! Look! My child is already going to graduate from the elementary school. Now that you have finally married, I will surely have to give you the lucky money to make you happy."
Curving his lips into a sly smile, Edgar turned around and got into the car. As soon as he took the driver's seat, he saw that Maggie was flipping through their marriage certificates. Turning to him, she casually asked, "Edgar... I've just realized that my parents still don't know that we have had our marriage registered. Haven't you considered that..." Waving the marriage certificates back and forth, she seemed to be filled with excitement instead of anxiety, and even flashed a sly smile.
But all of the expressions on her face became a frozen stare upon hearing what Edgar said in the next moment. "How could I have gotten your household register if they didn't know about our marriage registration?"
His question left Maggie totally speechless. Winking at her, Edgar started the engine. It was not until quite a while later that she asked, still in a daze, "Didn't you steal the household register?"
"Steal it? You say that in such a way as if I were a thief..." Casting a rebuking glance at her, he explained, "I have reported our marriage registration to the commander. After the commander approved my proposal, I went to find your mother and got your household register. I was afraid that you would not agree with me on this, so I thought I'd better do it first and explain to you thereafter. I guessed that you would be unable to figure out what we were going to do, even if you saw the household register."
What Edgar had said rendered Maggie speechless over again... Without giving any reply, she was lost in a turbulent storm of emotional thoughts. As Monica had once told her, she would even submissively count money for Edgar if he sold her out.
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