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  Mu Jingzhe and Ji Buwang were getting along fine. Then, Li Zhaodi and Mu Teng started urging them to get married. They said that they had to hold a wedding before the New Year before Mu Jingzhe got older by another year.

  “Mom, what’s the hurry? We’ve already discussed it. We’ll get married sooner or later.”

  “How can I not be anxious? You’re still alright for your age, but look at Ji Buwang. He’s going to be 32 years old after the New Year. He’s in his thirties and he still hasn’t gotten married. If I were his family, I’d be so anxious that my beard would fall off.”

  It was normal to get married at 32 years old in the modern era, when this age wasn’t considered old at all. But in this era, it was indeed a little old.

  Hence, when she saw Ji Buwang, she couldn’t help but ask him about it curiously. Ji Buwang didn’t hide anything. “The Old Master is indeed impatient. What’s wrong? Is Auntie urging you again?”

  “Do you want to get married then?” Mu Jingzhe asked.

  “Of course… I do.” Ji Buwang said that he even dreamed of it.

  “Then let’s get married,” Mu Jingzhe said bluntly. “In case they keep getting anxious.”

  Ji Buwang was a little stunned. “What? Jingzhe, you…”

  It was such an important matter, and he was still thinking about how to propose. Why had Jingzhe said it out loud? Was he hallucinating? Jingzhe was willing to marry him?

  “You don’t agree? Or do you need a small ceremony?” After looking around, Mu Jingzhe plucked a small flower from the roadside and gave it to Ji Buwang. “So, Mr. Ji Buwang, will you marry me?”

  Ji Buwang looked at the flower. “Jingzhe, the man is the one who’s supposed to propose…”

  “Men and women are equal. So what if I propose? You’re very good-looking, so I won’t lose out. Just tell me if you’re willing to marry me or not. If you’re willing, just nod.” Mu Jingzhe looked at Ji Buwang and insisted.

  “Of course I’m willing. I’m extremely, extremely willing,” Ji Buwang replied in a heartbeat.

  “That’s good. I figured you’d be willing.” Mu Jingzhe smiled. She took Ji Buwang’s hand and kissed the back of it. “Then it’s settled.”

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  Ji Buwang looked at Mu Jingzhe, and his heart skipped a beat. Then, he turned his hand around and kissed the back of Mu Jingzhe’s hand. “Hand in hand…”

  “We’ll grow old together.” Mu Jingzhe completed his sentence.

  She then added, “Don’t worry, I’ll make up for the lack of a ring. Or let’s split up the work. You buy the wedding ring and I’ll buy the proposal ring. Just treat them as a couple of rings, alright?”

  When Ji Buwang heard this, he hesitated for a moment as if feeling a hint of helplessness. However, he still nodded. “Alright.”

  Mu Jingzhe thought that he was hesitant about her buying the ring. “Then it’s settled.”

  Since they had agreed to get married, even though they had already met each other’s parents, they had to meet the parents again. At the very least, they had to get Old Master Ji to acknowledge her and have him hand Ji Buwang over to her without any worries. Also, Ji Buwang had to let Mu Jingzhe’s parents hand her over to him without any worries.

  Mu Jingzhe didn’t get delayed by work and quickly told Li Zhaodi about this. Li Zhaodi was also in a hurry. She didn’t think that a woman should wait for the man to come. She felt that Ji Buwang was following Jingzhe around every day now, so they should indeed hold the wedding as soon as possible. She quickly contacted Old Master Ji.

  Old Master Ji was delighted to hear that Mu Jingzhe and Ji Buwang were really planning to get married. He excitedly talked to Li Zhaodi about meeting her parents, where they would hold the wedding, the date, and so on.

  After he calmed down from all the excitement, he suddenly realized something. Why had the female party informed them?

  He kept feeling that Ji Buwang wasn’t marrying a wife but was marrying into her family instead.

  Old Master Ji shook his head and pushed away his strange thoughts. How could that be? He was thinking too much.

  They hadn’t met her parents yet, but they had checked the dates in advance. The wedding would take place on a day after the New Year that was auspicious for both of them. This contradicted Li Zhaodi’s expectations that they would get married before the New Year.

  But it was a good thing nonetheless. After all, two to three months would pass soon. During this period, she would have time to prepare the dowry.

  In the past, she hadn’t been able to decide on Jingzhe’s dowry, so Jingzhe had basically married without a dowry. At the time, she had been filled with guilt. Now that she thought about it, she still felt terrible. Since she was getting married for the second time, she had to prepare well and make up for what she hadn’t been able to do in the past.

  When the five children heard that Li Zhaodi wanted to prepare a dowry and help with the wedding, they were stunned for a moment. “They’re getting married already?”

  After receiving an affirmative answer, they all had the same thought: They had to prepare a dowry for their mommy. This was something they had thought of in the past.

  The entire family seemed to get very busy instantly, while Mu Jingzhe became the idlest person among them.

  Li Zhaodi even asked for Ji Buwang’s birth characters and said that she wanted to have their birth characters looked at. She also dragged Mu Jingzhe along, saying that this fortune-teller was very accurate and asking her to take a look at Mu Jingzhe.

  Mu Jingzhe didn’t quite believe in these things, not to mention that she was a transmigrator. However, since Li Zhaodi believed in it, she could only follow her.

  After the fortune-teller looked at Mu Jingzhe, she said mysteriously, “Your fate is quite strange. It’s sweet at first and bitter later. There will be plenty of good days in your future. Your children are filial and you’ll die of old age.”

  Mu Jingzhe smiled when she heard that. “Thank you for your blessing.”

  The five kids were naturally filial. There was nothing to say about this.

  “But…” Mu Jingzhe felt a little helpless when she heard the fortune-teller’s words. She wished there were no buts, but there really were.

  “But what?”

  “There are three tribulations in your life. You have survived two of them, and there’s still one more to go. You have to survive this last one.”

  Mu Jingzhe’s face froze. “Are you trying to say that there’s a way to resolve this? So long as…”

  She had seen this kind of money-scamming trick too many times. Just as Mu Jingzhe was about to rub her fingers and make the “pay me” gesture, she heard the fortune-teller say, “I can’t do anything. This is your predestined fate. It is a tribulation that cannot be escaped. How can I resolve it?”

  Mu Jingzhe choked. Why wasn’t she playing her cards logically?

  Li Zhaodi smacked Mu Jingzhe and pushed her aside. “Get out of the way. Please don’t be calculative with this child. She’s just asking for a beating. Here, I helped you hit her. Don’t be angry. Just help me tell her how to resolve this. As long as it can be resolved, I can give you money.”

  As Li Zhaodi spoke, she really smacked Mu Jingzhe twice.

  Mu Jingzhe: “…”

  The fortune-teller shook her head. “There’s no way to resolve it. No amount of money can resolve it.”

  Li Zhaodi begged for a while, but it was useless. Later on, she thought that Mu Jingzhe’s previous tribulation should have been that illness she’d had and felt that she might be able to brave through it. She could only give up for the time being and ask the fortune-teller to take a look at her marriage.

  The fortune-teller looked at Mu Jingzhe with an indescribably strange gaze. “Her marriage will last three lifetimes, and she’s met a wonderful person. After overcoming the tribulation, she will have a good marriage and grow old with her husband.”

  “That’s good, that’s good.” Li Zhaodi heaved a sigh of relief.

  “But she has to overcome the tribulation first,” the fortune-teller emphasized.

  Mu Jingzhe tilted her head. “Ji Buwang and I don’t seem to have experienced many tribulations…”

  Li Zhaodi slapped Mu Jingzhe’s shoulder and interrupted her. “Then how many more tribulations do you want to experience? Haven’t you had enough in the past? Look at how many years you’ve been delayed. In the future, you two will grow old together…… Don’t think too much about it.”