On Monday morning, Shen Qian unusually woke up earlier than usual.

The thought of going to register their marriage with Xi Zhen made his heart surge with excitement.

Finally, I'm going to get my arch-nemesis!

He couldn't hide his good mood and took the time to dress up. He carefully styled his hair and picked out a nice outfit, making himself look even more attractive than usual. After that, he got ready to go out.

Getting a marriage certificate requires a household registration book and an ID card. The ID card is not a problem, but the household registration book is in his mother Su Wan's bedroom cabinet.

Su Wan does not work at the Shen Company. She is a well-known fashion designer in the country and has her own studio.

Shen Qian checked the time and realized that his parents and older brother should have already left for work at this hour. Obtaining the household registration booklet would be a piece of cake.

Shen Qian swaggered out of the bedroom, but as soon as he took a few steps towards his mother's bedroom, he ran into Su Wan.

Su Wan was surprised to see him up so early. After looking him up and down, she said, "Up so early today? Why? Are you planning to hang out with your friends so early in the morning?"

"There's no way! I have important matters to attend to today!" Shen Gan never expected his mother to still be there, so he concealed his inner panic and retorted, "I... I'm also a working person."

His main task today is to go with Xi Zhen to get their marriage certificate.

No problem, no problem.

Although Shen Qian loves playing and having fun, he does have a job. He dislikes being tied down to working in a company, so he made some small investments with his own money, and the returns have been pretty good.

Because of this, Su Wan felt at ease letting him go play. She wanted Shen Qian to be more like those idle and affluent second generation youngsters who only knew how to indulge in eating, drinking, and having fun, but he had long since been put in his place and made to work at the company.

Su Wan had no doubt about anything else and walked downstairs with a confident stride.

His mother didn't leave, so Shen Qian didn't dare to go to the bedroom to steal the household registration book. He followed behind Su Wan and went downstairs together with her.

"Mom, are you not going to work today?" Shen Gan asked, seemingly just casually inquiring, but secretly wanting to find out the situation.

Su Wan said, "There's nothing much to do at the studio this morning. I'll go there later."

Shen Qian finally relaxed a bit and had breakfast with Su Wan.

He hadn't even finished his breakfast when his mobile phone rang. Shen Qian took it out and saw that it was a call from Xi Zhen. He hesitated whether to answer or not.

The ringing sound continued, and Su Wan sat across from him, watching him. "Aren't you going to answer the phone?"

"No... I'll answer, of course." Shen Qian's heart skipped a beat, quickly grabbing his phone and rushing to the living room to answer the call.

Over there, Xi Zhen said, "Come out, I'm waiting for you at your doorstep."

Shen Qian suddenly realized that without his household registration book, it would be useless for him to leave.

He was very anxious, not knowing how to reply to Xi Zhen.

Xizi raised her voice in confusion, "Shen Qian, didn't you answer?"

His tone at this moment lacked the usual coldness, containing a trace of undetectable concern.

"Here." Shen Qian instinctively responded.

Xi Zhen repeated his previous words.

Shen Qian naturally couldn't agree to this, so he quickly thought of a solution that would both allow Xi Zhen to wait for him and prevent his mother from noticing Xi Zhen when she left the house later.

He said into the phone, "Xizhen, the scenery around my house is pretty good. How about driving around the neighborhood once before coming to pick me up?"

Xi Zhen didn't immediately respond. Shen Qian was very nervous, fearing that this person would come into his home. He continued persuading, "Really, I'm not lying to you. The scenery around here is excellent. Take a look, it's good for both body and mind."

Xi Zhen said, "Okay."