Zhang Ya's Bonus Chapter: Let's Get Our Marriage License (Birthday Special, Free Chapter)

Dark clouds blanketed the city, and the sky seemed close enough to touch.

Li Man stood by the window, watching rain slide down the glass, leaving streak after streak in its wake.

The clock on the wall ticked away, time flowing quietly and heavily through the little office.

"Five thirty. Time to clock out." Li Man stretched, carried the succulents from the windowsill inside, and walked over to her desk.

She put the sign that read Marriage Registration Office into a drawer, then glanced at the large words on the wall: "Administer according to the law; serve with civility."

"With rain coming down this hard, surely no one's going to come register their marriage today."

Humming to herself, Li Man began cleaning. She was the only person in the empty Marriage Registration Office; the employees at the Divorce Registration Office next door had left fifteen minutes early.

"Hello. Is this where we apply for a marriage license?" The door opened, and a mature, magnetic male voice came from the entrance.

A voice that lovely had to belong to a handsome man, too.

Li Man looked up. A man wearing a black raincoat stood at the entrance to the Marriage Registration Office.

His looks were ordinary, but there was something about him she couldn't quite put her finger on.

"Yes, it is. You... want to apply for a marriage certificate?" Li Man studied him carefully. It was the first time she'd seen someone come to apply for a marriage certificate wearing a raincoat and carrying a heavy hiking backpack.

"Yeah. I booked an appointment online for today."

"Let me check. What's your name?"

"Chen Ge."

Li Man typed Chen Ge's name into the computer, and sure enough, his appointment application came up. "I'm about to get off work, so let's make