After Xiao Jinyi returned, he first went to the kitchen to get some food and ask them to prepare more dishes that evening. By the time he came over, he heard Shen Shixu saying something about keeping certain things to bury with them.
Not only did those words fail to make him sad, they actually delighted him.
Keeping them as burial goods for the two of them—didn't that mean Shen Shixu wanted to spend his whole life with him?
Sharing a bed in life and a grave in death!
Sure enough, Shen Shixu loved him just as much as he loved Shen Shixu.
Shen Shixu and the others noticed Xiao Jinyi as soon as he appeared at the doorway. But when he still hadn't come inside after a while, they found it odd and went out to look for him.
They found him standing at the doorway with a plate of pastries in his hands, grinning like a fool.
"What has gotten into my nephew?" Xiao Lie said. "Even if getting married made him so happy he lost his mind, shouldn't that have happened yesterday? Does this sort of thing come with a delay?"
Bai Lixi smacked him in annoyance at that ridiculous remark.
Xiao Lie clutched the spot Bai Lixi had hit, looking aggrieved. Seeing that he actually had the nerve to feel wronged, Bai Lixi dragged him aside to give his husband a lecture.
Shen Shixu went to discipline his own husband as well. Xiao Jinyi was still grinning foolishly when a sudden pain shot through his ear.
"What are you lurking here thinking about? You're grinning from ear to ear. Tell me so I can hear it too!"
Xiao Jinyi leaned his ear toward Shen Shixu's hand, both to ease the pain and to make it easier