Breaking Through the Clouds

At twelve o'clock in the morning, the wedding begins.

The tapestry stretches all the way on the verdant lawn, until the gorgeous flower gate and the bright fountain in the distance, and the long dining table filled with all kinds of cold snacks surrounds the venue.Looking out through the corridor window, guests have already entered the arena. Yang Mei couldn't help but help Han Xiaomei, who was limping and stepping on high heels, and Lu Ju, who had finally stuffed herself into a black formal suit, was standing with his stomach behind his back and his hands behind his back. In his seat, he pouts his triple chin complacently.

Behind the carved glass door, Jiang Ting looked at himself carefully in the mirror.

The sunlight outside the window at his side was just right, making half of his face clear and transparent, while the other half was a little too tense and stern.Jiang Ting took a deep breath, trying his best to make his expression look warmer and more friendly, but the cheek muscles that he seldom mentioned for many years were really unable to complete such a difficult task, and quickly returned to their original state after two seconds.

Jiang Ting thought it was okay, let's just leave it at that, if he came on stage with a smile on his face later, it might scare people to death.He adjusted his cuffs at last, and was about to turn around and walk into the "bridal" lounge arranged by the hotel, when he suddenly heard an eager voice from the other side of the corridor: "—Hey! Daughter-in-law!"

Jiang Ting turned his head.

Yan Xie was dressed in a black formal dress, tall and handsome, in a hurry, and every pore in his body exuded a hormonal aura in the [-]-layer lover filter of Team Jiang. He strode forward and grabbed his hand, earnestly Admonish: "Hey! I have something to tell you..."

Jiang Ting's eyes couldn't help but smile, he only heard Yan Yan:

"Don't go out when Director Lu asks the groom to come on stage, wait for me first!"

Jiang Ting: "..."

"I'll go first!!" Yan Yan emphasized anxiously.

"You first you first..."

Only then did Yan Yan feel relieved and turned around, and couldn't help but turn back, helped Jiang Ting tighten his tie, kissed him quickly, and left with a smile.

The way they enter the arena is different. The process designed by Yan Yan is: when Director Lu calls the groom to come forward, he will walk down the steps and face the guests, with a message similar to "Hello, comrades, you have worked hard." He entered the arena with a reserved smile and waved his hands; after he stood still, Director Lu called out "the other half of the groom"—that is, Jiang Ting, stepping on the tapestry behind everyone from a direction completely opposite to Yan Yan's. The difference between before and after appearances emphasized to everyone who is the real husband.

Of course, Jiang Ting didn't hide this trick from Jiang Ting, but Jiang Ting didn't care about the straight man's last stubbornness. In his opinion, it was like Yan Yan's insistence that "the husband must be the driver when the couple drives out" and flaunting "Your team Jiang loves you." It’s so childish and cute (and crazy) that I have to cook two white eggs for me every morning; anyway, it’s not a matter of principle, just follow him and it’s over.

"Ahem!" Seeing that everyone was coming, Director Lu stood in the middle of the lawn, raised his hand and pressed down.

The two idiots of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, who were smiling and shoving each other, gradually quieted down, and the fountain was rattling in the wind. I saw Director Lu's face overflowing with kindness, and he said with a smile:

"Today is a very important and festive day for our Jianning Municipal Bureau!"

The voice paused at the right time, and everyone had already formed a conditioned reflex and applauded enthusiastically.

"Comrades took a short break from their busy daily work and came to this picturesque foreign country to gather together with their wives and children to participate in this year's team building project of our Municipal Bureau... Yan Yan, the detachment leader of the Municipal Bureau, and Jiang Consultant wedding!"

"Huh-huh--?!" At the same time, while waiting in the room, Yan Xie jumped up: "X, I knew that this guy surnamed Lu planned to use my wedding as a team building, so as to save money from the bureau's public account, and he didn't even My mouth is leaking... eh?!"

Yan Yan's thigh was pulled by an unknown force, and he stopped immediately. Looking down, he saw a little nail cap that was almost invisible to the naked eye protruding from the corner of the chair, hooking a few threads in the seam of his dress trousers.

Yan Yan: "..."

Director Lu is worthy of being the leader who has lived in various venues for a long time, his expression has not changed at all, as if nothing happened: "Everyone is already familiar with today's newcomers, so I don't need to introduce more. Yan Yan, as the leader of Jianning City An indispensable part of the public security system, since he was 12 years old, he has frequently visited the police stations, detention centers, and detention centers of the public security brigade in our jurisdiction; He ate all the pickled vegetable instant noodles and ham sausages stored in the various departments of the police station, as well as the handicrafts of several aunts in the canteens of different sub-bureaus. Such a rich and colorful youth life laid a solid foundation for him to join our police organization in the future!"

The surrounding applause was like a wave, and the strict father and strict mother stood up humbly, bowing their heads to all directions.

Director Lu cleared his throat: "On the road of growth, Yan Yan never gave up on himself. After years of unremitting struggle, he finally grew from a juvenile delinquent reserve to an adult delinquent reserve; , and grew into a person with full criminal responsibility. After graduating from the police academy with the 330th place, he went from a probationary policeman who was arguing about carrying a gun on patrol every day, and almost scared the director of the police station into a mental illness. He became a well-known police chief in the city, and was elected to the City Bureau Detachment, worked hard and made positive progress under the kind leadership and care of Wei Bureau and Yu Team, and finally became the full-time criminal investigation detachment leader this year!"

The rest of Bureau Wei got up, smiled and waved to everyone, saying that he just did a little work.

"All of his experiences perfectly reflect the process of our country's public security organs recruiting, probating, and using potential hostile elements—so seeing him getting married today, the organization is very moved and emotional." Director Lu finally finished his important speech and waved his hands: "Let us welcome the groom to the stage with warm applause!"

Whistles rang out, cheers became louder, and everyone's eyes were focused on the stained glass door not far behind Director Lu.

Five seconds passed, ten seconds passed.

30 seconds passed.

Director Lu: "Let's welcome the groom to the stage with warm applause...Hello? Groom?"

bridegroom:"………………"

The groom was sweating profusely trying to free the entangled threads, but the thread quality of the custom-made fabric was really unreliable. As the thread ends became more and more tightly entangled, the midline of the trouser seam was already creased indistinctly.

"Come... hurry up, waiter!" Yan Yan's veins jumped, and he finally found the long-lost English word from the depths of his memory: "Waiter!! How do you say that in English, Wei-wei-Wei Teer!! HELP, HELP!!"

"Where are people?" The applause on the lawn gradually weakened, and whispers began to sound. Ma Xiang covered half of his mouth and slapped Gao Panqing: "Damn it, Team Yan won't run away from marriage, right?"

Gao Panqing couldn't imagine the face of Consultant Jiang at this moment. Hearing the words, he was almost scared to pee: "Don't talk nonsense, how could it be so serious, what if it's just a sudden cerebral infarction!"

"Do I still have hope to be the heroine today?" Yang Mei asked Han Xiaomei in a low voice.

Han Xiaomei: "..."

The discussion became more and more obvious, and even Yan's father couldn't sit still: "Fucking mother, what's going on?"

Yan's mother tried not to squint and keep smiling, and only squeezed out a few words from the corner of her mouth: "How do I know, why don't I hurry up and send people to the backstage... eh? Daughter-in-law?"

Behind everyone, at the end of the tapestry, Jiang Ting in white formal attire pushed the door out, raised his hand hesitantly in full view of the crowd, hesitated for a moment, then began to greet the surroundings slightly, and walked forward at the same time.

His gait is still steady, and his posture is very straight, but he can still see a little cramped from the slightly unnatural corners of his mouth and tight jaw line, and he seems not very suitable to be the protagonist of such a festive occasion.

The air froze for half a second, and everyone seemed to understand something.

Immediately afterwards - boom!

A new round of more surging and intense applause broke out from the guest seats, and everyone clapped their hands desperately after suddenly realizing.Han Xiaomei's expression seemed to be refreshed, Yang Mei's face was flushed with excitement, Ma Xiang stared dumbfounded at Jiang Ting walking to the front of the stage, and finally murmured everyone's aspirations: "You really can't be judged by your appearance..."

"Ahem!" Jiang Ting stood in front of Bureau Lu, not knowing what to say, so he smiled slightly.

Bureau Lu stared at him as if he never knew him.

"...You..." Jiang Ting pointed cautiously, "Do you want to call Yan Yan?"

bang!Yan Xie pushed the door open, holding the seam of his trousers in one hand and said angrily, "Misunderstanding!"

The hotel's blond female manager followed behind with scissors in hand, laughing almost uncontrollably, but that didn't matter anymore.Under the gaze of everyone mixed with complex emotions such as shock, exclamation, disbelief, and hatred of iron and steel, Yan Xie rushed to the front desk in three steps, and pushed Jiang Ting back, dumbfounded: "Why are you running?" Come out! No, you go back and start again!"

Jiang Ting defended calmly as usual: "He's called the groom, you won't come out..."

"My pants are stuck! Go back and do it all over again!"

"No, I've already walked out..."

"Careful I hugged you?!"

"You can't be so violent..."

Yan Yan picked up Jiang Ting and carried it across his shoulders, like a legendary dragon who robbed the princess. The door to the lounge.After entering the house, he put Jiang Ting on the ground, and rushed out without saying a word. Before rushing out, he didn't forget to squeeze Jiang Ting's butt, and when he regained consciousness, he was already like a wild donkey that had run loose Wild horses generally ran back to the wedding scene not far away.

Bureau Lu made a decisive decision: "Next, let's invite the bride to play!"

The applause gathered into a sea of ​​joy, Jiang Ting couldn't help laughing, covered his face with one hand and went out again, stepping on the tapestry that had been crushed to pieces by Yan Mao, and from afar, Yan Mao was seen slanting his body, rushing towards the crowd Deputy Director Wei, who was red-faced anxiously, explained: "It's really because the pants are stuck... I'm the one on top! Really!"

Deputy Director Wei: "Our Jianning police have never been inferior to Gongzhou! You let me go, let me kill this shameful thing..."

Ma Xiang: "I can't hold it any longer! Lao Gao is here to help!"

Director Lu picked up the wedding vows and said with a smile, "Yan Xi?"

Yan Xie hurriedly got rid of Deputy Bureau Wei's invincible iron sand palm, and straightened the seams of his trousers while standing up straight.

"Jiang stop?"

Jiang Ting coughed, clasped his hands in front of him, and lowered his head slightly.

Lu Ju is holding his presbyopic glasses. The thick wedding vows in his hand are the brainchild of Yan's father who worked as a (former) high school Chinese teacher for three months. , Peacock Southeast Fei, Shu Ting and Hu Lancheng have all been spared, fully demonstrating the cultural heritage of the former richest family in S Province.Here's what he wrote:

"The king is a rock, and the concubine is a pampas grass; the pampas grass is as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer. You will share the cold wave, wind and thunder, and thunderbolt, and share the mist, haze, and hauni. It seems that you will be separated forever, but you will always be together. Love is eternal. Patience and kindness, love does not envy, love does not parade itself, is not puffed up, does not act shamefully, does not seek its own, is slow to anger, thinks no evil, does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth... ..."

Countless black lines appeared on Director Lu's head, and he finally stumbled and finished reading a page, turned the paper backwards, and the next page read:

"Love is the peace of time, and love is stability in this world. Forbetterforworse, forricherforpoorer, insicknessandinhealth..."

Director Lu: "..."

Director Lu fell silent, and after a few seconds, in the focus of all eyes, he put the wedding vows on the table, and said coldly with his hands behind his back: "Our country's marriage law stipulates!"

Yan's father, who was intoxicated by his own literary talents: "Huh?"

"Arranged, bought and sold marriages and other acts that interfere with the freedom of marriage are prohibited, domestic violence is prohibited, and abuse and abandonment among family members are prohibited! Husband and wife should be faithful to each other, respect each other, and maintain an equal, harmonious and civilized marriage and family relationship! What can you do? Are you there?"

Yan Yan: "Yes!"

Jiang Ting wondered if he was still reading the Bible just now, why did he suddenly come to the current marriage law in our country: "Yes."

Director Lu waved his hand: "I announce that you are officially married!"

Father Yan: "I haven't finished reading my Bible yet?!"

No one cares about Father Yan's Bible anymore. Yan Xie took a deep breath, and took out the velvet ring box that had been played with countless times from his pocket. If you want to, you will find the initials of two people engraved in cursive characters on the inside.

The sun rippling on the ring made a halo, Yan Mo's fingers trembled for some reason.

At this very moment, there are blue sky and white clouds above his head, green land under his feet, loving parents, laughing relatives and friends, partners who have gone through life and death... Familiar faces surrounded them, and the intact Jiang Ting stood beside him with a smile. Before, all the haze and wounds melted away, and completely disappeared in the high-altitude wind.

All the details perfectly matched the scene in the dream, except that a certain familiar figure was missing from the crowd.

The brother he once believed to be sympathetic to each other has left this long journey and traveled far away.

But fate is like this, it brings abundant gifts and takes away part of the fulfillment.No matter how hard you try, regrets always exist, and they are not shifted by human will. You can only learn to accept and let go.

Yan Yan let out a breath, and suddenly his hand was pulled, and then Jiang Ting put the same Perkinson ring on the ring finger of his left hand with a serious expression, and then patted the back of his hand with a smile.

"..." Yan Yan choked out a sentence: "Why are you taking the lead again?"

Jiang Ting laughed, Yan Yan grabbed his wrist, put the ring on his finger viciously, and threatened: "If you wear my ring, you will be mine! I will change my surname to Yan from now on! Do you understand?"

Jiang Ting maintained the posture of being tightly held by him with one hand, and asked with a smile: "What were you thinking just now, Mrs. Jiang?"

Mrs. Jiang, who is tall, horsey, heroic and extraordinary, scratched her hair, and said bitterly: "I was thinking about how much these locusts would eat of me today. If I knew I shouldn't exempt them from the gift money, I should let them each pay half a year's salary." ..."

Jiang Ting squinted at him with a smile.

"...and the person who should give the gift money the most didn't come." Yan Xie finally told the truth, "Unfortunately, according to the civil compensation regulations, at least he has to pay me my whole family."

The photographer shuttled through the crowd, the flashes came and went, and the wind blew through the lively crowd and rustled softly on the grass.

Jiang Ting patted Yan Xie on the shoulder, and then motioned him to look at his side cheek—the bloodstain that Qin Chuan had drawn on the day Qin Chuan was arrested with the triangular thorn had already healed, and the trace could not be seen even in the light, but Jiang Ting kept He insisted to Yan Yan that he had a scar, and if he looked at it with a magnifying glass, he would find that his appearance was already disfigured.

"I'll catch that grandson," he said.

Yan Xie also laughed, and pulled Jiang Ting up with both hands.

Not far away, Gou Li was eating desperately, Ma Xiang was smoothing Wei Wei's hair, Han Xiaomei took off her high heels and stepped on the ground, Yang Mei was talking about her; Yan's mother waved a silk scarf in the wind, signaling Yan's father to squat On the lawn, I used my mobile phone to take a small video of her circle of friends from bottom to top, which is said to show her long legs.

Yan Yan held Jiang Ting's hand so tightly, wanted to say something but hesitated to speak, and after a while, he saw that handsome face turned slightly red: "Jiang Ting."

"Ok?"

"I didn't realize until today that I'm really a very lucky person... It's strange to say that I have been born for more than 30 years, and I suddenly have such a strong feeling today." Yan Yan paused for a while, and said in a low voice. He asked with a smile, "What about you?"

Jiang Ting smiled and remained silent.

"Hey, how about you?"

"... I'm also very lucky," Jiang Ting finally said with a smile as if he couldn't resist Yan Yan's questioning, and then immediately added: "But it can't be considered special, it's just... luckier than ordinary people."

Yan Yan immediately asked: "You didn't think so until today?"

The two of them looked at each other, Jiang Ting's clear gaze swept over every inch of Yan Mao's face, his eyes shone slightly for a long time, and he said, "No."

"I've thought so since the day I met you again."

Jiang Ting leaned over in the crowd, and pressed a kiss on Yan Xie's lips.

click-

The shutter flashed past, freezing this scene forever.

On the screen, Yan Yan has a smile on his mouth, and holds Jiang Ting's back with one hand; Jiang Ting's black hair is fluttering in the wind, and it seems that he is also smiling faintly, with only a white chin exposed.

The wedding rings on both of their ring fingers are clearly visible, glistening in the sun.