{"id":5577,"date":"2023-06-13T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/?p=5577"},"modified":"2023-06-13T11:54:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-13T09:54:46","slug":"after-winning-this-battle-i-will-go-home-and-get-married-chapter-43-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/2023\/06\/13\/after-winning-this-battle-i-will-go-home-and-get-married-chapter-43-2\/","title":{"rendered":"After Winning This Battle, I Will Go Home And Get Married &#8211; Chapter 43.2"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur said nervously and at a loss for words, &#8220;Ah? How about I get a new haircut first? I think I&#8217;ve been too busy lately and didn\u2019t get enough sleep so my skin also isn\u2019t doing well. Since I didn\u2019t sleep last night, aren\u2019t the dark circles under my eyes a bit heavy?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan was speechless at his reaction. He looked left and right but really couldn\u2019t spot any difference from the usual, and objectively commented, &#8220;You\u2019re handsome enough.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur was encouraged.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan added, &#8220;Among the male alphas I know, you are already the most handsome.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur instantly glowed with confidence.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan: &#8220;&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since they met in the military, Yan Xueshan thought about finding his old military uniform and putting it on. He planned to take wedding photos in military attire like that.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, when he met Arthur face to face, Arthur, who wore military uniforms every day, surprisingly changed into his civilian clothes. Because he rarely saw Arthur dressed like this it felt quite fresh.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan circled around him, looking front and back, up and down. \u201cWhy aren\u2019t you wearing your uniform?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur was in a good mood as he presented himself to Yan Xueshan. &#8220;Is this not handsome?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan nodded his head and said, &#8220;It\u2019s handsome.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur reached out and smiled. &#8220;Let&#8217;s go.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan was stunned for a moment before realizing that Arthur meant to hold his hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was a very\u00a0 beautiful hand. Most Master Sergeants would have beautiful hands. People who were good at piloting mecha, were born with long fingers so their hands were never ugly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, this hand was inviting him to hold his hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014This wasn\u2019t really relevant.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet, at this moment, he became distracted, and suddenly remembered the time when he was ten years old.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The little Yan Xueshan, who was still in the orphanage, was skinny and smaller than his peers because he ate less.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the day he left the orphanage, the new caregiver, Miss Grace, wrapped a pure white wool scarf she knitted herself around him, knelt down, and told him worriedly, &#8220;When you go to the new home, be a good boy. &#8220;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan knew that it was because she was afraid that he would be sent back again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He always thought that he was well-behaved, but he couldn&#8217;t guarantee whether his new adoptive parents would like him or not. At that time he just nodded blankly.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Miss Grace was very kind to him. The other children said that she came to work in the orphanage because her fianc\u00e9 died in the war and she no longer intended to marry anyone.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She would hold him in her lap and teach him how to play the piano, praising him for his beautiful hands and saying that he might be fit to be a musical performer.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan remembered that day, when the sky was half cloudy. He stood behind the rusty iron gate at the entrance of the orphanage, tightly clutching the strap of his small satchel with his little hands.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was waiting for his adopters to pick him up.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But he waited for a long, long time.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So long that he wondered if no one would come, if he would be abandoned once again. Maybe he was going to be left in an orphanage as an unwanted child.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then, through a gap in the fence, he saw the old, broken-down hover shuttle car, which was almost falling apart, arriving at the stop, rattling as it parked. Then a poorly dressed, unattractive man jumped out of the car, stumbling out so fast that he almost fell over. This made him look very funny.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was his adoptive father.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His adoptive father straightened the gray hat that became crooked on his head and turned to say goodbye to the driver. Before Yan Xueshand even saw his appearance, he already heard his hearty and laughing voice.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then his adoptive father turned around, with a smile on his not-so-handsome face. When he saw the child waiting at the door, he even trotted over and said to him, \u201cSorry, because of the turbulence I was delayed on the road for a while and came late. Did you wait for a long time?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan thought of what sister Grace told him and just his head. &#8220;Just arrived.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His adoptive father stretched out his hand to him and said, \u201cThen it&#8217;s just right, let&#8217;s go. I will take you to your new house.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another moment he returned to the present.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan realized that he would have a home again.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He took Arthur&#8217;s hand.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let&#8217;s go together.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The procedure was done quickly. They registered as partners in the Galactic Federation Civil Affairs system, and received a bright red marriage certificate.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The photo was also taken on the spot.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It looked like a meeting photo, he thought, but it wasn\u2019t bad.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway, Arthur was satisfied and he was even more okay with it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After receiving the marriage certificate they returned to the farm.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur took a day off to obtain the marriage certificate, with people at base unanimously agreeing that there was no problem with it! The Admiral just needs to concentrate on getting married!<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once at home, Arthur couldn\u2019t help but idly tidy up inside and out of their house as cleaning robots only did basic cleaning. While he asked Yan Xueshan to just sit on the side, after working for a long time, he still felt that he only vented half of his happy energy.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He thought of a book he had once read and a specific paragraph which roughly meant this: When the person you like finally agrees to be with you, it feels like having your own house at first. Every day you wake up and you still feel incredible, afraid that someone will rush in and accuse you of not deserving to have such a good life.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This was exactly how he felt right now.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan on the other hand, has been very calm as he arranged everything in an orderly manner.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He asked, &#8220;When will the wedding be held?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur didn&#8217;t dare to postope it anymore. &#8220;When do you want to do it? What kind do you want?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan had already thought about it and said, &#8220;We\u2019ll do it when we\u2019re ready. There is no need for an extravagant wedding and wasting money. Rather, donating to the needy is more meaningful. Besides, you know I don&#8217;t like to attend noisy banquets in the first place since I can\u2019t cope with too many strangers.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur was aware of his temper so of course, readily agreed. &#8220;Okay, everything will go according to what you said. Now we should draw a guest list. Lets only invite our relatives and friends, how about it?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two quickly finalized the wedding.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan: &#8220;Okay. I&#8217;ll write my list, and you write yours.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan was a very efficient person, so after saying that he went to the study to write the list.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After a while, Arthur saw that he hadn\u2019t left the study, so he went in to have a look.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan was writing on his desk.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His uniform hadn\u2019t been taken off, but because he had retired and not returned to his job, the uniform had no shoulder patch.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He looked very cold and tough and only a soft light enveloping him made him look very harmonious. Arthur stood beside him and took a look. Yan Xueshan wrote more than a dozen names, making him confused.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who were these invitations for? Yan Xueshan was a loner. He knew this the best, so how could he have so many friends whose names were unfamiliar to him.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeing one of them, Arthur recognized it.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gao Yan.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was Yan Xueshan&#8217;s previous partner before he took his place. It seemed that they only partnered for half a year. He was an excellent Master Sergeant, and a little older, in his thirties. He also vaguely remembered he was a single father. After his death, his pension was given to his daughter.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arthur was stunned for a moment, then reached out and tapped the name and asked in a slow voice. \u201cDidn&#8217;t Gao Yan pass away?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He still remembered what happened when he first met Yan Xueshan, seven years ago, when those people were talking about him behind his back:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; &#8220;Gao Yan is such a good person. I thought they were very close, but he didn&#8217;t even shed a tear. Do you think he has any coincidence?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; &#8220;But after all, he was his partner. Even if he puts on a show, isn\u2019t that a bit too much?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014&#8221;I heard that he has a mental illness so he doesn&#8217;t have any emotions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yan Xueshan said calmly, &#8220;Yes. I plan to send the invitation to his grave.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf I&#8217;m free, I&#8217;ll send it in person.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOnce, during a break, he told me that he really wanted to know what kind of person I would marry in the future. If that day really happened, he hoped that I would invite him to the wedding.<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I promised him. I have to keep my promise.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p>Edited by: Antiope1<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Support translation:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/bePatron?u=25191841\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"217\" height=\"51\" class=\"wp-image-338 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/become_a_patron_button.png?resize=217%2C51\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 217px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 217\/51;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ko-fi.com\/lajnaa\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/kofi3-3.png?resize=185%2C47\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is kofi3-3.png\" width=\"185\" height=\"47\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 185px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 185\/47;\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\r\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arthur said nervously and at a loss for words, &#8220;Ah? How about I get a new haircut first? I think I&#8217;ve been too busy lately and didn\u2019t get enough sleep so my skin also isn\u2019t doing well. Since I didn\u2019t sleep last night, aren\u2019t the dark circles under my eyes a bit heavy?\u201d Yan Xueshan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5046,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[103],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-i-will-go-home-and-get-married","entry","has-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ontimestory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/240636s.jpg?fit=226%2C315&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5577"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5579,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5577\/revisions\/5579"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ontimestory.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}