First Marriage Then Love Chapter 86

Su Yi Cheng seems like he was being serious!

An Ran looks at the large bunch of roses on her desk that the office a.s.sistant had brought her. She was out of it for a while. When Su Yi Cheng had dropped her off in the morning, before she got off he gave her a kiss on the forehead, his voice carried a smile as he softly spoke into her ears, saying that he had ordered flowers from the shop, and it will be delivered to her in a bit. When An Ran was still in shock, he had already started the car and left, not giving her an opportunity to ask.

She thought that he was just joking last night, spoke without thinking. After all they are already married, to fall in love, hearing it sounds awkward, a little superfluous. But she never imagined, that he really did find someone to deliver the flowers!

An Ran doesn’t know if she should laugh or cry. Looking at the huge bouquet of flowers made her shake her head helplessly.

Her office a.s.sistant looks at her with envy, but also with a gossipy gleam in her eyes she asks, “Gu jie, such pretty flowers, who sent them to you? Boyfriend?”

An Ran looks at her, and faintly shakes her head, “No.” She strokes the delicate petals. This was the first time that she had received a bouquet. Before when she was with Mo Fei, because Mo Fei’s budget was limited, the most romantic, luxurious thing they did was go to the coffee shop by the school. As for movies, during their 4 years together, they only saw one, and it was one that was discounted half-price on Tuesdays.

“Then a client?” The a.s.sistant wanted more gossip. She hasn’t been here for long, and she hadn’t interacted with An Ran much, but compared to Xiao xiao who was so extravagantly dressed up and seemed so arrogant, An Ran seemed a lot more amiable and approachable, and she doesn’t have to be so cautious with her words, worry about saying the wrong thing.

An Ran looks at the flowers, and softly says, “It’s from my husband.”

“Uh?” The a.s.sistant was shocked. Although she hasn’t been at the firm for long, but from her sources, she never heard that Gu An Ran was already married! Even not too long ago she heard from colleagues that her mom was always anxious to introduce somebody to her, and she was always busy with blind dates. “Gu jie, when did you get married? How come I didn’t hear anyone bring it up?”

An Ran squints her eyes at her, and says, “I’m almost 29, don’t tell me you guys were expecting me to stay unmarried."

“No way, Gu jie you’re pretty and capable, even your work is amazing.” The a.s.sistant said.

“Alright. You can go now.” An Ran smiles at her and nods.

The a.s.sistant was reluctant to let it go. Right before leaving she turned to look back, once more confirming, “Gu jie, you’re really married!”

An Ran shakes her head and laughs. She looks at her and says, “Does it seem like I’m joking?”

The a.s.sistant laughs in embarra.s.sment, and shakes her head. Then she turns around to leave.

An Ran cups her hand around the bouquet of flowers, and the corner of her mouth couldn’t help but curl up. She suddenly sees the little card sticking out between the roses, and opens it. Su Yi Cheng’s writing was very strong and powerful. The message on the card did not have any sweet words, but it’s what An Ran had always wanted --- together forever*.

An Ran faintly smiles. Her eyes start to heat up for some reason. She reaches out to stroke the words on the card, and looks at the signature below, and her heart started to have this warm feeling.

Su Yi Cheng’s call came in at this time. Looking at the name on the screen, An Ran had a feeling she couldn’t describe. The phone rang for a long time until An Ran finally picked up.

“Are you busy?” Su Yi Cheng thought that she was busy with work and that was the reason why it took her so long to pick up.

An Ran unconsciously shakes her head. After shaking her head she realized that he wouldn’t see it, so she quickly says, “No.” After saying that she realized that her voice sounded very hoa.r.s.e.

Su Yi Cheng seemed to detect that her voice was different, so he asks concerned, “What’s wrong?”

An Ran shakes her head and says, “Nothing. Just, just moved.”

Su Yi Cheng was speechless, until he realized that she was moved by the bouquet of flowers he had sent her. He cries out, “Idiot, if you liked it, from now on I’ll send you them everyday.”

An Ran also laughs, shakes her head and says, “It’s okay, that’s just a waste of money.” This kind of bouquet, at the least it must cost several hundreds, and the flowers only last for a short time, how wasteful.

“Hehe, well then Miss Gu, do you have time tonight? Can I ask you out for dinner?” Su Yi Cheng had made the preparations to properly pursue her, sending her flowers, a dinner date, each of these steps, An Ran found it funny and asks, “Is it a candle-lit dinner?”

“Of course.” Su Yi Cheng says certainly.

An Ran smiles. She couldn’t contain the delight on her face, and nods, “Okay.”

Hearing her reply, the purpose of his phone call was a success. He says, “Alright, until then wait for me at the entrance, I’ll come pick you up.”

An Ra smiles and agrees, then the couple chat for a little bit longer. It seemed like Su Yi Cheng was about to have a meeting soon, so they ended the call.

As soon as the call ended, someone knocked on her door. They pushed the door open, and it was the a.s.sistant from before. This time she had specially found a vase, filled it with water and delivered it to An Ran. She says, “Gu jie, put the flowers in here, this way the flowers can live a bit longer, and the buds that aren’t opened up yet can blossom.”

An Ran gets up from behind her desk. She reaches out to carry the vase filled with water, and sincerely thanks her, “Thank you.”

The a.s.sistant waves her hand, but couldn’t help but take a step forward, and continues to express her gossipy nature, “Gu jie, what does your husband do? When will you show him off to us?”

An Ran felt defeated, and laughs as she pats her, “Alright, what a gossip, hurry and get back to work, when it’s time I really will invite him for a meal and of course I’ll include you.”

The a.s.sistant, satisfied, retreats from the office.

An Ran places the vase by the window sill. After, she couldn’t help but take a glance at the beautiful roses bathed in sunlight, to the extent that she was holding her brush, but hadn’t drawn anything substantial.

During the evening she waited for the elevator, when Xiao Xiao also comes out from the office. She stands beside her, eyes fixated on the stainless steel door of the elevator, the corner of her mouth carried this smiling-yet-unsmiling expression.

An Ran doesn’t look at her. As far as she’s concerned, ever since she had destroyed her draft, she is no longer her colleague.

The elevator dings upon arrival, and An Ran takes the first step and enters.

Xiao Xiao follows, and side-eyes her. Her tone was strange as she says, “Are you purposely showing off how well your marriage is?”

An Ran frowns, not understanding how she had offended her.

“That’s enough, with your background, being able to marry the Mayor’s special a.s.sistant, become the madam of an official, is already enough to show off.” Xiao Xiao continues, her tone incredibly sour.

An Ran doesn’t turn around, and only quietly asks, “Being so suspicious and jealous of people everyday, isn’t it tiring?”

Hearing that, Xiao Xiao turns her head and looks her in the eye, and with disdain says, “You think you’re so high and mighty? If you really were then you wouldn’t deliberately show off how fortunate you are.”

An Ran sneers, turns to look at her and says, “Do I have to show off? I’m just happy, isn’t that so?”

Xiao Xiao waits for her, looks away, and coldly turns away.

An Ran also doesn’t want to talk any more, so she turns her head, watching the digits jump down.

“Ding----“

The elevator opens. An Ran doesn’t look at her any longer, and just gets out of the elevator.

Su Yi Cheng had finished work a bit early. When An Ran got out of the door, she saw him standing by the side of the car. Seeing her come out, he smiles and beckons her over.

Xiao Xiao follows An Ran from behind, and sees Su Yi Cheng. Her grumpy face immediately turns into a smile. She pats her hair, and walks over to Su Yi Cheng.

Walking over until he was facing An Ran, Su Yi Cheng very naturally takes the bag from An Ran, then reaches out to stroke her head. Wearing a smile he asks, “Was work busy today?”

An Ran smiles and shakes her head. Because of his bouquet of flowers today, she couldn’t draw anything at all.

Xiao Xiao approaches from behind, like a peach blossom, her eyes carry a charm as she faces them, her tone smiling as she says, “Special a.s.sistant Su, did you come to pick An Ran up?”

Su Yi Cheng only then notices her, and only out of courtesy, and a bit of distance, nods his head, “Yes. Miss Xiao is knocking off work?”

An Ran stands at the side, watches Xiao Xiao, and frowns in annoyance.

Xiao Xiao smiles lovingly and nods, then turns to look at An Ran and says, “Gu jie is really fortunate, to be able to meet such a good man like Special a.s.sistant Su. Really is admirable and envious.”

An Ran glances at her, and reaches out to take Su Yi Cheng’s hand. She looks at Xiao Xiao, and says, “I really am fortunate.”

Xiao xiao looks at her. Since the beginning she’s been carrying this smile. She then turns to look at Su Yi Cheng with intentions, “I don’t think I can call a cab in time. It’s rush hour now, there must be a lot of people calling for taxis.”

Su Yi Cheng looks at An Ran, then turns to look at Xiao xiao again. He’s had this distant smile. “Really.”

“Yes. Every time I go home from work, I have to fight for a taxi.” Xiao xiao says. Then she moves her gaze to look at the car behind Su Yi Cheng, and says, “If Special a.s.sistant Su doesn’t mind, would you be able to give me a ride.” Saying that, she turns to look at An Ran, “Gu jie wouldn’t mind right.”

An Ran looks at her. She doesn’t have much expression on her face. Not waiting for her to speak, Su Yi Cheng excuses himself, “Why would An Ran mind. You are her colleague, but still I have to apologize to Miss Xiao, because tonight I have a date with An Ran, thus, I don’t want anyone else to intrude. Miss Xiao should understand, right.”

Xiao Xiao was taken aback. She was expecting the rejection to come from An Ran, and she was going to use that as an opportunity to call An Ran petty, but she didn’t expect that the rejection would come from Su Yi Cheng instead. Not only that, it left her no room to maneuver.

Xiao Xiao was naturally an intelligent person. So naturally she understood that Su Yi Cheng was giving her a way to leave on good terms, giving her no chance to weasel her way into a free ride. Seeing that Su Yi Cheng still has a smile on his face, and that his expression had neither changed because of the rejection nor did he look unhappy or uneasy, she naturally replies, “Oh so it turns out Special a.s.sistant Su and Gu jie are going on a date! Hehe, Special a.s.sistant Su is so good to Gu jie.”

Su Yi Cheng glances at An Ran, and captures her waist. Then he turns to face Xiao xiao and says, “Wives should be loved, if I don’t treat her well then is it proper for me to treat other women better?”

Xiao xiao forces a smile. She wasn’t able to come up with a reply. She heard the meaning behind his words. She is naturally intelligent, how could she not understand it.

Seeing her not speak, Su Yi Cheng naturally doesn’t say much more to her. He just seizes An Ran’s waist, and politely says, “Miss Xiao, then you can keep on waiting, we will take our leave first.” After speaking he turns An Ran around by the waist. He shows his gentlemanly manners and opens the door for An Ran, hand covering the roof of the car, to prevent her from accidentally hitting her head there. After An Ran was seated, he closes the door for her, and then gets on the other side. Not wasting any more time, he starts the car to leave.

Xiao xiao watches their car disappear around the corner. The smile on her face slowly turns stiffer and stiffer. She clenches her hand. She was envious of An Ran, jealous that she has everything – happiness and a blissful family, she has the talent in designing, she only needs to sit in the office and draw and she could get the recognition from everyone outside, take on a case on her own, unlike her. She has to cater to those old lechers, the clients and dealers with evil intentions. Even with those efforts, she was still in her shadows even after 6 years. Clearly she has worked so hard, but she could never get the approval. She didn’t care in the past, she could exploit Huang De Xiang’s efforts to suppress her, because she could get better and easier cases. But now that she managed to s.n.a.t.c.h Su Yi Cheng, Huang De Xing is now acting to save face from Su Yi Cheng. As for her, her years of hard work has gone to s.h.i.+t, is it just because she doesn’t have the luck? If it’s like that, she won’t settle for it!

After looking on for a while, Xiao xiao then gathers herself and turns to leave, but at the moment she turned around, the office a.s.sistant curiously appeared behind her. Because of that, she was scared out of her wits!

She was already in a rotten mood, so seeing her act so recklessly made her even more p.i.s.sed. She unleashed the humiliation she suffered from Su Yi Cheng and An Ran and put it all on her, “What do you think you’re doing!”

The office a.s.sistant was still in gossip mode and her reaction was a bit slow, so she recklessly asked Xiao xiao, “That man just now was so handsome, is he Gu jie’s husband?”

Xiao xiao looks at her, and coldly says, “Heng, he is now, but we’ll see later.”

The a.s.sistant appeared to not hear her, so she continued to speak to herself, “No wonder Gu jie was hiding her husband, not even telling people she got married. Such a handsome and outstanding man, I would do the same thing if it were me!”

Xiao xiao glares at her, turns her head. She smirks, and sneers, “Hiding, heng, can she even hide?”

The a.s.sistant then seemed to hear her, and looks at her strangely, shaking her head, not quite understanding her.

In the car.

An Ran was in a bad mood thanks to Xiao xiao. She has become somewhat gloomy and unhappy.

Su Yi Cheng glances at her, and faintly smiles, “What’s wrong, seems to be something unpleasant between you and your colleague just now.”

An Ran doesn’t say anything, only turns to look at him, and stare at him.

Seeing her not speak, Su Yi Cheng asks, “Was I wrong?”

An Ran shakes her head, sighs, and says, “She seems to be interested in you.”

Su Yi Cheng raises his brows, “And?”

“Do you think she’s pretty?” An Ran asks. Actually she doesn’t need a confirmation. She’s quite aware of Xiao xiao’s methods. She knows that she goes to great extent to get what she wants, fair or not. It’s like she stands firm in her line of professional construction, she could sell her own body in order to get what she wants. All men seem to want s.e.x, and she has to admit, Xiao xiao has the resources to make men go mad and grovel under her skirt. And she doesn’t know if Su Yi Cheng can resist temptations with such a beauty.

Su Yi Cheng turns to look at her strangely, then turns back to look ahead at the road, but at the same time he moves his hand and places it on top her her’s and strokes it. “Do you look down on yourself or are you underestimating me?”

An Ran turns her head, and mumbles, “She’s beautiful, don’t tell me you don’t think so?”

Su Yi Cheng laughs, and reaches out to hold her hand, and only says, “I don’t even remember what she looks like.”

An Ran turns her head to look at her strangely, a little surprised to hear that response.

Su Yi Cheng laughs and glances at her. He grabs her hand and squeezes it, “Were you jealous?”

Hearing that, An Ran abruptly s.h.i.+fts her body, not looking at him, and declares, “Of course not.”

Her quick response revealed her actual intentions.

Su Yi Cheng just smiles, but doesn’t expose her. He just holds her hand, his large palm rubbing against her small hand. A while later, does he softly say, “You’re my wife, the one who will be by my side for the rest of my life, the person that will watch over me throughout my life. Just looking at you is enough for me, what good is it to look at other women. Anyways, what business is it to me whether another woman is pretty or not?”

An Ran doesn’t say anything, doesn’t admit that his sappy words, actually made her heart melt. A smile unconsciously makes its way to her face.

She also couldn’t help but mumble, “Such a smooth talker, you know how to say the right things.”

Su Yi Cheng laughs, turns to look at her, and asks, “You like it?”

An Ran smiles, and turns her head away. She looks out the window and watches the scenery fly by, her lips carried an attractive smile. He naughtily drew circles around her small palm.

The car slowly stops in front of a restaurant. An Ran was about to get out, but Su Yi Cheng stopped her by raising his hand.

An Ran looks at him in confusion, and asks, “Isn’t it here? We’re not there yet?”

Su Yi Cheng shakes his head, undoes his seat belt, and gets out of the car first. Then he goes around and opens the door for her.

An Ran looks at him funnily, and scolds him, “Why the trouble, I can get off myself.” Even though she said that, she was still incredibly happy because of his action.

Su Yi Cheng just smiles, doesn’t say anything. He takes her hand and leads to her restaurant.

The atmosphere of the restaurant wasn’t too bad. There was a pianist playing live, the beautiful gentle melody drifted faintly throughout the dining hall.

They did not want a private room, and just looked for an empty table. An Ran seemed to love window seats, no matter if they were in a canteen, coffee shop, or a Western restaurant, out of pure habit she chose a seat by the window.

At the same time they were seated, a waiter arrived with tea, and handed the menu to them. The two ordered a meal, and the waiter took back the menu and retreated. An Ran looks at him, looking at him funnily.

Su Yi Cheng asks, “Do I have something on my face?”

An Ran shakes her head, and asks, “Was the stuff you said yesterday serious?” Sending her flowers and having a candle light dinner, he can’t be real about pursuing her!

Su Yi Cheng picks up the tea, takes a sip, and asks, “Does it feel like I’m joking?”

An Ran shakes her head, but couldn’t help but laugh, “You don’t think we’re boring?” They’re already married, to turn around and say let’s court, isn’t it a bit too late?

Su Yi Cheng understands the mistake, and frowns, “Sending flowers, having a candle light dinner, are these things too boring? An ordinary date isn’t like this, right?” He also mutters, “Secretary Zheng clearly said that these were the basic steps!”

An Ran snorts, looks at him curiously, and says, “Steps! Su Yi Cheng, were you planning to take me to next?”

“Watch movie, after the movie we will take a stroll by the river bank, then we can go home.” Su Yi Cheng deadpanned. In reality, with regards to courting females, he actually doesn’t have experience. When he was with Ling Ran, because they had grown up together, naturally when they grew up they were in sync, there was no need for courting. Even with dates, with the initial stages he had used Ye Zi Wen and Zhou Han, because they were all friends, and had all grown up together, there wasn’t any awkward generation gaps or silences. Even if they had dates with just the two of them, the subject of their conversation would usually end up about Ye Zi Wen or Zhou Han. Genuine candle light dinners, movie dates, were very few. So this time when he said he would date An Ran, regarding the basic steps and recipe for romance, he even looked online earnestly, and even was open minded to ask Secretary Zheng for tips. And Secretary Zheng was very enthusiastic about formulating the steps and plan for romance, telling him of tonight’s course and pressing him to write the steps down, that could be considered a success.

An Ran looks at him, really holding back her smile. Finally, after he gave her a look of uneasiness she lets out her smile, and deadpans, “I’m very look forward to the next arrangement.”

The food was set out very quickly. In fact, the restaurant food can be considered pretty ordinary, but its success lied in its location. Sitting by the window, she could see the beautiful mini fountain by the music plaza across the street. The pretty lighting hits the stream of water, and that made the stream of water appear like giant glow stick.

By the time they left the restaurant it was about 7 o’clock. According to Su Yi Cheng’s plan, the next course they were going to was to see a movie. Luckily the movie theatre wasn’t too far from here, and it would only take a few minutes to walk over there. When they arrived there, the movie at 7:10 had already started. Recently there was a hugely popular 3D American blockbuster that was showing at this time, and it was part of a series. The last two series achieved immense success, and this time the third part was about to be released. It was highly antic.i.p.ated by many people. Most of the people who came to the theatre were here to watch this film, so tickets were being sold very quickly.

The tickets for the American blockbuster was already sold out, and the other movie that was playing at the same time was a domestic animated film “Submarine Story”. Hearing that name, An Ran automatically a.s.sociated with that huge Hollywood animated film, something about cars, something about the sea. These types of movies look very nice, and in the theatre it looks even prettier, and did surprisingly well in the box office.

Thinking along those lines, An Ran faces the ticket seller and says, “Hi, I want two tickets to ‘Submarine Story’.”

The ticket seller lifts up their head, looks at An Ran and Su Yi Cheng strangely, and asks, “You guys are really going to watch ‘Submarine Story’? That’s a cartoon!”

An Ran unconcernedly says, “I know. We don’t mind cartoons, just give me the tickets.”

The ticket seller gives an odd look to the couple, and was about to say something, but after hesitating, she ultimately doesn’t say anything. She accepts the money, and prints out two pretty tickets.

The couple go into the first hall, and as they entered, An Ran started to feel something fishy. There was less than 10% attendance in the entire screening hall, and most of the seats were vacant. Such attendance, the couple did not take a number, and just looked for an empty seat instead. Carefully examining, An Ran then discovered, within the entire hall, apart from her and Su Yi Cheng, the rest of the people in there had children with them. Looking at it, even if there were children inside she couldn’t help but be vexed.

An Ran stared at the movie screen for a long while, until she couldn’t look at it anymore. Then she gathered herself and says to Su Yi Cheng, “How about we leave.” It really was a cartoon. There was no plot or substance in it, it really was something for children to just watch.

Su Yi Cheng laughs and nods, then pulls An Ran up to leave the hall.

After leaving, An Ran let out a long sigh. The couple looks at each other, and burst out laughing. They finally understood why the ticket seller ‘Abby’ was looking at them so weirdly.

The two leave the cinema holding hands, and walk down the street slowly as they made their way over to the car parked by the restaurant.

In fact there was no need to say anything, the couple particularly enjoyed this idle serenity.

Night time at Jiang City is livelier than the daytime. Both sides of the streets were filled with every kind of stalls, each booth had at least one or two people around it. Some haggling, some buying.

The two walk not too quickly, and cheerfully joke around as they walk hand in hand. The car was just right up ahead, and An Ran couldn’t help but catch sight of the person quickly walking past them – Gu Heng Wen. She turns to face Su Yi Cheng, and evidently he had seen him as well.

“Dad!” An Ran calls out to Gu Heng Wen.

Gu Heng Wen was walking quite swiftly, and did not seem to hear An Ran’s voice. He didn’t look back, and just walks past the crowd.

An Ran wanted to go after him, but sees that he is rus.h.i.+ng toward a small alley at the side.

Just as the couple was considering whether or not they should follow, a family voice calls out from behind.

“Special a.s.sistant Su!”

Su Yi Cheng and An Ran both turn around, only to see Tong Wen Hai looking at them surprised.

“Special a.s.sistant Su and An Ran are taking a stroll?”

Su Yi Cheng calmly smiles at him, nods, and replies, “It’s not too busy today, so I came out with An Ran.” He also asks, “Chief Tong, why are you here too? Are you also accompanying your wife?” Saying that, he stretches out to look for Mrs. Tong.

“Uh, no no no, I was just pa.s.sing by, just pa.s.sing by.” Tong Wen Hai explains. He had kept his eyes on An Ran as he spoke, his expression seemed to flicker with uneasiness.

Su Yi Cheng smiles softly and nods, not asking more. Seeing that An Ran was silent, he addresses him, “Then, Chief Tong, I still need to stroll around with An Ran, and will not chat with you for much longer. We will take our leave first.”

“Yes, yes, as you wish, please.” Tong Wen Hai nods quickly.

An Ran looks at him, and gives him a small nod, then allows Su Yi Cheng to pull her away and leave.

After a block, An Ran turns to look at Su Yi Cheng and asks, “Um, do you have information on him?”

Su Yi Cheng looks at her, understanding that the ‘him’ she was referring to was Tong Wen Hai. He doesn’t say anything for a while, just smiles softly, and shakes his head.

“Oh.” An Ran faintly replies. She turns back, her eyes a little dim, and as if mumbling to herself, she says, “Why do you think my dad was in such a rush, could it be because he saw Chief Tong?” She doesn’t know what the relation between her mother, dad and Tong Wen Hai was, but she can faintly detect it, and she has a bad feeling about it. She doesn’t know if she was thinking too much about it, but the expression that her mother had after seeing Tong Wen Hai a few times, and what her father had told her that night, and it was hard not to think about it.

Su Yi Cheng doesn’t reply to her mumbling. He lets go of her waist, turns her around, and leans in to kiss her on the lips. Only a while later does he let her go, and softly whispers into her ears, “Don’t forget that you are on a date with me now. We are the only two people in the world now, the only thing in your mind should be about our date, or you can think about what we’ll do at home later, but!” Releasing her, he cups both his hands to her face, and Su Yi Cheng, in earnest, emphasizes each word, “You can not think about anything unrelated to us, because tonight, you are mine, everything is mine, including the thoughts in your brain, should only be thinking about me!”

An Ran looks at him stunned. Only after a while does she break into laughter. She accuses him, “So overbearing.”

Su Yi Cheng laughs, a little proud of himself, and says, “I’m just overbearing to you.”

Being messed by him, An Ran no longer has the thoughts of Tong Wen Hai and her parents in her mind, and just looks at the smile on his face.

Su Yi Cheng pecks her on the lips, then takes her by the hand, and says, “Let’s go, according to the romance plan, we have to take a stroll along the river bank, then we can go home holding hands.”

An Ran looks at him, nods, and chuckles.

Su Yi Cheng sees that she is a bit absent-minded, and lets out a soft sigh, “Well, more than strolling along the bank, right now I actually want to go home and do something else.”

Hearing that, An Ran finally comes up with a reaction. Her face flushes, and she rebukes him, shaking off his hand, turns around to run, still softly scolding him, “Rotten rascal.”

Su Yi Cheng lets out a hearty laugh, takes huge strides forward, and recaptures her hand, holding onto it tightly.

*together forever - this is part of a verse of an ancient Chinese poem/poetry. The full verse is " 死生契阔，与子成说；执子之手，与子偕老" it means "I have once made you a promise, that no matter life or death, I will always hold on tightly to your hand, accompanying you till our hair grew white, together forever and ever." The author is a soldier that is leaving for war and wrote this for his wife, because he does not know if he will be able to return alive. So he wrote a whole poem about his sorrow and wishes, this verse is but a part of the poem.  (full credits to Joe!)

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