The game of power begins with the police officers at the local police station.

Chen Shi looked out the window; it was already dark. "Let's go eat first. Whatever you want to eat, it's up to you."

"It's cold, let's eat hot pot."

"What kind of hot pot do you want to eat?"

Jiang Yiqiu thought for a moment: "Lamb hot pot."

As the two went out, Jiang Yiqiu, remembering something, said to Chen Shi, "Let's take some photos first. We need them to get our marriage certificate tomorrow. We'll come back after dinner; it'll be too late, and the photo studio will be closed."

"Where should we take photos?" Chen Shi asked.

"Our school has a photo studio."

Chen Shi followed Jiang Yiqiu to the photo studio. The studio owner greeted them with a broad smile: "Principal Jiang, please have a seat. Would you like your picture taken?"

Jiang Yiqiu looked at Chen Shi: "Take some wedding photos for me."

The boss didn't recognize Chen Shi, but he knew that Jiang Yiqiu's boyfriend was Chen Shi, the director of the Education Bureau. He smiled broadly and said, "Congratulations, Principal Jiang! Congratulations, Director Chen! I wish you a long and happy marriage and many children."

Jiang Yiqiu smiled and said, "Thank you."

The boss quickly found some clothes for Chen Shi and Jiang Yiqiu to change into. First, he took photos of the two of them individually, and then he took a photo of the two of them together.

After taking the photos, Jiang Yiqiu changed his clothes, took the clothes Chen Shi had taken off, and handed them to the shopkeeper: "How much?"

The shopkeeper took the clothes: "It's not much money, but it's my honor to take wedding photos for Principal Jiang and Director Chen. Consider these photos a gift from me."

"It's not easy for you to run a business, so just give me whatever you ask for." Jiang Yiqiu took out a hundred from his pocket and handed it to the shop owner.

Seeing that Jiang Yiqiu insisted on paying, the shopkeeper took the money and gave her change.

The photo shop owner edited it: "Principal Jiang, your wedding photos are the most beautiful wedding photos I've ever taken. They're so beautiful that they don't need any retouching at all."

Jiang Yiqiu was still happy. No woman can refuse when someone compliments her on her beauty.

After leaving the photo studio, Chen Shi drove Jiang Yiqiu to eat mutton hot pot.

Upon arriving at the mall, both of them were hungry, so they went straight to the food street and headed straight for a lamb hot pot restaurant.

It's cold, so there are a lot of people eating hot pot, and you have to queue up.

Jiang Yiqiu saw a familiar figure: Liu Qian, a teacher at No. 1 Middle School. They had a good relationship; they joined the school in the same year and used to be inseparable. Now that Jiang Yiqiu was the principal, Liu Qian was very polite to him, but she seemed somewhat distant.

Liu Qian also saw Jiang Yiqiu and Chen Shi. Her boyfriend, who was also a teacher at the school, was standing next to her. Liu Qian quickly walked over to Jiang Yiqiu's side and said with a smile, "Principal Jiang, Director Chen, are you here for hot pot too?"

Jiang Yiqiu smiled and said, "Winter is the season for hot pot, so we've come to join in the fun. Are you having hot pot too?"

Liu Qian said, "It's cold, and we didn't know what to eat. We saw a lot of people here, so we came to join in the fun."

The waiter called out, "Call number 131."

Liu Qian looked at the receipt in her hand; it was number 131.

"Principal Jiang, Director Chen, we have other matters to attend to. Please go inside and have a seat. Our ticket number is 131, so you don't need to call our number."

Jiang Yiqiu said, "We're not in a hurry. You guys go eat first, we'll wait a bit."

"Principal Jiang, we really have something to attend to. We were planning to leave anyway, but your arrival is just in time to help us."

Liu Qian handed the receipt to Jiang Yiqiu with both hands. Jiang Yiqiu took the receipt and said, "Liu Qian, thank you."

"Principal Jiang, you're too kind. We'll be going now."

Liu Qian grabbed her boyfriend and left quickly.

Jiang Yiqiu handed the receipt to the waiter, and the two of them were led to an empty table and sat down.

The hot pot restaurant was steaming hot, and it was very pleasant to eat large mouthfuls of mutton.

After the two finished eating, they left the mutton hot pot restaurant. Jiang Yiqiu looked at Chen Shi and said, "Let's go see a movie."

Chen Shi smiled and said, "Okay."

The two watched a movie and returned to the teachers' apartment at No. 1 Middle School. It was almost midnight. Jiang Yiqiu was very excited. Suddenly, she was going to get married, which was an unexpected surprise she had never imagined.

I thought I would never see this day, but it came so suddenly, without any warning, and I was in a state of excitement.

Jiang Yiqiu pestered Chen Shi three times. Usually, Chen Shi was the one who took the initiative, but tonight it was Jiang Yiqiu who launched the attack, exhausting Chen Shi to the point of surrendering.

Jiang Yiqiu didn't sleep much. He was so excited about marrying Chen Shi that he couldn't sleep and got up at seven o'clock, while Chen Shi was fast asleep.

She put on her makeup, chose what she considered to be her prettiest clothes, and went to get her marriage certificate, wanting to make herself look beautiful.

It took her more than an hour to get ready and then she woke Chen Shi up: "Honey, get up quickly, the Civil Affairs Bureau is open, let's go get our marriage certificate."

Chen Shi felt dizzy: "You kept me up all night, I can't get up, I'm so sleepy."

"I'll get the marriage certificate, come back this afternoon, and then go to sleep."

Chen Shi was helped up by Jiang Yiqiu, dressed, quickly washed up, and put on his shoes: "Alright, let's go."

Jiang Yiqiu looked at Chen Shi: "Going to get a marriage certificate? Is it that casual? Why don't you get your hair done or go back and change your clothes?"

Chen Shi then noticed that Jiang Yiqiu was dressed very elegantly.

"I think this outfit looks great on me."

"It's fine on ordinary days, but today is the day we get our marriage certificate. Let's go back, change our clothes, and go to Tony the hairstylist for a trendy hairstyle."

Seeing Jiang Yiqiu's joyful face, Chen Shi didn't want to spoil her mood, so he drove back to the Education Bureau's staff quarters. Once home, Jiang Yiqiu found Chen Shi what she thought was the most handsome outfit he could wear.

Chen Shi changed his clothes, and the two went downstairs, drove to a beauty salon, called Tony the stylist, and got a fashionable haircut.

Jiang Yiqiu also applied light makeup to Chen Shi. After they got their marriage certificate, she wanted to take lots of photos and post them on QQ Space, Weibo, school groups, family groups, and everywhere else she could to officially announce that she and Chen Shi had gotten their marriage certificate and that she had married her Prince Charming.

Seeing that Jiang Yiqiu was in high spirits, Chen Shi cooperated with her and dressed himself up.

Upon arriving at the Civil Affairs Bureau's service hall, at the marriage certificate window, there were many people getting married today, with more than ten people ahead of me in line.

Jiang Yiqiu and Chen Shi were about to wait in line when a staff member recognized Jiang Yiqiu and quickly came out of the window to stand beside him: "Principal Jiang, are you here to get your marriage certificate?"

Jiang Yiqiu looked at the staff member, whose face seemed familiar, but couldn't quite place him. He smiled and said, "Yes, we're here to get our marriage certificate."

The staff member introduced herself, saying, "Congratulations, Principal Jiang. I am Xu Hong's mother. I met you at a parent-teacher meeting before. You used to be my son's math teacher."

Jiang Yiqiu was familiar with Xu Hong: "Xu Hong has a very good attitude towards learning. He relied on his drive to score more than 40 points above the first-tier university admission line and was admitted to Donghai Normal University."

The staff member smiled and said, "It's all thanks to Principal Jiang's excellent teaching. Xu Hong used to be very bad at math, but after you taught their class math, he was able to score over 100 points. He used to often fail math."

The staff member looked at the dozen or so couples queuing up to get their marriage certificates and said, "Principal Jiang, you don't need to queue. Come with me, and we'll arrange it for you right away."

Jiang Yiqiu and Chen Shi followed the staff to the office, where the staff poured them tea.

Jiang Yiqiu took out Chen Shi's and his own ID cards, household registration book, marriage certificate photos, etc. from his bag.

The staff member smiled broadly and said, "Principal Jiang, please wait a moment."

Before long, the marriage certificate was ready, and the staff handed it to Jiang Yiqiu with both hands: "Principal Jiang, you are so beautiful, and your husband is so handsome, he looks just like Leon Lai."

Jiang Yiqiu accepted the marriage certificate: "Thank you. Could you please take a few photos for us as a memento?"

Jiang Yiqiu took out a camera from his bag and handed it to a staff member. The staff member found some flowers and took many photos of Chen Shi and Jiang Yiqiu at the photo area in the service hall.

Jiang Yiqiu looked at the photos in the camera: "They're so well taken, just like those taken by a professional photographer."

The staff member smiled and said, "I've practiced taking photos of newlyweds a lot, that's how I got it."