50s: Starting with a storage ring

Chapter 540 I do

While driving his mining cart to load ore, Sun Zhiwei used his spatial ability to select raw stones from underground. He didn't let any raw stone weighing more than 10 carats go unselected.

After he finished collecting the large diamonds from the upper level, the minecart was fully loaded. He followed the convoy to transport a load of ore to the ore dressing area, then turned around under the pretext of a vehicle malfunction and drove the minecart back to the outer parking lot.

The matter is now settled, but he still needs to go back and find suitable rough stones to make diamond rings from the pile of goods. Processing will take time, and he can't delay the wedding this weekend.

The next day, he returned to New York with thousands of rough colored diamonds. After a long and careful selection process, he finally chose two of them.

One was golden yellow, and the other was blue. The golden yellow one was prepared for Tong Jiajia, and the blue one was prepared for himself.

Of all the types of colored diamonds, purple is the rarest, red is extremely rare, blue is relatively rare, yellow is relatively more common, and pink is the most common.

However, the most beautiful and valuable diamonds are those with a pure, vivid yellow color.

He originally planned to make a pink diamond ring for Tong Jiajia.

Later, he thought that pink diamonds weren't rare and that color was more suitable for young girls, so he ultimately chose a 40-carat yellow rough diamond.

He could only wear blue for his own jewelry, as it's not appropriate for a grown man to wear overly bright colors.

After returning to New York, he locked himself in the basement of his villa and began making wedding rings. He completed both rings in just two days.

That same day, Pastor Irwin sent someone to inform them that all preparations for the wedding the day after tomorrow were complete.

Meanwhile, the guests they invited by invitation began to arrive in New York.

Tong Jiajia had already booked an entire floor of a nearby five-star hotel in advance, and guests could check in directly upon arrival by presenting their invitations.

They chose Belinda McKinney as bridesmaid and Zheng Jiafa as best man from among all the guests.

On their wedding day, surrounded by friends, they arrived at St. John's Cathedral in a luxury motorcade.

The church was already decorated with lights and flowers.

The wedding ceremony officially began at 10:00 AM.

Accompanied by best man Zheng Jiafa and Pastor Owen, Sun Zhiwei came out of the adjacent room and walked to the ceremony platform to quietly wait for the bride's arrival.

As Christian wedding songs played, the bride, Tong Jiajia, led and accompanied by her bridesmaids and flower girls, entered the wedding venue through the main entrance and walked to Sun Zhiwei's side.

Once they were ready, Pastor Irwin began reciting the call to prayer.

“Dear God, we gather here to witness the union of these two newlyweds.”

"May your love shine upon them like the sun, warming their hearts, and may their love burn like a sacred flame, never to be extinguished."

May they weather the storms together, walk hand in hand through every stage of life, and be forever happy, with each other by their side.

"Now, let us witness this solemn and beautiful moment together."

"Please come forward and say your vows, bride and groom." Upon hearing this, Sun Zhiwei and Tong Jiajia immediately walked up to the pastor.

At that moment, Pastor Irving looked up and surveyed the entire audience.
"Today, we witness the sacred wedding of Mr. James Robert and Ms. Gabrielle Austin under the watchful eye of God."

"This is a solemn and sacred moment. Now, the two newlyweds are about to be united." "If anyone has any legitimate reason to prove that their union is illegitimate, please speak up now or remain silent forever."

At this moment, the entire audience remained silent.

Seeing that no one objected, Pastor Irving continued to ask everyone, "Who is willing to bless this happy marriage?"

At this moment, all the relatives and friends present stood up and answered in unison, "I do!"

Pastor Irving only began the ceremony after everyone had offered their blessings to the newlyweds.

"Mr. James Robert, do you take Gabrielle Austin to be your lawful wife?"

"To be united with him before God, to love her as you would yourself, to cherish her, to respect her, and to protect her, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty, until the end of your life?"

Sun Zhiwei looked affectionately at Tong Jiajia beside him. In his mind, the English names of the two people in the vow had been automatically replaced with their real Chinese names.

When asked by the pastor, he solemnly replied, "I do."

"I am willing to love her and her family for the rest of my life and treat her with all my heart."

"She will be my only love and partner in this life, now and in the future, today and every day."

Reverend Irving nodded in satisfaction, then turned to the bride and asked:
"Ms. Gabrielle Austin, do you take James Robert to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

"To be united with him and her before God, to love him as you love yourself, to embrace him, to respect him, to protect him, in sickness and in health, in riches and in poverty, until the end of your life?"

Tong Jiajia was already in tears. When she heard the pastor's question, she firmly replied, "I do."

"I am willing to entrust my life to him, to be his wife, to love him and his family. No matter what happens in the future, I will stay with him and never leave him."

After the bride and groom finished exchanging vows, Pastor Irwin said to them, "The bride and groom may now exchange rings."

The best man and maid of honor waiting nearby immediately stepped forward and handed over two ring boxes.

Sun Zhiwei first opened the box and put a fancy yellow diamond ring weighing 101.29 carats on Tong Jiajia's ring finger.

(The Arante Diamond was withdrawn before its scheduled auction in 2024.)
The appearance of such a large, brilliant yellow diamond ring caused almost everyone present to gasp in amazement.

Sun Zhiwei and his partner didn't look at the ring at all; instead, they gazed at each other affectionately.

Then Tong Jiajia opened the jewelry box beside her and put a 14.62-carat square fancy vivid blue diamond ring on Sun Zhiwei's ring finger.

(Oppenheimer Blue, sold for $5750 million at Christie's auction in 2016.)
Seeing that the couple had put on their rings, Pastor Irwin continued, "The groom may now kiss the bride."

Sun Zhiwei immediately stepped forward and gave her a deep kiss, and all the spectators applauded enthusiastically.

Then, the bride and groom, the matchmaker, the officiant, and the witness signed their names on an antique-style marriage certificate in turn.

Finally, the bride and groom walked hand in hand out, and among the crowds watching the ceremony on both sides of the red carpet, relatives and friends showered them with flower petals, offering their final blessings to the couple.

After the wedding ceremony, the celebration banquet followed. The wedding car convoy took everyone to a five-star hotel, where a banquet had already been set up.

(End of this chapter)