CHAPTER 61- END

The bright girl was enjoying her love and youth. She was sitting in the studio sketching a still life and turned her head to see the boy’s smiling face through the window.

Xu Zelin graduated from university this year and returned to the provincial capital. He fell in love with her at first sight when he saw her at the bus stop. His heart was pounding, and he blushed and wanted to strike up a conversation but didn’t dare. When he got on the bus, he threw the coin in his hand into the sewer and mustered up the courage to create an opportunity for himself.

Huihua put down the brush and walked out of the classroom. In the sunshine, the eyes of the young boy and girl were full of twinkling lights. Bubbles of joy spread in the sea of hearts, and the best time in life was like a flower blooming temporarily. Going home on weekends, Li Xia could feel the sweetness of her daughter without saying a word.

When she went to bed at night, Shen Haiyang asked her what she had been busy with these days. She replied, “Decorating a house for my daughter.”

“Have you asked her what she likes?”

“I did. I connected two large two-bedroom apartments, converted the living room on the east side into a studio, and converted the kitchen and dining room into a cloakroom. This way, she has four rooms and two bathrooms. The dining room and kitchen are both complete, so it will still be spacious when she has children.”

“I won’t go to work tomorrow; I’ll go help you.”

“Let’s go over and check the progress and quality and leave the rest to the contractor. I have designed everything, and most of the furniture is custom-made.”

“There are three more sets. Do you want to install them as well or wait until later?”

“Let’s put it together.”

The other two three-bedroom apartments and one one-bedroom apartment are renovated,renovated, and the larger one is for my two sons to live in, while the smaller one is rented out. As the children grow up, they all need their own space, and it is inconvenient to always stay with their parents. After the old house was demolished, there were two two-bedroom apartments, which are no longer needed and are rented out.

The house was almost finished when Li Xia took her daughter to see it. She was so surprised that she couldn’t control her tears. It’s true that no one knows a daughter better than her mother. Her mother knew her preferences completely and decorated the house the way she liked.

“Mother,”

“Calm down, calm down. It’s just a house. Don’t get so excited. Your dad said that the two shops outside the building would also be given to you. You can open a studio or rent it out. It’s up to you. Go to the developer with Mom to sign a contract. These will all be your premarital properties in the future.”

“That won’t work. There are still my brother and Yiyi. I’ve already got the house, so the shops can’t all be given to me.”

“Just take it if it’s given to you. Your brother and Yiyi both agree on this.”

When they were kids, the older and younger brothers joked that they would earn money for her in the future. Now they are both still in college and have no problem with the demolition of the property. When Li Xia mentioned this on the phone over the weekend, they both said they could give it to her.

The little boy who had low self-esteem in a single-parent family when his parents divorced has now grown into a strong man. He has strong abilities and doesn’t care about these trivial things. Moreover, his parents have consciously educated him since he was a child, making him feel that he should take care of his sister. Now he naturally won’t argue with her about these things.

The house was transferred to Huihua’s name. The girl liked it very much and cleaned the house after the renovation. She bought a lot of pots and pans for the kitchen. But she never lived here and still went back to her parents’ house on weekends.

As she was about to graduate from her senior year, some of her classmates were going to art training institutions, some to design studios, and some to commercial painting. She didn’t want to go to these places, so she came back to discuss it with her parents.

“I don’t want to engage in commercial painting. I want to learn slowly, experience slowly, and express my thoughts on canvas. I don’t want to be a painter or anything like that. I just want to use a brush to express my heart. But the teacher said that to do this, you have to be able to endure loneliness and boredom, and you may not have any income for many years. I am not afraid of loneliness and boredom; I am.”

Shen Haiyang said, “Just live the way you like. Even if you don’t make money, your parents will support you.”

Li Xia nodded. “Two thousand per month; Mom will transfer the money to your bank card on time.”

Huihua smiled shyly. She could actually guess her family’s attitude. Her parents had spent so much money and effort on her over the years; all they wanted was for her to be happy. Now that she hadn’t gotten married yet, they had already prepared everything for her. She had saved so much for her living expenses over the years, and she also had income from two shops, so it was enough even if her mother didn’t give her anything. She just told her father and mother her thoughts.

“that……”

She hesitated, feeling a little embarrassed. Li Xia and her husband looked at each other and guessed what she might say, but neither of them spoke, waiting for her to explain herself.

“Zelin said he wanted to come visit you two at home.”

This was like a kitten’s meow, and she smiled shyly at them. My daughter is grown up now, and it’s time for him to meet her parents when she’s dating. Shen Haiyang said nothing, and Li Xia nodded.

“Wait for your brother and Yiyi to come back, then bring him to our house to meet us.”

“Okay.”

It was a hot summer day, and she told her parents about her worries. She was so happy that she couldn’t fall asleep for half the night. At 11 o’clock, the phone rang, and she quickly answered it while sitting on the sofa.

“Hello,”

“Huihua, have you told your parents?”

“Yes, I did”

Did they agree? When can I come over?”

“My mom said we can all meet up when my brother Hui and Yiyi come back.”

“Oh, I’m so nervous.”

“You’re still nervous. I’m the one who’s nervous, okay? I went through the script several times before I could say it.”

“I’m nervous too. The ugly son-in-law is going to meet his outstanding parents-in-law. I’ve been so nervous these past few days that I haven’t been able to sleep well.”

“Hehe!” Huihua laughed softly while holding the receiver. Li Xia went downstairs to get something and saw her daughter’s sweet and silly look. She didn’t take anything and quietly returned to the bedroom.

“Girls can’t be kept at home when they grow up.”

This was just a casual remark. She was very open-minded about marrying off her daughter. Her current attitude towards marriage was to let things take their own course. Everyone has to experience their own life. Only after tasting it can one know the ups and downs of life.

No one can replace anyone on the road of life. What parents can do is pave the way for their children and be their support. In her previous life, her daughter was inferior and even a little timid. After being hurt in love, she was unwilling to set foot again. She tried her best to persuade her child to start over, but it was unsuccessful. Now that her daughter is so happy, she is happy for her daughter.

The next day, they went to work. They thought their daughter was sleeping in, so they didn’t call her. There wasn’t much to do at work, so Li Xia went home early, at noon. When she drove to the door, she saw a handsome young man standing there, and her daughter came out to open the door.

“Mom,” the expression shows a little girl who was caught by her mother doing something bad, and she was so scared that she didn’t know what to do. Seeing her like this, the young man quickly nodded to Li Xia.

“Hello, Auntie. I’m Xu Zelin. Huihua is sick, so I’m here to bring her medicine.”

Li Xia turned to look at her daughter and asked, “Where do you feel uncomfortable? Why don’t you go to the hospital?”

“It’s just a headache and a runny nose. I think it’s a cold. I will just take some medicine, and it will be fine.”

We have medicines at home; what are you two doing? Li Xia looked at her daughter, who blushed and lowered her head, not daring to say a word.

“Then, Huihua, I’ll give you the medicine. Remember to take it on time.” Xu Zelin handed the bag in his hand to Huihua, then bowed to Li Xia: “Auntie, I’ll leave first and visit you another day.”

Xu Zelin glanced at Huihua and turned away. Li Xia took her daughter home. When Huihua closed the door, she stuck her head out to look around. When she couldn’t see the other person anymore, she went back.

They are so inseparable that Li Xia, as a mother, is speechless. It seems that her daughter will get married soon, so will she have a baby soon? She is only in her early 40s. Will she become a grandmother soon? Why do things that I looked forward to in my previous life seem to go by so fast in this life? The time of youth is too fast, and it always slips through our fingers inadvertently.

“Mom,” Huihua called coquettishly, reaching out to hold her mother’s arm. “I just have a heavy nasal tone, and he heard it and asked me. I said I had medicine at home, but he still bought some and sent it to me, saying that he wanted to see me.”

“Your brother and Yiyi will be back the day after tomorrow. If it’s okay for you, go to the airport to pick them up.”

“Yes, I will definitely go. The two of them haven’t come back even during their degree holidays in the past few years. I haven’t seen them for several years. I wonder if Yiyi has grown taller.”

“You’ve grown taller, haven’t you? Your brother said he was two centimeters taller than him.”

“Really? Shen Yiyi is actually that much taller than me.”

“You’re a girl.”

“The day after tomorrow. The two wanderers will also return home on this day.”

What a coincidence! When she went to the airport to pick up her two sons, the five-star red flag was hung everywhere. Li Xia and Shen Haiyang
were staring at the airport exit without blinking; they first saw Shen Hui’s mature figure, and then a flying boy waving at them.

“Mother,”

From his mouth shape, it can be seen that he is calling for his mother, and he pulls the luggage past his brother and runs ahead. He goes around the railing, puts the suitcase on the ground, and reaches out to hug his mother tightly.

“Mom, mom, I miss you so much.” Li Xia looked at her tall son and was speechless with excitement. The brat turned around and hugged Shen Haiyang beside him. “Dad, dad, I miss you so much too.”

When Shen Hui came out, the father and son were hugging each other. He put the luggage in his hand and gave his mother a hug. Then he gently hugged his sister and reached out to touch the top of her head.

“It seems like you have grown taller again.”

“That’s your illusion, brother. I have never grown up.”

“Haha,” Shen Hui laughed happily. “Brother thinks you have grown taller and more beautiful.”

Yiyi also came back to his senses from his excitement and looked at his sister from head to toe. “You haven’t grown taller; you seem to have gotten shorter.”

Huihua raised her hand and hit him: “You stinky Yiyi, you are the one who has grown taller. You have become taller, and yet you say that I am short. You are getting worse and worse.”

Yiyi smiled and let his sister pat him. Then he hugged her tightly in his arms. “Sister, I missed you so much.”

Huihua’s eyes were also filled with tears. The three children grew up together, and she missed them very much. “You said this three times. You are not sincere at all, brat.”

“Sister, please don’t be so picky. I’m really excited right now. I have so many sentimental words in my mind, but I can’t say them all. This is the only sentence I can think of.”

“Ha ha,”

Shen Haiyang smiled as he went to pick up the luggage. He had specially driven a business car to pick them up today. Shen Hui pulled out his own suitcase and looked at his father with a bright smile. The father and son had a reserved feeling, and everything was in their eyes.

On the way, they talked about meeting Kevin and Jimmy one by one. “Kevin is going to college this year, and Jimmy is also doing well. Their mother has come out, and I heard that her temper has become much more restrained.”

“Where’s his father?”

“No news.”

“Kevin said that he would consider settling down here if possible after he graduated from college and came back to travel.”

“Really.”

“Yes, he is teaching himself Chinese geography and history. He is even more excited than I am when talking about this.”

“That’s good.”

It was unknown whether Shen Yaozong was dead or alive, and the old man never saw him again before he left. But now that their mother had come out, the children were taken care of. Kevin was a good boy, and he is grown up now. With his younger brother being taken care of by him and with their financial support, it wouldn’t have much of an impact even if their mother was unreliable.

“By the way, sister, what kind of person did you find?”

As they asked, Shen Hui turned around to look at his sister. Huihua blushed, but her eyes were filled with joy. “You’ll know when you meet tomorrow night.”

Li Xia did not book a hotel to welcome the children home but cooked the children’s favorite dishes at home. The two people who had eaten enough Western food said everything was delicious, as if they had just returned from an African refugee camp.

“Are your living expenses insufficient? Why don’t you say anything? There are Chinatowns and Chinese restaurants abroad too. You can always eat out even if you don’t know how to cook.”

Yiyi swallowed the braised pork in his mouth and said, “Chinese food abroad is not delicious.”

Shen Hui added, “It’s very sweet and tastes weird. I later learned to make simple tomato scrambled eggs and beef stew, but I couldn’t do it when I was busy with my studies.”

They raised their hands one by one: “My brother is amazing; he is much better at cooking than me.”

“Okay, let’s go home. Mom will make whatever you want to eat next time.”

“Oh yeah. But I think my brother makes really good beef stew.”

“You’re so greedy.” Shen Hui seemed to be disgusted, but in fact, he went to the kitchen to learn how to cook just because his younger brother complained that the food was not to his liking. He always felt that he was the older brother and took care of him in all aspects of life and study.

Yiyi makes faces at his brother, seemingly naughty, but actually listens to him very much. The brothers are friendly and respectful and follow their elder brother’s lead in everything they do.

A video about Hong Kong’s return to China was playing on TV. Everyone was reunited with their families, toasting happily to celebrate. After the excitement, they asked the two children to go to bed, but they couldn’t fall asleep due to the jet lag.

At night, they stayed in their own rooms to avoid disturbing others.

Tinkering with the computer. When it was almost dawn, the two of them fell asleep. Li Xia got up early in the morning, listened to the noise, and then quietly went downstairs.

The two of them slept all day and got up in the evening to dress themselves up from head to toe. Today they were going to meet their future brother-in-law. It was the first time for the son-in-law to come to the family, and the family members took it very seriously.

The aunt prepared a very sumptuous dinner, and Xu Zelin also brought a lot of gifts when he came. Maotai, ginseng, donkey-hide gelatin, and various high-end supplements filled their bags.

When he walked in, his left foot almost tripped over his right foot. He quickly steadied himself and nodded to greet his future parents-in-law. “Hello, uncle and aunt. I’m Xu Zelin; I’m 27 years old, and I graduated from Fudan University.”

Shen Haiyang pointed to the sofa opposite him and said, “Sit down, sit down.”

Xu Zelin sat down in response, still very nervous. He didn’t know about his girlfriend’s family before and only talked about it after Huihua graduated this year. Just the fact that her father worked in the procuratorate and her mother was an entrepreneur made him feel very stressed. Her older and younger brothers had just returned from studying abroad. Both were younger than him, but they were already overseas masters.

“Where do you work now?” Shen Haiyang asked.

“What are your plans for the future?” Li Xia asked.

“How much is your monthly salary?” Shen Hui asked.

“My sister is very pampered. Can you afford to support her?” Yiyi asked.

Xu Zelin’s forehead was sweating. He took a deep breath, looked at his future father-in-law, and answered first. “I work in a foreign-funded enterprise in the provincial capital, in the planning department, which is related to my major. The income is not bad, and I can support my family. I can do all the housework and will not let Huihua and I suffer. The company intends to send me to study abroad. If the two elders agree, I want to marry Huihua first, and then we will go abroad together.”

The simple words were logical and answered everyone’s questions. Shen Haiyang was quite satisfied with the first round. This guy looked reliable.

Li Xia was more concerned about the direct interaction between the two young people. Just now, they asked questions one by one, and Huihua wanted to speak for him anxiously but was stopped by him.

He tried to gain the approval of his girlfriend’s family so that his girlfriend would not be caught in the middle. Huihua was anxious to protect him, and he also protected her, not wanting her to be embarrassed.

Li Xia is very satisfied with this alone. Husband and wife, a lifetime companion. It is not easy to find someone you love and who loves you too. Only when you are together can your life be full of joy and meaning.

“What do your parents think about this?”

No matter how much two people love each other, they cannot ignore their family. If his parents are dissatisfied with Huihua, then this marriage is not a good match. Nowadays, unmarried men put their lovers first, but after getting married, they will pay attention to their parents. They are the parents who gave birth to them and raised them, so it is impossible not to contact them.

“My parents have no objection and have asked me to find time to bring Huihua home. Also, we should find a time for both parents to meet and discuss marriage matters.”

Li Xia and her husband looked at each other and understood each other’s intentions without saying anything. They would talk about everything in person, and they would naturally understand what the other party’s parents meant when they met.

Li Xia stood up and said, “Let’s go; it’s time for dinner.”

“I’ll help too.”

Xu Zelin quickly stood up and followed his future mother-in-law to work. He was very good at arranging the dishes, carrying the bowls, and placing the chopsticks. He was probably not the kind of person who would just eat when he had food.

“Can you cook?” Shen Haiyang picked up a piece of pork chop for him and asked casually, as if chatting.

“Yes. I can cook home-cooked meals. When I was a kid, my parents were busy with work, so I started cooking at a very young age.”

Well, another advantage. When he saw his future father-in-law’s satisfied expression, he was immediately delighted. His family was strict, and entertaining the new son-in-law made him more nervous than the college entrance examination.

Shen Hui took out some white wine and poured it for him. Xu Zelin stood up modestly. “I’m not very good at drinking. Please forgive me if I get drunk, big brother.”

Huihua wanted to laugh. How come this man looks so thin-skinned now? Her brother was not as old as him, but he actually called him Big Brother without hesitation.

“It’s okay. Just sleep at home when you’re drunk.”

Shen Hui is much calmer now, and he doesn’t change his expression when someone older than him calls him brother. The elders poured tea, and the four younger generations held wine. He looked like he was testing his brother-in-law and followed his brother one by one to help him.

The first time Xu Zelin came home, he got drunk and was arranged to rest in the guest room at night. Huihua wanted to accompany him, but her mother glared at her, and she quickly went back to her bedroom.

When it was a little late, Huihua went to check up on him.

“Headache?”

She held a flashlight. Xu Zelin looked up and smiled at her, then patted the edge of the bed and asked her to sit down. “Your brother and your younger brother actually took turns getting me drunk.”

Huihua laughed quietly but said nothing. A grown man can also act like a spoiled child. Then he took a sip of water and said, “If I bully you in the future, these two will kill me, right?”

“You want to bully me?”

“I dare not.” He smiled and leaned over to kiss her. “I can’t bear to do that.”

“Drink the honey water and go to sleep quickly. I’ll call you tomorrow morning.”

The man checked the time: “Yeah.”

The man came to visit first, and then Huihua went to his home. Li Xia came back and asked carefully, and Huihua smiled and said that everything was fine. “His parents are very nice, and they prepared a rich meal. They cooked all the food I like, and it suits my appetite. They were also very enthusiastic about me and asked me to make an appointment with you to meet and discuss the marriage.”

“Let’s meet at the new coffee shop on Jianshe Road on the weekend morning.”

“Okay.”

After they arranged to meet, Shen Hui and Yiyi went to work for the company. They went directly to the R&D department. They had already made some mobile phones during their college years. At this time, Li Xia provided them with complete R&D equipment. The brothers formed a research team with several young people and vowed to make a mobile phone within half a year.

On the Huihua side, the parents of both parties met on weekends. They had already known each other’s situation through their children, and the boy’s parents were particularly attentive to them.

She arrived at the store early, and when she heard her son say they were coming, she stood up to greet him. After some politeness, they got down to business. The man took the initiative to talk about the various situations.

“Our family conditions are not comparable to yours, so we can only do our best. The house is ready and has been renovated. The betrothal gifts are in accordance with our local customs. You can choose the three golds, clothes, and other things by yourself. You can buy whatever you like. You decide on the wedding banquet, and we will follow suit. We cannot lower your standards. If you have any other requirements, please tell us, and we can discuss them.”

Li Xia smiled and shook her head. “I don’t have any requests. I came here today just to meet you. If I really have to ask for anything, I just hope that my daughter can live a good life in the future.”

“Don’t worry, dear relative. I will definitely treat her as my own daughter.”

The in-laws who had just met seemed to have nothing to say. The other party was attentive and good, and Li Xia and Shen Haiyang didn’t say much. Afterwards, the other party sent a betrothal gift according to local customs and bought three golds, and all the necessary etiquette was fulfilled.

Because Xu Zelin was going abroad, the wedding was held quickly. The wedding house was ready for Huihua, and she would live here when she returned to China. Shr brought so much dowry that her parents-in-law held her high.

“I thought you wouldn’t leave, but you ended up going abroad too.”

Li Xia was a little reluctant to let her daughter go, so Shen Haiyang comforted her: “She will be back soon, in about two or three years.”

“Apply to continue your studies at the school. You can learn more and kill time. Remember to use contraception. You are still young and in a foreign country. You can have a child when you return.”

“Okay, I know.”

After their daughter got married and went abroad, the four of them were left at home. The two sons stayed in the laboratory all day, and Li Xia hadn’t seen them for several days.

“Those two brats are so energetic. When I went to the lab that day, they were so busy that they didn’t have time to talk to me.”

Shen Haiyang was wearing an apron and cooking on the weekend. “When you are in your twenties, you are capable and hardworking.”

“Huihua is married. Huihui is the same age as her. I don’t know when they will have any news. Boys are not in a hurry to get married, but he doesn’t even have a girlfriend. He spends his best years in the laboratory playing with machines.”

“As long as he likes it.”

“I’ll make dumplings for them tomorrow. These two brats don’t even know if they have a good meal every day.”

Being a mother means worrying a lot. When raising a child to be 100 years old, you often worry about 99 of them. When the child reaches a certain age, you want him to do things that are appropriate for that age. In high school, she was afraid of premature love, but now she hopes her child can have a rich life.

The next day, she got up to make dumplings and went to the lab with her lunch box. When her two sons saw her coming, they ran towards the lunch box in her hand. Yiyi took the chopsticks and handed a pair to his brother. He opened the lunch box, picked up a piece, and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Mom, the dumplings you make are so delicious.”

Shen Hui nodded.

“The pork and leek ones taste like grandma’s.”

Li Xia watched her two sons eat with a smile, which was also a great pleasure for an old mother. Raising a son for a hundred years, worrying for ninety-nine. Shen Hui went back and forth between home and work every day, and Li Xia wondered if she should introduce a girlfriend to her son in the future.

As a result, when she was driving that day, she actually saw her son hugging a blonde foreign girl at the gate of the community. Oh no, to be exact, Shen Hui was hugged by the girl.

She was startled and stopped the car with her foot on the brakes. After a few seconds, she drove away. As a parent, it is not appropriate to stay too long at this time. Looking through the car window, her son had already pushed the blonde foreign girl away. The two of them were talking to each other, but she couldn’t hear clearly through the car window.

When she got home from work in the afternoon, she found this girl still at the gate of her community. The management here is strict. Is she waiting here because she can’t enter the community?

She did not act on her own but went home and called her son. Shen Hui heard the news in the laboratory and sighed: “Mom, I know; I will handle it.”

“If you have anything to say, talk to the girl nicely.”

“I know, mom.”

After hanging up the phone, Shen Haiyang came in and told her husband what she saw that morning. “I haven’t heard Huihui mention it, but the girl’s attitude was very enthusiastic. Westerners are very straightforward when expressing their feelings. Huihui was embarrassed and pulled her to the corner.”

“Girls are chasing after him?”

Though they know that this is how Westerners express their feelings, they still need time to adapt to this idea. Shen Hui is good-looking and has a good temperament, which is very characteristic of an oriental man. It is normal for girls to like him. He just needs time to adapt, maybe because of having a foreign wife.

When Yiyi came back during dinner, Li Xia asked him if he knew about this. Yiyi quickly asked, “Is she blonde, blue-eyed, and very beautiful?”

“yes.”

“We met her at the airport when we returned home.”

“What?” If they met at the airport when they returned to China, then they just met. Would you come all the way to see each other just after you met?

“She accidentally bumped into my brother at the airport. Bother said it was okay, but she kept looking for opportunities to talk to her brother before we boarded the plane. She said she fell in love with him at first sight and that he had the unique charm of an oriental man. He had a mysterious oriental feel.”

“What’s your brother’s attitude?”

“He feels really disgusted. He has clearly rejected her, but she still keeps coming to him. It makes me feel upset.”

The couple looked at each other, and Shen Haiyang shook his head at her. After taking a shower at night, she sat in front of the dressing mirror to do skin care and suddenly found a silver light flashing above her head. She reached out anxiously, but the more anxious she was, the harder it was to find.

“Shen Haiyang, please help me check if I have any white hair.”

The tone was urgent, and Shen Haiyang was so scared that he threw away the book in his hand immediately, but it turned out that she just had white hair. He stood up from the sofa happily and walked slowly.

“Hurry up, I usually take good care of my hair; how come I have white hair now?”

Shen Haiyang stood beside her, bending down to look at her carefully. There was indeed gray hair among her black hair. Even if it was only one, it was equivalent to a signal. He silently plucked two of her hairs, hid the white hair, and handed the black hair to her.

“Is it this one?”

Li Xia took it and looked at it under the light. “Isn’t it black?”

“You saw it wrong because of the lighting.”

She patted her chest and smiled at him. “It turns out I was just dazzled.”

“You don’t have any white hair, but I have a lot.” He put his head close to hers and said, “Look, there are a lot of white hairs on the temples.”

The temple’s hair is gray; it’s true. “Why didn’t I notice it before?”

“I’ve grown it recently. Besides, my hair is short, so it doesn’t stand out.”

“It’s okay. I’ll grow them soon too. We’ll grow old together, and neither of us will hate the other.”

Shen Haiyang smiled and helped her blow-dry her hair. The buzzing sound of the hair dryer echoed in the warm space. He was gently stroking her scalp and closing her eyes comfortably.

At the dinner table the next morning, Shen Haiyang turned to look at his son. Without his father asking, Shen Hui took the initiative to explain: “Vera is gone. Oh, that yellow-haired foreigner.”

His parents and brother all looked unconvinced. He smiled bitterly and said, “Really? I pissed her off.”

“But how??”

“Tsk,” Shen Hui waved his hands in disdain. “Why are you everywhere?”

Yiyi shrugged and lowered his head to eat. When Shen Hui turned around, his parents seemed to be very interested. The child spoke in a funny way, not feeling embarrassed. Just think of him as a colorful dress to entertain his parents.

“I rubbed stinky tofu on my body.”

“Oh my God,”

Li Xia exclaimed, Her son’s idea is really to cut off the fire from the bottom. Stinky tofu: many Chinese people can’t stand the smell, won’t eat it, and even avoid it when they see it. You actually smeared it on your body; that fashionable and beautiful girl must be driven away by you.

“Ha ha,”

Yiyi laughed heartily and gave his brother a thumbs up. Vera was a perfume maker and liked to collect men with different smells. His brother was so conservative that there was no way he would play with her.

“Mom, a gift for you and my dad.”

Li Xia took it and said, “What is it? Oh, it’s a plane ticket to Europe.”

“You said you wanted to go to Rome. Uncle Han said he’s not busy recently, so you can go with my dad. If you have time, you can travel more in Europe. If you don’t have that much time, you can play for a few days and then come back.”

Li Xia nodded to her son, accepting his kindness. He is still young, a young man in his twenties, and he can handle his own affairs. It is a bit early to worry about children’s marriage nowadays. It is better for boys to marry later, so they are more mature and responsible.

Children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Now that they have grown up, parents should relax a little. On Saturday, Shen Haiyang took a leave, and the couple easily carried their luggage and boarded the plane.

The sky was blue, the sun was bright, and the scenery and people were different when we got off the plane. After settling in the hotel, the two walked out hand in hand, strolling leisurely in the exotic streets of Rome.

In a strange place, with familiar people around, look back at the other person and hold his (her) hand even tighter.

THE END