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Chapter 752 A Letter to Chu Xuan, My Son-in-law
At noon, the sun is shining brightly.

The temperature has warmed up in early spring, and the villa is full of joy and happiness.

In the living room, Dong Zijian was watching TV, while Dong Zhihua and his uncle were sitting on the sofa chatting with their grandmother.

"Finally, they've got the marriage certificate. I'm going to have a drink at the wedding today no matter what." Grandma was delighted and said something cruel.

"Forget it, mom. Your health is more important. Have some tea." The uncle said hurriedly, and he and Dong Zhihua were laughing happily.

In the kitchen, the dishes for today's dinner had already been arranged yesterday. The table was filled with a variety of ingredients, including chicken, duck, fish, meat, and some seafood and game.

It was only noon, so there was no rush to prepare dinner. My aunt was making dumplings, while Zhou Wenqiong and my cousin were preparing some pickles. They were all chatting and laughing as they waited for the newlyweds to return.

"They're back, they're back!" My cousin heard some noise outside and glimpsed through the window that a nanny car and a car drove into the villa gate one after another. She knew that the couple were back and kept saying it.

"Are you back?" When the grandmother in the living room heard my cousin's loud voice, she could no longer sit still and stood up and walked quickly to the door to greet her.

Dong Zhihua and his uncle hurriedly followed. Zhou Wenqiong, his aunt and cousin put down their work and walked out of the kitchen. Dong Zijian also ran to the door to join in the fun.

After waiting for a while, I saw a group of people appearing from the direction of the parking lot at the end of the villa. The people at the door had a warm look on their faces and smiled at the people who were passing by from a distance.

As they got closer, grandma couldn't help but ask, "Where's the certificate?"

Liu Yifei let go of Chu Xuan's hand, took the briefcase from Chu Xuan's hand, found two marriage certificates in the bag, and playfully jumped in front of her grandmother and the others. She picked up the marriage certificates in one hand and showed them in front of everyone like two playing cards: "Dangdangdangdang!"

With the certificate in hand, the couple was confirmed to be husband and wife, which made Zhou Wenqiong, her aunt and cousin applaud, and Dong Zhihua and her uncle all sent their congratulations with smiles on their faces.

"congratulations!"

"Congratulations!"

"Have a baby soon!"

Amidst the congratulations, Dong Zijian suddenly said, "May you have a baby soon," which made everyone laugh.

Surrounded by their family members, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei walked into the villa happily but a little shyly, responding to their family members' various congratulations and greetings.

In fact, the couple was in a trance all the way back from the Civil Affairs Bureau. It was not the kind of trance that comes from staying up all night, but the kind of trance that was like "I'm married?", "I have a wife?", "I have a husband?"

The marriage certificate was processed very quickly, but the rapid change in status made their mentality and state of mind unable to keep up with the pace.

Now they just want some space for the two of them, to say some sweet words to each other, or to communicate their inner thoughts with each other, so that the mental trance can be calmed down, and their mentality and state of mind can complete the adaptive sublimation brought about by the change of identity. Only in this way can they completely accept the major changes in their lives that have taken place in just one morning.

But their family and friends were still celebrating for them at home, and there was no space for them to create their own world. They could only temporarily suppress their inner needs and cheer up to face the care and wishes of every family and friend.

After a lively meal of dumplings at noon, family and friends gathered on the sofa in the living room to chat and rest for a while. Then Liu Xiaoli and Wang Jinhua went into the kitchen to prepare for the engagement party in the evening.

Originally, the aunt wanted to cook, but Wang Jinhua took her place: "My brother is getting married, so I have to cook a few dishes myself."

After this statement was made, it became difficult for the aunt-in-law to argue.

This was Ankang's first time coming home, and he felt somewhat uncomfortable facing his grandmother, his former mother-in-law.

Liu Yifei understood the situation very well, so she took her father and aunt to walk around in the garden and chat with them.

"Once you get married, you must maintain a good family with Xiaoxuan. There are advantages to getting married early. You will have enough energy and time to make mistakes, and you will have the energy and time to make amends after making mistakes. Unlike your mother and I, we got married late, and there is no possibility of making amends after making a mistake once, because we don't have the energy and time to make amends." Ankang walked in the garden and told his daughter his true feelings.

"Dad, I understand." Liu Yifei listened attentively.

"Xixi, if you get the marriage certificate today, will you and Xiaoxuan regard today as your wedding anniversary or the date of next year's wedding as your wedding anniversary?" asked the aunt curiously.

"We'll have our wedding next year." Liu Yifei said, "We're getting married today mainly to deal with the issue of changing our nationality. I don't think this day has any commemorative significance. We'll have the wedding on Chu Xuan's birthday next year, and that day will have greater commemorative significance."

Ankang and his aunt nodded and continued to walk and chat with Liu Yifei in the garden.

Chu Xuan, Dong Zhihua, Zhou Wenqiong, Ren Quan, Su Chang, uncle, cousin and Dong Zijian were chatting with grandma in the living room.

Grandma couldn't let go of the marriage certificate. She looked at it every once in a while and kept saying, "It's so beautiful."

Of course, grandma didn't forget the question that concerned her most: "Xiaoxuan, when are you going to have a baby?"

Facing the teasing looks from Su Chang, Ren Quan and his family, Chu Xuan showed an expression of "as expected". After all, he could not avoid the old man's question about having children.

"There's no rush now. We're still young." Chu Xuan said.

Grandma started the education mode: "It's good to have children when you are young, it will help you live longer and healthier, especially for women's physical recovery. If you get older, not to mention Xiaoxuan, Xixi's body immunity will weaken, which will be very harmful to her."

Su Chang, Ren Quan and their family members tried to hold back their laughter. All these things that grandma said were just about wanting a great-grandson. But there was some truth in what she said. Seeing Chu Xuan speechless, they were also amused.

"Grandma, the wedding hasn't even taken place yet, and Xixi and I aren't ready yet. Let's talk about it in a few years." Chu Xuan said.

Seeing that Chu Xuan really had no intention of having a baby yet, grandma felt a little disappointed, but also showed understanding: "Don't make grandma wait too long."

How long is too long? Chu Xuan didn't know. Anyway, he and Liu Yifei wouldn't consider having children in the next few years, so he could only nod in an ambiguous manner.

People were chatting outside and inside the house.

Outside the house, the topic was Liu Yifei, and inside the house, the topic was Chu Xuan.

Faced with the earnest teachings of their father and aunt, and the sincere instructions of their grandmother and others, Liu Yifei and Chu Xuan just felt overwhelmed.

This is just the engagement and marriage certificate process, and the family members are already publishing all kinds of "scriptures" like gods and Buddhas. If more relatives and friends come to the wedding next year, the situation will make me feel dizzy just thinking about it.

But no matter how much she nagged, it was all for their own good, and even if they didn't want to listen, they could only pretend to be serious.

Fortunately, at around five o'clock in the afternoon, Wang Jinhua shouted "Dinner is ready!" and the couple who had been "listening attentively" finally went home from school.

The two met in the restaurant and looked at each other with relief. No one knew what "teachings" the other had received, but they both understood what kind of situation the other had been in, and it was finally over.

At the big round table, there were Hua Jie's family of three, Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei's family of four, grandma's family of four, eldest aunt as the representative of the An family, Su Chang and Ren Quan as representatives of friends, and everyone took their seats in a celebratory atmosphere.

There were fourteen people at the dinner party, with twelve of them celebrating the couple's wedding. Although there were not many people, the closeness of the crowd made it more sincere.

"Come on, come on, congratulations to our newlyweds, a perfect match!" Grandma picked up the small glass of white wine. The family members couldn't persuade her to drink, but seeing that there wasn't much wine in the small glass, they just followed her temper.

"Congratulations..." Everyone raised their glasses to toast the couple.

"Thank you everyone." Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei stood up and drank the wine that their family members sent as a blessing.

They didn't feel tired at all after staying up all night. Even though they had an afternoon of "classes" with their family members to kill time, the excitement brought by getting the certificate was so great that it showed no signs of subsiding.

Liu Xiaoli was not like the young people. She had not slept all night and had spent the whole afternoon cooking. After drinking a glass of wine, she felt very tired.

But as her daughter and son-in-law's wedding day is approaching, she has to be with them to the end no matter what.

However, sleepiness and alcohol make it easier to get drunk. She thought that in order to avoid getting drunk first, she decided to give the letter she had written to Chu Xuan to him first.

After drinking three cups together, under the gaze of everyone, Liu Xiaoli stood up and walked upstairs: "You guys eat first, I'll get something."

No one took it seriously. Some were drinking, some were eating.

When Liu Xiaoli went downstairs and came back, she took out a letter and handed it to Chu Xuan.

A letter?

Liu Xiaoli, the mother-in-law, wrote a letter to Chu Xuan, the son-in-law?
This very "ancient" way of sending messages, from the mother-in-law to the son-in-law, immediately aroused the interest of everyone present.

Liu Yifei was also very curious. Was this really a letter from her mother to Chu Xuan? What would her mother say to Chu Xuan?

"What... is this for?" Chu Xuan took the envelope in his hand. He was really caught off guard. His mother-in-law actually gave him a letter. This was something he never expected.

"Let's go back and watch it later." Liu Xiaoli kept it a secret and returned to her seat.

"Can't watch it now?" Chu Xuan and his mother-in-law smiled at each other and asked him to go back and watch it, which made his curiosity explode.

"Then go ahead and watch if you want." Liu Xiaoli said indifferently.

"Let's watch it now!" Wang Jinhua saw Liu Xiaoli's indifferent attitude and immediately started to make a noise.

"Come and take a look." Liu Yifei also said with great interest.

When Chu Xuan saw the title "A Letter to Chu Xuan, My Son-in-law" on the envelope, he became excited. His mother-in-law actually wrote him a letter. What did she want to express to him?

Chu Xuan opened the envelope, took out the letter inside and unfolded it to read.

[A Letter to My Son-in-law Chu Xuan

My son-in-law Chu Xuan:

Time flies, and seven years have passed in the blink of an eye.

When we first met on campus, you were a young and handsome man. Now I should call you my son-in-law. 】

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei smiled silently. Their mother's words brought them back to the past. They felt sad about the fleeting time. Six or seven years had passed in a flash.

[My daughter and son-in-law met in class, became familiar with each other due to their similar lonely personalities, and met each other on dates around the capital. This is the foundation of your relationship.

The reason why I know so much is that every time you make an appointment, I follow and observe you.

My son-in-law also knows about the past between my daughter and me. My daughter is like a priceless treasure to me. I will do my best for her matters, big or small, and I will find out all her social networks. This is because we are in a chaotic circle and no one can be trusted. I can only tread on thin ice to protect her.

I had no choice but to spy on my son-in-law's life, I hope you can understand. 】

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei looked at each other. They had just met in their freshman year. When they made an appointment to hang out together, their mother followed them. They didn't know about this at first, but later when they were together, Sister Hua told them.

Now they found it interesting to see their mother confessing in the letter.

[My daughter and son-in-law started from humble beginnings and spread their wings at Tianlong. Since then, both of them have had smooth careers, which really made me happy.

During the National Day holiday, my son-in-law came to my house and advised me to abandon my daughter's music career and her film career in Taiwan and join the Hong Kong "New Police Story" crew. I didn't know whether it was right or wrong, but I was interested because the international superstar Cheng Long was in the crew.

After the successful performance, the results were very good. My daughter's career has reached a new level and business is booming.

Later I learned that my son-in-law had a unique vision. Movies from Taiwan cannot be shown in the mainland, and my daughter's singing and dancing skills cannot compete with the Korean wave. If she takes these two paths, her development may be delayed for several years. I always feel very fortunate for my son-in-law's good advice at that time.

With this example in mind, my son-in-law's recommendation of Zhao Linger from "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" impressed me even more. Facts have proved that my son-in-law's ability is far more than acting, and his vision is very far-sighted. "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" made my daughter and son-in-law soar to fame. Who in the world would not recognize you at this point?

The only thing that puzzles me is a poem that goes, "Looking from the side you see a mountain, from the front you see a peak; they look different from all distances and heights." That's because the person is in the mountain and has no sense of the outside world.

So, you guys are professional actors, can you act out a romance scene on set? Are you really taking me for a fool?】

Liu Yifei chuckled and laughed with Chu Xuan.

The couple really didn't expect that their mother would complain in the letter about the fact that their relationship was exposed on the set of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy".

[I have been entangled, rejected, hated and regretted the love affair between my daughter and son-in-law. If my treasures are taken away, I will be left with nothing. My son-in-law should be able to understand my feelings at that time.

The happiness that my daughter and son-in-law have together is something she has never experienced with me, nor with her other friends, and she has never experienced it in front of anyone at any time, place, or other place. I have seen this deeply.

I also know that my son-in-law is an excellent person with good character and has no intention of harming his daughter. For the sake of my daughter's happy growth, I suppressed the negativity in my heart and forced myself to acquiesce in the existence of this relationship with a hopeful eye.

With the existence of this relationship, it was natural for me to join Chuangcan later.

The rise of "The Return of the Condor Heroes" is like the purple air coming from the east. My daughter and son-in-law are shining brightly, and the road ahead is smooth. I am so happy.

After spending several months together on the set of The Return of the Condor Heroes, my daughter and son-in-law accomplished each other, supported each other, and encouraged each other. I saw so many good things in their hearts, which greatly changed my prejudice against the relationship between son-in-law and daughter, and I relaxed a little bit in my desire to hope for good things.

What made me most relaxed was that when my son-in-law was choosing a family, he actually considered me as one of the family members, which was unbelievable to me.

Although the world is big, how many sons-in-law can tolerate their mothers-in-law?

Although the world is big, how many sons-in-law are willing to live in the same house with their mother-in-law?
Later I thought that my son-in-law was an orphan, or he had a flawed mind and his ideas were different from those of ordinary people, and then I understood.

No matter what, my son-in-law's decisions and ideas about the family are the main reasons why I am completely relaxed about the word "strong" in my expectation of him.

I regard my daughter as my treasure. If my daughter can be happy and I am inseparable from her, then it will be the happiest thing in my life.

Since then, I have considered you as my son-in-law. 】

Liu Yifei's eyes were already red. Although there was not a single word of "love" in the words, the greatness and delicacy of this motherly love were revealed everywhere, which moved her deeply.

Chu Xuan felt mixed emotions. This letter was entirely his mother-in-law's personal reflection. He didn't expect that his mother-in-law could be so courageous and treat him so sincerely. He was also very moved.

[We have lived together for nearly three years. I have watched you grow up day after day, hoped you would grow up night after night, and watched your relationship grow stronger year after year. It has become a situation where one mother is raising two children. It is more like one family than another.

In the past three years, the previous entanglement, rejection, hatred, and regret have long been buried in the past. I no longer have any grudges against my son-in-law. It seems that this small family has been deeply rooted in this land, and my son-in-law has also been deeply rooted in my heart, making me feel more precious in my heart, and I am very comforted. 】

Chu Xuan's nose suddenly felt sore and his eyes were filled with mist.

Liu Yifei was already in tears. She held Chu Xuan's hand tightly and continued to read with him.

[Before we had no marriage certificate, I already regarded my son-in-law as half my son. Now that the marriage is approaching, I am overjoyed and very happy.

However, as a mother, she is tough but soft-hearted. Her children’s affairs are top of mind, and she will feel unhappy whenever they arise, big or small.

I'm going to say a few words here, and I hope you can listen to me.

I know that my son-in-law has great ambitions, and I also know that my daughter and my son-in-law's life paths are intertwined, but people have their strengths and weaknesses, and their intelligence has different levels. Even if my daughter overcomes all obstacles and rides the wind and waves, she may not be able to catch up with my son-in-law with her resources. If my daughter makes any mistakes, I hope my son-in-law will not blame her too much.

My daughter has a pure heart and doesn't like complicated human relationships, but she has extraordinary ambitions. I'm telling my son-in-law that I know this and hope he will bear with me.

I know that my son-in-law values ​​his career more than his family. I also know that my daughter and son-in-law have their own pursuits in life details, but men and women have different hearts. Even though my daughter has a good heart and treats others kindly, she is occasionally eccentric and always gives people a headache. If my daughter makes my son-in-law unhappy, I hope he will be patient.

I am a woman with a simple personality and I don't get involved in right and wrong, but I am in this circle. My husband must be clear about the matter and I hope I will treat you well.

In the past, you all expected me to take care of you, but now that you are married, it is each other, not me, who can accompany you forever.

The future life belongs to you. I am more of a witness and observer. If an unsolvable conflict breaks out one day, you are welcome to come to me. The rest is up to you to experience and solve on your own.

I have said so much, even if I had thousands of words I would find it difficult to express it all, so I will stop here.

I would like to use this letter to remember the past, and also to wish my son-in-law a bright future and unlimited prospects. I also wish my daughter and son-in-law a loving and long-lasting marriage.

Finally, I have not written for many years, and have not thought about writing for a long time. My half-vernacular and half-classical writing style is far inferior to that of my son-in-law who is well-read. If you find anything wrong, please ignore it and don't laugh at me.

——Handwritten by my mother-in-law. 】

Chu Xuan was so moved that he shed tears, but he couldn't help laughing when he saw the last sentence. He read it word by word. What was the meaning of putting this sentence at the end?
Liu Yifei wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes. She was also amused by the last sentence. She looked at her mother beside her with a tearful smiling face.

The family members present were full of curiosity. What was written in the letter that made the couple cry and laugh?
Before the family could ask curious questions, Chu Xuan stood up, walked around Liu Yifei and came behind Liu Xiaoli's chair.

Chu Xuan opened his arms, his eyes full of emotion: "Give me a hug."

Liu Xiaoli smiled, knowing that her son-in-law was moved by her letter. She put down her chopsticks, stood up and hugged her son-in-law.

However, the next moment, Liu Xiaoli could no longer laugh, and tears suddenly flashed in her eyes.

"Mom, I love you."

(End of this chapter)