The next day, Su Jianan woke up after ten o'clock. Lu Boyan had already gone to the company. She had nothing to do after breakfast. She remembered that she hadn't seen Tang Yulan for a long time, so she drove to Bauhinia Royal Garden.
Tang Yulan and a group of ladies were happily playing mahjong at home.
Tang Yulan is passionate about charity, and she also has a full schedule outside of charity work: playing mahjong, gardening, going to beauty salons, and teahouses. When the interest arises, she will even sign up to travel with a group.
Everyone's impression of her is that she is a kind lady who loves life. She has a very good temperament and taste, and her smile is even more beautiful.
Everyone thought that such an old lady must have lived a prosperous and comfortable life without experiencing any big storms.
But Su Jianan knew that just a month before she met Lu Boyan, a huge change occurred in the Lu family—Dad Lu, a well-known lawyer, suddenly died in a car accident.
When her beloved husband passed away suddenly, Tang Yulan was devastated and almost collapsed.
Later, for some unknown reason, she brought Lu Boyan to live in Su Jianan's grandmother's old house, so Lu Boyan and Su Jianan met for the first time.
Su Jianan only knew that Tang Yulan finally emerged from the haze of life and took Lu Boyan to the United States to start a new life. While taking care of Lu Boyan, she also found a completely different lifestyle for herself.
After so many years, she aged slowly and became a kind and lovely old lady.
In Su Jianan's memory, Tang Yulan was always smiling, her eyes were full of peace, and even the lines at the corners of her eyes made people feel comfortable.
"Mom." She called Tang Yulan, "I'm back."
"Jian An?!" Tang Yulan was surprised and happy. She wiped her hands and stood up, saying to a group of poker players, "My daughter-in-law is here. Stop for a moment and introduce her to you."
After the introduction, of course the ladies praised Tang Yulan for being so lucky to have such a beautiful daughter-in-law, and knowing how to visit her from time to time.
"The daughter-in-law I chose more than ten years ago is definitely the right one." Tang Yulan asked others to help her continue playing mahjong, and pulled Su Jian'an to the living room, "Jian An, aren't you going to work today?"
Su Jianan told Tang Yulan that she was helping Lu Boyan with the anniversary celebrations at the company these days and would not go to work until next week.
Tang Yulan smiled and nodded: "Very good. It's almost noon. Mom will make you whatever you want to eat."
It was rare for Su Jianan to come over to see Tang Yulan, so he had the nerve to keep her busy: "I'll do it. You go and play mahjong with Mrs. Wang and the others."
Tang Yulan had long heard from Uncle Xu that Su Jianan's craftsmanship was excellent. Lu Boyan's appetite was conquered by her: "That's okay, let Aunt Wang help you and cook two more dishes. I want to keep Mrs. Wang and the others for dinner today. Let them see how powerful my daughter-in-law is.”
Su Jianan smiled and said "Yeah", rolled up her sleeves and walked to the kitchen. Tang Yulan walked back to the mahjong table with a smile: "Don't leave at noon. My daughter-in-law cooks, so you can try her skills."
"Oh, she can also cook." Mrs. Wang played a card, "I heard that she is the daughter of the Su family. According to her age and family background, she is rare. My son found a princess who has not grown up. I serve him at home, and I pick on this and that all day long, and I get angry when I look at him.”
Tang Yulan smiled and pushed the cards down: "It's a tie!"
Mrs. Wang glared: "Yulan, I dare you to love your wife here. I haven't seen you playing cards all morning. You made peace as soon as she came."
Tang Yulan glanced at the kitchen door: "Don't tell me, my wife here may be really prosperous in our family."
She could see the changes in Lu Boyan after marrying Su Jianan. Now, she just hopes that Lu Boyan can let go of everything that happened more than ten years ago because of Su Jianan.
In the kitchen, Su Jianan was chopping tomatoes when her cell phone suddenly rang in her apron pocket. She dried her hands and took it out to see that it was Lu Boyan.
"Uncle Xu said you went to your mother's place?" Lu Boyan's voice came as soon as the call was connected.
"Well, I'll be here right after breakfast. What's wrong?"
Lu Boyan said: "Check your mailbox to see if you have received a design draft email."
Su Jianan opened her mailbox and indeed saw several scanned costume design manuscripts in the unread mail.
She was a little confused: "This is... the design draft of the dress?"
"Yeah." Lu Boyan said, "Pick a style you like and reply to the designer. If you don't like it, ask them to redesign it."
"Let me take a look first."
Su Jianan hung up the phone. There were 5 design drafts in total. One of them was a tube top style dress. She almost took one look at it and her heart skipped a beat.
She replied that the designer wanted this style, and sent Lu Boyan a text message saying that she had chosen it. Lu Boyan was probably busy and did not reply.
Su Jianan threw the phone back into her pocket and continued cutting tomatoes.
At around 12 o'clock, six dishes and one soup were served. They were all delicious and delicious, not inferior to those cooked by any chef. Several ladies praised her and expressed their envy to Tang Yulan, and even more envied her. With a son like Lu Boyan, he has good taste in shopping malls, and he has equally good taste in choosing his daughter-in-law.
These words were more or less complimentary. Tang Yulan just smiled and asked them to eat more vegetables.
After the meal, the ladies drank tea again before leaving. Tang Yulan took Su Jianan and chatted: "Jianan, how are you and Boyan doing these days?"
"We've always been good," Su Jian'an said, "Mom, don't worry, even if we occasionally quarrel, it won't be too serious. Besides, we usually have nothing to quarrel with."
Tang Yulan seemed to be remembering the past and sighed: "When Boyan's father and I were young, we wanted to make a lot of money, live in a bigger house, and drive a better car. It was only when his father left suddenly that I realized that there was no What is more important than peace and health. Now, Mom just hopes that you can live a good life. You don’t need to be rich or wealthy, or one person is inferior to ten thousand people. Just live a safe and healthy life. "
Every time Lu Boyan's father was mentioned, a sadness came up and covered the smile in Tang Yulan's eyes. Su Jianan suddenly thought, could it be... Lu's father's car accident was not as simple as it seemed.
Because she was unsure, she didn't dare to ask Tang Yulan, and Tang Yulan said that she hoped she and Lu Boyan would live a good life... She was not sure.
She and Lu Boyan had already discussed the matter of divorce before they started living together. Although none of them mentioned it again these days, she had a hunch that she and Lu Boyan... would not be as smooth as Tang Yulan hoped.
But in order to make Tang Yulan feel at ease, she could only promise: "We will definitely do it. Mom, don't worry about us."
"It's useless for me to worry about your affairs."
Tang Yulan rubbed her shoulders and smiled helplessly.
She didn't understand others, but she knew Su Jian'an and Lu Boyan. Although they listened to her, once they decided on something, it would be useless for her to stop them.
Su Jian'an decided to end the topic and ran behind the sofa to massage Tang Yulan's shoulders: "I know how to massage to relax your shoulders. Let me help you."
After a while, Su Jianan received a text message reply from Lu Boyan: I'll come over after get off work, wait for me.
It was almost four o'clock at this time. Tang Yulan saw that the sun was not bright, so she changed her clothes and went to the garden to weed. Su Jianan also followed her out happily with tools.
So when Lu Boyan came back, he saw Su Jianan wearing a big sun hat squatting by the flower bed, skillfully weeding and turning soil with tools, talking and laughing with Tang Yulan.
Tang Yulan noticed Lu Boyan first and put down the shovel with a smile: "Bo Yan is back, then I'll cook."
"Mom, I-"
Before Su Jianan could finish her words, Tang Yulan held her down: "You have already made it at noon, and you can try mom's cooking in the evening."
After Tang Yulan returned to the kitchen, Lu Boyan came over. Su Jianan looked at him and didn't know what to say for a moment.
Her sunhat was really big, making her face even smaller. The thin sweat on her forehead stuck to a few strands of hair, and her cheeks were slightly red due to the heat. Lu Boyan couldn't help but look at it. I want to rub her face with my hands.
Su Jianan was a little uncomfortable being looked at by Lu Boyan: "Is there something on my face?"
She subconsciously touched her face, bringing all the dirt on her hands to her otherwise clean face and the tip of her nose.
Lu Boyan frowned: "You're so stupid."
He took her hand away and wiped his thumb back and forth across her face.
Su Jianan's skin was thin, and the sand hurt her face. She couldn't help but grab Lu Boyan's hand: "It will break the skin, please be gentle. Do you think your wife is too beautiful?"
Lu Boyan smiled: "I only see my wife being narcissistic."
Although she said this, she still reduced the strength on her hands. Only then did Su Jianan realize that they were very close, and his familiar breath lingered in her breath again.
If it were before, they would be embarrassed at such a close distance, and she would want to run away.
But now, what's going on with that spontaneity between them? Even wiping her face, Lu Boyan felt like he had done it thousands of times.
Soon, her face was as clean as ever, and Lu Boyan took back his hand: "Okay."
Su Jianan felt that it was because of Lu Boyan that she was stupid enough to wipe mud on her face, so she picked up Lu Boyan's arm and wiped his face again with his sleeve: "Thank you."
After wiping, she wanted to run away.
Lu Boyan quickly grasped her hand, pulled her into his arms and circled her waist. He looked at the soil-stained shirt cuffs: "Did you do this on purpose?"
At this time, Su Jianan glanced at the kitchen from the corner of her eye, and her scalp went numb - Tang Yulan could see them, she had always seen them!
She struggled for a moment: "Let me go first, mom is in the kitchen."
Lu Boyan curled his lips: "She will be happy to see us like this."
Su Jianan glared at him: "Rogue! I'll clean it up for you. Let me go first."
Tang Yulan could see it, so she couldn't make too much noise. Lu Boyan let go of Su Jianan and followed her to the faucet in the corner.
She boiled a small amount of water, wetted her fingertips, and gently wiped the shallow dirt on his sleeves: "By the way, I've always wanted to ask you, why doesn't Mom move over to live with us? She's alone. Living here, we have no idea what’s going on.”
Lu Boyan was silent for a moment—
"She has been living here since my dad got married. She and my dad picked out all the furniture together, and they designed the garden together. She couldn't hire anyone to take care of the house during those years abroad, and she didn't want to when she came back. Hire someone and restore the house to its original condition bit by bit. She said she would never live in a second place in her life."
Su Jianan suddenly understood the significance of this house to Tang Yulan.
As long as she lives here, she can find traces of her husband.
For so many years, she has lived with a smile and lived every day well, but it does not mean that she has forgotten Dad Lu.
On the contrary, she never forgets lovesickness.
Just when Su Jian'an was distracted, Lu Boyan curled his lips: "Besides, if mom moves to live with us, you will share a room with me. Jian An, how long have you been thinking about this?" ( To be continued)