Cheng Tianyuan asked: "What happened in the end? Has she figured it out?"
"I still persuaded her, but it's up to her to figure it out." Xue Ling shrugged: "Although the foreigner husband is good, his family and consumption views are naturally not so close to those bred by the same culture.
.She cried and said that it would be better not to get married and to maintain a relationship, which would at least be better than now."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said: "There is always a popular saying on TV now that 'marriage is the grave of love'. Does she think so?"
"Right." Xue Ling couldn't laugh or cry: "Managing a marriage is much more complicated, involved, and difficult than falling in love. However, where should love go without marriage? Where is its destination? Have they ever thought about it?
Marriage means more responsibilities. They just enjoy the beauty of love and don't want to take responsibility, so they avoid responsibilities. Why don't you think back and think about it, marriage represents responsibilities and also comes with legal protection? They have various properties and real estate.
Is it possible to get protection in a marriage, but in a love relationship? If you don’t pay, how can you gain? Right? Everything has pros and cons, how many things are completely beneficial and harmless?”
"Yes." Cheng Tianyuan nodded in agreement.
Xue Ling blinked his eyes and smiled mischievously, and said: "We have the same concept and the same ideas, so we can always get along well with each other."
He smiled fondly and reached out to pinch the back of her neck.
"Eat more meat, don't always eat vegetarian dishes."
Xue Lingjiao said: "People are afraid of getting fat!"
Cheng Tianyuan smiled and said softly: "No matter how fat you are, I will never dislike you."
Xue Ling shook his head and pouted: "But I will dislike it."
As soon as she thought of herself being chubby and covered in flesh, she immediately felt nauseous and couldn't eat.
She couldn't accept herself like that...ahhh!
Cheng Tianyuan squeezed her waist gently and whispered: "No, it's still just as thin."
Usually there are many elderly people and children in the house, so the private space for the two of them can only be in the room.
Now that the elderly and children are not at home, the two of them don't have to worry too much.
So, Xue Ling simply sat on his lap, hugged his neck and acted coquettishly: "If you want me to eat meat, you have to feed me."
Cheng Tianyuan smiled fondly and said, "Okay, but you have to take a few more slices."
The room is brightly lit, cozy and warm.
…
In the suite diagonally opposite, Xue Zhilan, who had just entered the room, had his nose red from the cold. He rubbed his hands, closed the door and took off his coat.
Xue Heng and Xue Huan, who were lying on the sofa watching TV, raised their heads and shouted at the same time: "Dad!"
Xue Zhilan said a faint "hmm", registered his coat and took off his boots.
Mrs. Chen poked her head out of the kitchen and asked gently: "Old Xue, have you eaten?"
"Eat." Xue Zhilan glanced at the clock on the wall and said, "It's almost half past eight. It's been cold lately, so the canteen starts serving food at five o'clock."
Mrs. Chen filled a basin of hot water and said, "Wash your hands and soak your feet."
Xue Zhilan took it and said warmly: "I'll do it. You can rest for a while. Have the dishes been washed?"
"Everything is ready." Mrs. Chen explained: "I was boiling water in it just now, and the thermos in the living room was empty."
Xue Zhilan nodded and sat on the corner sofa to soak his feet.
"Ah Huan, have you called your uncle and aunt to ask about Xiao Yue?"
Xue Huan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "No."
As a grandfather, Xue Zhilan glared at his son and asked, "Is Xiaoyue your son? He goes out for ten or twenty days, and you, the father, don't care about him at all!"
Xue Huan shrank his head and whispered: "Dad, I just came back... Recently I always go out early and come back late, I really can't take care of it. Uncle and the others usually go to bed early and get up early. I will go to fight at noon tomorrow."
Xue Zhilan snorted softly on the tip of his nose and said: "Brother Wu and sister-in-law took Xiaoyue so well. No matter where they went, they always called us to report that they were safe, and then gave us the phone number of the hotel room. You have the number,
But I didn’t know to hang up the phone and ask!”
"I understand." Xue Huan nodded.
Xue Zhilan glanced at his eldest son, and seeing the depressed look on his face, he couldn't help but ask: "A Heng, what's wrong with you? Why didn't you bring Xiao Han over?"
"She should be sleeping." Xue Heng replied dully: "She eats during the day and sleeps, and eats when she sleeps. She usually sleeps in the first half of the night and only wakes up in the second half of the night."
Mrs. Chen on the side explained warmly: "In the first few months of the child's life, there is generally no routine. She cannot yet judge the day and night, and her schedule may be a bit chaotic. As time goes by, I will slowly help her adjust it, and it will soon be normal.
It’s business as usual.”
Xue Heng smiled bitterly: "I really can't stand this guy who stays up late... I kept waking up at around two o'clock last night and didn't fall asleep until seven in the morning."
Xue Zhilan frowned slightly, squinting and remembering something.
"When you were just born, day and night were reversed for more than half a year. Your mother and I went to work during the day and stayed up late to take care of you at night. Maybe you were afraid of the dark, so you couldn't let go of your hand at night and cried when you put it down. Your mother and I
We take turns hugging you, and each sleeps for three or four hours until dawn. When the weather is hot, each other is sweating profusely while hugging you. When the weather is cold, my legs and feet are stiff from the cold, and I can only walk back and forth in the room without daring to walk.
It's too loud for fear of waking up your mother. Maybe your daughter has inherited it from you."
Xue Heng was stunned for a moment, and tears of emotion flashed across his eyes.
"...We are okay, we have a nanny to help us now."
Xue Zhilan snorted softly on the tip of his nose: "So don't complain, the child is still young and doesn't understand anything. Parents, you should do your best to take care of it. This is your responsibility, an unshirkable responsibility."
"Alas..." Xue Heng sighed longly.
Perhaps due to his brother's influence, Xue Huan also let out a long sigh.
Mrs. Chen poured water to make tea and couldn't help but laugh.
"What's going on? Come here to complain? Everyone is a father."
Xue Huan smiled bitterly: "Mom, I used to talk about getting married and starting a career. I think I am a person who starts a career first and then a family. But I feel like - it's still not that good. I really can't understand the kind of people who get married and then start a career.
How to live my life."
"Everyone lives the same way." Chen sighed and said, "Every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite. Rich people also eat three meals a day. People who don't have money also eat three meals a day. Life is the same.
The key to life depends on what you think."
Xue Huan took a long breath and leaned lazily on the sofa.
"I think... I want to live a better life, but I can't hold on. Xiaoyi advised me not to be too hasty and to do my job well. The future will be very promising. She was worried about me in the next two years.
If you can't take care of both, the effect will be worse. Now that I have money to live, there are still many things that I can't do. Fortunately, I have a stable job and started a family, otherwise I wouldn't dare to imagine it."
The year before last, Xiaoyi's family had spent all his savings, and his family life was almost stretched to the point of being stretched.
Xiao Yi is still studying, and will have an internship next semester. He will not start earning income until the second half of the year. He has just graduated and his salary is the lowest, so he is not looking forward to it very much.
Now he has to start a business and take care of his wife and son at home, so the pressure can be imagined.
Mrs. Chen looked at him distressedly and whispered: "Take your time and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Doing your job well is just a sure thing. If you don't succeed in starting a business... you still have a guarantee of your job, right?"
Xue Huan smiled bitterly: "Mom... I'm so tired! I haven't started doing many things yet, and I'm already a little broken."