bayedsolid Chapter 178 The weddings of father and son were only days apart
Chapter 178 The weddings of father and son were only days apart
"Xiao Ling?"
Yan Yu jumped out of bed, only to see Li Bo, the Yan family's butler, standing at the door with a worried expression.
"It seems that Miss Xiaoling came here on her own. She said she wanted to see you as soon as she arrived, so I had no choice but to bring her here first. Young master, please stay with her for a while. I'll go and tell the master."
"it is good."
Yan Yu nodded and looked at An Ling again.
It must be because of the New Year that she was dressed in all red, with two small buns tied in her hair with red hair ties. She was wrapped up in a down jacket and looked round and plump, and her cheeks were also red, probably from the cold wind.
Yan Yu reached out and placed his palm on An Ling's face; it was indeed icy cold.
"Why did you come all this way so late by yourself? Do your aunt and uncle know?"
As Yan Yu asked, he tried to get out of bed to find a hand warmer for An Ling, but An Ling stopped him.
"Because I want to spend the New Year with Brother Xiaoyu."
With a mysterious air, she pulled several small cardboard boxes from her pocket and stuffed them into Yan Yu's hand, boasting:
“I stole these from my second brother, and I’m giving them all to you.”
Yan Yu looked closely and found that it was several boxes of firecrackers with their outer shells crumpled.
“And the ones from my grandparents and parents,” An Ling said, taking out another stack of red envelopes from another pocket and stuffing them into Yan Yu’s hand. “I’ll give them all to you too.”
Seeing An Ling's flushed face and her worried expression like a little adult, Yan Yu earnestly said to her:
"Happy New Year, Little Yu! Does this make you feel any happier?"
The ice in Yan Yu's heart seemed to be gradually melted away, and he nodded earnestly in reply:
"Yes, Happy New Year, Xiaoling. I'm very happy now. Thank you."
"That's good!" An Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, her eyes crinkling adorably. "As long as Brother Yu is happy, I'll spend every New Year with you from now on!"
"really?"
"Really! Let's pinky swear!"
As if afraid Yan Yu wouldn't believe her, An Ling immediately held up her little finger and said a line she'd learned from some TV show.
"A gentleman's word is as good as his bond!"
“Okay,” Yan Yu finally smiled, extending his finger to pinky swear with An Ling, “Me too.”
Later, to prevent An Ling from sneaking out alone at night again, the An family would come to the Yan family's house together after the New Year's Eve dinner, and then go back after the children had stayed up all night to welcome the New Year.
Alternatively, after the Yan family finished their New Year's Eve dinner, they would have the driver take Yan Yu and Yan Xing to Anjia to stay up late for the New Year before returning to the Yan family home.
This situation continued for several years, until Anling suddenly changed...
Yan Yu shook his head, no longer thinking about what happened afterward.
Before leaving, he looked up at Anling's window one last time, and his heart returned to peace.
As long as he remembers that promise, he will keep it for years to come.
……
Visiting relatives is an essential part of every Chinese New Year. In previous years, An Ling had avoided this because she was filming, but this year she couldn't avoid it. She visited almost all the relatives she could with the Qiu family.
When there were no more relatives to visit, Qiu's father dug out his old phone book from who-knows-when and started calling his old friends one by one to invite them over for dinner.
The current situation is that, after a few rounds of drinks, Qiu's parents, who are usually very reserved, suddenly became like different people, chatting and laughing with their friends.
Basically, it's An Ling's parents talking, and their friends listening. The content mainly involves in-depth analysis of the roles An Ling has played and popularizing the value of the film and television awards An Ling has won.
Anling, Qiuli, and Qiushi sat on the sofa watching TV, wishing they could dig a hole in the ground with their toes and hide inside.
Perhaps sensing An Ling's embarrassment, Qiu Li said shyly:
"My parents aren't usually like this..."
“Yes,” Qiu Shi chimed in, “It’s mainly because they were having too much fun today, and they rarely drink, so they got drunk without realizing it.”
"Do you drink very little or not at all?" An Ling asked.
I think they each only drank two beers...
Autumn Dawn, Autumn Time: ...
"Okay, we don't drink at all," they answered honestly.
"Forget it, they're rarely this happy, let's ignore them," Qiu Li suddenly produced several booklets as if by magic. "I'm thinking of buying a house recently, Xiao Ling, can you give me some advice, or do you have any that you like?"
An Ling took the brochures and found that they were mostly promotional brochures for high-end residences such as villas and large apartments.
She glanced at the booklet, then looked up at Qiu Li, then looked down at the booklet again, and finally looked up at Qiu Li as she delivered a fatal blow to him.
"Brother, do you have money?"
Qiu Li: ...My heart aches so much.
“Alright, I’m not teasing you anymore,” An Ling handed the booklet back to him. “If it’s to get me a room so they can buy a house, then there’s no need for that. If they want to put it in my name, then there’s even less need for that. I already own a house in Haicheng, so I can’t buy another one.”
Qiu Li asked in surprise, "How did you know?"
[Found out~]
"Guess."
Qiu Li and Qiu Shi exchanged a glance, somewhat helpless: it seemed that they wouldn't be able to complete the task their parents had given them.
“Let me be frank,” An Ling said, not bothering to beat around the bush. “We’re all in the same city, so it’s not like we have to live at home to build a relationship. I’ll come back often when I have time. Look at all the rooms in the An family home, Qiu Nian only stayed there once.”
"Please help me talk to my parents. They really don't need to be so careful around me."
Since An Ling had been so frank, Qiu Li and Qiu Shi naturally agreed.
……
Originally, An Ling only needed to visit relatives with the Qiu family and then go to her maternal grandparents' house in Beijing for the Lantern Festival, but unexpectedly, she suddenly had to attend a wedding with the An family.
The main character of the wedding was Tao Qingjun, the youngest son of Tao Yuantian, the elder brother of Tao Ranyi who had been sent to Africa. The invitation was personally delivered by Tao Yuantian's eldest daughter, Tao Qingxu.
There's nothing wrong with holding a wedding in the first month of the lunar calendar, but the problem is that the wedding time is too tight. The wedding is on the twelfth day of the first month, but the invitations are not sent out until the fifth day of the first month.
What's even more outrageous is that Tao Qingxu sent two at once.
One photo shows her younger brother Tao Qingjun's wedding on the twelfth day of the first lunar month; the bride's name was Cai Tianbing.
One of the photos is from her father Tao Yuantian's second marriage ceremony on the 22nd day of the first lunar month. The bride's name is Hu Yin.
In other words, the weddings of the father and son were only ten days apart.
Pei Yuning looked at the two invitations with a puzzled expression, and asked:
"Your father and brother are being too reckless. Why do they have to rush such an important event as the wedding, and why do they have to be so close together?"
"Besides, I had heard about your dad getting married before, but there was absolutely no word about your brother. How did he suddenly decide to get married before your dad?"