It’s almost like falling out of love

Author: Qing Xiyuan

It’s almost like falling out of love

The next day, Lan Shu called her second brother and told her that she had persuaded her adoptive mother to make peace.

It happened to be a holiday for the past few days, and the children were not in school. In addition, Lan Xiuming's workplace also had a break, so he took his son to see Chang Chunfang.

When Chang Chunfang saw her little grandson, she had a sullen face at first, but now she suddenly relaxed, happily holding her little grandson's hand and talking non-stop.

Lan Shu watched from the sidelines. Sure enough, children are the best medicine to solve the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

This was not only useful in the early Tang Dynasty, but now judging from the situation of the second brother's family, it is equally useful.

Second sister-in-law Tian Na did not come today. According to Lan Xiuming, it was because his wife was on duty at the hospital today.

Lan Shu didn't know whether this was true or not.

But come to think of it, there was a quarrel between the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law the day before yesterday. For a moment, the daughter-in-law felt angry and it was understandable that she didn't want to see her mother-in-law.

Fortunately, Chang Chunfang's attention was entirely on her grandson, so she didn't care whether her daughter-in-law came or not.

Not far away, Lan Shu's second brother's son is called Lan Haoran, and he is nine years old this year.

Because Lan Shu had not visited Linjiang City many times in recent years, she had not met her little nephew very often.

But every time we meet, the aunt and nephew get along well.

Moreover, Lan Shu found that every time her nephew saw her, he had an expression of admiration.

Obviously, when he was not in Linjiang City, his nephew should have heard a lot about him at home.

After her adoptive mother and second brother reconciled, Lan Shu stayed in Linjiang City for one more day before returning to Kyoto.

Before leaving, she invited her nephew to go to Kyoto to play when he was free.

Hearing what his little aunt said, Lan Haoran's eyes lit up.

He has always heard from his parents that his cousin, cousin and younger brother are all in Kyoto.

In the past, when he was young and could not remember, he had contact with his cousin and cousin, but he had not seen them in the past few years, and he had long wanted to meet them.

On the side, Lan Xiuming saw his son's reaction. After thinking about it for a moment, he said to Lan Shu.

"How about I take Haoran and your second sister-in-law to Kyoto to celebrate the New Year this year."

With that said, Lan Xiuming turned to look at Chang Chunfang again, "Mom, you haven't been to Kyoto for a few years. Will you come with us to reunite with Dad during the Chinese New Year this year?"

Although Chang Chunfang didn't want to meet her wife's father, after hearing her son's words, she hesitated for a moment and agreed.

As a mother, it is not easy for me to show my dislike for his grandfather in front of my son.

That would look too unfilial!

So the matter was settled.

…

After Lan Shu returned to Kyoto from Linjiang City, the October holiday had come to an end.

She talked to Xiaobai on the phone and learned that Xiaobai took her daughter and son to visit the north and would be back tomorrow.

So Lan Shu had no other plans to travel and just waited at home for her children to return.

Two days later, the vacation is completely over.

Lan Shu continued to work, while siblings Gu Qingning and Gu Zerui resumed their studies in junior high school and kindergarten respectively.

Gu Qingning is now a junior high school student and will enter high school next year, so her study progress is much more intense than before.

The transition from junior high school to high school is very important for children. Fortunately, Gu Qingning's academic performance has always been good, which saves Lan Shu a lot of worry.

Gu Qingning is almost fifteen years old. At this age, many parents will worry about their children's premature love.

Lan Shu was no exception to this and took this matter to heart.

Lan Shu knew that given her daughter's appearance, there would definitely be many male classmates who had a crush on her, so Lan Shu had secretly learned about her daughter's situation at school.

Fortunately, her daughter only focused on studying and was not interested in relationships, which reassured Lan Shu.

Lan Shu also occasionally made a special trip to sit down and chat with her daughter, and asked her about her views on puppy love.

How could Gu Qingning not know his mother's worries?

She said, "Mom, don't worry, such a time-consuming thing like falling in love will only affect my study."

Upon hearing this, Lan Shu found that her daughter was very rational and knew that learning was the most important thing.

But then, she heard her daughter say, "Although I have received a lot of love letters recently, none of the boys who wrote me love letters are better at studying than me, and they are not as good-looking as me. I have high standards for your daughter."

~!"

Lan Shu:……

She suddenly understood that her daughter did not consider falling in love not because she was more rational and loved learning.

It's because she doesn't like him at all!

Fortunately, her daughter is very good, and there are not many male classmates who can study better than her. In addition, the boy's appearance is also within the scope of her daughter's consideration. Now there is probably no one in their school who can make her daughter like him.

Got it!

That’s fine, learning is the most important thing at this stage.

…

Two months later, the Chinese New Year is approaching.

This year, Er Ge and his family will come to Kyoto to reunite with them, so Lan Shu made preparations in advance.

Because she didn't know whether her second brother's family would live in the old house of the Lan family, her eldest brother's, or hers, Lan Shu, after discussing with her adoptive father, called some masons to go to the old house and repair the house.

On the day when the house was being repaired, Lan Shu also followed the workers to the Lan family's old house.

Old Lan is now in his eighties. He suffered from Alzheimer's disease in his early years and could not remember things. As he grew older, he became even more confused.

When he saw Lan Shu, he didn't recognize her at all. It was only when Lan Shengli mentioned the word 'granddaughter' to him that Old Lan seemed to suddenly remember something and looked at Lan Shu and smiled.

"Yes, yes! Granddaughter, my filial granddaughter!"

Old Lan still remembers that after he returned home from his wandering life a few years ago, his granddaughter had people bring him a lot of rice, flour, chicken, duck, and fish.

That was the first time he experienced the happiness of not having to worry about food and drink after many years of wandering.

So even though the old man has dementia, he still remembers this incident clearly.

Lan Shu and Old Lan didn't meet much, and she was not the other's biological granddaughter, so Old Lan didn't care about her so much.

After the workers who repaired the house started, Lan Shu chatted with her adoptive father for a while and talked about how her adoptive mother would come to Kyoto with her second brother's family during the Chinese New Year.

After Lan Shengli separated from his wife in the past few years, he was really not used to it at first, but later he looked away.

He could understand that his wife didn't like his father-in-law who suddenly appeared, but he couldn't understand that his wife could be so cold-hearted that he didn't even bother to visit him once in several years.

This made him feel that the decades-long relationship between him and his wife might be nothing at all in his wife's heart.

So for a period of time, Lan Shengli, who was already in his sixties, actually experienced the pain that was similar to a broken love.

So now, when he learned that his wife was coming to celebrate the New Year with him, Lan Shengli's heart was as calm as ever, without any ups and downs.
Chapter completed!