My arms are very sore from having been in the same position all night.
Liang Xia woke up in a daze, only to find that Xu Qingyan had already gotten up.
There was a sizzling sound from the kitchen, and the smell of fried eggs. Liang Xia got up and walked slowly to the kitchen in her slippers. Seeing Liang Xia appear at the kitchen door, the busy Xu Qingyan turned off the fire without saying a word, walked over and hugged Liang Xia in his arms.
He said, "I'm sorry, Liangxia, for making you worry."
Liang Xia's heavy emotions were finally released, and she responded to the hug as an answer to Xu Qingyan.
"Go wash up first, and I'll tell you what happened in the past two months while we eat." Xu Qingyan rubbed Liangxia's hair, afraid that she would worry, so he said this.
Liang Xia nodded and turned to go to the bathroom to wash up.
Xu Qingyan put the fried eggs on a plate, poured milk, and brought breakfast to the dining table.
At the breakfast table, both of them felt a little unappetizing.
Xu Qingyan also knew what Liang Xia was thinking. He drank a glass of milk and couldn't eat anymore. He said with difficulty: "Liang Xia, I didn't succeed."
"I've guessed it." Liang Xia responded calmly, eating the fried egg bite by bite.
Xu Qingyan raised his head and spoke hurriedly: "But I will still try until my mother agrees that we can be together."
"What if your mother doesn't agree? She will never agree." Liang Xia asked.
Xu Qingyan grabbed Liang Xia's hand on the table and said firmly: "If my mother doesn't agree, I will take you away from Nanshi! We will start a family of our own."
Liang Xia was slightly startled. She didn't expect Xu Qingyan to give such an answer. She said, "But that's your mother."
Xu Qingyan took his hand back and said seriously: "Liangxia, if you were a bad girl and my mother objected, I would naturally listen to her. But you are so good and I really love you, but she can't support me, which makes me really sad. Liangxia, don't worry, if that day really comes, I will not abandon my parents. Now they are in good health and have enough money, so they don't need me to do anything. So, for me, the most important thing now is you. You have given yourself to me, and I will be responsible for you to the end."
Some people may not know why they choose their partner, it may just be a momentary thought. Just like now, in just that moment, Liang Xia understood that it was the man in front of her, it was him, she would follow him! Even if there would be many difficulties in the future, she would accompany him to face them together!
"Silly..." Liang Xia leaned forward slightly, covered Xu Qingyan's haggard face with her palm, and said gently, "Don't go to work after breakfast, have a good rest at home. Look at you, you look so bad, if you collapse from exhaustion one day, who will take care of me?"
Xu Qingyan silently held Liang Xia's hand and kissed her on the lips.
Being opposed by parents when you are in a relationship is actually not a new thing in life, but when you are in the situation yourself, you realize how troublesome it can be.
During the time when Xu Qingyan didn't come back, his mother locked him in the house and confiscated his cell phone, like a child under control. Xu Qingyan was in a coma for a while, and his mother threatened to kill herself before forcing him to meet Lin Niao.
There was no other way, Xu Qingyan could only agree to it. Then, after meeting Lin Niao, Xu Qingyan took advantage of the fact that the people following him were not paying attention and quietly returned to He Liangxia's home.
At this moment, Liang Xia went to work, and Xu Qingyan dared to turn on his mobile phone.
As soon as I turned on the phone, dozens of messages popped up. The latest one was from Xu's mother, saying that she wanted to bring Lin Niao here.
Xu Qingyan sat on the sofa in the living room, waiting for his mother and Lin Niao to come over.
Sure enough, within twenty minutes, they came knocking on the door.
Xu Qingyan walked over, opened the door, and sat back on the sofa.
"Where is that woman? Where is she?" As soon as Xu Qingyan entered the door, Xu's mother asked him the question.
Xu Qingyan rubbed his temple, with a hint of impatience: "Mom, her name is Liang Xia, don't call her that woman."
"Then... where is Lin Liangxia?" Xu's mother stood in front of Xu Qingyan and asked condescendingly.
Xu Qingyan said: "Liangxia went to class."
"You went to class? You're not avoiding me on purpose?" Xu's mother didn't believe it.
"Why is she hiding from you?"
"Haha, because she did something wrong! She lied to my son!" Xu's mother accused Liang Xia of a false crime.
"Mom, what are you talking about? How could he have done something wrong to deceive your son? Isn't your son in front of you?"
Mother Xu poked Xu Qingyan's forehead in dismay and said, "You, you! You have been fooled by her magic potion!"
"That's enough." Xu Qingyan waved his hand to sweep away his mother's hand, and glanced at Lin Niao again, "Why did you bring Lin Niao here?"
Xu's mother pulled Lin Niao over and said, "Of course I asked you to apologize to her. You sent her to the hotel so late yesterday and left? Huh? Are you a man?"
"What? Did I do something wrong? Do you, mom, want to see Lin Niao and I become a fait accompli?" Xu Qingyan knew what his mother was thinking and exposed her without any hesitation.
Mother Xu was choked and looked around, not yet knowing what to say.
Xu Qingyan stood up and ordered them to leave: "If you have nothing else, go back first. I need to rest later."
"I'm not going back!" Mother Xu grabbed her son's arm and said, "If you want to go back, you have to come with us, Ayan, I can't let you be with a lowly woman like Lin Liangxia."
"Mom!" Xu Qingyan waved away his mother's hand, and finally burst into anger, "What a humble woman! Liang Xia is the woman your son loves the most! She also has her own parents who love her. Is it okay for you to say that about her? Liang Xia became a university teacher right after graduation with her own ability. She also works part-time as a writer for a magazine. The monthly royalties she earns are almost as much as your son's salary! We understand and accompany each other, and have been through so many ups and downs. In this world, no one is more suitable for your son than her! I'm already 26 years old, can you please stop interfering in my private affairs? You are my mother! I don't want to hate you!"
"You..." Xu Qingyan's words scared Xu's mother. Her son had never been angry with her since he was a child.
Lin Niao seemed to have noticed it, and hurriedly put her arm around Xu's mother's shoulders and said, "Auntie, Auntie, okay, A Yan is right. If we have anything to discuss, we can sit down and discuss it slowly, right? Come on, Auntie, come and sit down."
Lin Niao forced Xu's mother to sit down, and Lin Niao turned around and persuaded Xu Qingyan: "Ayan , don't talk to your mother like that."
"You have nothing to do here." Having said this, Xu Qingyan was unwilling to stop there. "Mom, let me make it clear to you that I will never give up Liang Xia. No matter how you force me, I won't. But if you insist on separating the two of us, then your son can only turn into a pile of ashes to accompany you for the rest of your life."
Mother Xu's body trembled and she looked at Xu Qingyan tremblingly.
Xu Qingyan took the keys and wallet with him and said, "Liang Xia is really a good girl. Don't give her a strange definition without having met her. If you like it here, stay for a while. I didn't sleep well last night, so I went out to get a room to sleep."
After saying that, Xu Qingyan went out, acting extremely decisively.
Mother Xu's mind was filled with what Xu Qingyan had just said. She just wanted Xu Qingyan's future to be better, so she wanted to find someone more suitable for him. What was wrong with her?
"Auntie." Lin Niao gently patted Xu's mother's back to help her breathe smoothly.
Lin Liangxia, Lin Liangxia, how did this woman capture Xu Qingyan's heart?
However, Xu's mother understood that some answers still needed to be explored by herself.
After leaving her son's home, Xu's mother went to the school where Liang Xia taught alone. She found out the classroom where Liang Xia took classes and went to sit in.
The so-called auditing was just a look outside the window. Liang Xia was giving a lecture and the students in the classroom were all listening very seriously. No one was playing with their cell phones.
This is a rare phenomenon in college.
What kind of magic power does she have? She is just an ordinary woman with nothing special.
Noticing that Xu's mother was outside the classroom, Liang Xia said calmly to everyone, "The teacher will show you a movie. You have to submit a film review this week." After that, she opened a movie on the computer and walked out of the classroom, "Auntie."
Xu's mother waved her hand and said, "You go to class, it's okay."
"You're here now, so you must have something to do. It's okay, I've assigned homework to them," Liang Xia said.
"Then..." Xu's mother looked around and said, "Let's find a quiet place to talk?" Liang Xia went back to the classroom and told her classmates that if the class was over, they should leave normally and they didn't have to wait for her. Then, she took Xu's mother to a stone table behind the teaching building.
After sitting down, Xu's mother was a little conflicted and said, "Actually, I still don't like you very much. I think you are not suitable for my son."
Liang Xia smiled: "Auntie didn't come to tell me this on purpose, did she?"
Mother Xu sighed: "I have looked for A Yan, and his attitude is very firm, as if he will die in front of me if I object again."
"Auntie, don't you think that what you did was a little wrong?" Liang Xia frowned slightly. Mother Xu did not refute her words, but looked at her and asked her to continue.
Liang Xia lowered her eyes: "What you call suitable for Ayan is nothing more than thinking that if Lin Niao marries him, it will help his career, so the future will be better. But, auntie, Ayan is looking for a lover, someone who can accompany him through thick and thin and accompany him for life. If his career fails, he can start over, but he can't live his life. Ayan is unwilling to give up on me easily, and I naturally won't give up on him easily. We have been together for so long, and we know that living together is a very comfortable state. Ayan decided to come out and fight for himself because he doesn't want to grow up under the protection of you two elders, so how can you tie him down with marriage?"
Xu's mother didn't say anything. She could be willful, but she didn't dare to gamble with her son's life.
"Aunt, you also married into the Xu family. I think you can understand me better than Ayan in some things." Liang Xia slowly raised her head and looked into Xu's mother's eyes. Xu's mother had a complicated expression, and the words in her throat condensed together, making her feel flustered.
"Also, Ayan and I will work hard together to get your approval. We will definitely try our best. But if there is still no result after our efforts, we will not separate." Liang Xia has made up her mind. She has never been so brave.
"Even if I don't recognize this son and cut off all relations with him from now on?" Xu's mother asked with red eyes.
Liang Xia was silent for a moment, and then said, "It would be painful and tormenting for A Yan to break off all ties with you. Even if he agrees, I won't agree. But if that day really comes, I will stand by him and accompany him for the rest of his life."
"Hmph, it sounds better when spoken than when sung." Xu's mother seemed to think that this was just what the child said on a whim. They had never experienced poverty or disease, so how could they talk about growing old together?
Xu's mother stood up and said, "You are too young after all."
After that, she shook her head and left the school.
Liang Xia watched her walk away.
Liang Xia also knew that there were countless possibilities in the future, and they might not always work together as they did now. But, isn't it enough that they can now? Thinking so far ahead is so tiring...
However, after meeting Xu's mother that time, Xu Qingyan told Liang Xia that her mother's attitude had improved and she no longer forcibly opposed them being together.
Xu Qingyan also said that her mother would not care whether they did well or not in the future. She would not care what the final outcome of the two of them would be.
In this way, their battle to defend their love seemed to be half won, but there was no sense of joy of victory.
"However, this result is good for us. We can finally put our minds at ease." Liang Xia comforted Xu Qingyan.
However, Xu Qingyan shook his head and said, "It's not over yet. Liangxia, my parents want to find a time to meet your parents."
Liang Xia, who was originally happy, immediately stroked her forehead, feeling troubled: "You haven't even met her yet, and your parents want to..."
"I can't stop you." Xu Qingyan hugged Liang Xia and said coquettishly, "Okay, with the two of us here, the situation won't get out of control."
Liang Xia hit Xu Qingyan's chest in a reproachful manner and said, "Then I'll go back and talk about it."
"You're the best." Xu Qingyan pecked Liang Xia on the lips.
However, it is really hard to say whether the two families will meet.
Liang Xia went back to Yuncheng during the weekend and told her parents about this. They both looked shocked: "Meet the parents?"
I haven't even met my future son-in-law yet, so how come it has come to the stage where both parents have to meet?
"It was proposed by the other party." Liang Xia looked at her parents and felt desperate inside.
Liang Xia's parents looked at each other and asked, "Time and place?"
"Next Saturday at 7 o'clock in the evening, in Yuncheng... Let's find a place. Ayan's parents said they want to come and visit you two." Liang Xia picked at her fingers and looked at the two elders opposite nervously.
The other party came to visit in person, it seems that this time it will be a tough battle!
On the day when the parents of both sides met, Liangxia's mother asked Jiuqiu's mother to dress her up.
Jiuqiu's mother specially dressed Liangxia's mother up to look charming but not gaudy, with a strong aura. Jiuqiu's mother said to her, "I heard from Liangxia that the other party's mother seemed to be very pessimistic about Liangxia from the beginning, so you must not lose your aura this time, and you must behave in a generous and generous manner, and don't be restrained or too enthusiastic."
"Acting is my forte." Liang Xia's mother said confidently. She tried her best for her daughter!
She wanted to see what grounds made the other mother look down on her daughter!
The agreed time was approaching, and Liangxia's mother and father were waiting for the boy's parents at the door.
Xu's father and mother came in a Bentley. Looking at the car body that was almost shining, Liang Xia's mother rolled her eyes in her heart: "Nouveau riche."
Father Xu accompanied Mother Xu out of the car. Father Xu was wearing a custom-made suit, and Mother Xu was wearing a cheongsam. The peonies embroidered with gold thread made her look very noble.
"You two are Brother Xu and Sister Liu, right?" Liang Xia's mother went to greet them politely and saw Xu Qingyan was the last one to get off the car. As soon as Xu Qingyan saw Liang Xia's mother, he immediately greeted her: "Hello, Auntie. Auntie, I am Xu Qingyan. This is a gift for you and Uncle."
"What a polite child." Liang Xia's mother took the gift and handed it to Liang Xia's father without being polite, and invited, "The room is inside, both of you come with me."
Following behind Liang Xia's mother, Xu's mother and Xu's father whispered, "Her mother is so young?"
Not only young, but also very beautiful.
Xu Qingyan was walking at the end, and he secretly held hands with Liang Xia, who was also walking at the end, as a way of encouraging each other.
When serving, Liang Xia's mother tried her best to make every detail perfect so that Xu's mother would have nothing to complain about.
"Mother Liangxia looks really young. She has taken good care of herself." This is the easiest topic to talk about when women meet.
Liang Xia's mother laughed and said, "Women all love beauty. Sister Liu, you know that. Sister Liu's skin is also very good. Unlike me, I have freckles on my face and need foundation to cover them up."
"But Liangxia's mother looks healthy and young. I can't do that because I'm old." Mother Xu shook her head.
"Where?" Liang Xia's mother asked in confusion, "What do you mean old? If it wasn't for Liang Xia telling me to call you Sister Liu, I would have thought you were younger than me."
"Oh, really, what are you talking about, Liang Xia's mother? I am really old." Although Xu's mother said this, it can be seen that she is happy in her heart.
The others in the room were secretly sweating. Are these two women addicted to acting? They are really good at flattering.
Liang Xia's mother glanced at the people present and said with emotion: "It's really hard for Brother Xu and Sister Liu to drive here for such a long time. Liang Xia's father and I specially chose the best restaurant in Yuncheng. I hope you don't mind. This is the first time for me as a mother to meet my daughter's boyfriend..." At this point, Liang Xia's mother showed a loving look in her eyes and said, "My daughter has a good taste. Ayan looks energetic, good-looking, and so polite. She even brought gifts for me and her father. Such an excellent child must be inseparable from the education of excellent parents. Thank you very much. I do n't know how relieved her father and I are to have such a good child for our Liang Xia."
Liang Xia's mother's words praised the entire Xu family, and even if Xu's mother wanted to make things difficult for them, she couldn't find a way out.
Xu's mother thought for a long time, and finally said only one sentence: "No matter how well they are educated, the rest of their lives will still be lived by the two of them. Whether they live a good life or not depends on their luck."
"Sister, you're right." Liang Xia's mother saw that Xu's mother had finished her tea, so she turned the turntable around, picked up the teapot and filled it for her. She said, "I won't interfere with my daughter's relationship. Young people nowadays are free to fall in love, and they have to bear the consequences themselves. It's no big deal. In fact, sometimes, if I let Liang Xia do something on her own, she can do it better."
Xu's mother was not a stupid person. She knew what Liang Xia's mother meant, so she said, "You are right, but sometimes we as parents still have to take care of things. Parents are kind, aren't they?"
"This is natural, but there is not much we can do about it. Children have grown up, and they should be given the freedom to fly freely in the sky." Liang Xia's mother smiled calmly, raised her eyes and saw the waiter bringing the first dish, and said, "Ah! The food is here, Brother Xu and Sister Liu have been waiting for a long time, let's start eating."
Interrupting what Xu's mother was about to say, Liang Xia's mother gestured that it was time to start eating. Next, she began to talk about the origins of these dishes, but she always stopped at the right point, always stopping at the right time so that Xu's mother could not take the initiative to bring up the topic.
After the meal, Xu's mother was neither angry nor not angry.
Liang Xia's mother talked too much, which made her a little irritated, but as the host, Liang Xia's mother did a good job of hospitality, so she couldn't say anything. That night, Xu's parents stayed in the best room in the best hotel in Yuncheng. Liang Xia's mother and father spent a lot of money. If the Xu family insisted on not letting Liang Xia be with their child, they would lose a lot.
"Mom, you are marrying off your daughter, not doing business." On the way back, Liang Xia heard her mother say this and said helplessly.
"Marrying a daughter is the same as doing business in some ways. Besides, you haven't married yet, right? She bullies you like this. If you marry her, you can just wait to cry!" said Liang Xia's mother.
Liang Xia was not happy to talk to her mother, so she took her father's hand and said, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. Dad and I are going together."
"Your father? How can your father help you? You still have to rely on me when the time comes!"
"Stop it. What are you saying in front of the child?" Liang Xia's father frowned.
Liang Xia's mother turned around and said, "I'm talking about you."
"At least give me some face in front of the child."
"Okay, it's been more than 20 years. Do you have face? Doesn't the child know?"
"I'm just giving in to you because you're my wife."
"Oh, I'm so touched."
Seeing her parents bickering even though they were already grown up, Liang Xia covered her mouth and laughed secretly.
That’s great. I really hope Xu Qingyan and I can be so happy.