Jiang Mei burst into laughter upon hearing that, giving him a pat: "For not lying, I’ll forgive you this time."

Because Jiang Mei returned mainly to attend her son and daughter-in-law’s wedding, coming all the way from the United States. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Qianxun, since it was her first time meeting Jiang Mei, stood nervously behind them, fiddling with her fingers.

This was her first time meeting her mother-in-law.

Jiang Mei soon noticed Qianxun and walked over to her: "This must be my sweet daughter-in-law, Qianxun, right?"

On the way here, Qianxun had rehearsed many scenarios. Upon meeting Jiang Mei, she was nervous, but still decisively called out: "Mom, welcome to Xicheng."

That "Mom" made Jiang Mei bloom with joy, she beamed with happiness, and immediately pulled Qianxun into an embrace: "Oh my! How sweet is my daughter-in-law! And so beautiful, too."

Gu Liancheng brought his mother’s luggage over to them, his arm resting on Qianxun’s shoulder and said: "I told you, my mom is easy to get along with. There was no need for you to worry."

This was quite different from the mother-in-law she had envisioned. She was worried they would end up having constant conflicts like most mother-and-daughter-in-law pairs, making Gu Liancheng caught in the middle like a sandwich biscuit.

He then said to Jiang Mei: "Qianxun was worried all the way here, afraid that you wouldn’t like her."

"How could I not like her!" Jiang Mei praised while holding her hand, "She is beautiful, has a pleasant voice, and such a cultured daughter-in-law, who wouldn’t like that? My son is truly lucky!"

Unable to resist Jiang Mei’s compliments, Qianxun laughed heartily: "Not at all, I am the lucky one, to have met him."

"Still, I am the luckiest mom, to have such a fantastic son and daughter-in-law."

"Ha ha, okay, I am the luckiest!" Jiang Mei conceded, not competing with them.

Jiang Mei, holding Qianxun’s hand, chatted away as they walked: "You have no idea, I was so worried Liancheng wouldn’t find a wife."

Gu Liancheng shrugged helplessly, becoming the luggage-toting lad.

Alas, what is this? With a daughter-in-law in the picture, the son is all but forgotten!

"How could that be? He attracts admirers like flowers attract bees; if anyone would have trouble getting a wife, it surely wouldn’t be him."

"That’s exactly why I was worried! Seeing him constantly in scandalous tabloids, were it not for the distance, every time I came back I’d reprimand him. He’s so irresponsible!"

Qianxun turned around, stuck out her tongue at him, and mouthed the three words silently: "Irresponsible!"

Gu Liancheng shrugged and smiled broadly.

He didn’t mind; as long as the two got along well, he was happy.

That would spare him the trouble of handling discord between mother and daughter-in-law.

On their way back, the two women chatted and laughed, quickly brushing off any initial awkwardness.

Qianxun genuinely felt having such a talkative mother-in-law was wonderful.

Upon returning to the cozy seaside home, two little treasures were already eagerly waiting.

Hearing noises outside, Cute excitedly ran to open the door and dashed out, sweetly calling: "Grandma~~"

"Oh my Cute, my little treasure!" Jiang Mei quickly put down what she was carrying, ran towards the little one charging her way, and scooped her up in her arms.

Cute planted a big kiss on her face, giggling: "Grandma, I’ve missed you to death! Why didn’t you come to see me?"

"It’s grandma’s fault!" Jiang Mei didn’t argue, caressing her cheek, "Let grandma have a good look at you. Oh my... My little treasure has grown taller, and you haven’t lost weight, you’ve been eating well, haven’t you?"