Facing the movie poster previews on the cinema wall, Yu Ziyu complained, "Another war-themed film."
"Ahem," Elder Shen coughed heavily.
"Did you not understand what your mother-in-law said just now?"
"I understood. But," Yu Ziyu argued, "just like you always talk about the past, we can't imagine it and can't experience it. We'll just find it old-fashioned and annoying."
As Elder Shen was about to lecture his younger granddaughter, Li Zhengguo returned with the tickets.
Li Zhengguo kept two tickets and gave the rest to Li Weibo.
He extended his arm to Tian Jing, "Comrade Xiao Tian, we've never gone to the movies together. Come on, let's go experience it."
Tian Jing linked her arm with her husband's and waved to Shen Jianrong and Elder Shen.
"We're going in to experience young people's romance. You two find your own partners?"
Li Weibo tore off two movie tickets and gave the remaining four to Elder Shen.
"Grandpa, Ziyu and I are going to the movies too. You and Aunt Shen can see if you want to find other partners?"
The romance between her in-laws made Yu Ziyu no longer dislike the movie's theme.
She pulled her boyfriend into a store to buy drinks and popcorn, and asked Li Weibo if he wanted to buy some for Uncle Li and the others.
Li Weibo refused, "We won't be able to find them once we're inside."
"We can find them!" Yu Ziyu was very sure. "There are very few people watching movies."
"Still not buying," Li Weibo shook his head. "We'll sit separately, each with our own romance. I haven't taken you to the movies before, this is an opportunity."
The two bought two drinks and one popcorn and entered the cinema.
Elder Shen divided the movie tickets, giving two to his younger daughter.
"You go ask someone. I'll go with Xiao Wang."
Xiao Wang hurried to catch up with the old chief, "Do you want popcorn?"
"Yes," Elder Shen nodded. "I heard they have butter flavor, get me a bucket."
"And drinks?"
"Coke."
Shen Jianrong wanted to stop Xiao Wang but then thought, forget it, she'd indulge her father this once.
After calling her husband, she also bought popcorn and Coke and waited for him.
...
When Lou Caiyun learned that these people had actually gone to the movies, she sneered.
She couldn't understand why the proud Shen Jianrong would find in-laws like these "mud legs."
That earthy smell couldn't be hidden even with clean clothes.
Right, Shen Jianrong always said she wanted a grandson named Yu, could it be that "mud leg" agreed to Shen Jianrong's condition?
Thinking of her troublesome nephew potentially marrying into a remote mountainous area, she pondered for a moment and called her sister-in-law.
Liu Ailing was not as optimistic as her second sister-in-law. First, whether her father-in-law would agree.
Secondly, her father-in-law and Elder Shen argued constantly, it was strange for the two families to become in-laws.
Not to mention Shen Jianrong's arrogance, Yu Ziyu herself found Ming Xiu too effeminate.
Lou Caiyun pouted, "Didn't you see the one Ziyu found? He's even more handsome than Ming Xiu."
"Not only does Ziyu not dislike him, she's leaning against him like a little bird, it almost made me sick."
More handsome than Ming Xiu?
Liu Ailing's first thought was, "Shen Jianrong's in-laws are good-looking?"
Lou Caiyun thought of Tian Jing's appearance and said with disdain, "That woman is good-looking, alluring. She's old but dresses like a young girl."
"Her face must have been lifted, her eyes are curved when she smiles, but I don't see many wrinkles."
"The man has a square face, exactly the type Ming Xiu likes."
Liu Ailing put her phone on speaker on the dressing table and looked at herself in the mirror. Her crow's feet were layered, and according to her husband, no amount of ironing could smooth them out.
Should she get a facelift?
Thinking of her colleagues in the troupe who had their faces ruined after cosmetic surgery, she dismissed the idea.
"Second sister-in-law, I'll listen to you. I've already won over Ming Xiu."
"You tell me, how should I get that Lili out of Kyoto?"
Lou Caiyun showed a sinister smile, "Reputation! A girl cares most about her reputation. You go find..."
Liu Ailing hesitated, "Wouldn't that be too cruel?"
"No ruthlessness, no achievement," Lou Caiyun advised. "If you don't completely drive her out of Kyoto, Ming Xiu will still find her."
"If Ming Xiu insists on marrying in, can you and third brother go against him?"
"Once he marries in, our Gao family will become a joke in the entire circle."
Liu Ailing hesitated, "Let me think about it. Ruining someone's entire life, can I sleep after doing it?"
"How is it ruining her life?" Lou Caiyun said with a tone of exasperation, "Isn't it just a pregnancy report? If she's a virtuous woman, she can get a check-up at the hospital and get a report proving her purity, and the problem will be solved!"
"Aren't you worried that young girls these days lose their virginity early? She herself has helped you get it checked out."
Hmph! Someone who entered the Gao family using her looks and is a well-known figure, yet she expects her daughter-in-law to be a virgin?
Outside the door, Gao Mingxiu clenched his fists. He was so foolish to believe that his mother, who had always opposed him, could help him win Lili's heart.
He took a deep breath and turned away.
Although his mother was being used by his second aunt, what she said was right. Recently, he hadn't been himself.
He also realized that change is not easy, and he would pursue Lili with his true nature.
However, being able to do housework was still necessary. Lili's hands were not meant for housework; they were meant for him to hold.
...
After the movie ended, filled with patriotic fervor, Tian Jing strolled with Li Zhengguo in the compound.
Li Zhengguo avoided the areas where family members were not allowed and took her around.
Upon returning to the Yu residence, they ran into Yu Jinghai, who was rushing to go out. "Where are you going?"
"To find you." Yu Jinghai breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing them appear. "Where have you been?"
"Just out for a stroll," Li Zhengguo said casually. "Don't I know where I can't go?"
Yu Jinghai shook his head and chuckled, "Worry makes you foolish, I was overthinking."
Entering the living room, they saw Elder Shen playing chess with a middle-aged man.
Hearing someone enter, the middle-aged man turned around.
Yu Jinghai beckoned to the middle-aged man, "Wenshi, let me introduce you."
Elder Shen waved to his son-in-law, "No need for you to introduce. I'll do it."
"Wenshi, these are Jinghai's future in-laws, young Li and young Tian."
"Young Li, young Tian, this is Gao Wenshi, the Deputy Minister of Logistics of the Military Region."
Yu Jinghai frowned. What kind of introduction was his father-in-law giving?
Not only did he not mention Tian Jing's identity, but he also didn't state their full names.
Gao Wenshi had become a bit snobbish due to his wife's influence. Everyone in the circle knew that his father-in-law couldn't possibly not know.
"Shh, shh." Shen Jianrong beckoned to her husband from the living room doorway.
Yu Jinghai glanced at Li Zhengguo and Tian Jing, who were being looked down upon by Gao Wenshi.
Neither of them seemed to care.
He should go see what his wife wanted him to do first. She was being so mysterious.
Shen Jianrong pulled her husband into the kitchen.
In front of Li Weibo, Yu Ziyu once again betrayed her grandfather.
After understanding what his father-in-law had done wrong, Yu Jinghai also smiled.
"It's quite good. That kid Mingxiu should experience some setbacks; he's had too smooth a sailing."
Seeing that her father, like her mother, understood the whole story and intended to conspire with her grandfather, Yu Ziyu could only secretly apologize to her friend. Family came first.
Li Weibo squeezed his girlfriend's hand, "My sister is not a weak woman, don't worry."
Yu Ziyu became even more interested in her future sister-in-law. "I want to go see her."
"No!"
"Absolutely not!"
Shen Jianrong and Yu Jinghai stopped their daughter in unison.
Joking aside, if their daughter stood next to Li Weili, there would be no more fun to watch.