Chapter 518 Mom, I'm sorry
Su Lao Er stood up with a smile, "I'll drink it, everyone else can do as they please."
"cheers!"
A few days later, Su Lao Er found an opportunity, presented Xu Ying with flowers and a ring, and proposed to her.
Xu Ying smiled, her eyes reddening, and held out her finger to him, saying, "I do."
The two families quickly began discussing wedding arrangements.
The wedding was held at a hotel with a very auspicious name, called Jufu Hotel.
One floor can accommodate 66 tables.
The main message is that everything goes smoothly and brings great fortune.
The hotel manager said, "We have professional emcees and a professional wedding planning team. We can arrange the wedding venue and schedule according to your needs in advance to ensure the smooth running of the wedding."
After checking it out, both families thought it was pretty good and directly booked the hotel's MC and wedding planning team.
The wedding was announced soon after, and the date was set for late September or early October, when the weather wasn't so hot.
Su Laosan gave the couple a fully renovated courtyard house, ready for them to move in immediately, and it was less than a ten-minute walk from their home.
Su Hongying sent a wedding gift set from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Xu Ying received a jade bracelet, while Su Lao Er received a bespoke suit, a pair of jade bracelets made from the same material as Xu Ying's, jade cufflinks, and a collar clip.
It looks very valuable.
Xu Ying hesitated for a moment, looking at Su Lao Er, "Isn't this... too expensive?"
Su Lao Er glanced at the property certificate for the courtyard house that Su Lao San had given him, and smiled. "It is very valuable. Keep it. We've been siblings for decades, and there's a long road ahead. We can return it when we need to lend a hand."
Seeing that he had a plan, Xu Ying smiled and accepted it.
There's still some regret, "Speaking of which, I've never met your two younger sisters. Your eldest sister lives far away in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Should I invite your youngest sister over for a meal? I heard from your third brother that she came several times when you had your accident..."
Su Lao Er glanced at her and hummed in agreement.
"I'll have the third brother call her over later."
Su Lao Er thought to himself that he should call Su Hongying back later to thank her, ask for her address, and send her some wedding candy.
Thinking of Su Hongying, who used to only ask her mother for money, and comparing her now to Su Hongying who helps her brothers and sisters in need, Su Lao Er sighed slowly.
Apart from the eldest brother and sister-in-law, the growth trajectories of everyone else were different from those in the dream.
Is it really true, as my older brother said, that dreams are always the opposite of reality?
When it came time to open the wedding gift from Li Banxia, Su Lao Er stroked the box, swallowed hard, and hesitated to open it.
"What's wrong?" Xu Ying asked him.
Su Lao Er shook his head, let out a soft breath, and opened the box.
There was nothing else in the box except a thin, folded piece of paper.
The end of the paper seemed to have a touch of red.
Su Lao Er's breathing became somewhat sluggish. Xu Ying noticed something was wrong and glanced at him.
"Peace and security?"
Su Lao Er exclaimed "Ah!", reached out and picked up the paper, opened it, and his pupils suddenly contracted when he saw the few lines of text on it.
Xu Ying wondered what he had seen. She looked over and her gaze suddenly stopped when she saw the words on the paper.
"this……"
Xu Ying opened her mouth, feeling a bit dry. "Your mother... gave me 10% of the health spa's annual profits? How is that for me? Shouldn't it be for you?"
One year is one thing, but every year?!
Did Li Banxia know how much that was?
"This won't do. Take it to your mom later and tell her we appreciate her kindness, and this money..."
As Xu Ying was speaking, she looked up and saw that Su Lao Er's eyes were red and watery, and she was stunned for a moment.
Su Min'an...cried?
"...Peace and security?"
Su Lao Er glanced at her and smiled, but the smile was more painful than crying. Tears streamed down his face the instant he smiled, falling from his eyes, cheeks, and chin.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xu Ying, not understanding what was going on, reached out to wipe away Su Lao Er's tears.
Su Lao Er grasped her hand, pulled her into his arms, and whispered, "I used to be a terrible person. I even thought my mom didn't want me anymore. I treated her so badly, and she... she still gives me money. Xu Ying, how could I have been such a jerk? I'm so sorry to my mom..."
Xu Ying knew his inner turmoil and patted his back.
He advised, "In this world, the person who loves you the most is definitely your mother. She doesn't need you to earn a lot of money each month, nor does she need you to have any great achievements. She will love you unconditionally simply because you are her child. Su Min'an, you should take good care of your mother from now on. Your mother is only in her forties, and you have decades to take care of her..."
"I know."
Su Lao Er said in a low voice, "I will take good care of my mother."
After opening the gifts from her family and friends, Xu Ying received gifts from all of her close female friends. One of them even gave her a set of sexy lingerie, which made Xu Ying's face turn bright red.
To avoid finding any more unsightly gifts among the remaining items, Xu Ying, suppressing her shame, pushed Su Lao Er and shoved the paper into his hand. "You, you go find Mom and give this back to her. I... I'll unpack the rest myself."
Su Lao Er coughed lightly, then got up and went to find Li Banxia.
Li Banxia glanced at Su Lao Er knowingly as she saw him holding the paper, "Don't you want it?"
"……Um."
Su Lao Er handed the paper to Li Banxia, saying, "This money is what Mom worked hard to earn. We... can't just sit back and enjoy it. I haven't been able to take care of Mom all these years, so I have no right or face to take this money. If Mom wants to give it, she should give it to my eldest brother and sister-in-law. I don't deserve it."
Li Banxia raised an eyebrow and gave him a deep look.
He sighed and didn't take the paper. "What's given to you is yours. Take it. Your older brother and sister-in-law also have some, and it's registered under your sister-in-law's name."
"mom……"
Before Su Lao Er could say anything more, Li Banxia looked at him and said with emotion, "I never thought you could actually get into university..."
Then, changing the subject, he asked, "So, why didn't you pass the exam in previous years?"
Su Lao Er, "..."
He pursed his lips, his face flushed, "Mom, I was wrong."
Li Banxia looked at her son and sighed deeply again.
"...I called your uncle a couple of days ago and told him about your upcoming marriage. He told me why you went to the southwestern border. Why didn't you tell us you were there to fight drugs? Why didn't you tell me you wanted to risk your life for a higher political starting point?"
Su Lao Er suddenly looked up and said urgently, "My uncle promised me he wouldn't tell, how could he..."
"Second son, Mom knows you're different than before."
Looking at her son's reddened eyes, Li Banxia's own eyes welled up with tears. She smiled and said, "Mom knows... you know how hard it was for me to raise you all. Mom also knows you feel sorry for me and want to help me, not wanting me to be bullied by people like Lin Jiefang and Zheng Huaixin anymore. That's enough, son. Mom is content, really..."
"……mom!"
Upon hearing the words from Li Banxia, Su Lao Er could no longer remain seated. He slid to his knees, buried his face in Li Banxia's lap, and sobbed, repeatedly calling out, "Mom, I'm sorry, Mom, I'm sorry, Mom..."
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