In the evening, the newlywed couple booked a table at "Heyiju" to host their dinner party.
Jiang Xiaoli was scolded by Li Guizhi by the ear, and it was only after Xiao Jincheng and Jiang Ruilin spoke up for her that she was freed.
After the laughter and merriment subsided, everyone offered them their heartfelt blessings.
Jiang Xiaoli said with a smile, "Everyone, you don't need to be so polite. I'll feel your blessings even more if the red envelopes are thicker at the wedding."
Zhong Yuan provocatively said, "Little Pear, with prices rising so fast these days, our gift money is just temporarily sitting in your pocket. When it's our turn, you'll be bleeding money."
Jiang Xiaoli's eyes widened. "Brother Yuan, are you treating me like a bank deposit? And you're forcing me to pay exorbitant interest rates?"
"Hahahaha!" Their conversation made everyone in the private room burst into laughter.
When they got home that evening, Li Guizhi took the opportunity to chat with her daughter, saying, "You and Jiayu have already registered your marriage, so you are legally married. But you haven't graduated yet and haven't had a wedding ceremony, so please be careful, okay?"
Jiang Xiaoli hugged her arm, "I know, don't worry. In order not to arouse Aunt Xu's unnecessary jealousy, I promise I won't let you become a grandmother too early!"
Li Guizhi chuckled and slapped her, "You're just talking nonsense!"
However, her daughter's words reminded her of the time when she and Xu Feng were pregnant at the same time.
"When I first found out I was pregnant with you, your father was in the army. Jincheng and Feng'er often came to visit me with gifts. Your Aunt Xu was very anxious at that time, and she got pregnant in less than two months."
We even joked that if you had a boy and a girl, we'd arrange a marriage between them, haha, but who knew you'd have two girls.
Jiang Xiaoli had never heard of this before. "There's such a thing?"
“Yes,” Li Guizhi said with a smile. “I suffered a lot when I was pregnant with you. I kept vomiting as I was about to give birth. Many people said that you were so naughty that you must be a boy.”
She tightened her grip on her mother's arm, saying, "Mom, you've suffered so much."
“What suffering? Your father and I were so happy when you were born,” Li Guizhi recalled. “Your father came home on the third day after you were born. You were so tiny and soft then, he was too scared to hold you!”
As Jiang Xiaoli listened to her reminisce about the past, a smile involuntarily appeared on her lips. "Mom, it's so wonderful to be your daughter."
Li Guizhi gently stroked her hair, "I always felt like you were that little girl who insisted on sleeping with me, and now you're all married."
She said sweetly, "Mom, no matter if I get married or not, we will stay together and never be apart."
Li Guizhi smiled and nodded, "Okay, okay, Mom will always be with you!"
Zong Jiayu returned from the phone call to find this heartwarming scene.
Li Guizhi waved to her, "Ayu, come and sit down."
She held their hands together and said, "You two are now a small family. You should support and understand each other from now on."
She turned to him and said, "Ayu, I'm at ease with Xiaoli being with you, but you absolutely can't spoil her too much, okay?"
Jiang Xiaoli muttered softly beside her, "Why do I feel like my own mother has turned into my mother-in-law?"
Li Guizhi chuckled, "Stop being so cheeky!"
Zong Jia smiled and nodded, promising, "Godmother, don't worry, I've remembered."
Li Guizhi playfully slapped him, "Still calling me godmother? Is it because I didn't give you a change-of-address fee?"
Zong Jia immediately seized the opportunity and called out, "Mom!"
"Tsk tsk tsk." Jiang Xiaoli made a strange sound from the side, "Someone has officially started to compete with me for Mom."
Li Guizhi reached out and tapped her forehead. "Tell me you hate it, don't you?"
She stood up. "Alright, it's getting late. You two should get some rest too."
Jiang Xiaoli waved her paw at her, "Goodnight, Mom!"
Zong Jiayu also said, "Mom, goodnight."
After Li Guizhi left, the two people in the living room exchanged a glance. Jiang Xiaoli hesitated, "Isn't it a bit inappropriate to live together without having a wedding?"
Zong Jia didn't give her any more time to hesitate and directly lifted her up from the sofa.
"You only need to consider whether to live here or downstairs."
Sure enough, she knew how to do it when the question was changed to a multiple-choice question. "Downstairs, downstairs! I don't want my mom to hear anything weird."
"Hehe." Zong Jia chuckled and quickened his pace, carrying her as he opened the door and went downstairs. "I thought Little Pear was tired yesterday and wanted to rest well today."
Jiang Xiaoli frowned and reached out to pinch his cheek. "You've misunderstood me! Are you a master of words? I was just talking about everyday life!"
Zong Jiayu placed her on the bed, saying, "But today is just another ordinary day."
She got up, stood on the bed, put her hands on her hips, and made what she thought was a very fierce expression. "Don't force me to use domestic violence against you!"
Zong Jiayu smiled slyly. "Oh? Violence? Little Pear likes this?"
"Oh my god, can't you understand human language?" She was furious!
Knowing when to stop, Zong Jia didn't dare to really provoke anyone.
He reached out and tugged at her sleeve. "Don't be angry, don't be angry. How about I buy you roast goose from 'Tongque Pavilion' for lunch tomorrow?"
"not good!"
"Roast goose for lunch, hot pot for dinner?"
"Alright then."
However, after washing up and lying in bed, Jiang Xiaoli felt something was off.
She sat up abruptly. "You're too easy to forgive me after just two meals!"
Zong Jiayu smiled and hugged her, "Then tell me what you want to do, and I'll agree to anything you ask."
She blinked. "I'll save it for now, and I'll think of something later."
"OK."
"Alright! Time to sleep!"
...
On Friday, Jiang Xiaoli came to see Tan Xuanyi with the final revised version of her graduation thesis.
Ran Hui greeted her happily, "Xiao Li, I heard you got married?"
"Mmm!" She nodded. "But we've only registered our marriage; the wedding will be in October. I'll send you an invitation then!"
"Okay, okay! I'll definitely be there!" Ran Hui pulled her finger and pointed towards the study. "That old geezer is throwing a tantrum, complaining that you didn't tell him right away."
Jiang Xiaoli finally understood why Tan Xuanyi hadn't given her a friendly look when he opened the door and saw that it was her.
She shivered. "I was wrong, I was wrong, Professor Ran. I'll go and comfort Professor Tan first. We'll talk later."
Ran Hui smiled and nodded, "Go ahead, go ahead."
Jiang Xiaoli knocked on the study door, but no one answered. She gently pushed it open a crack and peeked inside.
Tan Xuanyi sat at his desk. "If you're going to come in, then come in. Stop sneaking around!"
"Hehe." She immediately pushed open the door, went inside, and sat down. "I was just afraid you'd be angry and wouldn't want to talk to me."
"Who's angry? How ridiculous!" Tan Xuanyi said sternly. "Stop grinning and show me your paper. Let me see what kind of garbage you've changed!"
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