Mr. Lu walked to the door and finally handed the marriage certificate, which he had been clutching, back to Jiang Ye.
"Take it, keep it safe!"
No need to remind him, he would definitely keep it safe.
When he got back, he planned to find a secure place to hide it, the kind that even his wife couldn’t know about.
With a ’snap’, the door closed.
Outside, the old couple looked at each other, both seeing relief in the other’s eyes.
"Ah, I still remember our daughter’s little face when she was born. Who would’ve thought she’d grow up so quickly and get married, becoming someone else’s!"
But Lu’s mother objected:
"Old man, what are you saying?
Our daughter will always be our daughter. Just because she’s married, how is she suddenly ’someone else’s’?"
Mr. Lu immediately nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, yes, you’re right. Our daughter will always be our daughter. That Jiang boy, he doesn’t know how lucky he got! Hmph~"
As the saying goes: a mother-in-law grows fonder of her son-in-law the more she sees him, but a father-in-law, the more he sees the son-in-law, the angrier he gets!
The old couple actually had no real complaints about the marriage; on the contrary, they were quite happy.
One reason was their daughter liked him, and another, that Jiang boy was good to their daughter.
And then, the Jiang family were decent people, except for that adopted daughter.
"There, there, A Yan already took care of it for you."
Mr. Lu didn’t know yet.
Of course, Lu’s mother knew; her sister-in-law had messaged her first thing in the morning.
"Didn’t you see that bruise on the Jiang boy’s chin? He got it from a fight with A Yan this morning."
Realizing what had happened, Mr. Lu laughed:
That sure was a relief!
Not long after the elderly couple left, Lu Jing emerged from the bathroom, drying his hair with a towel as he asked:
"Did my parents come?"
"Yes, they said to come see them when you’re free."
"My parents also came, and they want to invite your uncle and aunt, along with your aunt, for a casual meal."
Lu Jing was a bit surprised:
"This, at noon?" he asked.
"Yes, I’ve already booked the private room."
Well, that couldn’t be refused.
"I’ll let my parents know."
Jiang Ye couldn’t let her go alone:
"I’ll come with you."
Now that they were truly husband and wife, there was no need to keep up appearances.
After a quick tidy-up and change of clothes, it was ten minutes later.
The young couple then left the room and went next door.
By the time they arrived, the elders from the main and third families were all there.
"Aunt, Uncle, Auntie."
Jiang Ye naturally didn’t need to introduce himself, following with:
"Aunt, Uncle, Auntie."
Clearly, everyone knew that the two young folks had gotten their marriage certificate that morning.
"Come sit, we’re all family now, no need to be formal."
The Aunt spoke up, and nobody objected.
Then, Jiang Ye spoke:
"Uncle and Aunt, my parents would like to invite you for a casual meal this afternoon." Googlᴇ search NoveI(F)ire.net
Mr. and Mrs. Lu looked at each other and nodded in agreement.
"Okay, your parents are here too?"
"Yes, my mom arrived late last night, and my dad this morning."
Both had dropped everything and rushed here the moment they got the news of Lu Jing’s kidnapping.
"Aunt, Uncle, Auntie, please come too."
Jiang Ye smiled and nodded:
"Didn’t Aunt just say we’re all family now? Let’s all have a meal together then."