Hardships left marks on her face. Seeing the white hair on her temples, Jiang Chen's eyes became moist.
"Mom!" Jiang Chen hugged his mother.
"Chen Er, you're finally back." Holding her baby son, Li Xuemei's voice was a little choked up, and she said with tears in her eyes.
"Mhmm, I'm back. Your son has grown up. "With tears of excitement in his eyes, Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said with a trembling voice.
"What do you mean grown up! You're my son no matter what! Old man, your son is back, come out and see! "Li Xuemei yelled behind her.
But there was no response from inside the house.
Slapping her forehead, she chuckled as if she suddenly realized something.
"Look at my bad memory. Your dad is probably playing chess with someone in the stone pavilion next to the community square. Hurry up and find him. It's time to eat. That old man must be bragging to his chess friends about his son buying a house in Wanghai City. "
As he got older, his memory wasn't as good as before. Looking at his mom, Jiang Chen's nose was a bit sore.
"What's there to brag about?"
Although he said it humbly, he couldn't help but smile proudly.
"Alright, stop showing off. Hurry up and call your father back to help me. It's rare for my Chen Er to come back. Your mom needs to show off … Eh? Who is this? " As she spoke, Li Xuemei's eyes suddenly lit up. As if she found a treasure, she noticed Ayesha hiding next to Jiang Chen.
A foreigner's face was something new to her since she had never been out of the country.
"I'm Jiang Chen's … secretary." Because of her nervousness, Ayesha almost bit her tongue.
Secretary?
Jiang Chen paused for a moment. This was different from what they agreed on. Looking at the pretty face that was almost bleeding, he facepalmed. He finally understood why Ayesha suddenly changed her mind.
He didn't expect that at the last moment, this girl would have stage fright …
But it was good that he didn't have to be "interrogated" by the two elders.
"Secretary?" Li Xuemei looked at her son, confused.
Why would he bring a secretary home? She thought it was her son's wife. Although he was a foreigner, she didn't reject him. Instead, she was proud of her son.
After all, they grew up during the reform and opening up. In the eyes of the people of that era, marrying a foreign wife was undoubtedly a very honorable thing.
"I'm just an assistant at work. The company had been busy recently, and because of the work, she could only come back with me. Her name is Ayesha, UA, "Jiang Chen explained.
Although strictly speaking, Ayesha was from Syria, considering the negative news in that place, Jiang Chen didn't mention her real hometown, fearing that the old man would overthink. The green card was made by an acquaintance of Robert's, so it wasn't wrong to say that he was an American.
When Li Xuemei heard Jiang Chen's explanation, she smiled at Ayesha and enthusiastically held her hand. "Come in, the house is a little messy, I hope you don't mind."
"No, nothing," Ayesha blushed.
"Our Chen 'er has always been like this. Since young, she's always been rather wooden towards girls …"
"Cough cough! Mom, how can you expose your son's past like this? "Jiang Chen coughed and quickly stopped his mother from continuing.
Although Jiang Chen was embarrassed, Ayesha's face showed an interested expression.
"What do you mean expose my past!" After scolding Jiang Chen, Li Xuemei immediately greeted Ayesha with a smile. "Shasha, Auntie should tell you, Chen has been more honest since he was a child. This is the first time he brought a girl home."
"Shasha? Umm, isn't the spelling of a foreign name — "Jiang Chen wanted to correct his mother's common sense mistake, but Ayesha didn't mind.
She seemed to be very interested in the nickname "Shasha."
"First time?" Ayesha's face showed a slightly shy expression.
"Mhmm!" Li Xuemei nodded. Of course, she understood Ayesha's expression. She wanted to have a grandson as soon as possible, so she enthusiastically held Ayesha's hand and cheerfully continued, "Let me tell you, when he was young …"
Seeing the "mother-in-law and daughter-in-law" walking into the room, a sincere smile also appeared on Jiang Chen's face.
Although he was a bit worried that his mother would expose his "dark history," when he thought of the happy expression on her face, he suddenly felt that it didn't matter.
As long as her mother was happy.
…
Ayesha helped Li Xuemei as the two prepared dinner in the kitchen.
Speaking of food, it was necessary to mention a small incident that happened between her and Jiang Chen.
In the beginning, Jiang Chen still had some concerns about Ayesha's faith, so he specifically asked the organic food company that delivered the vegetables (since he could afford the mansion, he naturally couldn't go to the market to buy vegetables) not to deliver pork.
Until one day, when Ayesha brought Jiang Chen a pizza with ham, the misunderstanding about pork was finally resolved.
Based on Ayesha's explanation, when she became Jiang Chen's woman, she had already violated the doctrine. She automatically gave up her identity as a follower, so the food taboo naturally didn't exist. But compared to pork, she still preferred beef and lamb. It was purely because of her eating habits and not because of any taboo.
After witnessing her parents die in the hands of a fanatical follower, she already had doubts about her faith. Therefore, she didn't feel repulsed by becoming an atheist like her husband. Especially after living in this highly secular country for a period of time, she had gradually gotten used to this kind of life where she only lived for one person.
In her daily life, Ayesha's change could be observed, it was just that Jiang Chen neglected it. For example, if she was a follower, she needed to worship five times a day, but Ayesha never worshiped at home.
Seeing that Ayesha and her mother had such a harmonious relationship, Jiang Chen left the time to the mother-in-law and went downstairs alone.
Downstairs, he met Dagger and Miao Jun who were leaning against the Santana and chewing on their lunch boxes.
"Do you want to go up and eat?" Looking at the two pitiful people, Jiang Chen invited them with a smile.
Miao Jun seemed to want to agree, but Dagger shook his head.
"There is discipline in the organization. Just pretend we don't exist."
Jiang Chen shrugged and didn't insist.
"Whatever you want, but I don't understand. You guys standing so conspicuously downstairs … Is it really okay?"
Hearing this, Dagger grinned.
"What do you think? Agents should be hiding in the bushes? That's an assassin, not a bodyguard. "
Jiang Chen laughed, waved his hand, and walked in the direction of the square.
Dagger continued to eat the Yuxiang shredded pork rice in the plastic box.
"Don't you need to follow?" Miao Jun already finished eating. He stuffed the garbage into the trash can and clapped his hands.
Although the movement of eating was frightening, Dagger chewed slowly. He swallowed the food in his mouth and said slowly.
"No need. This community is safe. "
Miao Jun paused for a moment before he reacted and awkwardly smiled.
"The people up here didn't even tell us-"
"Because it doesn't need to be said." Dagger interrupted his partner and said emotionlessly. He licked the food box clean and threw it into the trash can. "So I said, you still have a lot to learn."
The VIP was already protected, how could the security of their relatives be neglected?
If someone dared to do anything here, it would be the same as running into the muzzle of a gun.
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