The sweetest in the entertainment industry

Chapter 289 Silk Mat
Lu Nanting was still a little dazed when he was shaken awake.

Before Gu Lanxi could explain what was going on, Zhang Ruolan called.

Lu Nanting answered the call, but before he could even speak, he was met with a barrage of insults.

The gist of it is that the elderly mother, thinking that it was her son and daughter-in-law's first time staying here after their marriage, specially brought out her most treasured items for them to use. However, her eldest son, being a bit of a rascal, ruined them on the very first day.

It wouldn't matter if it were anything else, but it was her dowry prepared by her grandfather when he was alive. Because it carried the deep affection between grandfather and granddaughter, it had a different meaning for her.

Gu Lanxi was extremely embarrassed, and the letter in her hand felt like it was burning hot.

Lu Nanting seemed to have a good attitude, constantly apologizing and then comforting his mother:
“Things are inanimate objects, but people are living beings. Mom, please be kinder to me! Why didn’t we have any red paper at home? I had to search the whole house in the middle of the night, and after searching for ages, I had no other choice but to come up with this idea. Besides, I didn’t know this thing was so precious! You know, when you got married, I wasn’t even born yet!”

Zhang Ruolan loves to look pretty and can't stand the words "old man," so she scolded him again before hanging up the phone.

The youngest son and eldest grandson are the old lady's lifeblood, and Lu Nanting is truly pampered. Regarding the cushion, Zhang Ruolan only said, "Don't mess things up in the future," and didn't say anything more.

Lu Nanting sat on the bed wrapped in a blanket, and couldn't help but laugh as soon as he put down his phone:
“When I was little, I was naughty and broke her blue and white porcelain plum vase, but she didn’t have the heart to beat me. She just said she was going to beat me.”

Seeing that he could still laugh, Gu Lanxi tried to hold back, but she couldn't help it anymore:
"If we have a child in the future and it breaks something you care about, will you be angry?"

"That depends on what it is."

Lu Nanting threw off the covers, got up, and put on some clothes.

"You know what it is? This was the dowry that Great-Grandfather prepared for Mother!"

Seeing how angry she was, Lu Nanting was a little confused: "You would prepare a lot of these things..."

For families like theirs, the dowry list for a daughter's marriage is incredibly long.

Many of these items are daily necessities that my daughter will use after her marriage. They were originally meant for her. If we have to be careful with every single item, how can we live our lives?
Gu Lanxi ignored him and left the bedroom.

Lu Nanting quickly followed, explaining in a low voice, "The truly important things are always carefully stored away, like our token of love. It's been kept in a safe for so many years and we've never taken it out. Mom wasn't really angry..."

Mrs. Lu raised three sons, and each of them went through a mischievous phase. Compared to the trouble they had caused in the past, this matter was really insignificant.

In this regard, the two had different values, and Gu Lanxi couldn't force him to think the same way she did. She simply frowned and asked him:
"A token of love? What is that? I don't know anything about it."

"My university acceptance letter! You said that if I could get into my dream university, you would accept my advances and officially be with me. I confessed to you at Badaling on my eighteenth birthday, didn't I show it to you?"

"Shouldn't a token of love be something we both agree on? Besides, this thing belongs to you alone and has nothing to do with me, so how can it be considered a token of love between us?"

"What are you thinking? Do you think I could have passed the exam without you?"

"That's unlikely."

The two entered the living room, and Lu Nanting went straight to the kitchen: "Are you hungry? Let me see what I can make to fill your stomach."

"I'm too lazy to bother, it'll be lunchtime soon."

"There's lots of fruit in the fridge, would you like some?"

"It's too cold, I don't want to eat it."

"That's easy! I'll make some sweet soup. I happen to have some snow pears, so I'll add some dried tangerine peel strips; it's good for the throat."

There's still more than an hour until lunchtime; I can't just go hungry like this.

"Okay. Put in less sugar."

Seeing that she agreed, Lu Nanting went to the kitchen to get busy.

After he left, Gu Lanxi picked up the phone and called Zhang Ruolan.

"Mom, do you still have the pattern? Maybe if we find a skilled craftsman, we can weave the same one."

If your son makes a mistake, you should scold him promptly and tell him that what he did was wrong.

Zhang Ruolan was already used to doing this.

It wasn't until then that he sensed the guilt in Gu Lanxi's words and realized that he shouldn't have called to scold his son while Gu Lanxi was present.

Zhang Ruolan quickly said, "Oh dear, what's the big deal? Those three brothers were so naughty when they were little! They broke countless things. This is nothing, don't worry about it."

To verify the truth of her words, she also talked about many things from Lu Nanting's childhood.

He peed in Grandpa's antique vase, played hide-and-seek inside her haute couture dress, and even tore the hem of it! The most outrageous thing was—

"When he was thirteen or fourteen, he was obsessed with yo-yos. It was one thing for him to break his own vase, but he went to someone else's house and smashed a Ru kiln narcissus pot. The pot itself wasn't anything special, but the whole pot of narcissus, dozens of flower stalks, not a single one had even bloomed! He destroyed it all! His dad and I went to their house that very night to compensate them, but they didn't want the pot or the money, they just wanted the pot of narcissus. The whole winter! Our whole family was racking our brains every day trying to figure out how to grow narcissus, it was absolutely miserable! If you two have a son in the future, I'll definitely hire eight nannies for you. His destructive power is much stronger than a husky's. If you don't keep a close eye on him, anything can happen."

Zhang Ruolan was in a great mood. After comforting her daughter-in-law, she asked her about the lunch dinner. "It's at Grandpa's restaurant as usual, but not the main branch. It's the newly opened one, next to the Pearl River, where you can enjoy the river view."

"Yes, the new shop is more luxurious, more suitable for entertaining relatives. But to enjoy the river view, you have to go at night to see the Canton Tower; there's not much to see during the day."

"I play with my brothers and sisters tonight; the Gu family and the Zhang family all come."

Gu Lanxi is particularly good at integrating resources and connecting partners to achieve win-win results.

Their marriage established a kinship between their families.

If you want to cooperate, it will be even simpler.

Although they had already registered their marriage, they hadn't held a wedding banquet yet. The elders didn't want to appear too eager, so they arranged for the younger generation to test the waters first.

Lu Tai understood these things.

I gave her some tips on interpersonal communication before hanging up the phone.

Gu Lanxi finally had time to open the love letter.

Gently tearing open the heavy red heart, Gu Lanxi pulled out a letter from inside.

The full text is as follows:

A letter from the right person
My dearest baby:

I'll kiss you a thousand times and say good morning to you.

I've always regretted loving you in the wrong way when I was young.

I used to think that buying you bags, buying you jewelry, giving you everything I had was the best way to show love, but I later realized that wasn't the case.

True love means understanding what you want and then giving you what you want.

What you want, from beginning to end, is simply unwavering companionship.

Rather than someone who can take you to the top of the mountain, you'd rather have someone accompany you on the climb and stand side by side at the summit.

Rather than becoming "the CEO's woman," you'd rather be "the CEO himself."

You value sentiment more than material things.

So far, your favorite gift is the rose garden that I personally planted for you over six months.

You care whether I tell you when something happens, and you care what delicious food I eat but don't share with you.

Your love is always so subtle; I need to become a detective to understand it.

You are mostly silent, but once you open your mouth, I know you are highlighting the important points for me.

"Hmm" means "I understand," "I get it," or "I've remembered it."

“Hmm?” means “What’s wrong?”, “I’m confused”, or “I’m angry”.

"Hmm!" means "I'm happy," "I'm satisfied," or "I'm shy."

When I realized that I could guess what you wanted to say to me just by looking into your eyes, I was so excited I wanted to jump for joy!

Although you were very angry that time, and all you could see was "get out"...

Okay, the Earth is round.

Even if I roll around once, I'll still come back to you.

Wow, how can anyone in this world be so smart?

My beloved Lu Tiantian
[Date]

As Gu Lanxi watched, she suddenly burst out laughing.

Now you know why CEO Gu likes him, right?

More than flowery words, what she values ​​most is always the most genuine sincerity.

She prefers someone who understands her to a man who acts perfectly according to universal values ​​and only indulges in self-pity.

Lu Dingliu is really sweet when he's being sweet!