Although I was mad, I still pulled myself together to cook for my mother-in-law and Lanhua. After all, it was the first time that my mother-in-law travelled so far away from home and visited her son.
While I was cooking, my husband showed them around the house, even the bedroom. After they were done, my husband sneaked in the kitchen and asked me if I wasn’t happy.
I hissed, “What do you think?”
He kissed me and whispered, “I knew you are not happy. Don’t worry. I have nothing to do with Lanhua at all. My mother just takes her out for fun. After all, she has sacrificed a lot these years. If it were not for her, I wouldn’t have got a chance to go to college. You are my only love. Cheer up.”
I rolled my eyes. I couldn’t kick her out of my house anyway. Besides, she was a family of my husband’s, which I should respect.
Dinner time pa.s.sed by. Around 10 pm, since I didn’t want to listen to chitchats of my husband, my mother-in-law and Lanhua, so I said, “Mom, You must be tired by travelling for a long time. You should go to sleep.”
She agreed but then said, “I am tired but excited. Xiaojing, you and Lanhua sleep in one room. Xiaobao and I sleep in the other. I need to talk to him.”
I was shocked by what she said.
My husband was shocked too and hold my arm, “Mom, we can talk tomorrow. You and Lanhua sleep in that room and we are going to sleep in our bedroom.”
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My mother-in-law was not satisfied, “Why? You can’t leave her for just one night? I am your mother. You used to spend every second with me. Now you are abandoning me? I wouldn’t share a room with if I had something important to say to you. You are going to sleep in my room. I need to talk to you!”
My husband looked at me and intent to refuse.
Lanhua pressed my arm and whispered to my husband, “Listen to your mom. Xiaojing and I can sleep in one room. Your mother misses you every day. Now you two should spend more time together. Besides, she really does have something important to say to you.”
I got rid of my husband and Lanhua’s hands, gave an angry stare at my mother-in-law, then walked into a bedroom. Things between us were getting intense like a bomb.
My husband followed and closed the door, whispered, “Don’t be mad. I will sleep in my mother’s room. You should understand that we haven’t seen each other for one year. She seems to have really important things to say to me. From tomorrow on, I will do whatever you say!”
I was so angry and threatened my husband with tears in my eyes, “If you and your mother sleep in a room, you will never sleep with me!”
He looked at the doorway and begged, “Please. She is my mother. We used to sleep in one room and chat lying in bed when I was little. Jing, please stop torturing me. It is just first day. I don’t want to fight with her. ”
He left and walked into her mother’s room after a while. I lied on the bed, having tears in my eyes while biting the duvet. Lanhua walked in on tiptoe, closed the door, and lied down on the other side of the bed.
After a long moment, Lanhua rolled over and touched me, “Jing, are you mad with mom? She has a tough life and spends her entire life on Xiaobao. She always talks that Xiaobao like being around with her, Xiaobao’s favorite food, his favorite drink, and his childhood. Now they want to spend more time together. You should understand.”
I wiped my tears and made myself sound normal, “Lanhua, you miss him too, don’t you?”
Without hesitation, she answered, “I really do.”
At that moment, I had doubts about my marriage, and I even saw a crack between us. In love, there were just him and me. In marriage, there were more than him and me. I was so stupid not to think it through before I decided to marry him.