My Husband is the Emperor : I Woke Up With a Husband

With her grandmother, Li Lian walked out of the building when she recalled Xie Hue Lin’s words of how there would be an important announcement. Her hand that hold her grandmother’s hand slightly raised for her grandmother to have a better hold. "Grandma, I heard that there would be an important announcement made today?"

Li Lian watched how Senior Mrs. Xie’s expression upon the mention grew uncomfortable. "You will know later," said her grandmother to then quickly change the conversation, "but could you stay with me the whole day?"

"Of course I will, today I will only escort you grandma," Li Lian answered for the woman’s smile to widen. They continued to walk down the corridor when Li Lian saw the door on her right side was opened and from the door came out a woman dressed in a flower pattern dress which tightly accented her hourglass figure.

Li Lian, who didn’t first seen the woman’s face could only think it must be Xie Family’s acquaintance as she came out from one of the room in second floor and not bellow where the party was about to start.

When the woman turned her face, she narrowed her eyes on Li Lian for Li Lian to look at the woman with a narrowing expression in exchange. The woman was none other than Mrs. He, He Chang Min’s mother. The woman was past her forty but she kept her beautiful body shape regardless of her age. Her face didn’t show her age, she looked younger almost in her thirties there was an air of coldness in the woman which make her harder to approach but Li Lian saw the woman with her eyes colder.

"Grandmother Xie," greeted Mrs. He with a smile to the old woman, "I heard you were having a talk and was on my way to greet you." Her eyes were directed only to Senior Mrs. Xie, forgetting Li Lian as if she was the air the woman thought her to be.

"Mrs. He, did you come alone? I am glad to see you after a long time, thank you for taking care of Hue Lin," her grandmother answered. Li Lian stopped only to hold her grandmother’s hand but she didn’t expect to meet Mrs. He here.

Using the chance, Li Lian observed the woman’s features closely, seeing how that she did look like a Japanese but then again it was often hard to differentiate between a Chinese or Japanese solely on the features.

"That should be my words, grandmother Xie, Chang Min had been taken care by Hue Lin very much I am very glad to have her as my daughter in law in the future." On the words, Senior Mrs. Xie’s face turned harden and she shifted her eyes to Li Lian, hoping she wouldn’t feel sad to see how Li Lian smiled and felt assured.

"Chang Min asked if he could stay in the house for a few days and I told him he could. They are both adult who are engaged on each other in thoughts of marry. I think it would be fine now that Chang Min stay often in this house," amused Mrs. He who seemed to be keen on getting He Chang Min and Xie Hue Lin staying under the same roof.

"That would be fine, they are as you say adults and I am sure they know what to do and not to do before marriage," Senior Mrs. Xie pressed her words. She believed that sleeping before marriage was unorthodox and something one shouldn’t do as she came from an older generation the beliefs were still with her without knowing how her youngest granddaughter had broken her words.

"Of course," Mrs. He agreed with a pleasant smile on her lips. "I only hope no one could get in between their relationship," saying this, Li Lian know where the woman had directed her words to and it was her.

Senior Mrs. Xie also noticed the woman’s tone and where it was directed. "There should not be any problem in the matter of someone coming in between them. They are couple who chose each other out of their own will and love, as long as they still hold the same feeling for each other, promising to be faithful to one another, this insecurities shall never happen," Senior Mrs. Xie stared straight at Mrs. He’s eyes. 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

"However if it did happened, we should not blame on anyone. A weak bond is better break faster than later," completed her grandmother without letting Mrs. He to continue berating her granddaughter. The words had Li Lian to stare at her grandmother with a smile.

As the grandmother with two granddaughter, Senior Mrs. Xie love her granddaughters equally. She decided to brush off the fact that He Chang Min had chosen Xie Hue Lin after being engaged with Li Lian which had the old woman in displease. But after seeing Xie Hue Lin’s happiness, Senior Mrs. Xie could not impose her anger by demanding them to break their engagement either.

Senior Mrs. Xie accepted the engagement, but at the same time, she wouldn’t allow Mrs. He to insinuate Li Lian would try to come in between the couple when in the past the otherwise had happened. Li Lian was a person with pure heart and Senior Mrs. Xie know this far better than anyone in the family. To look down on her granddaughter would be the last thing she would ever forgive.

There was an impending silence which came after Senior Mrs. Xie’s words. Mrs. He had never expected the old woman would answer they was she did, believing that she would be on her side as her granddaughter would soon be married to her son.

The woman was quick to then put a smile. "Of course, that was an if and I believe there would never come the future where they have to break their engagement. I think it is time for my son to come, I will come again once I have met him, excuse me," Mrs. He who hadn’t gave any glance at Li Lian made an eye contact before she turned from the place and when their eyes met, an expression of grim flitted over the older woman’s face before they left which proved how much Mrs. He hated her as she did in the past.