Chapter 878 – #97. Lanna (38)
It was a rewarding look that he spent all day decorating.
Her mother, reflected in her mirror, has regained her youthful beauty after 20 years.
She had her makeup done by a professional, and her hair was also freshly set, so there are things like that, but considering her age, it was a ridiculous rejuvenation.
“You didn’t take a close look at your hair because you were going to get your nails done, right?”
“Yeah…I did. And you didn’t let me see it. See you later when you’re done.”
“Thanks to that, I can be surprised right now. How do you like it? You’ve become very pretty, right?”
People can be so different depending on how they decorate and how much money they spend.
She should have taken care of her mother first.
I felt ashamed that I could take care of her mother properly only with the help of her husband.
However, her mother said that this was all thanks to me and was putting a lot of gold on her face.
I’m sorry for myself, and I don’t have the face to see her face.
“I wonder if I’m being too arrogant at my age… But I think my friends will scoff at me if I do this. I’m saying I’m acting too extravagant at my old age. I’m worried that I’ll show off.”
No matter what you say, if you look at the expression, you will never dislike it.
After all, her mother is a woman who wants to decorate her foundation.
“What if you look sloppy? Who’s looking at you?”
“No no. I’m just noticing. It reminds me of when I didn’t live.”
“Don’t notice it. It’s a bad habit. If your mother is lacking something, she notices others.”
“You know, you know. But I’ve lived like that all my life, and it’s hard to change right away.”
Mom talked to her but she couldn’t take her eyes off the mirror.
She seemed to like her changed version of herself.
Looking at her now, her mother’s appearance was a beautiful woman.
It seemed possible for her to meet a new man.
“I think this will be enough to cover 15 years of age or less?”
“Oh, look at him. What are you talking about?”
“Even if a guy approaches you saying you’re pretty, don’t date anyone. If she’s like a mother, she’s good enough to cling to.”
“Ho-ho-ho!”
Lanna’s mother smiles broadly at Lanna’s book.
“Even if it’s not because of this incident, let’s do this often with me from now on.”
“Really? You’re busy. Will you be okay?”
“I left the company to a professional manager, so I’ve been unemployed for two years. I have a lot of time in the future. Spending time with my mom like this is more fun than I thought.”
“Really? Expect me?”
“Yes. It’s true.”
Her mother promised her to spend her time with her again, and she was satisfied.
“A trip? Of course you can go. Where do you want to go?”
“There are so many places I want to go!!”
While talking excitedly with her mother, her mother began to doubt again if there was something on her mind.
“Are you building this up to have her mom nurse her?”
“When did I ever let my mom take care of me? Her nanny is there, and I’m fine, so why would I have her mom do it?”
Her first one was helped by her mother, but from the second her nanny was there so she didn’t need her mother’s help.
She rather remembers that she often stopped by her house because her mother wanted to see her kids.
“But… It’s because your attitude is so strange. Why are you so nice to me? Is this because of meeting your father?”
“Can’t I be nice to my mother?”
“It’s not like that, but the picky kid has become too kind and I can’t adapt.”
If you just do well, they will accept you as you do well, but you say useless things.
She said pouting her lips.
“Mistress, it’s because she’s pregnant, why!”
“Well, when my mom got pregnant, her personality changed dramatically. Since you’re all twins, it’s probably worse. I hope you stay pregnant.”
“Delicious!”
“Ah! He almost fell. It’s a surprise.”
“Hey? Make me a little sister? It’s going to be a genealogy.”
I wonder who is not a mother and daughter.
It was the same for both of them to make a fuss.
“But Mom, isn’t she really going to keep coming home to help with childcare?”
As far as she could see, if she was a mother, she was the kind of person she would be.
They said they would never look at me right away, but it was clear that their thoughts would change once the children were born.
“Really, don’t want to get help from mom? There are three of them. Of course mom has to help. Thanks to her daughter, she’s doing well, and she’ll give you that much. How good is it? Seeing her grandchildren and seeing her live well.”
The happy mother boasted that she could take care of her grandchildren.
Thanks to her husband, her mother’s body became as healthy as rejuvenated, but she did not want to suffer for herself again.
Even without being forced to decorate like this, her mother, who had beauty only with her pure appearance, did not sell her youth to grow herself.
“Mom.”
Lanna stood behind her mother’s back looking in her mirror, placing her hands on each of her shoulders.
And she said what she most wanted to say, with her mother behind her back.
“I’ll be cheering you on… So do well.”
“Yes. I’ll do my best.”
Her mother had a pretty smile like a girl’s.
Her smile seemed to melt away her worries.
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After hearing her daughter and son-in-law say she was pretty dozens of times, she got into the car and moved to the meeting place.
She said, ‘Did she say she’s very old?’
She is a person I haven’t seen in a long time, so I wonder how she has changed.
She didn’t show her off to her daughter, but she was very embarrassed when the story of her ex suddenly came out of her child’s mouth.
It was because she was someone I thought she would never see in the future.
‘My feelings have already been burnt to ashes… There’s no way they’ll ignite just because we meet again.’
She told her daughter that she would come back with whatever she wanted to say, but the words she kept inside her had already turned to ashes and she had long since been buried.
‘Let’s meet and talk about how we live, then brag about her daughter and son-in-law and then part ways.’
Besides that, she didn’t want to talk about anything else, nor did she intend to.
However, she unexpectedly thought that she would like to see her face once to see how he changed when he said that she could meet him.
“Phew…!”
What’s so great about it that my heart starts beating fast…
Arriving at her appointment, she was told she had arrived first, and she took a deep breath as she entered the door.
Click-!
The door opens…
She was speechless for a moment when she saw the man in front of her eyes.
When she first met, she thought a lot about what to say, but it was difficult for her to find words to say.
Her ex-husband was also swallowing dry saliva with a nervous expression on his face.
She closed her door and sat in her chair as she managed her expression.
“…”
“…”
Silence ensues, no one has to say first.
She looked at her husband’s face carefully and said.
“Long time no see.”
“Umm…It’s been a while.”
“It’s been a really long time, isn’t it? You’ve changed a lot.”
“You… Are still the same.”
“Are you really still?”
How much money did you spend on your appearance for today?
Perhaps it is much more beautiful now than in the past.
At that time, even if I wanted to decorate my appearance, I didn’t have time to do so.
“Yes. I am very old. My hair is gray and I have many wrinkles.”
“I will. Even dye my hair and come out. Doesn’t your wife take care of it?”
“I said I didn’t like it.”
“It’s the first time we’ve seen each other in a few decades, didn’t you hate dressing up?”
Even when he was young, he was a stubborn person, but as he got older, his stubbornness increased.
“I wanted to show the way I was.”
Certainly, this man seems to have changed a lot, but nothing has changed.
Even when he was young, he was a person who was honest and had a lot of weight rather than decorating himself.
“Is it because I think I’ll get sick to my stomach if I live too well? That’s why I purposely tried to look ugly. I want to be less scolded by me.”
“It’s not like that.”
I know it’s not.
He didn’t know that he was that kind of person and didn’t get married.
Still, isn’t this level of grumbling possible?
Considering the hardships I went through because of this person, I have to accept this.
“If you’re old, you should be less stubborn. That’s how you can eat. I wouldn’t have kept it a secret about coming out here. I don’t think he would have liked going out like this.”
“Fortunately, I can live on my own. I also have money to earn.”
Seeing that he didn’t reply to the words that the woman would not have liked it, it seemed that there was something there.
It was his style to keep his mouth shut when he was about to lie.
“…Is the woman good to you now?”
“Well… I’m just living by myself.”
It can be seen that each word is carefully spoken.
She calmly accepted her husband’s consideration and spat out what she wanted to say in earnest.
“I’m not just living a decent life, I’m living a very good life. I have a daughter and a son-in-law, so I’m living a luxurious life.”
“The son-in-law I saw then was a very healthy young man.”
“That’s right. I’m saying this on purpose to make you sick to your stomach, but I have a lot of money. And he takes care of me so much that one day he even gives me travel tickets to go on a trip with my friends.”
As her son-in-law and daughter-in-law came out of her mouth, it started to come out as if an oil field had exploded.
Having had the experience of bragging about what her son-in-law and daughter had done to her friends, her tongue was smooth.
Her ex-husband listened to her bragging quality more calmly than he thought.
If she had made it sound like she didn’t want to hear it, she would have been angry.
That much was worth listening to.
“My son-in-law painted me from head to toe with money just because I was here today. I told him not to look ugly in front of you.”
“You’re pretty even without makeup.”
“Still, I’ve decorated it properly like this, so please give me a compliment. That’s how it’s worth spending money on. Anyway, I don’t notice.”
It must be difficult for people not to change like this…
She said hastily, as if she wanted to hear her direct words.
“Ah! I’m sorry. I’m not conscious… I’m old with the years, but you seem to have passed the years. Your expression is so much brighter, it reminds me of your old smile.”
“There’s nothing to frown on these days.”
“I’m sorry. Did you go through a lot because of me?”
“I don’t want to think about that issue. It’s already in the past. At that time, all the emotions were burned and turned into ashes.”
“Lanna doesn’t seem to be like that.”
When the story of Lanna came out of her ex-husband’s mouth, she let out a sigh of her own accord.
