"Hi Grandpa!" the two kids squealed with delight as they walked up to Zen.
"Oh, I'm very glad to see you two!" Zen said as he stretched out his arms. As he held them in a hug, there was only a doting look on his face.
Zen and Cynthia had been married for more than twenty years, and their relationship had always been nice and pleasant, almost perfect. But for some reason, they never had children of their own.
In the past, they had gone to countless hospitals to try and figure out what was wrong, but the doctors couldn't figure out why they couldn't have children. During that period of time, Cynthia was very uneasy and felt that she was a burden to Zen. She thought it was her own fault that she couldn't get Zen a baby.
Because of this, Cynthia became depressed. What's more, Zen didn't know how many pills she had taken, but in the end, all her efforts were in vain. No matter how hard they tried, they just couldn't get what they wanted dearly.
Eventually, Zen knew the truth that Cynthia had taken too many pills in order to have a baby.
It was the first time that they had quarreled since they got married.
As a saying goes, every kind of medicine has its side effects. Medicine is only good if it is prescribed by a doctor. However, out of desperation, Cynthia took too many without thinking of the possible side effects it could bring. Because of this, it greatly worried Zen.
It also came to a point where she wanted to get a divorce. She didn't want to be the reason for Zen not to have any children.
But Zen didn't agree.
It took him great efforts to marry Cynthia. She was the only woman he loved in his life, and nothing would ever change that for him. On top of that, he said that at least they could enjoy life as lovers as long as they liked.
They also had thought of adopting a child before, but they
s going to be.
In his eyes, Andrew was a bad man who just came to rob him of the dear daughter he almost never had.
But for Cynthia, as long as her son-in-law was nice to her daughter, that was enough for her, provided that his love was not fake, of course. A mother-in-law's satisfaction towards her son-in-law was enough for her to vouch for him.
That was what she was feeling now.
Cynthia had always been worried about her daughter's marriage. But seeing her family like this, relieved her a lot.
She had been worried that Ashley wouldn't find a good man who could take care of her. Finally, someone could do that job.
Based on experience, Cynthia knew clearly that Andrew really loved Ashley.
His heart was overflowing with love for her.
Cynthia sat next to Andrew and looked at him. "May I ask you where you are working now? What do you do for a living?" There was no denying that she already accepted Andrew. But she didn't want Ashley to be at a disadvantage when she got married to him. Besides, she also wanted to know if he wasn't from too far away.
'If Andrew's home is far from here, I won't be able to rush to Ashley if she gets into trouble, ' Cynthia thought, masking her worry with a smile.