”I just didn’t want to see Lulu go down the wrong path and I certainly didn’t want her to go through the same hardships that I have.
“Then again, I've fallen so ill this time. After this surgery, I've become more open-minded. The future generation can find their own happiness. Sometimes, what we think as parents can only represent us, not her.
“There's also no guarantee that she'll be happy, so it's better to let go and let her do whatever she likes and love whoever she wants to love. Whether she'll be happy or not in the future, at least there are no regrets."
Mama Katz paused, then she looked at Lucy with a gentle smile.
"Besides, Lulu is now a grown woman. She's no longer the little girl who needs to ask my opinion on everything. So regarding your marriage, as long as she agrees to it and she likes it, that's enough. Nothing else matters."
When Lucy heard this, her eyes instantly turned red.
She was so touched that she reached out and hugged her mother.
"Mom..."
Mama Katz laughed.
Standing at the side, Joel was also touched.
Moved, he said, "Aunty, I promise you that I will be good to Lulu in the future. You can supervise me from the side, and if I do anything to hurt her, you can always punish me."
Mama Katz smiled as she said, "Tsk, and you’re still calling me Aunty?"
Lucy raised her head. Her small face was flushed red with shame while she shot him a look.
"Silly, you should change how you address her."
Only then did Joel react. His face was also a little red but he happily shouted, "Mom!"
"Good, good."
After that, Mama Katz went back to her room, took out her luggage, and packed two big red envelopes for the two of them.
With a smile, she said, "I don't have anything to give you both at this moment. Speaking of which, you have yourselves to blame for telling me this so suddenly that I don’t even have time to prepare a wedding gift. Just accept these two red envelopes as my wish for your everlasting happiness and blissful marriage."
They both smiled and accepted it.
Joel was in a particularly good mood, he arranged for the maids to go about their own business. He also arranged for the family doctor to come over and do a checkup for Mama Katz.
He told Mama Katz, "If you need to do a checkup in the future, you don't need to go to the hospital. Just make a phone call and the doctor will come to your door."
Mama Katz was a little embarrassed. "Would that be too much trouble?"
Joel replied, "It's not troublesome at all. They are all family doctors and this is part of their service."
With that said, Mama Katz smiled and accepted.
Everyone joked and laughed all afternoon. Then in the evening, the new chef made them a sumptuous dinner as a celebration.
As they took into account that Mama Katz had just been discharged from the hospital, she could not eat too much meat, greasy or spicy food, so the dishes during the dinner were light and refreshing.
Lucy even went to open a bottle of wine. Mama Katz could not drink, but she did not stop them from drinking.
She just nagged at Lucy.
"You're not a good drinker, drink less."
Lucy stuck out her tongue with a smile. Joel too smiled and said, "It's okay, we’re at home today, so even if you're drunk, it's fine."
Mama Katz joked, "Watch out, you might spoil her."
Lucy immediately scrunched up her nose in displeasure.
"Mom, who has spoiled me? You talk as if I'm so insensible."
Mama Katz pressed her lips and smiled in amusement.
"Fine, fine. You‘re the most sensible."
He then smiled pleasingly at Natalie and said, "Fine, fine. It's fine if he doesn't come back. Is dinner ready? Let me see what we're having today."
After he said that, he walked towards the dining hall.
Natalie's eyes darkened as she watched him leave evasively.
In the end, she did not continue this topic and followed him.
That evening, after dinner, Lucy took her mother for a walk around the garden.
On the other hand, Joel went upstairs to the study. Now that the two of them were legally married, they did not need to avoid anything, so he would stay over that night.
After Lucy accompanied her mother for a walk, she returned to her room.
When she saw that no one was in the bedroom, she knew that Joel must still be in the study.
Lucy then turned around and walked towards the study.
In the meantime, in the study, Joel was concentrating on drawing something on the computer.
Joel was different from his elder brother, John. Since he was a child, John was considered the type of child that was like someone else's kid.
He was excellent at everything he did and could do everything exceptionally well. Whether it was EQ or IQ, they were all top-notch, and only a few could match him.
Therefore, from a young age, Joel knew that he could not compare to his brother in this regard.
It was a good thing that he never wanted to compare either.
Moreover, their interests and directions were completely different.
For instance, after John graduated from college, he went to work in the family's company at their father's request.
In the past, Joel had also asked his brother privately if he was ever dissatisfied with their father’s arrangement.
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