all is meant to be

Chapter 38

Mu Ruiming and Lingyang arrived in New York a few days before Christmas.

Lingyang's adoptive parents live in a suburban villa more than an hour's drive from Manhattan, and Lingyang himself has an apartment near Manhattan's Central Park.

Lingyang specially brought Mu Ruiming back a few days before Christmas, planning to take him to play for a few days first.

The apartment had been cleaned in advance and was clean and tidy.After the two arrived, they took a break and went out for dinner.

As night fell slowly, the streets of Manhattan were full of fireworks, and the Christmas decoration themes that could be seen from time to time in the windows on both sides of the street added to the festive atmosphere. The major shopping malls also tried their best to decorate and prepare, and stepped up promotional efforts, and the shopping malls were crowded with people.

Every household also decorated the front of the door in a unique way, shining brightly, competing for splendor.

The two walked to the front of the Rockefeller Center building, where a 22-meter-high giant Christmas tree was erected, and the Christmas tree was covered with thousands of colored lights.It was the first time Mu Ruiming saw such a big Christmas tree, and the two asked passersby to help them take a picture under the tree.

It was already freezing in Manhattan on Christmas Eve.After shopping around, the two decided to go back to the food court near Central Park to buy dinner and pack it back to the apartment.

Back at the apartment, the two enjoyed 2 dozen oysters brought back from the food court, a whole king crab, lobster rolls and banana chocolate millefeuille.

After eating, Mu Ruiming walked to the floor-to-ceiling windows of the living room, overlooking the Central Park. There was a brightly lit area that immediately attracted his attention.

Holding a glass of red wine, Ling Yang walked slowly to Mu Ruiming, followed his gaze, then handed the glass to him and said, "That's the famous Central Park Ice Rink."

"Is that the skating rink where the hero invites the heroine to skate in the movie "A Touch of Destiny"?" Mu Ruiming asked in surprise.

"Well, do you like this movie?" Lingyang asked

"Well, our teacher let us off in the college English class. It was about the hero and heroine who fell in love at first sight and gave the decision-making power of love to fate, but because of this, they missed each other's most precious ten years. walked together."

As Mu Ruiming said, he turned to look at Lingyang and continued.

"I was particularly impressed by a sentence in it. It was said by the heroine, If we're meant to meet again, then we'll meet again, I thought it was very romantic at the time."

Lingyang noticed that there were traces of chocolate cake on the corner of Mu Ruiming's mouth, so he lifted Mu Ruiming's chin, slightly lowered his head, licked the corner of his mouth and said, "I believe in fate, but I will not leave the decision to fate."

Mu Ruiming took a sip of red wine and said, "Well, it's a pity that the hero and heroine missed the most precious ten years, sheep, do you think that if there are real couples who have been separated for ten years and can finally be together?"

"Of course it's possible, haven't you and I been separated for more than 20 years!" Lingyang replied

"It's different...we were only so old at that time, how could you be in love with me at that time!" Mu Ruiming gave Lingyang a blank look and continued, "I think if you like me, why should you love me?" Separate, being able to separate means that we are not so in love..."

"Ten years is too long, how many things will happen, how many people will I meet again, after goodbye, it may be more like reuniting with old friends who haven't seen for many years! I think this kind of thing can only happen in film and television dramas, but romance does not It's true." Mu Ruiming said looking at the scenery outside the window.

"Well, let's not talk about this, I will take you there to skate tomorrow morning, it is too cold at night. Then we will go to the Metropolitan Museum, and the day after tomorrow we will go to the ballet "The Nutcracker"..." Ling Yang talked about his arrangement excitedly.

"I also want to go to the gallery street in CHELSEA. I heard that the art exhibitions there are often changed, and there will be different surprises every time I go there, which is much more interesting than the art museum!" Mu Ruiming said

"Well, let's go to the gallery street in CHELSEA the day after tomorrow, and then go to see "The Nutcracker" in the evening. Then we will spend Christmas Eve with my adoptive parents." Lingyang said

"Well, good." Mu Ruiming looked at Lingyang with a smile

On Christmas Eve, the two of them didn't get up until almost noon, packed up their things, had breakfast and lunch, and then drove to the villa of Lingyang's adoptive parents in the suburbs of Manhattan.

The Christmas atmosphere here is really strong and pure, which Mu Ruiming has never experienced in China.There are lights and festoons everywhere on the street, there are many tourists, and everything is full of vitality and magic.

After more than an hour's drive, the two arrived at the villa of Lingyang's adoptive parents.

The trail in front of the gate is very clean. There are small potted pine trees on both sides, and small red lanterns are hung on them. The fence at the gate is decorated with some pines and cypress leaves and pine cones, and a series of small lamp beads are wrapped around it. Flowers made of pines and cypresses and colorful bells are hung on the gates and windows, and there are rows of lighting decorations on the gate posts and on the roof. As long as the electricity is turned on at night, it will be a different scene.

It can be seen that the owner of the house has arranged it with care.

Lingyang watched Mu Ruiming look at the house curiously, and said to him with a smile: "My adoptive mother knew you were coming, so she specially arranged it. I have never seen her decorate it so grandly before Christmas."

"Uh..." Mu Ruiming became nervous: "I'm even more nervous when you say that..."

Lingyang smiled, took Mu Ruiming's hand and warmed it in his own, and said, "Don't be nervous, my adoptive parents are very nice, and they are looking forward to your arrival."

Ding dong - the door is open

It was Lingyang's adoptive mother who opened the door: "Hi, I'm Lingyang's mother. I often hear us talking about you. I finally saw a real person today. Come in quickly, it's cold outside."

Mu Ruiming looked at the woman in front of him whose figure was still the same as that of a girl, and whose age did not quite match her actual age, and said, "Hello, Auntie!"

Behind Lingyang's adoptive mother stood a blond man, who should be Lingyang's adoptive father. When Mu Ruiming was thinking about whether he should greet him in English, he only heard him say hello in awkward Chinese first.

"Hi, I'm Yangyang's adoptive father, you can call me devin, nice to meet you." After speaking, he gave Mu Ruiming a big hug.

Mu Ruiming was a little dazed, and after a while he said, "nicetomeetyou!"

Lingyang's adoptive mother smiled and said: "Lingyang's father can understand Chinese, and can speak a little simple Chinese. There is no problem in communication. You can speak Chinese with him directly..."

"Oh, okay." Mu Ruiming said with a little embarrassment

"Come in quickly, it's warm inside, come in and say." Lingyang's adoptive mother said enthusiastically.

Entering the living room, Lingyang helped Mu Ruiming take off his coat and hung it up.

Seeing a Christmas tree as high as one person with decorations in the corner of the living room, and several beautiful gift boxes under the tree, Mu Ruiming was thinking whether to take out the presents he brought right now, or put them under the Christmas tree too .

Lingyang's adoptive mother brought out the prepared hot cocoa, and handed a cup to Mu Ruiming. Mu Ruiming took a sip, and instantly felt warm in his stomach, and felt comfortable all over.

"Yangyang said you like chocolate, I think you will like this hot cocoa." Lingyang adoptive mother asked gently

"Well, it's delicious, thank you!" Mu Ruiming felt his heart warm up.

Looking at Lingyang at the side, Mu Ruiming asked in a low voice, "Should I take out the presents I prepared now, or put them under the Christmas tree first?"

"Don't be so cautious, just take it out now. My parents are very easy-going people. If it weren't for you, we would have a family meal at Christmas and open gifts for each other. In fact, Christmas is mainly Because of my father, my mother only spent Christmas with him after she married him." Ling Yang looked at Mu Ruiming who was blushing slightly and said

Mu Ruiming took out the prepared gifts, which were silk and tea unique to the south.

Lingyang's adoptive mother opened a package, and inside was a beautiful silk dress.

"Auntie, I heard from Lingyang that you are a dance artist. Only when I saw you today did I know how young you are. You have a good temperament and a good figure. I won't pick them. I probably talked to the salesperson. This is what she recommended. Yes, I don't know if you like it or not?" Mu Ruiming said

"Well, I like it so much. Silk products are only authentic if they come from my hometown!" Lingyang's adoptive mother said while comparing herself to her, feeling that this young man's mouth is really sweet.

Lingyang's adoptive father smiled and said, "It must look good in clothes!"

Mu Ruiming also brought a set of silk pajamas to Lingyang's adoptive parents.I brought several cans of premium green tea and a set of tea sets to Lingyang's adoptive father. Lingyang's adoptive father likes Chinese tea culture very much and was very happy to receive this gift.

"Rui Ming, Auntie and Uncle don't know what you like, so they prepared a few more. Yangyang, your Christmas presents are all under the Christmas tree. Hurry up and take Rui Ming to open them! Come over to have dinner after unpacking. !” Lingyang foster mother said

"Well, Auntie, you are too polite, thank you!" Mu Ruiming said shyly.

This is the first time I have received a gift from my elders on Christmas. In China, only my elders will prepare gifts for me on my birthday.

The gift included two identical sheepskin gloves and cashmere scarves, two pairs of new sports shoes of the same style but different sizes, a set of hand cream and a set of British brand sketch brushes that were not available in China.

Mu Ruiming unwrapped the gift carefully prepared by the elders, feeling happy and warm in his heart, and also felt a lot more at ease. He no longer felt as restrained as when he first met.

Christmas dinner is the classic roast turkey, smoked salmon, prosciutto drizzled with pomegranate sauce, corn chowder, fruit and vegetable salad, then Christmas pudding and chocolate cake, and of course red wine.

The dinner was prepared by Lingyang's adoptive father, and his adoptive mother helped him. While eating, Mu Ruiming exclaimed from the bottom of his heart that it was delicious, and praised it in a fancy way, which made the two hosts laugh from ear to ear. The boy liked it very much.

Mu Ruiming and Lingyang's family drank wine and ate Christmas dinner, and chatted happily until almost 11 o'clock, when they realized that it was snowing heavily outside the window.

As a southerner, Mu Ruiming rarely saw such a heavy snow, so he quickly put on his coat and dragged Ling Yang to the yard to enjoy it.

Flying snow all over the sky is extraordinarily romantic under the well-decorated Christmas scenery of every household.

Seeing Mu Ruiming's excited look and his frozen red nose and ears, Lingyang grabbed Mu Ruiming who was circling around, raised his head and stretched out his hands to catch the snowflakes, and hugged him, cupped his face and kissed his lip.

"Merry Christmas, Guobao, I love you..."

Tonight, the two will spend the night at Lingyang's adoptive parents' house, and the room has already been prepared for them.

Lying in the warm quilt, Lingyang said to Mu Ruiming: "Guobao, there is a Christmas performance in my training school tomorrow afternoon, I'm going to go, and I'll be back around dinner time. You sleep late and then get up , I told Nie Ying to ask her to accompany you for a walk during the day. There is a lighthouse nearby, and the scenery is not bad. There is also a market during Christmas. Remember to wear Christmas gloves and scarves when you go out, so as not to freeze gone."

After speaking, she placed a light kiss on the tip of Mu Ruiming's nose.

"Well, I see." Mu Ruiming sank into Lingyang's arms, thinking: I don't know if it will be embarrassing to see that little girl Nie Ying again.