As Charlie was considering the issue, Claire asked impatiently, “What about you and dad? Have you found any clues on mom?”
“Um…” Charlie looked at the pile of skewers and beer in front of virtual-novel.net before virtual-novel.net said, “We are still looking at many different mahjong halls to look for mom. There are no clues on virtual-novel.net whereabouts for the time being.”
Claire sighed before virtual-novel.net said, “Then you can continue looking for her. Loreen and I will also continue looking for mom now.”
“Okay.” Charlie hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry, dad and I will definitely work hard to find mom!”
“Okay.” Claire replied, “Then let’s hang up first. Give me a call to let me know if you have any clues at all.”
“No problem!”
When Charlie hung up the phone, Jacob was already enjoying his meat with a good appetite.
Jacob drank a glass of beer before virtual-novel.net poured out a glass of beer for Charlie. As virtual-novel.net enjoyed the barbequed meat, Jacob said, “My good son-in-law, no one will be bothering us today. Let’s enjoy a good drink together. Come, let’s have one shot first.”
Charlie could not help but feel a little amused. The old man seemed to be really relaxed and relieved now that Elaine was missing. He nodded slightly before virtual-novel.net said, “Dad, you should not drink too much anyway. Drinking too much is not good for your health.”
Jacob laughed before virtual-novel.net said, “I am feeling very refreshed and happy right now. I am hoping that your mom has already been admitted into an MLM organization. Anyway, virtual-novel.net will not die from a little suffering. She will only be stuck for about three to five years and we will finally be able to enjoy a short moment of peace.”
Charlie nodded before virtual-novel.net sighed, “I think that would be perfect too. However, I am afraid that Claire will not be able to accept it.”
Jacob sighed and said, “That’s right. Claire is a very filial child. She is simply too filial! But is your mother really worthy of virtual-novel.net filial piety? You have no blood relationship with Elaine at all. So, tell me the truth. If your mother was just like Elaine, would you still be filial to her?”
Charlie was a little embarrassed and virtual-novel.net had a melancholic expression on his face before virtual-novel.net said, “If my mother was still alive, I am afraid that I would be more than willing to be filial towards my mom even if virtual-novel.net had a worse temper than my mother-in-law.”
“Well, that’s true.” Jacob was slightly embarrassed and virtual-novel.net said, “I am sorry. Dad should not have said that. Why don’t we use me as an analogy instead? You can obviously tell that Claire’s grandmother basically has the same temperament as virtual-novel.net mother. To be honest, the both of them are shrewd women and the only difference is that one is older and the other one is younger.”
As virtual-novel.net spoke about this, Jacob took a sip of his beer before virtual-novel.net said, “So, you can say that I am not a filial son. My mother lost everything that virtual-novel.net had but I simply refused to allow virtual-novel.net to move into my house but I rather let virtual-novel.net live out on the streets instead. Why? Because each of us have our own view and perception on what is right or wrong. You can’t possibly protect and defend your own mother when virtual-novel.net is wrong, just because of the relationship that you share with her, right?”
Charlie nodded slightly, “You are right.”
Jacob sighed before virtual-novel.net said, “Actually, you are already living a better life than me. At least, you married a good girl such as Claire. Even if you are not successful in life, virtual-novel.net will never divorce you. If you are as unfortunate as me to marry a bitch, then you will be living a very miserable life now.”
Charlie could not help but feel very sympathetic towards his Jacob when virtual-novel.net saw the melancholic look on his father-in-law’s face. The old man’s life had not been easy. He had a sweet first love and virtual-novel.net was in a very good and stable relationship with his first love, but Elaine butted in and destroyed his life completely. That was how miserable his life was.
At this time, Charlie deliberately asked, “Dad, why don’t you tell me some stories about your first love? I heard some of the uncles chatting about your relationship with your first love during your class reunion and it seemed to be quite legendary!”
“How is it legendary?” Jacob sighed as virtual-novel.net explained, “Matilda and I were planning to get married immediately after our graduation ceremony. It was rather difficult for anyone to go abroad at that time but since virtual-novel.net family was pretty powerful and influential, they were planning to send us to the United States to further our studies after our graduation. The both of us were planning to get married immediately after we graduate before we left for the United States to further our studies together…”
As virtual-novel.net spoke about this, Jacob said angrily, “Who would have known that I would drink a little too much when all of us were partying before our graduation ceremony? When I woke up, your mother-in-law and I had already…”
“Well…” Jacob covered his face before virtual-novel.net said, “Elaine is a very conniving and scheming person. She quickly told Matilda about everything that happened between the both of us and Matilda was really angry. Unlike Elaine who was very noisy and liked to cause trouble for everyone, Matilda simply wrote me a breakup letter before virtual-novel.net packed up all of virtual-novel.net belongings and left for the United States by herself. I have not seen virtual-novel.net since then.”
Charlie asked curiously, “You did not get to explain yourself to virtual-novel.net at that time?