travel starts with photography

Like many foreigners who had just arrived in China, Hedwig was also surprised that China's cities were so beautiful.

In fact, except for those countries that are more hostile to China and will deliberately release some propaganda to discredit China's image, in most countries, people simply do not want to understand an oriental country thousands of miles away.

Is China an ancient civilization?

Yes.

Is it developing rapidly?
Yes.

But what does it have to do with us?

Hedwig had watched many travel videos introducing China on YouTube, but when she actually arrived there, she still felt that the bustle was completely different from that of Paris.

Especially when Chen Xing took him to the supermarket downstairs, there were people in every space in such a big supermarket. After choosing for a long time, someone would come up to introduce products to you. This made Hyde very difficult to adapt.

I still don't understand what they are saying.

If she came alone, she would definitely hide at home every day.

Fortunately, she has met Chen Xing now. Chen Xing always chooses to take her with him when he goes out. When Hedwig has her boyfriend by her side, she will not be as restrained as when she is alone, but she still looks introverted.

August 18th, there are only two days left until Zhou Peng’s wedding.

Chen Xing took Hedwig back to the New Territories.

Compared with Chengdu, the New Territories is a village that cannot be any smaller. There are no tall buildings. The entire town has only two main roads, and the surrounding area is full of six- or seven-story buildings.

Chen Xing's parents were here, but Hedwig was not yet aware that an ugly daughter-in-law had to meet her parents-in-law. Instead, she opened the window and looked at the street view outside.

"This is much better than your home."

"But this is also my home, where my parents live."

There is still no development in the New Territories. When driving on the street, you can only see a building along the street being demolished. These buildings are older than Chen Xing. It may be dangerous to live in them, otherwise they would definitely not be demolished.

"Eh? Where Xing's parents live?"

Hedwig's brain was in a state of turmoil for a long time, and Chen Xing had already parked the car downstairs of his house.

She finally reacted and grabbed Chen Xing's hand to stop him from getting out of the car, saying, "No, I'm not ready to meet your parents yet!"

"What's the big deal? Believe it or not, you'll be treated better than me when you go up there?"

And Hedwig has another advantage. She doesn't know much Chinese now, and it's only about daily life and love. If Chen Xing's parents asked her how many people were in her family and when she was going to have children, she would definitely not understand.

Seeing Hedwig's trembling look, Chen Xing couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It's great that I can marry Hedwig without having to meet her parents.

But it would not be good to miss her once. When they become successful and Hedwig becomes a famous painter, they can face Hedwig's past life calmly.

Chen Xing bought some apples for himself and took Hedwig upstairs.

Before he could find the key, he saw the door open. His mother was standing at the door in an apron with a big smile on her face. She said, "I saw your car. Oh, is this Xiao Hai? She's as pretty as in the photo."

"mom."

Chen Xing shouted and pulled Hedwig, whose hands were shaking, into the house.

He was still quite responsible. After entering the house, he stayed close to Hedwig and held her hand.

"Xiaohai..."

"The name is Hedwig."

"Ah? Then Hyde..."

"She still doesn't understand what you're saying. If you have anything to say, just ask me." "Hey, why am I asking you that?"

Chen Ma lost interest in asking questions. After listening to the noise coming from the kitchen, she slapped her thigh and said, "I won't talk to you guys for now. I'll go cook for you. Can Xiao Hai eat spicy food?"

"A little less is fine."

Mom left, and Dad Chen Jiannan was still sitting there with a smile on his face. He usually didn't talk much. He sat up and pushed the fruit plate towards Hedwig, meaning to eat fruit, and then asked Chen Xing.

"Now that you've brought your girlfriend back, what are you going to do with her in the future? Where are her parents?"

"Hedwig currently has no family. It's a little complicated to explain, so let's not talk about it for now. We can talk about this later."

"So what do you mean, are you planning to get married?"

Hedwig recognized the word "marriage". She grabbed Chen Xing with her backhand and looked up at him.

Chen Xing really couldn't resist this kind of look. The more people he met in this society, the more he realized that girls like Hedwig were hard to come by.

It is common for one couple out of a hundred to have a love that is based on mutual affection and not material things.

The most important thing is that the two of them have the same values ​​and are both artists.

So Chen Xing didn't hesitate and said what he was thinking: "We will start preparing after a while, but we won't hold a wedding. We can just get the marriage certificate when the time comes."

In fact, a marriage certificate doesn’t mean anything. There are many people in France who have lived together for a lifetime without a marriage certificate. Chen Xing just said this to take care of his parents’ feelings.

"How can that be possible?" Chen Jiannan widened his eyes.

"Then we can treat our relatives to a meal at Zhou Peng's hotel."

If he were to hold a wedding, there would be too many people he would want to invite. Many of the people he met during previous travels are still in touch, and their relationships are much closer than those with relatives who he has been in touch with for several years.

It’s easy to say about nearby things, but what about abroad?

There is also the issue of Hedwig's personality. She is still looking forward to seeing herself in a wedding dress, but the thought of standing in front of so many people and being watched makes her whole body reject it.

Chen Xing had no choice but to keep such a wife at home.

They had already agreed that after their wedding, they would find time to go to Iceland to take wedding photos. This country is close to the Arctic Circle, far away from any inland country, and has a very small population. Hedwig has always had a good impression of this place.

If Iceland had not lacked good art schools, she might have chosen to study abroad in Iceland.

Chen Xing had been to Iceland when traveling in Northern Europe before, and she liked the dark atmosphere of the Vik Black Sand Beach very much. When she thought of Hedwig standing on the black sand beach in her snow-white wedding dress, with her skirt blown by the wind, she almost couldn't help but take her there.

Fortunately, his many years of friendship with Zhou Peng stopped him, otherwise he probably would not have come, and the two of them flew directly to Iceland.

After having a meal at home, Chen Xing took Hedwig to the county town.

Zhou Peng’s wedding house is in the county town. In fact, there is nothing wrong with the county town nowadays. As long as you don’t consider medical care and education, living in a county town is definitely more comfortable than living in a big city.

Speaking of medical care, they are only more than an hour away from Chengdu and can be reached quickly by driving on the highway.

As for education, it’s not that the Zhou family can’t afford a semester house in Chengdu.

Zhou Peng's father doesn't need to pay for it, he can buy a house in Chengdu by himself. He lives in the county town now only because Qin Xinlei works here.

The new house was very lively today. The person who opened the door for him was his classmate from technical secondary school. There were sounds of conversation and laughter in the room.

"Chen Xing? Wow, you've changed a lot."

"You've gotten older. Haha. You haven't changed much. This is my girlfriend Hedwig. She doesn't speak Chinese very well, so don't ask her any questions later." He led people in.

In addition to the few people Chen Xing knew, there were also Qin Xinlei's friends in the room. (End of this chapter)