Chapter 6 — The Privileges of Ordinary People

My father was still proud: "What? This is a thousand-year-old pearl from the bottom of the East Sea. It has the effect of calming the mind and calming the mind, not being disturbed by hundreds of evil spirits. Place it in the bedroom, no need for a night light." I just want to find a hole to crawl into. Dad! I promised it would be normal! Which family would normally give a pearl the first time they meet?! Tran Nhien sat dumbfounded, stammering: "Uncle... uncle... this... this is so precious, I..." Before I could finish speaking, my mother also took out the gift. It's a small jade vase. "Tieu Tran, I see that your career has just begun, you must be busy and tired. In here is the nourishing medicine I prepared myself, one pill a day, ensuring abundant energy and avoiding hundreds of diseases." I put my nose down to smell it, the fragrance was so refreshing, inside there was at least three hundred year old Ganoderma and five hundred year old polygonum. My brother saw that they both gave him gifts, and was afraid that he might be empty-handed. He quietly pulled out a set of car keys from his pocket and placed them on the table: "This car, for commuting." I glanced at the logo on the key. Bugatti Veyron. My eyes went dark, I almost fainted on the spot. Done. This time it's completely over. Tran Nhien looked at a night pearl, a bottle of elixir, a set of supercar keys on the table... His whole body turned to stone. He looked at me, his eyes filled with surprise, confusion, and even a hint of... fear. You're probably thinking that you just fell into some strange scam organization, and I... am the "bait" of the bait. 15 "Uncle... aunt... brother..." Tran Nhien took a deep breath, stood up, his expression as serious as ever. He pulled me back, standing in front of me in a protective stance. "I admit, I really like Du Du. But I'm just a normal person, my family is also normal. I can't give her a life like everyone else's. If these things... are to force me to leave her, then... sorry, I can't do it." He paused for a moment, his eyes firmly looking straight at my father: "I don't have money, but I will use my whole life to treat Du Du well. I will work hard, so that she can live well. What I love is who she is, not... these things." After speaking, he grabbed my hand and tried to pull me away. My father, mother and brother all froze. Perhaps this was the first time they met someone who dared to refuse their "heart", and even said something that sounded like... such an immoral thing. I looked at Tran Nhien's back, clearly seeing his hands shaking with tension, yet still determined to protect me. Unexpectedly, I burst out laughing. I withdrew my hand, stepped in front of him, and helped him adjust his slightly askew tie. “Tran Nhien, don't be afraid.” Then I turned around and looked straight at my parents and brother. “Dad, mom, brother… I think it's time to let him know.” … Half an hour later. In the room. Tran Nhien sat dumbfounded on the chair, holding a cup of hot tea in both hands, her eyes blank as if she had lost her soul. In front of him— My father, with majestic dragon horns on his head. My mother, behind her nine soft tails spread out to cover the entire tile floor. My brother's hand is spinning the night pearl like... spinning melon seeds. "So..." Tran Nhien's voice trembled, "Uncle... is the Dragon King? Aunt... is the Nine-Tailed Fox? Are you... the master of martial arts?" “And Du Du…” He turned to look at me, “is the only normal person in the house?” I nodded. Tran Nhien was silent. He bowed his head and stared at the cup of tea in his hand for five minutes. My parents and brother all looked nervously you, even more tense than before when you rejected me. My father quietly asked me: "Daughter... he... he wasn't scared away, was he?" My mother was also full of worry: "This child, it seems his mental endurance is a bit weak." My brother concluded bluntly: "No, change to someone else." I glared at the three of them, signaling them to shut up. Just when we all thought that Tran Nhien would faint on the spot, he suddenly raised his head and looked at me, his eyes shining amazingly. “So!” He slapped his hand on his thigh and said excitedly: "In the future, our family will lose the country. All we have to do is yell at you and it'll be over, right?" My father: “… In theory, yes.” “The power goes out in our house, all you have to do is twist your finger and it's over, right?” My brother thought for a moment, then nodded. “In the future, I want to travel, just need to wag my tail and I can teleport right away?” My mother smiled gracefully: "It's not that exaggerated, but it's close." Tran Nhien's eyes became brighter and brighter, he held my hand tightly, so excited that his face turned red. "Du Du! We're rich now! This is more than just starting a company! From now on, we can just rely on our parents-in-law and brother-in-law to enjoy it!" Me: “…” My parents and brother: “…” The story style… seems like something is wrong? Looking at this man in front of me - shameless, his mind only thinking about "lying idle" - I suddenly felt that he and I were truly a match made in heaven. All... equally normal. Tran Nhien and I held a very "simple, unpretentious" wedding. On the wedding day, under my father's "chanting" of flowers, it rained flower petals for a full hour. My mother invited a whole group of sisters from Thanh Khau to come, everyone was as beautiful as a fairy, making the groom's groomsmen bewildered. My brother brought along his martial arts sect brothers and was in charge of all wedding security. It is said that on that day, within a radius of ten miles, not even a fly could fly in. The officiant was my father's old friend - Quy Thuong Tuong in Dong Hai - who had lived for more than three thousand years, spoke deeply, was full of evidence, just... a bit lengthy. After the wedding, Tran Nhien and I started the "boring" life of our dreams. Tran Nhien's company, thanks to my father's "Dragon King Feng Shui Formation", my mother's "Fox Immortal network", and my brother's "Vajra Martial Arts Body" (which scared all opponents who wanted to cause trouble), developed smoothly, and soon went public on the stock exchange. Tran Nhien became a talented young CEO, but his favorite thing to do every day was still come home and cook for me after work. My parents and brother became regular guests in the house. My father often dragged Tran Nhien out to play chess, then... changed the odds. My mother dragged me out and taught her "the art of controlling her husband" for thousands of years. And my brother... is in charge of looking after the children. That's right, Tran Nhien and I have a baby. A completely normal child like me – a normal human being. The day my child was born, my parents and brother were even more stressed than me. They surrounded the incubator, researched for half a day, and finally concluded: This child, although special in origin, is one of the rare... normal people. So, my parents held a big party at Long Cung Dong Hai and Thanh Khau celebrated for three days and three nights, to celebrate the fact that our family's "normal person" bloodline had a successor. As for me - as the only person, also the first "normal" generation in this family - my status is extremely noble. My husband is the general director of a listed company, but I told him to go East, he absolutely does not dare to go West. My son is the grandfather of the Dragon King, the grandfather of the Ho Immortal, the grandson of the Martial God, but the person he is most afraid of... is still me - an ordinary mother. I often think, what is “normal” anyway? Perhaps, normalcy is not an ability, but a choice. In this world full of fairies and demons, I choose to be a normal person, love a normal person, and live a normal life. And my luckiest thing is that those abnormal relatives used all their strength to protect this "normality" of me. That afternoon, the sunshine was beautiful. I sat on the swing chair on the balcony, watching Tran Nhien watering the flowers in the garden. My son was lying in my lap, laughing loudly. In the distance in the sky, a five-colored cloud gently passed by. I know, it's my parents coming to visit us again. I smiled and waved towards the sky. Yes, this is me - a person whose whole family are great experts, only I am normal - with a simple, rustic, and a bit boring life. How good it is.