Chen Ningxi took a deep breath and dialed Ye Yujun's number under Cheng Qiaobei's watchful eyes.
"Mom, are you busy?"
Ye Yujun was tending to her carefully nurtured succulents, "No, just watering the plants."
"Is Dad at home?"
"With May Day coming up, he's out for dinner with some union officials, not home yet."
Chen Ningxi said, "Mom, didn't you always urge me to get married? I've settled it for you."
"Oh." At first, Ye Yujun didn't quite register it, focused on trimming the dead leaves from her succulents. Suddenly she realized something was amiss, "What do you mean you've settled it?"
Chen Ningxi said, "We registered the marriage today."
With a snap, Ye Yujun broke her favorite peach-colored mountain rose, "Oh... it snapped, oh dear..."
Ye Yujun hurriedly tried to replant the broken succulent into the soil, then questioned over the phone, "Registered?"
Chen Ningxi: "Mm."