The dining room and living room are elegantly decorated with beautiful paper cutouts and concentric knots on the walls, and the vases on the table are filled with fresh white lilies and red roses. Sunday, September 28 may seem like an ordinary day for others, but for Wang and Jessica, they both think it's a day they'll remember for a lifetime as they're officially engaged.

According to custom, the engagement feast was presided over by the woman and held in Alba's house. Naturally, all the closest relatives of the two were present, and they also invited several close friends to witness this happy moment. Danny, who had just taken a shower and groomed the day before, walked around with fluffy hair and a bow headband as if he were walking around with joy, while Joshua was holding a new DV player and recording the engagement banquet in the style of a director.

In the DV camera, Cathy Alba came in pushing a three-tiered cake, Joshua let the DV camera follow her, and said with a smile: "Now you can see a beautiful woman, me and someone's fiancée's mother! She pushed out the engagement cake, and the engagement ceremony is about to begin!" He swept the camera to the guests, pointed at a dark-haired man, and smiled: "This is someone Young, and this is my sister Jessica." Stop talking nonsense, listen to what my dad has to say!"

I saw Wang Yang wearing a black jacket and trousers that were not too formal, his face was radiant, his tall and straight body looked tough and handsome, and Jessica next to him was wearing a bright flower dress, with slightly curly brown long hair and a shawl, with a pretty face with light makeup and a happy smile that showed his teeth slightly, which was definitely amazing to the audience.

The two of them stood up from their chairs with a smile on their faces, came to the left of the engagement cake with their fingers clasped together, looked at each other, and then looked at the relatives and friends in the seats in front of them. Grandparents, grandmothers, grandmothers and grandparents with white hair, different skin tones and the same smile, Joshua with a DV, Zachary and Erin with a digital camera and Roland, and his parents, and Mark Alba standing to the right of the cake.

Looking at his parents, Wang Yang suddenly felt a little nervous, he was about to make a lifelong promise again, this time in front of her and her most important family and good friends! He couldn't help but squeeze Jessica's hand, and also had some regret: "Old man Wu, if you sit there now, how good would it be?"

"God. As the footsteps of that moment got closer and closer, Jessica also suddenly felt very nervous, and her heart twitched inexplicably with excitement and happiness from time to time, she was about to officially become his fiancée, and soon it would be Jessica Mary Wang. She looked at her grandmother and grandmother, and then at her mother, and her happy smile gradually became full of fascination.

"Today, now, my daughter is getting engaged. Mark Alba glanced at his daughter, there was no former military majesty, his black eyes were full of tenderness, and then looked at Wang Yang, who was dragging his daughter's hand, and said with a smile: "I remember Jessica's 17th birthday, I saw Yang ......for the first time" He said as he suddenly felt a feeling in his mind, vaguely remembering something.

A little boy with a sly smile, when he picked up Jessica from school, said to him: "Hey hello, you are Jessica's father, I am her good friend! I want to take her to ......" Because Jessica lowered her head shyly and timidly, and did not dare to speak, he murdered the little boy: "Did you bully her?" The little boy was stunned: "Oh no, I look like a bully to her? I protect her." Why are you so fierce?" he said incredulously, "I've always been like this, don't play tricks on my daughter! I'll take her home now!"

The little boy smiled as if he was embarrassed and scared, and walked back: "Bye, Jessica! ”

"In Los Angeles. Mark Alba added, looking at the tall and mature Wang Yang, and smiled: "In San Francisco, I saw Yang for the first time, he was still a child, and I remember that he was going to ask my daughter out to watch a movie, as if he was destined to give her to him in the future." Family members and friends suddenly let out a chuckle, and Darin-ang (Wang Dewen) also translated to parents and parents-in-law who were not very good at English, and several elderly people also laughed.

Wang Yang couldn't help but laugh funny, he didn't remember it, but he heard Jessica say it, but why did he run away at that time? Jessica smiled and shook his hand, she remembered it very well, because at that time she had almost completely regarded him as a boyfriend, and that morning he said excitedly, "Let's go to the movies after school." Then she looked forward to it all day, watching a movie again, and meeting him and his dad again...... As a result, because of her shyness, there was a misunderstanding, and she could only go home depressed. The next day, he also said, "Your dad is really fierce, but it's going to take a long time! I know that your dad called men's menopause, so take your time." Eventually, before she could go to a movie, she moved to Los Angeles.

"He was a little boy in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and my daughter was a little girl, but five years have passed. Mark Alba looked at the clasped hands of the two, faded childish smiles, and some long-term voices swirled in his ears: "Jessica and I are just good friends. "Then go ahead and take good care of her! Remember, don't let her get hurt in any way." "I will. He smiled with emotion: "I watched them fall in love, they grew up, and now they are getting engaged." ”

Cathy looked at her daughter's smile and felt very, very happy in her heart, it was the most sincere and innocent smile, what could make a mother happier than this?

She knew how happy her daughter was at this moment. Those immature cries: "Mom, I don't want to go to Los Angeles, I want to stay here." "It's nothing, I'm just ...... There is no letter. Those distressed outpourings: "I want to have that child, he is very disappointed." "Mom, will he be bullied in prison? I'm so annoyed!", "I'm so mad at him!, haha, he lied to me and said he broke up, and almost didn't forgive him!" Those happy laughs shouted: "Lionsgate is going to release Yang's movie!!", "Jan proposed to me!!, Mom, I agreed!", ...... "Our son is getting married." Wang Rosa turned her head and said to Wang's father next to her, Wang Dewen nodded with a silent smile, both of them had a mood of rushing time, a good mood. From a doughy baby who can only cry, to a mischievous and wild child, to a teenager who talks movies and basketball all day long, and rides his bicycle around.

He started dating his first little girlfriend, and soon broke up by saying "this is a mistake, she wasn't what I wanted", and then learned guitar and fell in love with a girl who played a band, and was chased and broke up, thinking that he was going to marry his new high school girlfriend Helen, but fate is fate.

"This guy ......" Wang's mother and Wang's father looked at their smiling son, she suddenly felt a little reluctant to be happy, and remembered his negative words at the beginning: "You don't care about my business, maybe I won't get married or fall in love in the future, I'm a gay!" And a little shy laughter on the phone: "Mom, I have a new girlfriend, her name is Jessica, she is a beautiful Latino girl, just to tell you, I feel different this time, maybe she is that girl." ”

Son, she is that girl! Wang Rosa laughed softly to herself: "He's getting married." ”

"It's a new union of two families, one Chinese and one Mexican. Mark Alba looked at his in-laws, the two families were white, Asian, and Latina together, and he smiled, "It's probably rare." ”

It is not interracial marriages that are rare, 7% of marriages in the United States are now interracial, and the proportion of Chinese men born in the United States with surnames (second generation and above) who intermarry with women of other ethnicities reaches 52.8% (2006 data), of which the highest proportion of wives are white women, followed by Asians (among which the highest proportion of Japanese Americans), and then Latino and African Americans. Naturally, people don't know much about these specific numbers, but they rarely see such combinations in their lives.

"There were white people who scolded me, you stinky garbage should go back to Texas, back to Mexico. Mark Alba's topic suddenly became serious, the family just kept a little puzzled smile, Cathy clasped her hands together, and sighed a lot when she recalled those difficult days, Mark Alba continued: "There was once a Chinese person who scolded me, he called us 'Lao Mo', and thought we were all rogue liars. I also know that some Mexicans scold this and that. ”

Jessica couldn't help frowning, what was Dad talking about? This was her engagement party! Although she knew that Dad would definitely have good intentions, she still felt a little anxious. Wang Yang, who sensed her mood, tightened his soft hand and gave her a reassuring smile.

"I'll tell you a white joke: How do you know Asians have moved into your neighborhood?" Mark Alba just said it, and everyone laughed softly, this is a very classic racial joke, except for a few friends, everyone is a married family, the joke is naturally harmless, but has a kind of self-deprecating fun. Mark Alba gave the answer: "When Mexicans start buying car insurance. ”

The joke is mainly about two bad racial labels: "Asians are very bad at driving" and "Mexicans are dirty and poor", so they meet Asians, and even poor Mexicans have to buy insurance.

"What are these things? Mark Alba looked at his anxious daughter, and suddenly felt a little narrowly loving, this is the blessing draft that he has prepared for more than half a month! But the important thing is this, looking at the lightly smiling crowd, he said solemnly: "If all of us follow these concepts, these prejudices, these hostilities, each of us will not be here! Why did the Lord arrange for us to be here? What did he give us to make us a family?"

Mark looked at his gentle wife, a smile gradually appeared on her serious face, and said, "Kindness, understanding, tolerance and love." Love knows no color, no race, love can change prejudice, change hostility, change everything. Love has brought me and my wife Cathy together until now, and ......"

He turned his head to look at Jessica and Wang Yang, and said with a smile: "Today, my daughter is engaged to the person she loves, and I believe they will be the same, no matter what difficulties and contradictions they encounter on the road to marriage in the future, they will tolerate and understand each other, face them together, and solve them together." ”

"Yes!" Jessica smiled sweetly, with a sense of emotion and affirmation in her heart, she knew how much she loved him! Wang Yang also nodded solemnly, and made a promise: "Mark, we will." ”

A burst of warm blessings and applause suddenly sounded loudly, Cathy, Wang's father and Wang's mother slapped hardest, everyone has their own touching and happiness, as long as they truly love each other and cherish each other, then there will be no thorns in the road of love and marriage.

"Hey, see. Joshua swept the DV camera over the smiling faces of the crowd, then turned it at himself, widened his eyes and whispered excitedly, "Wow! My dad is like a philosopher tonight, quack, I saw it for the first time! But to tell you, he used to be a navyman." He hurriedly let the DV monitor screen return to the cake in front of him, and the most important moment came!

I saw Mark Alba looking at Wang Yang, and said in a solemn tone: "Yang, you are a good man! I am very relieved to hand over Jessica to you, continue to take good care of my daughter, and make her happy." Just like that Thanksgiving night, Wang Yang looked at him calmly, his eyes did not evade at all, nodded and smiled: "I know, I will take care of her for the rest of my life." In front of her family and best friends, Jessica's proud smile flashed with a hint of shame.

"That's good!" Mark Alba's face was full of relief, and he looked at his daughter, his eyes full of love and tenderness, and called out, "Jessica." ”

Hearing this familiar call, Jessica's heart suddenly churned, the corners of her eyes suddenly moistened slightly, and she bit her lip that was a little trembling. Mark Alba laughed and said, "My daughter, Daddy wishes you eternal happiness and may the Lord be with you!" Cathy prayed silently, "Jessica, Jan, Mom also wishes you eternal happiness, may the Lord be with you." Wang's father and Wang's mother also blessed in their hearts: "Yang, I wish you and Jessica eternal happiness." ”

Under the blessing smile and gaze of everyone, Wang Yang let go of her hand, took out the red ring box from her pocket, opened it with a click, and took out a silver engagement ring, which was only set with small gemstones, which was easy to wear. He looked at her flowing eyes, felt the deep love, smiled and put the ring on her left ring finger: "I love you." ”

"I love you. Jessica's tone trembled, and the whole person was immersed in the wonderful feeling of happiness that was about to melt, and her fingers felt a little heavy by the ring, but that little bit of sinking made people so peaceful and happy.

The two hugged each other and kissed gently, and everyone at the table suddenly burst into applause and laughter, Zachary pressed the camera shutter to capture these beautiful moments; Joshua drew closer to the DV focus, and the scene of him going to help and breaking the DV machine a few years ago was right in front of him, and he really didn't expect these two guys to get married! He laughed and said, "Jan, Jessica, you are so handsome!!"

Listening to these happy voices, Danny also wagged his tail excitedly, and immediately saw Jessica and Young shaking hands and laughing with knives, cutting into the big cake, and forking a small piece of each other, and sending each other to the other's mouths. Danny's tongue curled and licked, still dripping on the floor.

(To be continued)