After Jin Liwei’s subordinates left, Wei Lan and René Alejandro opened the envelopes and read the invitations. Each of them received slightly different ones but both were handwritten. Based on the elegant and feminine penmanship, they must have been written by Iris herself.
On Wei Lan’s invitation, it said:
"Dear Mother,
"We invite you to celebrate Christmas with us at our home at Dragon Palace Home #10 on the 24th and 25th of December. It will be a gathering of family and close friends only. Please confirm if you’re able to come.
"Sincerely,
"Liwei and Xiulan"
René Alejandro’s invitation was written in Spanish, impressing him. It said:
"Dear René Alejandro,
"We invite you to join us for a Christmas celebration with family and friends at our home at Dragon Palace Home #10 on the 24th and 25th of December. We are looking forward to finally meeting you in person. Please call us if you are able to come or if you have any questions about the Christmas gathering.
"Sincerely,
"Liam and Iris"
The corners of his mouth curved up. His dimples on both cheeks charmed everyone, especially Randy who kept on batting his false eyelashes at him. Nobody noticed the glint in René Alejandro’s eyes.
"Fiiiiiiinally!" Wei Lan exclaimed while waving the handwritten invitation. "It has been a looooooong time since I last saw deeeeaaaar Liwei and Xiulan! I’ve been wanting to introduce yooooouuuuu, René Alejandro, for sooooooo looooooong. Now you can fiiiiiiiiinally meet your sister!"
"I’m glad that Iris and Liam extended an invitation to me even before meeting me," René Alejandro said. "This is a gathering for family and close friends only, yes?"
"Of cooooooouuuurse, they should invite you! You’re faaaaaaamily too, René Alejandro. Even if they didn’t invite you, don’t wooooooorry, my dear, I would’ve still brought you with meeeeee. It’s about time that my daughter meets her new broooooooother! Oooooh, I can’t wait! Raaaaaandy doll, help me chooooose my outfit for the Christmas party. And oh, you’re coming with meeeeeee!"
Randy shimmied in excitement. "Yay! We’re going to look so fab!"
Wei Lan handed him her invitation. "You keep it, Raaaaandy doll. I might looooose it."
"No problem, Vizcondesa."
Wei Lan crossed her arms over her chest. "I’m just soooooo confused why my son-in-law and daughter would make a biiiiiig deal and celebrate Christmas like thiiiiiiis!"
"Oh, I know the reason, Vizcondesa. When I was still holding Zumba classes for Miss Xiulan and the others, Dom mentioned to me that it’s because of him that Miss Xiulan started celebrating Filipino-style Christmas. I heard that Christmas is a big deal in the Philippines. Miss Xiulan liked the first time she tried celebrating Christmas so much that she decided to make it into a yearly tradition at home."
"Is that sooooooo?" Wei Lan raised an eyebrow. [Read official chapters on W e b n o v e l (dot) com. Please stop supporting piracy. Also follow author on Instagram: @arriacross]
"Spanish people also love Christmas," René Alejandro interjected. "Mamá, forgive Papá for not celebrating Christmas properly with you last year, yes? We were all so busy with work back then that we barely had any time to spend time with each other after Papá and Mamá married. I hope that we can also begin a wonderful Christmas tradition together as a family after Papá joins us here at our new home."
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