The surprise love that arrived with my new husband

Five years ago, when we decided to get married, my mother-in-law couldn't return to China from the United States because she had just had a surgery. She was upset about missing our wedding for a long time.

While we were still dating, my future husband had been eager to introduce me to his mother. I thought she was just bent on ending her son's bachelor life. I got a call from her one afternoon. It was about 3 am where she was living.

"I just miss you," she said. I felt strangely warm: Besides my own mother, someone else also cared about me.