My husband and I have a son and a daughter. Both of our children are married. My daughter got married not far from my house, and my son and daughter-in-law live with my husband and me.

I know that no matter how hard a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law try, there will inevitably be times when they disagree with each other. However, because I want my only son to live with me and take care of the family altar and household chores, I always behave appropriately to make life as peaceful as possible.

And the same goes for my daughter-in-law. I consider her to be a sensible person with a pleasant personality. My daughter-in-law is good-looking, speaks softly and is easy to listen to. Although she is not very good at housework, she is skillful in cooking. Every time she comes home from work and sees me doing something, she quickly helps me.

I can't deny that I'm quite picky, especially when it comes to appearance. Young people these days dress in a vulgar way, wearing short clothes that are torn here and patched there... I can't accept it.

Luckily, my daughter-in-law is not like that. From the first time she came to my house to meet my family, she wore a floral dress that reached her ankles, looking quite elegant and feminine. Every day when she goes to work, I notice that she also wears appropriate office clothes such as shirts, vests with long fabric pants.

Basically, I think that today's daughter-in-law is fine. I don't ask for more. I love my daughter-in-law because she is very sensible, dresses modestly, and fits my family's culture. Thanks to that, I often show off my daughter-in-law to my friends, because most of them have daughters-in-law who are so "modern", have such a personality and behave so "openly" that our generation cannot understand.

Last week, while walking around the city at night with my friends, I accidentally saw my daughter-in-law sitting with her friends. At first, I didn't see my daughter-in-law, it was my friend who pointed it out to me. Because how could I recognize my gentle, feminine, and well-behaved daughter-in-law looking like that? I really couldn't believe my eyes because she looked so different from usual.

Every day, my daughter wears long, ankle-length dresses and skirts, "covered up". But when she goes out at night with her friends, she wears a midriff-baring shirt, short shorts, and black eye makeup. What even caught my eye was her daughter-in-law's exposed bust. Not to mention, sitting at the coffee shop, she laughs loudly and smokes shisha.

I was so embarrassed, I didn't know where to hide my face. If my friend hadn't pointed it out, and my daughter-in-law hadn't come over to greet me and everyone else, I wouldn't have dared to admit that these were my children.

Immediately, I glared at her, using the excuse of family matters to gently remind her to go home early. When we got home, knowing that I was very angry, without me having to ask, my daughter-in-law admitted her mistake and kept apologizing to me. She made excuses that she dressed like that because she was going out with her best friend to relax. As for smoking shisha, this was the first time she tried it. She promised she would never do it again.

But how could I believe these words? The image of my daughter-in-law that I always showed off to everyone had completely collapsed. I could not forget the sight of her wearing revealing clothes, laughing loudly and smoking in a very offensive way, right in front of my friends. Then many other people would know about this, they would think that I had always lied about my family, that I did not know how to raise my daughter-in-law, that the family had no discipline...

I suddenly remembered the days when I saw my daughter going out with big and small bags. When I asked her, she made all kinds of excuses, and it turned out that they were all bags of clothes to change into, so that when she returned home, she could play the role of a virtuous, well-behaved, and exemplary daughter-in-law. It turned out that all this time, I had been living with an "actress", living with a fake life. Now I don't dare to trust her, I can't tell which words are true and which are false anymore.

Seeing me stressed, making a big deal out of this and calling my son to teach my wife, my daughter-in-law changed her attitude from crying and apologizing. She said: "I know you're surprised, but what did I do that was so wrong? It's normal for young people these days to be like that, right, Mom? This is my hobby and style."

Oh, how could she still think this was normal? I was completely wrong about this daughter-in-law. I thought that having lived this long, I had a good eye for people and evaluating problems, but it turns out that's not the case. I've been "fooled" by my daughter-in-law for the past few years without even knowing it.