"Mom, that was a nightmare I had before, but it's okay now."
Chen Zhizhi's eyes were full of doubts.
"What reminds you of the nightmare?"
Lin Xuqiu didn't want her parents to worry, and she didn't want her son to recount the nightmare again.
"Mom, it's not a big deal. I'm just too worried about the baby, so I'm overthinking it. Anyway, I'm fine now."
Lin Zhidong pulled Chen Zhizhi, signaling her not to keep asking questions, and then spoke kindly to his daughter.
"I'm glad you're okay."
"Xuqiu, if you have any troubles, please tell us. Don't keep them in your heart. Just be happy. If there is anything else, we will help you deal with it."
"Dad, I know."
Chen Zhizhi suddenly took out a bag and pulled out two toys from it, a small axe and a pair of toy scissors.
"Xuqiu, put these two toys under your pillow when the time comes, and then sleep with them as your pillow. This will help prevent nightmares during pregnancy."
Lin Xuqiu looked at the two palm-sized toys in his hands and smiled helplessly.
"Mom, is this okay?"
"Of course it will work. This is a folk remedy left by our ancestors."
"When I was pregnant with you, the nightmare never stopped. Later, your grandma put these two toys under my pillow, and the nightmare stopped."
As she spoke, Chen Zhizhi took out another cinnabar bracelet.
"Tomorrow your father and I will go to the Buddhist temple and ask the abbot to consecrate this cinnabar bracelet. Then you can wear it every day to prevent nightmares."
"Mom, grandma got me a peace amulet a while ago, and I still have it with me. You and Dad don't have to go to the Buddhist temple."
Chen Zhizhi looked dissatisfied.
"Xuqiu, you've been in Kyoto for a long time. You don't know how effective these things are."
"Mom, there's no need to bother you making a trip. I'll just have someone send some over from the Buddhist temple."
"That's definitely not possible. You can't take shortcuts like that. You must sincerely pray to the Buddha to receive his blessing."
Lin Xuqiu didn't want her parents to go to the Buddhist temple in the hot summer just to ask for a blessed bracelet for her.
Seeing that he couldn't persuade them, he looked at Wen Yanci next to him and motioned him to help speak.
In the end, Wen Yanci sided with his parents-in-law.
"Uncle and aunt, I'll have someone accompany you to the Buddhist temple tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work."
Lin Zhidong and Chen Zhizhi both nodded with satisfaction.
"It's not hard at all. When we were in City F, we would go to the Buddhist temple to burn incense and worship Buddha on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month."
Lin Xuqiu felt warm in his heart, and the bad emotions he had before had subsided.
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