Chapter 844 A sense of panic welled up in Fu Nian'an's heart.
After completing his mission, Jin Huaimin left with Xiao Zhao.
He had come all this way, and Shen Qingshu and Fu Siyan were worried that he would be tired from the journey, so they waited for him in the basement early.
Back at the Lijiang Villa, Jin Huaimin told Shen Qingshu about Le Yan's situation.
Shen Qingshu and Fu Siyan already knew about Le Yan's physical condition, and they would not change their opinion of Le Yan just because she was unable to have children.
More than their disappointment, they were worried about Le Yan's emotions.
With one blow after another, Le Yan, who was already insecure, was afraid that the confidence she had worked so hard to build would collapse again.
What if Le Yan backs down? What will Fu Nian'an do then?
...
Around 8 p.m., Le Yan was awakened by a warm touch.
She groggily opened her eyes and met Fu Nian'an's concerned gaze.
"You're awake? Are you hungry?" His voice was deep and gentle, which made people feel at ease.
Le Yan noticed the bluish stubble on his chin and raised her hand.
She gently brushed her fingertips across the stubble and asked softly, "Are you tired?"
Fu Nian'an was slightly stunned.
"After Mr. Fu met Le Yan, his life seemed to become much harder than before."
Fu Nian'an frowned. "Yangyang, don't talk nonsense."
Le Yan simply looked at him.
Deeply, for a long time.
She didn't speak, and a sense of panic welled up in Fu Nian'an's heart for no reason.
“Yangyang, we are lovers, partners who will spend the rest of our lives together. Partners are always about sharing happiness and hardship, and what I did was just what I should do as a boyfriend.”
“I know,” Le Yan said softly. “Mr. Fu is the most qualified and best lover in the world.”
Fu Nian'an held her hand and lowered his head to gently kiss her slightly cool fingertips. "Yangyang, you think I'm good, but actually, to you, I'm just an ordinary man. I'm also afraid that I'm not good enough, afraid that I can't be your safest haven."
Le Yan stared intently at Fu Nian'an.
Her Mr. Fu is really nice.
Such a good person deserves a complete and fulfilling life.
We shouldn't have to accept regrets because of her.
Le Yan forced a smile. "You did a great job, really, Fu Nian'an. Meeting you is the luckiest thing that has ever happened to me."
Fu Nian'an lowered his head and gently kissed her forehead. "Yangyang, everything will be alright. I will always be with you."
Le Yan closed her eyes and replied, "I will get better."
She couldn't keep making Mr. Fu feel sorry for her and worry about her forever.
Those who have left can never return; who in life doesn't experience separation and death?
She has to pull herself together and learn to move forward on her own.
Having made up her mind, Le Yan resolved to pull herself together.
...
Jin Huaimin was a very skilled doctor. After one acupuncture session and two doses of traditional Chinese medicine, Le Yan's health visibly improved.
On the 10th, Miao Danqing called to inquire about Le Yan's situation and to ask if Le Yan could perform as scheduled.
The second performance happened to be in Mincheng.
The 12th was the seventh day after Lin Minsheng's death.
According to the customs of my hometown, deceased relatives will return to visit their loved ones on the seventh day after their death. Relatives need to go to the ancestral hall in advance to light incense and greet the ancestors, so as to welcome the soul of the deceased relatives back to reunite with the ancestors.
In my hometown of Chengna, it's called "Welcoming the Soul," which roughly means that people bring the souls of their deceased relatives to reunite with their ancestors, and it's also considered the last farewell between people and their departed loved ones.
The "welcoming the soul" ceremony is usually handed over to the son or grandson. In the hometown, clan rituals are strong, and they believe that the son is the continuation of the family line and the hope for the continuation of the family's descendants.
But Lin Minsheng, an honest man, never thought so.
While his parents were still alive, they used every means to force him to remarry and have another son. This honest man remained silent and resisted his parents to the end with absolute silence.
Before his parents passed away, they were still blaming him for being unfilial and for not leaving any descendants for their family.
Lin Minsheng is such an ordinary yet extraordinary honest man.
His resistance could not change his parents' views or the customs of his hometown, but at least his persistence preserved the childhood of a girl named Lin Leyan.
Lin Minsheng redeemed Lin Leyan's childhood.
Therefore, Lin Leyan bravely stood up and broke the customs of her hometown.
On the 12th, before dawn, Lin Leyan, dressed in plain clothes, carried Lin Minsheng's memorial tablet and, under the guidance of a Taoist priest, completed the "welcoming the soul" ceremony for Lin Minsheng.
When the village elders first learned of this, they were so angry that they wanted to rush over and stop them.
However, in that 100-meter alley leading from the Lin family home to the ancestral hall, the villagers formed a long procession of relatives and friends.
Walking at the very front was Lin Leyan, who was carrying Lin Minsheng.
Holding Lin Minsheng's portrait in one arm and a guiding lamp in the other, she called out repeatedly, "Dad, it's the seventh day since your passing. The ancestors have come to take you away..."
The members of the senior citizens' association were blocked at the entrance of the alley and could not get in, so they eventually had to give up.
The ceremony was successfully completed, and Le Yan accomplished the last thing she could do for Lin Minsheng as his daughter.
As she emerged from the ancestral hall, she looked up at the sky.
The ceremony began before dawn and ended at only nine o'clock in the morning.
Sunlight streamed through the clouds. She closed her eyes and murmured softly, "Dad, don't worry, your daughter will live on stronger and braver in the future."
After returning home, Le Yan, accompanied by Lin Xiangyu and Fu Nian'an, went to town to cancel Lin Minsheng's ID card.
Lin Minsheng's identity was revoked.
From now on, only Le Yan's name will be on the household registration book.
We need to meet at the theater troupe at 2 PM.
From today onwards, Lin Xiangyu will officially return to Le Yan's side to continue working as her assistant.
On the way back to the theater, Fu Nian'an and Le Yan rode in one car, while A Xia, Lin Xiangyu, and Chu Xing rode in another.
Inside the Maybach, Fu Nian'an and Le Yan sat in the back seat.
Looking at the relatively calm Le Yan, Fu Nian'an hesitated for a moment, thinking about the household registration, before asking, "Have you ever thought about moving your household registration to Beicheng?"
"Move to the North City?" Le Yan turned to look at Fu Nian'an, her brows furrowing slightly. "Why move to the North City?"
"Isn't it said in your hometown that daughters can't inherit homestead land? That makes your household registration information a bit awkward. You have property in Beicheng, so you can move to your property."
“No need,” Le Yan said. “I don’t need to inherit the homestead, but that house was earned by Sheng Ge through his own hard work, so I have to keep it for him.”
Actually, these self-built houses in my hometown aren't worth much.
But people from my hometown yearn to return to their roots.
That house is Lin Minsheng's home. If Le Yan moves her household registration away, the village will have an even more legitimate reason to take back the homestead.
This is actually very unfair, but the rules passed down from our ancestors over the past hundred years cannot be easily broken by Le Yan alone.
The only thing she could do was keep her household registration in her hometown. As long as she was still alive, Lin Minsheng's roots would remain.
Fu Nian'an understood Le Yan's thoughts and said no more.
...
The Maybach stopped in the underground parking garage at the theater entrance.
Le Yan suddenly asked Fu Nian'an, "You've neglected your company these past few days, haven't you?"
Fu Nian'an leaned over and cupped her face in his large hands. "Even if the company doesn't have me as the boss, there are still the vice president and senior executives in various departments. My absence for a few days won't have any impact."
Le Yan pouted, "Then you can't always skip the company for my sake. I don't want to be a femme fatale who brings ruin to the country."
Seeing that she could joke around, Fu Nian'an's tense nerves relaxed a bit.
He leaned down and kissed her forehead. "Don't worry, I want both the empire and the beauty. Go in, I'll be watching you from below the stage."
"Okay." Le Yan replied softly and obediently, then turned and opened the car door.
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