Half an hour later, Yan Lin grew impatient and got up to leave, but Wang Cuier stopped him: "Mother believes you, believes you. We wanted to see our daughter-in-law. How is she?"
The elderly couple remained worried about being cornered by Secretary Ling.
Yan Lin stood with his hands in his pockets, his back towering, exuding a chilling aura. His handsome face had lessened his murderous intent, but his inherent arrogance remained undiminished.
He turned his head, his dark eyes sweeping coldly over the two of them, and said, "If it's about what happened last time, then you don't need to go looking for her. I'm handling this matter, so don't make things worse."
He didn't want Xu Manzhi to worry.
She was exhausted from trying to heal his face and didn't want to let trivial matters bother her or keep her from sleeping peacefully.
Yan Zhouzhen kept staring at his son.
As he looked around, he suddenly said, "Let's not talk about anything else, we brought a lot of local specialties and caught five hens to nourish our daughter-in-law. Without her, how could we have such a handsome son?"
Something bad has happened to the Ling family.
Yan Song and a group of his former comrades-in-arms left Haicheng one by one within just six months, and even sent people back to their hometowns to keep watch...
The matter must be extremely serious.
As an elderly father, he couldn't cause trouble for his son and daughter-in-law. The only thing he could do was care for them and lend a helping hand when needed.
"Okay. Then I'll take you to visit her."
Yan Lin did not want them to meet.
But recently, Xu Manzhi looked unwell, her body was thin, and she had gained some weight around her stomach. She also often had a poor appetite. He was worried that she was sick from overwork and suggested that she see a doctor. She would always joke, "I am a doctor too. Don't say that doctors can't heal themselves. I know my own condition better than anyone else."
He hoped she could go out for a walk.
It's good that the elderly couple came; it gives them an excuse to go out and get some fresh air.
When I saw Xu Manzhi, she was burning some medicine on a stove in the courtyard. The bitter smell permeated the entire courtyard, and it was incredibly strong.
"Oh, Mom and Dad are here."
Xu Manzhi plugged the lid of the coal stove, patted the dust off her clothes, and greeted them with a smile.
"Manzhi, how did you get so thin? You look terrible. I'll kill a chicken and make you some chicken soup." Wang Cuier said with a pained expression.
She went to find a knife and took a live chicken out of a burlap sack.
Yan Zhouzhen also looked heartbroken.
He didn't know if the girl knew the inside story, but she had cured his son's "terminal illness," and seeing the mountains of medicinal herbs piled up inside and outside the house, he understood her hard work.
I swallowed my bitter tears.
He said apologetically, "Manzhi, we are sorry for you. If it weren't for the fact that you were born with a disease, you wouldn't have had to bear so much."
Xu Manzhi looked completely unconcerned.
She hurriedly said to Yan Lin, "Mom and Dad are here, go and get them some water. Don't they even get a cup of hot tea when they come into your house?"
"oh."
Yan Lin was neither warm nor cold.
He listened to his wife and went to pour water.
Xu Manzhi pulled Yan Zhouzhen to sit down on a stone bench in the courtyard and asked them why they had come, whether it was because of the raid on the Ling family's property.
"...Yes, yes, it's because of this that I'm worried you'll be implicated," Yan Zhouzhen said bitterly.
Xu Manzhi glanced around, lowered her voice, and said in a half-joking tone, "Dad, you should know that we are close to the Ling family, so it's mostly unavoidable that we'll be implicated. In two years, this will be over. Do you think it will?"
Yan Zhouzhen was stunned.
He hadn't expected Xu Manzhi to be so insightful, to have been mentally prepared, and to have even a vague prediction of the future. He was immediately filled with mixed feelings.
"Girl, don't overthink things. The most important thing is to live well in the present moment," Yan Zhouzhen said earnestly.
He wasn't close to his son, but his daughter-in-law was really good.
The Yan family has accumulated a lot of good karma from their ancestors.
He only hoped that the young couple could live a good life together and overcome the difficulties together...
“I know, Dad. No matter what difficulties we encounter, my feelings for Yan Lin will always remain the same,” Xu Manzhi said with a smile.
"Okay, okay."
Yan Zhouzhen was heartbroken when he thought about how his son had gone through so many hardships to grow up, finally married a capable wife, and just when things were getting better and better, this new problem had to arise.
How much responsibility does God want his son to shoulder, to give him such trials?
“Good days will surely come. You and Lin’er are still young, and there’s a long future ahead of you. Don’t tire yourselves out. Even if you can only be beautiful for five months, it’s better than never being beautiful at all. That’s enough, isn’t it?” Yan Zhouzhen said.
"this……"
Xu Manzhi laughed loudly.
She hadn't expected the old man to have such a lovable idea. She grabbed her father's hand and said, "Dad, don't worry, I can definitely cure Yan Lin and make him handsome forever."
Seeing her so confident, Yan Zhouzhen didn't want to spoil her mood, so he could only go along with it.
Wang Cuier stewed chicken soup, and Yan Lin put on an apron and cooked some dishes. The family sat in the courtyard to eat.
Xu Manzhi picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Wang Cuier's bowl.
Splash!
Wang Cuier burst into tears instantly.
She hurriedly said, "Eat this, it's to nourish your body, we can't waste it."
She wanted to give the meat to Xu Manzhi.
But Xu Manzhi put down her chopsticks and deliberately put on a stern face, saying, "If you don't eat, I won't touch my chopsticks either. Is it easy for the whole family to have a meal together? You have to eat everything I give you."
As she spoke, she placed two more pieces into each person's bowl.
Whoosh whoosh.
A gentle blade, yet each cut slashes towards Yan Lin.
Yan Lin couldn't stand his wife's attitude, so he quickly said, "Yes, we should all eat together. It tastes better when we eat together, and there's no such thing as wasting food."
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