Chapter 371: Please ask my cousin to come and welcome the bride on behalf of my eldest cousin
"I just want to be a member of the Yan family! Is that not allowed?!"
Lin Qingning bit her lip tightly, and her eyes looking at Yan Xingchuan were full of resentment. Her eyes were filled with tears, but the tears remained stubbornly in her eye sockets, about to fall.
It's like autumn water broken into pieces on the ground, which makes me feel pity for it.
"Since you, my cousin, don't want to marry me, why can't you let my eldest cousin marry me? Can't you fulfill my wish? Could it be that you don't even want me to fulfill this extravagant wish of becoming a member of the Yan family?"
"You still... you still despise me. You despise me for being filthy and the most despicable person in the world, the one who can't even enter the gate of your Yan family. Do you despise me?"
"I didn't." Yan Xingchuan denied, "I just think you are still young and have a lot of life ahead of you. There is no need to waste your life here. Big brother is gone, and we hope you can have a good life."
"I told you before that you could find a man to marry into the family. When your child is born, he will be named Lin. Naturally, I will not treat the Lin family unfairly."
Lin Qingning's eyes were red. "That's just what you think. Do you know what I want from a better life? I want you to marry me. I want to be the daughter-in-law of the Yan family. I want to be the Queen of Northern Yan."
"If you only remember the kindness the Lin family has shown you, and that my brother died for you, you should marry me!"
"What son-in-law, what Lin family, that's not what I want. I just want you to marry me. Since you don't want to marry me, why are you stopping me from marrying my eldest cousin?
You say it's for my own good, but is that what I want? You're only thinking about yourself and your conscience!"
When Lin Qingning finished speaking, she was a little emotionally broken and tears fell down.
At this moment, Lin Qingning completely revealed her gentle and kind face, revealing her true appearance.
"I want to be a member of the Yan family and the daughter-in-law of the Yan family. Is there any family in this world more glorious and noble than the Yan family? As long as the Yan family exists, no one can bully or humiliate me."
"I just want to live a better life, so that no one will dare to bully or humiliate me from now on. Is that wrong? You don't want to be the one to protect me, so do you not allow your eldest cousin to be that person?"
Yan Xingchuan was left speechless by her words.
He felt that Lin Qingning was safe now. She was still young and had many choices in life. She could even find a son-in-law to pass on the Lin family's bloodline. If Lin Qingning lived a good life and the Lin family had a future, he would feel less guilty.
But Lin Qingning felt that she wanted power and wealth, to stand in a high position, and no one would dare to bully her forever. She wanted to marry into the Yan family and become the daughter-in-law of the Yan family. Since he was unwilling to marry her, she wanted to marry Yan Xingshan and hope that her eldest cousin who loved her would continue to protect her.
Yan Xingchuan had previously told his ministers that if his father, mother, and brother were still alive in heaven, they would definitely not agree. But if this was what Lin Qingning wanted, hoping to get their protection and live a peaceful life, how could they not agree?
Yan Xingchuan felt guilty.
If he didn't already have a wife, he would have wanted her to get what she wanted and there would have been no problem in marrying her, but... he also had responsibilities towards his wife.
It was impossible for him to abandon his wife again and again for the sake of gratitude and let her suffer the grievance of being abandoned.
It was Yan Xingchuan who owed the Lin family, not her, Cui Si. She was so innocent, but just because she was his wife, she had to endure such grievances and humiliation.
He wanted to repay the favor, and he should have been the one to bear all the consequences, but it turned out that she was the one who had to bear everything. How absurd and ridiculous this was.
For a moment, Yan Xingchuan seemed to understand why she didn't want to marry him anymore.
What he owed to the Lin family were lives, Lin Qingxuan's death for him, the suffering that Lin Qingning had endured for so many years, and the countless bones of the Lin family who had died because of the Yan family's involvement.
If he had a conscience, he would feel guilty towards the Lin family for the rest of his life and would not ignore Lin Qingning. He would not refuse anything Lin Qingning asked for as long as he could do it.
Cui Si could not force him to do anything against his conscience, nor could she force him to ignore Lin Qingning, because he could not go against the moral principles of being a human being, but she was unwilling to suffer any injustice from him.
——So she chose to give up on him.
There are more than tens of thousands of men in the world. She is a noble lady from a prominent family. Even without him, she can still live a noble and glorious life. Since he is not good to her, why should she suffer?
It's not like I'm mentally ill.
Yan Xingchuan thought about everything, sighed, and asked Lin Qingning: "Have you thought it through? If you really want to marry my brother, you should know that if you marry like this, you will be alone for the rest of your life."
"This is not a trivial matter. I hope you will think it through."
Lin Qingning bit her lip. "I know it all too well. I just hope that with the Yan family's protection, I can live a peaceful life and never meet another person like Jiang Shao again."
"I believe that if my cousin knew about this, he would definitely be willing to protect me. Maybe a hundred years later, I can still be reunited with my cousin."
Lin Qingning had said so much, and Yan Xingchuan had no reason to object. In the end, he could only say, "Well, since it's your wish, then let it be. In the future, if you meet a man you like, tell me again."
Lin Qingning finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and a hint of joy appeared on her face: "Thank you, cousin."
She had already made her plan. If Yan Xingchuan disagreed, she would ask the old subordinates of the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion to come forward. She didn't believe that he would dare to refuse at that time.
"By the way, cousin, I will be getting married on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. I have prepared a yard outside for my wedding. On the ninth day, I would like to ask you to come and welcome me on behalf of my eldest cousin and perform the wedding ceremony with me."
The more Yan Xingchuan listened, the more he felt something was wrong. When he heard the end, his expression finally changed: "You want me to perform a marriage ceremony with you?"
Lin Qingning nodded: "That's right. My eldest cousin is gone, and I am his biological brother. It is only natural for me to come to welcome the bride on his behalf and complete the wedding ceremony for him and me."
That's the truth, but...
"That won't work." Yan Xingchuan immediately rejected her.
"Why not?" Lin Qingning's expression changed. "Could it be that my cousin wants me to come alone? If so, where is my dignity? Someone who doesn't know would think the Yan family doesn't want me to enter."
"Cousin, if you don't want to marry me, then that's fine, but are you unwilling to agree to even this small request?"
"Even if I begged you, cousin, have you forgotten my parents and my brother? And my aunt and uncle, if they knew that I didn't even have anyone to pick me up, I don't know how heartbroken they would be."
"I'm not asking you to marry me. Even if it's for my cousin and for me, just agree..."
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