Chapter 13
In the first scene, she sees "Han Meng" commit suicide at home that same day after seeing the newspaper articles that falsely accused her and Lu Jinxian. Han Xianfei holds his daughter's body and cries out in despair, then kneels in the ancestral hall, begging his ancestors to save his daughter...
In the second scene, on the same day that "Han Meng" and Lu Jinxian were discovered together in a hotel room, Han Xianfei spent a large sum of money to bribe major newspapers to prevent them from reporting on the incident.
Han Xianfei breathed a sigh of relief that his daughter was alright that day, but not long after, after visiting Chen Jianhe a few times, she had another accident. Han Xianfei was devastated and came to the ancestral hall again...
These are just some of the different scenarios, but the outcome is always the same: no matter what Han Xianfei does, his daughter will leave him.
On one occasion, he broke down in tears before his ancestors, questioning why his daughter was destined to die. He couldn't understand it; his daughter's reputation had been so-so all these years, it shouldn't be that she had to end her life just because of some gossip.
He couldn't find the reason in his daughter, so he began to think it was his own problem, that he was too popular and had harmed his daughter.
That must be it; those bad people behind the scenes threatened my daughter!
How can we save our daughter's life?
Every time his daughter died, Han Xianfei would hold a memorial service for his ancestors in the ancestral hall for forty-nine days. On the fiftieth day, he would return to the day his daughter had an affair with Lu Jinxian.
In an effort to change the fate of his daughter's death, he tried many things, even opening a Chinese medicine pharmacy to do good deeds and accumulate merit, setting the prices of medicines at a low level, not caring how much he lost.
But doing this alone won't do much good.
The pain of losing his daughter continued to torment Han Xianfei.
On the forty-eighth time, he locked himself completely in the ancestral hall, neither eating nor drinking, and pondered deeply.
What kind of people and families can keep Mengmeng safe here?
The Shen family?
No, warlords may have great power and influence, but those families are also at the forefront of the times. They could be wiped out any day. It's not a good idea to let Mengmeng marry into the Shen family.
Finally, Han Xianfei thought of the Lu family.
The Lu family runs a martial arts school. They are not involved with other families and have a certain ability to protect themselves. Although his senior brother Lu Wen has an eccentric temper, he is a fairly upright person.
But... this decision is actually difficult to implement.
Firstly, his conflict with Lu Wen was common knowledge.
Secondly, the eldest and second sons of the Lu family are already married, leaving only the third son, Lu Jinxian, who happens to be the object of Mengmeng's rumors every time she encounters him. However, his illness... sigh. There are no other options.
In the video, Han Xianfei is crying his eyes out. He wipes away his tears with one hand and lights the last candle with the other: "Mengmeng, Dad only has forty-nine chances. I hope that on this last occasion, you can stay by Dad's side and not leave."
"I beg our ancestors, and I beg Mengmeng..."
On the forty-ninth occasion, as soon as Han Xianfei woke up, he rushed to the Lu family's martial arts school and met his senior brother Lu Wen, whom he hadn't seen for decades.
Lu Wen didn't want to see him and had his apprentices drive him away, but fortunately, he had already anticipated this situation.
So he made a promise to Lu Wen that if he could facilitate the marriage between Han Meng and Lu Jinxian, he would be willing to donate most of his assets to the martial arts association to fund martial arts-related activities.
He knew that his senior brother's dream was simply to carry forward their master's unique kung fu skills, and that the man himself was not difficult to deal with.
He had anticipated that his daughter would strongly oppose the marriage, but this was his last chance, and he had no choice but to bite the bullet and force her.
Therefore, regardless of whether his daughter agrees to the marriage, he must arrange the engagement for her, and no one can stop him from doing so!
After arguing with Han Meng that day, Han Xianfei went to the ancestral hall to speak with the ancestors. He choked up and said, "I was really crazy, I was so mean to Mengmeng, but I really couldn't help it... I'm sorry..."
"Is this transmigration world in the book crazy?" Han Meng couldn't help but complain after she came to her senses.
Han Xianfei "reopened" his beloved daughter so many times. The last time, he thought he had finally saved his daughter, but it turned out she had transmigrated into the book and wasn't his real daughter.
Moreover, even if she hadn't transmigrated into the book, given the original owner's personality, she would probably still have wanted to break free from that invisible control. In order not to become a truly vicious female supporting character, the original owner would likely still have chosen to commit suicide.
In other words, it is very likely that no matter how many times Han Xianfei reopens the business or what changes he makes, he will never be able to let his real daughter live, and this outcome will never change.
Han Xianfei was not Han Meng's real father, but at this moment, Han Meng couldn't help but have tears well up in her eyes, which fell drop by drop into the incense burner.
She stayed alone in the ancestral hall, and it took her a long time to calm down.
It was Yuzhi who heard the night watchman's drum and, worried that she might be sleeping inside, took the initiative to come into the ancestral hall to find her.
"Miss! Are you crying?"
"Hmm, I miss my grandparents a little." Han Meng glanced at the memorial tablets here.
She didn't know if her transmigration into the book was related to these memorial tablets, but upon closer reflection, it seemed that it was thanks to these tablets that Han Xianfei had the opportunity to "save" his daughter time and time again.
Even if this rescue is destined to fail.
"Never mind, I'm still here." Han Meng muttered to herself before leaving the ancestral hall.
Yu Zhi: "Miss, what did you say?"
"It's nothing." Han Meng wiped away her tears and took a deep breath. "By the way, I heard from the housekeeper that my dad often suffers from insomnia, is that right?"
Yu Zhi nodded: "I heard it's been a while, I guess the master has been too busy lately."
The cooperation between the Han and Wang families has been cancelled, and there is much discussion but no conclusion. In any case, the Han family needs new customers for their new products, so Han Xianfei is certainly busy.
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The next day, Han Meng went to the traditional Chinese medicine pharmacy again and asked the old doctor for a prescription to help her sleep.
I had just finished preparing the medicine when I turned around and saw a brightly dressed young man standing at the door.
Wang Ao: "Han Meng, come out here for a moment, I need to talk to you."
"Let's talk here." Han Meng walked up to him, her expression indifferent.
Wang Ao's face was grim. He noticed several employees in the pharmacy looking at him warily, which made him even angrier. If he had known earlier that Han Meng was not someone to be trifled with, he would not have brought up that idea at the family meeting.
"Could you... for the sake of our past relationship, ask your father not to sue the Wang family in the Chamber of Commerce? Besides, we've been cooperating for so many years..."
"This is an apology gift prepared by my family. Please accept it on behalf of your father." Wang Ao took out a gold bar from his pocket, gritted his teeth, and handed it to Han Meng.
Han Meng remained silent, but accepted the gold bars without any hesitation.
Meanwhile, the scene of receiving gifts caused some people nearby to misunderstand.
Guo Yihan patted Lu Jinxian: "Hey, look who's with whom, bro, you look like you've been cheated on."
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