“No, no. ……”
Song Lin waved his hand in panic, known as the great Confucianist of the world. His legs and stomach began to spin at the mere thought of it.
“If you don’t go to acknowledge your parents, then you’ll have to make peace with my mother.”
“And, and divorce? Will?”
Song Lin’s body swayed a few times.
He had barely closed his eyes on the way here, thinking that the Xu family would make things difficult, rebuke and look down on him, and he could accept all of that, but he could not accept a divorce.
Song Wan Yue nodded with a serious face, “My mother has already gone back to the Xu residence, if you don’t go to acknowledge your marriage, then it will only be a divorce.”
“I won’t divorce, I won’t divorce to death!”
He thought about it, if Xu remembered the past, he would make her whole and never drag her back.
But when it really came to this, he found he couldn’t do it!
The thought that she might marry someone else made his heart ache like a knife.
“Then there’s the path of going to the acknowledgement of marriage.”
Song Lin crouched down with his head in pain, he was afraid, he didn’t think he was good enough for Xu.
“Father ……”
Song Wangyue squatted beside him, “The Xu family are very nice and will not dislike you, just relax. Also, my mother she was thinking last night about how it’s been so many days since you’ve come, and was afraid that something had happened to you on the way.”
“Yue’er, father ……”
Song Lin still couldn’t muster up the courage, he had met a few of his grandmother Song who had gone back on the way here and had heard from them that the Xu family was very nice and didn’t mind them at all.
But he was different, he was Xu Qingwan’s husband, the Xu family would look at him with a critical eye, what if they couldn’t see it? What if he was forced to make peace with Xu?
“I know father was afraid, and so were my elder brother and grandmother and I. After all, the difference between our families was too great, and my mother had married you under those circumstances, and now that she had found her family, it was understandable that they would disown us. My grandmother was very kind, my great-grandfather was very kind, my uncle and my aunt were very kind, they were all kind-hearted people and they knew how to be kind, and if you hadn’t saved my mother, I don’t know what would have happened to her. They will only have gratitude in their hearts and will not blame you, let alone make things difficult for you and look down on you.”
“Really, really?”
Song Lin lifted his head.
Song Wangyue nodded heavily, “Of course it’s true, if you don’t believe us, you can follow us over and you’ll know when you see them.”
“I, I, I ……”
Song Lin wanted to go but didn’t dare to.
Song Wan Yue helped him up, “I’ll have someone boil water, you take a good bath, change your clothes and go to meet them refreshed. Father, you must remember that in terms of looks, you are not inferior to anyone; in terms of body, you are stronger than all the others. So don’t feel short of anyone else, you just need to hold your chest up and stand beside my mother.”
“Really, really?”
Song Lin asked woodenly as his mind was muddled.
Song Wan Yue nodded solemnly, “Really, my daughter will not lie to you.”
The water boiled and Song Lin went to take a bath.
Song Wangyue opened the parcel he had brought with him and selected a piece of clothing for Gu Yi to give to the bathing room.
Gu Yi went in with the clothes, Song Lin did not go into the bath tub, but took a ladle and scooped up the water in the tub and mechanically poured it over himself, noticing Gu Yi coming in, he simply looked at him and poured another ladle.
“I’ll teach uncle a method.”
Gu Yi suddenly spoke.
Song Lin’s movement of scooping up water gave a lurch and he looked over instantly.
“You just need to be thick-skinned.”
Song Lin froze with the ladle in his hand, water dripping down from his head.
“Whatever people say, you just pretend you didn’t will hear it and piss them off.”
Song Lin, ……
shook his head, no water came out of his ears, proving that he hadn’t heard wrong just now.
“Can, can it work?”
Gu Yi nodded with utmost certainty, “Of course, uncle is right to listen to me.”
When Song Lin came out of the shower, Song Wan Yue felt something different about him, and thought that he had figured it out in the meantime.
“Father is a little faster, today is grandfather’s birthday and the house is having a banquet.”
Song Lin’s movement to brush his hair stopped and he stiffly turned his neck to look over, “Feast, feast?”
“Father, don’t worry, the banquet is in the other courtyard, no one will see you.”
Song Lin couldn’t put his mind at ease, he was apprehensive all the way in the carriage, and when he got off the carriage at the entrance of the Xu family, looking at the mansion which was even more grand than the Gu Caijian’s house, his legs and stomach really started to spin.
“Miss Sun, Young Master Gu, you are back.”
Uncle Xu smilingly came forward, his eyes fell on Song Wangyue’s hand holding Song Lin’s arm, his heart had a guess, his expression instantly excited, “This, this is ……”
“This is my father.”
“It really is the aunt.”
Uncle Xu was thrilled, “Quick, go and report to the young master that the aunt has arrived.”
“Uncle is busy, don’t bother him, I’ll just take my father in.”
Uncle Xu busily gave way to his body and watched Song Wangyue enter with Song Lin on her arm, overjoyed.
Even though their aunt was from the countryside, she was tall and powerful, much better than the people in the capital. Their young lady had a good eye, even with her memory loss, she had managed to pick such a good husband for herself.
Song Lin’s eyes didn’t dare to wander, he kept looking ahead and his body was so stiff that if Song Wan Yue hadn’t held him, he wouldn’t have been able to walk a step.
Song Wangyue turned around and gave Gu Yi a wink, which Gu Yi understood and quickened her pace, going into the courtyard first.
When he saw that Sister Wu was not waiting at the door, he knew that Meng was not in the house, so he lightened his steps and went to the door, saw through the curtain that Xu was the only one in the house and quietly retreated, winking at Song Wan Yue.
Song Wangyue let go of the hand holding Song Lin’s and whispered, “Father go in, Mother is inside.”
Song Lin’s body had stiffened and he could not take a step for a moment. He closed his eyes and took several deep breaths before slowly lifting one foot, landing heavily on the ground, and lifting the other.
Xu was inside the house wondering where Song Wangyue and Gu Yi both went, seeing that the banquet was about to start, but the two were still missing, when she suddenly heard footsteps in the courtyard, she thought the two had returned, and smiled as she got up and walked to the door, “You two go ……”
Seeing the people in the courtyard, the voice stopped abruptly, and then rang out with delight, “Dangjia, when did you come?”
Xu today wore a light-colored robe dress, her face was lightly powdered, her hair was pulled up high, and she had an emerald jade hairpin, the whole person looked light and elegant and noble.
Song Lin had never seen her dressed like this before, and felt that she looked like a fairy from a painting, so he looked straight at her for a moment.
Song Wan Yue and Gu Yi looked at each other and retreated, guarding the courtyard entrance.
“The child, the child’s mother.”
Song Lin’s timid, bottom-rattling voice rang out from within the courtyard.