Chapter 22 (1/2)
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”Look at you....... What are you talking about, child?” Song Qing Lian held the hands of Hua Ming Zi and she was smiling so much that she could not even close her lips.
She really likes this Hua Ming Zi. Although she is shrewd, she still possesses innocence and natural feelings. This Hua Ming Zi has the intelligence of her eldest son and the liveliness of her younger son and if such a woman is married into the Ying Family, it is a blessing for the Family.
But it is unknown who will have this blessing.......
”Today, did my two children come to disturb you?” Song Qing Lian asked.
”If you put it this way, I feel embarra.s.sed because it is I, who is troubling the Ying Family.”
”Soon you will be a part of the Family. It is not necessary to differentiate between the Ying Family and the Hua Family.” Song Qing Lian looked at her and tried to probe further.
Hua Ming Zi did not know what to reply and just gently shook her head. In her mind, involuntarily, the image of Ying Yan Long appeared.
After that day, the two of them had not seen each other again. No.......it is she who had not seen him but he had seen her. According to Cui Yu, he had always come at unG.o.dly hours of the night and he forbade the maid to wake her up. He only came to just look at her before he was willing to leave.
If someone is to see him come to her bedchamber in the middle of the night, then will she be able to live?!
It was just that he was always busy with refining medicine and there was not even enough time for him to take a rest. However, he had never missed a day to come and see her, so how can she not be moved? But every time when she ponders over the relations.h.i.+p between her and him, and he had forbidden her to seek out Luo Ji Cai to settle scores with him, her heart would unconsciously be filled with complex feelings.
Song Qing Lian looked on as Hua Ming Zi's smile gradually disappeared. With a serious expression, Song Qing Lian asked her.
”You know that I really hope you will marry into our Ying Family. I want to ask you a private question.......you.......who would you like to marry? Yan Long or Xue Wen?”
Hua Ming Zi gazed at the Old Madam's kind face and she bit her lip lightly.
It is not that she does not understand the reason why Ying Xue Wen visits her every day. She is the same age as him and she only regards him as her younger brother.......
”During the time when you were injured, I noticed the way my Family's Yan Long treats you which is out of the ordinary. The few days when you were seriously injured, his concern was written on his face. If he does not like you then what does that mean?” Song Qing Lian said.
”What Ying Dangjia needs is a woman who is educated and cultured, a woman who understands the Three Obedience and Four Virtues. Because of my Hua Family, I have to show my face in public* to run my business.” Hua Ming Zi began to feel a pain tugging in her heart.
(Showing face in public means to work away from home i.e. in public. In ancient times, this is taboo for the females in respectable families. It is expected for women to stay at home away from the public eye and women who work in public are usually looked down upon by others.)
”I know this is because you have to take care of so many people in the Hua Family and you have used all your effort. However, now your health is not like before and somehow you will have to let go.” Song Qing Lian held Hua Ming Zi's hands tightly.
”Such a good girl like you.......both Yan Long and Xue Wen like you.......and it is expected. I am just afraid that for you to match up with Xue Wen.........with your intelligence, it is a grievance to you.”
”He saved my life and I am indebted to him.” Moreover, if she marries this person, she can still continue to manage the Hua Ji Restaurants, but.......
”It was Xue Wen's wish to save you. So it is not right to expect you to look after him for the rest of his life.”
”You.......want me to marry Ying Dangjia? But I........” Hua Ming Zi frowned and bit her lip.
”Unable to bear children?”
”Yes.......” She forced herself to look at Song Qing Lian.
”If I say I don't hope to hold a candy to tease my grandchildren* then it is definitely a lie.” Song Qing Lian looked at the painful expression on Hua Ming Zi's face. Song Qing Lian stroked her head and said. ”It is only a matter of grandchildren, can this be forced? During Yan Long's previous marriage, he always quarreled with his wife. I didn't even dare to request for a grandchild. Later, the two of them separated and then his ex-wife pa.s.sed away. Although their feelings for each other were not good, they were still husband and wife for a year. He was very unhappy, so all this time, I never dared to urge him to remarry. But now I can see Yan Long likes you, so I will not ask for anything else. He is very busy with work and he works too hard. If there is someone who can stay beside him, I can feel at ease and I won't ask for anything more. This is the heart of parents in the world*.”
(Holding candy to tease grandchildren describes the joy of an elder playing with his grandchildren in his old age.)
(Heart of parents in the world means the feelings of love and care of all parents in the world for their children.)
When Hua Ming Zi heard Song Qing Lian's soft words, her eyes brimmed with tears.