Translator: Larbre Studio Editor: Larbre Studio
“I got married, Mom. We registered recently,” said Lu Yi calmly. He spoke as if it was a simple, casual matter, but the announcement was no different than thunder to Ye Shuyun’s ears.
Ye Shuyun wanted to scream. In the end, she covered a hand over her mouth. No talking, no screaming, no shouting.
“You got married?” she asked, dropping her voice so that no scream escape.
“Yes,” nodded Lu Yi. “I did.”
“My child, are you unwell?” said Ye Shuyan, putting her hand on Lu Yi’s forehead. There’s no fever, yet why is he speaking such folly? Why did he think that he was married? Has the desire to marry drove him mad? Or have I, his mother, pushed him too hard?
Lu Yi took Ye Shuyun’s hand and led her to sit down.
“I’m do not have a fever, Mom. Like I said, my marriage registration had been validated. I am now married.”
“But why?” Ye Shuyun pointed at the closed door. “Is that, your wife, my daughter-in-law…”
“Yes,” nodded Lu Yi.
“Listen to me, Mom,” Lu Yi looked down in thought.
“She’s an actor.”
“I know,” said Ye Shuyun. A young woman of 23. Her son was robbing the cradle here.
“Grandpa would never approve this, Mom,” frowned Lu Yi. Grandpa Lu was easygoing, but too traditional. He lived by the old saying “whores know no love, actors no loyalty.”
In his younger days, he was cheated by an opera actor. From then, he hated actors of all forms. When Lu Qin had expressed his interest to become an actor, he had closed one eye, but his disdain was made clear. The main reason why he had allowed it was because it was Lu Qin and not Lu Yi.
Similarly, Lu Qin can marry an actor, but not Lu Yi.
Therefore, Lu Yi was fully aware that his Grandpa would never approve of Yan Huan because of her occupation. He couldn’t bear the thought of letting Yan Huan be hectored or harmed.
He vowed to protect her and take everything onto his own shoulders. If he couldn’t even handle this much, how could he claim himself as a man? A man protects and cherishes his woman.
That was why he married Yan Huan without letting his family know. Even if the old man found out later on, all he could do is give him a good beating. He wouldn’t force him to get a divorce.
In the Lu Family, no one divorces.
If you choose a path, finish walking it. The Lu Family would never shoulder your responsibilities for you when you make a mistake.
“How could I forget about this?” Ye Shuyun rose. This was a troublesome matter. Getting past Grandpa isn’t going to be easy. Still, Ye Shuyun supported her son.
She patted him on the shoulder. “Don’t worry. Mom will support you on this. I’ll do something about your Grandpa. Anyway, now that you are married, there’s nothing he could do even if he’s angry.”
“But you might have to suffer some physical pain.”
Ye Shuyun was pained at the thought of her son’s beating, which he would receive with certainty.
“Any regrets?” she asked. You knew what the consequences, yet you did it anyway.
“She’s worth it,” said Lu Yi, sprinkles of warm light dancing in his eyes. Ye Shuyun felt a little sentimental at the sight. She had never seen her son like this.
She looked at the door again. What kind of woman was she? She was dying to know. She then convinced herself that there was no hurry, and that she would eventually get to see her.
Lu Yi must have his reasons for not letting them meet. If that’s the case, so be it.
She pondered on how to placate the old man so that her son wouldn’t get a beating. She loved her son dearly; she couldn’t bear the sight of him suffering. Also, he didn’t want his son’s hard-earned wife to run away.
Her choice of words was an apt one. She knew nothing of the hardships Lu Yi and Yan Huan had gone through.
She sat for a little longer, but her daughter-in-law did not wake. Her son was secretive too, so she went back home. She could only wait for his son to bring his wife home someday. The most important matter at hand was the old man. Her heart ached at the thought of his obstinate beliefs.
The old man was as stubborn as a donkey; almost nothing could change his mind.
Lu Yi could have married anyone, even a farmer’s daughter, and the old man wouldn’t have had any complaints. However, the woman he fell in love with was an actor. That was something the old man couldn’t overlook.
Nonetheless, she will speak up for her own son. She wouldn’t break the lovers apart just because of the old man’s prejudice. She trusted that her son had an eye for people.
The one he wanted to protect and marry could only be a good child.
When Yan Huan woke up, Ye Shuyun had already left. She couldn’t have known about her mother-in-law’s arrival. Even if she did, she might have gotten cold feet since she didn’t know how to get along with her current mother-in-law and previous auntie.
After all, she did her wrong in her past life. In this life, she would treat Ye Shuyun like her biological mother and take good care of her.
Humans have hearts, and hearts are made of flesh.
She trusted that they would take to her if she treated them well from the bottom of her heart.
“What’s bothering you?” Just as Lu Yi walked in and sat down, he saw her spacing out like a log. He pinched her tender cheeks. That sensation was something he was going to miss.
“It’s nothing,” replied Yan Huan, looping her arms around his waist and huddling up close. “I’m just thinking, what would happen to you after I enlist? Would you be too heartbroken to function?”
“What nonsense,” Lu Yi frowned. Yan Huan’s soft hair was smooth and cool, and it felt like silk in his hands.
“Your camp is very near to my house. I’ll visit you at the weekends.”
“That’s great,” smiled Yan Huan. She buried her head into Lu Yi’s chest like a child. Right now, she was really like a child. She had given up everything in her current and past life to become a child, to be his child.
How lucky is a woman to have a man cherishing and spoiling her like a daughter?
Yan Huan would be in the army for about a year. Luo Lin was assigned a new artist, and Yi Ling had Lei Qingyi, so Yan Huan wasn’t particularly worried. As to why the company had approved her decision to enlist, she made clear of the point back when she had signed the agreement.