1RomanceEB 86: New Year's Greetings
86: New Year's Greetings
The first day of the Lunar New Year marks the arrival of the Spring Festival.
The first thing to do at the start of the year is, of course, to pay New Year's visits.
Han Wen never expected that Zheng Xiaolong, Feng Xiaogang, Li Xiaoming, and Li Gongda would all get together and visit his mother's home at the same time to wish her a Happy New Year.
The series "Kyoto Chinese in New York" established Yaoqianshu Films' reputation in the industry and made the company a fortune. Besides Han Wen, the other members of the production team deserve considerable credit for this achievement.
Therefore, after the project ended, in addition to the bonus, Han Qingyan also gave each of them a large red envelope.
After all, if we make money together and share the profits equally, we can continue to cooperate better and longer in the future.
Han Qingyan is almost fifty years old today, while Zheng Xiaolong, the oldest member of the group of four, is only forty. Therefore, Han Qingyan is truly the older sister in their eyes, and they have always considered themselves the younger brothers.
Besides the people in the film crew, Han Qingyan also has some other friends in Jinghua City. They are all educated youth who were sent to the countryside in the southwest province during the Cultural Revolution, and they have kept in touch after returning to the city.
Previously, Han Qingyan had been busy with projects and work and hadn't had time to visit these friends. Now, taking advantage of the Spring Festival holiday, he naturally wanted to meet up and catch up.
As for his friends in Shanghai, Han Qingyan wouldn't go there in person. However, he would definitely make a phone call and send his best wishes.
Han Qingyan was extremely busy, and Han Wen was naturally not idle either.
He stuffed all the local specialties that his mother had specially sent from their hometown before the Lunar New Year into his little yellow worm, and then began to wish his teachers and elders a Happy New Year.
Cao Guilin, Bai Shurong, Gu Jianping, Wang Xiaobo, Third Master Leopard, Zhou Yu, Zhang Yadong, and many others—he didn't miss a single person who had helped Han Wen, had dealt with him, or had a pleasant working relationship with him.
The local specialties from his hometown aren't actually worth much, even though they were shipped from thousands of kilometers away. What's valuable is Han Wen's loyal and righteous character, which makes the teachers who helped and supported him extremely happy.
Han Wen spent several days visiting all the people he needed to. Originally, he also planned to visit Bai Feifei's parents in Qingdao, but they refused his request.
Bai Feifei believed that although the two had the de facto relationship of husband and wife, they were not married in name. Visiting her parents as boyfriend and girlfriend was not really necessary.
Moreover, before she got pregnant, let alone getting married, even getting engaged seemed a long way off.
Even if she gets pregnant, she probably won't be able to marry into the Han family until after the child is born.
The relationship between the two was too unstable, filled with too much uncertainty. At this time, Bai Feifei didn't want to tell her parents about her feelings.
Although Han Qingyan's actions were indeed excessive, even cold-blooded, Bai Feifei had no choice but to endure them.
My mother-in-law is so formidable. When she likes you, she's all-consuming love to you, but when she doesn't like you anymore, she just kicks you out the door.
Han Qingyan's standard for liking someone is simple: give her a grandson. Her standard for not liking you is also simple: you don't give her a grandson.
Bai Feifei didn't know how she ended up with such an awful mother-in-law, which really made her both laugh and cry.
However, in this era of male chauvinism and strong emphasis on carrying on the family line, Han Qingyan's actions were not wrong at all.
There was nothing else Bai Feifei could do but stay home with Han Wen and keep practicing their martial arts.
Hopefully, the two of them can work hard and have a baby. Otherwise, her future days will definitely be very difficult.
"Mom told me before that after the New Year, you and I should take some time to go to the hospital for a check-up." After finishing her practice, Bai Feifei nestled in Han Wen's arms and said this.
"Go to the hospital? What for?" Han Wen was stunned and didn't understand.
"I haven't gotten pregnant yet, so Mom's getting anxious," Bai Feifei sighed, also feeling that her belly was letting her down. "It's good to go to the hospital to get checked out, at least we'll know what the problem is."
"I'm fine," Han Wen replied. In his past life, he was married and had children; he was energetic and very capable.
"Then that's my problem." Bai Feifei sighed, then suddenly looked at Han Wen: "Han Wen, how do you know you're not the problem? Did you have other women before, and one of them got pregnant for you?"
Han Wen had other women before, including Zhou Ning. However, he never imagined that Zhou Ning would not only be pregnant but also give birth to a lovely and intelligent daughter, Han Zhou Hui.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Han Wen was speechless, and retorted, "Do you really think that's possible?"
"Why not?" Bai Feifei retorted.
She knew that Han Wen had a woman he liked before, and that she had always been in his heart. However, there were some things she couldn't ask, and dared not ask, so she could only pretend she knew nothing.
"If I had a woman in the past, and she got pregnant, even if she was thousands of miles away, my mother would have brought her back long ago." Han Wen shook his head and laughed, "If that were the case, there wouldn't be anything for you to do."
Bai Feifei thought about it and realized that it made perfect sense. So, even if Han Wen had a woman before, and even if she got pregnant, she definitely didn't give birth to the child.
Otherwise, the mother would gain status through her son. For the sake of the child, Han Qingyan would definitely try his best to bring that mother and child back.
"Then how do you know there's nothing wrong with your body?" Bai Feifei persisted, also somewhat worried. "If what you say is true, then wouldn't I be the one with the problem?"
"I'm fine, and you're fine too. Don't worry unnecessarily and scare yourself," Han Wen comforted the other person.
Since he remembered some things from his past life, he naturally knew that his female knight-errant was healthy.
Bai Feifei's difficulty in conceiving may be related to her previous dance practice. Of course, it could also be related to her lifestyle and mindset.
So Han Wenzhen wasn't too worried or anxious. Feelings can be cultivated slowly, and love can develop over time. However, getting pregnant sometimes really does depend on luck.
"Hanwen, I'm not worrying unnecessarily, nor am I scaring myself. It's just that Mom really wants a grandson, and I don't want to disappoint her." Bai Feifei sighed, somewhat helplessly, "After being with you for so long, I've realized that I've truly fallen in love with you for the rest of my life, and I can't live without you."
But if I can't have your child, Mom will definitely be very disappointed and her attitude towards me will change. I don't want that to happen; I can't bear that.
"What are you worried about? You're my woman, my mom won't do anything to you." Han Wen said nonchalantly, offering simple comfort: "If you're afraid of my mom and don't want to live with her, you can just move somewhere else."
Nanny, bodyguard, driver, house, car, company—I'll provide it all for you. Whatever you want, I'll give you.
Just continue being my woman and don't overthink it. It's crazy.
"You want to keep me as a mistress and support me?" Bai Feifei asked after thinking for a moment.
"Is that the point? Just tell me, can you accept this arrangement, do you like this kind of life?" Hanwen retorted, "We have a foundation of affection, we really love each other."
My heroine, being my woman for life shouldn't be too much of a burden for you, right?
Since that's the case, even if we don't get married and don't have children, it's really not a big deal.
"And then you can continue to be a womanizer and a philanderer?" Bai Feifei snorted and asked.
"Heroine, sometimes you need to learn to play dumb. Being too smart isn't good." Han Wen nodded and smiled. "When the time comes, I'll be picking this thorny rose of yours every day. It'll definitely be exciting."