Quick Wear: There is always a female supporting role tearing up the script

After getting on the boat, Yan Chongfu said to Feng Juzheng, "You go and row."

Feng Juzheng pointed at himself with his mouth open, "Me?"

Yan Chongfu sat down straight and asked, "How about me?"

Feng Juzheng shut up and went out obediently.

After getting off the boat, Feng Juzheng couldn't help asking, "Sir, what did you and that fisherwoman talk about in the cabin just now?"

Yan Chongfu glanced at him and laughed, "Guess?"

Feng Juzheng's heart was pounding. Oh my god, when did the Third Young Master laugh like this? And you're still teasing him?

Yan Chongfu stayed in Lianzhou for half a year, and the fisherwoman followed him from the second month.

Her name was Yue Niang. Her parents had died young, leaving her with no relatives or friends in the world. She said to Yan Chongfu, "I know you tea merchants are away from home all year round. I'm an orphan, so I'm a perfect match for you. I can follow you everywhere."

Yan Chongfu was lying on her fishing boat. With no one to paddle, the boat was swaying and drifting on the water. Yue Niang was sitting beside him. He could see her white calves and feet with her trouser legs rolled up by turning his head.

Yan Chongfu said, "Why are you so shameless?"

"I've never seen a woman like you."

But his smile reached his eyes and his voice was very gentle.

Yue Niang kicked his arm and said, "You are like a piece of wood. If I were embarrassed..."

She also lay down next to him and said, "Yan Chongfu, I'm not shy. Let me ask you, are you willing to be with me?"

Yan Chongfu turned his head and looked into her eyes. She was always so lively and vivid, and his rotten soul seemed to be awakened by her.

He gently held her hand, his voice so soft that it was almost inaudible, "Yeah."

Yue Niang asked, "What did you say?"

He spoke a little louder and said "hmm" again.

Yue Niang asked again, "What did you say?"

Yan Chongfu said, "I do."

She smiled happily.

Half a year later, Yan Chongfu finished his mission and Yan Xiuming asked him to return to Beijing.

He confessed his identity to Yue Niang.

She didn't know how big the Yan family was. She asked, "You hid it from me before because your job was dangerous and you didn't want me to get involved?"

Yan Chongfu said, "Yes."

"That's okay," Yue Niang smiled and took his hand, "I forgive you."

"No matter who you are, I will follow you."

Yan Chongfu's eyes were glistening with tears, and he looked at her for a long time. She asked, "Why are you crying?"

"I'm happy," Yan Chongfu said. "I've never been so happy."

He brought her back to Shangjing, and as expected, he was strongly opposed by Yan Xiuming and Wang Ruishu. Wang Ruishu was fine, as she was trapped in the back house and could do nothing to Yan Chongfu. But Yan Xiuming controlled almost everything about Yan Chongfu.

"You're a romantic," Yan Xiuming slapped Yan Chongfu twice. "Are you awake?"

Yan Chongfu's face was red and swollen, but he still said, "I want to marry her."

"Okay." Yan Xiuming looked at him, "Don't regret it."

He took away everything from Yan Chongfu. The once high and mighty third son of the Yan family became penniless overnight.

How could Yan Xiuming let him go so easily? He didn't even need to say anything, as his subordinates were making things difficult for Yan Chongfu and Yue Niang everywhere, not to mention that Yan Chongfu had two brothers who hated him to the core.

Yan Chongfu used most of his remaining savings to buy a small courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing. There was no servant in the house, but Yue Niang was very happy. She planted flowers and plants in the courtyard and built a vegetable garden in the backyard. She said, "I have never been served by anyone before. We have hands and feet, we can do the work ourselves, and being together as a family is better than anything else."

She was already pregnant with their child.

She once told him that her mother gave birth to her on a boat. That night, she saw the full moon high above her head and called her Yue Niang.

She asked, "What about your name? Is there any origin?"

His character Chong is the generation name of the Yan family. In their generation, all the children of the family have this character in their names.

The character "Fu" was given to him casually by Yan Xiuming. He did not love Wang Ruishu and did not care about him.

If their child were to follow the Yan family's generation name system, he should be named "Cong".

But Yan Chongfu had decided early on that he wanted to be called "Huai Ming".

The moon is bright, and my heart is clear.

His courtesy name is "Xihe", which is taken from "There are Fusu on the mountain and lotus flowers in the marsh", and also because they met on the bank of the Lianjiang River where there are fields of lotus leaves.

As long as they are together as a family, that's better than anything else.

But Yan Xiuming was determined to make him regret it. When Yue Niang was giving birth, he was tripped by someone. When he rushed back, Yue Niang was lying alone on the bed with blood-stained bedding beneath her. Her hair was soaked with sweat, her face was covered with tears, and she struggled to get out of bed weakly and palely.

Their child was taken away by Wang Ruishu as soon as he was born.

The gate of the Yan family was closed. Yan Xiuming's carriage stopped beside Yan Chongfu. He lifted the curtain and said to Yan Chongfu, "You gave up your identity yourself. Now you can't enter the Yan family."

Yan Chongfu's eyes were red with anger. "Give my child back to me."

"Your child?" Yan Xiuming smiled. "That's the bloodline of our Yan family."

Yue Niang was depressed and cried all day long. She was frightened during childbirth and her wounds did not heal in time, so she became ill.

She was like a gradually withering flower. Yan Chongfu watched her fall from the branch. All her former vigor and happiness were ruined because of him.

But he still wanted to tie her to his side.

He said, "Let's go back to Yan's house, okay?"

"I will work hard and win over everyone. I will hold the real power in my hands and will never let you and Xi He be bullied again." He held her hand and begged her with tears in his eyes, "Please, give me some time. I promise, I promise you."

Yue Niang touched his face, which was still horribly pale. She murmured, "My Xi He, I haven't seen him yet."

Yan Chongfu fell into her arms and cried heart-wrenchingly.

Yue Niang followed him back to the Yan family and was not even considered a concubine.

Their child was raised by Wang Ruishu. Yan Chongfu knew very well how Wang Ruishu raised children. He knelt in front of Yan Xiuming and said, "Even if you don't let his mother take care of him, at least find him someone who will cherish him."

Yan Xiuming remained unmoved. "This is the price you pay for acting on your own will. You must remember this well."

He acted like a loving father and said, "Your fourth brother is just as disappointing as your two older brothers, but I still have my eyes on you. Look, once you admit your mistakes, I'll take you back."

Yan Chongfu knelt on the cold ground, wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, stood up, and no longer begged him for anything.

He wanted to become truly strong, so strong that no one could bully his wife and children.

He bribed the people in Wang Rui's academy and put a wet nurse in there. Every few days, the wet nurse would find an opportunity to take the child out and let Yue Niang take a look at it.

"He's grown up so much now," Yue Niang said to Yan Chongfu. "He's so handsome. He keeps holding my finger and won't let go."

I don’t know when it started, but whenever they met, they would always cry, and Yue Niang’s tears seemed to have dried up.

She was able to see her children occasionally, but it was more painful than not seeing them at all.