Chapter 635: I Know You Still Have Her in Your Heart

First, she had a thick layer of carpet laid over all the floors in the house.

The purpose was to prevent her daughter-in-law from falling if she accidentally tripped while walking.

The carpet was imported from abroad, woven from the finest wool, and was thick and soft.

But would the wool cause an allergy?

This was a problem.

Consequently, she had the servants lay a layer of floor leather over the carpet.

With the floor leather as a barrier, there was no need to worry about a wool allergy.

However, it felt very strange to step on, always feeling like one was walking on cotton, very unsteady!

And this unsteadiness was soon verified.

Jin Wan'er walked out of the room, stepped onto the "soft floor," and nearly fell.

"What's wrong with this floor?" She steadied herself against the wall in time; although she stabilized, she was startled.

The servant said, "Madam had us lay carpet on the floor to keep you from falling, and then, fearing you might be allergic to the wool, she had us lay floor leather over it, so it ended up like this."

Jin Wan'er:...

You've got to be kidding, this is just too... unnecessary!

Seeing that her good intentions had backfired, Lady Jian hurriedly had the servants remove both the floor leather and the carpet entirely.

This was just the beginning.

There were also the meals.

Jin Wan'er's meals were nutritional meals prepared after careful calculation.

With a balance of meat and vegetables, the menus were pregnancy recipes specially created by a nutritionist.

The fruits and vegetables were picked from the fields before dawn and delivered overnight.

And then there was the clothing.

From the inside out, all clothes had to be inspected by her mother-in-law to ensure they were soft and comfortable, and they also had to be scalded in boiling water, washed, and dried before they could be worn.

Lady Jian cared for her daughter-in-law with the utmost devotion, looking after her with meticulous detail and showing immense concern.

She didn't need to say a word if she needed anything; just a single look, and her mother-in-law would immediately understand and bring it to her hand.

At first, she was a little unaccustomed to it, but she soon got used to it.

However, there was one thing she could not get used to.

Her mother-in-law demanded that the couple sleep in separate rooms so she could personally look after her daughter-in-law!

This request was met with unanimous opposition from the young couple; they needed private space, and if they lived with their mother-in-law, there would be no privacy at all.

Living under surveillance every day, with a pair of eyes watching from corners both noticed and unnoticed... just thinking about such days made Jin Wan'er tremble!

She did not agree.

Jian Yining did not agree either.

His mother was too prone to making a fuss; making a fuss outside the room was one thing, but reaching her hand into their room was another. Not to mention his wife's opposition, he was also firmly against it.

Seeing that the young couple both opposed it, Lady Jian no longer insisted.

But she went to their room and urged the couple to exercise restraint at night and not to engage in marital relations.

Jian Yining, a grown man, was actually lectured by his mother about such things, and he was immediately displeased: "Please worry less about our affairs."

"You child, don't be ungrateful; I'm doing this for your own good..."

"If you continue like this, we will go back tomorrow and won't need your care." Jian Yining played his trump card.

If it were any other time, Lady Jian would definitely "argue on grounds," fighting for her rights as a mother-in-law.

But now she dared not.

Her daughter-in-law was carrying her golden grandchild; at this time, the daughter-in-law was the most important, and she could not make her angry.

"Then you two rest, I'm going out."

She had just walked out of the room—"Bang!" The door was slammed shut behind her.

Tears welled up in her eyes; Lady Jian knew she had become a nuisance.

But she was doing it for the sake of her children and grandchildren; she was doing it for their good, yet she was being treated with such disdain, and she was very sad.

At night, the couple lay in bed, and Jian Yining held his wife in his arms, saying heart-achingly: "I'm sorry, Wan'er, you've suffered because you married me."

Outside, Jin Wan'er was an elite, a strong woman, and someone capable of handling things on her own.

Yet here, in front of her mother-in-law, she was like a bullied young wife.

Of course, she wasn't afraid of her mother-in-law; she just didn't want her husband to be caught in the middle and put in a difficult position, which was why she kept yielding!

Jian Yining had always seen his wife's forbearance.

He felt very heart-ached and very grateful.

Jin Wan'er leaned her head on her husband's shoulder and said coquettishly: "Yes, I am so wronged, so you have to be good to me, love me and like me for a lifetime..."

She drew a circle on her husband's chest with her finger: "There is only room for me here, and later we can add our child, is that okay?"

"Okay—"

Jian Yining's heart skipped a beat.

That's right.

Although he was now married and had a wife who loved him very much, and would soon have lovely children in a few months, in the deepest part of his heart, there was still a place for Shi Youxuan.

He thought he had hidden it well enough, but his wife had still discovered it.

Jin Wan'er was very smart and knew everything, but she never pointed it out.

She had her own pride and enough self-confidence that she would make her husband fall completely in love with her, with only her in his heart.

Lady Jian went out early in the morning to go to the Songzi Niangniang Miao to worship the Bodhisattva.

Jian Xiansheng teased her: "Not burning incense usually but rushing to embrace the Buddha's feet in a crisis—that is exactly the kind of person you are."

She retorted: "When would one normally worship the Songzi Niangniang? Everyone embraces the Buddha's feet at the last minute; I'm not the only one who does this. Do you want to come with me?"

Jian Xiansheng hurriedly waved his hands: "No, there is no father-in-law who goes to worship the Songzi Niangniang when his daughter-in-law is not pregnant. If I go with you, I will be laughed to death. I am going to play chess in a while."

Their son and daughter are both very capable, and the Jian Family Group is managed in an orderly fashion.

Jian Xiansheng has long since stopped managing company affairs; every day he carries a birdcage, walks his bird, plays chess, and goes fishing, entering a comfortable life of old age.

What her husband said made sense; since he would not go, Lady Jian did not force him. She took enough incense money and set off to worship the Songzi Niangniang.

She had originally wanted to have her daughter-in-law go with her, but Jin Wan'er would not go.

Songzi Niangniang Miao.

Smoke curled in the air, and the sound of chanting was incessant.

This temple is said to be very efficacious, and many people come to worship the Buddha every day.

Those seeking children.

There are also those who are pregnant and seeking safety; it is very popular.

Lady Jian requested the tallest and largest incense, stuffed enough incense money into the merit box, and after offering the incense, knelt devoutly at the feet of the Bodhisattva.

She muttered: "Bodhisattva, please bless my daughter-in-law to safely give birth to a golden grandchild and continue the incense for the Jian Family. It would be best if they were twins, one boy and one girl, getting two in one birth, and may the children all be clever and bright..."

After worshipping the Bodhisattva, Lady Jian stood up and was just about to leave.

A nun with a kind face and gentle eyes came before her, pressed her palms together, and said: "Benefactor, please step into the back hall for a moment; our Abbess requests your presence."

Although the temple's incense is popular, it is still rare for someone like Lady Jian to stuff a stack of banknotes into the merit box at once, so she successfully attracted the attention of the people in the temple.

She followed her to the back, and the nun pushed open a door and invited her inside.

The room was very clean and decorated in an antique style.

In the center of the hall was an Eight Immortals table, with two grand master chairs beside it.

It should be a place for receiving guests; it did not look much like a nunnery, and it was very imposing.

There was another room inside, with no door in the middle, separated by a screen.

"Please sit, and wait a moment."

The nun invited her to sit down and immediately brought over a pot of fragrant tea.

Behind the screen, scriptures were being chanted; Lady Jian sat down and looked over the room's decor while drinking tea.

The paintings hanging on the wall were all authentic works, and the tables and chairs were made of precious purple nanmu wood.

Lady Jian knew her goods and knew that the things in this room would not cost less than eight or ten million; she was secretly pleased, thinking that this temple must be efficacious, otherwise how could they afford to furnish it like this?