bayedsolid Chapter 402 The Deplorable National Essence
Chapter 402 The Deplorable National Essence
“I know we’ve reached this age, and we won’t demand anything anymore. Being able to be ourselves, live a simple and quiet life according to our own wishes, is enough.” Yin Teng Yingzi is probably the person who understands Song Yanchu the most. After so much turmoil, she just wants to live according to her own desires.
This was also Song Yanchu's wish, so he had no desire to get to know his other half again, to get involved in various people and affairs, and to build a family. If it weren't for wanting to be a strong support for Ting Nan, he wouldn't have returned to Shanghai; wealth and fame were meaningless to him.
Yin Teng Yingzi gave a bitter smile and began to recount her experiences after returning to China. "Ting Nan, I really regret coming back. You should know that women in our country have a low social status. Unlike your country where 'women hold up half the sky,' we women, even though my family was once prominent, are just tools for marriage alliances."
My mother has also passed away, and of course, even if she were still alive, she couldn't protect her daughter. As for my fiancé, he had sold me back to China years ago. When I returned, he already had a harem of wives and concubines, so naturally he wouldn't want a used woman like me anymore.
My father forced me to marry an old man older than himself... Hahaha, I resisted to the death, but he wouldn't let me go. In the end, I threatened my ex-fiancé that if he didn't help me change my father's mind, I would expose all his treasonous acts in China.
Fearing disgrace, he used every trick in the book to get me out of trouble. I don't know what he had on my father, but I know what he did to get me out of this mess.
I am an oddball. I am not used to wearing kimonos, nor do I want to kneel to eat, and I do not want to walk with small, shuffling steps on high wooden stilts, speaking humbly to men...
Haha, so my family imprisoned me at home, changed my name, and naturally, I had no friends. I relied entirely on my memories of him and you in China to get through the days and nights.
Listen to Nan, I really regret why I came back to China. My motherland and my family will never accept me without reservation. In their eyes, I am only half Chinese, not of the same ethnicity.
Yes, I've spent almost half my life in China. Although I've suffered some injustices, I've never felt bitter because I have him by my side, someone I can trust. The country's foreign policy is becoming increasingly open, and life is looking more and more promising...
Back then… I really should have been shameless enough to stay. Even though my identity was exposed, I didn't do anything immoral, even if it angered him temporarily. I know he's a kind-hearted person. We've been through thick and thin together, overcome so many obstacles. He'll eventually forgive me, right? We can't be husband and wife, but we should be able to be friends, right?”
Yin Tengyingzi looked at Song Tingnan, who had been listening quietly the whole time. She was still so well-behaved and understanding, never interrupting his incoherent words. She truly deserved to be his adopted daughter.
Song Tingnan couldn't answer. Although she wanted to win over Yin Tengyingzi to be their inside man, she couldn't betray her conscience and deceive this poor woman. Because she wasn't Song Yanchu, she couldn't answer on his behalf; she simply refilled Yin Tengyingzi's teacup.
Yin Teng Yingzi finished her drink in one gulp. She didn't force anyone to do anything more and tilted her head to ask Ting Nan, "Do you think my outfit today is quite fashionable and sophisticated?"
Song Tingnan nodded.
"Do you know why?"
Song Tingnan shook his head.
"Because they need me again, they've been treating me especially well lately. They specially ordered Chinese clothes for me and don't restrict me from going out anymore, hahaha..." Yin Teng Yingzi laughed until tears streamed down her face.
"Aunt Xing!" Looking at the somewhat deranged Yin Teng Yingzi, Song Tingnan couldn't help but call out the familiar name from before. Aunt Xing had always been gentle and virtuous. Even when someone smashed vegetable leaves and lived in a stinky house, she was still dignified.
Upon hearing the word "Aunt Xing," Yin Teng Yingzi abruptly stopped her madness and buried her face in her hands on the dining table, sobbing.
After a long while, she told Song Tingnan that the Nine Tripods of China were in the Yin Teng family because her family was loyal to the Emperor, and that she had spent so many years in China.
Once this is done, the Emperor will collect the artifacts into a museum, and their country's textbooks will also note that they were discovered by the Japanese army.
If she fails and China demands an explanation, she, Eiko Into, will be the scapegoat—she smuggled the Nine Tripods of Kyushu back to China when she returned.
They really have a clever plan. This Japanese government is shameless from top to bottom, with a vicious gene for plunder and murder hidden in their bones.