Chapter 169 Please touch your shoulders as a gift!
Faced with this sudden incident, Lin Hai was also caught off guard. He understood that since he came to this family, he had been constantly changing the stubborn aristocratic ideas of the family members and colliding into the dull family. Several times the family went from being on the verge of destruction to being reborn, Lin Hai knew that he had changed the family... but he did not expect that the current scene would appear.
When the family once rejected him, he was sure that he would bring the second generation uncles who could not remove the shame of the family to repent. Headed by Lin Wei, the third generation of children who questioned him at the beginning, all knelt in front of him on one knee to perform the loyalty ceremony.
All of this was so real, Lin Hai stood there in a daze.
His heart seemed to be moved by an invisible thread. Facing the dark and kneeling on one knee in front of him, he seemed to begin to understand why his mother told him not to easily abandon the family's instructions...
Those who have unresolved hatred are outsiders and enemies.
The family is the one who can resolve misunderstandings and gather together to live and die together.
Is this the same thing as a family, and Is it the same as the empire?
"Please get up." Lin Hai spoke, he was at a loss about it, but everyone didn't move at all, and he repeated it again.
Lin Wei raised her hand to cover her face and sighed, "I should have guessed that... you don't understand this ceremony... If you perform a loyalty ritual, you need to be touched by the loyalist's left shoulder to take effect, otherwise the ceremony will not be held."
Lin Hai looked at the people who looked dark below with their heads raised, and seeing the smiles on everyone's faces, it was obvious that Lin Wei's statement was confirmed.
But Lin Hai wondered if you can't say this as if you're despising the country bumpkin who doesn't understand basic etiquette with your hands. At least you are still kneeling in front of yourself, although you are really good in shape...
"It is a gentleman's way to caress your shoulders." Lin Wei spoke.
He knelt in front of Lin Hai on one knee, and a father half-kneeled in front of his own flesh and blood and his children seemed to be incompatible with some traditional rules, but at this moment, Lin Wei looked pious and did not feel unhesitated. This is loyalty and protection. The dignity of ordinary fathers for their sons has no meaning here, this is a spirit that transcends this dignity.
Or some deeper emotion...
Even as the head of the family, he swore allegiance to Lin Hai, what this means is self-evident.
However, there was no unwillingness on everyone's face. Lin Hai's actions made his identity as an illegitimate child no longer restricted. How could his achievements to the family be rejected by simple bloodline? Everyone who once treated him differently with bloodline was left with a shame on his face. This humiliation made it difficult for them to make up for it with apologies. Only in this way can they affirm everything Lin Hai did for the family.
Humans always like to sanctify something with rituals similar to commitment and body language to show its weight.
For people like Lin Hai who have been struggling in slums since childhood, this form of things has no meaning to him, and he doesn't even care about these things. For him, these are just means to deceive others' emotions at some point... But at this moment, Lin Hai knew that this form was meaningful to the group of people in front of him.
This weight has substance, and even if they are allowed to exchange their lives for it, they will not hesitate.
Because they are a real group of monsters called "nobles". Monsters that are not understood by Lin Hai, he is fighting with them since he entered this house. However, at this moment, they need his acceptance and integration.
"Please stroke your shoulders as a gift" Lin Nan spoke.
"Please rub your shoulders to greet us, you need your acceptance." Lin Wei raised her head and raised her slender eyebrows, "Or do you want me to keep in this position?"
She was wearing a red dress with gauze, her waist was lightly tied, and she knelt on the ground with her right knee. When she raised her head, her head was below her fair neck and her bare snow shoulders with a slight anger on her eyes.
If it were usual, Lin Hai would never feel that his hands were heavy, but at this moment, he felt that the hands he raised were weighing thousands of pounds. He thought that he was really crazy, and he seemed to be unknowingly infected with the formal mountains of the so-called nobles.
But Lin Hai's expression at this moment was not frivolous, but on the contrary, it was a little calmer.
This is often the case in this world. Where there is no road, the more people you walk, the road will be formed. Without any faith, migratory birds who just want to wander around the world. When there are too many things you bear, they will no longer be able to spread their wings and disappear into the sky easily.
Lin Hai's hand fell on Lin Wei's shoulder. At that moment, the count's expression seemed to relax, and then he stood up. Lin Hai's hand continued to fall, landing on Lin Wei's snow shoulders behind him, and could even feel the smoothness. Lin Wei's red lips curled up at the moment when they drooped gently, and a smile that charmed all living beings, as if there was a fate that had been set at this moment.
It can never be changed.
She stood up, her red skirt was gently whispered by the wind, reflecting her red eyes, looking at Lin Hai's eyes. It was warm and as if it was fire.
Then Lin Hai's hands fell on Lin Nan in turn, on Lin Yuanshan, Lin Jiang, Lin Hao... everyone's shoulders, everyone who had kneeled on one knee before, stood up, and stood up like the beginning. With the last person's response, "My honor.", he stood up and the ceremony was completed.
Everyone's expressions were completely different, and they had a layer of ease compared to the solemnity before, and they had less vigilance from fighting each other for decades. The elders showed a silly smile on their faces for the first time. Every elder looked at each other. They were intimate in childhood and opposed in middle age. Now, they seemed to see each other hanging out with each other when they were young.
Everyone suddenly felt a little emotional, "In the past, I thought this family could not stand up to our generation. The best result was that we each split up and fell apart, and then lived in those remote planets, never interacting with each other. But now, it seems that it is not that far. When I fish in the future, it seems that someone is making noise next to me.
This caused a burst of laughter and scolding each other, "Why don't we try to play squash? I'll give you three more balls as usual?"
"Fuck, when did you win this arrogant way? Wouldn't you behave like a general who always wins?"
While everyone attacked each other, Lin Nan looked at Lin Hai and Lin Wei and sighed, "Our era is about to pass, and the world belonging to their next generation is coming... I really can't accept old age."
As everyone spoke, their eyes fell on the two of them. After staring at them strangely for a moment, someone spoke, "Otherwise, it would be ours to host your engagement. Your engagement will go on as usual and combine it into a pair, but it will be really a perfect match... In the future, a group of children will be born, how prosperous will the Lin family be!"
The two looked at each other in an instant. Lin Hai's clear eyes met Lin Wei's bright red pupils. It seemed that there was a thunder colliding with earth fire in the space. Lin Wei's cheeks could see red tides appearing at the naked eye. Suddenly, she turned her head and said, "I don't want... what a joke."
Lin Hai was stunned for a while, and finally smiled bitterly, "How is it possible..."
Everyone knew that the two of them had strong personalities and could not force them, but the kind of eager hope for them was written on their faces. Lin Wei's eyes fell on the bitter smile that was held at the corner of Lin Hai's mouth, and the tone in her red pupils became slightly dark.
"I think we should celebrate the promotion of the Count to a political senator now, which means that our family's leap in the ranking status of the lower house..." Lin Nan suggested.
Lin Wei was promoted to political senator, which is the latest resolution passed by the Ministerial Meeting of the Lower House.
This also means that in the lower court, their Lin family broke through the blockade of Luo Minglong's forces and Frank's forces. All this was inseparable from the support of the entire Lin family with the support of the Milan Star Zone and Qingyuan Academy. At the same time, the Snow Wolf family suffered consecutive setbacks in Lin Hai's hands. Xu Teng and Lin Hai lured and killed each other a mecha war god, and Lin Hai was promoted to the rank of major in the Royal Youth Knights. All of this allowed the entire Lin family to have great foundation and strength, which improved the ranking of the lower court.
"This matter is temporarily adjourned. There is another matter that is more important than our celebration..."
Lin Wei received an invitation from Donna Hai and faced Lin Hai, "This is an invitation to party at Windsor Castle... from the daughter of the Grand Duke Norman, His Highness Nolan."
"His Highness Nolan is about to participate in the expeditionary force. This time, all the Imperial Young and Strong Officers may be selecting her Guards' Corps officers. This is an extremely rare opportunity for all the young and strong officers who can receive invitations. With His Highness going on the expedition... If Xipang can be defeated, it will be a supreme honor."
Lin Wei's eyes and the eager eyes of the people around the family gathered on Lin Hai.
Chapter completed!