Love is the Sunshine

Chapter 596 There Is Only One Hostess In The Family

"Who took care of it last time?"

"It was Eunice, She handled it when you were away."

Carla shot him a glance. "Why can't she keep handling it then?"

"You're back here now. You should be the one taking care of it. All the An family members and relatives

will be at the ancestor-worship ceremony. You need to take the leading role to guide all the females in

the family to prostrate before our ancestors.

"That position has been vacant ever since my mother passed away,"

Terence patiently explained.

Carla yawned as she listened. "Is Eunice okay with it?"

Since this was a sacred tradition of the An family tradition, the lead role would naturally be taken by the

hostess.

Carla figured that Eunice had been very much enjoying the glory of the moment.

As the An family was big, countless people would be attending the ceremony. It would be a wondrous

sight to behold.

"Although she wasn't happy with it, she can't do anything about this decision," © 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Terence said with a frown on his face. He remembered that Nathan had informed him about Lucy and

Eunice meeting up in secret.

He didn't have to think too hard to figure out what was on their minds.

It was clearly obvious to him what Eunice wanted to do.

Eunice wanted to help Lucy in order to take Carla down and become the hostess.

Carla leaned her head silently on his shoulder, her eyes closing as she felt his warmth beside her. "I

understand, don't worry about it. I won't let anyone else take away what's mine."

Shortly after speaking out what she needed to say, silence filled the room and repetitive sounds of

breathing could be heard.

"Carla?" Terence gently called her name only to find out she had fallen asleep.

At the beginning, he wanted to warn her about Eunice.

This was because Eunice seemed to be aggravated. After all, in the past, she had always seemed to

have a certain mocking temperament against Carla. Ever since she gave birth to a son, she seemed to

have forgotten her place in the family.

With these thoughts, the night dwindled by and morning came.

Soon after, Carla waited for Violet to take Cody home. Carla then took Sally to the An family manor.

As they arrived at the East Yard, Carla noticed that someone came earlier than her.

"Just remember what I just said, you can prepare for the ceremony like we had last year. I think the

courtesy done before walking inside the door is unnecessary. You can just remove them. I'll talk to the

elders in the family about it later,"

Eunice said as she was looking at the list of the detailed processes of the ceremony in her hand.

"Mrs. Eunice, I can't make the decision for this. Don't you think it's better for us to wait for Mrs. Carla to

arrive before deciding upon anything?"

Eunice had been talking to the housekeeper about the ceremony. As the housekeeper had received an

order from Nicholas that Carla would be responsible for the ceremony, he could not make any changes

despite Eunice harping him to do it.

He could only make alterations under Carla's permission. If he took anyone's thoughts regarding the

ceremony, then it would be an absolute mess.

After speaking, he looked up and rejoiced as he saw Carla walking in.

"Mrs. Carla, You're finally here!" He said while quickly striding towards her.

"I hope you'll forgive me for being late,"

Carla responded with a smile. She gently stroked Sally's head and whispered, "Sally, go find Grandpa

and play with him. Mommy will find you when we have to leave."

Sally nodded her head to ensure her mother that she understood and went upstairs to find her

Grandpa.

Carla watched Sally happily skip as she left. She turned to look at Eunice.

"Carla, you're here!"

Eunice calmly said. She walked up and continued, "Since I hosted the last ceremony, I may have some

experience which could be of some help to you."

"Thank you so much Eunice. It will be great to have your help around. If there's anything I can't

understand in the list, I will definitely ask for your assistance!"

Carla said with a gentle smile on her face. She then turned to the housekeeper and asked, "Are there

any recordings of the past ceremony? I want to take a look at them."

As Carla had not experienced such a big and complex ceremony yet, taking a look at the past

ceremonial recordings would be a great start for her to understand it.

The An family's ancestor-worship ceremony had complicated processes and rules that were needed to

be followed. This showed that it clearly was not just a simple ceremony. Everyone in the family believed

that it would associate with the entire family's future. To them, there was nothing more important than

the ceremony.

The family members located in the East Yard were the next of kin. Therefore, they had to host it.

Edmund should've been responsible for it. However, since he was getting old and didn't have the

strength nor energy to take care of everything, the ceremony ended up in Carla's hands.

"Let me watch them with you Carla! After all, I already participated in the ceremony once. I can explain

everything about it to you right away. Personally speaking, I think there are a lot of unnecessary rules in

there. They are such a hassle to follow. I was thinking of talking to the elders in the family to remove

them from the process."

Despite Eunice seemingly trying to help Carla by voluntarily sounding out her opinions, she didn't seem

to care about what the latter thought and acted as if she was still the hostess.

"Really? Give me a while to think about it. If it seems unnecessary, then I will let you know,"

Carla replied in a calm tone. Shortly after, she followed the housekeeper leading her to an audio-visual

room.

"Carla..."

Eunice called out Carla's name. Her teeth seething in anger as Carla's figure disappeared around the

corner, Carla's expressionless attitude had angered her.

"You just came back. And you think you can take over my place already, don't you?"

Eunice muttered under her breath, turned around and silently stormed out the room.

She looked around to check if there was anyone in the vicinity. After making sure there was no one

watching, she whipped out her phone and called someone. "Lucy, have you made your decision?"

"Don't blame me if anything happens. I already warned you. My offer still stands. If you miss this

chance, you're never going to have another one."

On the other end of the line, there was a brief silence before a voice sounded out, "Is your information

reliable?"

"Of course it is. I guarantee it. Two days from now, Terence will be at a meeting outside the town. He

will be drinking and spending the night over there. I will arrange everything. It's your time to woman up,"

Eunice assured her with a devilish smile appearing on her face.

"I'll do it! But, you have to make sure everything goes according to plan. Don't make a mistake..."

Lucy answered with a determined tone after a brief hesitation.

This was her last chance.

She counted the days. Two days from now would be her ovulation period. Plus, she had the type of

body that would easily get pregnant.

She remembered that Gail's father knocked her up just after a night together.

If she got this opportunity, then she was absolutely sure she was going to get pregnant.

"Don't worry about it. Everything will go according to plan. You just need to be in the room waiting for

him,"

Eunice responded with a confident voice.

She liked the mindless and cowardly Lucy way much better than Carla.

Because despite being a coward, she would still listen to what Eunice would tell her.

Carla had been staying inside the East Yard until late afternoon. The ancestor-worship ceremony was

nerve-wracking as it was a really important thing to the family. There were too many complicated rules,

and she had to study hard for it since it was her first time hosting.

As Terence's wife, she had to lead all the females in the ceremony. She couldn't afford to make a

mistake.

While Carla was studying hard and racking her brains, Eunice was working behind the scenes.

Instead of going back to her home, Eunice had stayed at the An family manor.

"Father, please don't be bothered by the rumors. Although Carla grew up in a small city, she definitely

isn't an 'easy lady' like the news portrayed she was."

"Those reporters don't know anything about her. They just believed some blind rumors about the

possible affair she had with the son of the Hua family. They even said she still kept a close contact with

Johnny. I think they are just blatant nonsense. How could Carla even be that kind of woman?"

"Don't you agree, Father?"

Eunice voiced out as she helped Edmund water the two pots of Kaffir lilies.