Chapter 438 Love Me, Love My Dog

Yue'er hesitated for a moment, glancing at Lin Changning and then at her mother who was about to get into the bridal sedan chair. After thinking for a while, seeing Lin Changning happily opening his arms to her, she turned around and pounced into his arms.

"Father!"

Lin Changning caught Yue'er as she pounced on him, squinting his eyes and chuckling happily, "Hey~ good Yue'er, let's make a big horse together."

As Lin Changning spoke, he picked up Yue'er with one hand, bounced her around a couple of times in his arms, and then walked towards Mo Yun. After placing Yue'er in front of him, he mounted his horse, saddled himself, and glanced back.

After seeing Li Mingshu board the bridal sedan chair, he smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Let's go!"

Yue'er's little face was flushed, and she sat on the horse, her little hands tightly gripping Lin Changning's sleeve, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

After riding on horseback for a while, he would occasionally look back at the bridal sedan chair being carried by the crowd behind him.

Lin Changning looked down at Yue'er with tenderness in his eyes: "Yue'er? Are you afraid of riding a horse?"

A glint of light flashed in Yue'er's eyes. She turned her head brightly and looked up at Lin Changning: "I'm not afraid. I'm not afraid with Daddy."

As Lin Changning rode back to the manor with Yue'er in his arms, they were naturally seen by many people.

Amidst the various congratulatory remarks from the crowd, a few inappropriate comments inevitably slipped in.

"This Lord Lin is quite magnanimous; he takes on the responsibility of supporting his first wife as well."

"you do not say."

"Judging from the relationship between our Lord Lin and that young lady from the Prince's mansion, it doesn't seem like they have a bad relationship. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that they are father and daughter."

"I heard that this young lady was born with white hair and fair skin. She doesn't seem like an ordinary person."

A shifty-eyed man in the crowd spoke to the person next to him. Just as Lin Changning rode his horse with Yue'er, whose snow-white hair shone with a pale golden light in the sunlight, he overheard the man's words.

"I heard that this young lady is a reincarnation of a demon, which is why our princess was divorced by her husband's family. I heard that a fire in the Marquis's mansion burned for seven days and seven nights but didn't kill the two of them. What else could she be but a demon?"

"Oh? Is that really true?"

Whether it was because the person was speaking too loudly, or because the surroundings had just been quiet for a moment, these words reached Lin Changning and Yue'er's ears with exceptional clarity.

Just moments ago, Yue'er was full of energy, but upon hearing what the person next to her said, she turned her head angrily and said, "Yue'er is not a monster! Father Lin said that Yue'er is a fairy."

Lin Changning frowned and turned his head, his phoenix eyes narrowed as he sized up the people spreading the news in the crowd.

Then he turned his head to look at the guards following behind him, raised his chin at them, and pointed at the people in the crowd.

The person behind him received a glance and quickly and silently slipped into the crowd.

Lin Changning covered Yue'er's ears with both hands: "Don't listen to their nonsense, Yue'er is a fairy."

Yue'er's little mouth twitched, and she let out a soft, tearful "hmm."

Lin Changning sighed. He hadn't expected that even on their wedding day, the people from the Marquis's residence would be so noisy. There were so many gossipy people, and they had to wait until they passed by to spread the news.

Moreover, how could a local ruffian in Taiyuan know what was happening in the capital? He even knew that the fire at the Marquis's mansion burned for seven days and seven nights. Clearly, someone had arranged it in advance and placed it here to spread the news.

Lin Changning saw it clearly, but it wasn't appropriate to tell Yue'er about this. After whispering a few comforting words, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Yue'er had cheered up again.

Although Yue'er was unhappy that the bad people had spoken ill of her, she felt a little happier because Lin Changning had just gently coaxed her.

From the moment she was born, she was extremely disliked by her own father. If it weren't for her mother's desperate protection, she might have been killed by her father when she was very young.

Everyone in the Marquis's mansion, from maids to servants, disliked her. Behind her back, they called her a freak and a monster. Even her grandparents rarely saw her.

From the moment he was born, his mother never dared to let him out of her sight, fearing that one day she might be murdered by the Marquis's family.

When he was little, he didn't really understand why his father didn't like him, or why his grandparents hated him. Later, he overheard the servants talking about his hair and skin color, saying that he wasn't his father's biological child.

At that time, she would often fantasize about what her biological father would be like, and whether he would one day descend from the sky and rescue her and her mother from this place.

Until recently, the appearance of Father Lin came out of nowhere and took her and her mother out of that den of wolves.

They didn't look at her with strange eyes, treating her as just an ordinary child, and even praised her as a fairy, not a monster.

She actually liked Father Lin very much, but recently the servants in the mansion have been saying that if her mother and Father Lin got married and had younger siblings together, it would be a bad thing.

They will definitely prefer their younger siblings.

Then no one will like Yue'er anymore.

The thought of this made Yue'er feel uneasy, and her heart felt heavy and throbbed with pain.

So she was a little worried that if her mother and Lin Didi got married, would they not like her as much anymore?

That's why she's so stubborn about wanting to get into the bridal sedan chair with her mother today. If her mother and father-in-law have other children, she will love her younger siblings too. But before her mother and father-in-law have children, she secretly hopes that her father-in-law and mother will still love her the most.

Lin Changning looked down at the little girl in his arms and unconsciously pinched Yue'er's cheek.

Soft and bouncy, with a wonderful feel, Lin Changning couldn't resist fondling Yue'er directly.

Yue'er was a little confused, but tilting her head back and looking at her distorted little face, she asked, "Daddy?"

Lin Changning chuckled a little shyly, "Yue'er is so cute, Daddy couldn't help himself."

Today, Yue'er is wearing a bright red dress and two gold hair accessories. The gold and red hair accessories on her snow-white hair make Yue'er look even more playful and cute.

Lin Changning looked down at Yue'er's fair and radiant face and was extremely satisfied.

I got a daughter for free. She looks like a porcelain doll, and she's well-behaved and cute. She's practically a life-size miniature figurine.

Golden sunlight streamed through the alley, casting a golden glow on the stone path in front of Lin Changning. Lin Changning's black hair was neatly combed. He held the reins in one hand and embraced Yue'er with the other. Stray hairs on his forehead were gently lifted by the wind, revealing an extremely handsome face.

Many young women and married women in the alley were staring intently.

"Putting everything else aside, Lord Lin's face is truly handsome."

"Did you see the little girl sitting in Lord Lin's arms? I heard she's the daughter of the princess and the woman in front."

"Oh dear, do you think Lord Lin would be happy about that?"

"Look at how close those two are. I'm sure Lord Lin is pleased. What stepdaughter would ride on her stepfather's horse on her mother's wedding day? It must be that you and the princess are in love, and that's why you love her so much."