"No! I only have one wife! If you don't believe me, you can ask around. Although I used to be a bit reckless, I never went to places I shouldn't have! My mother was worried that I wouldn't learn good manners, so she assigned men to serve me from a young age, and I didn't have a single maid!"

Although he didn't know why Lin Yan asked that question, Xie Muqing didn't want her to misunderstand, so he hurriedly explained.

Lin Yan's gaze never left his face; judging from his expression, he didn't seem to be faking it.

Moreover, the book also explains that although the young master of the Xie family was a playboy, he was indeed not interested in women.

But thinking about his actions just now, she couldn't help but become suspicious, and her brows furrowed unconsciously.

"Then how come you're so skilled at kissing? You even know how to stick out your tongue..."

In the end, even Lin Yan, who wasn't shy, couldn't help but blush and whispered.

Thinking of his past dishonest thievery, Xie Muqing awkwardly looked away and coughed lightly with an embarrassed expression.

The base of her ears also began to turn red.

"I...I used to secretly kiss my wife every night..."

After learning the truth, Lin Yan's resentment finally disappeared. After all, there are so many men in the world, and she didn't want to take over someone else's used one.

In an instant, she suddenly remembered what had been amiss in the past, and then, with a look of sudden realization, she said:

"I knew it! I was wondering why my lips were always cracked when I looked in the mirror early in the morning! So you were using me as practice?"

Being pointed out so bluntly, Xie Muqing's ears turned red, and a blush crept onto her face.

At first, when he stole a kiss, he simply couldn't resist the temptation. Later, he was worried that Lin Yan would discover he didn't know how to kiss during their wedding night, so he practiced.

But no matter what.

Although they are husband and wife, he secretly kissed her without her permission, which is indeed the act of a despicable person.

"I'm sorry, my wife..."

His embarrassed expression was so obvious that Lin Yan couldn't help but chuckle. After laughing for a while, she said in a serious tone:

"Okay, I forgive you, but let's get this straight, you can't go find other women, or I won't want you anymore."

"My lady, there's no need to worry. I'm living off a woman now, so I have to put in all my effort to win your favor..."

Even though Xie Muqing still holds the noble status of the Xie family's heir and would not take a concubine if he married Lin Yan according to the conventional ceremony.

After all, Lord Xie had given instructions.

Unless one is forty years old and still has no children, one should not take a concubine or a maidservant. For so many years, Lord Xie has only had Lady Xie by his side.

Even though they had barely met before their marriage.

However, Xie Muqing had no intention of saying these things for the time being; he still planned to win someone's favor by playing the victim!

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, a hint of tenderness appeared on Lin Yan's face.

Take this opportunity.

Xie Muqing continued what she hadn't finished earlier...

Gradually, their body temperatures rose, and just as he was about to go further, he was stopped in time by the person beneath him.

"Hmm...not today!"

Why?

Thinking that Lin Yan still minded his past deception, Xie Muqing's lust gradually faded, replaced by a look of sorrow.

Lin Yan tilted her head back and gently stroked the handsome face before her, letting out a soft sigh, her tone carrying a hint of reproach:

"What nonsense are you thinking about now? There are so many people in the house, all of them skilled martial arts men with sharp ears! Do you want to put on a live sex show for them?"

Xie Muqing's drooping eyelids suddenly lifted, and the sorrow on her face vanished.

A hint of embarrassment flashed across his face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think it through."

That night, for the first time, the two slept in each other's arms while Lin Yan was awake.

The next morning.

After breakfast, Xu Yuze and Yang Shengjie began their return to the prefectural city. Although they were accompanied by guards, Xie Muqing still sent people to escort them back.

It was nearing noon.

Yang Jiayi had already gone to the county town to change Xie Muqing's household registration information. Looking at the three characters "Lin Muqing" above the new household registration, he sighed softly.

After obtaining the new household registration, Lin Yan took Xie Muqing to the Lin Clan Ancestral Hall.

In her past world, things like genealogies and ancestral halls had long since disappeared.

It still exists only in a few areas.

If it were just Lin Yan herself, she naturally wouldn't care about being included in the family genealogy or entering the ancestral hall.

However, in this feudal era, ancestral hall culture was very popular, and she couldn't help but think of her family.

Since this period of time.

Lin Yan not only opened workshops in the village to recruit people and built free private schools for children to study, but also gave subsidies to the elderly in the village.

Each person can receive fifty copper coins per month.

Xiaolin Village suddenly became the richest village in the vicinity, and the villagers felt very proud when they went out.

Therefore, the Lin clan patriarch and several elders treated Lin Yan with great respect, and their attitude was no longer as indifferent as before.

"What brings you to the ancestral hall today, Yan girl?"

"Please trouble the clan chief to change my husband's name on the clan genealogy. This is his new name."

The clan chief took the household registration book from Lin Yan and opened it. When he saw the three characters "Lin Muqing" on it, his face showed astonishment.

However, being nearly sixty years old and having experienced more life than many people, his face quickly regained its normal color, and he began to give instructions to the people around him.

"Go and fetch the family genealogy."

Soon, the family genealogy was delivered. The clan chief opened Lin Zhenghong's page and was about to write something when...

Suddenly, a question came from beside me.

Why isn't my younger sister on the family tree? And why does my mother only have a surname and no given name?

Lin Yan had never seen a family tree before, and out of curiosity, she pulled Xie Muqing to the side of the clan leader.

When she saw the contents of the family tree, she couldn't help but frown.

The rows of X-names looked particularly jarring.

In particular, many of the women share the same surname, leading some to believe that one woman has married several men in succession!

The clan chief assumed Lin Yan was mentally challenged in the past and therefore didn't know what a family tree was, so he patiently explained it to her:

“Your sister will get married in the future, so she can’t be recorded in our Lin family genealogy. She can be recorded in her husband’s family genealogy after she gets married. In our genealogy, women are only recorded by their surnames, not their full names. Yan’er, you are a son-in-law, and you are a descendant of our Lin family, so you are recorded by your full name.”

Lin Yan really didn't understand.

Having never seen a family tree before, she couldn't help but look up and ask the person next to her.

Is your family genealogy book also like this?

Xie Muqing thought for a moment about the Xie family genealogy he had seen before, and answered honestly:

"The Xie family genealogy does record all the girls, but there are indeed many families in the capital that only record the male members. Women are only recorded by their surnames, unless a woman who has made a contribution will have her full name recorded."