Thinking this, Xin Tongle was even more afraid to go with him! She scrambled to her feet, hid behind Lin Shaoyang, and pleaded with him:
"Brother Shao... Brother Shaoyang, I... I promise I won't bother you anymore, I promise. Can you... please don't hand me over to him? I'm scared...!!"
She was genuinely terrified! This man's murderous aura alone was enough to give her nightmares tonight! Go with him? Waaaaah! She didn't want to!!
"Tong Le, he is the princess's guard. He won't hurt people casually. Since the princess said she wants you to settle down, she will definitely help you! Don't worry! The princess is very kind!"
Seeing how scared she was, Lin Shaoyang felt a little sorry for her. As long as Tong Le didn't bother him, he could take care of her as a younger sister or a friend, so he still said a few words of comfort.
Xin Tongle: ...?
I was terrified, and you're praising your fiancée like this?! So, it seems the one who's loved is the one who gets special treatment?!
Xin Tongle was completely heartbroken. Since Brother Shaoyang didn't like her and didn't care about her life or death, she didn't care anymore. Let her die if she wanted to!
Xin Tongle mentally prepared herself and walked towards Xueying with a look of resignation.
Xueying didn't say a word the whole time, she just raised her hand to signal her to walk outside.
Xin Tongle paused for a moment, glanced at Lin Shaoyang again, and then took this unknown step.
After Xin Tongle was taken away by Xueying, Lin Yuxin strode over, sat on a stool, and looked at Lin Shaoyang as if she was going to get to the bottom of things.
"Tell me! How did you get involved with this peach blossom?"
Li Xiaochen also walked in and sat down next to Lin Yuxin. He didn't have time to settle accounts with Lin Yuxin for his earlier mistake of falsely acknowledging her as his fiancé.
Okay! I'll write it down in my little notebook and make it up to them later.
Lin Shaoyang sighed, sat down, drank a cup of tea to calm his nerves, and then began to speak with a sense of helplessness:
“Two years ago, I went to Nanzhou City to do business and encountered a once-in-fifty-year flood. I was trapped in a tree and couldn’t move. I was trapped for three days. I thought I was going to die. It was Xin Tongle’s father, Uncle Xin Zhou, who saved me.”
"After the flood receded, I was able to rest for a few days under the careful care of Xin Zhou and Xin Tongle, and my health was almost fully recovered. To thank Uncle Xin Zhou for saving my life, I promised him that I would do my best to help him in the future whenever he needed help."
“We’ve only kept in touch by letter for the past two years. He sent another letter recently, but I wasn’t in the capital, so I missed the best opportunity to save him. By the time I came back and saw the contents of the letter, it was too late.”
“I originally planned to go find Uncle Xinzhou and Xin Tongle after your wedding with my elder brother was over. After all, he saved my life, and I had to help him out. But yesterday, Xin Tongle suddenly came to the capital with a letter that Uncle Xinzhou wrote to me before he died, and came to Baixianglou to find me.”
"The letter said he didn't have long to live. He only had one daughter, and he hoped that, in consideration of the fact that he had saved me, I would take care of Xin Tongle in the future. This was also his last wish before he died."
"I originally thought it was just taking care of her for a while, and that it would be fine after she got married. But I never expected that Xin Tongle would want to marry me?"
After Lin Shaoyang finished speaking, he felt very complicated. He felt guilty for not being able to save Uncle Xinzhou, and he was also annoyed that Xin Tongle actually had feelings for him.
"What does Xin Zhou do? Does Second Brother know?"
After hearing Lin Shaoyang's words, Lin Yuxin remained silent for a moment, then looked at her second brother with a complicated expression and asked.
"I'm not entirely sure. Back in Nanzhou City, I think I heard the servants call him the head镖师 (镖头, a kind of镖师 ...
Lin Shaoyang lowered his head and thought for a moment, but he really couldn't remember what Xin Zhou did.
Lin Yuxin turned to look at Li Xiaochen, who immediately understood and spoke:
"I will send men to Nanzhou City to investigate Xin Zhou's identity and cause of death!"
"Yes, thank you for your hard work!"
Lin Yuxin patted Li Xiaochen on the shoulder with an air of confidence that he was a promising student, then looked at Lin Shaoyang and asked with a serious expression:
"Second brother, I am your sister. Tell me honestly, do you really have no feelings for Xin Tongle? If you were just worried about your reputation and didn't tell the truth before, you can tell me honestly now. If you like her, I will go back and ask Mother to propose marriage to you openly and legitimately."
"I heard you struggling just now and thought you were in trouble, which is why I rushed in and caused that whole mess. But if you like that girl, I can explain, apologize to her, and help you win her back?"
Lin Yuxin was serious about having a heart-to-heart talk with Lin Shaoyang. She hoped her second brother could understand his own thoughts and figure out whether he liked someone or not, so that they wouldn't drive him away with what they did today.
If my second brother changes his mind in a few days and falls for her again, then she'll be in big trouble trying to win him back!
So it's better to ask now so we can try to salvage the situation, right?
"No! No way! I really have no feelings for her. I barely spoke to her back in Nanzhou City, and I don't have a deep impression of her. If Uncle Xinzhou hadn't asked me to take care of Xin Tongle, I really wouldn't remember what his daughter looks like!"
Upon hearing that Lin Yuxin was going to help him win her back, Lin Shaoyang immediately perked up and his mood improved. He quickly stopped her.
He wasn't even friends with Xin Tongle, so how could he possibly like that girl? Besides, he didn't like girls who were so calculating.
"Alright! Since you really don't like it, I'll take care of the rest for you, so you don't have to do it yourself and cause trouble, which might make that girl have other ideas again."
Hearing her second brother's words, Lin Yuxin felt reassured and immediately took on the task.
"Alright, then thank you for your hard work, little sister!"
Lin Shaoyang finally felt relieved. He trusted his sister to handle things and knew she would definitely not mistreat Xin Tongle.
“You are my brother. I hope that you will marry a girl you like in the future, instead of marrying someone else because of some undue responsibility or other reasons.”
Lin Yuxin spoke earnestly to her second brother.
"Alright! Second brother knows what to do, don't worry. But you, girl, you're almost married, why are you still worrying so much every day? Aren't you afraid the prince will be jealous?"
Lin Shaoyang felt a pang of tenderness seeing his younger sister acting like a grown-up and worrying about his life's important matters. He raised his hand to pat Lin Yuxin's head and comfort her, but was startled by Li Xiaochen's sharp gaze and withdrew his hand.
He's so stingy! He can't even touch his own sister? Humph!
Li Xiaochen ignored his dissatisfaction and instead took Lin Yuxin's hand and said:
"Alright, your second brother's business is finished, it's time to go back!"
"Okay, let's go. Second brother, shall we go back together too?"
Lin Yuxin nodded, then asked Lin Shaoyang if he was going back.
"I have something to do, so I won't go back yet. I'll be back for dinner tonight."
Lin Shaoyang still needed to go to Baixianglou to check on things. Although it was the first day of the lunar month and there weren't many customers, he still kept the shop open so he could see how things were going.
This imperial merchant works for the emperor, so he doesn't get holidays! He works all year round without a break!
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