Old Lady Yun knew all too well that one shouldn't easily trust people whose backgrounds were unclear, and that one should be wary of those who suddenly appeared and acted perfectly and flawlessly. However, she always believed in the saying, "You can't judge a book by its cover."
The young man seemed kind and honest, and she felt an instant connection with him. She believed it was fate. If Chun Jie was also interested in him, she would send someone to investigate the young man's family background. If he was a decent person, she might as well go through the proper formalities of marriage.
As for whether he will change in the future, she doesn't know. Who can predict the future? Whether life is good or bad, whether they can make it work or not, depends entirely on how the two of them manage it. Even if they can't make it work in the future, they can get a divorce. It's no big deal.
But she couldn't explain these things to Yunling in detail. At Yunling's age, she should just live a happy life and not understand these matters between men and women.
"This is not something a little kid like you should worry about. Go to sleep."
"Grandma, you're naughty."
"You naughty little brat, making fun of your grandma. Just wait and see how I deal with you."
Old Lady Yun started tickling Yun Ling, who was tickled so much that she had no choice but to beg for mercy. The sounds of the two laughing and playing around drifted out of the room and far away.
The letter arrived in Fu Jin's hands more than half a month later, and Fu Jin then forwarded it to Yun Shenghua. Yun Shenghua, upon seeing that the merchant ship had been attacked by pirates, was filled with anxiety.
Although Yunling and the others were all safe and sound, he still dared not tell Zhang Shi, fearing that she would lose sleep again and secretly sulk, and that she would never let Yunling go out again. But since Yunling had already gone once, how could she give up the idea of running away again?
To avoid further unnecessary conflicts and arguments between the two of them, Yun Shenghua decided to keep the matter to herself and deal with it secretly.
However, Lu Yinghuai did not digest this so easily. He received a gift of thanks from Fu Jin, who said that it was thanks to the help of Chen Jie and others that they were able to repel the river pirates and protect the cargo on the ship in the shortest possible time.
He had no interest in continuing to look at the ledger. Although the valuables and people were safe and sound, it was still extremely dangerous. Those bandits were all carrying knives and were very fierce, showing no mercy at all. If they discovered that she was a woman, she might be kidnapped.
Ziying pushed open the door and entered, carrying a bowl of pigeon soup. "My lord, please rest for a while and have this bowl of pigeon soup. It will nourish your lungs and replenish your energy."
"Put it down."
Ziying responded with a "hey," placed the pigeon soup to Lu Yinghuai's right, and waited by his side.
Lu Yinghuai was already somewhat irritable, and now that there was another person beside him, he became even more annoyed, especially since this person had a faint, mixed fragrance emanating from him, which made him feel that the whole room had become cramped.
"If you have nothing to pass on, then you may leave."
"I will stay here and take care of you, my lord."
Ziying was also frustrated. She had thought that once Lu Yinghuai turned fifteen, Madam Lu would arrange for her to be a maid in his room. So she spent a lot of money on her appearance and hands, hoping to catch his eye as soon as possible. But she waited and waited, and still no word came.
Then she would have to take matters into her own hands and put her destiny in her own hands. As long as she spent more time with Lu Yinghuai, let him see her face and touch her hand, and if such a thing happened between the hot-blooded young man, wouldn't the title naturally fall on her head?
"No need, you should go back and rest."
"My lord has been working hard lately, so let me serve you, shall I?"
Ziying didn't care about anything else and was about to start doing it.
Lu Yinghuai slammed his hand down, knocking the pigeon soup to the ground. His face lost its usual gentleness. He couldn't help but wonder if he had been pretending to be gentle and refined for too long, and that these people had really come to regard him as a gentleman with no temper.
But after that moment of anger, he quickly calmed down. Not wanting to give others cause for gossip and damage his reputation, he put on a gentle demeanor again and said, "If you want to do this job for a long time, you must first learn to listen to what your master says. Don't you think so?"
Ziying was quite frightened and quickly nodded in agreement. While cleaning up the pigeon soup on the ground, she secretly rejoiced that Lu Yinghuai hadn't said anything harsh to embarrass her. She would have to be more careful in the future.
But she never had another chance.
The next day, Lu Yinghuai went to his mother to explain the situation and found an excuse to send her away. He didn't want any misunderstandings with her, and he didn't want her to take advantage of the situation to do something that would displease Lingniang when he got married in the future. He also didn't want the two of them to have unnecessary arguments because of her in the future. He wanted to nip this problem in the bud as soon as possible.
Madam Lu naturally disliked the way the maids in the house behaved, but her sons still needed someone to take care of their daily lives. If this way of doing things was unacceptable, then she would find someone more obedient. However, before she could speak, Lu Yinghuai spoke first.
"If Mother is to find a husband, she should find a young man who is not necessarily handsome, not necessarily passionate, not taller than me, and preferably with some minor flaws."
Lu's mother's lips twitched. Even Aunt Cao wasn't this picky when she went to the market to buy vegetables. Where did her son get all these problems?
Lu Yinghuai, however, was thinking far ahead. Since he had blocked the path for those women to reach him, he also had to guard against Lingniang. Otherwise, what if those people tried to seduce Lingniang? After all, Pei Lin, his childhood sweetheart, was already enough of a headache.
Pei Lin, who had been his childhood sweetheart, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He quickly ran into Ren'an Hall, put down his medical kit, and stared intently at the door. "Boss, did that young lady come to sell herbs today?"
"Hey you brat, how many times a day do you ask me this? How many days have you been asking me this? You don't happen to have your eye on someone else, do you?"
Pei Lin never wanted things to go through this, but he had never seen Yun Ling since then. He would occasionally pass through Dongtou Village, but he could never find her, and he wondered if something had happened to her.
"Don't make things up, sir. It would be bad if it ruined the young lady's reputation."
The landlord scoffed, looked up and saw Yun Chu and Yun Ruoxia not far away, and quickly laughed, "You little rascal, you've struck gold! Speak of the devil and he appears."
Pei Lin immediately looked outside, but when he saw the person, he suddenly became nervous and quickly stood next to Shen Changliu's seat, muttering to himself how he should start the conversation.
As usual, Yun Chu handed the herbs to the owner, took the copper coins, and left. But today, she clearly felt that the owner was moving much slower and was even smiling at her, which was very strange.
Yun Chu didn't think much of it, picked up the copper coin to thank him, and was about to walk out when Pei Lin stopped her.
"You...you...you stop right there, your senior brother is looking for you."
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