"Even between brothers, accounts must be settled clearly. Even if Jiangzhu and I have a past relationship, I cannot renege on my debt!"
The God of Wealth shook his finger and said seriously.
Yes, yes, yes, we'll listen to the God of Wealth. As long as we can keep our lives, what does it matter if we have to work? The fairy is immortal, three hundred years will pass in the blink of an eye.
Even Jia Lian acted as if it were the most natural thing in the world. His only support was that his cousin Fairy was alive. As for working, well, it wasn't like he was the one who had to work.
After the explanation was made clear, the God of Wealth said with satisfaction:
"Don't worry, the Fairy Disenchantment only has the authority to deal with you, Crimson Pearl, because she's in charge of matters of love and romance. She doesn't have any particularly powerful methods."
"I entrust everything to the Goddess of Wealth," Lin Daiyu said, and suddenly felt a sense of relief, as if she had broken free from a cage.
A sudden thought arose in her mind, and she escaped her fate.
"Enough with the rest. I'm only helping you incidentally. With the Heavenly Rules in place, the old witch Jinghuan is afraid to act openly against you. I'll slowly and carefully expose her true colors..."
A few blushes crept onto the God of Wealth's fair face with excitement.
"Immortal bones and flesh can be put on the market for sale, souls can be refined into magical artifacts, and there's also the old hag Jinghuan's millennia-long savings. This is truly a big deal!"
Ling Xiao was truly excited. A deity from a small world, a deity who seemed to have no power in any aspect, wouldn't that be the best tonic!
In the past, obtaining a hunting opportunity was a life-or-death struggle.
Sure enough, changing jobs is the best way to increase compensation.
The group fell silent. Although Lin Daiyu was kind-hearted, she could not bring herself to show mercy to those who wanted to kill her.
Lin Ruhai had been in and out of officialdom for many years, and inevitably had blood on his hands, but he didn't even blink at this moment.
Jia Lian... could only manage an awkward laugh.
With everything settled, the wealthy young woman in the red dress rose from the table and chair and left.
The place where she had been for a while was now glittering and sparkling, with pearls of different sizes and tiny pieces of gold and silver scattered all over the ground.
"Will wealth gather in places where the God of Wealth resides?" Lin Ruhai murmured.
...Gold and silver jewelry that cannot be redeemed in the mall is worthless in the host's eyes.
Let's pretend it's a miracle, "Let's just consider it as making use of waste"—Ling Xiao's original words.
Jia Lian happily ran over and picked up the gold, silver, and pearls, without thinking much of it:
"The Goddess of Wealth is so generous!"
Lin Ruhai chuckled. He had a good impression of his wife's nephew. The three of them met the God of Wealth together and learned about his daughter's fairy past life.
"I'll have to give Lian'er a lot of guidance in the future," Lin Ruhai thought, stroking his long beard.
In the days that followed, Lin Ruhai was busy recuperating, and his health gradually improved. He even began to deal with the backlog of affairs.
Lin Daiyu served her father every day, and after Jia Lian opened several treasure chests, he couldn't find a single tael of silver on his person. Even Ling Xiao became interested.
It's unbelievable that someone could be this unlucky. You know, to maintain the odds, at least one out of ten treasure chests should be of higher value.
Jia Lian emptied his pockets, even borrowing money from his servants, and bought eight treasure chests, but he still couldn't extract any of the treasures.
"I would never have associated with someone so unlucky in the past; if I caught a bit of that bad luck, I could easily die."
Ling Xiao complained to the system.
Life went on peacefully.
One day, two pieces of news arrived in quick succession, turning the Lin family mansion upside down.
"You said you were sent by your clan to visit me?"
Lin Ruhai asked with a smile, looking at the handsome young man in front of him with a square scarf on his head, who was said to have just passed the imperial examination and become a scholar. A hint of mockery flashed in his eyes.
Her gaze was unfocused, and when she looked at herself, she couldn't hide her surprise.
What's there to be surprised about? Surprised that you're still alive?
The clan is really impatient to find him an heir so that the good fortune doesn't go to outsiders.
Lin Zhen was indeed surprised. Shouldn't Lin Meimei's father, Lin Ruhai, be dying at this time? How come he looks like an ordinary person now?
"Uncle, the clan chief heard that you are seriously ill and was very worried, so he sent his nephew to visit you."
After saying that, Lin Zhen's still somewhat childish face showed an embarrassed expression:
"However, I also have my own motives. I am determined to pass the imperial examination and advance in the ranks. My uncle is a third-place scholar in the imperial examination, and his talent is exceptional. I have always admired you, which is why I have strived to obtain this position."
Lin Zhen thought to himself smugly that he had spoken very skillfully.
In novels from my past life, it was often written that Lin Ruhai, who had no son, would take a liking to any boy who loved reading, and besides, he now had the surname Lin!
Perhaps soon Lin Ruhai will adopt him as his heir, allowing him to become Lin Daiyu's brother and have access to beauties like the three sisters, Baochai, and Xiangyun.
Just as Lin Zhen had figured out who would be most advantageous to him as his legal wife, Lin Ruhai, seated at the head of the table, put down his teacup and said indifferently:
"It's good that you enjoy reading. My dear nephew, you've come from afar and must be tired. Go and rest first."
Lin Zhen's expression crumbled; he hastily retreated, then mentally roared:
"System, what's going on? Could it be that I didn't come to the authentic Dream of the Red Chamber? This Lin Ruhai is completely different!"
Without access to the Lin family's resources, many of his plans cannot be implemented!
"Dear host, don't be angry. It might be the butterfly effect of our arrival that made Lin Ruhai recover from his illness quickly, so he's not in a hurry to find an heir. However, as long as you increase your favorability, you will definitely achieve your goal!"
The air swirled, and a "beauty" appeared, dressed in a sailor uniform, with a delicate and lovely face but a hot figure, and softly explained to Lin Zhen.
"I understand," Lin Zhen said, reassured, but still looking displeased.
"It's so annoying to have to raise my favorability with an old man," he said greedily.
"I heard that Lin Daiyu has returned. Why don't I go and get close to her, and show her what a good older brother I am? Maybe that will increase Lin Ruhai's favorability towards me."
I wonder what Lin Daiyu, described in Dream of the Red Chamber as having "two delicate eyebrows that seemed to frown but didn't, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling but didn't, filled with affection," looked like?
The system's seemingly sweet agreement excited Lin Zhen even more, and he immediately asked the servant who was leading the way about Lin Daiyu's residence.
The servant was astonished; this distant cousin was utterly ridiculous.
As soon as he stepped out of the master's study, he would frown and laugh at the same time, and now he was asking about his daughter's residence.
Boys and girls should not sit together after the age of seven. How could he possibly reveal his daughter's address to his young master!
The young master didn't offer me any money to bribe him!
In a secluded spot, Ling Xiao held on tightly to the man who was already excited to the point of madness, his eyes filled with interest.
"You're saying this is an illegal immigrant?"
“That’s right!” he laughed heartily.
"This is a world controlled by the Supreme God. Anyone who enters without the Supreme God's mark is a smuggler!"
These locust thieves casually deceive some hosts, bringing them in to absorb the world's fortune, completely disregarding the world's development; they eat and run.
"So? What benefit would I get from arresting him?" Ling Xiao asked casually.
"The benefit is that all the luck and accumulated fortune that this smuggling system has absorbed in the past will belong to you, the host!"
"I can absorb everything from this system too," he chuckled to himself, feeling incredibly lucky.
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