Chapter 258 Cursing
Not falling for his tricks anymore, Lin Baoer exposed him expressionlessly, "Stop pretending. Ah Shen sent me a letter saying that you didn't send anyone to look for him, you just let your people do it for us."
"Yes, I was blindly credulous. How could the only son of the Yu family and the nephew of the deputy general of the border go to such a dangerous place on his own initiative? After all, one can lose his life there if he is not careful."
He was not angry when she exposed him. Yu Qi slowly placed the bowl of soup next to Lin Baoer, and then picked up a piece of tofu and passed it over. "Yes, I did let someone show you."
He smiled calmly, put down his chopsticks, and pretended to be worried about Lin Baoer and advised, "But I am also thinking about you, Baoer. The desert is so dangerous. Haven't you heard those rumors? Nine out of ten people who go in will die. It is extremely lucky to survive. Some of them are missing limbs."
"How could I bear to see you become like that?"
Yu Qi held her hand, eyes full of concern, "Bao'er, listen to me, don't go there, okay? What's so good about other countries? Isn't our Taiping Kingdom prosperous? Why do you have to go to other places to suffer?"
"You must know that no matter what your status is in Taiping Kingdom, if you go there, you will be equivalent to a civilian. Those officials may beat or scold you at will, and you can't stand it."
"And look, Yu Sheng, only three people came back from the team he led before, and twelve people died!"
Yu Qi's eyes were full of emotions, "How can you put your life in the hands of such an incompetent person?"
Lin Bao'er said nothing, just looked at him expressionlessly.
Not yet enough, Yu Qi squeezed the delicate hand in his palm, and said affectionately, "So why not come with me, I can take you to any place you want to go, the snow-capped peak of Tianshan Mountain, or the Loess Dragon Cave, as long as you want."
"As long as you are willing, in the name of my wife, you can enjoy endless glory and wealth, and..."
Lin Baoer curled her lips, forcefully pulled her hand out of his hand, wiped it on her body as if it was dirty, and mocked, "I need your glory and wealth?"
Seeing this, Yu Qi was not annoyed, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, and smiled, "I forgot, Baoer should not be short of money, but what about power?"
"Since you are a merchant family, you should know that merchants are always inferior to officials. Even if you have a fortune, any county magistrate can suppress that merchant to death."
"But I'm different." Yu Qi smiled proudly, "My uncle is the deputy general of the border, and no one can do anything to our Yu family. As long as you, Baoer, marry into my family, the Lin family will also be under the protection of the Yu family. By then, even the prefect will look up to your family."
His face was full of "Aren't you tempted?"
But Lin Baoer just felt like laughing, and she did laugh. "Don't you know that the county magistrate of Weicheng was ruined by me?"
Yu Qi raised his eyebrows and didn't take it seriously. "I checked. It was the Wang family who did a lot of evil in the local area, and the people have long criticized it. You just borrowed the bridge to take a boat. The one who punished him was the Qi patrol of Qinzhou City. At that time, the Qi patrol happened to pass by Weicheng, so this happened."
This was naturally the smoke bomb that Lin Baoer deliberately set off at that time.
"I have to say that Bao'er is extremely lucky and has courage and strategy." Yu Qi smiled, "You are the most suitable person to be my wife."
"But..." He hesitated again, pretending to be entangled and doubtful, "But, you also know that someone of my status has no choice in who I marry, and the position beside me must be able to bring benefits to the family, so I'm afraid that I won't be able to let you enter the Yu Mansion as my wife by then."
"But don't worry!" Yu Qi explained sincerely, "After everything is stable, I will ask my mother to marry a gentle and virtuous person, and I will make you my co-wife without her consulting. In this way, we can have the best of both worlds."
"Bao'er, are you willing to wait for that day? Are you willing to believe me?" He looked at Lin Bao'er affectionately, as if he wanted to drown her in his deep love.
I'm afraid he was almost moved to death by himself, and Lin Baoer was just about to laugh at him.
This man made himself look very affectionate in his words and deeds, making people think that it was an honor to be his wife.
Ugh!
Lin Baoer rubbed the goose bumps on her arms and soothed the nausea that surged in her chest.
He didn't even look at himself, he was just a toad wanting to eat swan meat.
Lin Baoer was too lazy to play along with him, so she said directly, "I don't want to."
Yu Qi was stunned, thinking that he had heard wrongly, "Baoer, what did you say?"
Lin Baoer stared at him, saying every word, even with a smile, "I said, I - don't - want to!"
Yu Qi frowned, thinking that she was unhappy because of the idea of letting Lin Baoer be a concubine first, and explained in a roundabout way: "Don't worry, it will only take a year or two at most. I will definitely welcome you into my family in a sedan chair. Before that, can't you bear the humiliation for me first?"
[Bear the humiliation of your mother.]
Lin Baoer had never seen such a shameless person.
"I don't like you, why should I feel wronged for you?" Lin Baoer mocked, "It's inexplicable, did I say I like you? Or did I say I was willing to marry you? We have only been together for a few days. It's your own business whether you like me, and I didn't say I like you."
"Also, is your Yu family so great? You always say that I am not worthy of you and can only be your concubine, bah! I don't even like you! It's like you are sick! Do you think you are good-looking? All the girls in the city have to like you? Don't dream about your Spring and Autumn period. Do you remember the one who was next to me before? Ah Shen is ten thousand times more handsome than you. If he likes me, he likes him, not you?"
"You're still thinking about what's in the pot while you're eating. You want to marry a gentle and virtuous woman. If I were you, I wouldn't think that a toad wants to eat swan meat. Just marry her if the girl likes you. What? Didn't your mother teach you to be humble? Do you think you're so great just because your family has some dirty money? Do you think you're the deputy general's nephew and that's something you can mention eight hundred times? People who don't know would think you're the deputy general of the border. You're so shameless to show off your power by relying on others' influence."
"If I were you, I would seek a position myself. It's like using the power of my family to ask for the girl's care. You're nothing!"
Lin Baoer took a deep breath and drank the soup in her hand.
She was so tired. She hadn't scolded so comfortably in a long time.
On the other hand, Yu Qi's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. He pointed at her with a trembling finger and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"You, you..."
Lin Baoer said disdainfully, "Why, you can't even speak clearly now? If you become a stutterer, no one will want you."
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