Chapter 58
Qin Yi woke up in an antique bedroom. The bed was soft and the gauze curtains fluttered gently in the breeze. In the distance, the smoke from the Boshan furnace was thick, like a miniature fairy mountain.
Qin Yi stood up and slowly walked to the dressing mirror and sat down. In the mirror, she reflected a beautiful face with a hint of red on her lips.
This is the last world.
This is his last chance to rescue Lian Yu. As long as he can make Lian Yu fall in love with him completely before this story, he can help Lian Yu break free from the curse of the Time Administration and return to their little world.
"...Xiaoyu." Qin Yi lowered his eyes and placed his palm on his chest.
He still remembered Lian Yu's last look. The blood-red lake was reflected in Lian Yu's eyes. He lay in the blood, feeling complacent about the fear and tension in Lian Yu's eyes.
If only Xiaoyu could love him more.
Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried running outside the door, followed by chaotic footsteps on the stairs and someone knocking on the door.
Qin Yi found the right state as his long eyelashes drooped and raised.
"Come in." His voice was clear, like water drops hitting stone.
"Young Madam! The Second Young Master is awake!" The servant rushed in with a sweaty face. "Go and have a look! The old lady said she wants to break the Second Young Master's legs!"
Second Young Master?
Qin Yi stood up suddenly, not caring about his messy hair from getting up late, and walked out the door: "Lead the way."
The servant led him hurriedly to a courtyard. The courtyard was carefully tidied, with peach branches on the rockery and koi swimming in the lotus pond like red silk. It was not difficult to see that the person who took care of the courtyard was serious.
But the courtyard was as lively as a vegetable market, with all kinds of activity going on.
"You still dare to gamble? Today I will break your legs!"
"Don't be impulsive, old lady!"
"You blind people, why don't you stop the old lady!"
"Don't any of you stop me!"
The room was really bustling with activity. A group of servants were crowded together in a panic, shouting and yelling, not knowing what to do.
The servants were all aiming for the stool in the old lady's hand. The usually kind and gentle silver-haired lady was now wielding the stool, unceremoniously attempting to hit the person on the bed.
The protagonist of this farce, the second young master, Lian Yu himself, was lazily leaning on the couch, swinging his legs leisurely, watching the excitement in front of him with a smile.
According to the setting, Lian Yu is the second young master of this mansion. Because he is the grandson of the old lady in his old age, he was spoiled into a useless gambler. He spends half of his life in gambling houses and the other half in brothels.
The old lady was a bodyguard when she was young. She was so angry with Lian Yu that she threatened to beat him every day with 100% of her skills when delivering escorts. But Lian Yu knew that the old lady felt sorry for him and was reluctant to beat him to death, so he was able to be so calm now.
A farce was going on outside behind the bed curtain. Lian Yu was looking around happily and freely, when suddenly his eyes fell on the person outside the window.
The face of the person and the peach blossoms complement each other red.
This sentence suddenly popped up in Lian Yu's mind.
The pale pink glow of peach petals enveloped the beauty beneath the tree, making her appear exceptionally gentle. Those dark eyes cast a serious gaze upon Lian Yu, yet tinged with the joy of regaining what had been lost.
Somehow it looks familiar.
His heart skipped a beat and Lian Yu was stunned.
"Sister-in-law." The name came out of her mouth first, and then Lian Yu reacted and asked the mechanical rabbit in her mind: "Is he my sister-in-law?"
Tutu nodded and began to introduce the characters in a mechanical voice without any emotion: [Qin Yi, the protagonist, is the widow of the eldest son of the Lian family. She ran the Lian family’s fireworks business after the eldest son’s death.
During this period, the protagonist was frequently harassed by the second young master - that is, you. The protagonist endured the humiliation and was submissive to you on the surface, but secretly he kept provoking the relationship between you and the old lady.
Ultimately, you lost all your savings and were driven out of the Lian Mansion. The protagonist, Shou, then reunited with the protagonist, Gong, who had faked his own death and disguised himself as a general. The two of you worked together to repel the Jin invasion. On the same day, you died of starvation and cold. The protagonist, Shou, ordered your body to be thrown out of the city, where it was eventually devoured by the bloodthirsty Jin soldiers.
?
Lian Yu shuddered.
He shrank back and tore his gaze away from the person under the peach tree outside the window. Beauty is like a snake and scorpion. To save his life, he had better stay away from the protagonist.
"No, that's not possible." Tutu said coldly, "Because of your constant harassment, the protagonist hates you to the core, so your mission is to eliminate his hatred."
Lian Yu looked up at the sky and sighed deeply.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet.
Lian Yu was startled and sat up suddenly. He saw that Qin Yi had walked into the room without him knowing when. A thin shadow swayed with the bed curtains, like a dream.
"Xiaoyu?" His slender white fingers pushed aside the soft gauze bed curtains, revealing the sister-in-law's gentle eyes timidly looking at him, full of worry. "Are you okay? Are you seriously injured?"
Lian Yu took a deep breath and pinched his thigh flesh.
Hiss, what a beautiful and gentle place! Who could have seen that it was a poisonous flower?
How should he answer? He had to consider his gangster persona while also being careful not to provoke Qin Yi's hatred. Lian Yu was in a dilemma, but he soon came to his senses.
He just whistled at Qin Yi in a frivolous tone: "Oh, sister-in-law cares about me so much, I am really touched. My brother just died, I——"
——I will never attack you.
Before he could finish his words, the old lady, clearly having misunderstood, opened her fingers and hit him on the arm. "What nonsense are you talking about!? I told you to talk nonsense!"
Just as things were about to get chaotic again, Qin Yi hurriedly stepped in front of Lian Yu and softly advised, "Grandma, calm down. Although Xiaoyu's words are out of tune, she's not a bad person. It was probably just a joke."
The old lady sighed, not knowing what she was thinking about. She glared at Lian Yu angrily, "You really should have been left to rot on the road last night. Your sister-in-law was so kind as to look for you until midnight, but you gave birth to a little bastard like you."
Lian Yu chuckled and said, "Whatever you say, I'm a beast or not. Anyway, I'm the only one left in the Lian family."
"You!" The old lady glared at him, as if she couldn't catch her breath. "You bastard! Xiao Qin'er, from now on, all the family business will be handed over to you. Just watch this monkey. If he dares to take a step out of this yard again, you will break his legs!"
After saying this, the old lady angrily left with a flick of her sleeve. The servants followed her in a swarm, and soon only Lian Yu and Qin Yi were left in the bedroom.
Qin Yi lifted up her skirt and sat down beside Lian Yu's bed.
Lian Yu's heart was beating nervously, and he moved quietly to the bed.
The slender white fingers were raised, and Lian Yu suddenly closed his eyes.
Suddenly, he felt a chill on his forehead. He opened his eyes and saw Qin Yi frowning with distress in his eyes. He was applying medicine to the scratch on his forehead. It was the injury he got last night when he drank too much and fell on a rock on the roadside.
Unable to describe the feeling in his heart, Lian Yu pushed Qin Yi's hand away fiercely and asked in a hoarse voice, "What are you doing?"
"Does it hurt?" Qin said softly.
Lian Yu's throat choked, and just as she was at a loss for words, a servant suddenly rushed in, shouting, "Madam, something bad has happened! Li Bawang is charging at the door!"
Li Ba Wang?
Before Lian Yu could ask, Qin Yi pressed his palm on his shoulder, and the cool aroma of ointment wafted from his fingertips. "I'll go take a look. You rest first."
Then, Qin Yi left in as haste as he had come.
Looking at Qin Yi's departing back, Lian Yu knocked Tutu out of the depths of his mind: "So, who is Li Bawang?"
"Hey, beautiful lady Qin."
As Qin Yi walked to the door, he saw the fat and big-eared man outside the door giving him a greasy smile, showing a row of uneven teeth.
Qin Yi closed his eyes, suppressed his discomfort, and stepped out of the door. "Mr. Li's sudden visit made me feel guilty for not being able to greet him. I wonder what Mr. Li's purpose is?"
Li Bawang flung open a piece of paper with a sly look on his face. "Look, your Second Young Master Lian lost a bet yesterday. The stakes were the Lian family's fireworks business."
There was a bright red fingerprint on the yellowed paper, and a scribbled signature under the fingerprint. I could vaguely make out the words "Lian Yu".
Seeing Qin Yi remained silent, Li Bawang raised his chin: "There are black words on white paper and red handprints, and there are witnesses--"
As he finished speaking, there was a clanking of chains, and a tall, thin man emerged from the darkness. He wore an iron mask and had a shiny iron chain around his waist.
The man nodded slightly.
Li Bawang curled his lips and smiled: "Why, now the beautiful Qin can't deny it."
"Impossible." Qin Yi refused bluntly: "If you want money, I can raise it, but for the Lian family's business, it's impossible."
Li Bawang chuckled. He had never taken Qin Yi, a dodder, seriously from the beginning, so naturally he would not be angered by Qin Yi's rejection.
"It seems that you are still reluctant to part with Young Master Qin's inheritance." Li Bawang smiled obscenely, and as he approached, he put his hand on Qin Yi's waist.
Qin Yi's expression remained unchanged, only a faint flash of cold light flashed between his sleeves.
Completely unaware of the approaching danger, Li Bawang pulled his arm back to grab Qin Yi's waist and said, "Since this inheritance is not good enough, why not try another one—ah!"
With a shrill scream, Li Bawang's body flew up and fell heavily to the ground.
After hearing the scream, Lian Yu on the steps slowly retracted his legs. He grabbed Qin Yi's collar and pulled him behind him to protect him. Then he leaned against the stone lion in an unruly manner.
At the bottom of the stairs, Li Bawang's bulky body struggled to move, his face flushed red. "Lian Yu, you!"
Lian Yu stood up in surprise, as if he had just noticed Li Bawang, and greeted him enthusiastically:
"Hey Brother Li, why are you sleeping here?"
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