Lin Yan noticed that Xie Muqing's eyes flickered after his younger brother said those words.
Could it be that something happened at home during the few days she was away?
"Little brother, what's wrong?"
Lin Muyan pulled Lin Yan aside and whispered in her ear:
"Big sister, Xinghua came to our house a few days ago. She said she liked brother-in-law, and then brother-in-law scolded her and made her cry."
"ah?"
Lin Yan was stunned!
No wonder Lin Xinghua wouldn't lend her the oxcart today!
So he was taking his anger out on her...
But this shouldn't be happening!
Shouldn't Xie Muqing like her?
What happened?!
Could it be that he felt he was forced to marry into her family and had no hope of being with Lin Xinghua, so he deliberately endured the pain and made her cry?
She was completely confused.
She couldn't help but steal a glance at Xie Muqing, only to meet his deep, dark eyes, which held emotions she couldn't fathom...
"Daughter, come and eat! Your mother made your favorite meatballs today!"
Upon hearing Lin Zhenghong's voice, Lin Yan quickly shifted her gaze, sat down at the dining table, and began to eat heartily without saying a word.
She's been eating flatbread every day for the past few days, and now she sees meat like a wolf seeing a sheep.
Eyes glowing green!
Lin Yan had only eaten two large pancakes all day, and she was really starving!
In just a short while, she ate two bowls of rice and ate most of a plate of meatballs.
Seeing her wolf down her food, Mr. and Mrs. Lin felt very bad.
"Girl, don't go into the mountains anymore, it's too dangerous..."
Ye Lan couldn't bear to see her daughter always going into the mountains, so she couldn't help but speak up to persuade her.
"Yes, I won't be going for a while."
After deducting the cost of building the house, Lin Yan had about 450 taels of silver left, and she really planned to take a good rest this autumn and winter.
After finishing her meal, she took out a ten-tael silver coin from her pocket and placed it on the table with a "thud".
"Oh, right, Father, here's ten taels of silver. Keep it to buy ingredients and meat and vegetables."
Lin Zhenghong was almost startled and quickly pushed the silver back, explaining:
“Daughter, take this back. You still have a lot of the twenty taels of silver you gave me last time for shopping! The materials for building the house only cost ten taels of silver in total. Buying vegetables is not cost much at all. We can just buy meat every day. As for vegetables, we have vegetables in our garden, and your Aunt Wang will bring vegetables over from time to time.”
Seeing this, Lin Yan gave up and took the money back, planning to give her parents their monthly allowance at the end of the month.
After hiding the silver notes she had earned, Lin Yan went straight to the kitchen and boiled two large pots of water, then took a comfortable hot bath.
Although it is autumn.
But she still felt uncomfortable after not showering for several days, especially since she had been playing and sweating a lot.
The simple bath tub she was sitting in was made by the village carpenter a few days ago.
Because she's a bit of a germaphobe.
Therefore, not wanting to share her personal belongings with others, she reluctantly spent half a tael of silver to have the carpenter make three bath tubs.
She used one by herself, her mother and younger sister used one, and Xie Muqing, her father, and her younger brother used one.
These past few days have been filled with hiding from deer, fighting wild boars, and playing hide-and-seek with wild beasts, which has truly exhausted Lin Yan.
Sitting in the warm bathtub, she comfortably drifted off to sleep.
After dinner, Xie Muqing waited in the house for a long time, but Lin Yan did not appear, which made him a little puzzled.
He pushed the wheelchair into the yard, but after not seeing her, he went to the kitchen.
There was not a sound inside the room.
He calmly pushed open the door.
What came into view was fair and smooth shoulders, and Xie Muqing's handsome face suddenly turned bright red!
After regaining his senses, he slammed the door shut!
He could no longer maintain his composure, and stared blankly at the door.
My heart was pounding...
A short while later.
The heat on his face slowly subsided, and he awkwardly pushed his wheelchair back to the west room.
But after walking a few steps, Xie Muqing suddenly realized that something was wrong!
That woman was usually as clever as a mouse; the slightest noise could wake her up.
But even though he slammed the door shut so loudly, there seemed to be no sound from inside the house...
Thinking that she had been staying in the dangerous deep mountains for the past few days and might be injured, Xie Muqing was anxious and turned her wheelchair back the way she came.
As he returned to the kitchen door, the scene from earlier kept replaying in his mind. He withdrew his hand as if he had been electrocuted and, feigning composure, knocked on the door.
"Wife! What are you doing in there? Why aren't you back inside?"
His voice was loud and clear.
However, with a door separating them, Lin Yan was naturally awakened, only then realizing that the scalding hot water in the bathtub had cooled down.
She quickly got up and put on clean nightgown, drying her hair as she opened the door. Seeing Xie Muqing waiting for her, she said apologetically:
"I fell asleep after taking a bath. Sorry to keep you waiting. I'll take you back to your room now."
The two walked back to the house in silence, by which time Lin Muyan had already fallen asleep.
When they reached the edge of the kang (heated brick bed), Xie Muqing was about to climb up as usual when Lin Yan suddenly picked him up by the waist!
His handsome and alluring face flushed bright red instantly, and he struggled and screamed as he tried to get down.
"You! Let me go! What kind of behavior is this?!"
He, the heir of a noble family, was so easily lifted up by a woman!
Where does this leave his masculinity?!
"Behave yourself, or the candle will go out by the time you climb onto the kang (heated brick bed)."
"you!"
Xie Muqing was filled with shame and indignation.
So angry that he couldn't utter a single word, he could only turn his head away and sulk.
After carrying the person onto the kang (a heated brick bed), Lin Yan blew out the candle and got onto the kang herself. She returned the dagger to him and couldn't help but ask curiously:
"Here's your dagger back. It's really sharp. I wonder where I can get it forged again?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Muqing scoffed, seemingly mocking her naiveté:
"Tch, this is made of Cold Mountain Black Iron, it's not so easy to get. If you like it, you can have it, it's not of much use to me anyway."
"Oh! I'm quite flattered that Young Master Xie is being so generous all of a sudden."
Lin Yan remembered that this dagger was a keepsake left by his father, and he had just given it away so casually.
She always felt uneasy.
She couldn't help but glance at Xie Muqing, secretly wondering what kind of mischief he was up to.
Xie Muqing took a deep breath in anger, pulled the covers over herself, turned over, and didn't want to pay any more attention to her.
These past few days, it's been difficult to sleep soundly in the deep mountains. Even though Lin Yan had just taken a nap, she was still incredibly sleepy and quickly fell asleep.
Late at night, the sound of the gyrfalcon tapping on the window rang out again.
Xie Muqing carefully opened the window and took out a curled letter from its base.
By the moonlight, he opened the letter, and after reading it, a hint of joy flashed in his eyes...
The next day, Lin Yan was awakened by a series of anxious sounds.
"Something terrible has happened, honey!"
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