Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 130

[Chapter 130: Promise yourself to me?]

“Make do?”

In the inn, Lin Xiu looked at Qin Wan and asked in confusion, “How to make do?”

Qin Wan said, “You sleep on the bed and I sleep on the floor.” Lin

Xiu understood. Obviously, someone was homeless like him tonight.

It was late now and curfew was about to start. At that time, all the inns would be closed, and there was no time for him to find another one.

As a married man, in principle, he could not live in the same room with other women except his wife, because he needed to avoid suspicion, even if there was nothing wrong between the two.

But Lin Xiu had a fake marriage and was actually a free man. He could live in the same room with whoever he wanted, and even Zhao Lingjun had no right to blame him.

He nodded and said, “It’s just like this.”

In the past, he had Zhao Lingjun’s concerns and needed to keep a distance from these beautiful women, but now he didn’t have to think so much.

It was fate that he could meet Qin Wan every time, and she paid for the room, so Lin Xiu didn’t lose anything.

Soon, the depressed shopkeeper took the two to a room on the second floor.

The two walked into the room and closed the door. Qin Wan glanced at Lin Xiu and asked, “Mr. Lin, you are newly married, why do you have to stay in an inn the next night?”

Lin Xiu also glanced at her and said, “Miss Wan’er is the daughter of a rich and powerful family. Hasn’t she been reduced to living on the streets many times, without even money to eat a bowl of wontons?”

The two looked at each other and turned their heads away at the same time.

Qin Wan was not good at speaking.

Would Lin Xiu be willing to stay in an inn the day after his wedding?

He just had no choice.

For others, the wedding night is one of the greatest joys in life, but Lin Xiu’s wedding night is one of the greatest joys in life. What can he do about marrying such a wife?

She asked knowingly and deliberately hurt his heart.

Similarly, Lin Xiu’s words made Qin Wan feel very uncomfortable.

If she was not often driven out of the house by that woman without money, would she like to live on the streets? She just didn’t have a home to settle down.

Lin Xiu added a few more coins and asked the shopkeeper to bring a new set of bedding.

He spread the bedding on the ground and said generously: “I don’t have the habit of letting women sleep on the ground while sleeping in my own bed. You should sleep on the bed and I’ll sleep on the ground.”

The last time he let A Ke sleep on the ground was because he was exhausted from treating her injuries and couldn’t move.

Today is the happiest day for Lin Xiu since he came to this world. He is in a good mood, so it doesn’t matter if he lets her move.

Qin Wan is a smart person. Even if Lin Xiu didn’t say anything, she could guess something.

She walked to the table, poured herself a cup of tea, and said: “Fairies should stay in heaven. It’s better to marry an ordinary woman than a fairy…”

Qin Wan’s words were full of pearls, but it was a pity that Lin Xiu had no right to choose.

Fortunately, Zhao Lingjun is a very reasonable person. Lin Xiu feels that although his marriage with Li Baizhang also failed, he is much luckier than Li Baizhang. If he knew the consensus reached by Lin Xiu and Zhao Lingjun, I am afraid that his inner belief will collapse…

Lin Xiu glanced at Qin Wan and said, “I just don’t want to go back. Miss Wan’er obviously has a home, but she also wants to stay in the inn. Why?”

Qin Wan did not answer Lin Xiu. She walked to the bed, slept with her clothes on, and said, “It’s late, go to bed…”

He didn’t want to say more, and Lin Xiu didn’t ask more.

It’s good to have someone to accompany you to sleep at night.

Although one is on the bed and the other is under the bed, it’s still a companion.

Even if he is used to loneliness, he still wants to have a companion.

The next morning, when Lin Xiu got up, Qin Wan hadn’t woken up yet.

Checking a room with a beauty of this level, but not doing anything, this is absolutely incredible for the previous Lin Xiu.

He went downstairs to eat breakfast, brought another one to Qin Wan, and then left the inn and went straight to the palace.

When Qin Wan woke up, she smelled the fragrance of buns.

The bedding on the floor had been cleared, and Lin Xiu left.

She walked to the table and ate two buns, one with vegetarian filling and the other with meat filling. They tasted very good, and she liked both. She was not very picky about food. For a long time, being able to fill her stomach was already very happy for her.

She originally thought that she was the only one among the powerful people in the capital who often became homeless.

Later, she found out that there were people like her who had no home to return to.

She suddenly felt happier.

And she felt a little sorry for Lin Xiu.

Without knowing her preferences, he brought one meat and one vegetable bun, which showed his delicate mind. Through several brief contacts with him and Xue Ning’er’s change of attitude towards him, Qin Wan could easily see that he understood women’s minds very well.

If he had the heart, there would be no shortage of women around him.

Unfortunately, he met Zhao Lingjun, and even if he had the most brilliant means, he had nowhere to use them…

…

The palace.

Emperor Xia was walking in the Imperial Garden early in the morning. Zhu Jin walked up and said, “Your Majesty, Lin Xiu did not return to the wedding residence last night.”

Emperor Xia could not help laughing and said, “Interesting. On the wedding night, the bride ran away, and on the first day of the wedding, the groom ran away again. When the two deceased Lin and Zhao families made the marriage contract, they would never have thought of these things…”

Lin Xiu and Zhao Lingjun’s resistance to the marriage contract was more intense than he expected.

Of course, he was happy to see this.

A genius in strange arts and a genius in martial arts, if they were in love and had a harmonious and happy married life, he would be worried.

After wandering around the imperial study for a while, an eunuch suddenly came to report that Lin Xiu wanted to see him.

Emperor Xia was slightly surprised and asked, “Why does he want to see me?”

Soon, he waved his hand and said, “Let him come over.”

Lin Xiu, led by an eunuch, came to a small pavilion in the imperial garden, bowed to Emperor Xia who was sitting there, and said, “Your Majesty.”

Emperor Xia glanced at him and said, “Your wedding has only been two days. Why don’t you stay with your wife? What do you want to see me for?”

Lin Xiu said, “I want to borrow some money from your Majesty.”

Emperor Xia was stunned when he heard this. Since he ascended the throne, he has never met a minister who asked him to borrow money.

Lin Xiu was the first one.

He looked at Lin Xiu in surprise and said, “It’s no exaggeration to say that the two shops you and the King of Qin opened are making a lot of money every day. Are you short of money?”

Lin Xiu said, “Although the shops make money, they can’t afford the house in the royal capital. I’m borrowing money from Your Majesty to buy a house.” This

was the first time he had met a minister who asked him to borrow money. Emperor Xia asked, “How much?”

Lin Xiu said, “Two hundred thousand taels.”

“Two hundred thousand taels?” Emperor Xia stared at him and said unhappily, “Two hundred thousand taels are enough to buy a five-story mansion in the most prosperous area of East City. Didn’t I just reward you with one as a wedding mansion? Why do you want to buy another one? Are you addicted to buying houses?”

Lin Xiu sighed, “The feng shui of that wedding mansion doesn’t seem to be very good. I’m not comfortable living there. I want to buy another mansion to live in. Since Your Majesty is unwilling to lend me money, I’d better live in the wedding mansion. It’s also a good opportunity for me to cultivate more feelings with my wife and strive to pass on the Lin family’s bloodline as soon as possible, so as not to delay Your Majesty from enjoying the flowers. I’ll take my leave…”

“Wait!” Emperor Xia was stunned for a moment, then he stopped Lin Xiu and said to Zhu Jin impatiently, “Take him to choose a house right away. Give him the one he likes, even if it’s a gift from me…”

What a joke, cultivating feelings and passing on the family line, is this what they should do as a couple?

It’s best if they never consummate their marriage and have children, that’s what he wants to see.

As long as they can separate, what’s a mere house?

He’ll give them ten houses.

…

On the streets of the East City of the Royal Capital, Lin Xiu was looking at houses accompanied by Zhu Jin.

There are many empty houses here that belong to the court. His Majesty occasionally rewards them to meritorious officials or dignitaries. This is already the third house rewarded to Lin Xiu.

After looking at more than ten mansions, Lin Xiu finally chose a mansion with five entrances and the largest area, and said, “This is it.”

Zhu Jin smiled and took out the house deed and handed it to Lin Xiu, saying, “Mr. Lin, let’s not say that His Majesty is too good to you. If this mansion is sold to the outside, it will definitely not be less than 200,000 taels of silver…”

Lin Xiu glanced at him and said, “General Manager Zhu, we are all old foxes, so let’s not say these boring words. You and I both know why His Majesty gave me the mansion. There is no need to be hypocritical with me here…”

Zhu Jin’s smile faded. This Lin Xiu really spoke without any mercy.

He glanced at Lin Xiu and said, “My errand has been completed and I have returned to the palace to report. By the way, I haven’t congratulated you on your wedding yet. Tsk tsk, it seems that there is nothing to congratulate. It’s uncomfortable to have a gun but not use it…”

Lin Xiu smiled and said, “Having a gun but not using it and having no gun to use are two different things. Don’t you think so, General Manager Zhu?” Zhu Jin

snorted coldly and left.

Lin Xiu took the house deed and the land deed, and was not angry at Zhu Jin’s words at all.

It was just that they could not be used on Zhao Lingjun, not that they would never be used.

He could finally pursue his own happy life.

A moment later, in the Pear Blossom Garden.

Caiyi smiled and said, “I haven’t had the chance to congratulate the young master on his wedding. I saw the fireworks in front of the window that night. It was very beautiful…”

Lin Xiu looked at her and said, “No matter how beautiful the fireworks are, they are not as beautiful as you, Caiyi.”

The expression on Caiyi’s pretty face was a little surprised. She had never heard such praise from the young master. After she came to her senses, her face flushed slightly.

Because the engagement with Zhao Lingjun was not resolved before, Lin Xiu was very restrained in front of other women. In that case, teasing them was what Lingyin called flirting.

At that time, he had a lot of tricks to pick up girls, but he couldn’t use them.

Now it’s different.

Now he can flirt with whoever he wants, and whoever he wants to touch, it’s all his freedom, even Zhao Lingjun can’t control him.

This makes him feel like he can let go and give full play to his abilities.

Caiyi lowered her head and blushed as she said, “Caiyi is just an ordinary woman, please don’t joke with me, sir…”

Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “Even if you are modest, you should be moderate. If you are an ordinary woman, then there will be no beauties in this world.”

Caiyi’s face turned even redder, and she changed the subject, “Sir, which song do you want to hear today? I, I’ll prepare it.”

Lin Xiu said, “As long as it’s sung by you, I like it. Just sing whatever you want.”

Caiyi couldn’t help laughing and said, “How can you spoil us like this, sir? If all the guests are as easy to talk to as you, then it would be too easy for us to make money…”

Lin Xiu sighed and said, “Who made me unable to leave Miss Caiyi? If I don’t spoil you, who else should I spoil? Why don’t you stop singing opera in the future and sing for me alone…”

Caiyi smiled and said, “If you don’t sing opera, how can you support yourself?”

“I will support you.” Lin Xiu thought for a moment, and said seriously: “I can buy this Lihua Garden. You can sing when you want to, and I will support you when you don’t want to…”

Caiyi thought it was a joke of Lin Xiu, and shook her head and said: “It’s better not to, Master is so good to Caiyi, Caiyi doesn’t know how to repay you…”

Lin Xiu thought about it, then looked at her and suggested to her: “Why not… promise yourself to me?”

(End of this chapter)