Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 81
[Chapter 81 Qin Wan]
Half a month ago, Lin Xiu could only last for a quarter of an hour on the Xuanbing bed.
Now, only half a month has passed, and he can actually last for more than two quarters of an hour. This speed of practice is already somewhat shocking. You know, Zhao Lingyin himself lasted for three months on this Xuanbing bed from a quarter of an hour to two quarters of an hour.
This is not the normal performance of a person whose ability has just awakened for the second time.
Lin Xiu opened his eyes, looked at her puzzled expression, and asked, “Isn’t it good to last longer?”
Zhao Lingyin thought for a moment, looked at him and asked, “Are you not practicing secretly behind my back?”
Lin Xiu said unhappily, “You exhaust me every day. Do you think I still have time to practice by myself?”
Zhao Lingyin asked puzzledly, “Then how come your Yuanli grows so fast?”
Lin Xiu said, “In the past half month, I have used more than 200 Yuan crystals of second-level alien beasts. How can it not be fast?”
Zhao Lingyin was slightly stunned, and then even more puzzled, “Where do you get so much money?”
She knew the situation of the Lin family very well. If it weren’t for Lin Xiu making ice for Zhaiyue Tower, the Lin family would have difficulty making a living. Later, Lin Xiu made some money from making ice, and the family’s situation was better, but not to this extent.
More than 200 second-level alien beast Yuan crystals, that is, more than 20,000 silver.
Spending more than 20,000 taels of silver to exchange for alien beast Yuan crystals for practice, even the Zhao family today can’t do such a luxury.
Lin Xiu explained, “My friend and I started a business together, and this is what we earned in the past half month.”
Zhao Lingyin’s expression suddenly became nervous and she asked, “What kind of business can make so much money in half a month? Did you do something bad?”
She and Lin Xiu were almost a family. If Lin Xiu went astray, she had the responsibility and obligation to bring him back to the right path.
Lin Xiu said helplessly: “What kind of person am I in your heart…, do you know the newly opened Hongniju at the palace gate?”
Zhao Lingyin nodded and said, “I know, isn’t that a wine shop? It is said that the wine sold there is very good. My father has always wanted to buy some, but every time he went there he was told that it was sold out. He was depressed for a long time…”
Lin Xiu said unexpectedly: “Does father-in-law like wine too?”
Although this title made Zhao Lingyin feel strange, it was only a matter of time before he and his sister got married, and this title was not wrong. Zhao Lingyin nodded and said, “It’s not a good wine, but he likes to have a drink before going to bed. Recently, the wine in that store is very popular among the powerful and he heard it from others.”
Lin Xiu shook her head and said, “Why didn’t you say it earlier? You can talk to him later. I will go back to the Lin Mansion and take two jars with me. “
Zhao Lingyin realized something and looked at Lin Xiu in surprise and asked, “Did you open that wine shop?”
Lin Xiu said, “I opened it with my friend.”
Zhao Lingyin was even more confused, “But isn’t that the property of the Qin Palace?”
She didn’t care about these things on weekdays, but her father mentioned it many times during dinner these days, and she kept it in mind. However, she only knew that this newly opened wine shop was the property of the Qin Palace, and the wine sold was extremely expensive, with dozens or hundreds of taels of silver per jar, which could be called a sky-high price. However, the powerful people in the capital were still scrambling to buy it, and some even sent servants in the mansion to line up overnight. If not, the Zhao family, as a first-class marquis’s mansion, would not be unable to buy even a jar of wine.
Everyone knew that Hongniju was making a fortune every day, but because it was the property of the Qin Palace, no one dared to have any bad ideas. Zhao Lingyin didn’t know that this shop was also related to Lin Xiu.
Lin Xiu looked at Zhao Lingyin and explained, “My friend is the King of Qin.”
Zhao Lingyin was stunned: “When did you meet the King of Qin?” Lin Xiu
said, “Come to think of it, you know him too. On the opening day, the one standing next to me in Chongwen Hall was him.”
Although Zhao Lingyin had heard of the name of the King of Qin, she had never seen him. She was a little surprised that Lin Xiu could be friends with the King of Qin, but she finally knew where he got the money to buy Yuan Jing.
Since Lin Xiu didn’t make money by crooked means, she couldn’t say anything. After the practice, she went to the Lin Mansion with Lin Xiu and took two jars of wine before returning to the Zhao family.
Zhao Mansion.
Wu’an Hou looked at the two jars of fine wine in front of him and said in surprise: “This wine is called Xianrenzui. Only 100 jars are sold every month. They have been sold out long ago. Duke Zheng offered double the price to buy a jar a few days ago, but to no avail. Lingyin, where did you get these two jars of wine…”
Zhao Lingyin replied: “Lin Xiu sent them.”
Without waiting for her father to ask, she explained again: “The wine shop at the gate of the palace is a shop jointly opened by Lin Xiu and the King of Qin. He heard that you couldn’t buy it, so he asked me to bring back two jars.”
Wu’an Hou was also surprised for a long time when he heard the news.
The King of Qin was a relatively low-key prince. He had always lived in seclusion and did not participate in court affairs. How could Lin Xiu become friends with him and even open a wine shop together? This kind of relationship is not like that of ordinary friends.
He asked his daughter, “Do Lin Xiu and the King of Qin have a good relationship?”
Zhao Lingyin wanted to say that the two of them were like-minded, but considering that she was in front of her father, she changed her words and said, “The King of Qin hid his identity and entered the Yishu Academy. The two met at that time and had a good relationship.”
Wu’an Hou said, “He seems to be different from before. He used to be withdrawn and rarely stepped out of the house, let alone making friends. Now he has become a close friend of the King of Qin. Moreover, Ping’an Earl was promoted from the third-class Earl to the second-class Earl, and it seems to be because of him. How could a person change so much in such a short time? Did he always endure and lie dormant before?”
Thinking of what Lin Xiu had done during this period, Zhao Lingyin’s eyes wandered a little. Lin Xiu’s changes were huge, and sometimes she couldn’t understand them.
The main thing was that she couldn’t understand whether he was lustful or not.
Let’s say he’s not lustful. He’s surrounded by beauties. He often goes to the theater to look for that actor. She caught him flirting with that beautiful female doctor. The worst thing is that he always flirts with Xue Ning’er…
But to say he’s lustful… Zhao Lingyin could see that Lin Xiu was very resistant to the marriage with the Zhao family, and it wasn’t because of the two assassinations. Before this happened, he had already expressed the idea of canceling the engagement. There were
so many people in Wangdu who wanted to marry Zhao Lingjun, but it was the one who was engaged to her who was the most dismissive of her. This had to be said to be a kind of irony.
Lin Mansion.
Not long after Lingyin left, there were thunders in the sky, dark clouds gathered, and it looked like it was going to rain.
The passers-by on the street were in a hurry, obviously wanting to get home as soon as possible, but Lin Xiu and Sun Dali went out. After the identities of the two secret detectives were discovered, they simply stopped hiding and followed Lin Xiu behind to protect him. Not long
after, they were at the entrance of Lihuayuan.
Lin Xiu said to Sun Dali, “You go back first and come back to pick me up in an hour.”
Sun Dali said, “I’m downstairs listening to the opera. When the young master is ready, just call me.”
The old beggar leaned against the corner of the theater, and the middle-aged man who sold tea also set up a tea stall there. They were very dedicated to protecting Lin Xiu’s safety.
After entering Lihuayuan, Lin Xiu went directly to Caiyi’s room on the second floor.
Caiyi saw Lin Xiu and said unexpectedly: “It’s going to rain soon, why is the young master here?”
Lin Xiu turned around and closed the door, whispering: “I need you to do me a favor, do you have any men’s clothes here?”
Caiyi nodded and said: “There is one, it’s the costume I wore when I played the role of a young man, do you want it?”
“Great!” Lin Xiu immediately said: “Lend me your clothes…”
Caiyi opened the wardrobe and turned out the men’s clothes. The clothes still had the fragrance of a girl’s home. Lin Xiu took it behind the screen and changed it. When he came out, he saw Caiyi’s puzzled eyes and explained: “I have to do something, but I don’t want anyone to know. Don’t let anyone know that I’m not in your room.”
After that, he walked to the window, opened the window, jumped down, and landed steadily in the backyard.
Caiyi walked quickly to the window and whispered, “Young Master, be careful…”
When the figure in green walked out of the back door of Lihuayuan, he had turned into a mediocre-looking young man. The young man walked through the alley to the main street. The old beggar and the peddler who were chatting at the entrance of the alley did not find anything unusual.
Royal Capital.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and lightning danced wildly in the clouds. This was a sign of heavy rain. Pedestrians hurried home, and the streets soon became empty. In
the East City, in a high-ranking mansion, thunder fell from time to time, and the dignitaries around were accustomed to it.
There was the Qin Palace, and the awakened ability of His Royal Highness the Qin Prince was thunder. Therefore, whenever there was thunder and rain, this strange scene would appear in the Qin Palace. The neighbors around saw it more often, so it was not surprising. In
the deepest part of the Qin Palace, there was a quiet courtyard.
Li Baizhang sat cross-legged in the courtyard, and thunder fell from the sky one after another, landing on him one after another.
An ordinary person would probably die on the spot if struck by this thunderbolt, but Li Baizhang remained calm, and even his clothes did not change.
At the same time, in a mountain outside the city.
A naked figure sat under the tree, his whole body was flowing with silver light. He opened his eyes, and even in his eyes, there was a flash of lightning.
Lin Xiu had never thought that being struck by lightning was such a comfortable thing. Every time a thunderbolt struck him, it would be transformed into pure energy and merged into his body. This short moment was equivalent to his practice for more than half a month.
Not only that, he could also clearly feel that after each thunderbolt, his body would become stronger. This kind of strength was not muscle growth, but the power that each muscle could burst out was gradually increasing.
Lin Xiu himself was able to transform energy into strength. If his body was constantly strengthened, his martial arts strength might grow faster. In close combat, he could easily defeat a magician with much deeper energy than him.
Even more, coupled with the ability of magic that was hard to defend against, he had a chance to kill any magician or warrior below the earth level.
Of course, in a fair fight, Lin Xiu still had no hope at all.
Princess Lingyin and Princess Minghe are both in the upper realm of the Xuan level, and they also have excellent martial arts skills. Lin Xiu can clearly see the gap between him and them.
The thunder will not last too long each time. After a while, the sky will stop thundering. Lin Xiu changed his clothes and ran all the way down the mountain. When he entered the city, the rain was already very heavy.
With his running speed, it was impossible for him to hold an umbrella, and his clothes were soaked by the rain in a short while.
Lihua Garden.
Caiyi sat on the edge of the bed, looking at the rain outside the window, silently worried about Lin Xiu in her heart.
I don’t know what the young master is going to do, and he has to hide his identity. The rain outside is so heavy, and he didn’t bring an umbrella when he went out. What if he gets wet…
Just when he was panicking, a figure had already flipped in from the window.
Lin Xiu’s body was soaked through, and she apologized to Cai Yi, “I’m sorry, I got your clothes wet.”
Cai Yi hurried forward, took off Lin Xiu’s soaked outer shirt, and said, “Young master, change your clothes quickly, or you’ll catch a cold…”
Cai Yi took out Lin Xiu’s clothes. She could change into her outer shirt, but Lin Xiu’s inner clothes were also soaked through, and if she put them on like this, her outer shirt would soon be soaked.
Fortunately, Cai Yi was an actress, and she had a lot of costumes, so she quickly found an inner shirt in the closet. She held it in her hands and handed it to Lin Xiu, saying, “This is what I wore before, you can wear it back first, and your clothes will stay here. I’ll wash and dry them, and you can come and get them next time.”
Lin Xiu had no choice but to change her clothes first. Cai Yi’s face was slightly red. Although this inner shirt was a men’s style, it was also worn by her, and she felt shy.
Lin Xiu didn’t think too much about it. He felt more comfortable wearing dry clothes. After changing his clothes behind the screen, he went out and told Caiyi, “Remember not to tell anyone about what happened today.”
Caiyi nodded immediately and said seriously, “Don’t worry, sir, I won’t tell anyone.”
When Lin Xiu walked to the first floor, he found that Sun Dali had fallen asleep. He patted Sun Dali on the shoulder and said, “Let’s go.”
Sun Dali rubbed his sleepy eyes and walked out of Lihuayuan with Lin Xiu. Because he couldn’t be too far away from the two secret detectives, he rarely used a carriage when he went out.
When he went out, Sun Dali prepared two umbrellas. At this time, the rain was still heavy. Lin Xiu walked back with an umbrella and saw many pedestrians taking shelter under the eaves on the street. This sudden rain also caught many people off guard.
When he walked to a corner, Lin Xiu paused and looked forward.
Under the eaves of a house on the street, a woman was standing, probably hiding from the rain.
The woman had a slender figure and a beautiful face, with dark eyebrows and a beautiful nose. The most eye-catching thing was her pair of peach blossom eyes and the small teardrop mole at the outer corner of her right eye.
Her clothes had been soaked a lot and stuck to her body, making her figure even more exquisite. Because of the cold, she stood under the eaves with her arms tightly clasped to her chest, which made her figure, which was already top-notch, even more proud.
Lin Xiu knew this woman.
To be specific, he had seen her once.
This woman was Qin Wan.
As one of the four beauties in the Yishu Academy, Lin Xiu, Li Baizhang, and even Yang Xuan all gave her great praise. Although Lingyin was his sister-in-law and the most important woman in his heart besides his mother in this world, Lin Xiu could say with a clear conscience that Qin Wan deserved to be the most beautiful woman in the Yishu Academy. The
beauty of this woman was not only reflected in her appearance.
She exuded a kind of charm from the inside out, which could easily arouse the most primitive desires and impulses in men’s hearts.
At this moment, she was shivering under the eaves with her shoulders hugged because her clothes were wet by the rain, which made people feel pity for her. Even Lin Xiu, whose heart had been tempered by thousands of trials, had an impulse to hold her in his arms for a moment.
Of course, this impulse was only fleeting. After all, as a person who had experienced many storms, Lin Xiu was very determined in this regard.
He walked over slowly, put away the paper umbrella in his hand, held the umbrella, handed the handle to Qin Wan, and said, “Miss Wan’er, did you forget to bring an umbrella? I’ll be home soon, I’ll lend you this umbrella.” Qin Wan
looked at Lin Xiu, after a moment, nodded slightly, took the umbrella, and said, “Thank you, Mr. Lin.”
Lin Xiu said in surprise, “Miss Wan’er knows me?”
Qin Wan smiled slightly, and said, “Miss Zhao’s fiancé, how could he not know him? Besides, Mr. Lin may not know that you are quite famous in the college, especially among your female classmates…”
Lin Xiu just smiled and said, “It’s cold outside, Miss Wan’er, you’d better go home quickly. I’ll go home first.”
After that, Lin Xiu turned around and left without saying a word.
If he had followed his previous temper, he would definitely stay if he met such a beauty. It was common sense for him to take off his clothes and lend them to a girl who was drenched in the rain and shivering under the eaves. He would then escort her home attentively, which was even more unnecessary…
But Lingyin said that Qin Wan was dangerous and asked her not to approach, so Lin Xiu just politely gave her an umbrella.
He still listened to Lingyin’s words.
Lin Xiu’s behavior also surprised Qin Wan.
She thought that Lin Xiu would stay and take the opportunity to get close to her, and she had even made plans to refuse his gift of clothes. Unexpectedly, he just gave her an umbrella and left without saying a word to her.
After hesitating for a moment, Qin Wan looked up and said, “Mr. Lin.” Lin Xiu
turned around and asked, “Miss Wan’er, is there anything else?”
Qin Wan apologized and said, “Mr. Lin, can you lend me some silver? I will return it to you tomorrow when I go to the Yishu Academy.”
Lin Xiu did not hesitate, took out a silver note from his sleeve, handed it to her, and asked, “Is one hundred taels enough?”
Qin Wan shook her head and said, “Not so much, a few coins will be enough.”
Lin Xiu said awkwardly, “I’m sorry, this is the lowest denomination banknote I have…”
Lin Xiu was not pretending. Banknotes were much more convenient than silver. Lin Xiu used to put small silver in his belt or sleeve pockets, but he would always hurt himself if he wasn’t careful. Moreover, when he went out, he went to buy Yuanjing most of the time. Each time, he would trade thousands of taels of silver, so it was impossible to use cash. Therefore, he now carried large denomination banknotes. He
had small denominations of ten or twenty taels before, but they happened to be used up today.
He still looted two taels of silver from Sun Dali and lent it to Qin Wan.
After that, Lin Xiu separated from Qin Wan. When he walked past a small noodle shop on the roadside, he was attracted by the fragrance coming from the shop. He couldn’t help but walk in and said, “Give me a bowl of noodles.”
It must be said that the food in the big restaurant is delicious, but some roadside restaurants are also good. Anyone who can open a store in a place like the capital and can keep it open for a long time must have some real skills.
This is not the core area of East City. Most of the people living around here are civilians. The tables and chairs of this small shop are old, and the walls are not newly painted. It can be seen that it has been open for many years.
From these, it is enough to judge that the noodles in this shop are delicious.
Lin Xiu was born and raised in the north. He has an innate obsession with pasta.
The shop owner quickly brought a bowl of steaming hot soup noodles. Lin Xiu’s appetite was aroused by the aroma. He couldn’t wait to pick up the chopsticks and taste it. The noodles were very thin, but not without toughness. The soup was mushroom soup, which was very delicious. It was carefully cooked. Lin Xiu looked up and asked the boss: “Boss, this soup took a lot of effort, right?” The
shopkeeper smiled and said: “Young master is really an expert. This soup is made with 18 kinds of mushrooms. Each pot must be boiled for three hours. It takes a lot of effort…”
Lin Xiu was chatting with the boss, and a figure walked into the shop and said: “Boss, give me a bowl of noodles.”
Lin Xiu turned his head and looked at Qin Wan, and both of them were surprised.
The epidemic around me is getting worse and worse. I am a little panicked. If I don’t update one day, it may be that I have been taken away for quarantine…
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