Marrying Gold and Jade

Even though he had expected this, Xu Jinxuan remained silent for a while.

Once the poisonous insect enters the body, its survival depends on the life and death of the host, but there is also a possibility that the poisonous insect will die before the host.

It's really ironic that he didn't practice it well at the beginning.

He clearly noticed it before the mother Gu entered his body. He looked sick and there was something wrong at first glance. But at that time, he was eager to succeed and was anxious to lure Lin Yu to his side, so he still planted the virus in himself.

"Is there any way to extend it a little longer?"

Yunniang put the "path-finding" poisonous insect back into the porcelain bottle and just shook her head when she heard this.

"I am not very good at martial arts. If my senior sister were still alive, she might have a solution." But she did not forget to advise, "Even if there is a solution, it will only harm people's minds and nourish the poisonous insects. The gain is not worth the loss."

After sending Xu Jinxuan to the imperial city, Yun Niang returned to Yunwu Mountain. Now that she saw him back safely, she should have put her worries aside, but she was afraid that he would do something stupid.

She said at the beginning that she didn't know who planted the love poison on whom.

"If you really can't let her go, try something else, such as the Obedient Gu or the Soul Separation Gu... They can keep her by your side."

Xu Jinxuan must have heard it, but his originally sharp eyes became dark and lifeless, and he finally closed his eyes and sighed deeply.

He knew everything Yunniang said, but he didn't want a useless shell. What he wanted was...

"Ah."

He figured it out and said to Yunniang, "You can go back."

Before leaving, Yun Niang asked him if it was inconvenient for him to stay here, whether he needed any Gu cases, or whether he needed snakes to make Gu. Xu Jinxuan just shook his head.

What he needed was not even the love poison, but Lin Yu's love.

He wanted Lin Yu to love him.

Once he admitted this thought, he seemed extremely embarrassed, as if he had admitted defeat. He had succumbed to Lin Yu and was not satisfied with just controlling and taming her.

He placed Lin Yu in a position far higher than he thought, and he loved her.

After breakfast, he found someone in the greenhouse.

Lin Yuzheng was packing up with Lin Ji. Ever since she left home with Zhu Lian and Qing Dai, many of the servants were dismissed and her greenhouse had been abandoned.

When I first entered the room, I saw a desolate look of the room, with dead branches scattered all over the ground. Some had dried up due to lack of water, while others had dried up due to insects in the flower buds and lack of care. After picking and choosing, I found only two pots of Euphorbia milii that were still alive and well.

"If one survives, there will be future fortunes!"

Lin Yu held up a basin with a serious tone, and Lin Ji took it. At least he was still alive, otherwise Lin Yu would be disappointed today.

When Lin Yu picked up the second pot, he saw a familiar figure at the door.

It's not like him to stand by the door and watch quietly.

"Brother, please clear out the dead roots for me and free up the flowerpot."

Lin Ji nodded in agreement and chose to ignore Xu Jinxuan's arrival.

Lin Yuze walked to the door and said, "I have something to ask you."

As Xu Jinxuan expected, she was smart enough to guess that the effect of the love Gu was declining.

Once she knows that the love poison can be cured, she will feel at ease to marry someone else.

Xu Jinxuan didn't want to think about it, so naturally, the deadline was extended.

When Lin Yu asked when the problem could be solved, he lied: "It could be three to five years at the shortest. If it's longer, I can't say whether I can wait until this lifetime."

It seems to make no difference whether I answer or not.

Love Gu will always be a hidden danger for Lin Yu. Perhaps one day when she completely forgets about it, the familiar, heart-wrenching feeling will creep all over her body again.

She couldn't wait a lifetime, and Lin Ji couldn't wait either, so they could only...

"Why not think about it again?" Xu Jinxuan suddenly spoke.

Lin Yu's thoughts were interrupted, "What are you thinking about?"

He uttered three words with charming lips: "Marry me."

Lin Yu had heard enough and turned around to leave.

Her sleeves were pulled by someone, and the man's warm body pressed against her from behind, hugging her tightly.

"Even without the love poison, I still want you to marry me."

Lin Yu didn't know if it was an illusion, but she rarely noticed a hint of weakness in the person's words and voice.

Xu Jinxuan never shows weakness. He would only think of endless means to force her to compromise and beg for mercy.

So Lin Yu, with a wooden face, almost numbly, pulled herself out of his arms.

"You want me to be soft-hearted, right?" She turned around but didn't look up at anyone. "If I am soft-hearted, I will fall into your trap again."

She clearly denied it, but she didn't turn around and leave.

She was not soft-hearted, but she was not hard enough either, so she hesitated for a moment.

But Xu Jinxuan was not used to giving in. After hearing her reply, he took a step back and chose not to pester her anymore.

When Lin Yu came back that day, Lin Ji felt that she was acting strange and absent-minded, and she had no interest in decorating her greenhouse.

It made him feel the crisis.

"Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

After lunch, he persuaded everyone to take a nap and sat down beside her bed.

Lin Yu just hugged him without saying a word.

She felt guilty. Even though she decided to break up with Xu Jinxuan, her heart was still not completely free from him.

She needed some time to clear her mind before she could welcome Lin Ji to live in with peace of mind.

"Brother..." She put her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "When the love poison stops acting up for three months, we'll get married."

She doesn’t want to care about three to five years, or a lifetime. She needs something certain.

Lin Ji added another deadline: "One year."

"Even if the love poison cannot be eradicated after one year, Ayu will marry me."

"But……"

It's okay for Lin Yu to be close to someone now after she got out of someone's arms, but if she still has an unclear relationship with someone after getting married, wouldn't that be very unfair to Lin Ji?

Lin Ji said, "If you wait any longer, your brother will no longer be young."

He is twenty-four this year. Under the current circumstances, marrying Lin Yu at the age of twenty-five is already the limit of what he can endure.

There is another layer. The longer the night, the more dreams you have. Lin Yu doesn't seem to hate people completely. He is really afraid of more changes.

Lin Yu seemed to be amused by his words "not young" and said deflatedly: "Then I will become an old maid too, it's not just my brother who is getting older."

Lin Ji stroked her head and said, "With brother, Ayu will never grow old. She will always be younger than brother."

That day, Lin Yu still smiled with relief, and after being coaxed for a while, he fell into a sound nap on the couch.

This time the love poison lasted longer, and she counted on her fingers anxiously. Finally, on the night of the tenth day, the familiar restlessness surged into her heart.

She did not act hypocritically and immediately sent Zhu Lian to ask for help.

It was a little unexpected that Xu Jinxuan had no intention of making trouble. He took off his outermost clothes, which were pajamas, and got on her bed very naturally.

He became natural, but Lin Yu was the one who became unnatural.

She trembled uncontrollably when someone touched her shoulder, and when his lips were about to fall on her face, she put her hand under his chin.

"No need."

In the past, she enjoyed Xu Jinxuan's kiss, which showed him to be rare and gentle.

But nowadays, kissing seems to have become something unnecessary and should be avoided if possible.