Marrying Gold and Jade

"Do you think Aji is a little too weird?"

In the gently swaying carriage, Ruan expressed the doubts that had been lingering in her mind for a long time.

"Given his personality, he always respects his elders. Even if he wanted to bring someone with him, he should have told me in advance."

Lin Yu was no longer surprised, "Maybe she is special."

But when he thought about arriving at Cheng's house soon, Cheng Kejia would point at his forehead and scold him again.

Fortunately, today's full moon banquet was entirely given to her to organize, so she was naturally too busy to take care of too many things. After entering the door, Cheng Kesong came to greet her.

"Sister Yu!"

The last time he went to the Lin family, he didn't see anyone. The young man walked through the crowd and came to Lin Yu, only to find that there was someone behind Mrs. Lin and Lin Yu.

"…The second young lady is here too."

He went to the coming-of-age ceremony, but he had heard his sister repeat many times that he must not get too close to this embarrassed "Second Miss".

Wan Ying didn't care much about this. As far as she could remember, the only legitimate son of the Cheng family had a mediocre career and was not as promising as his two illegitimate brothers.

So after a fairly polite encounter, Croissant turned his attention back to Lin Yu.

"The ladies are all in the inner courtyard looking after the children. Sister and Madam, please follow me."

Lin Yu and he have known each other since childhood, and at first glance they look more like siblings.

Kesong always felt that her sister Kejia was too strong, and Lin Yu always thought that her brother Lin Ji was too arrogant. As a result, the two of them became the most familiar with each other.

On the way, Croissant told her: "Brother Shen said he wanted to see you last time, but my sister was not feeling well, so we didn't meet."

"I wanted to introduce you two today, but he had something to do at the county office and couldn't leave, so I'll have to come next time."

Lin Yu also just knew that Shen Lian wanted to see him. In fact, he was feeling much better that day, but it was no big deal if he didn't see her.

He just said, "Bring him here next time."

Ruan had always been satisfied with Shen Lian, so she naturally agreed readily.

The one who is holding the full moon banquet today is the Cheng siblings’ half-brother.

Cheng Kejia has always been at odds with others, but Kesong is cheerful and gets along well with her sister-in-law who has just become a mother.

After taking Lin Yu to see his little nephew, he settled the three female members of the Lin family aside.

"The banquet should start in half an hour. I'm busy right now. I'll go see my sister."

Ruan nodded to show her understanding, "Go now."

After the first few days of suspicion, Ruan felt more and more that her husband was hiding something and that Wanying was definitely not her daughter.

I even speculated based on what Lin Yu said that day, could it be that there really is such a thing as a iron tree blooming, and he had another child outside.

But every time I tried to get a few words out of Wanying, this little girl looked introverted and timid, and her mouth was very tight, so I couldn't get anything useful out of her.

Therefore, till today, she also ignored others and only talked to Lin Yu as if no one was around.

Not long after, Wan Ying said she wanted to change clothes.

After leaving the inner courtyard where the female family members gathered, he quickly found an excuse to send the maidservants around him away.

When she entered the door today, she saw...

"Mr. Tan."

Tan Jinghe came with his mother and sister-in-law. Now they both went to the inner courtyard and were idly thinking about the beauty he had caught a glimpse of when he entered the room.

When I turned around, I found that it was the maid of Cheng family.

"Mrs. Tan asked me to tell you to come to the inner courtyard. I have something to tell you."

His mother had been in there for a while, but Tan Jinghe didn't suspect anything and started to follow her.

The maid said, "There are many women in the inner courtyard. You'd better not bring irrelevant people with you for the time being."

After saying this, he looked meaningfully at the servant behind him.

The rules of a wealthy family are strict, so Tan Jinghe did not doubt it and said sideways, "Wait here."

He followed the people to the backyard, but found that the area around him was becoming increasingly deserted.

"Where is this taking me?"

He is a man, and this is the Cheng family. There are people everywhere today, so there is no need to be afraid.

But once there were fewer and fewer people around him, he immediately became suspicious.

"It's right in front."

The maid paused, and instead of leading the way in front, walked beside him.

When he raised his hand, a few small insects flew out from his sleeves, landed silently on the hem of his clothes, and then quickly drilled in.

Tan Jinghe didn't notice.

Because in the slightly remote courtyard in front, he saw the beauty he had been thinking about.

He had also heard a little about the rumor about the real and fake daughter of the Lin family during his coming-of-age ceremony.

Later, when I thought about it carefully, I realized that it was because of my preconceived notion that I mistook the newly recognized Wan Ying for Lin Yu.

He didn't even think about it carefully, and felt that only the beauty in front of him was worthy of such a reputation.

"Do you want to see me?"

As soon as the excited male voice came out, Lin Yu tried hard to restrain the urge to roll his eyes.

He is still as confident as ever.

Not long after Wan Ying returned, a maid came to tell her that Cheng Kejia wanted to see her.

Lin Yu has been on high alert the whole time. Even though Wan Ying had never harmed him and he had not had many interactions with her in his previous life, Lin Yu was more cautious precisely because he did not know her well.

Although he knew it was a trick, he didn't expect that the person who came was Tan Jinghe.

The man was so surprised that he didn't even notice the maid behind him disappearing without a trace.

Lin Yu didn't say anything, and he just thought that the beauty was shy.

As he stepped into the courtyard, he continued to talk to himself: "We met in a hurry that day, and I was rude and offended, but I knew that you would also treat me..."

Lin Yu pursed her lips and tried her best to play the role of a mute beauty.

Seeing that he was being used by others and unable to find out anything, he just wanted to go back early.

"Eh--"

Unexpectedly, as soon as she moved, someone grabbed her wrist.

They were both shocked.

In Lin Yu's memory, although he had many faults, he did not like to force others. For example, when Lin Jianchang did not agree to promise himself to him, he quickly gave up.

What surprised Tan Jing and himself was that his previous actions seemed particularly impulsive.

If it were any other day, I would never flirt with a woman casually.

When he realized he wanted to stop, the beauty's face became even colder than before, and she almost pushed him away viciously.

"Please respect yourself!"

The angry yet soft voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Tan Jinghe recalled the incident carefully, feeling very agitated and uncontrollably furious.

"Were you also on the pleasure boat that day?"

Lin Yu felt that he was somewhat impulsive, but she was not afraid.

Before coming here, I asked my mother to look for Cheng Kejia. This is the Cheng Mansion, and she should be able to find this place soon.

"I was there, so what?" She admitted bluntly, "The few words you heard that day were all said by me. And I also heard everything you said."

"You despise me, yet you covet me; you pretend to be a noble, but in fact you wish I would throw myself into your arms."

"Tan Jinghe, you are a hypocrite. It's really disgraceful."

After saying that, she walked out.

The man stood there for a long time, feeling a surge of anger rushing through his internal organs, making it impossible for him to calm down for a moment.

"You stop!"

Lin Yu glanced back and saw that both of his eyes were red, like a sign of him going crazy.