Marrying Gold and Jade

The newly planted Yuquan orchid has produced flower buds, and Lin Yu is preparing to climb the mountain again under the pretext of fulfilling a vow at Qianyun Temple.

"You're going again?" This time, Ruan complained, "It's so far, and the mountain is so high. It will be dark when you get back."

Lin Yu said, "Please ask me to find you a partner while you're at it."

Only then did Ruan stop trying to stop him.

But when he returned to the courtyard from the flower hall, Lin Yu fell into a new panic.

So, it’s not Mingyuan.

Then who kissed her?

Could it be that a man from outside sneaked into the house?

Somehow, Lin Yu suddenly thought of Tan Jinghe.

He had the finest fabrics and pampered hands.

But how could he sneak into the Lin family without being noticed?

What's more, I was poisoned last time...

"girl."

The red curtain closed the door.

At this moment, even Qingdai was not in the room. Lin Yu realized that she had something important to do, and looked up and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Master Ji should have also been to the warehouse last night."

Lin Yu felt a chill on the back of his neck.

Zhu Lian didn't know what happened in the storehouse, so she could only tell her what she had learned: "I went back last night to ask, but the storehouse covered up for the young master, claiming that only the young lady had been there at night."

"At that time, Cao Shun, who was with the young master, was ahead of me. I clearly saw that it was him, but the manager insisted that it was not him."

"It can be seen that the young master has indeed been there, but he does not want anyone to know."

The coolness gradually spread and melted into Lin Yu's heart.

The person last night was Lin Ji?

Now that I think about it, those hands and the clothes on his body do look like him.

But why would he flirt with me in the dark?

Just thinking about his face and him pushing himself against the wall made Lin Yu feel overwhelmed.

No, it's definitely not right.

But once he denied it, Lin Yu remembered the note that Mingyuan had handed him before.

He said Lin Ji liked her.

She didn't blink, and sank into the rose chair for a long time without saying a word. Thinking back to the incense mixed with the wine, it seemed to be sandalwood...

"No, no, no..." She quickly denied it again.

She was so scared at the time that she couldn't really smell it. Maybe she just happened to think of Lin Ji, and Lin Ji was used to smoking sandalwood, so she thought it was sandalwood.

Seeing her secretly distressed, Zhu Lian asked in a low voice: "What happened to the girl in the warehouse last night?"

The girl slowly raised her head, confusion written all over her pretty features.

In the end, he only said: "If Lin Ji comes back, remember to tell me."

Zhu Lian was considerate and didn't ask any more questions.

But after she thought about this, Lin Yu thought more and more that he looked like him, and the more he looked like him, the more bizarre it seemed.

I waited from the afternoon until dinner time, but was told that Lin Ji was busy with official duties and had to stay in the government office again.

How can this not be considered as making things more obvious?

But he had to go up the mountain the next day, so Lin Yu could only keep the matter to himself and plan to ask someone about it when he came back.

Looking at Wan Ying, who was becoming increasingly plump at the dinner table, Lin Yu couldn't help but have wild thoughts.

The room was dark that night. Could it be that Lin Ji recognized the wrong person?

When he heard his own voice, he knew it was not Wan Ying, and he felt ashamed to face her, so he simply erased his whereabouts.

It is not impossible.

……

The next day, I was familiar with the climbing route. I greeted people at the mountainside, and the nun from Qianyun Temple still met me.

Lin Yu remembered that he had to play his part well, so this time he really went to the Temple of Heavenly Kings to ask for five amulets.

Her own, Mingyuan's, Lin Ji's supplies, and a gift to her mother... There was one more thing, she wanted to go back and have a good talk with her father.

I don’t know how my mother negotiated with him, which resulted in him being often not at home, and only showing up when something important happened.

After giving the five amulets to Mingyuan for safekeeping, Lin Yu picked up the Yuquanlan and followed the nun.

The fog in the Purple Bamboo Forest was much thinner today. Although I felt a little short of breath when walking in it, I didn’t faint like the first time.

Unfortunately, halfway through the trip, it started to rain.

The mountain ground was muddy at her feet. The nun looked back at the delicate girl, thinking that the fog had faded for her, so it didn't matter if she walked a short distance.

So he didn't take her around anymore, but went straight through the bamboo forest.

There was a lush green canopy above my head, with only occasional raindrops as big as beans passing through the bamboo leaves and falling onto my body.

Lin Yu carefully protected the orchid in her arms. When she saw the bamboo house in front of her, she was glad that she seemed to arrive faster today than last time.

An umbrella was already prepared in front of the door, and the nun took it and returned the same way.

Lin Yu climbed the stairs and stepped into the door, feeling warm.

"Take off your shoes."

One foot was still behind the threshold and had not yet come in, so the person in the room gave a stern warning.

Since he refused to tell her his name, Lin Yu just called him a sickly person.

She saw Bingyangzi sitting by the charcoal brazier warming herself by the fire, and there was no sign of the little blue snake beside her, so she put down the flowerpot with peace of mind and obediently took off her muddy embroidered shoes.

But I asked him, "If I take it off, what should I wear?"

The man looked toward the door.

Lin Yu sat on the doorstep, her hair and clothes were a little wet, but the most difficult part was her silk stockings, which were not stained with mud but were wet as well.

Even if Qingdai brought her clothes, she definitely didn't bring silk stockings.

"Can you boil some water for me so I can wash?"

This spacious bamboo house is fully equipped with bedding and has a screen, behind which should be the bathtub.

She didn't want to use other people's bathtubs, and it would be better for a sick girl to have a silk cloth or something...

"No."

Lin Yu thought it was all right, and suspected that he had heard it wrongly, "Huh?"

"I don't lend my things to others."

"Just borrow one of your washtubs!"

Thanks to her past life, she at least knew how to wash her own clothes. She thought that after washing them, she would just dry them over the charcoal fire and put on her own shoes and socks.

"I brought you orchids..."

Xu Jinxuan suddenly stood up.

The long legs stepped past her and entered the smaller room next door.

When he came back, he had a wooden basin in his hand. He threw it beside her and said softly, "Troublemaker."

I have complained in my heart many times, but this is the first time that Lin Yu heard it.

Lin Yu was immediately dissatisfied: "Can you, a sickly person, speak properly? You are making trouble for yourself every day and it is easy to hurt your liver and lungs."

Xu Jinxuan ignored her.

Soon she asked again: "Can you find me a silk handkerchief and heat up the water?"

Xu Jinxuan thought he had done his best, so he took out a handkerchief, threw it to her, and sat back down beside the charcoal basin.

"The water is in the jar, if you want to boil it, do it yourself."

I tried it last time, but Lin Yu didn’t know how to light a fire at all.

Fortunately, the last dog days of summer have just ended and the weather is hot, so cold water is not a big deal.

But she looked at the handkerchief carefully.

"Will you really lend it to me?"

Xu Jinxuan said impatiently: "I gave it all to you."

Then he heard the girl say "Oh" and wipe her feet with it.

"you……"

Lin Yu hurriedly covered her ankles with her skirt and turned her head to ask, "Don't you know not to look at what is inappropriate?"

Xu Jinxuan had nothing to say.

Even when she came to the brazier barefoot with shoes on, Xu Jinxuan was driven away, on the grounds that she could not let him see her stockings.

"Your feet don't want people to see them, so you wrap them with a layer of clothing. If you don't want people to see your clothing, why don't you wrap them with another layer?"

Lin Yu pulled up the hem of her skirt and said, "Don't look at my shoes either."

She was born to defeat herself.

Xu Jinxuan thought, it must be.