Marrying Gold and Jade

Lin Ji was not surprised that she would deny it.

"You always forget what you said."

Lin Yu thought he was going to blame her, but amid the cheers from the audience, his voice rang clearly in her ears: "But it doesn't matter, I just need to remember it."

It sounds like it's true.

"I really don't remember," Lin Yu argued in a low voice, "Besides, you also said that it was when we were kids."

The young man seemed to be really popular today, and the audience stuffed money on his head before he left the stage.

"If so, I'll take it seriously."

Lin Yu couldn't sit still, "Are you saying you want to marry me... just because of something I said when I was young and ignorant?"

This time he did not answer immediately.

After a moment, he told her: "More than that."

It's definitely related, but it's much more than that.

"Today I just want to tell you that marrying you is not a spur of the moment decision, nor is it a temporary solution after that night."

"Ayu, I..."

After hesitating and struggling for a long time, Lin Ji still couldn't utter the word "delighted". His eyelids drooped slightly, and he said, "I want you to think about it carefully."

Lin Yu couldn't think.

Even though she no longer considered him her brother, she suddenly said she wanted to marry him.

"I……"

"I will talk to your parents, all you need is a nod. Don't worry about it sounding bad if it gets out. People's gossip is only temporary. With me here, everything will be settled."

"I was just wondering," Lin Yu couldn't help but ask, "What about Wan Ying?"

This question has been stuck in her mind for a long time. "You can guess now that she is just a cover that Daddy found for her. She is definitely not my parents' biological child."

"What if I lose my status as the only daughter of the Lin family? Will you still want to marry me?"

Lin Yu no longer has the chance to ask Lin Ji from her previous life in person, but this is a hurdle that she cannot overcome in her heart.

Why did you distance yourself at that time?

If you really care about someone, you won't say anything openly, but you can always help them privately.

He is not Mingyuan. They have known each other for many years. Even if they just say a few words to each other and tell herself that he is already investigating, life will not be so bleak and hopeless.

But after a lifetime, Lin Ji only said: "What does this have to do with her?"

Speaking of Wan Ying, Lin Ji only felt tired. He had even looked up her background and knew that she was a girl from a remote mountain area and had no chance to learn to read, but she was extremely cautious.

Moreover, she knew his temper and intentions very well after only knowing him for a few days, which made him doubt that the identity he found was also fake. She might be a spy carefully cultivated by someone.

But if he was really a spy...the method of drugging him was extremely crude.

"I approached her before just to get a few more words out of her."

"So what did you find out?"

Lin Ji could only shake his head, "She is too vigilant."

Then, as if she understood something, she continued, "I was only investigating the case with her, nothing else."

"Really not?"

Lin Yu's suspicious attitude made him frown.

"How can you believe it?"

Lin Yu had forgotten about it and just kept asking her about the person behind it. He took things for granted about her past with Lin Ji.

"Why don't you just go back and ask her?"

Wan Ying was also under house arrest at Lin Ji's order, to punish her for sending things in the name of Lin Yu and putting drugs in food.

Just talking about asking her...

Lin Ji couldn't be sure that such a person would tell the truth.

"Then I'll go with you to ask her."

Lin Yu had never finalized the marriage, but she had changed her previous cautious attitude and let people see that she had let down her guard.

The show in the hall was over, the hot tea beside him was getting cold, and Lin Yu was about to go back with his friends.

Just after accepting Ming Yuan's departure without saying goodbye, Lin Ji chased her and asked her about getting married. When she walked out of the teahouse, Lin Yu couldn't help but feel distressed again.

When I rejected Shen Lian, I was confirming my feelings.

What about Lin Ji?

It seems like I have known him for too long, he must be family, as for being a husband…

"Wait a moment."

In the carriage nearby, a familiar face flashed by.

Although he quickly closed the small curtain on the window, Lin Yu still noticed him.

Looking at this carriage again, it seems very similar to the one I saw in the alley that day.

"I have a friend there, go over and say hello."

"Eh--"

Lin Ji didn't even have time to ask whether it was a boy or a girl, he saw her running towards the carriage not far away.

Then she thought that her friends, most of whom were women, would just stand there and not come forward to disturb her.

"Xu Jinxuan, why did you come down the mountain again? Are you feeling better?"

As she got closer, she became more certain that this was the carriage that Xu Jinxuan had ridden in that day.

She was under the car again with her head tilted back, while he sat in the car, refusing even to open the curtains on the windows.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Lin Yu said again: "I saw you just now, and you were obviously looking at me too."

Inside the car, Xu Jinxuan tried his best to calm down.

"Come to congratulate you."

"Daoxi?"

After waiting for him to speak, Lin Yu didn't understand, "What good news do I have?"

"Still pretending," the young man said, trying to keep his voice as calm as possible, "You're getting married, aren't you going to treat me to a wedding drink?"

Lin Yu was confused by what he heard.

Then I heard him say, "Are you going out with your fiancé today?"

Looking back at Lin Ji who was looking over here, Lin Yu couldn't understand how such a random thing could have reached the ears of this person living in the mountains.

"Who did you listen to?"

"You admit it?"

The words went on one after another, with a hint of interrogation.

Lin Yu knew his temper, but he was not willing to tolerate it all the time.

"You don't want to meet me, right? Then I'm going back?" She turned around tentatively, "I'm really going back."

Xu Jinxuan didn't say anything to stop him.

So when Lin Yu returned to his carriage, he was still a little upset. But when he saw Lin Ji sitting inside, he felt much more pleasing to the eye.

"Which family's woman is it?" he asked casually.

Lin Yu didn't want to cause any more trouble, so he just said, "He's not a local. I met him when I went to Qianyun Temple to burn incense. My brother probably doesn't recognize him."

Lin Ji didn't ask much, but when he talked about Qianyun Temple, he remembered what the man told him before leaving.

"You asked about the Fifth Prince earlier. Was there something important?"

Speaking of this person, Lin Yu immediately became excited, "Did you find out anything?"

Lin Ji didn't need to hide anything for others, so he told him: "What a coincidence, he lives in seclusion in Yunwu Mountain."

Yunwu Mountain, seclusion.

When these words popped up at the same time, Lin Yu thought of the person he had just met.

But something didn't feel right.

That man had once tried to kill him, but Xu Jinxuan had known his identity long ago.

She even spent the night in the bamboo house and didn't see him make a move on her.

"Is the news true?"

Lin Ji promised Ming Yuan not to mention his identity, so naturally he couldn't tell Lin Yu. This was personally admitted by the fifth prince's half-brother.

However, he has always been with Lin Yu. If he has met the fifth prince, then...

"Did you see him when you went to Qianyun Temple?"