Marrying Gold and Jade

After coaxing Lin Yu to have dinner and chatting with her for a while, Ruan and Lin Ji walked out of Yaoguang Courtyard together.

Seeing that the woman had something to say, Lin Ji slowed down his pace and walked beside her.

The maids and servants followed far behind him. Tonight was a waxing moon.

"We are a family, so we don't talk about empty things." Ruan was the first to speak, "When you first said you wanted to marry A-Yu, I was not optimistic about it."

"You have been good at everything since you were young. You are good-looking, promising, and responsible. Even if you marry a princess, I don't think you are marrying up."

"But Yu'er...she is my only daughter. I have never let her suffer any hardship since she was little. In my heart as a mother, she deserves the best son in the world. Even after she gets married, she should live a carefree life like before."

In the past, Shen Lian was the best choice, with both good character and good looks, and no difficulty for his parents-in-law, but unfortunately both children were unwilling to marry him.

Ruan looked around and felt that something was not quite right, until Lin Ji stood up.

Only then did he realize that those young men were being compared to him.

"You said you want Yu'er to live in your house after marriage. I am willing to do that, but it is a bit awkward. If you are my son, Yu'er is both my daughter and my daughter-in-law. If this is spread out..."

Lin Ji thought quietly for a moment.

Then he said, "Mother, you can accept me as your wife-in-law."

He said this without changing his expression, but Ruan was shocked by his straightforwardness and decisiveness.

"Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. I understand what mother said. I wonder if mother has ever heard people in the family talking about you two adopting me to plan for A-Yu's future."

Ruan was shocked: "Who is so heartless as to chew your tongue like this?"

Thirteen-year-old Lin Ji would be embarrassed to hear such words.

Twenty-three-year-old Lin Ji could recount it calmly and even felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

"It doesn't matter," Lin Ji shook his head gently, "Now that I think about it, it doesn't matter."

Things have come to this point, and even this gifted son of heaven can say the word "marrying into the wife's family". After all, he is the child she has raised for nearly twenty years. If she continues to blame him, the woman herself will feel guilty.

"Anyway, even if I pass, Yu'er has to give her approval. You know, I never do blind marriages."

At this point, Lin Ji felt that he had passed the hurdle of his mother, or future mother-in-law.

"Thank you, mother."

When they parted at the fork in the road, Nguyen said again: "Since you want to be my son-in-law, I will nitpick and say one more word about you."

"Ayu is passionate by nature. You should tell her everything. Don't do it alone and leave her confused. Over time, a rift will develop between the two of you."

Just like what happened in the evening before, Lin Yu misunderstood it for a long time and was unwilling to open up to him as before.

After realizing this, Lin Ji even bowed slightly and saluted to the woman.

"Thanks for the reminder, mother."

The bright moon shone behind him. The young man was as tall as jade, and his usual coldness finally became a little warm.

Ruan felt that she had done her best, and the rest depended on the children's luck.

So for the next few days, Lin Ji often appeared in Yaoguangyuan.

When he was busy, he would come before dinner; when he was free, he would come in the afternoon. If Lin Yu nodded and wanted to go out, they would go out.

If she didn't want to, Lin Ji would even start going in and out of her flower room.

After Mingyuan left, Lin Yu started to take care of it himself again.

"what is this called?"

The pot in Lin Ji's hand had white flower buds in late September, and was about to bloom.

"Bougainvillea," Lin Yu told him, "There are also a few pots of purple ones next to it, also called purple jasmine."

Lin Ji then looked towards her feet again, carefully comparing the colors of the flower buds. One pot looked like her rouge, and the other pot looked like her.

He finally chose the one in his hand. "I see the flowers on your desk have withered. Why don't you replace it with this one?"

That was the June snow that Mingyuan had raised and sent over.

It is September now, and it is natural for the flowers to wither. But when I talk about it, a faint pain still arises in my heart.

Lin Ji waited for a long time before she said, "Okay, let's change this."

He never mentioned getting married directly again, but every time he saw him, Lin Yu would think about it carefully.

It had only been a few days since the idea of "marrying Lin Ji" went from being unacceptable at first to being something that could be considered.

He is doing really well now. Although he didn't know how to grow flowers before, he can listen carefully to me talking about the habits of each flower and write them all down like he is reciting a book.

Without the previous misunderstandings, Lin Yu slowly regained his previous state of mind, but it was not exactly the same.

After all, he is no longer his brother.

"Is there any progress on Wan Ying's matter?"

The case was kept in the government office, and no one except the coroner could make any progress.

Logically speaking, the person was locked in the room, and there were no signs of anyone entering or leaving on the windowsill, so the possibility that the attacker was one of our own was extremely small.

Lin Ji could only shake his head truthfully.

"Do you think she might have been poisoned to death by a Gu insect?"

The girl guessed quietly, which also attracted Lin Ji's attention.

After all, when Tan Jinghe went crazy in Cheng's house, he was controlled by the poisonous insect.

Lin Yu suddenly remembered the conversation with Wan Ying. She asked meaningfully whether she was really praying to Buddha by always going to Yunwu Mountain.

So, she suspected that she was contacting someone behind her.

In fact, the only person Lin Yu came into contact with was Xu Jinxuan.

Xu Jinxuan.

Lin Yu shook his head, unwilling to think about it any further.

"I received a wedding invitation today."

She remained silent for a long time, so Lin Ji started a new conversation.

"Who wants to get married?"

She recognized both of them, and Lin Ji picked the one she was more familiar with: "Shen Lian."

"So fast!"

The incident of Grand Tutor Shen giving the red coral to me was still fresh in my mind, and now in the blink of an eye, Shen Lian was really going to get married.

"Which girl is he going to marry?"

Shen Lian is such a good person, Lin Yu really wants to know what kind of woman he would fall in love with.

"You know her," Lin Ji answered calmly, "She's the eldest daughter of the Cheng family."

Hearing this, Lin Yu blinked and remained silent for a while.

Shen Lian, and Cheng Kejia?

How did this come together?

Lin Ji pretended to look at the flowers, but his peripheral vision did not miss the changes in her facial expression.

"You don't look very happy."

"I'm not unhappy at all. I'm just too surprised. These two people just kept silent..."

Life is difficult and life is full of twists and turns. At the beginning, I almost got married to Shen Lian, but Cheng Kejia wanted to marry Lin Ji.

Now, Cheng Kejia is getting married to Shen Lian, and she is considering marrying Lin Ji.

There is really no certainty about this love story.

She was sighing for a while, and then she saw Lin Ji holding a pair of scissors and cutting off the best leaves without any care.

"Stop cutting!" Lin Yu reached out to grab his scissors.

But he grabbed her wrist in time, and then carefully put it on the shelf.

"If you don't want to go, I can go."