Making you a son-in-law is not about making you conquer the world.

Clearly, Jiang Yunying increased the pressure on his hands, and Lin Ping even felt his bones breaking.

The other party did agree to let him hold hands, but did not say that he could not increase the pressure.

Lin Ping was so aggrieved he was almost crying. He thought to himself, "So what if I have long legs? I have long legs too, and you even gave me a pound of leg hair!"

Jiang Yunying answered his question with her eyes: "Having long legs is amazing. Not only do I have long legs, but I'm also good at martial arts. If you're so capable, try running away with me."

Jiang Yunyu slapped his chest, completely bewildered, muttering repeatedly, "Eating dog food is bad enough, but adding sugar to it is even worse..."

Under the pain, Lin Ping became much quieter, even refusing Jiang Yunying's offered hand, curling up in a corner like a wronged little girl.

Seeing Lin Ping's aggrieved look, Jiang Yunying was speechless and said softly, "From now on, you can hold hands with my left hand as you please, and without any force."

In fact, Jiang Yunying was gradually accepting Lin Ping. Even if he couldn't repay Jin Manlou's debt, she wouldn't refuse to hold his hand. The reason she was angry was because Lin Ping treated this as a transaction.

Lin Ping's expression changed in the blink of an eye, and he burst out laughing. He grabbed Jiang Yunying's left hand with both arms and refused to let go, as if he wanted to sleep with her in his arms.

"Wife, what if I have to hold my left hand when I sleep?" Lin Ping asked tentatively.

Jiang Yunying's face turned cold again, and she replied irritably, "Then we can only chop off my husband's hands and tie them to my left hand."

Lin Ping dared not speak again, quietly holding Jiang Yunying's left hand.

Time flew by amidst the buzzing of flies, and before long, the carriage from the City Lord's Mansion had entered the inner city and was about to arrive at Jin Manlou's branch in Jiangcheng Prefecture.

"Watch me tie up that bastard Qian Duoduo with just a rope!"

Pang Xingji patted his chest and said, a rough hemp rope appearing in his hand at some point.

If it weren't for the city lord's intervention last night, Pang Xingji would never have let Qian Duoduo leave alive.

Pang Xingji is straightforward and can't stand people like Qian Duoduo who kick someone when they're down. He can ask the city lord's mansion to return the money, but there's no need to do it at this critical juncture.

"My lady, how many soldiers in the army have a personality similar to Brother Pang?"

Lin Ping asked helplessly, wondering how Pang Xingji had become a captain.

Jiang Yunying naturally understood Lin Ping's meaning and shook her head awkwardly.

These rough men, who spend their days brandishing swords and spears, have no idea how to strategize. Their belief is only one word: Just do it!

Lin Ping patiently explained to Pang Xingji, even using the story of Liu Bei's three visits to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage, and then recited the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Pang Xingji felt a headache coming on, his head buzzing as if he were being attacked by ten thousand flies. He quickly took two steps back and respectfully said, "I will obey your orders, Your Highness!"

"Hmm...you're a promising young man!" Lin Ping nodded in satisfaction and continued, "What you mean by 'promising young man' is..."

After about another ten thousand words, Lin Ping leisurely entered Xiangpu Street, but instead of immediately looking for Qian Duoduo, he knocked on the door of the gambling house under Jinmanlou.

Before long, the partition door was pushed open, and a large face appeared in front of everyone.

The visitor was none other than Wan Yi, the manager of the gambling den. He was excited to hear that a customer was knocking on the door, but his face turned green when he saw Lin Ping, and he didn't dare to close the door and shut down immediately.

He could only smile wistfully and ask, "May I ask what brings you here, Your Excellency?"

"I wouldn't call it doing anything important, but doing something really important... like gambling is more like it." Lin Ping smiled casually, acting as if nothing had happened.

Wan Yi was immediately terrified and broke out in a cold sweat. He dared not stop them and hurriedly sent someone to notify Qian Duoduo.

To be honest, Jiang Yunying looked down on this kind of place. If Lin Ping hadn't been pulling her left hand to lead her inside, she would have seriously considered staying outside.

Upon entering, Lin Ping immediately activated his right eye and examined the hundreds of stones. He quickly arrived at his conclusion, then frowned slightly and smacked his lips, saying, "At most, it's worth thirty thousand taels of silver. It's far from that!"

"Does my husband want to gamble on stones?" Jiang Yunying asked doubtfully, her tone somewhat like an attempt to persuade him to reform.

The City Lord's Mansion has strict rules that forbid Luo family disciples from gambling, and Jiang Yunying was afraid that this would tarnish the reputation of the City Lord's Mansion.

Lin Ping nodded and replied, "Don't worry, my wife. I'm acting in my own name and it won't involve the City Lord's Mansion. Right now, you're just my personal guard, not a princess of Jiangcheng Prefecture."

"I...that's not what I meant..."

Jiang Yunying softly defended herself, suddenly realizing that she was being narrow-minded, always thinking about protecting the interests of the City Lord's Mansion, and hadn't considered Lin Ping's feelings at all.

The interests of the City Lord's Mansion outweigh everything else, so Jiang Yunying's statement was understandable. Lin Pingzhen was surprised that the other party would explain because she considered his feelings, and felt a strange sense of gratitude.

Perhaps, in the near future, Jiang Yunying will prioritize Lin Ping, followed by the City Lord's Mansion. Of course, this will be an extremely long process.

"Boss Wan, how much is this stone?"

Lin Ping touched a piece of stone about the size of his palm and asked.

The stone has a rough surface and no green color at all; it's worth no more than fifty taels of silver.

Having witnessed Lin Ping's skill in gambling on stones, Wan Yi immediately replied, "It's worth five thousand taels of silver!"

"Five thousand taels?" Everyone except Lin Ping gaped, staring angrily at Wan Yi, ready to make a move.

Even if such a small stone yields imperial green jade, it might not sell for five thousand taels of silver. That's practically robbery.

Lin Ping nodded in satisfaction and continued to touch another piece of stone, asking, "How much is this one worth?"

"Six thousand taels!" Wan Yi shouted loudly, hands on his hips, purely to bolster his courage. He directly increased the price by a hundredfold, even frightening himself.

Perhaps because the noise was too loud, the other customers in the shop all looked at them with suspicion, unable to imagine what a stone worth six thousand taels of silver would look like.

"Not bad! Not bad!" Lin Ping clapped his hands and smiled with satisfaction, naturally knowing what Wan Yi was thinking.

"What about these stones?"

Lin Ping pointed to several ordinary stones again and asked.

The company has been raising prices wildly, with some even offering astronomical sums as high as 10,000 taels of silver.

"You're so heartless... I'm relieved!" Lin Ping muttered to himself, deliberately raising his voice: "I'm sure you all heard it, the cheapest stone in this gambling house costs five thousand taels of silver, which is no different from robbery. Anyone who isn't a fool wouldn't buy their stones."

Just then, a man took a fancy to a piece of stone and happily picked it up to play with it. Upon hearing Lin Ping's words, he immediately put it back. He didn't want to be seen as a fool, nor did he want to be swindled out of tens of thousands of taels of silver by Wan Yi.

"Hmph, big stores bully customers, I'm not buying!" one of them said angrily, spitting a mouthful of phlegm on the ground.

“That’s right! Not only will I not buy from this store myself, but I’ll also tell my relatives and friends not to come here!” another person angrily echoed.

Although those who come to the gambling den are all from wealthy families, their money doesn't grow on trees, and they don't want to be fooled, so naturally they won't buy the stones here.

Upon hearing this, Wan Yi was stunned. Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only five or six customers here; they are all from wealthy families and have been mingling in high society for years. Their friends probably cover most of the elite circles in Jiangcheng Prefecture. In that case, no one will come here to gamble on stones anymore.

"Please don't misunderstand, sir. The stone you just took was only worth thirty taels of silver!"

Wan Yi hurriedly explained that even if it meant losing money, they had to keep these customers.

Moreover, he had witnessed Lin Ping's skill in gambling on stones before, and he figured that only the few stones he had inquired about in the entire shop could yield green jade, while the rest were just waste stones. As long as he kept those few stones, he wouldn't lose money even if he sold the other stones at a low price.

When faced with self-interest, people are always selfish. So-called unity is nothing but bullshit. This person immediately bought the stone with a smile and eagerly began to cut it.

Although he didn't find any green stones in the end, he wasn't discouraged. After all, the price of most stones had dropped by half, which doubled his chances of making money.

The others were equally engrossed in selecting stones, paying no heed to Lin Ping's expression.

"These are all half the price?" Lin Ping stared at Wan Yi in astonishment, as if he were looking at an idiot.

“That’s right!” Wan Yi answered confidently, certain that apart from those few stones, none of the others would yield any green.

"Little Li, take that stone and cut it," Lin Ping said, pointing to a stone about the size of a clay pot.

This stone was originally worth two hundred taels of silver, but Lin Ping only had one hundred taels of silver given to him by the city lord. He was worried that he couldn't afford this top-quality stone, but the shopkeeper was kind and offered to give him a discount.

Li Mingxuan excitedly carried the stone to the stone cutter and repeatedly instructed him, "Polish it carefully, and absolutely do not cut it!"

The stone cutter had met Lin Ping before and even received many benefits from him, so he became more cautious.

Sure enough, as soon as the carving knife peeled away a layer of stone, green was revealed inside. Although it was just a small seed, it was large and worth at least five thousand taels of silver.

Wan Yi's heart tightened, and he almost spat out blood, nearly falling to the ground as he staggered.

"Boss Wan, would you like to buy this jade for five thousand taels of silver? If not, I'll have to sell it to those young masters!"

Lin Ping spoke sarcastically to Wan Yi.

Five thousand taels of silver is definitely a fair price. If it were resold, it would be worth at least six thousand taels. He has a keen eye for such things, so he hurriedly asked the accountant to bring five thousand taels of silver.

With a thick stack of silver notes in his hand, Lin Ping felt more confident and bought dozens more stones, spending less than two thousand taels in total.

However, all of these dozens of stones had some green color, and their total value exceeded 20,000 taels!

"Haha, my wife, we've struck it rich!"

Lin Ping, holding two or three thousand taels of silver notes in his arms, looked at Jiang Yunying excitedly.

Jiang Yunying shivered and hurriedly moved her private parts away from his gaze, whispering, "My husband's eyes must be able to see through walls..."

It's no wonder Jiang Yunying had this guess. If she couldn't see through things, how could she win every time she bought something? Therefore, Jiang Yunying didn't think her clothes would have any effect on Lin Ping.