The Otherworldly Journey of a Quick Transmigrator

Sitting in a private room of the restaurant, Su Yuanyuan stared blankly at the crowd on the street when Manager Lin walked in with a tray.

"What's wrong with you? You've seemed a bit absent-minded these past few days. Tell me about it, maybe I can help."

Su Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at him, "What else could it be? It's still about getting married. People have been coming to propose again these past few days, it's so annoying!"

"With such a lucrative opportunity, it's no wonder that others are eyeing you."

Manager Lin sat opposite her, placing the dishes on the tray one by one, gesturing for her to try them.

"Seriously, you really have no plans to get married? Out of all these suitors, you haven't liked a single one?"

"No, I really don't want to get married. Being single is so much better. Why make myself suffer?"

Su Yuanyuan picked up a piece of food, tasted it carefully, and nodded. "This is the taste. This chef is good."

"That's right, even the new chefs were handpicked by me."

Manager Lin looked proud. This was someone he had transferred from the capital. The original chef had learned enough dishes, so when he was sent to the capital to help out, he recruited this one to learn from.

"What's your parents' attitude?" he asked Su Yuanyuan again, a glint in his eyes.

“I told them I didn’t want to get married, and they supported me. They’ve been helping me bear the pressure these past two years, otherwise I would have been drowned in spittle.”

Su Yuanyuan felt a little guilty when she mentioned her parents; she had ultimately put them in a difficult position.

Shopkeeper Lin hesitated for a moment, then tentatively asked, "Would you like to consider marrying me?"

Su Yuanyuan sat up abruptly, staring sharply at him, and questioned him sternly, "What do you want to do? Does Ruoshui know what you mean?"

Manager Lin quickly reassured her, "It's not what you think, let me explain."

Su Yuanyuan stared at him, "You speak!"

Shopkeeper Lin gathered his thoughts before speaking, "You know about Ruoshui and me. Our families will definitely not agree to us being together. You are Ruoshui's best friend, and you happen to not want to get married."

After speaking, he glanced at Su Yuanyuan, and seeing that she didn't react, he continued.

"I was thinking that even if you marry me, we can still be friends with Ruoshui. I won't do anything to you, so don't worry. It's just a formality, and you don't need to worry about it anymore."

He then looked at her cautiously, "Do you think this is okay?" Su Yuanyuan looked at him for a long time, clearly considering it, "Does Ruoshui know?"

Manager Lin shook his head. "I haven't told him yet. I was thinking of asking for your opinion first. If you don't agree, I won't tell him."

"You need to ask Ruoshui first; he has to agree. I need to think about it."

Su Yuanyuan didn't immediately refuse. In fact, she also thought it was a good idea, but Ruoshui had to agree, otherwise she would make him angry again.

Speaking of Ruoshui, she got to know her through Manager Lin. Ruoshui's real name was Zhou Mingli, and her courtesy name was Ruoshui. She was the youngest son of the only scholar in the town.

Although Ruoshui was the son of a scholar, he didn't like studying; he preferred doing business.

His two older brothers were both academic achievers, passing the imperial examinations in their teens. He met Manager Lin when he went to the capital with his brothers.

From then on, things spiraled out of control. The two fell in love at first sight and had a period of passionate intimacy, but unfortunately, societal norms and social norms were corrupting.

Manager Lin had a large and successful business in the capital and was the only son in his family. Ruoshui didn't want to delay him, so she returned to Cuilin Town alone.

Manager Lin was a responsible man; he put aside his business to come and come over, and stayed for several years.

Su Yuanyuan likes people who are gentle in appearance and gentle in personality, and Ruoshui happens to have both. She liked her at first sight.

Of course, it wasn't romantic love, otherwise Manager Lin wouldn't have given her the opportunity to get to know Ruoshui.

In the past two years, she and Ruoshui have become close friends who can talk about anything. In her opinion, they are best friends, but Ruoshui doesn't agree and says they are close friends.

Su Yuanyuan was in charge of their relationship, so she wasn't worried that Ruoshui would overthink it. It would be Lin Zhanggui who would overthink it if Ruoshui and she were to have a fake marriage.

"Don't worry, I'll tell Ruoshui when I get back," Manager Lin assured her confidently.

Su Yuanyuan rolled her eyes. "I'll go find him in a bit and tell him."

Manager Lin's face was very unpleasant. He glared at her and said, "You should go to see him less often in the future. His father thinks there's something going on between you two. He's been subtly trying to find out about you lately."

Su Yuanyuan scoffed, "Who am I doing this for? You always call me in to cover for you, and now you just use me and throw me away, huh?"

Manager Lin hesitated for a moment, but reluctantly shut up. He would need her help in the future, so he couldn't afford to offend her too much.

Su Yuanyuan stretched out her hand and waved it in front of him, while Manager Lin looked completely bewildered.

"What?"

"Give me money. You want to get my recipes for free, huh?" Su Yuanyuan rolled her eyes, looking at the man speechlessly.

"Oh! Oh! Here you go, how could I possibly leave you out? Seriously, aren't you going to invest?"

Manager Lin took out a silver note from his pocket and handed it to her. He then asked her a question, explaining that he had wanted to get her to invest for a long time, but she just wouldn't agree.

"No, I have enough money. Investing is too much trouble."

Su Yuanyuan didn't even look at it. She took the silver note, put it in her purse, and then stood up and left.

"Huh? You're leaving already? We haven't finished our food yet."

Manager Lin looked at the dishes on the table; he couldn't possibly finish them all by himself.

Su Yuanyuan didn't even turn her head, just waved her hand at him, "What's there to eat with you? I've made plans to eat with Ruoshui, you can eat by yourself."

"Wait for me, I'm coming too." Manager Lin quickly stood up upon hearing this. Eating alone was not as good as eating with Ruoshui. Besides, how could he let the two of them be alone together?

Su Yuanyuan didn't even bother to roll her eyes, looking speechlessly at the people who had followed her.

Why are you meddling in our best friend's date?

"Ruoshui doesn't acknowledge your so-called best friend. Besides, his family already suspects the two of you. If you go out alone again, what if his family comes to propose marriage without saying a word?"

Manager Lin spoke with an air of righteousness; if Su Yuanyuan hadn't known him, she would have believed him.

"That works too. I'll just have a fake marriage with Ruoshui then, it'll be the same."

"No way!!" Manager Lin raised his voice; he would have jumped up if they weren't outside.

"why not?"

He stammered for a long time before finally speaking, "Now that you two are married, is there still a place for me in this family?"

Su Yuanyuan lowered her head and thought for a moment, "Then I guess there aren't any."

"So, even if we get married, you can still be friends with Ruoshui. But if you two get married, I might not even be able to get into your house."

Manager Lin felt a pang of sympathy. He didn't care as much about Su Yuanyuan as Ruoshui did, so he didn't want to be wary of either of them.

Seeing his pitiful state, Su Yuanyuan didn't argue with him, and she didn't know which of the two was the dominant one.

She couldn't tell what stage they had reached. No matter how she tried to subtly probe, Ruoshui refused to speak. People in ancient times just weren't thick-skinned enough.

"What the hell are you thinking about?"

Su Yuanyuan rolled her eyes at him. Couldn't this guy give her a nice look? "How did you know I was thinking about that?"

"Your eyes tell me you're up to no good!"

"Ah!"

Su Yuanyuan ignored him and took two quick steps to create distance. She wanted to find an opportunity to complain about him to Ruoshui again. There was no reason; she just didn't like him.