The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

"No, no, I can't do it." Wang Qizhen didn't know how. Over the years, she had been waited on hand and foot and had never done any work.

It was only recently, after coming to the Ling family and not having any servants to wait on him, that he learned to fold a simple blanket. Even so, he couldn't fold it well, and You Yuan would always mock him for it.

You Yuan is really inhuman; he never repeats the same sarcastic words. He wanted to retort, but he couldn't find the right words.

"Then you should go back. I'll take you back tomorrow."

"No, no, no, I don't want to go back, I don't want to go back, is there a third option?"

Du Mingxian frowned. "Are you really going to choose the third one?"

Upon hearing that there was a third option, he nodded hurriedly, "I choose the third one, I choose the third option."

"I'll tell Young Master You that you'll be studying with him tomorrow. It'll be more convenient for you two to share a room."

"What? Reading books?" Wang Qi's eyes widened in surprise.

Du Mingxian nodded emphatically, "Yes, reading. But if you read for ten days, I can take you into the mountains once."

Wang Qi didn't move. He didn't like reading, didn't want to go home, and didn't want to work. Of the three, reading was an option, but going into the mountains was an option. However, he had been into the mountains recently and it wasn't very fun.

"Deep in the mountains." Du Mingxian knew that the temptation ahead wasn't much for him, so she simply added another sentence.

"Alright, alright, I choose number three. I want to go deep into the mountains." Wang Qi made his decision as expected.

Du Mingxian added, "Studying for ten days doesn't mean just wasting ten days; it means you have to pass your coursework. If you don't pass, it doesn't count."

"Huh?" Wang Qi was troubled again.

Du Mingxian sneered, "What, are you trying to tell me that the dignified Young Master Wang is a good-for-nothing, unable to study and unable to learn anything?"

"How could that be? I'm smart. It's just schoolwork, I'll get it done."

"Okay, go inside and have your brother-in-law write a document. We both need to sign it."

Wang Qi asked, puzzled, "Does it have to be this complicated?"

"With everything in black and white, I'm not afraid of you reneging on your promise."

"How could I possibly renege on my debt?" Wang Qi muttered to himself, but still went to find Ling Silang.

Ling Silang overheard the conversation between the two in the courtyard from inside the house. After they came in, he began to write.

When Du Mingxian saw him write, she said, "Add the following: If Wang Qi breaks the agreement, I can tell everyone his secret and let everyone laugh at him."

This is a fatal flaw.

Wang Qi's Achilles' heel.

As a spoiled brat, he cares most about his reputation. How could he possibly reveal his embarrassing past?

Wang Qi felt that Du Mingxian, as his older sister, didn't care about him at all. Feeling utterly hopeless, he signed the agreement, and made four copies in total.

Wang Qi, Du Mingxian, Ling Silang, and You Yuan each received one.

After lunch, Wang Qi began his first lesson at the Ling family's home.

You Yuan didn't need Du Mingxian to threaten him; after learning about this, he took the initiative to assume the role of "Mr."

Wang Qi had been studying all afternoon with a sense of utter despair. It wasn't until it was almost dark that You Yuan let him go. Wang Qi was like a wild horse that had broken free of its reins, running off to find the underlings he had recruited in the village.

Du Mingxian stood in the courtyard and quietly reminded her, "You'd better be smarter this time. Don't try to save everyone you see. Stay away from young women and married women."

Wang Qi stumbled and almost fell. His excitement about going out to play vanished instantly, leaving him listless and even hesitant about whether he should go out to play at all.

"Go quickly, you can't stay away forever. Your little brother Ling Sanniu is here to testify for you today."

Wang Qi left with a cheerful smile, and Du Mingxian suddenly remembered a meme from her past life that she had seen online.

When a child wants to go out to play, they need to cry to get their way. At this point, whether they go or not is no longer important; their happiness is gone.

Just now, she really acted like one of those spoilsport parents, dampening Wang Qi's joy in going out to play.

This feeling... isn't bad.

Wang Qi went out, and Du Mingxian was about to go inside when she found Wang Qi had returned as if he had seen a ghost. He looked pitiful and was about to cry, "Sister, that person is here again."

Du Mingxian immediately recognized it as Lü Dahua. "Did you bring other people with you?"

"That's not true."

"Then you can stay and listen first. After all, it's your business. When you were saving the person, didn't you think that maybe the person deliberately fell into the water in front of you, waiting for you to save them so they could take advantage of you?"

Wang Qi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, as if he had grasped something important. He exclaimed, "No wonder! No wonder at some banquets, those young ladies would fall into the water, and then someone would always go down to save them, and later the two would get married."

Du Mingxian thought about her experience as a general's wife and how she had seen many similar cases. "Use your brain," she said, "unless you want to marry just any woman you want."

A virtuous wife brings fewer troubles to her husband.

"Okay, sis," Wang Qi replied listlessly.

Inside the house, Xu Daru was watching Ling Silang do his homework when he heard Du Mingxian's words to Wang Qi. He smiled when he heard that a virtuous wife brings less trouble to her husband.

His student's wife was no ordinary person.

At this moment, Lü Dahua had already entered the Ling family's gate. Du Mingxian greeted her with a smile, "You've come in, come in and sit down."

Ling's mother came out of the main room and said, "Come and sit down."

As the group entered the main room, Wang Qi followed behind Du Mingxian without sitting down, his gaze towards Lü Dahua filled with resentment.

"Have you thought it through?" Du Mingxian asked.

Lu Dahua smiled apologetically before saying, "I've thought it through. It's a fact that my niece was rescued by Young Master Wang. Everyone saw it. If Young Master Wang doesn't marry her, she won't have the face to get married in the future."

Du Mingxian understood. "So, even if it means becoming a concubine, you still want to enter the Wang family?"

"Yes."

Du Mingxian nodded slightly. “The Wang family is a wealthy family. Even if a girl from an ordinary family becomes a concubine, she still needs to follow the rules. Otherwise, she will make a fool of herself. How about this... let the Wang family send two governesses over to teach your niece the rules first.”

“This…” Lü Dahua’s face turned ugly.

"Since you're willing to be a concubine, what's wrong with learning some manners? Besides, the Wang family is a wealthy family. If you don't learn some manners, you'll lose face in the future, and that will be a disgrace to the Wang family."

Du Mingxian thought for a moment and then added, "Or do you want your niece to be treated worse than a servant after she marries into the family?"

At this point, she turned to look at Wang Qi and gave him a look, "I remember last time Uncle said that he had already arranged a wife for you, right?"

At this moment, Wang Qi became quick-witted and nodded hurriedly, "Of course, otherwise why would I have run away from home? My father arranged for me to marry... a general's woman, and she's an illegitimate daughter. I heard that woman likes to eat raw meat and will fight at the slightest disagreement. Her maids have to be replaced every three days."

"Oh? Liking to eat raw meat is a personal preference, but what's the story behind changing maids every three days?"

"She has a violent temper and will use a knife at the slightest disagreement. She killed all those people. Since there was no one else available, she naturally had to replace her maid."

Lu Dahua was terrified. She stood up abruptly and asked in a terrified voice, "...killing people at will?"