How did I, a mere son-in-law lying down, become a "Fenglang Juxu" (a legendary martial art

Even though Li Wanqing had her back to the bathtub, the sound of Liu Shan getting up to scoop water still made her restless.

Just as she was becoming extremely agitated, she suddenly turned around and angrily said to Liu Shan, "If you're so afraid of the cold, why didn't you close the curtain when you took a bath?!"

Liu Shan was bewildered by the yelling. "I'm taking a shower in my own room, what's there to hide?"

At first glance, the man's words seemed to make some sense.

After all, on the second day after the wedding, Li Wanqing had Amber move all of Liu Shan's belongings to the next room.

She was indeed being a bit reckless, but she couldn't bring herself to say it, so she said, "You're supposed to be a scholar, how can you be so shameless?"

"Of course I have some, but you can't eat this stuff, so I don't need to show it all the time, right?" Liu Shan said dismissively.

Although Li Wanqing was already used to his stubborn and unyielding attitude, she was still a little angry. In order to prevent herself from getting even angrier, she simply left the house.

But the moment she slammed the door shut, she felt a pang of regret—

I regret not performing well during the argument, and I regret leaving like this.

Liu Shan was unaware of Li Wanqing's little mood swings.

After washing up, he even took a short nap until his stomach started rumbling.

"Young Master, you're awake?"

When Liu Shan opened the door, the first thing he saw was Amber's chubby, round face, and he immediately felt like teasing her. "Amber, it's been a while since we last met. Did you miss me?"

"Young master, please stop teasing me," Amber said, pouting.

"Son-in-law, I'm serious. Look at me, I've been so worried about you that I can't eat or drink, and I've lost weight... And look at you, you must not have been worried about me at all, your face has gotten so round from being so carefree!"

Amber subconsciously touched her round face, and when she realized what she was doing, she pouted, clearly a little angry. "Hmph, you glib-tongued young master, I'm going to tell Miss that you bullied me."

"Tsk tsk, that tattletale girl is short-lived! Alright~ I won't tease you anymore, what are your mistress's instructions?"

Amber is waiting at the door right now; it must have been arranged by Li Wanqing.

“Miss told me to wait until the young master wakes up before taking you to the hall for a meal,” Amber said truthfully.

……

Seeing that the main character of the evening meal had arrived, Madam Wang quickly got up and pulled Liu Shan to the table, saying with a smile, "Wanqing specially instructed the servants to prepare several of your favorite dishes. Come and have a taste."

"My benefactor, if you hadn't come soon, I would have starved to death." During her time at the Li residence, Xiao Yue had been so pampered by Madam Wang that she considered herself a member of the Li family.

"Junior sister, please be mindful of the rules." Jiang Ruolan reminded Xiao Yue first, then stood up and bowed solemnly to Liu Shan, "Thank you, benefactor, for helping me clear my name. Please accept my bow."

She seemed to think that bowing was not enough, so she thought of kneeling on one knee to bow again.

Liu Shan quickly stopped her. He actually couldn't stand these formalities, especially things like kneeling, kowtowing, and the three kneelings and nine kowtows...

As a modern person, he doesn't want to kneel before others, nor does he want to be kneeled before by others.

What's that saying again...? Do not do to others what you would not have them do to you.

The same principle applies to kneeling and being knelt to.

Liu Shan joked, "Miss Jiang, please don't say that. You saved my life and Wanqing's life before. If you really want to say it, I owe you a life. So, let's not thank each other. Otherwise, it will seem too formal."

"But our benefactor even treated us to meat..."

Before Jiang Ruolan could finish speaking, Xiao Yue pulled her to a seat next to her. "Since our benefactor doesn't like these formalities, why don't we just save him a few more times in the future?"

Xiao Yue's words startled everyone at first, but then they all burst into laughter.

Liu Shan chuckled and shook his head, inwardly mocking himself. How weak must he be to need to be repeatedly rescued by two little girls?

Li Polu sat in the head seat, his eyes full of smiles. "My dear son-in-law, your performance this time was outstanding. Even Prefect Yin praised you highly... My dear son-in-law, you have made me look very proud!"

With that, Li Polu, in high spirits, raised his cup to drink with Liu Shan.

Liu Shan hurriedly stood up to offer a toast, "This is all thanks to my father-in-law. If it weren't for your recommendation, I wouldn't even have had the chance to become a clerk."

Li Polu was a military general who sang and drank heartily, and Liu Shan was a boxer who had been "tested by alcohol" in his previous life. The two found themselves kindred spirits and drank heartily, emptying half of the wine in the wine pot in no time...

"Father, don't just drink, eat some food," Li Wanqing advised.

Li Polu had spent many years in the army, so his drinking capacity was naturally unmatched. But to his surprise, Liu Shan was also so daring to drink. With his small frame, well, he should probably eat more and gain some weight.

"My dear son-in-law, please eat more. This was specially prepared by Wanqing in the kitchen, and it's all your favorite food."

Looking at Li Wanqing, whose expression was somewhat awkward, Wang knew her daughter too well. She was shy and worried that Liu Shan would drink too much and harm his health, but she didn't say it outright.

As a mother, she naturally had to worry more. "Son-in-law, have a big braised pork knuckle. It's braised in a clay pot, so the skin and meat are tender and soft. You don't have to worry about getting indigestion no matter how much you eat."

Looking at the richly colored braised pork knuckle in the bowl, Liu Shan felt a warmth in his heart.

In his past life, he was an orphan. After growing up, he was fortunate enough to be selected by a coach to train in boxing. From then on, the days when he sat around the coach's house to eat dumplings every Spring Festival were the happiest times for him, just like now.

"Thank you, Mother-in-law. I brought back some local specialties for everyone from Jinhua County this time..."

Liu Shan took the bundle from Aunt Zhou. "This is lanolin, specially for hand care, with added fragrance..."

Liu Shan took out two brocade boxes from his bundle and handed them to his mother-in-law and Li Wanqing respectively.

Li Wanqing blushed slightly. It wasn't that she hadn't seen more exquisite skincare products before, but this was the first time she had received a gift from a man other than her father.

"My benefactor, my benefactor, did you bring me a gift?" Xiao Yue swallowed a large shrimp whole and looked at Liu Shan with expectant eyes.

"Of course I have one, but you have to agree to one condition." Liu Shan didn't rush to take out the gift.

"My benefactor, please tell me, please tell me quickly!" Xiao Yue said impatiently.

Liu Shan: "The condition is that you don't call me your benefactor anymore."

"My benefactor, how should I address you?" Xiao Yue was at a loss for words.

"From now on, you and Miss Jiang can just call me Brother Liu." Liu Shan felt that since they were already friends, there was no need for so much formality. Calling him "benefactor" was too distant.

"Okay, whatever you say, um... Brother Liu."

Xiao Yue stretched out her little hand, waiting for Liu Shan to take the gift.