After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Lin Nian found Hua Manlou's dragon boat, but he asked with some confusion, "Ah Cheng, why is the drummer on Hua Manlou's dragon boat a... young man?"

He couldn't bring himself to say anything defamatory about others, but dragon boat racing is a sport suitable for all ages, so why let a scantily clad young man beat the drum...

Yin Cheng thought to himself, "Of course, the dragon boat race in a brothel is carried out by the brothel's male prostitutes to inspire the crowd."

Lin Nian, however, became worried. "Was he doing it voluntarily? His clothes don't even cover his legs..."

Yin Cheng didn't know how to explain this to the little beauty, "Uh...maybe it wasn't voluntary at first."

Lin Nian then realized, "Is Hua Man Lou a brothel?"

Yin Cheng had no intention of hiding it from him, so he nodded.

Lin Nian stopped talking, leaned on Yin Cheng's shoulder, and looked at the young man at the bow of the boat, whose bare shoulders were half exposed, making the men on the boat feel aroused.

"Ah Cheng, I want to go up and say a few words to him," Lin Nian pleaded with the man beside her. "Is that alright?"

Yin Cheng put his arm around his waist and leaped onto the dragon boat of Hua Manlou.

Lin Nian stood on the swaying boat, feeling unsteady on his feet, and instinctively grabbed the man's arm.

The man dutifully acted as a pillar for the beautiful young woman.

"Gentlemen, this is our Hua Man Lou dragon boat," said the leading man. "The race is about to begin, please leave quickly."

Yin Cheng tossed him a silver ingot, saying, "I'll treat you to a drink."

The man picked up the silver and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Lin Nian walked up to the young man, pulled up his shirt over his shoulder, and asked directly, "Did you do this voluntarily?"

The young man paused for a moment, then seemed to have thought of a joke and laughed so hard he bent over backwards.

"Haha." The young man finally stopped laughing. "So what if it was voluntary, or not? Does young master perhaps also enjoy the idea of ​​a man rescuing a prostitute?"

His tone was affectedly cloying, his eyes seemed to have little hooks at the corners, and every frown and smile was deliberately seductive.

His words caused the other men on the boat to burst into laughter as well.

"I..." Lin Nian was about to speak when the young man interrupted her.

"A young lady as naive as you shouldn't speak to me, lest I, a piece of mud, defile you." The young man covered his face and smiled. "I, well, I can only live by relying on men."

Lin Nian took out the betting slip from her small pouch. "This is for you. You must win."

Yin Cheng flew back to the shore with Lin Nianfei, just as the bugle sounded.

After reading what was written on the betting slip, the young man paused for a moment, then chuckled and tucked the slip into the fabric in front of his chest.

"Brothers, whether Xiaoyan can get this money depends on you guys." He winked and started beating the drum seriously.

As the dragon boat sailed further and further away, the crowd's high spirits did not diminish in the slightest.

Yin Cheng, still holding the pretty girl's waist, said, "Niannian, I'll take you somewhere else."

Last night, Yin Cheng had someone reserve a private room with the best view at the restaurant, a perfect spot to watch the dragon boat races.

This spot was originally reserved for a court official, but he climbed into the official's room in the middle of the night and asked if he could have the private room. The official was so frightened that he almost fainted on the spot.

This court official was supposed to have a day off today, but he booked this private room half a month in advance so that he could bring his family to watch the dragon boat race.

He was unwilling to give up, and Yin Cheng wanted to buy it at a high price, but he remained unmoved.

Yin Cheng had no choice but to show his utmost sincerity, saying, "I'll give you the command of the Northern Army for two days, but only two days at most, no more."

courtier:"……"

"Your Highness, this is the deposit document. Please take it. I don't need to look at the dragon boat."

Yin Cheng was unusually embarrassed, "How could I take your things for free?"

The courtier said, "I am of the same clan as Lord Lin, and the youngest son of the Lin family is also my junior. Since we are related, I would not want to make things difficult for Your Highness."

No wonder imperial books always say that marriage ties are especially reliable.

Yin Cheng said, "Lord Zhang, if there is anything I can do to help you in the future, please don't hesitate to ask, and I will do my best."

"My surname is Li..."

"……Excuse me."

Seeing that His Highness Prince Cheng's attitude was truly sincere, the courtier was speechless for a moment and abandoned his intention to impeach the prince in court.

In this way, Yin Cheng shamelessly obtained the right to use the private room from the other party.

At the same time, Jingyi prepared generous gifts and went to Lord Li's residence to apologize. She put a lot of thought into it and even included a century-old ginseng.

They were afraid that someone would impeach their own prince in front of the emperor.

Lin Nian was completely unaware of this. He leaned against the railing of the terrace, saying, "I can see so clearly from here."

Yin Cheng flipped through the menu and asked, "Niannian, would you like to eat fish? The fish are at their fattest right now."

"Okay." Lin Nian lifted her skirt and jumped to Yin Cheng's side, joining him to look at the screen.

"Ah Cheng, I want to eat this mandarin fish soup."

Yin Cheng prepared the mandarin fish soup.

"And this squirrel-shaped mandarin fish."

"Is there anything else?"

Lin Nian ordered a few more dishes. He secretly glanced at Yin Cheng's face and saw that Yin Cheng's expression was normal.

He asked hesitantly, "Ah Cheng, do you think I...?"

After waiting for a while without any further response, Yin Cheng asked, "What?"

"Don't you think I'm pretentious...?" Lin Nian knew he wasn't the aloof, cold type.

On the contrary, his nature could even be described as quite lively.

However, he always put on a detached and indifferent demeanor in front of outsiders, deliberately portraying himself as detached from worldly affairs.

Even his two best friends didn't know his true nature.

He always felt that it was the aura he cultivated that attracted Yin Cheng.

He had once thought that if Yin Cheng liked that kind of thing, he could pretend for a lifetime.

But Yin Cheng treated him too well.

It was so good that he almost forgot when he last did something so carefree.

"What do you mean by 'pretending'?" Yin Cheng pulled the person onto his lap. "Niannian, what do you want to say?"

Lin Nian mustered her courage and asked, "If I continue like this, will you still like me?"

Yin Cheng pinched the little beauty's cheek. "Haven't you always been like this?"

"I'm actually a very vulgar guy, not elegant at all..." Lin Nian counted his shortcomings on his fingers.

"I actually cry a lot, I'm very timid, and I don't like those formalities or rules about male virtues..."

"I am not some well-mannered and virtuous lady from a respectable family."

"I pretended it all."

Before he could finish speaking, Yin Cheng cut him off.

The little beauty's soft lips were sweet and tender, and Yin Cheng kissed her until she was breathless before finally letting go.

Yin Cheng said, "I forgot to tell you, actually the first time I went to deliver flowers to you, I saw you bending over on the bed scratching your butt."