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

"What?" Lu Xiaolian was shocked to see that the two people who suddenly appeared were Lin Yunyuan and Shen Qingheng.

Shen Qingheng stared coldly at Lü Xiaolian.

He didn't utter a single accusation, and no one could figure out what he was thinking.

Shen Qingheng has always been a very resilient person, but she shed countless tears after meeting Lin Yunyuan.

Lin Yunyuan felt a pang of heartache and pulled the person into his arms.

"Qingheng..."

Shen Qingheng didn't push him away. "Let's go back to the old house."

Lin Nian smiled slightly, "Goodbye, cousin."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I hope your future will be just as smooth."

"Cousin, your karma has come back to bite you."

"What do you mean by this?" Lu Xiaolian's face was half in shadow, but her eyebrows and eyes looked inexplicably fierce.

Everyone was drawn in by his words and stopped in their tracks.

Lü Xiaolian burst into laughter, "Flies don't land on eggs without cracks. It's yourselves who have a rift, so why are you all blaming me? Even without me, would you be happy and fulfilled?"

Shen Qingheng didn't turn around, but simply said, "You're right."

The current situation cannot be simply attributed to one person's fault.

If only he had been more resolute back then...

"Never mind," Shen Qingheng thought.

Instead of dwelling on the past, it's better to think about what to do in the future.

He touched his lower abdomen, a hint of tenderness in his eyes.

Lu Xiaolian added, "Lin Nian, don't think you're any better off. If Prince Cheng ever abandons you, your fate will be even worse than mine."

Lin Nian had no desire to get entangled with Lü Xiaolian.

Lu Xiaolian is such an arrogant and conceited person that she wishes everyone around her was inferior to her.

But now he has to bow and scrape before people he once looked down on, living in constant fear and trepidation—this is the best revenge he could ever suffer.

Lin Nian thought this way, but Yin Cheng didn't.

A sneer.

Yin Cheng had returned at some point and was leaning against a pillar with his arms crossed.

"Lord Xu, your husband pushed the Prince into the water and even cursed us to have a bad marriage." Yin Cheng smiled smirkly. "What should we do? I've always been one to hold grudges."

Sweat poured down Xu Shao's face. He knelt down with a thud. "This humble official is willing to leave the capital and never return with my wife. I beg Your Highness to grant my request."

Lü Xiaolian was stunned.

"What are you doing? No, I don't agree!" Lü Xiaolian said hysterically. "You're going to be the Grand Secretary, how can you ask to leave the capital on your own!"

"Stop talking," Xu Shaojin snapped, then kowtowed, "Please grant my request, Your Highness."

Yin Cheng gave Lü Xiaolian a meaningful look. "Is Lord Xu trying to protect him?"

Xu Shaojin simply said, "A day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness."

Lu Xiaolian, however, went berserk, completely hysterical. "I disagree! I won't leave, absolutely not! I want to be the Grand Secretary's husband, and no one can stop me!"

"My mind is made up on this matter!"

However, the commotion at the Xu residence was no longer relevant to the others.

After leaving the Xu residence, Lin Nian muttered, "He actually married such a good husband. It's so unfair of God."

Yin Cheng asked, "Am I not good enough?"

Lin Nian held the man's hand, "Ah Cheng is the best."

Yin Cheng said, "I thought Niannian would retaliate, but I didn't expect them to let him off so easily."

"I also find it strange. I did think about pushing him into the frozen lake before, but I'm so happy now. All those unpleasant things from before seem to have become unimportant."

Yin Cheng pinched the little beauty's cheek, "Our Niannian is just kind-hearted."

However, what Lin Nian didn't know was that after Lü Xiaolian left the capital, she inexplicably contracted a cold-related illness. When the illness flared up, her whole body was chilled to the bone, and she sought medical help for many years without success.

The old residence of the Shen family.

The old servant was already very old and had gone blind.

But the moment he heard Shen Qingheng's voice, hot tears streamed down his cloudy eyes.

"Young master...is that you who have returned?"

"Yes." Shen Qingheng felt that she was really stupid. After returning to the capital for so many years, if she had just once gone back to the old house to take a look, perhaps today would not have ended like this.

From the old servant, everyone learned the whole story of what happened back then.

When the fake letter of severance was delivered to the Shen residence, Lord Shen had already sent someone to the Lin residence to inquire about the situation.

However, the entire Lin family had gone to Huzhou at that time, so they couldn't find anyone.

Lord Shen couldn't bear to see his child weeping every day, so he decided to move.

The jade pendant that symbolized their love was returned to Lord Shen before Shen Qingheng left the capital.

Lord Shen handed the jade clasp to the old servant for disposal, and the family moved away from the capital.

Later, when the old servant saw Lin Yunyuan coming, in order to prove his young master right, he pretended to trick Lin Yunyuan into going to Jiangzhou.

The truth was revealed so suddenly and unexpectedly.

The old servant asked, "Young master, how well has your lord been these past years?"

Shen Qingheng felt a lump in her throat. "Not two years after my father died, my stepfather also passed away."

"Young master, you've suffered." The old servant groped his way to the inner room and retrieved the land deed. "My lord originally intended to sell this house, but later, for some reason, he changed his mind and left me to guard this place. He himself has never come back to visit..."

Perhaps it was because Lady Shen was reminded of her deceased husband by these objects, unable to let go of the memories of being here with him.

When Shen Qingheng received the land deed, she was already in tears.

He started crying and then he started laughing.

His obsession from his youth has become so ridiculous.

Lin Yunyuan pulled her into his arms and whispered, "Qingheng, it's not too late."

Shen Qingheng tilted her bright face up, "Is it too late?"

He was met with a man's firm and warm embrace.

Shen Qingheng buried her face in Lin Yunyuan's shoulder and cried out loud.

It's good that there's still time.

Yin Cheng asked, "Are you relieved now?"

"Mmm." Lin Nian smiled faintly, like the warm sun shining in the courtyard.

Shen Qingheng then realized that he wasn't the only one there; his younger brother, whom he had taken his anger out on, was also there.

In an instant, guilt and self-blame overwhelmed him.

He stammered, unable to utter a single word for a long time.

Lin Yunyuan noticed that he was in a bad mood and saw him glancing at Lin Nian in the distance from time to time, and immediately understood.

"Nian-ge'er won't be angry with you, don't worry."

"I'm really not a good brother-in-law..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yunyuan smiled and said, "You are the best brother-in-law in the world."

Shen Qingheng then realized what she had said, and her pale face immediately turned bright red.

Lin Yunyuan gripped his hand tightly. "Qingheng, can we talk about the wedding date now?"

Shen Qingheng pursed her lips. "What else can we do if we don't talk about it? We can't let the child be born as an illegitimate child."

While the two people on one side were deeply in love, two other people were causing trouble in someone else's home.

"That one over there!" Lin Nian directed the man in the tree, "That one's redder."

Yin Cheng pointed to the bright red pomegranate, "This one?"

"Mmm!" Lin Nian nodded.

Yin Cheng picked a pomegranate, jumped down from the tree, broke it open, and placed it in Lin Nian's hand.

Lin Nian ate a pomegranate while secretly thinking to herself.

When did he become so mischievous...? He was supposed to be a highly respected young nobleman in the capital...

It's definitely the man's fault. It's all that bad guy's fault for corrupting him.

He picked a glistening, half-red pomegranate seed and fed it to the man's lips, saying, "Ah Cheng, you should try some too, it's very sweet."

Yin Cheng said with a grin, "It's not as sweet as my Niannian's."

Lin Nian blushed and hit him, "You smooth talker, I'll hit you!"

"My lord, have mercy!" Yin Cheng dodged while also keeping an eye on the little beauty. "Run carefully, don't fall."

Lin Nian thought to herself, "I'm not stupid, I definitely can't fall flat on my face!"