Chapter 85
Jiang Yun Zhu heard Shen Feng Ming's laughter. First thought: he could laugh! Next thought: what was he laughing at? Was he laughing at her?
Thinking of this possibility, she didn't even want to open her eyes.
At this time, Shen Feng Ming suddenly picked her up. She was flustered and didn't know what to do.
He Ying saw Shen Feng Ming carrying Jiang Yun Zhu to her bedroom. Half of her body leaned out to stop him. But when she met Shen Feng Ming's eyes, she froze there.
Once the two left, she was annoyed and ashamed. She felt that she had done Jiang Yun Zhu wrong.
Soon, Shen Feng Ming carried Jiang Yun Zhu to the bedroom and put her on the bed.
The light blue window curtain, the jade-colored brocade quilt, and the crabapple outside the window swayed in the wind. The shadows falling on the window lattice made people's minds restless.
Shen Feng Ming sat by the bed, looked at the person on the bed, and couldn't help lowering his head. He pressed against her lips and messed around for a long time. He yearned for her beauty.
After a while, he got up, covered her with the brocade quilt, got up, and left.
At this time, his face was a little red. He wanted her very much, but he didn't want to belittle her. So he’ll take her when they get married.
After Shen Feng Ming left, the room was quiet.
Jiang Yun Zhu opened her eyes and stared blankly at the top of the bed. Suddenly she covered her eyes with her arms, feeling extremely frustrated.
After getting up the next morning, He Ying waited for her to wash up.
He Ying glanced at Jiang Yun Zhu's lips and said in shame, "Miss, it’s my fault last night, I..."
"Last night? What happened last night?" Jiang Yun Zhu seemed to have completely forgotten what happened last night.
He Ying was stunned for a moment. Then she quickly shook her head, "It was nothing. I'll make what Miss wants to eat in the morning."
She could cook, but the things she cooked weren't as delicious as Jiang Yun Zhu.
Jiang Yun Zhu didn't want to go to the kitchen by herself, so she replied, "Just make whatever you want."
"Okay." He Ying agreed.
After she left, Jiang Yun Zhu picked up the mirror and looked in it. The lips were a little sore and seemed to be swollen.
Maybe she ate too much chili yesterday. So she should eat something light today, she thought.
In the yard, she encountered Shen Feng Ming and she greeted him as usual.
After breakfast, she was supposed to go to Qishanju. But thinking of the appearance of her lips at this time, she decided to rest at home for a day.
This house had a study room. Qin Zhen left all the things in the house to Jiang Yun Zhu and took nothing away. So the study room had everything. There were even several shelves of books.
Jiang Yun Zhu decided to go and see what books were available. If there was a story book, she could read it for a while.
After searching around, she found two scripts. She asked He Ying to make tea for her. She leaned back in the armchair and read the books.
After an unknown amount of time, Shen Feng Ming walked in from the outside, holding a small box in his hand.
"Miss Jiang." He stopped across from the desk.
Jiang Yun Zhu raised her head. The breeze came from outside the window and blew the hair on her temples into disarray.
Shen Feng Ming handed her the small box in his hand, "Last night..."
"I unknowingly fell asleep last night. I hope I didn’t neglect Gentleman Shen?" Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Shen Feng Ming’s cold gaze looked at her. What did she mean? She forgot what happened last night?
Jiang Yun Zhu felt a little uncomfortable being stared at by him, but she insisted on looking at him with a smile, as if she didn't remember what happened last night.
Of course, she remembered. She wanted to pretend that none of that happened. At this time, she thought of those scumbags who lied after drinking that they didn't remember and didn't want to be responsible. She felt that she was the same.
Shen Feng Ming understood her intention and raised his eyebrows. She insisted on doing this?
Jiang Yun Zhu’s eyes spun.
"Why are Miss Jiang's lips a little swollen?" Shen Feng Ming asked.
"Last night, I ate too much chili and drank some wine." Jiang Yun Zhu felt vaguely uneasy, but quibbled.
"Oh?" Shen Feng Ming said as he came to her side. The tall figure completely covered the sunlight that came through from the other side and casted a large shadow.
Under his shadow, Jiang Yun Zhu felt even more uneasy. She leaned against the chair. Wanting to stand up, she said, "I'm a little tired and want to go back to my room."
The next moment, Shen Feng Ming bit her lip.
She wanted to struggle.
His hands pinched the back of her neck, making her unable to move at all.
Her pupils went a little slack, as if she was looking at someone close at hand, but also seemed to have fallen into his deep eyes.
Shen Feng Ming was only having a light taste and stopped this time. Afterward, he let go of her and stated, "I thought Miss Jiang's lips got swollen like this."
His voice at this time was cold. Even his expression was the same. But what he said made people feel embarrassed and turn their ears red.
Jiang Yun Zhu looked at him, unable to believe that he would say such a thing.
He was retaliating for what she said now. Suddenly, this idea flashed in her mind. She glared at Shen Feng Ming.
The watery eyes glaring like this gave a complaining feel.
Shen Feng Ming opened the small box in his hand, dabbed out some ointment from it with his fingers, and applied it on Jiang Yun Zhu's lips.
Jiang Yun Zhu found it very comfortable when the cool ointment touched her lips. But it would be even better if the man's hand wasn't there.
"I'll do it myself." She reached out and grabbed his hand, trying to push it away.
Like a mountain, it couldn't be pushed at all.
Jiang Yun Zhu was instantly irked. So she simply sat there, treating herself like a wooden doll, unable to see or feel.
Shen Feng Ming quickly helped her apply the ointment and kissed her forehead lightly.
It carried a sense of care. No desire at all.
This kiss fell into Jiang Yun Zhu's heart like a feather.
After Shen Feng Ming left, Jiang Yun Zhu laid prone on the table. She couldn't even read what she had read with gusto.
At this moment, Simba jumped onto the desk, squatted down in front of her, and looked at her curiously with one blue and one yellow eyes.
Jiang Yun Zhu hugged it into her arms and rubbed its fur several times before she felt her emotions calm down.
When eating at noon, there was Jiang Yun Zhu's favorite winter melon pork ribs soup on the table. Shen Feng Ming naturally served her a bowl. Jiang Yun Zhu looked at the soup for a long time and drank it.
In the afternoon, she had nothing to do in her free time. There was an Arhat bed by the study window. Jiang Yun Zhu was tired from sitting on the chair, so she leaned on it.
There was a small table in the middle of Arhat bed. On it was a plate of broad beans, a plate of dried fruit, and a plate of cherries. She could eat while reading the storybook. It was quite cozy.
At this moment, Shen Feng Ming came in. He sat on the other side of the Arhat's bed and grabbed a book to read at the beginning.
After reading it for a while, he noticed a guqin beside him. So he took it and put it on his lap.
After fiddled with his hands a few times, the sound was as pleasant as Kunshan jade pieces.
Jiang Yun Zhu was immediately attracted.
"What song do you want to hear?" Shen Feng Ming casually asked.
Jiang Yun Zhu continued to read the story. Shen Feng Ming kept staring at her, as if waiting for her to speak.
"Guanshanyue" Jiang Yun Zhu answered. The book she was reading was talking about the scenery beyond the Great Wall and made people yearn for it.
"Okay." Shen Feng Ming agreed.
He flicked his fingertips lightly. The sound of the frontier fortress came out. The lonely smoke in the desert; the setting sun on the long river; among which there were tens of thousands of miles of mighty long winds. And there seemed to be a faint sound of killing and lamenting...
Jiang Yun Zhu looked at him sideways. Her heart fluctuated with the sound of the qin. She felt like a butterfly caught in a net, trying to struggle but became entangled more and more tightly.
Perhaps, everything would end only when he returns to the capital!
For the next few days, Jiang Yun Zhu felt a little sense of self-defeat.
Of course, if one didn't consider other things, this kind of life was quite happy.
In the middle, Lin Ting An came to Chabuliang a few times. Sometimes he sat there drinking tea. Sometimes he would chat with Jiang Yun Zhu. Jiang Yun Zhu would avoid him if she could.
Later, she wanted to put up a sign at the entrance of the store that said no one with the surname Lin was allowed to enter. Of course, it was only a thought.
Fortunately, Lin Ting An seemed to have something to do at this time and had left Wuling County. She was relieved and only hoped that he would never come back.
On this day in Lu Prefecture, several carriages were parked outside a courtyard.
Lin Ting An came out to greet him in person. An old man with a fat body and gray hair got off the carriage.
The old man was wearing a boa design robe. Though he wasn’t angry, he gave a sense of oppression.
"Wangye, why did you come in person?" Lin Ting An asked in surprise.
"That person..." King Huainan wanted to ask something.
"Wangye, let's talk about it in the room." Lin Ting An said.
King Huainan nodded and stepped into the room.
In the room, King Huainan listened to Lin Ting An and angrily swept everything on the table to the ground. He had no son. It seemed that he would have no children and grandchildren. Everyone said that he didn’t like woman. He was waiting for him to die alone. Why did he have a woman he likes?
See if he’ll allow it or not!
In Wuling County, Jiang Yun Zhu talked about the Huaying Academy matter with Qin Zhen a few days ago. Qin Zhen was very surprised, "Don’t Miss Jiang have a good relationship with Gentleman Lin?"
Jiang Yun Zhu heard his underlying meaning, "You mean, Lin Yu Bai is..."
"He is the only legitimate son of the second master of the Lin family."
Jiang Yun Zhu was a little stunned. In the dream, it seemed that the second master of the Lin Family didn't... Oh right, Qin Yao’s matter! Lin Yu Bai must have died in the hands of Xie Yong in the dream. That’s why she hadn’t heard of him.
"He didn't tell me his identity." Jiang Yun Zhu said.
Qin Zhen was a little surprised.
Jiang Yun Zhu didn’t think much of it. Shen Feng Ming didn't reveal his identity either.
Soon, Jiang Yun Zhu found Lin Yu Bai and asked him about Huaying Academy and whether Jiang Yun Xue had a chance to study there.
"This matter." Lin Yu Bai wanted to say it was very simple. But thinking of his father's old-fashioned temper, he didn't dare to make guarantees. "I can recommend her to my father. As for whether my father will accept her or not, it’ll depend...
Oh, I might as well just go to my mother. My mother dotes on me."
Lin Yu Bai put it like this. He felt that it might not be a success even if his mother passed it to his father.
"It’s enough for you to help with the introduction. If Yun Xue doesn't have the qualifications, it won't be good to force it." Jiang Yun Zhu sensed his difficulty and stated.
It just happened that Lin Yu Bai hadn't been home for a few days. So he immediately decided to accompany Jiang Yun Zhu.
Jiang Yun Zhu told Jiang Yun Xue about this and agreed on the time to go to Lu Prefecture.
"I'll go with you." In the study, Shen Feng Ming found Jiang Yun Zhu and said.
Jiang Yun Zhu shook her head this time. If he went, the Lin Family would definitely accept Jiang Yun Xue. But she knew that the Lin Family was the Crown Prince's supporter. She didn't want Shen Feng Ming to owe favors to the Lin Family or get involved with the Lin Family because of her matter.
As for Lin Yu Bai, that was different.
Truthfully, Shen Feng Ming didn't want to meet the second master of the Lin Family. If the two of them met, it would be equivalent to declaring that he was in Lu Prefecture. Then there would be constant troubles.
"Then be careful on the way," he said.
"Don't worry, there is Lin Yu Bai." Jiang Yun Zhu replied.
Shen Feng Ming was not at ease. He secretly got Shadow to follow her and protect her.
This morning, Jiang Yun Zhu, Lin Yu Bai, Jiang Yun Xue, and two Lin family guards set off for Lu Prefecture.
The journey was uneventful. At noon the next day, they arrived outside the gate of Lin's Manor.
"Gentleman is back? Gentleman was back!" The gatekeeper of the Lin Family saw Lin Yu Bai and rushed in to report in surprise.
Lin Yu Bai directly brought Jiang Yun Zhu and Jiang Yun Xue into the Manor and asked them to wait in the living room. Then he went to find his father.
Unexpectedly, Second Master Lin wasn't at home. He had went out to visit friends.
He didn't come back until evening.
Seeing Lin Yu Bai, Second Master Lin couldn't do without giving a lecture. He was heartbroken by this incompetent child.
"Father, take a break. You have been lecturing for half an hour. I came back this time to recommend a good student to you." Lin Yu Bai praised Jiang Yun Xue a lot.
Second Master Lin eyed at him suspiciously. What? Did the sun come out from the west today?
"Father, I'm helping my friends." Lin Yu Bai told the truth.
Inevitably, Second Master Lin gave him another scolding.
But in the end, Master Lin decided to meet Jiang Yun Zhu and Jiang Yun Xue.
In the living room, Master Lin saw the two of them and had a good impression of them. So he tested Jiang Yun Xue.
Jiang Yun Xue couldn't answer the many questions he asked. Her eyes were red with anxiety.
Sensing that Second Master Lin's voice became more and more disinterested, Jiang Yun Xue knew that she might lose this opportunity.
She suddenly knelt down to him. Holding back her tears, she uttered that her knowledge was very poor now, but she was willing to learn and begged him to give her a chance. Give her a year, no, give her half a year, if she couldn't satisfy him by then, she would leave by herself.
"You said just now that you have only learned characters for more than half a year?" Second Master Lin noticed this sentence in her words.
"Yes, my family used to be poor and didn't have the money to let my younger siblings study." Seeing that there might be an opportunity, Jiang Yun Zhu hurried to speak for her.
Second Master Lin examined Jiang Yun Xue again and felt that she was a good candidate.
She had only been studying for more than half a year and more than half of the time was self-study. It was very rare that she could study to this point.
He twirled his beard and sunk into contemplation.
No one dared to disturb him.
After a while, he declared, "Let her come to the academy to study for a year. After a year, if she couldn't meet my requirements..."
"I'll leave by myself." Jiang Yun Xue straightened her back and stated with burning eyes.
Second Master Lin nodded.
This matter was settled like this.
It was getting late, so Lin Yu Bai arranged for Jiang Yun Zhu and Jiang Yun Xue to stay in the Manor.
They stayed in a compound house not far from the courtyard where Lin Yu Bai lived.
In the middle of the night, there were servants on patrol in the courtyard. They seemed to vaguely hear a woman shouting, "Gentleman Lin, what are you doing? Let me go. Don't..."
Lin Yu Bai was the only one in the family who could be called Gentleman Lin.
The two servants on night watch heard the sound and went over, but they didn't find anything unusual.
Early the next morning, Jiang Yun Xue excitedly went to find Jiang Yun Zhu, but found that there was no one in Jiang Yun Zhu's room. However, her clothes were on the bedside.
It was very strange. She immediately sought someone to ask where Jiang Yun Zhu had gone.
No one saw her.
Jiang Yun Zhu had disappeared suddenly.
Oh, it wasn't all of a sudden. The two servants on the night watch suddenly remembered what happened last night and snuck a glance at Lin Yu Bai.
This missing miss, they had met her yesterday. She was beautiful.
If their gentleman wanted to disrespect that Miss in the middle of the night, that Miss would definitely scream and struggle. And then... Their minds had already wandered far away and lowered their heads.
It was just one miss from the county. Even if she disappeared, so what.
They were servants of the Lin Family and Lin Yu Bai was their master. They naturally dare not speak up.
Lin Yu Bai felt like the sky was falling. He regarded Jiang Yun Zhu as a friend, but she ended up disappearing from his house. In case something happened to her, how could he be at ease? Moreover, if Commissioner-in-chief Shen finds out about this matter...
"Search! Everyone got to search. I don't believe a living person can disappear like this." He shouted hoarsely.
Second Master Lin and Madam Lin heard the news and came to check.
They were shocked when they heard the whole thing.
They weren't as anxious as Lin Yu Bai though and thought of all kinds of possibilities. For example, Jiang Yun Zhu left by herself?
"Son, don't worry. She’ll be found, Just search slowly." Mrs. Lin felt distressed for her son and advised him.
Lin Yu Bai interrogated everyone in the Manor like crazy.
He soon got around to asking the two people who were on night watch last night. They didn't talk about it at first, but it was Master Lin who noticed that them acting strange. Only when he wanted to torture them, they spoke out.
Last night, they heard a woman crying and yelling...
When everyone heard this, how could they not understand what happened last night. It must be that Gentleman wanted to force himself on the miss, but the miss refused. It can’t be that Gentleman was shouting thief when he was actually the thief!
"Gentleman Lin, my elder sister, what have you done to my elder sister?" Jiang Yun Xue burst into tears.
Second Master Lin was shaking with anger. Evil son! He did such a thing! See if he won't beat him to death today!
While Mrs. Lin was helping Second Master Lin ease his breathing, she felt a bit mad at Lin Yu Bai. Since he liked the other party, he could just tell the family. She saw that miss yesterday. She was certainly not bad. Everyone can sit down and have a good talk. Whether to marry or bring in, it could be discussed.
Now it has become this mess! How to handle it?
"Where’s that Miss?" Mrs. Lin asked. At this time, Lin Yu Bai still hadn't handed over the person.
"I was in my room yesterday." Lin Yu Bai uttered with a pale face.
But who could testify?
Lin Yu Bai felt that he couldn't argue with anything. There was only one thought in his mind- it was over. He was over! The Lin Family was over!
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