Edited by Ea

  No harm?

  That’s good.

  Lin Shu let out a sigh of relief and thought about it again. Xiao Shao’s surname was Xiao, Xiao Lingyang was also surnamed Xiao, and Ling Fengxiao was the Royal Princess, so perhaps there was some connection there.

  These excellent people will always know one another.

  Oh, that’s wrong, Xiao Lingyang isn’t excellent.

  He continued to obey Big Miss’s orders and reflected about it quietly.

  Big Miss didn’t continue being deathly still and instead, took the “Identical Sorrow” blade out of its sheath and cleaned it with fine silk.

  Lin Shu felt that Big Miss might be so angry that she couldn’t calm down, because his master also used to wipe his sword when he was in a bad mood.

  The blade’s body was dark silver, and when it moved, the glint was like water. It looked very beautiful.

  Finally, it was 9 p.m., and the clock struck three times.

  Big Miss looked up at him and asked, “Have you thought about it?”

  Lin Shu: “.……I’ve thought about it.”

  Big Miss said flatly, “Speak.”

  “My fault was that I was too frivolous and was easily tempted by jade souls,” Lin Shu deeply reviewed himself.

  “En,” Big Miss said, “go on.”

  “Big Miss is upright, kind-hearted, and also treats me well,” Lin Shu spoke these praiseworthy words that he had organized for an hour but whose authenticity was suspect. He continued, “That’s why I accepted Big Miss’s kindness.”

  Big Miss: “It makes a little sense.”

  Lin Shu relaxed a little: “I will change in the future……I will make a clean and honest living and will no longer accept benefits from others.”

  Big Miss: “You should have done this a long time ago.”

  Lin Shu: “Many thanks to Big Miss’s teachings.”

  “You’re welcome,” Big Miss replied. “You don’t look very smart. It’s fortunate that you met me, or else I’m afraid you would have been thoroughly cheated by others.”

  Lin Shu: “You’re right.”

  Big Miss: “.……”

  After the long silence, the Big Miss said: “I still don’t understand one thing.”

  Lin Shu: “En.”

  He saw Big Miss’s right hand reach into her collar slightly, pulling out a piece of thin black rope. At the end of the rope was a smoky jade.

  Lin Shu was very familiar with the color and texture of the jade ornament. Compared with the little jade hanging on his neck now, only the carved pattern was different. It was a phoenix.

  Lin Shu: “.……”

  He recalled that day in alchemy class when Ling Fengxiao accidentally pulled off his jade ornament to apply medicine for him. Ever since then, her attitude towards him suddenly changed, and he finally understood why.

  It turned out that this jade ornament was also a token of their marriage contract. From the day that Big Miss saw his jade ornament, matters had already been exposed.

  After that, Big Miss wrote a letter to Phoenix Mountain Villa. The disciples of Phoenix Mountain Villa in Min Prefecture came to Ning’an Village and asked the villagers about the little idiot’s origin and development. The villagers told them the truth &#k2014; that fifteen years ago, an immortal entrusted the little idiot to them and asked them to take care of him.

  However, the village was in a ghost city, and the crops were seldom exposed to sunlight. They weren’t even able to eat enough themselves, hence why they were extremely weak and thin. Naturally, they couldn’t take good care of a mentally lacking little idiot on top of that.

  In any case, after this inquiry, Ling Fengxiao had confirmed that he was the fiancé.

  But he himself didn’t notice in the least and thought that Big Miss suddenly gained an interest in this salted fish and wanted to keep it.

  Big Miss untied the jade ornament and put it in her hand: “After I found out your identity, I always treated you as a close relative. You grew up among ordinary mortals, and the etiquette in the mortal world is very strict. I was afraid that you were shy, so I’ve never mentioned the marriage contract directly, but there were many hints in my words. Did you really not notice them, even a little? Were you unwilling to fulfill the marriage contract, so you deliberately played the fool?”

  Big Miss, why do you always suspect that I’m pretending to be a fool?

  Lin Shu said in despair: “I didn’t. After all, I’m not very smart.”

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  Indeed, he never could’ve imagined that he was Ling Fengxiao’s fiancé.

  He was a little idiot who lived in a crumbling thatched cottage and drank vegetable broth. Even if he had a famous master, it never crossed his mind that he would have anything to do with Phoenix Mountain Villa’s Big Miss.

  In his heart, Big Miss’s fiancé should at least be an excellent boy like Xiao Shao.

  Therefore, even if Big Miss was suddenly gentle to him and spent an astronomical amount of jade souls to give him many rare treasures, he only thought that this was the act of a wealthy woman keeping a hamster.

  It seemed that not only was he a little idiot before, but he’s also a little idiot now.

  Big Miss sighed softly.

  Lin Shu looked at Big Miss carefully and felt that she looked more haggard.

  “Ever since I was very young, my mother had told me that Taoyuan-jun was an immortal who had severed his ties with the mortal world, so his disciple would naturally be a peaceful and lovely disciple as well……She asked me to treat my fiancée well in the future,” Big Miss said. “Therefore, I’ve always wanted to see you, ever since I was a child…… I never would have thought that you didn’t know anything about this.”

  Big Miss’s voice gradually became faint. Lin Shu felt that she must have been so angry with his actions that she could no longer find the energy to speak, and she even became confused and called him her “fiancée” instead of “fiancé”.

  However, he had already made a huge mistake tonight. Naturally, he didn’t have the courage to point out Big Miss’s slip of the tongue. He just obediently said, “I was wrong.”

  “Never mind, it’s not your fault.”

  Lin Shu took a look at Big Miss’s expression, then gathered up his courage and asked, “Are you not angry anymore?”

  “Since this is your first offense, this matter will end here,” Big Miss said. “In the future, you’ll change.”

  Lin Shu: “I will change.”

  He can’t be a frivolous boy anymore, he should be a boy with a bottom line.

  But apart from Big Miss, no other rich woman kept him.

  So, life can still go on.

  “It’s getting late,” Big Miss said, “I’ll send you to bed.”

  Lin Shu was gently sent to bed.

  The essence of fire was fed to the living corpse, so the house didn’t have heating. Big Miss frowned. Her fingertips gave off faint red spiritual power, and the room immediately warmed up. She could be said to be a portable humanoid heater.

  “I’ll order someone to look for a similar item tomorrow,” Big Miss said.

  Lin Shu: “Thank you.”

  “You’re welcome,” said Big Miss. “If you are ill, I will have to take care of you.”

  Lin Shu was treated harshly all night long. At this time, he was being treated properly and was very flattered, almost suffering from Stockholm Syndrome as a result. Additionally, because of the fiancé matter, he suffered a great psychological impact and was very depressed.

  Big Miss sighed, walked to the bed, and lowered her voice: “Good night, sleep well.”

  Such a softly spoken sentence suddenly made Lin Shu feel that he had suffered a great grievance today, and somehow, his eyes stung.

  Ling Fengxiao’s expression immediately revealed a slight bewilderment, as if she was at a loss.

  “Don’t cry.” Big Miss sat on the side of the bed and looked at him: “I was wrong today too. I shouldn’t be harsh to you.”

  Lin Shu didn’t actually cry, but just felt a little bit wronged — Big Miss was currently his fiancée. Although he hadn’t accepted this matter very well psychologically, it really would be too shameful if word got out that he cried because he was bullied by his fiancée.

  He said: “Then, in the future, you’ll……”

  “I will not be fierce in the future,” Big Miss replied. “As long as you are obedient.”

  Lin Shu nodded. Speaking of being obedient, he was still very good at it.

  Big Miss looked at him with a slight smile in her eyes: “After today, there will be no more bad blood between you and me, and there will be no deception between us.”

  Lin Shu nodded.

  The Big Miss blew out the lamp for him: “Sleep.”

  Lin Shu’s mind wasn’t in a good state to begin with, so after thinking about the fiancée matter for a while, he fell asleep.

  The next day, his mind felt much better. It happened that Ling Fengxiao came to him and said that Huandang Mountain’s opening date was approaching, after which she asked whether he was prepared for it.

  Yesterday, he told her about the battle between himself and Xiao Shao. With Big Miss’s brains, she must have already understood that he was Folding Bamboo. Although it was a bit embarrassing to use a female body, fortunately, it was good that he didn’t have to worry about how to explain to the Big Miss where he got the quota.

  He said that he hadn’t begun the preparations yet.

  Big Miss said: “I have nothing to do today, so let me help you.”

  Then the clothes, weapons, talismans, and pills were rearranged and put into the brocade bag. Big Miss was extremely efficient and hardly needed Lin Shu’s intervention.

  It reminded him of when an owner was cleaning the hamster’s cage; the hamster just needed to quietly sit in the corner.

  ——Still a hamster.

  Life doesn’t seem to have changed.

  After that, the Dragon Guards came over, and Big Miss went to do her official business.

  Lin Shu idly stayed in the room reading.

  An hour later, an unexpected visitor came.

  With gorgeous clothes and an arrogant air, it was His Royal Highness Xiao Lingyang.

  Lin Shu had a slight headache.

  Xiao Lingyang entered the door. The first thing he did was to slap a stack of paper onto his table: “You, look.”

  So Lin Shu looked.

  The first thing that caught his eyes was the huge title: 《Recounting the Twelve Evil Deeds of Ling Fengxiao》.

  Lin Shu: “.……”

  Xiao Lingyang: “You’ve been bewitched by money. You don’t know how sinister Ling Fengxiao is—I’ll forgive you this time! It took me seven days to write this book and expose the truth to you. If you don’t show common sense and leave this person immediately……Hmph! Then you can’t tell what’s good for you! You’ll have only yourself to blame!”

  His words were illogical and inappropriate, which showed that his literary level was relatively low, but the central idea was clear: Leave My Sister.

  It turned out that His Royal Highness, under the Big Miss’s coercion, no longer dared to bully and threaten him directly. Instead, he advised Lin Shu to leave.

  Lin Shu didn’t open the book 《Recounting the Twelve Evil Deeds of Ling Fengxiao》.

  Xiao Lingyang screamed: “Hurry up and look!”

  Lin Shu was unmoved.

  After all, a hamster and a legitimate wife were different. At the very least, he had a lot more confidence when facing Xiao Lingyang.

  He had no parents or relatives in his previous life. After his master died, he had no family either. Now that he actually had to deal with the relationship with his brother-in-law, it was a bit fresh.

  Xiao Lingyang saw his passive attitude, and the corners of his eyes twitched. He looked like he was about to slap the table and stand up.

  Lin Shu slowly took off the jade ornament hanging from his neck and placed it on the table.

  The moment Xiao Lingyang saw the little jade ornament, he became completely silent.

  Lin Shu even gloated at Xiao Lingyang’s misfortune. He thought that Xiao Lingyang’s mood at the moment was almost the same as his own mood when he found out about the engagement.

  “You……” Xiao Lingyang recovered from the silence and took a few quick breaths: “You!”

  Lin Shu: “Me?”

  “How could you!” Xiao Lingyang was already unable to speak: “You…… have no authority and no influence! You haven’t even become an immortal yet! Even if there’s a marriage contract, you’re nothing more than a pretty boy!”

  Lin Shu thought for a while. It seemed that this was the truth.

  He thought about it some more: “But compared to Big Miss, no one has authority or influence.”

  Including you, my little brother-in-law.

  Ling Fengxiao is currently discussing official business with the Dragon Guards, but you can come here to make trouble. Don’t you think something’s wrong with that picture?

  The little brother-in-law was fiercely choked, just like when Old Hall Master Yue heard “You’re right”.

  He snorted from his nose and repeated: “Nothing more than a pretty boy!”

  Lin Shu ignored him and continued to read, very peacefully.

  After all, he was now a hamster with status.

  __________

  TLs Mini Theatre:

  Zaki: I want a hamster……

  Ea: Do you have money?

  Zaki: a small mouse then……

  Ea: Do you have money?

  Zaki: fineeee!!! *finds myself a cricket*