Lin Jinyongs foot had just stepped onto the threshold when her younger sister Lin Jin-yin quickly emerged from under the curtain, burying her head and rushing forward without looking at the road, almost colliding with her sister.

  "Sister, where are you going? So urgent?" Lin Jinyong braked in time and pulled Lin Jinyin back, looking at her soft and sweet smile. Lin Jinyin was promised to marry their uncles eldest son, Tao Fengtang, but now she seemed to have been teased by her aunt and future mother-in-law, and was running away in embarrassment.

  At the age of sixteen, Lin Jianyins face was flushed with shyness, and she didnt dare to look at her sister. She gently adjusted the colorful ribbon on her sisters head, touched her cheek, and affectionately asked: "Are you feeling better? I went to see you this morning, but you hadnt gotten up yet." Thanks to the beauty of the Tao family, Lin Jianyin not only had a face as beautiful as a peach blossom, but also had a pleasant voice that was crisp and sweet, like pearls falling onto a jade plate.

  "Wow, I had a bowl of porridge and four crystal buns this morning!" Lin Jinyong voluntarily reported to her sister how much she ate, savoring the warmth and care from her sister. She looked up at Lin Jinyins pale and beautiful face, feeling like she couldnt get enough of it. In her past life, she didnt appreciate it, but after being reborn, she realized that these displays of love and tenderness from family members were truly precious and hard to come by.

  "Really? Thats great." Lin Jin-yin forgot her own shyness, pulled her sisters hand and said softly: "Listen to Sister Gui, if youre still scared at night, just move in with me for a few days." She knew why her sister was frightened, but that kind of thing, she, an unmarried young woman, couldnt say, could only clumsily comfort her sister: "Its not a big deal, forget it. Mother said, after a few days, take us to the Lotus Temple to burn incense, and ask Master Kong to recite some scriptures for you."

  Lin Jinyongs eyes sparkled, and she smiled coyly: "No, I havent had any nightmares for a while now. Last night was probably because my hand was on my chest." How could she dare to live with Lin Jinyong? What if she said something in her sleep and Lin Jinyong heard it? Clearly, he was already dead, but somehow he came back to when they were young. Such a strange thing, how could she explain it? Who would believe her? Afraid that everyone would think she had really gone crazy, and be splashed with dog blood. Nightmares, now its really become a nightmare... Time will pass, and things will get better. If she can just resolve that marriage matter once and for all, shell be able to sleep more soundly.

  Lin Jinyan affectionately patted her sisters head: "Good girl."

  She was only a few years older than Lin Jinyong, yet she spoke in such an old-fashioned and arrogant tone. The maids and servant girls all smiled slightly, but Lin Jinyong didnt feel annoyed at all, instead her eyes became slightly hot.

  "Niang niang is here?" Taos voice, with a metallic clang, rang out in the room at a steady pace, revealing her good mood.

  "Ill go see Grandma first." Lin Jianyin didnt want to bother going back in, so he slightly waved his hand at Lin Jianrong and smiled as he left.

  Lin Jinrong entered the house at the sound, smiled and first greeted Wu Shi sitting on the left kang: "Auntie, you are blessed." She glanced at Wu Shi, who was dressed very brightly, with a blue and gold small sleeve rotating cuff paired with a chrysanthemum skirt. On her head, she wore a fashionable and expensive white horned crown, but her skin was yellow and her eyes were also slightly yellow. Lin Jinrong couldnt help but sigh silently, it was this illness that had killed her aunt.

  Wus wife, however, was already smiling and pulling Lin Jianrong up, looking him up and down before sighing: "Its been half a year since we last met, and hes grown even taller. Hes much more sensible than my third daughter, how did you raise him?" The latter half of the sentence was directed at Taos wife.

  At home, there was a joyful occasion, and Tao Shi was also dressed up. She wore a silver-blue short-sleeved jacket with a length reaching her knees, a dark brown pleated skirt, and had her hair styled in a high bun, adorned with golden pins. At the age of thirty-five, her eyes still sparkled like autumn water, captivating peoples attention. With a playful pout, she said: "Sister-in-law is teasing me again." As she spoke, she slightly furrowed her beautiful eyebrows and indignantly said: "You know it well, my family has such an unscrupulous person! My daughter was frightened to this extent, and he just let it go like that! Not even allowing me to seek justice! What if the children dont understand? Wont they be taken advantage of?" As soon as she started speaking, her words poured out endlessly, as if she wanted to pour out all the grievances accumulated over the years to Wu Shi.

  The Tao family was wealthy, and when the Tao sister was a young girl, she was an only child, beautiful and talented, skilled in needlework, music, chess, books, and painting. She received boundless pampering and affection, and her elder sister-in-law was kind-hearted and gracious. As a result, she lived a very comfortable life. However, precisely because of this, the people at home neglected to discipline her temperament, and she grew up with a stubborn and explosive personality. Even after marrying for many years and experiencing numerous setbacks, although her temper had been somewhat subdued, her inherent nature remained unchanged. Her likes and dislikes were extremely direct, and she didnt know how to curry favor or be obsequious. She wouldnt lower her head, especially in front of people she liked and trusted. She wouldnt hide even a hint of her true feelings, nor would she worry about speaking out loud in front of her natal family members, letting the words reach the ears of her husbands family and causing trouble for herself.

  The two families are close, but Lin Jin-yin will be marrying into the Tao family in the future, and its not good to let her future mother-in-law hear such ugly things. Lin Jin-rong is both concerned about saving face and afraid of being overheard, so she hastily smiled and grasped Mrs. Taos arm, interrupting her: "Mother, this morning Second Aunt came to see me and gave me a pair of jade pendant."

  Tao raised an eyebrow and said disdainfully, "What good things could she possibly send?" This Luo was a mean and venomous person who relied on being the old ladys niece to mock those who were poor and resent those who were rich. But it just so happened that he had hit the nail on the head, and indeed all she had sent was only a pair of ordinary green jade hairpins.

  Madam Wu took a glance around the quiet and reserved maids, who were all watching with bated breath. She gently covered her mouth with her handkerchief and let out a soft cough. It was good that she had a close relationship with her sister-in-law, but sharing difficulties and troubles would not be beneficial if it got out. No matter how good the natal family was, they couldnt interfere in these trivial matters between husband and wife. Spreading bad news would make even the best of families uncomfortable, let alone the Lin family, whose waters ran deep.

  Mrs. Tao wasnt stupid, she just had a temper and couldnt control it when she got angry. She calmed down and softly said to Mrs. Wu, "Its nothing, we can trust them." Then she stroked Lin Jingrus soft and shiny black hair, sighed lightly, and affectionately kissed the young girls forehead: "My dear daughter seems to have grown up a bit after this illness. People say that children usually become more sensible after being ill once, its really true."

  Lin Jinyong once again thoroughly became a little girl, somewhat uncomfortable, got up and leaned against Taos family, smiling and asking Wu: "Where are Big Brother and Third Sister?"

  "Wu said: Your eldest brother is old, its not good for him to come and go in the inner house, he should talk to your father outside. Your third sister has caught a cold, I didnt let her come. Next year Tao Fengtang will be marrying Lin Jinyan, so they naturally want to avoid each other."

  "Madam, Young Master Qi has finished his breakfast." Tao Shis most trusted maid Chun Yun led in five-year-old Lin Shen who was lively and lovely, smiling as she pushed Lin Shen: "Go give your aunt a greeting."

  Lin Shens lovely smile, exactly like a model, gave Wu Shi a bow and asked for her well-being. "What a jade doll, smart and clever." Wu Shi was delighted to praise and bent down to hug him lightly before letting go - she herself was ill and felt very much so.

  Lin Shenzhi received praise and was overjoyed, his face flushed with excitement as he squeezed into Mrs. Taos arms to beg for pastries. Mrs. Tao gazed at her innocent and naive only son with a sigh: "Look at him, still so young, understanding nothing, yet in the blink of an eye, hell be getting married, with all sorts of troubles." She subconsciously placed her hand on her abdomen, who was to blame for this? Her parents-in-law hadnt denied her opportunities, but unfortunately, her own belly wasnt cooperating. After many years of marriage, there were only two daughters, Lin Jingyin and her sister. Although they finally had a son, Lin Qi, it was still a solitary tree that couldnt become a forest. But this time, the child in her womb was also a boy, so that was good.

  The younger son is older, the eldest son is younger, and he was born with such a temperament that he cannot be liked by his parents-in-law or his husband. This life is indeed difficult to pass. Wu Shi was silent for half a moment, and could only comfort Tao Shi: "At the age of five, Qi Lang is so smart and clever, and will not be bad in the future. What belongs to him, no one can take it away. Besides, he still has two sisters to help him." There is another sentence that is not good to say in front of children, even if Huang Niang was favored again, she is just a concubine after all, and it is impossible for her to surpass Tao Shi. Otherwise, after so many years, Tao Shi would not be liked, and the position of the third houses mistress would not be stable? In the third house, it is ultimately the actual power faction, and it is just suffocating in the heart.

  Speaking of the two clever and beautiful daughters, Taos heart felt much more at ease, and just as a hint of a smile appeared, he suddenly thought of something and asked Lin Jirong with great displeasure: "Where did you come from just now?"

  Lin Jinrongs heart skipped a beat, and she knew that someone must have told the Tao family about what had happened in the garden earlier. She wasnt afraid of the Tao family, but rather their hot-tempered nature, which would be difficult to deal with once it was triggered. It would make her look like a joke, and todays incident had already set things in motion, she had made up her mind to see it through to the end!

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