Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a healthy and prosperous new year, may all your wishes come true and every day be more vibrant!

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  "What's up, it's the end of the month, I'm asking everyone for some pink (likes), please take a look and see if you still have any, to give encouragement to those who double updated for New Year's. Also, Point has organized an annual PK tournament, first place will receive a prize, interested friends can help me vote (cough, this is the same as PK votes, it requires spending money, no pressure). 12 o'clock sharp, additional update."

  Thank you everyone.

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  Lin Liu Fei hastily said: "Ten taels of gold!" The Water Crystal Hairpin was good, but it couldn't make up for the loss. She had asked Lu Yun before, and this hairpin had cost Lin Yu Zhen 60,000 yuan at that time. With an exchange rate of 5,000 yuan per tael of gold, this price wasn't a bit disadvantageous to her, and she even made a profit.

  Lin Wu was half a beat late and just managed to shout out: "Twelve ounces!"

  "What's twelve taels? Silver?" Lin Qi immediately caught Lin Wu's slip-up, and with a joyful clap, she said: "Sister Wu, you're really generous! You think twelve taels of silver can be exchanged for the crystal hairpin worth tens of thousands that Fourth Sister has? That's not fair at all! This is clearly taking advantage of Fourth Sister!"

  Lin Wu's face turned bright red with excitement: "I'm talking about gold! Gold!" He turned around to look at Lin Jianrong, both anxious and angry: "Fourth sister, I'm talking about gold, give it to me!"

  "Hurry up and get the gold from San Shao's place, quickly." Lin Liu whispered to Yatou Zixi, then turned back to look at Lin Jinyong with a warm smile: "Fourth sister, you said it was a fixed price, no changes, right?"

  Lin Jinyong nodded slightly hesitantly: "Yes. But..."

  "What's going on? We all heard it, you're not going to help Eldest Sister cheat, are you? Or do you want to earn those two taels of gold? If you've fallen for the money and deliberately want to help her, I have nothing to say."

  "No! I have something to say!" Lin Liu tapped the tea table lightly with his fan: "Wu Jie has ulterior motives, it's clear that she had already made up her mind and is just pretending to be innocent. If I said it was ten taels of silver, she would say it was twelve taels of silver; if I said it was ten taels of gold, she would also say it was twelve taels of gold. Moreover, she's even slower than me! Are you still going to protect her, Fourth Sister? I won't stand for it!"

  Both coercion and intimidation were used, Lin Jinrong secretly smiled and looked at Lin Wu with difficulty: "Fifth sister, look at this..."

  Lin Wu was on the verge of tears, biting her lip and staring at the twins with a mixture of sadness and anger. "You're ganging up on me! You're bullying me!" she exclaimed. Before she could finish speaking, tears began to flow from her eyes. She gritted her teeth and took off all the valuable items on her body, placing them on the tea table: "Fourth sister, I'll exchange these for your aquamarine pendant. That way, no one can say I'm trying to take advantage of you." As she spoke, she reached out to grab the pendant.

  Lin Jinyong saw clearly, quickly picked up the water jade hairpin and grasped it tightly in her hand, took two steps back, and said nervously: "Fifth sister, this is not good." She was certain that if the hairpin fell into Lin Wu's hands, the twins would rush to grab it, and no matter how they lost face, it would be a small matter; but damaging her water jade hairpin would make her lose everything! And waste her tea and pastries too!

  Lin Liu immediately stood up, blocking Lin Wu, and said with his chin raised: "Fifth sister, what I just said was gold. Who wants these broken trinkets!" He stretched out his hand, and the hastily arriving maid Zi Xiu quickly handed over five two-tael gold ingots.

  Lin Liu smiled complacently and said with great momentum: "Fourth sister, one must keep their word."

  "Sorry, Fifth Sister." Lin Jinrong hesitated for a moment, then signaled to Liuzi who had just returned. Liuzi quickly came forward and discreetly checked the gold ingot before putting it away. Only then did Lin Jinrong hand over the water crystal hairpin to Lin Liu: "Sixth Sister, take a good look, this hairpin is undamaged." In case she cried and made a fuss later, saying that she had been given something of poor quality, once the gold ingot was in her pocket, she would never spit it out again.

  "I still don't believe you, Fourth Sister." Lin Liu smiled, lowered her head, and playfully winked at Lin Wu, showing off her pleased expression: "Fourth Sister, help me put it on!"

  Lin Jinyong gently helped Lin Liuzhi pin up her hair.

  "Thanks to Fourth Sister for her gift." Lin Liu put on the fish-shaped earrings made of aquamarine that Lü Pinyin had brought, shaking his head and asking Lin Jianrong and Lin Qi, "Don't they look good?"

  Lin Qi stroked his palm and burst out laughing: "Great!"

  "Alright, alright, you guys are ganging up on me, aren't you? It's just a broken needle, isn't it? I don't care! I'll send you to the grave!" Lin Wu's eyes were red, her lips trembling, she swept everything off the table into her arms and stood up to leave.

  "How can you hurt people like that? You're the one who's going to die!" Lin Qi slapped Lin Wu, but was caught mid-air by Lin Rongrong, who repeatedly tried to persuade her. Lin Wu pursed his lips tightly and glanced at his three sisters before walking away quickly with a cold smile.

  Lin Liu pressed the hairpin on her head and said slowly, "Fifth sister, slow down, don't fall and blame us for it! You're better off not being a hypocrite who has one set of words in front of people and another behind their backs. We three are not afraid of you alone."

  Lin Wu walked even faster.

  Lin Jinyong said seriously: "Sixth sister, don't talk nonsense from now on. If others hear it, they will really think that I, as her elder sister, am bullying her together with you guys."

  Her attitude is upright, how you bully Lin Wu is your business, don't drag me into it. Lin Liu heard it, but smiled carelessly: "What I said is the truth, today she is the one who is wrong. Whoever says it to her face, it's all her fault!"

  Seeing off the twins, Gui Yatou wanted to speak but hesitated. Lin Jingru knew she didn't approve of what he was doing and didn't ask her, just ordered her to do things. Gui Yatou indeed didn't have the courage to speak out, sighed and worriedly retreated.

  "Everything has been given to Third Master, he's leaving immediately to take care of it." Lychee asked Lin Jiran in a low voice: "Miss, why didn't you give it to Fifth Miss? She promised twelve taels after all." Two taels of gold can be exchanged for ten guan of money, wasn't it all about the money, why not accept it?

  "Selling the hairpin to them is unavoidable." Lin Jinrong said in a low voice: "If you want to see it, just take it. Auntie won't be willing to spend so much money on this hairpin, why bother her. Sixth sister has made a profit and is satisfied, Second aunt won't come looking for trouble." Asking for two more taels of gold from Lin Wu would easily lead to rumors that she intentionally provoked a fight between her sisters for the sake of money. Although some people might still say so now, she could always say that she was forced into it, if it were just about the money, why wouldn't she take Lin Wu's twelve taels of gold?

  Moreover, she originally wanted to sell it to Lin Liu. Firstly, because the second house had more money and was greedy for small bargains, secondly, in the following days, Zhou Shi had been holding the household chores for a long time, Zhou Shi was cautious by nature and would not be satisfied with Lin Wu spending so much money on this hairpin, even if it were really sold to Lin Wu, the money would not be taken safely, why go to such lengths for two taels of gold?

  Lychee sighed, "Although it's not Five Miss's fault, she herself made a mistake in her words and lost, but I'm worried that the old lady will think you're not after money, but deliberately bullying and taking revenge on Five Miss with Six Miss and Seven Miss. It's still going to offend her."

  To avoid getting into trouble, it's really only possible to do as Lin Qi said and give in without a fight. Lin Jinrong sat thinking for a moment before calling out to Liuzhi: "You go prepare some pastries, I'll make a trip to Pu Jianju." Although there was no way to placate the Zhou mother and daughter, making this trip would at least shut people up.

  Arriving at the humble abode, they could already hear Lin Wu's sobbing sounds from outside the door. Lin Jinrong and Li Zhi exchanged a glance, instructing the young maid to go forward and inform Zhou Shi.

  Shao Qin, the room echoed with Lin Wu's scolding... [This chapter is not finished, please click next page to continue!]