Chapter 206: Liu Lin Gets Married (Part 3)

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In the bridal chamber. 

Liu Lin closed the door and walked toward Song Yao. Seeing her blushing face, he took something from his pocket and passed it to her. In a somewhat solemn voice, he said, “This… You recognise it right?”

Song Yao was actually rather nervous and anxious about what was going to happen. It was a bit of a surprise to hear Liu Lin speak in such a solemn tone. She lifted her head for a look and saw a handkerchief. 

It seemed a bit familiar. Song Yao took it from him before exclaiming, “This… Isn’t this my handkerchief? How did it end up with you?” She lifted her head and looked at Liu Lin. 

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After a long while, Song Yao slowly shook her head. She wouldn’t volunteer the information, but that didn’t mean she wouldn’t answer him. So long as Liu Lin asked, she would definitely respond. So she paused for a moment before lightly saying, “My fiance Meng Ke, I’ve never met him. His family has close ties with my dasao’s family, so my dasao knew him. She was older than him by three years, and rumor has it they were childhood sweethearts. If it weren’t for the fact that my dasao was older than him by a few years, they might have been matched together. Meng Ke had always been good looking, even as a child. He has a rather self indulgent character. I heard that he has quite a few servant girls and concubines. Dasao has seen them before. Every single one of them is beautiful and intelligent and Meng Ke likes every single one of them…. Dasao made sure that I knew all this.”

Liu Lin was stunned when he heard. He was usually quite a sharp and cunning person, but he looked rather silly right now. Song Yao had already made the situation so clear, but he didn’t seem to be able to understand it. He frowned and thought for a long time before slowly understanding. Song Yao was telling him that… she didn’t like her ex-fiance even a tiny bit?! So when she heard about him backing out of their engagement, she didn’t even feel sad at all, and was actually even a bit happy….

Instantly he brightened and looked at Song Yao. But the happiness only lasted for a brief moment. The next instant, he deflated and wondered if he should ask. After a while, he quietly muttered, “Then, marrying me… Do you feel like you’ve been cheated? After all, you were in a desperate situation….”

Song Yao lowered her head and didn’t say anything for a long while. 

Liu Lin started to get worried. He looked at her and softly said, “You can be honest with me. I won’t blame you… I married you and want to have a good life with you. It’s just that I… want to know your honest thoughts.”

Song Yao bit her lip before slowly nodding, “It’s true… I was desperate and about to collapse. And at that time, you appeared, so I said those words…”

Although he had been mentally prepared, Liu Lin was still disappointed when he heard. After a while, he just said, “Oh” and went into a daze. 

Song Yao very quickly glanced at him before lowering her head, “But later… after spending more time with you, your character…. I could also see what you were like, especially in this matter…. You actually had so many other ways of dealing with it. I thought that, if you were not willing, I wouldn’t begrudge you… Honestly speaking, I was in no position to feel angry with you, after all, I was the one who dragged you into this. You were doing this to help me. But you…. Anyway…. Anyway, I’ve changed my mind!” She said the last sentence resolutely. 

Liu Lin’s head was spinning; there had been too many sudden changes for him to digest. He couldn’t seem to wrap his head around what she had just said. He looked at her blankly for a long while, till Song Yao’s entire face was red, before finally reacting. With slow dawning excitement, he asked, “Your meaning…. Is that you came to accept the situation and felt that I wasn’t too bad? You started to like me?”

Song Yao immediately covered her face. 

If Liu Lin still didn’t understand, he was definitely a fool. Shocked and delighted, he immediately took her in his arms. Extremely moved, it took him a long time to squeeze out, “I… will treat you well. I will love and protect you….”

He carried her to bed….

The next day, He shi was the one who woke the earliest. 

She was feeling rather uneasy, and couldn’t sleep the entire night. All sorts of thoughts and fears were buzzing around in her head. Whenever she recalled her initial fierce rejection, He shi felt regret. Looking at the situation now, it did seem that her newest daughter-in-law suited her son much better than little Xiuxiu. At any rate, last night whenever He shi had secretly looked at her son, she could see how happy he was despite being drunk. She knew that her son really liked his new bride, but she had tried to refuse…

He shi sighed and left the main house, preparing to head to the kitchen. 

“Mum.” Liu Xu’er had just come out of her room and saw He shi. 

He shi turned and saw that it was her. Surprised, she smiled, “Why are you up so early?”

“Mum, I should be asking you that?” Liu Xu’er retorted. Then she smiled and said, “I’m a bit worried about Shi Cheng. He drank a lot last night… I’ve never seen him drink that much before, and want to go over and look at him,”

Last night, Liu Lin, the new groom had sneaked off, so it fell to Shi Cheng, Liu Shu and Liu Tao to hold the fort. Each of them had had a lot to drink. In the end, all of them toppled to the ground. Shi Cheng hadn’t gone back last night. He slept in Liu Sen’s room. 

He shi smiled and said, “Let him sleep a while. He’ll be fine when he wakes.”

Liu Xu’er nodded her head. She looked at He shi’s expression and understood her worry. She smiled and said, “Mum, don’t worry. Erge wouldn’t be so foolish as to tell ersao what had happened before they got engaged. He definitely won’t tell her who objected and who agreed to their match. Furthermore, even if she knows, so what? We are after all not from similar stations. It was totally understandable that we wouldn’t want to be social climbers. Ersao is someone reasonable. She definitely can reason this for herself. You shouldn’t overthink it. So long as you treat ersao the same way you do dasao, things will be fine. What does it matter that we were from different social classes, in the end, aren’t we all human? After spending enough time together, our relationships will definitely grow closer. Don’t worry!”

After hearing that, most of He shi’s worries dissipated. She couldn’t help smiling and pointing at her forehead, “You really are becoming more and more persuasive! I am sure that even after you get married, you would be able to talk rings around your mother-in-law!”

Liu Xu’er started to laugh, “Mum really doesn’t need to worry about that! My mother-in-law is very fond of me! She feels I am wonderful….”

“Oh my! Aren’t you embarrassed to be saying that!”

“You really don’t need to worry, I have my own ways of dealing with my mother-in-law. My mother-in-law needs to be treated gently. I also understand her temper…. HAHA!”

Shi Cheng was rubbing his head as he came out of the room opposite. “Xu’er, my head hurts. Give me a glass of water…” Eyes half closed, he walked into Liu Xu’er’s room and climbed atop her kang. 

Liu Xu’er and He shi were both stunned. It took Liu Xu’er a while before she reacted. Amazed, she said, “Oh…. Didn’t you see that mum is standing here?” Then she started to follow him in to settle accounts with Shi Cheng. 

He shi smiled and held her back, “He definitely didn’t see me! If he did, would he dare to behave that way? You should just pour him a glass of water. He drank too much yesterday, so his head should be hurting now! I will go and tell Wang shi to make some sobering soup. There should be quite a few people who need it this morning!” She said as she walked toward the kitchen. 

Liu Xu’er could only head into her room and pour Shi Cheng a glass. 

With his eyes still closed, Shi Cheng swallowed the water. Then he continued to lie on her kang. Shortly thereafter, he started to snore. Liu Xu’er was both exasperated and amused. She was also worried that he hadn’t closed Liu Sen’s door when he left, so hurried over. She saw that Liu Sen was curled into a small ball sleeping at the edge of the kang. From the looks of things, he had been squeezed quite a bit last night. Amused, Liu Xu’er went over and got Liu Sen to lie down properly. She covered him with a blanket, closed the door and left. 

He shi instructed the kitchen to prepare sobering soup before heading over to have a look at Shi Cheng. She saw that Shi Cheng was flat out on the kang, asleep. Liu Xu’er was just helping him to remove his shoes and adjust him on the kang. She covered him with a blanket. Then both mother and daughter tiptoed out. 

Liu Xu’er took the extinguished charcoal brazier from the room and told the servants to help to light it again. They brought it back and placed it in the room. Mother and daughter, both wearing hand-covers, with a little hand stove, then started to softly chat outside…