Chapter 1432
Are you burning paper money for me?
Chapter 1432 Are you burning paper money for me?
“It’s so beautiful. Could you give me one, my concubine?” Su Shen asked from the side.
“No problem!” Li Wei said, hanging the painting in the middle.
"I knew it!" Lin Hao thought to himself.
With the chrysanthemums on both sides, the place looked more and more like a funeral hall, which stunned Su Shen for a moment.
"Oh, right, I have another gift!" Li Wei winked at Yu Ping outside the door, and then Yu Ping walked in carrying a dog.
Lin Hao picked up the dog and petted it a couple of times. He actually liked the dog quite a bit, so he named it Li Baifu.
That evening, the fifth brother, Yin Qi, arrived at Lin Hao's villa, but one of his hands was wrapped up like a mummy.
“Shangguan Jing is simply inhuman. Madam Chuan summoned me several times, telling me to treat her well, but as soon as I went there, she broke my arm. If I get close to her again, I’m sure I’ll be childless.”
Yin Qi, with a long face, poured out his grievances to Lin Hao, but the next second he seemed to realize something was wrong, but after looking for a long time he couldn't find anything wrong.
Yin Qi looked at Lin Hao with a puzzled expression, pointed to the room full of yellow chrysanthemums and asked:
"What kind of things are these? They look creepy, like they're the ones I sent away."
“There!” Lin Hao raised his chin, gesturing to the portrait in the center of the main room.
"Holy crap, what is this? It looks like a funeral parlor."
"It was done by the concubine, isn't it beautiful!"
"Beautiful? Heh, looks like we're in the same boat!"
"Hey, that's different!" Lin Hao said with a smile:
"Li Wei has been very concerned about me lately, urging me to take my medicine and giving me gifts. What do you think she means by this?"
Lin Hao's unintentional boasting instantly stung the heart of the fifth brother, Yin Qi. Thinking of the shrewish mother at home who wouldn't let him eat, he was instantly consumed by jealousy.
Finally, Yin Qi, trembling with anger, said to Lin Hao with righteous indignation:
"What kind of person are you? If you want to show off how good your wife is to you and how much she likes you, you don't need to flaunt it in front of me!"
"Am I not miserable enough?!" Yin Qi then stood up, looking heartbroken, and said, "I'm leaving, this is too humiliating!"
"Sigh, so it turns out she really likes me!" Lin Hao said loudly.
Upon hearing this, Yin Qi walked even faster, not for any other reason than anger.
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The next day, Su Shen came to Lin Hao with a furious expression, took out the letter written by Li Wei and placed it in front of Lin Hao, listing Li Wei's crimes.
"Didn't you tell her that concubines are not allowed to send letters home?"
"They actually sent it out? The contents are absolutely disgusting, downright outrageous!"
"Let me read it to you!" Su Shen said, casually taking out a letter and reciting:
"Father, Mother, my husband's death is imminent, I must return home immediately..."
"Father, Mother, my husband is dying, and the flowers are blooming on the roadside..."
"What is this?!" Su Shen said angrily.
"So she's treating the day you take your exams as your death day; she's counting down the days until you pass away!"
"Then she can take the pension and go back to Jichuan to live a carefree life!"
Lin Hao then opened a letter and read it. After reading the contents, Lin Hao smiled indifferently.
Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, Lin Hao waved to Su Shen and whispered a few words.
Upon hearing this, Su Shen stared at Lin Hao with wide eyes in surprise, then smiled and went to make the arrangements.
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Before they knew it, it was June 8th, the day of the written examination. Lin Hao calmly walked into the Young Master's Academy to take the written examination.
With Lin Hao's knowledge, this test was a piece of cake for him, and he unsurprisingly won first place.
Of course, the others weren't surprised either, since Lao Liu had always gotten first place in exams since he was a child. It would be strange if he didn't get first place.
When Lin Hao finished his exam and returned to the villa, he didn't tease Li Wei as usual.
Night fell, thunder rumbled and heavy rain poured down outside, while inside a house in Lin Hao's villa.
Li Wei, dressed in mourning clothes, knelt on the ground burning paper money. Afraid that she wouldn't be able to cry, she even chopped onions to stimulate her eyes and induce tears.
The jade bottle and jade cup entered, and upon seeing this scene, they were immediately shocked and quickly stepped forward to advise:
"Madam, what are you doing? What are you doing? Take it off! Why are you dressed like that?!"
"Li Wei...!" Just then, a faint, cold voice called out from outside the house.
The key is that the sound had a long, drawn-out ending, with a hollow echo.
Okay, it seems like they're calling her. Li Wei's heart tightened instantly, and then she froze, staring wide-eyed at the door.
Not to mention Li Wei, even Yu Ping and Yu Zhan were startled by the noise outside.
"Boom!" Suddenly, thunder rumbled outside, and a bolt of lightning flashed across the window, illuminating the entire room in a stark white light.
Li Wei caught a glimpse of Lin Hao, dressed in plain white clothes and with disheveled hair, walking in from the ground behind her, leaving a long shadow.
This was the scene that Lin Hao had arranged for Su Shen to deliberately create. Seeing that Li Wei was frightened, Lin Hao slowly floated in front of Li Wei.
"Li Wei... what are you doing? I'm here to find you...!" Lin Hao's cold voice rang out again.
Li Wei's hair stood on end. She stared wide-eyed at Lin Hao, too afraid to move, too afraid to speak, and even forgot to breathe.
Another flash of lightning, and in that instant of light, Lin Hao used a floating motion to reach Li Wei.
"Are you... are you burning paper money for me?"
Li Wei finally couldn't hold back anymore, and was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.
"Waaaaah~!"
"It wasn't me! I didn't hurt you!"
"It's a misunderstanding! It's a misunderstanding!"
"Sixth Young Master, please spare me!"
"I'll invite a high-ranking monk to perform a ritual for you tomorrow! I'll burn ten thousand paper effigies for you! I'll burn mountains of gold and silver! Just don't come looking for me!"
"Hehehehe...!" A low laugh echoed in the room, making the mourning hall even more terrifying.
Lin Hao reached out and smoothed his hair. This small gesture instantly startled Li Wei, who screamed and covered her eyes again.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
"Ah~, waah!" Li Wei was so frightened that she fell to the ground again, shrinking to the side and curling up into a ball, covering her eyes with her hands, and even her voice changed.
"Sixth Young Master, this has nothing to do with me, don't come looking for me!"
However, after a while, Li Wei, realizing that she was alright, cautiously peeked through her fingers.
Lin Hao had already walked to the brazier, squatted down, and stretched out one hand to warm it over the fire, muttering to himself:
"It's terribly cold in this room; it's much warmer by the brazier!"
"Ah~, help me, help me!" Seeing Lin Hao squatting in front of the brazier to warm himself, he screamed in fright again, but then realized that something was wrong.
"Alright, stop yelling." Lin Hao rubbed his ears and said with a helpless expression.
Originally, I only meant to scare her a little, but I didn't expect her to be so easily frightened. Then I had Yu Ping and Yu Zhan help Li Wei up. However, Yu Ping and Yu Zhan, the two maids, saw through the trick and quickly helped Li Wei stand up.
"A ghost...afraid of the cold? And it's warming itself by a fire?" Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then her little brain finally came back to thinking.
"You, you, you're not dead?" Li Wei opened her mouth but couldn't speak. By this time, she had come to her senses.
"So what are you thinking? Do you think today is my death day?"
After getting up, Li Wei's mind went blank. Thinking of Lin Hao, who had been sickly and seemingly on the verge of death just two days ago, she said incredulously:
"You...you...aren't you going to die today?"
"Today is my exam day. Do you think I'm going to die?" Lin Hao raised an eyebrow and said calmly.
"So you set up a mourning hall for me, painted my portrait, and even wore mourning clothes and burned paper money for me?"
"Oh no, oh no, this is going to be a disaster." Li Wei's face turned pale. Only then did she realize that she had made a huge blunder.
However, her behavior was tantamount to cursing her husband, which would have been punishable by death in Xinchuan.
"Young Master, please forgive me, Young Master, please forgive me." Li Wei quickly knelt down to beg for forgiveness.
"Get up, you're so scared your face is all white." Lin Hao said as he sat down.
At this moment, Su Shen placed a stack of letters on the table.
Li Wei's eyes widened, and she asked timidly, "How did the family letter end up with you?"
After saying that, she turned back to look at the jade bottle and jade cup, and finally looked at Lin Hao with a pitiful expression.
Lin Hao took the letter and looked at it, then said with a smile, "I'm really sorry, my stomach problem isn't serious enough to kill me. I'm sorry to disappoint you!"
Li Wei's voice was barely audible as she murmured, "I knew it!"
"What are you saying? Only half a month left!" he said, looking at her with a half-smile.
"You've mistaken the day my book is examined for my death, haven't you?"
Li Wei, whose eyes had been wandering, widened her eyes upon hearing this, finally realizing where the problem lay.
"You...you've finished your exams?"
"The exam is over!"
How did the exam go?
"Not bad, first place!"
Li Wei was extremely embarrassed and at a loss for words. Upon hearing this, she forced a smile and praised, "Congratulations, Young Master! Young Master is wise and mighty!"
"Mmm~!" Su Shen hummed in response, signaling Li Wei to watch her behavior.
Seeing Li Wei's expression, Lin Hao felt it was necessary to help her resolve her inner conflict; otherwise, the relationship would definitely be affected by the resentment she harbored.
Thinking of this, he then said to the others, "Alright, you may all leave. I have something to say to the concubine alone!"
"Yes, Sixth Young Master!"
After the maid and Su Shen left, Lin Hao walked up to Li Wei and asked, "Do I look weak?"
"You think I'm going to die soon because I look weak!"
"to be frank!"
Li Wei knelt on the ground, not daring to utter a single word, for fear that her words would anger Lin Hao.
Lin Hao sighed helplessly before saying, "Alright, get up and talk!"
As he spoke, Lin Hao helped Li Wei up, and Li Wei also stood up. Then she said weakly, "Well, then I'll tell you the truth!"
"Of course you have to tell the truth!"
Seeing Li Wei's hesitation, Lin Hao sighed and then spoke frankly:
"The people around me won't tell me the truth, but I want to hear the truth!"
"The Sixth Young Master is indeed a bit, well, slightly frail!" Li Wei composed herself, and seeing that Lin Hao wasn't truly angry, she said pitifully:
"Plus, I heard from others that the Sixth Young Master has been frail and sickly since childhood, so~!"
"So?" Lin Hao gestured for Li Wei to continue.
"Therefore, those who are unfit for great responsibilities, unloved by their fathers and mothers, are the weakest among the young masters!"
"and then?"
"And then, that was it!" After saying that, Li Wei looked at Lin Hao pitifully and asked, "What are you going to do with me?"
This poor little thing looks so pitiful, it breaks your heart.
Seeing that Li Wei still looked pitiful, he didn't make things difficult for her, but instead comforted her:
"Okay, okay, stop crying, it's not your fault!"
"You really don't blame me anymore? I was...!"
"Alright, it's really not your fault!" Lin Hao gently patted the little girl's back.
"Thank you!" Li Wei gently struggled out of Lin Hao's arms, then expressed her gratitude with blurry eyes.
"If you want to look good, wear a white outfit!" Looking at Li Wei's outfit, Lin Hao was really tempted. It was a pity that it was all white; it would have looked even better in black.
Then, instinctively, he pulled her into his arms and kissed her cherry-like lips.
"Mmm~" Li Wei tried to resist, but she couldn't muster the strength to do so, and the next second she was immersed in Lin Hao's kiss.
After a long silence, Lin Hao looked at Li Wei, whose face was flushed and head was lowered, and said softly, "Go change your clothes and let's go have dinner together!"
"Oh, then you can go out for a bit!" Li Wei said cautiously.
Lin Hao grinned mischievously, "I'm your husband, are you sure?"
"You, just go out for a moment."
"Alright!" Lin Hao didn't insist on keeping him and nodded as he went outside.
After a while, Li Wei took off her mourning clothes, changed into regular clothes, and then came out.
Lin Hao and she went to have dinner together, and during the meal, the two talked about the cause and effect of the matter.
Having cleared up her grudges, Li Wei then realized that the Sixth Young Master's life in the palace was not easy either.
Before they knew it, the two had been chatting late into the night, and their relationship had progressed further. However, Li Wei still did not let Lin Hao succeed.
Lin Hao didn't force it, after all, it's best to let things take their natural course.
The following day, after the written examination, Lin Hao came out on top. In addition, his stomach ailment was gradually improving, so Madam Chuan ordered that Lin Hao and Li Wei be given a wedding night.
Previously, in the eyes of outsiders, Lin Hao had always suffered from stomach problems and was in poor health, so the wedding night did not take place.
There wasn't even a wedding ceremony; Li Wei simply paid her respects at the ancestral hall and then sent her to Lin Hao's place.
But now that it's said Lin Hao's stomach ailment has healed, this step naturally needs to be made up.
Lin Hao was really looking forward to their wedding night, but Li Wei was a bit conflicted, or rather, she hadn't made up her mind.
Although she had become more familiar with Lin Hao and his impression of her was better than before, it was still her first time, so she subconsciously resisted consummating the marriage.
So, to avoid the wedding night, she ate a lot of spicy mutton. When Lin Hao saw Li Wei that night, her cherry lips were swollen like sausages, which looked quite amusing.
"I suddenly had a craving for spicy beef, and I accidentally ate a little too much!" Li Wei said with an embarrassed laugh.
"The old woman said that those with disfigurement cannot see the young master, as it is disrespectful. So you should go back tonight!"