Chapter 31: My Wife is Clingy and Coquettish

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

In the morning, Cheng Yan was tired of lying in bed until noon. In the afternoon, he cleaned up the yard and accompanied Lin Mo to enjoy the coolness under the shade of the tree. This was the first day spent by the newly married husband and wife.

The sun towards the evening was not so bright, and it's rays cascaded on the ground. Lin Mo slept with his eyes closed beside Cheng Yan. The afterglow of dusk made his body warm and there was also a reassuring atmosphere around him. Lin Mo slept more deeply.

For a long time, even after the sun had set halfway, Lin Mo showed no sign of waking up. Cheng Yan was confused. Lin Mo was weak, and was tossed throughout the night last night, Cheng Yan felt a little bad.

Cheng Yan carefully picked up Lin Mo, and got up to walk into the room. Lin Mo seemed to stir. But under the steady steps of Cheng Yan, he soon fell back asleep.

Putting Lin Mo on the bed, Cheng Yan covered him up, and then walked out of the room. After Cheng Yan left for a few minutes, Lin Mo, who had been sleeping peacefully, suddenly frowned, and his hand resting on the quilt unconsciously fumbled beside him, as if to confirm something.

After fumbling for a long time, Lin Mo, with his eyes closed, frowned even tighter. It took a second and Lin Mo painstakingly opened his eyes. He felt that his eyelids were very heavy and the vision in front of him was blurry.

"Brother…" Lin Mo's eyelashes trembled slightly, and he finally opened his eyes, a little confused.

Lin Mo dreamt of his brother. He was back before the end of the world. Their family picked and frolicked in their orchard. In his dream, his brothers were still fifteen to sixteen years old. Lin Mo was held high by his brothers, which was what he expected most when he was a child. On one side, his parents picked fruit for them while laughing at them.

Lin Mo hadn't dreamt of their family together before the end of the world for a long time. He laughed happily in his dream, but Lin Mo woke up in tears.

Lin Mo forced the tears back from his eyes and got out of bed. He slept more than he normally did and woke up confused. Lin Mo was a little weak.

"Cheng Yan…" Lin Mo mumbled and walked out of the room.

Cheng Yan was cooking dinner and heard Lin Mo calling his name. He looked around and saw Lin Mo coming.

"Why are you here? When did you wake up?" Cheng Yan put water into the pot and covered it with a lid. He wiped his hands with an old cloth, and then walked quickly to him.

"As soon as I woke up, I didn't see you…" Lin Mo looked up at him.

Seeing his reddish eyes, Cheng Yan felt a little soft in his heart. His wife was so sticky that when he woke up and couldn't find him, he cried until his eyes turned red.

"Is there any discomfort in your body?" Cheng Yan sighed in his heart, held the man in his arms and touched his head to comfort him.

"No." After depressing the abnormal emotions, Lin Mo, who had returned to normal, wondered why Cheng Yan would take the initiative to hold him.

Being held in Cheng Yan's arms, Lin Mo reached out his hand and hugged his neck. The whole person was hanging on him, and his body weight was pressed against Cheng Yan. His disorderly hair stuck up and he rubbed his arms. In other people's eyes, he was like a coquettish general.

Sure enough, his wife was clingy and coquettish.

"I cooked bone soup for you. Is there anything else you want?" Cheng Yan asked.

"I can eat whatever you make, I won't be picky."

A man like Cheng Yan looked like he couldn't cook very well. Lin Mo's requirements were not high. Anyway, he himself could cook well.

Cheng Yan touched his head and pulled them apart. "Go to the hall and sit down. It will be ready soon." Cheng Yan went behind him, untied his belt, carefully helped him straighten his hair with his hands, and then tied it up. Lin Mo stood still the entire time.

After that, Cheng Yan asked him to wait in the hall, and then went back to the kitchen to continue cooking. After it was finished, Cheng Yan brought the dishes into the hall. As soon as he wanted to sit down to eat, he heard knocking at the door, and then the voice of Father Lin came from outside.

"You eat. I'll open the door." Cheng Yan and Lin Mo finished talking, got up and walked to the gate.

Cheng Yan opened the door. Outside stood Father Lin and Big Brother Lin. Father Lin was carrying a basket of chicken and duck eggs, while Lin Cheng was carrying a big bag of food. Cheng Yan helped to move it into the warehouse before, so he knew what was in the bag.

"Father, Elder Brother, you are here… Why did you bring these…"

Father Lin waved to stop him. "Mn, don't say that. There's a lot of food in the family, and you don't need to spend money to buy them."

Looking at his eyes, Father Lin knows what Cheng Yan wanted to say, but he had just finished building the house, and the two became close again. Even if Cheng Yan had money before, he would not spend it. Besides, there were many places to spend money in the future. Moreover, even if Cheng Yan suffered from hardship, Father Lin was reluctant to let his son follow him.

Father Lin walked in with something and Lin Cheng followed him to the kitchen. Cheng Yan closed the door and followed them.

"I went to the mountains before." So he was really rich.

"…It's all here. You want Father and I to carry this back?"

Before they got far, Lin Mo walked over.

Lin Mo walked over and wondered, "Father, what did you bring?"

"Your mother picked some chicken and duck eggs for you. They were all laid by our chickens and ducks. Remember to eat one to mend your body every day." Father Lin explained. His son had been in bad health since childhood. He had to drink a bowl of egg porridge every day to make up for it, but recently he hadn't eaten any.

"It was all for Xiaoya and Xiaonan. I don't need it now." Lin Mo refused to say that he couldn't use all this for his body care. It was also a white tonic and was better to keep it for the children at home.

"If father takes it back now, your mother will bring it back tomorrow. Isn't it a little time-consuming to go back and forth?" Father Lin questioned. When Lin Cheng walked out, Father Lin handed him the basket. Lin Cheng took it and put it in the kitchen.

"Father, would you like to have dinner together?" Lin Mo offered.

"No, you two can eat by yourself… Remember to pick vegetables at home before planting them well." Father Lin said.

"Mn." Lin Mo stood aside and nodded.

"Mother and I have separated your share of the field…" While saying this, Father Lin took out a title deed from his bosom. This was a decision made by Father Lin and Mama Lin before Lin Mo and Cheng Yan got married.

Cheng Yan didn't have any fields. He couldn't grow vegetables but it was also a big expense to buy food all the time. It was better to grow and eat it. Before Father Lin finished, Lin Mo pushed back the title deed he handed over. Lin Mo didn't plant land, and Cheng Yan didn't know how to farm, so it was useless to divide the land among them.

"Father, neither Cheng Yan nor I can farm. It's no use giving it to us." Lin Mo shook his head and refused.

"Cheng Yan will be able to learn. Didn't he do well before?" Father Lin disagreed.

"Father, it's the same with Mo'ger that you distribute the grain you get back." When planting or harvesting, Cheng Yan would go to help. It was also a division method, and it didn't need to be so troublesome.

Lin Cheng also knows that Cheng Yan had no talent for farming, so he could divide it out and plant it for them. He still didn't know how much could be recovered in harvest season. It was better for them to plant together at the beginning and then divide it later.

"Cheng Yan and I are going to open a small shop in town. We don't have time to grow it even if we share it." Lin Mo shook his head.

Finally, Father Lin went back with Lin Cheng, and the title deed was taken back with them. Just now, Lin Mo had been talking with his big brother for a few minutes, and he also knew that big brother had started to publicize the shop.

After they left, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan sat down for dinner, and Cheng Yan helped him to pick up some dishes from time to time.

"In a few days, I'll go to the mountains to find out what kind of climbing flowers are there, and what kind of trees do I want to plant?" Cheng Yan asked.

Their yard was big enough to plant five or six trees. Cheng Yan had no opinion on what kind of tree to plant, he was mainly following his wife's idea.

Lin Mo thought about it and said, "Plant persimmon and plum trees. Plant some grapes in the corner of the fence. I'll go with you that day."

In fact, Lin Mo wanted to plant some peach trees and pear trees. The flowers of these two trees were very beautiful, especially when the petals were rustling down, it felt like petal rain. At that time, the yard was covered with pink and white petals, which would be very nice.

But Lin Mo dismissed the thought that the moral of these two trees in the yard seemed bad. He didn't believe in these theories before, but since he was reborn here, Lin Mo couldn't ignore them completely. It was good to be careful.

"It's not safe on the mountain. Stay at home and I'll be back soon." Cheng Yan rejected Lin Mo's offer to go with him. Cheng Yan's own safety in the mountain could be guaranteed, but if he wanted to take Lin Mo with him, he was afraid that his negligence would cause his wife to be hurt by something.

"There are often snakes climbing over the trees in the mountains. If you don't notice, they will fall in front of you and bite you. Many snakes are poisonous. There are also all kinds of insects, which will stink or itch when they touch you, and ants that will hurt when they bite people…"

It was hard for Cheng Yan to say so much at one time in order to keep Lin Mo away. Of course, these things were in the deepest part of the mountain, where the sun didn't shine.

Lin Mo listened to Cheng Yan's words, and his brain automatically completed the picture, and his body shook. Lin Mo's face turned white with the pictures in his head. He was afraid of mollusks, especially snakes and caterpillars, since he was a child.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Yan was worried when he saw that Lin Mo's face was white again. Cheng Yan had some regrets in his heart. He shouldn't be so terrible. He forgot that gers were afraid of insects.

"Nothing." Lin Mo shook his head. Finally, Lin Mo gave up his plan to follow him to the mountains.

On the side of the Lin family, they also planned to go to talk about the handling of fruit in the fruit orchards of other villagers. The production of fruit wine needed a lot of fruit, and their village fruit orchard was the perfect source to supply it.

The Lin family bought the fruit from the village's fruit orchards, solved the problem of supply source by itself, and also allowed the villagers to make money by using their nearly abandoned fruit orchard. This kind of opportunity could be said to be free to make money, and not many people would refuse the offer.

Later, Father Lin and Lin Cheng went to talk about it in detail with Li Zheng. Li Zheng gathered the villagers to talk about it. Other villagers' reactions were the same as Lin Mo expected.

Moreover, the reputation of the Lin family in Daling Village was even stronger. First, the Lin family's scholar son passed the local examination, and now he was the master of the whole family, which also made the other people in Daling Village appear more brilliant. Now the Lin family had brought them opportunities to make money. The villagers were more enthusiastic about the Lin family.

Hey everyone, translator here with a message.

I've been getting a lot of messages and comments from people saying that they don't understand the plot of RL . There are several of these coming from readers who MTL'd ahead, so let me say this, do not MTL ahead with this novel, it will become too confusing to understand.

But for those reading the translation on our site, please do not skim through it and read it slowly. If you read it too quickly, you will not understand either. There are a lot of people complaining about the story being too convoluted but I think it ties up nicely in the scheme of things as long as you remember that the author is trying to explain the existence of transmigration as a whole.

This novel is not one that has a simple and jaunty plot. It's one of the reasons why I like this novel so much; because it has so much going for it. The author makes you use your brain to fill in plot points she wanted readers to guess at. A lot of it will be explained by the end of the novel, but she leaves some things up to the imagination of the readers which is part of the fun of reading a novel. If everything is laid out bare, it makes the novel become boring in my opinion.

So for those who are still confused about the novel at this point in time, Sulo and I created a quick summary as things will get even more "plotty" from this point forward. If you already know what's going on and do not want to read the summary, please feel free to skip to the chapter. But for those of you who are confused, please stop and read this.

Lin Mo lived in a modern parallel world that entered a zombie apocalypse. He was caught by scientists and tortured due to the fact that his Elder brother was the Zombie Emperor and he had his space. After dying, his soul goes to an ancient parallel world where his brothers' souls had arrived before him after dying in the apocalyptic world.

In the future of the ancient parallel world, Elder Brother Lin dies and then returns to the present timeline where the story is currently at. This is why he knows most of what happens in the future. But things are different now because, while Lin Mo was also in the future that Elder Brother Lin lived in, Chang Yan was not… Elder Brother Lin told Lin Mo that the reason for the downfall of their family, in the future he lived, was due to the Prime Ministers' daughter. But because of the addition of Chang Yan, the life Elder Brother Lin lived, may not match up to the current one.

Chang Yan has no previous lives or dreams of the future, just amnesia. He has never faked anything in the novel. His personality is very calm and introverted at this point in the novel, but once he gets his memories back, of course, he will change back into his original personality. It's not a sudden change, but gradual, and explainable.

As you read on, please remember that the author is trying to explain every plot she has put in the novel. Even if you don't agree with her plot points, just try to think of WHY she added a certain plot point. If you guys still have more questions, please feel free to comment and I will try to answer any question to the best of my ability without spoiling the novel. And now to the chapter, enjoy.

Chapter 32: Cheng Yan Belongs Only to Him

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

At night, the room was gradually filled with the sound of low moans. Lin Mo lay on Cheng Yan's body, breathing a little fast, with pink cheeks pressed against the other's chest. Cheng Yan stroked his lover's back and pulled the quilt up with one hand. Under the comfort of Cheng Yan, Lin Mo's breathing gradually calmed down, and his sleepiness came with it.

Cheng Yan, with one hand stroking his hair, whispered, "I'll go to the mountain tomorrow. If it's boring to stay at home, you can go to your parents to find Xiaoya and Xiaonan."

Lin Mo hadn't gone back to the Lin home in two days. Cheng Yan thought Lin Mo would miss them, after all, he had never left home or his parents before. Lin Mo, half asleep, was woken up by the vibrations from Cheng Yan's chest as he talked. Lin Mo rubbed his face against Cheng Yan's chest, gave a low response, and then went to sleep again.

The next morning, Cheng Yan woke up and saw that the man in his arms was still sleeping. The person clung to his arms, and his pale face finally has some ruddy color. Cheng Yan stayed in bed with him for a while. Soon after, it was almost time to leave for the mountains. He raised Lin Mo's head carefully with one hand and moved his arm that had been used as a pillow. After getting out of bed and covering Lin Mo, he walked out of the room without waking him up.

After Cheng Yan left the room, he washed quickly, and then went into the kitchen to make breakfast. Then, he put the pot on the stove to warm it with the fire.

During these two days of observation, Cheng Yan also learned that Lin Mo usually slept until noon. If he left it off of the fire, the porridge would be cold when he woke up. The breakfast left for Lin Mo had to be put in the pot since Mama Lin specially told him that Lin Mo couldn't eat cold food.

After finishing his share, Cheng Yan took his things and left.

Lin Mo, who was lying in bed, realized vaguely that Cheng Yan had gotten up and gone out. He turned over and curled up. Lin Mo's head was tucked into the quilt, and only half of it was exposed. Feeling the residual body temperature and familiar scent of his husband left behind on the quilt, Lin Mo gradually went back to sleep.

In fact, Cheng Yan was wrong. Lin Mo could only sleep until noon these days because he was accompanied by Cheng Yan. If Cheng Yan left, Lin Mo would wake up by himself without anyone else calling for him.

The smell of Cheng Yan in the quilt dissipated slowly, and Lin Mo's eyebrows slightly wrinkled when in his sleep. Before long, Lin Mo opened his eyes. Cheng Yan was not in the bed. This was the first message to Lin Mo's brain after waking up.

Lin Mo turned over and there was a sense of restlessness in his heart. His frown caused his eyes to close slightly. He wanted to sleep more, but the absence of his husband made his sleepiness completely disappear.

The next second, Lin Mo flung off the quilt and sat up abruptly. He was a little fidgety and pulled his hair. Before long, his originally soft hair was thrown into disorder by him.

"I'm so tired…" Lin Mo gave up and lay on the quilt, muttering this in a low voice.

Lin Mo hadn't slept well for a long time. No, he hasn't slept for a long time. He didn't know when it had started, maybe it was during the end of the world, when his status suddenly fell into the dust. The world had become an apocalyptic purgatory, and no one could trust anyone else. Since his spatial abnormality was detected, Lin Mo started to flee by himself, so he didn't dare to sleep and didn't have time to sleep.

He originally wanted to rest in his space, but since he was ambushed by others, Lin Mo did not dare to stay in his space for too long. The only drawback of his spiritual space was that when he exited, he would reappear at the same place he entered. Running alone, Lin Mo dared not sleep, but relied on the spring water to support his body. But he knew that if he continued like this, his spirit would one day reach the critical point of collapse, so he wanted to find his Second Brother.

In this way, Lin Mo couldn't sleep until later. He could only drink spiritual water every day to relax his spirit for a short time. After he was arrested and sent to the Institute of Eschatology, Lin Mo could not sleep because he was tortured every day.

Lin Mo's constitution began to change due to drinking too much spring water. Even if he was attacked by a zombie accidentally, the wound would disappear in a few days, and he would not transform into one. The change of physique was the reason why he was arrested and sent to the Research Institute. Lin Mo knew what he was going to face. Then, they took his blood and skin, and he was injected with different liquids every day. Even though Lin Mo had now gotten rid of the Research Institute and that world, he still dare not recall what happened to him at that time.

The mental tension would cause nightmare-like scenes to emerge in his brain if he dared close his eyes. So Lin Mo didn't sleep for more than twenty-four hours in the past few months until he married Cheng Yan.

Lin Mo was first interested in Cheng Yan. When they met for the second time, he almost fell into the water when he went to the river, but was caught by Cheng Yan in time. He did not reject Cheng Yan's touch, and his aura had even relieved his tense nerves. From that moment on, Lin Mo began to pay attention to Cheng Yan. The man said little and seemed to be shy. Of course, only in front of him.

Then Lin Mo found out that there was a gender called ger in this world. When Mama Lin told him that ger had to get married, in fact, the first person in Lin Mo's mind was Cheng Yan. He was shocked at his own thought. But, at that time, he didn't say it, nor did he show it on his face.

After a series of things happened, Lin Mo accidentally heard the conversation between Lin Cheng and Lin Xiu, and knew that Lin Cheng had been reborn. And he had been present in Lin Cheng's previous life as well, but his family ended up getting destroyed.

Lin Mo's first reaction to the news was that his family was destroyed because of him, although Lin Cheng told him that it had nothing to do with him. But later Lin Mo told them that he was not their brother.

Sure enough, Lin Xiu's reaction after hearing that was exactly the same as he thought it would be. They were not his family, Lin Cheng was not his Eldest Brother, and Lin Xiu was not his Second Brother. All things here were not his, those belonged to the dead person whose body he had taken over.

Only Cheng Yan really belonged to him. It took Lin Mo some time to realize that Cheng Yan liked him, not the original owner, before his heart really opened to him.

In the back of his mind, Lin Mo also knew that Elder Brother was good to him, and could tell which Lin Mo he was. Second Brother went back to the Academy and three days before his marriage, Lin Xiu accepted Lin Mo as his new brother.

As for Lin Mo's thoughts at that time… In fact, Lin Mo had no deep obsession with the Lin family. Whoever treated him well would be treated well by him. The only thing Lin Mo cared about was Lin Cheng and Lin Xiu, who were similar to his real brothers.

Lin Mo lay on the quilt, his already far away consciousness gradually came back, and he got out of bed with no emotion on his face. After combing his hair and getting dressed, he left the room to wash.

Lin Mo took a bowl of porridge from the pot and sat down at the table for breakfast. The congee was still warm, and Lin Mo's eyes finally had a little fluctuation. After breakfast, Lin Mo cleaned up a little, closed the door and went to the Lin's house. There were several aunts and ger who greeted him on the way. Lin Mo looked at them, nodded and continued on.

When Lin Mo walked a good distance away, the ger who just greeted twisted his mouth, and his face tensed a little bit. "He just married brother Cheng but has only said hello once. He's not polite at all."

One aunt patted him and scolded, "You are such a kid. Don't know that the Lin's ger is introverted. Do you think it's polite for him to hold your hand and chat with you?"

"Er…" Let's forget it. The ger really couldn't think of Lin Mo being enthusiastic.

"Don't talk about him behind his back with other ger, I think he and Cheng Yan are suitable for each other. Besides, the Lin family has made money for our villagers recently. Don't screw it up because of something stupid." An aunt didn't mind telling him.

"I know. I'm not a wooden head like my brother." The ger turned his head and his mouth. He was not a ger with a long tongue. How could he talk about Lin Mo behind his back?

After walking for five or six minutes, Lin Mo finally got home. The door was open and Lin Mo could see Xiaoya and Xiaonan squatting in the yard, feeding the bunny and puppy. He didn't see Lin Xing and Lin Chen and wondered if they had gone to the Academy in town.

Squatting down to feed his dog, Lin Xiaonan looked up and saw Lin Mo coming in. He stood up in surprise and forgot about what he had been doing.

"Fourth Uncle!" Lin Xiaonan stood up, raised his feet to walk past, but he hesitated and froze in place for a while.

Lin Xiaoya didn't think so much like her brother. When she saw her brother standing up and looking behind, and heard him call out Fourth Uncle, Lin Xiaoya also looked over and saw that it was true. She got up and ran to Lin mo.

"Fourth Uncle, you're back!" Lin Xiaoya ran to hold Lin Mo's thigh, raised her head and smiled brightly.

When Lin Xiaonan saw his sister running by, he followed her. Then he held Lin Mo's other thigh and looked up at him with blinking eyes.

"Mn, Fourth Uncle is back." Lin Mo touched their heads and said with a smile.

Mama Lin, who was busy in the room, heard the voice of her granddaughter in the courtyard. She walked out to see Mo'ger and was surprised.

"Mo'ger, you're back. Have you had breakfast? Mother will make it for you." Mama Lin walked over and laughed.

"I ate already. Did dad and big brother go to town again?" Lin Mo asked, taking the two children to the hall hand in hand.

"The shop has been opened and they are busy there. A-Xing and A-Chen were also sent to the Academy in town to study. They have lunch with them in town at noon and come back at night." Mama Lin replied.

"Yes, father and mother go out every morning, and come back at night." Lin Xiaoya shriveled her mouth and said with some unhappiness.

"Fifth and Sixth Uncle are not at home either." Lin Xiaonan said.

"Even Fourth Uncle went to Uncle Cheng's house to sleep, and only came home today." Lin Xiaoya's childish voice complained.

"It's just me and sister and grandma." Lin Xiaonan added.

"You two…" Mama Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry. They were so cute and obedient in front of her but now they were complaining to Mo'ger.

Chapter 33: He Understood the Hint

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

Lin Mo stayed with Xiaonan and Xiaoya until it was almost noon and went back. Before going back, Mama Lin picked a basket of vegetables for him. Cheng Yan told him last night that he would be back at noon. Lin Mo was going to go back to cook; Cheng Yan would probably be back once he was done.

When he got home, Lin Mo washed the rice and put it in the pot. Then he put firewood down and began to cook. Lin Mo took out the vegetables in the basket and cleaned them. He took out a piece of bacon from the storage area, soaked it in warm water, washed and sliced it, and put it in the pot.

Then he cut some side dishes and prepared them. Everything was ready and Lin Mo added a handful of wood to the cooking stove, and then started to cook. After using the ancient kitchen for several months, Lin Mo was now quite skilled. Lin Mo dripped a few drops of spiritual water into the pot.

Lin Mo had seen the knife and sword wounds on Cheng Yan. There were many scars on his chest and back. It seemed that he had had them for a long time, but there were still some newer ones. Lin Mo knew that Cheng Yan had lost his previous memory. He had told him before.

Thinking of Lin Cheng again, Lin Mo remembered that he didn't have a Cheng Yan in his previous life. In his previous life, Father Lin and Lin Cheng didn't save anyone in the mountains.

Lin Mo suspected that Cheng Yan should have been a soldier in the army before he lost his memory. This side of Daling Village was close to the borders of several countries, and years of fighting also affected them. Cheng Yan was probably seriously injured and then fell down the cliff. Later, he was accidentally rescued by Father Lin.

Of course, Lin Mo thought that he may be General Cheng at the beginning, but seeing his injuries, he denied the idea. There were several injuries on Cheng Yan's body and just by looking at the wounds, he could see how dangerous the situation was.

If he was a general, he would not have so many injuries. After all, the force value of the general must be very high, and there were so many soldiers around him. Even if he was injured in any way, it would not be as serious as Cheng Yan's wounds.

If there was a wound on his body, there must be an old disease in the body. Lin Mo planned to use the spring water to slowly remove the dark wounds on Cheng Yan's body. He wanted to live forever with Cheng Yan, and didn't want his old wounds to recur and cause him premature senility.

Lin Mo put a small amount of spiritual water in their daily food to let him recover slowly.

When Cheng Yan came back with his things on his shoulders, he smelled the food floating out of the kitchen as soon as he entered the yard. At this moment, Cheng Yan realized that he had a home. When he came back, someone had already cooked him a meal. At night, he was sleeping with his husband. Cheng Yan piled up his things by the wall, washed his hands and went back to the room to change out of his clothes covered with sweat, then came out to the kitchen.

"I'm back." Cheng Yan walked in and hugged Lin Mo from behind. He soon let go.

"Let's take the dishes out. We can have dinner." Lin Mo pointed to the dishes on the stove and laughed. Of course, he knew that Cheng Yan was back. He guessed from the sound of the yard door being opened.

Cheng Yan brought the rice and dishes to the hall, Lin Mo washed the dishes and took them in, and they sat down for dinner. The taste of the food made by Lin Mo was delicious, and the flavor of the rice was completely volatilized. Unlike Cheng Yan's own cooking, it was either cooked as a raw meal or he put in too much water.

Cheng Yan could cook, but he could only make some simple things, such as porridge, which was what he was good at. Other things were really out of his reach.

After dinner, Cheng Yan accompanied Lin Mo back to the house for a nap. He didn't know why Lin Mo slept so much every day, but as long as it was good for Lin Mo, Cheng Yan didn't mind doing it.

Before the marriage with Lin Mo, when Cheng Yan was alone with him, he felt that he looked a little depressed. It should be caused by not enough rest, but it could not be seen from his face. However, after the marriage, Cheng Yan couldn't feel it. He guessed that it was related to Lin Mo sleeping so much every day.

Cheng Yan was lying on his side, holding Lin Mo in his arms and patting his back regularly with his right hand. Nestled in Cheng Yan's arms, Lin Mo's sense of awareness gradually blurred and he finally fell into a deep sleep.

When the man in arms fell asleep, Cheng Yan also closed his eyes to rest. Although he couldn't sleep, he was willing to stay in bed with his husband.

One hour later, it was time to get up. Cheng Yan opened his eyes, lowered his head, reached down and rubbed the head of the person in his arms. His voice was full of the meaning of cajoling as he woke Lin Mo.

"Mn…" Lin Mo, who was awakened, opened his eyes in bewilderment, and arched his head on Cheng Yan's chest with some annoyance, with a nasal sound in his voice. In the eyes of Cheng Yan, Lin Mo at this time was totally coquettish to him.

Cheng Yan got out of bed, picked up Lin Mo, who didn't want to get out of bed, and helped him to put on his clothes. After wearing the clothes, Lin Mo was fully awake. He took the hair ribbon in Cheng Yan's hand and tied up his hair into a ponytail.

It was not advisable to take a long nap, otherwise it would be hard to fall asleep at night. Of course, Cheng Yan didn't know the real situation for Lin Mo at present, so he didn't know whether Lin Mo was sleeping for long or not.

Cheng Yan also knew that when he was not around, Lin Mo simply slept but would call out for him. In case he woke up to see no one, his mood would become low again.

"I've found the climbing flowers. You can come pick where they are going to be planted." After Cheng Yan was dressed, he moved out of the room with Lin Mo.

Cheng Yan searched all morning and finally found what he wanted. What he was looking for was a climbing rattan palm that could drive away insects. They could plant it in the yard if they planted plants that would attract insects. Climbing rattan palms would grow on the wall of the house. When they grew well, they would climb all over the wall and when they bloomed, they would look good.

After that, Cheng Yan went to the bottom of the cliff to fold some vines and plant them at the corner of the wall. They renovated part of the yard and planted vegetables. Persimmon and plum trees were dug from the fruit orchard.

It took Lin Mo and Cheng Yan a few days to get the yard in order. In order to prevent the roots of the fruit trees from dying, Lin Mo diluted several drops of spiritual water and poured it over them. After that, he ignored them and watered them occasionally.

A few days after the yard was sorted out, Lin Cheng brought news that Yan Ningxi had helped them find a good shop and they could go see where it was tomorrow.

"What we ordered at the old carpenter's should be ready, and we'll pick it up tomorrow along the way." Cheng Yan put a piece of meat in Lin Mo bowl.

"Mn…" Lin Mo chewed the meat in his mouth and mumbled his words.

"Have some soup." Cheng Yan ladled a bowl of soup and put it in front of him.

After eating and washing, Lin Mo quickly climbed into the bed and lay down, then stared at the door without blinking. When Cheng Yan came in and saw him, he walked past without any change in his expression.

Lin Mo watched Cheng Yan come in, and looked at him with his eyes blinking. His lips were slightly raised. Lin Mo was looking forward to the night, because he had a whole night to sleep at ease, and would not be woken up by Cheng Yan before noon.

"Come on up." Lin Mo saw him approaching and quickly pulled the quilt open for him.

Cheng Yan looked at Lin Mo's series of actions, stepped forward again, and his ears, half covered by his hair, colored a suspicious red.

Was his husband too active? Or was he too old-fashioned?

Cheng Yan took off his shoes and got into bed. Before he could even lie down, Lin Mo couldn't wait to roll into his arms. Then he hugged his waist and rubbed his face against his chest.

Mn, Cheng Yan still understood his suggestion.

Cheng Yan turned them both over and pressed on Lin Mo with his hands on both sides of his head, but he still didn't press down completely. Lin Mo was shocked by Cheng Yan's sudden move. When did he take the initiative? Before Lin Mo said anything, Cheng Yan's face suddenly magnified in front of his eyes, and then the touch on his lips made his body numb and soft.

"You… Um…" Lin Mo put his hands on his chest, and when he wanted to speak, he was taken advantage of by his husband. Lin Mo could only bear it passively.

Lin Mo, who was so confused by the kiss, had only one thought left in his mind. He must have done something to make Cheng Yan misunderstand. Otherwise, Cheng Yan wouldn't…cough… kiss him so directly.

After that, Lin Mo fell asleep slowly under the comfort of Cheng Yan. At last, he couldn't ask what he did to make Cheng Yan misunderstand.

When he woke up the next morning, Cheng Yan lay on the bed with his husband in his arms and did not open his eyes. Cheng Yan thought that he may have started to recover his memory.

Cheng Yan still remembered the scene in his dream last night. In the vast wasteland, the two generals and soldiers stood silent, and Cheng Yan could feel the solemnity of the scene. Then after a while, they moved. As soon as the scene changed, Cheng Yan saw a general wearing a silver mask mercilessly reaping the life of the enemy general.

The scene changed again. The general with the silver mask won the battle and returned to the camp. Just as Cheng Yan was about to see the general take off his mask, he woke up.

Cheng Yan hugged the man in his arms with his eyelids slightly closed. He felt that the masked general in his dream had a sense of familiarity. Was it someone he had known before? Cheng Yan didn't know what opportunities there would be when his memory recovered. However, he didn't have any special expectation for the recovery of his memories. He would still live with his husband anyway.

After clearing his mind, Cheng Yan opened his eyes, raised his hand to touch the person in his arms and woke him up quietly. "Momo, get up. We have to go to town today…"

Lin Mo heard the familiar voice ringing in his ear, which annoyed him. Lin Mo's eyebrows were slightly wrinkled. He subconsciously grabbed the blanket and tried to cover his ears by drilling his head hard into the person beside him.

Seeing his childish side, Cheng Yan couldn't help laughing. Although he had seen it several times, Cheng Yan still felt that Lin Mo's coquettish behavior could soften his heart.

Lin Mo was upset by the chest agitation caused by the low laughter. He could only open his mouth and take a bite. He closed his eyes and murmured, "Don't move…"

Cheng Yan was bitten to the core by his wife. Finally, he decided to sleep with him for a while. He also had to eliminate the sudden anger.

Chapter 34: What Do You Like?

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

When Lin Mo finally woke up, they got up to wash their teeth and faces. After breakfast, they locked the door and left. There were as many people going to the town in the morning as usual. When Cheng Yang and Lin Mo arrived at the village crossing, Lin Cheng was already there.

Lin Mo went over, and Lin Xing, who was standing beside their elder brother, saw his Fourth Brother coming. His calm appearance changed and he waved happily to his Fourth Brother, "Fourth Brother! Over here!"

Seeing his Fourth Brother walking so slowly, Lin Xing ran over by himself, then stopped beside him and followed him back. "Fourth Brother, are you going to town with Brother Cheng?"

"Mn." Lin Mo reached for his head and answered.

Lin Xing and Lin Chen went to the town's Academy in the morning to study and didn't come back until the evening. Since Lin Mo got married, he had not seen Lin Xing and Lin Chen. To be honest, Lin Mo was not used to talking with his brother.

"Fourth Brother, A-Chen and I have good teachers." Lin Xing looked at his Fourth Brother, with a face of wanting praise.

"Mn, keep it up."

"What the teacher said is too simple. He asked us to memorize it. I recited it a few times. But A-Chen is a bit stupid and sleeps in class."

"I did what the teacher said. It's too difficult to understand. I will do better when Second Brother teaches me." Hearing Lin Xing speak ill of him in front of his Fourth Brother, Lin Chen could not help but retort.

"Then you can understand? It's just you…"

Before Lin Xing finished speaking, he was interrupted by Lin Mo. "Everyone has something he is good at. Don't hold on to A-Chen's short board. Since you are gifted at reading, try harder to see if you can be like Second Brother."

"Ah? Fourth Brother, you said before that we only need to learn how to read Chinese characters. You didn't want us to get the same reputation as Second Brother." Lin Xing said this as if he was frightened. At the thought that he had to read every day like his second brother, his body shook again.

Lin Cheng stood by and listened to them without interrupting.

"I just want you to work hard, but I don't want you to get lazy. Doesn't it mean that what the teacher said is very simple? Why are you so scared?" Lin Mo glanced at him.

"I didn't say I was scared… Mn, I'll try. " Lin Xing looked at his Fourth Brother's eyes, and immediately changed what he said. His expression was downtrodden.

"There are rewards for doing well." Lin Mo finished, and Lin Xing was instantly resurrected with blood. The contrast between the former and the latter made the people nearby cover their mouths and laugh.

After listening to and guiding Lin Xing, Lin Mo went to Lin Chen. Lin Chen was the youngest of the brothers, but his character was the opposite of his age.

Lin Xing and Lin Chen were twins, but their characters were not similar. Generally speaking, Lin Xing was too outgoing and lacked consideration when doing things. He did things as soon as he thought of them, and didn't think about the things after he finished them at all. Lin Chen was too reserved, but he knew what he wanted. The character of the two brothers was a complete copy of Lin Xiaoya and Lin Xiaonan.

"You think it's boring to listen to the teacher's lecture?" Lin Mo asked.

"It's not… It's boring." Lin Chen faltered. He remembered not long ago, he told his Fourth Brother that he would study hard when he went to the Academy.

"What do you think of what you learned from big brother?" Lin Mo said nothing to his vagueness, and continued to ask.

"Very interesting!" Lin Chen's expression changed from calm to excited and he looked at his Fourth Brother brightly.

"How are you doing with word recognition? Can you read a book easily?" Lin Mo continued.

"Not yet." Lin Chen shook his head.

"When you recognize all the words, let me teach you more. In business, one also needs to understand account books. Eldest Brother is illiterate. You have to manage these later." Lin Mo said.

"I see, Fourth Brother." Lin Chen nodded and answered with some enthusiasm.

Lin Cheng, standing beside him, heard Mo'ger say that he was illiterate. His eyelids jumped and he wanted to refute. In his previous life, he was learning from his Second Brother while running a restaurant. How could he be illiterate? But when he thought that he was illiterate at this time, he shut up.

After Lin Mo finished the ideological work for the two younger brothers, villagers arrived one after another. When the number of people was enough, everyone got on the cart.

Cheng Yan and Lin Mo were sitting in the back again. When Cheng Yan thought of the accident that Lin Mo had in the donkey cart before, he was worried. Cheng Yan approached him and asked in a low voice, "Momo, can you stand it?"

"It's nothing. It was just an accident before." Lin Mo shook his head so he didn't have to worry.

Last time since he had been in town for a long time, he felt a little tired, and coupled with the three pressures of an empty stomach, too tight clothes, and mental tension, he ended up facing the accident. Now he didn't have any of these three issues. Naturally, nothing would happen to him.

Hearing this, Cheng Yan was still worried. After a look at the people in the cart, he saw that they were talking with other people and didn't notice them. Cheng Yan moved to Lin Mo's side and approached him, lowly whispering, "Please tell me if you are uncomfortable."

"What's the use of telling you?" Lin Mo looked up at him and said with a low smile. Whenever the wheel touched a small stone or there was a puddle in the road, and when the cart jolted, Lin Mo held Cheng Yan's arm tightly.

"…" Cheng Yan was stumped by his problem, which seemed to be useless.

Lin Mo saw him fall into thinking again, and the corners of his mouth lifted up slightly. Seeing that Cheng Yan was stumped by his problem, Lin Mo wanted to tease him again, but in order not to let him realize it, Lin Mo didn't speak at last.

After a long time, the donkey cart finally arrived in the town. Cheng Yan got off first and helped Lin Mo down. Lin Mo's hands were on Cheng Yan's arms, and his body was a little stiff. This donkey cart made his ass numb.

In the future, if he often needed to get to town, he should buy a carriage, or buy a house in town after making money.

"Are you okay?" Cheng Yan held Lin Mo, feeling worried.

"I'm fine. I'll have to buy a carriage or move to town later." Lin Mo thought if he had to go through it every day, he might have to do something about it.

"Okay." Cheng Yan held onto his arm and asked Lin Mo to lean on him as much as possible.

After saying goodbye to Elder Brother and Lin Xing, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo went to Zuiyun Plaza to find Yan Ningxi. They looked at the shop Yan Ningxi had found for them, and Cheng Yan didn't give any comments. Anyway, he had an idea.

Lin Mo strolled around the shop, trying to think about what his Second Brother taught him in his previous life, and the decoration plan after the shop was bought was roughly shaped in his mind. Lin Mo saw that there was no big problem, so he took Cheng Yan to go to the owner of the original shop for the handover.

After everything was done, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan went to a special place to buy two people to work for him and came back. Then they began to clean up the shop. The back of the shop was connected with the courtyard and Lin Mo bought the courtyard behind it. There were several rooms in the courtyard, which was big enough to let the two people live.

"After finishing the shop, you can go to the back yard and choose your own room. I'll be the second boss of this place. If you have something to do, you can go to Mingjiu Pavillion 1 on the right street. The boss inside is my elder brother. Please let him know if you have anything to do." Lin Mo instructed.

Lin Mo had the deed of sale for the two and he didn't worry that they would leave without permission. Moreover, Lin Mo chose honest people, and didn't expect them to escape.

"We understand, Second Boss." The two teenagers took a careful look at the big boss standing next to the Second Boss. When they saw him look at them coldly, they were afraid of him. They quickly hurried to answer.

"In the next few days, tidy up the shop, clean up the things I mentioned I don't need, and wash the tables and chairs with water and dry them. Then I'll come back in a few days."

"Yes, Second Boss." Two teenagers stood with serious faces to listen to Lin Mo's orders.

"…" Did they have to call him second boss? After all that, Lin Mo and Cheng Yan left. The two teenagers saw that they were far away. One was a little stronger and began to work. The other was a little thin and came to him.

Chen Mu was close to his brother, and he still whispered, "Brother, do you think Second Boss and Big Boss are really a couple? Big bBss looks a little fierce and doesn't match Second Boss…"

Chen Qing patted him on the head and said seriously, "You can't talk about the master's house behind your back. Have you forgotten all this? Hurry up and pack up. "

"I see." Chen Mu felt his head and went to clean it.

Before long, Chen Mu, who could not bear the dull atmosphere, began to talk again. "Elder Brother, I think it's more appropriate to change our names. Chen Mu is more suitable for you. Why did they give me the name Chen Mu?"

"Tell Dad if you want to change it."

Chen Mu heard his brother's words and was silent for a while. "That's all right…" Their parents had been dead for two years. Tell Dad? It was scary to think about it.

After Lin Mo and Cheng Yan left, they went to the old carpenter's place to get the customized furniture. After that, Lin Mo simply described to the old carpenter what he wanted to do. After getting the old carpenter's affirmative answer, he paid the deposit and left.

Now that autumn was coming to an end, Lin Mo wanted to make something suitable for winter. Although it was easy to be imitated by others, Lin Mo only wanted to make a profit in winter. Moreover, even if it was imitated, Lin Mo could continue to launch new products. There were still many kinds of modern foods, and there was no case that it couldn't earn money.

"Anything else to buy?" Cheng Yan held things in one hand and protected Lin Mo at the same time.

During the day, there were still many people in the town. The streets were not wide, and there were stalls on both sides. Some people were carrying things in the other direction. They had to avoid others from time to time.

"I want to buy some fresh meat, some oil, salt and sugar. The house is running out. We should also get some flour to make buns in the morning." Lin Mo put his hands on Cheng Yan's arm to avoid the people coming and going.

"Okay." Cheng Yan nodded, regardless of the fact that his husband would stay in bed in the morning. He was preparing items for breakfast. Cheng Yan thought about it and asked, "Do you want some rouge?"

Gers seemed to use them, but Cheng Yan only saw Lin Mo's make-up on the day of their marriage. He hadn't seen it at any other time.

Lin Mo heard this, and after a moment's silence, he looked up at Cheng Yan. "… Do you like painted things?"

"No, I thought all gers would want to buy some. Don't you like it?" Cheng Yan asked.

"I don't like it. It smells bad… But if you like, I can do it." It was also possible to spray fruit perfume or fragrance perfume.

Cheng Yan hesitated for a moment and nodded, "… Mn."

"What are you thinking?" Lin Mo saw his reddish ears and pinched his hand. He felt that Cheng Yan had been thinking pervertedly recently.

Cheng Yan coughed softly and said seriously, "Cough… It's nothing. Let's go shopping."

Chapter 35: Lin Mo's Gourmet Shop

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

A few days later, the shop was cleaned up and the layout was in accordance with Lin Mo's requirements. Getting everything ready, Lin Mo trained Chen Qing and Chen Mu to understand the process. After the shop opened, as Lin Mo expected, not many people knew about it so less than fifty guests came in several days, half of them came frequently after they tried the food for the first time.

Lin Mo didn't feel anything about this situation, but the traffic should increase in a few days. However, Lin Mo was not worried about this, but someone was worried about him.

Chen Mu sorted the vegetables and put them in the basket on the shelf. After finishing, he glanced at Second Boss, who was sitting at the counter and reading idly. Chen Mu glanced at the door leading to the backyard and confirmed that the big boss was still cleaning the ingredients inside. Chen Mu moved to the counter.

Chen Mu whispered, "Second Boss, we haven't had very many guests these days. Shall we publicize it like Mingjiu Pavillion?"

Before that, Lin Mo needed to solve something. Chen Qing and Chen Mu went to Mingjiu Pavillion to find Lin Cheng and after they went there, they knew that they could do more publicity if they wanted more guests.

"Publicize? No, there should be more customers in a few days. When the guests come in, go and entertain them." Lin Mo finished, saw someone coming in and reminded Chen Mu of his duties.

"Ah? Alright." Hearing this, Chen Mu hurried to greet the incoming guests.

A few days later, as Lin Mo said, the number of guests doubled. Lin Mo listened to their conversation carefully and heard that they had been introduced to this place by a friend. Lin Mo poured a cup of hot tea, changed to another book and continued to read. He did say that there would be more guests.

After processing the ingredients, Cheng Yan walked into the hall from the backyard. In the afternoon, the sun shone through the hollow layer on the door. Lin Mo lay at the counter, with the open book covering his head. Part of the beautiful sunlight fell on his back.

The sun in late autumn afternoon was very warm. Although Cheng Yan didn't know why Lin Mo liked sleeping so much, almost half of the time of the day was spent with his eyes closed, of course, only when he was around. However, this kind of weather was really suitable for dozing.

Cheng Yan walked quickly and attended to the guest who came in to check out and took the note in the guest's hand. He calculated the amount according to the above menu, then showed it and asked the guest to pay.

During the whole process, both of them did not make a sound. The customer was obviously an old customer. He was used to the Second Boss in charge sleeping on the side, and the big boss checking him out.

At present, there were three kinds of food created by Lin Mo: spicy hot pot, all kinds of kebabs and self-service family hot pot. However, the first two were the most popular among the guests. It was estimated that it was not cold enough now.

All the utensils inside were customized by the blacksmith before. The spicy hot pot and skewers were selected by the guests, and the later ones were processed by Chen Qing and Chen Mu. The fire for self-service hot pot was smokeless carbon, and because smokeless carbon was more expensive, the price of this hot pot was higher than others, maybe this was why no one bought it.

Actually, Lin Mo, who was lying on the counter, was not asleep. He was just too idle, and the sun was just warm enough to bask in. So he put his book on his head and closed his eyes to rest. Hearing the footsteps approaching him, Lin Mo was about to take the book off his head and get up to check out the guest when Cheng Yan arrived.

When Cheng Yan arrived, it meant he didn't need to get up. Lin Mo continued to lie on his face and closed his eyes. Sitting beside Cheng Yan, Lin Mo, who was not sleepy before, was a little confused.

After settling the accounts for several guests, Cheng Yan saw that there were no people. He took the book off of Lin Mo's head and put it on the back cabinet, bent down and lifted him up to take him to the backyard. On the way, he met Chen Qing and asked him to take his place at the counter.

A few days after the food gossip was spread, Lin Mo found that there were not enough people to look after the place. Lin Mo recruited three middle-aged women; two to deal with the food and one to help in the hall. After the last guest left to check out, he had to clean up the things on the table immediately.

As for other matters, Chen Qing and Chen Mu, the two brothers who had sold themselves to Cheng Yang and Lin Mo, would not be paid money. The other three were hired and were paid monthly. If these three did not work, they could be replaced.

After autumn, in winter, more and more people came to eat hotpot in the food shop. There were also many food shops nearby that followed Lin Mo's example. But the customers who had come to Lin Mo's restaurant and tasted it, knew the difference. The price in the other shops were cheap, but the quality and taste were also poor. There was no unique taste that Lin Mo's Gourmet Shop had.

Finally, the last guest was sent away. The three middle-aged women cleaned the backyard and the hall, and left with the rest of the leftover ingredients given to them by Second Boss.

Cheng Yan closed all the doors to block the incoming cold wind. After walking to the backyard and telling Chen Qing and Chen Mu, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo, who are already dressed, left through the back gate.

Before, Lin Mo wanted to buy a house in town and Lin Cheng also wanted to buy a big courtyard. Every day, Lin Cheng had to go to town and the Academy where Lin Xing and Lin Cheng studied was also in town. It took a lot of time to come from Daling Village in the morning and go back in the evening.

Besides, Xiaoya and Xiaonan hadn't seen the other adults in their family for a long time, except grandma and their mother. Therefore, it was certain that the Lin family would move to town. Anyway, it was winter now, and they didn't have to worry about their own affairs.

Since both of them wanted to buy a house, Cheng Yan and Lin Cheng went to buy a big courtyard. The interior environment was good, the house and furniture were semi-new and they could live in it directly after a little cleaning.

So Lin Mo lived with the Lin family again, but now there was an addition to the family, Cheng Yan as Lin Mo's husband.

Today, Lin Xiu was coming back for his vacation. To be exact, after this winter, Lin Xiu would go to the Imperial City for the exam in the spring. Even Lin Xing and Lin Chen had a few days off. Today, they were going to have dinner together, so Lin Mo and Cheng Yan had to go back quickly.

The house they bought was in between Lin Cheng's Mingjiu Pavillion and Lin Mo's Gourmet Shop. It was just a few minutes' walk away.

After Cheng Yan warmed his pocket, he pulled Lin Mo's hand and put it in his pocket. Lin Mo was not in good health and his hands and feet were often cold in winter. His feet were still cold when he woke up the next day after sleeping at night. But the good thing was that there was also a natural heating furnace called Cheng Yan. As long as Lin Mo was in his arms, he would not be cold in the middle of the night.

By the time the two of them got home, the others would be ready to eat. When Lin Mo entered the house, he felt a lot warmer. Cheng Yan helped him take off his coat and put it aside.

"Mo'ger and Cheng are back. Go wash your hands and come eat dinner. There is hot water in the kitchen." Mama Lin stood at the table and put the cooked meat in the pot.

They would have hot pot tonight, divided into clear soup and red spicy soup, after all, children couldn't eat spicy food.

Seeing Lin Mo coming in, Lin Xiaoya exclaimed happily, "Fourth Uncle, you're back!"

"Fourth Elder Brother, hurry up and get ready to eat!" Lin Xing sat with chopsticks in his hand and stared at Mama Lin as she put the ingredients in. Seeing Fourth Brother coming back, he waved at him.

"It's okay. You eat first." Lin Mo waved his hand to make them feel free to eat.

"Mom, is there too much pepper in this pot?" Lin Xing saw that the other half of the pot was full of red chili oil floating on it, and felt his tongue tingling.

Lin Chen, sitting next to him, said suddenly, "If you can't eat spicy food, you can have the other side."

"Who… Who says I can't eat it?" Lin Xing retorted, but there was a lack of momentum in his tone.

On the kitchen side, Cheng Yan ladled warm water into a basin for Lin Mo's hands. Lin Mo put his hands in the basin to soak, and Cheng Yan put his hands in to rub Lin Mo's cold, stiff hands.

"Why are your hands still so cold? Do you want to buy some ginseng as a tonic?" Cheng Yan asked as he rubbed them for him.

"What can ginseng do? Don't bother. I was born with a cold constitution." Lin Mo shook his head. In his previous life, he had a cold constitution too. In winter, he had to turn on the heater, otherwise, his hands and feet would be cold. It was probably the same in this time.

Cheng Yan didn't speak. He continued to rub Lin Mo's hands to circulate his blood. Then he scooped up a basin of hot water and put his hands in it. When Lin Mo's finger's flexibility was almost restored, the two men returned to the room, just as the things in the pot were almost cooked. After they sat down, the others began to eat. Cheng Yan helped Lin Mo by grabbing the meat and a lotus root on the spicy side, and then scooped out a bowl of soup for him to start eating.

This soup was specially made by Mama Lin to warm Lin Mo. The other children in the family had to drink a bowl of it every meal. The warming effect was obvious for others, but not for Lin Mo. However, Lin Mo drank it every time in order not to worry Cheng Yan and Mama Lin.

Lin Xing gave Lin Xiaonan meat, a lotus root and Chinese purple yam which were soft boiled, and then looked at the meat in the red soup. He couldn't help but be tempted to take one. The next second, Lin Xing's eyes turned red and his mouth was numb.

"You know that you can't eat spicy food and you're still trying it?" Lin Chen had no choice but to move his cool water to Lin Xing.

Every time his mouth got so hot that his face turned red after consuming the spicy meal, he wouldn't touch it next time, then, the time after, he would forget and eat it again.

"Let him try it a few more times, maybe he will be able to eat spicy food later." Lin Xiu, who was enjoying the spicy food, looked up at Lin Xing and couldn't help laughing.

"Even Second Brother can eat spicy food. Why can't I?" Lin Xing filled a cup of cold water and reluctantly dropped a little spicy broth in his mouth. He was unwilling to say he couldn't eat it.

Lin Mo looked up at Lin Xing and said, "I can't eat too much either, and Xiaonan and Xiaoya can't."

"Fourth Brother is different. Why can Second Brother eat spicy food as a scholar?" Lin Xing said gloomily, Fourth Brother was a ger, and Xiaoya and Xiaonan were children. How could this be the same?

"What makes you think that scholars can't eat spicy food?" Lin Mo opened his mouth to eat the meat that Cheng Yan fed him, and asked as he chewed it.

"Scholars should be weak… Er…" Lin Xing cut himself off, knowing that Second Brother was here.

"Huh? I beg your pardon? How am I weak?" With chopsticks in hand, Lin Xiu looked up at Lin Xing, who was opposite him. He smiled softly.

"No… It's nothing. I mean, scholars should not be weak. They have great strength like Second Brother." Lin Xing hurriedly changed his words, looking serious. He finished saying this and dared not look up at his Second Brother.

Lin Mo looked at his family with a smile in his eyes as he ate, and found that they were all used to it. It was the same with their previous relationship in his past life.

Chapter 36: Cheng Yan's Dream

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

After dinner, Mama Lin and sister-in-law Lin cleaned up the things on the table, while Father Lin played with his granddaughter. It was hard for Lin Xiu to come back for a holiday, so he stared at Lin Xing, who just spoke ill of him. Lin Xiu took him to his study and gave him instant homework.

Lin Xiu held the tea cup, drank the flower tea and looked at Lin Xing holding his head and scratching his ears, as he thought about the answer to the question Lin Xing gave him. Seeing Lin Xing looking over, Lin Xiu smiled and motioned with his eyes to continue thinking.

How could he talk about his brother behind his back? What's more, he still said it in front of him and now he wanted to give him a brotherly education. Lin Chen was not interested in reading. Lin Xiu, who knew him, bought some books about business for him. Therefore, Lin Chen took the book that his Eldest Brother and Second Brother gave him to study, and Lin Cheng occasionally told him some experiences from his previous life.

After eating the hot pot, Lin Mo felt thirsty. He went to the kitchen and boiled some flower tea to cool the heat and reduce the fire. After thinking about it, he dropped a few drops of spring water into it.

Cheng Yan went to the kitchenette to make hot water for Lin Mo. Lin Mo brewed the tea for them and then carried the pot back to the house. When Cheng Yan was heating the hot water, he also burned some extra wood. As soon as Lin Mo entered the room, he felt the heat blowing across his face. However, the heating effect on him was very weak, and just like eating hot pot, although the house could have burned a dragon, his feet were still cold.

When Cheng Yan had finished heating the hot water, he took it to the room and poured it into the tub. When the hot water in the tub was almost too much, Cheng Yan came in with a basin of lukewarm water.

"Come here and heat your feet before you take a hot bath." Cheng Yan walked in with a basin of water and called for Lin Mo.

Lin Mo put down his things and went to Cheng Yan's side. He sat on the stool and took off his shoes then put his right foot into the water and tried it. When he found that it was warm water, he put his feet in.

It was better to use warm water to let cold feet adapt. It couldn't be too hot or too cold. Lin Mo had an accident when he first soaked his feet in hot water. He had gone to bed after soaking his feet and was awakened by his feet itching in the middle of the night.

So after that, Cheng Yan would patiently warm his hands and feet with warm water and then use hot water again. Cheng Yan pulled up his sleeve, squatted down and put his hand in the basin. As soon as he touched Lin Mo's foot, his brow slightly wrinkled. Although he knew that Lin Mo's hands and feet were cold, he was so cold that Cheng Yan began to worry.

"Why are you frowning? Be careful of becoming a little old man." Lin Mo touched his frown and smiled.

Cheng Yan carefully warmed his feet and said, "You have to see the doctor. Your hands and feet are too cold."

"I've visited the doctor for it before… Well, let's go to another doctor when we have time." Lin Mo compromised, though he knew it was useless.

Cheng Yan didn't speak. He kneaded Lin Mo's feet and felt they were almost to normal temperature. He motioned for him to stand up, and then helped him take off his coat, leaving only the inner gown. Cheng Yan helped him into the tub and Lin Mo sank a little once he got in, only showing his head.

Lin Mo took a hot bath and shouted to the other side of the screen, "There is a small pot of tea on the table. Remember to finish it."

"Okay." Cheng Yan answered, took Lin Mo's wet coat, and took out the used basin.

After Lin Mo took a good bath, the rest of the Lin family had basically gone to bed. There were several small bathrooms in the courtyard. Cheng Yan simply took a bath. Lin Mo was now lying in bed waiting for Cheng Yan to return to the house.

"Pour out the water tomorrow. Come here quickly. It's cold in the quilt." Lin Mo said as soon as he saw that Cheng Yan was going to the otherside of the screen.

Cheng Yan stopped, turned around, blew out the light and walked to the other side of the bed. As soon as Cheng Yan lay down inside the quilt, Lin Mo wrapped around him like an octopus. For Cheng Yan, the temperature in the quilt was not cold, but considering Lin Mo's constitution, he didn't speak.

Lin Mo tried to drill into Cheng Yan's arms. Sometimes he thought it would be best if he could lie in the bed during the day, since it was too cold to go out. But thinking that their family had no money, they both wanted to make money, and finally they had to lift the quilt off and get up.

Getting up in the morning during winter was really deadly! But fortunately, he still had a warm night, Lin Mo thought as he stepped on Cheng Yan's instep with his cold little feet.

"When we make more money, let's get up late in winter and stay in bed." Lin Mo mumbled.

"Okay, put your hand in to warm them up." Cheng Yan responded with a low voice, opened the clothes he was wearing, and brought Lin Mo's cold hands in.

"Cold?" Lin Mo put his hands on Cheng Yan's warm chest, felt the other's body quiver for a moment, and chuckled.

"Cold." Cheng Yan agreed.

It was cold, but Cheng Yan still held his hands, holding his palms to his chest for a while, and then turned them over to warm the back of his hands. The two big feet were still wrapped around Lin Mo's feet. Before long, Lin Mo only felt that his whole body was warm.

"You're sleepy."

After warming his hands, Cheng Yan reached out and held him in his arms.

Lin Mo was in his arms, and his eyes were closed. When he heard a familiar voice, he unconsciously responded, "Mn…"

When Cheng Yan saw that he was asleep, he closed his eyes and went to sleep as well.

In the middle of the night, Cheng Yan, who seldom dreamed, dreamt again today. Cheng Yan knew that this was a dream, but it was useless for him to struggle and wake up. He could only watch the development of his dream in silence.

In the desolate yard stood two teenagers, a boy was being held by a bright yellow clothed teenager, standing in front of another boy with a cold expression.

The two sides were silent for a long time. At last, the boy who looked a little cold opened his mouth. "Imperial Brother 1, protect Xiao Yuan."

"Fifth Brother…" The child who was held did not let his eyes turn red, but he could not help crying out.

"… We'll wait for you to come back." The bright yellow clothed young man held the child's hand tightly and looked at his younger brother in front of him.

The boy looked at him and whispered, "Imperial Brother, when I come back, it will be time for you to ascend the throne."

"I think so as well."

"Come here." The boy looked at the child standing by and reached for him.

"Fifth Brother…" The child broke away from his Third Brother's hand, threw himself into his Fifth Brother's arms, and secretly shed tears.

The young man reached out to touch the child's head and said, "Listen to your brother. Don't trust anyone except your brother."

"Mn, Fifth Brother, you need to come back quickly and don't get hurt." The child bowed his head to dry his tears and looked at him.

"Mn." The boy answered, looked at them for a long time, and finally left through the small door.

Cheng Yan, as a bystander, looked at them in silence, only feeling that the scene was familiar. Cheng Yan glanced at the boy and the child, tolerated the bitterness in his heart, and left with the other boy.

After the young boy left, he followed a general into the barracks and left for the frontier fortress.

Then, Cheng Yan watched the young boy climb from a soldier to a general's position step by step. On the way, he saw that he had experienced several threats to his life, but the young boy still clenched his teeth and propped himself up.

At last, Cheng Yan saw the grown-up boy, the man who had taken the position of general, put on the silver mask, burn the letters sent from the Imperial City, and led his own soldiers to the Imperial City all day and night.

When he arrived outside the Imperial City, the general saw the newly crowned Emperor in dragon robes and the young man in red beside him. Cheng Yan saw the general, who had no expression all year round, slightly raise the corner of his mouth, that was not covered by the mask.

Without seeing anything else, Cheng Yan woke up. Cheng Yan opened his eyes and held Lin Mo in his arms.

This dream was the same as the dream he had before. Was that young man in the silver mask the general he dreamed of before? He had recovered a bit of his memory before, but he did not know what his previous identity was.

Was he the new Emperor or the general? Or was he someone else?

Cheng Yan looked out of the window and found it was still dark. He put Lin Mo's slightly cool hand in his arms and closed his eyes to sleep.

It was getting colder and colder, and it was snowing outside. Lin Mo didn't go to the Gourmet Shop anymore. Every day, he stayed in the warm room and played with Xiaoya and Xiaonan.

Cheng Yan went to see the shop every morning and came back at noon. Since it was getting colder and colder, there were more and more people dropping by to eat hot pot, so Cheng Yan recruited several more people to help in the shop.

The Mingjiu Pavillion opened by Lin Cheng was not only for fruit wine, but also for hot food in winter. Lin Mo went to have a look before, and talked about a few dishes to Lin Cheng. Lin Cheng went back to ponder for a few days, and then launched a new product.

Lin Chen, who was obsessed with business, went out with Lin Cheng every morning, so that Lin Xing could only feel the cold quilt by himself every morning.

It was cold, and Lin Xing stayed in the warm room. However, Lin Mo, Xiaonan and Xiaoya played together. Lin Xing could only sit on the side and look at them bitterly, and then continue to read the books prepared by his Second Brother.

There were not many things in the warm room, and the largest area was the big bed, which was covered with several layers of quilts, and then the underground heater was being burned below. The big bed accounted for half of the room and there were many things on it. Lin Xiu was reading while drinking tea and he looked at Fourth Brother from time to time. Then he looked back and continued reading.

Lin Mo and Xiao Ya played at one end of the bed, and Mama Lin and sister-in-law Lin were on the other side making clothes for them. Even so, the upper part was still very wide, and five or six strong men could sit there at the same time.

"Focus." Lin Xiu tapped on the table with his fingers, warning his little brother.

Once again, Lin Xing, caught by his Second Brother, turned around and looked at the book honestly.

After staying in the warm room till noon, when Cheng Yan, Lin Cheng, and Lin Chen came back, Mama Lin would put away everything, and go to the kitchen with her daughter-in-law to bring out the bone soup that had been boiling, and then start to prepare the ingredients for lunch.

When Cheng Yan came back, he went to the warm room to check on Lin Mo, and then went into the kitchen to help cut vegetables.

Chapter 37: New Year's Eve

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

There were five or six days to celebrate the New Year and Lin Mo's Gourmet Shop closed a few days ago. Chen Qing and Chen Mu lived in the yard over there and looked after the shop. Lin Cheng also changed the opening time of his store to the afternoon and closed at five in the evening.

This year, the Lin family was not going back to the village since it took too long to get to town from Daling Village and there was going to be an ice lantern festival in town. Even the road was covered with snow, making it difficult to travel.

Father Lin and Mama Ln were going out to buy New Year's goods. While Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan would be going back to Daling Village to get some bags of rice that had been shelled, as well as all kinds of preserved meat that they had stored for the winter.

Sister-in-law Lin and Lin Mo started to clean the yard, but two children plus a ger couldn't do anything. So they waited for Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan to return to officially start the New Year's cleaning.

One day before the New Year, Lin Xing and Lin Chen, wearing thick cotton padded jackets, cleaned the snow off the ground in the yard and piled it against the wall. Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan pasted all the red paper window couplets bought by Mama Lin, and hung two big lanterns outside the door.

Sister-in-law Lin and Mama Lin had cleaned the inside and outside of the house. Lin Xiu wrote couplets in the study, and then took them out and pasted them. Considering Lin Mo's physical problems, Father Lin and Mama Lin didn't ask him to come out to help, so Lin Mo was the most idle one in the Lin family now, just watching Xiaonan and Xiaoya in the room.

Lin Xiaoya stood on the bed and looked out of the window, "Fourth Uncle, are they playing with snow?"

"Mn, making a snowman." Lin Mo glanced sideways and explained to her.

"Are snowman fun? Xiaoya wants to play too." Xiaoya turned to look at Fourth Uncle.

"It's too cold outside. Children can't go out."

Xiaonan thought about it and said, "But Second Uncle said before that Fifth Uncle was still a child."

"… It's too cold outside."

"Brother and I have fluff, so we are not afraid." Xiaoya ran to one side and took her clothes off the wall.

"…" You are not afraid of the cold, but I am afraid.

"Only for a moment." Lin Mo looked at the expectation in their eyes, kept silent for a long time, and finally compromised.

"Great, Fourth Uncle is the best!" Xiaoya cheered and began to dress herself.

Lin Mo helped them to put on their clothes and shoes, and then started to put clothes on himself. When they were fully armed, Lin Mo took them out. Although he had worn enough clothes, Lin Mo unconsciously shrunk his neck when he opened the door and felt the cold wind blowing in front of him.

The snow in the yard had been swept into piles by Lin Xing and Lin Chen. As soon as Xiaoya and Xiaonan went out, they ran to Lin Xing's side. They were not frightened by the cold wind outside.

Lin Mo tightened the fur around his neck and made sure his hat was properly fitted before going to them.

"Fourth Brother, did you come out to play? Would you like to build a snowman?" Lin Xing patted the snowman's body and asked when he saw the Fourth Brother coming.

"This is a snowman?" Lin Mo doubted. This was not a round body but a scattered pile of snow? Although he had never made a snowman, at least he has seen pictures of them.

"I can't make it round. I can't help it. Anyway, it's a snowman. Everyone else in the village is like this." Lin Xing patted the snowman's body and made it firm.

"Mn, I'll help too." Lin Mo went to another pile of snow. Maybe it was time for them to see what a real snowman looked like.

"Ah? Then brother and I will help too!" Xiaoya started to play when she saw Fourth Uncle. She hurried her brother to a snowdrift.

After the others finished the house and the outside, they saw the several children playing with snow in the yard. Cheng Yan could see Lin Mo's nose was a little red from the cold and his brow slightly wrinkled so he hurried to cover the short distance

"Ah, what are you doing?" Lin Xiu stood in front of the warm room door, feeling the heat inside, and shouted to them.

"Momo, why did you come out?" Cheng Yan walked over and touched his red nose with his hand.

Cheng Yan's hands were very warm. Even if he stayed outside for a long time, his hands would not get cold. Lin Mo was very envious of this. Lin Mo threw away the snow in his hand, took off his gloves, and put his hand in front of him.

Cheng Yan easily reached out and covered Lin Mo's cold hands with his warm ones. "Why didn't you stay in the house?"

"I was competing with Fourth Brother to make snowmen. Second Brother, are you joining us?" Lin Xing heard Lin Xiu's words and responded loudly.

Cheng Yan heard this and he looked at Lin Mo with some doubt, and then looked at the snowdrift in front of him, which was of an unknown shape.

Lin Mo, who understood Cheng Yan's expression, "…"

When did he say he was going to make a snowman?

Obviously, Lin Mo had selectively forgotten what he just thought, and wanted to show them a real snowman.

"And Brother and me~" Xiaoya looked up at Second Uncle, shaking her hands and shouting.

"Mn… It's fun, so I'll come too." Lin Xiu also went to find a pile of snow and began to play with it.

Father Lin and Mama Lin and Lin Cheng had a good time watching them. They finished their work, so they joined the competition.

Lin Mo, "…" It was not really a game.

"What do you want to do?" Cheng Yan who helped him warm his hands, took out his gloves from his pocket and put them on.

"Make a big and small ball, then put the small one on the big one, and use other things as eyes, nose and hands."

"You stand by and I'll take care of it." Cheng Yan listened to Lin Mo's description, thought about the shape in his mind, and asked him to stand aside and began to work.

"Uh… Remember to keep the snowball tight."

When Lin Xiu made a general shape, he looked around and found something that made him feel a little bit frustrated. His parents were a pair, his Elder Brother and sister-in-law were a pair, Mo'ger and Cheng Yan were another pair. Even the two sets of twins, Lin Xing and Lin Chen and Xiaonan and Xiaoya had formed a team, so he was the only one by himself?

When Lin Xing was halfway done, he looked up at Fourth Brother and found that the snowman in front of Fourth Brother was different from theirs. After thinking about it, Lin Xing put down the snow in his hand and ran there. Lin Chen glanced at him, then continued to finish his strange snowman.

"Fourth Brother, what did you do with the snowman? How did you make it so round?" Lin Xing asked.

Lin Mo was putting eyes and mouth on the snowman. He looked at him and said, "Ask Brother Cheng. This is his pile."

Lin Xing nodded and ran to Cheng Yan. After getting the method, Lin Xing went back to discuss with Lin Chen, and then made the transformation to their original snowman.

For a long time, it was still a pile of snow. Xiaoya was frustrated and looked up at the others' snowman. Seeing the snowman in front of Fourth Uncle, Xiaoya's eyes brightened, and then she ran over.

Xiaonan, who was fighting against the snow, saw his sister running away, looked up, and saw the snowman in front of Fourth Uncle. After thinking about it, he threw away the snow in his hand and also went over there.

"Fourth Uncle, this snowman is so big and has a good look!"

"Is that right? I think so too." Lin Mo laughed. "Go to your Uncle Cheng and ask him to make a small one for you."

When they had almost finished playing, the sky gradually darkened. Occasionally, they heard the sound of other people's fireworks. Sometimes, fireworks exploded in the sky, making the surroundings brighter. Fireworks, a rare and expensive thing, could only be bought by every household for the New Year and lighted up for a celebration.

It was almost time to eat. Mama Lin and Sister-in-law Lin also went to the kitchen to prepare their New Year Eve's dinner. After Cheng Yan helped the others pile it up, he took Lin Mo back to the house.

After a big dinner, Cheng Yan routinely brought a basin of hot water to soak his husband's feet. Whenr all the work was done, Cheng Yan went back to the house and got into the bed. Lin Mo grabbed him and held him. On the last night of the year, everyone stayed up late, so the yard was full of lights and every family was lighting up fireworks now.

Lin Mo lay on Cheng Yan, yawned, and rubbed his face against his half exposed chest. Cheng Yan was half leaning on the head of the bed with his hands on Lin Mo's waist.

Cheng Yan touched his hair and said, "Go to sleep if you are tired. I'll watch over you."

"No, I want to be with you." Lin Mo squinted, muttering in a low voice.

Just after he started to nod off for the third time, Lin Mo finally couldn't stand it. As expected, he had to do something to raise his spirit. Lin Mo propped his hands on Cheng Yan's chest, slowly moved them up, and then put his hands on his neck.

"What's the matter?" Cheng Yan held him carefully, wondering what he was doing.

"Um… Doing something meaningful." Lin Mo said that, then he leaned over and nibbled at Cheng Yan's mouth.

Cheng Yan's eyes were deep. His hands on Lin Mo's waist suddenly tightened. Then he turned his husband around and pressed him down on the bed.

At this time, they proceeded to do something meaningful.

Their intermittent breathing echoed in the room, the sound of their breathing slowly became low, and soon the New Year's Eve was over. Lin Mo lay on Cheng Yan's body and fell asleep. Cheng Yan reached out to wipe off the tears at the corners of Lin Mo's eyes, touched a red string at the head of the bed, flicked it, and turned off the light.

In his ears was the sound of fireworks exploding in the air from time to time outside. Cheng Yan turned to his side, put Lin Mo on the bed, and then closed his eyes.

On the first day of the New Year, no one got up early and they all slept in bed. It was almost nine o'clock when Mama Lin got up and cooked the dumplings they made yesterday.

After cooking the dumplings, the others were up. Mama Lin brought the big bowl of tangyuan to the warm room. After washing, the several children went to the warm room to stay and chat while eating tangyuan.

When Cheng Yan woke up, he heard the sounds outside. It was not too early and he woke up the man in his arms. By the time Cheng Yan and Lin Mo were ready to go to the warm room, the children were already eating.

Xiaoya scooped up the tangyuan with a wooden spoon and wanted to deliver it to her mouth. Then she saw someone at the door. She looked over and saw that it was Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng. "Happy New Year, Fourth Uncle! Happy New Year, Uncle Cheng!"

"Happy New Year, Xiaoya. Here's New Year's money from Fourth Uncle and Uncle Cheng." Lin Mo walked over, took out the red bag that had been prepared in the morning, rubbed her head, and smiled.

When other children saw this, they also told Lin Mo and Cheng Yan to have a happy New Year. After getting lucky money, they continued to eat happily.

Cheng Yan gave Lin Mo a bowl of tangyuan, and then sat next to him to eat it.

"There is an ice lantern festival in town today. Do you want to have a look at it at noon?" Cheng Yan asked in a low voice.

"Okay."

Chapter 38: First Day of the New Year

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

After eating the tangyuan, Lin Mo dressed up and went out with Cheng Yan. As for the rest of the family, they also went out together in a team of twos and threes.

The Ice Lantern Festival had been around for a long time. At the beginning, every family made an ice lantern and put it in the yard. After that, it was placed in front of the gate for others to look at. On the second day of the New Year, people would choose which one they thought was the best. Now, it had developed into an activity. The town would place large ice blocks for carving ice lamps, and provide the carving tools. Everyone could try it. After carving, the carver could choose either to put it on the exhibition area or take it home.

However, nowadays, the Ice Lantern Festival was a metaphor for people to express feelings to their lovers. Most of the people who came to play at this festival were young people.

Lin Mo put one hand into the pocket of Cheng Yan's clothes and walked arm in arm with him. It was still morning and there weren't many people out. There were only a few ice lanterns on the street, however, if they came out at night, they would be able to see the ice lamps all over the street, which would be brightly lit with candles. The lights in the ice sculptures were as bright as stars.

Cheng Yan walked beside Lin Mo and followed his footsteps. To be honest, Cheng Yan didn't think these ice lanterns were good-looking, but just wanted to be with Lin Mo.

"Want to try?" Cheng Yan saw Lin Mo looking at the ice, and how his eyes were eager to try.

"Mn, let's carve one." Lin Mo turned his head and looked up at Cheng Yan. He was looking forward to it. No matter what it was, as long as it was what Lin Mo wanted or was his request, Cheng Yan wouldn't refuse, or maybe he didn't want to let him show disappointment.

Cheng Yan nodded, and Lin Mo went to pick out a moderate piece of ice and took the tool to the other side to carve. Cheng Yan crouched in front of the ice, looked up at Lin Mo and asked, "What shape do you want?"

Lin Mo squatted down and thought about it. "Make a hollow palace lamp."

"Okay." Cheng Yan nodded, thought for a few seconds and began to knock on the ice.

Palace lamp? Some scenes flashed in Cheng Yan's mind. In his memory, the kid beside him begged him to carve a palace lamp. Unfortunately, he went to the military camp before he learned how to do it.

Cheng Yan didn't let Lin Mo do it. He quickly carved it by himself. Since his partial memory recovered, Cheng Yan also knew how to mobilize his internal power and how to use his martial arts properly. However, to carve ice lanterns with strong internal power made Cheng Yan seem to be overqualified.

Lin Mo squatted aside, bored, so he took the little ice knocked down by Cheng Yan and carved a lotus. Cheng Yan glanced at him and didn't stop him.

After carving, Cheng Yan moved it to the exhibition area and put the candle in the ice lamp. At night, someone would light the candles inside.

"We'll come back in the evening and move it home tomorrow." Cheng Yan placed the lotus lamp carved by Lin Mo next to the palace lamp, and a small candle was placed in the middle of the lotus.

Lin Mo glanced at the magnificently carved palace lamp and then looked at Cheng Yan. He was confused, but didn't show it on his face. He then nodded at Cheng Yan's words.

After that, they went to see other things. On the first day of the new year, in addition to the ice lamp activities, there were other festive activities. When it was almost noon, Cheng Yan and Lin Mo went back to have dinner.

By the time they got home, Mama Lin and sister-in-law Lin had the ingredients ready. The soup in the hot pot in the middle of the table bubbled up, and it's smell filled the whole room. Lin Mo breathed in this scent as soon as he walked in.

Cheng Yan and Lin Mo were the first two to come back. The others were still playing outside or just starting to return home. Cheng Yan went to the kitchen to help bring the prepared ingredients out. Lin Mo stayed in the room to warm up and stretched out to the charcoal fire near the bottom of the hot pot, and when his hands were almost warm, he took up the plate and put in some meat and cooked it first.

When everything was almost ready, Lin Mo heard several children's voices coming from outside.

"Ah? Fourth Brother, you're back so soon." As soon as Lin Xing entered the room, he saw Fourth Brother sitting on the other side of the table. He thought that Fourth Brother and Brother Cheng would play outside for a long time.

"Mn, go and soak your hands in hot water. The meal is almost ready to eat." Lin Mo glanced at them, then continued to stir the meat in the pot with a wooden spoon, and then took the lotus roots and Chinese purple yams pieces set aside and put them in.

"I smell meat!" Xiaoya, who was carried into the house by Lin Xiu, turned her head and looked at the steaming pot with bright eyes.

"Mn, it's delicious meat, let's go to the kitchen and soak our hands." Lin Xiu went out with Xiaoya in his arms and smiled.

When everyone was seated, the meat and other dishes in the pot were cooked. Cheng Yan sat beside Lin Mo and scooped him some pieces of cooked meat and some pieces of soft lotus root with a wooden spoon.

Inside the warm house, with a smiling family, a table of food, and his husband beside him, Lin Mo listened to their cheerful conversation, and his depression finally dissipated.

This was his home. They were his family. Everything in his last life was buried in his heart and locked away.

"What's the matter? Don't you want to eat these?" Cheng Yan asked in a low voice when he saw that Lin Mo was holding his chopsticks but did not move.

"No, I was just thinking about something." Lin Mo returned to his mind and shook his head with a smile.

Cheng Yan nodded and continued to help him with other dishes while eating. Just now, it seemed that Lin Mo was in a good mood. Cheng Yan wondered if it was just his imagination.

After lunch, the children of the family pestered the others to go out to play, while father Lin, Mama Lin and sister-in-law Lin began to prepare the New Year's dinner after lunch. In the morning, he walked along the streets with Cheng Yan and now Lin Mo didn't want to stay out in the cold air.

Lin Mo and Cheng Yan stayed at home. Lin Mo went back to the room and lay on the bed to read a book. After Cheng Yan burned the bed coals, he went to the kitchen to help. However, it was not long before he was pushed out by Mama Lin, saying that he should accompany Lin Mo.

After Cheng Yan returned to his room, he stayed in bed with Lin Mo as he read. Finally, Cheng Yan was half lying on the bed reading, and Lin Mo was sleeping on him.

On the first day of the New Year, just as the sky turned black, the fireworks outside began to be continuously lit. In the room, it was a little dim without lighting. Cheng Yan hugged Lin Mo, who lay on his body, and closed his eyes to rest.

The fireworks that sounded outside were scattered in the air, and the bright light of the fireworks was visible through the window. Lin Mo, lying on Cheng Yan's side, was stimulated by the flash of fireworks. He buried his whole face in Cheng Yan's chest, trying to block the light outside.

Despite blocking out the flashes, the sound of fireworks still rang out loudly. Lin Mo, who didn't wake up completely, frowned.

Cheng Yan opened his eyes when Lin Mo moved. He narrowed his eyes to adapt to the alternation between the darkness in the room and the light of fireworks outside. He felt the movement of Lin Mo who had awakened.

"Momo, do you want to get up? We can eat dinner. We are supposed to go out to see the ice lamps tonight." Cheng Yan ran his fingers through Lin Mo's hair and straightened his long hair with his hand.

"Mn…" Lin Mo rubbed his head against Cheng Yan's palm, half opened his eyes and answered vaguely.

When Lin Mo woke up completely, Cheng Yan lit up the light. Lin Mo was sitting on the bed with the quilt covering his body. Cheng Yan was standing by the bed to comb his hair. When Lin Mo was dressed, they went out.

By the time the two of them left, everyone had already reached the venue. They found a place to sit down, and waited for Father Lin and Mama Lin to bring everything. After sitting down, all of them picked up their chopsticks and started eating dinner.

"Your Third Sister is going to give birth soon so it is not convenient for her to come here. Our family will go to her tomorrow." Mama Lin said.

The others nodded. Sister-in-law Lin hadn't been back to her mother's home for the New Year for a long time because of some problems. This year was no exception. She had no opinion on going to the Yan's home for the New Year.

"We will go to the Third Aunt's tomorrow?" Xiaoya ladled the meat in her bowl and was about to deliver it to her mouth. Hearing grandma's words, she looked up and asked pleasantly. She had been to the Third Aunt's house before and it was very beautiful. There were many beautiful little sisters, many delicious cakes and many interesting things.

"Yes, if you don't want to stay in bed tomorrow, or I will leave Xiaoya to watch the house alone." Mama Lin laughed.

"Xiaoya gets up early every day. Fifth Uncle is the one who stays in bed. Let Fifth Uncle watch the house tomorrow!" Lin Xiaoya said.

Lin Xing, who was bending his head and gnawing at the meat, heard that and he looked up a little muddleheaded, "When did I stay in bed?"

"Today, I woke up and Fifth Uncle was still sleeping." Lin Xiaoya said.

When Lin Xing heard that, he remembered that Xiaoya had climbed to his bed this morning to lift the quilt. "That's you getting up early. Today, I got up first. You didn't even wake up. Why can't Fourth Uncle stay at home?"

Lin Mo was chewing meat. When he heard that the topic had shifted to him, he looked up in a daze. Before he could say anything, Xiaoya helped him to talk, although it made him seem like he was a scoundrel, "No, Fourth Uncle and Xiaoya are going to Third Aunt's house!"

"What about your Second Uncle? He was the last one to wake up last time, so he should stay at home, right?"

When Lin Xiu heard this, he looked up with a smile and looked at Lin Xing gently. Lin Xing touched his eyes. His heart trembled. He forgot that there were two brothers in his family who he should not bother.

"Okay, Xiaoya can go." Mama Lin laughed.

With the laughter of the family, the dinner time for the first night of the New Year was over. After Cheng Yan and Lin Mo got dressed, they went out to see the ice lamps at night. In the evening, the ice lamps lit with the candles were more dazzling. There were white and red candles and a few other colors. The ice lamp also reflected the different colors of light as a result.

Lin Mo pulled Cheng Yan to the place where they put their ice lamps in the morning. As Lin Mo had imagined, the red candle was lit in the gorgeous ice palace lamp, and the candle light that seeped out of the hollowed place made the ice lamp more exquisite.

After visiting other places with Cheng Yan, Lin Mo returned to the original place and asked Cheng Yan to take their ice lamp and leave, while he also carried his own carved lotus lamp.

Lin Mo didn't plan to drop by again tomorrow to take it away because they would be going to the Yan's house to pay a New Year's visit. Maybe they would come back at night. Lin Mo was worried that the ice lamp that Cheng Yan carved for him would be moved away after they came back.

Chapter 39: Cheng Yan's Memory

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

When they returned home with the ice lamp, the rest of the family was still awake. Lin Mo put the ice lamp in the yard. After washing and changing, Cheng Yang and Lin Mo lay on the bed. Earlier that day, they slept all afternoon and Lin Mo was not sleepy now.

When the lights were turned off, Cheng Yan lay back in bed with Lin Mo in his arms, and the two chatted in low voices. After chatting for a long time, Cheng Yan had his previous dreams and part of his recovered memories flash through his mind. Cheng Yan hesitated for a long time before finally deciding to talk to Lin Mo about it.

"Momo… I said before that I have no memory of the past…"

"Mn, yes you did, what's the matter?" Lin Mo asked casually.

"Not long ago I recovered some memories."

When Lin Mo heard this, he was stunned and froze. His closed eyes flashed with all kinds of complex emotions. The room was dark, plus Lin Mo had been buried in his chest, so Cheng Yan didn't notice.

"Mn, is it… What do you remember? For example, your name and identity?" Lin Mo asked after a long silence.

Recovered some of his memory? Was this the restored Cheng Yan and not the current one? Will he spoil him as much as he did now? Would he suddenly forget everything between them now that he restored his previous memory? Lin Mo's brain was suddenly filled with these guesses that gave him a headache.

"Momo, what's the matter with you?" Cheng Yan looked down at him, wondering. As soon as Cheng Yan heard Lin Mo speak, he felt something was wrong with his mood.

Lin Mo buried his head in Cheng Yan's arms, murmuring, "… I'm okay. Tell me about you first. What memories have been recovered? Do you know who you were before?"

Cheng Yan's whole body was covered with ferocious scars and he had internal power and knew martial arts. The rules in his life were like a soldier's self-discipline so it was impossible for him to be an ordinary person.

"If the young general in my dream is me, the current Emperor should be my elder brother."

General… Current Emperor… Elder brother… So Cheng Yan was a prince? A royal…

"Cheng Yan, if you have someone else you love, I will leave you." Lin Mo looked up at him with a stiff face. He liked Cheng Yan very much, so he couldn't stand the presence of other people around him. Lin Mo could be the only one. If Cheng Yan fully recovered his memory, and he had someone else, he could only choose to leave.

At the very least, he could still remember the time when they were together.

When Cheng Yan heard Lin Mo say the word 'leave,' his heart stagnated and he subconsciously locked Lin Mo in his arms. "I like you alone, no one else."

Leave? He wouldn't give Lin Mo a chance to leave him.

"I went to the border with the army when I was fourteen years old. I didn't come back to the Imperial City until I was seventeen years old. I didn't stay for a long time when I went back. So there is no one else around me, or in my mansion, except servants and bodyguards." Cheng Yan explained.

When he returned at the age of seventeen, he received a letter from his elder brother. He just didn't know what happened when he turned eighteen that led to his injury and loss of memory. It was only a year later that he recovered, so he was now nineteen.

It was a pity that since he woke up that day, he didn't continue that dream, and he didn't know what happened after he led his soldiers to the Imperial City.

"Fourteen years old… Then your injuries…"

Fourteen years old, he was still a teenager, and he went to war? Lin Mo had some difficulty breathing at the thought of Cheng Yan's scars.

Cheng Yan turned sideways, buried his head in Lin Mo's neck, and whispered, "I'm okay. It doesn't hurt now."

Lin Mo reached out and touched his head. He didn't talk. It didn't hurt now. But what about then? At that time, he would have been on the verge of death many times. How did he persist? Lin Mo thought, maybe in some way, he and Cheng Yan had similar experiences.

Seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, Cheng Yan was a little anxious. He leaned his head against Lin Mo's forehead and stared into his eyes, "So… Don't leave."

The darkness of the room did not obstruct Cheng Yan's vision. He saw clearly that there was pain in Momo's eyes when he looked at him, "As long as you don't have anyone else, I won't leave…"

"There's no one else." Cheng Yan was relieved to get his answer. The strength he used to hold Lin Mo's waist tightened. There was no one else except Lin Mo.

"Do you think I'm selfish?" Lin Mo whispered. It suddenly occurred to him whether it was ancient or modern times, it was normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines, let alone royalty.

"No." When they got married, he promised Lin Cheng and Lin Xiu that Lin Mo would be the only one in his life, now and in the future.

"But I can't have children. You are doomed to have no children in the future."

If the daughter-in-law of an ordinary family couldn't have children, the man would surely find another again, let alone if they were from the royal family. Cheng Yan may also be the prince. Would the people in the palace tolerate that there were no descendants from Cheng Yan? Maybe the courtiers would marry their daughters to him for some benefit, and the Emperor or the Empress Dowager would push back…

Lin Mo's mind now flashed all kinds of novels or scenes from Gong Dou's TV series. He felt that one of them would happen to him.

"You told me before we got married that you couldn't have children, and I didn't care about that." Cheng Yan said patiently. For Cheng Yan, it was better to have no children. Without children, Momo would focus only on him. Without children, Momo's love for him would not be divided.

"But…" Lin Mo looked at him and stopped talking.

"Momo, what are you worried about?"

Lin Mo wanted to talk, but he didn't know where to start. Finally, he buried his head in the quilt and kept silent.

"Say it, will you? I don't know if you don't say it. Today is the first day of the New Year. We should be happy." Cheng Yan raised the quilt a little, kissed Lin Mo's forehead and coaxed him in a low voice.

Lin Mo thought about it and said, "You don't care if you have children, but what about the others? The Emperor, the Empress Dowager, and the ministers in the court who are interested in your interests, I think they will force you to compromise."

Cheng Yan explained, "Although I have only recovered a part of my memory, I am sure that Imperial Brother will not interfere in these things. As for others… Momo, have you forgotten who I am? They can bring it up, but I can refuse it."

If it was really not possible, he just needed to give an example. After all, all the people in the country knew that Prince Cheng was cruel and bloodthirsty. If he was not cruel, it would damage his prestige in front of the people.

Cheng Yan held Lin Mo, his chin resting on his husband's head as his right hand gently soothed along his back. However, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and his eyes were more and more profound.

How could he be bullied?

Cheng Yan appeased him for a long time, then asked in a low voice, "Have you figured it out?"

"Mn… Thinking about it." Lin Mo slowly took half of his head out of the quilt and rubbed Cheng Yan's chest carefully.

"Is there anything else you want to ask? If not, you need to go to bed, or you won't be able to get up tomorrow." Cheng Yan said, touching his head.

Lin Mo looked up at him and asked, "Do you remember why you got hurt and lost your memory?"

Although they were at the border of several countries, he should not have escaped here or fallen to the bottom of the cliff even if he was encircled and suppressed by the enemy. Unless he was chased and had run here, and then jumped off the cliff when he was forced into a desperate situation. Perhaps, there were other entrances to the three mountains around Daling Village, and Cheng Yan may have escaped from the other side of the mountain.

"I haven't remembered that yet." There was some frustration in Cheng Yan's tone. In addition to the experience in his dream, he remembered many things, many of which were the experience of killing enemies at the border, and the rest were from childhood.

"There is still one or two months to go. My Second Brother is going to the Imperial City for a scientific examination. Then we will go with my Second Brother. Maybe you will recollect more of your memory before that time."

"Mn, listen to you."

Lin Mo thought since Cheng Yan continued remembering past events, it could be related to his spiritual water. Since seeing the wounds on Cheng Yan, Lin Mo was worried that there may be a dark wound left in his body, so every day he put spring water in his food and drinks. It seemed that spiritual water had played an effective role. Perhaps, the amount of spiritual water for Cheng Yan could be increased.

Cheng Yan regularly rubbed Lin Mo's back to make him fall asleep, and waited for Lin Mo's breathing to settle down before slowly stopping.

Return to the Imperial City? It was really time to go back. He had to find out what happened before he lost his memory. It was also possible that all this was in his previous plan, except for the accidental memory loss.

He hoped that, in these two months, he could remember other things. Cheng Yan hugged the man in his arms and closed his eyes to sleep.

On the morning of the second day of the New Year, Lin Mo was awakened by Cheng Yan. Changing into the red clothes that Mama Lin prepared for them last night, Lin Mo washed and went to breakfast with Cheng Yan.

As soon as he entered the room, Lin Mo saw a flood of red inside, especially the four children in his family. Their clothes were pure red, without any other hues.

Lin Mo stopped in place, pursed his mouth and resisted the impulse to laugh. He felt that the clothes on himself and Cheng Yan were not so eye-catching, at least they had other colors, red was only part of them.

"Fourth Uncle, you and uncle Cheng are also wearing red clothes!" When Lin Xiaoya saw Lin Mo coming in, she said this with a smile like a proper little wife dressed in red.

"Yes." Lin Mo's eyebrows and eyes were slightly bent, laughing.

This dress on Lin Mo was found by Mama Lin and sister-in-law Lin after visiting many ready-made clothes shops. The style was still relatively new.

"Mom, why isn't Fourth Brother dressed in all red? It's too much to wear such red clothes. I feel uncomfortable." Lin Xing naturally saw the clothes Fourth Brother and Brother Cheng were wearing, which were obviously better looking than his.

"You have to dress up for the new year. A-Chen hasn't said anything. Why do you have so many opinions?" Mama Lin said as she filled Mo'ger's bowl with rice balls.

Lin Chen: …

He still kept silent. Lin Chen didn't speak. He looked down and ate the tangyuan. He didn't hear anything else.

Chapter 40: The Yan and Lin Family

Translated by Addis of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Sulo

After breakfast, the Lin family took their New Year ceremony to the Yan family.

The Yan family and the Lin family had frequent contact in their grandparents' generation. Although they said that the relationship between Grandfather Lin's generation had become less, the relationship between the two families had not been broken.

After Lin Lan, the third daughter of the Lin family, married Yan Ningxi, the relationship between the two families became closer.

The Yan family was a big family, divided into the main branch and other branches. Yan Ningxi and their lineage belonged to the main branch. His grandpa didn't take the exam and become an official according to the arrangement of the family, but chose to do business.

After Yan Ningxi's grandfather was abandoned by his family, their relationship with the family became very shallow. In addition to important festivals or special days, Yan Ningxi and his family seldom went back to their home. Anyway, they were all said to be out of the business world, and would not be bothered by those people.

The Yan family was not in Mudin County. Yan Ningxi's grandfather had restaurants all over the country. Zuiyun Plaza in Mudin County was only a part of it. Now it was an industry under Yan Ningxi. This was mainly to let him take over the industry.

However, Lin Lan's stomach was getting bigger and bigger, and she would give birth in about three months. Yan Ningxi did not dare to take risks at this time, so this year he did not go home with his father, but stayed at home with his wife.

The Yan family household was a little far from where the Lin family lived now. Lin Cheng and Cheng Yan rented three carriages. After sitting for about half an hour, the carriage stopped. Lin Mo, who rested his head on Cheng Yan's shoulder with his eyes closed, opened his eyes the second after the carriage stopped.

Lin Mo sat up straight, then took Cheng Yan's scarf and gloves and put them on. Now it was snowing outside. Without these, Lin Mo couldn't stay outside for long.

When Lin Mo was ready, Cheng Yan got out of the carriage first, and reached out to help him down. After Lin Mo got down, he put his hand in Cheng Yan's hand and looked at the Yan's door.

It was hard to imagine that the Lin family and the Yan family were related to each other. Lin Lan and Yan Ningxi were very similar in temperament. It was impossible to see that her family was a bunch of farmers.

But thinking that the Lin family were not real farmers, Lin Mo's doubts were also explained.

"I don't know why grandpa suddenly gave up business and became a farmer." Lin Mo mumbled.

From a businessman who lived all over the world to a farmer, then suddenly moving to the remote country of Mulin. When he thought about it, he felt it was strange.

"Your family used to do business?" Hearing what Lin Mo said, Cheng Yan said in a confused way. Cheng Yan overheard the villagers by chance talk about when the Lin family moved to Daling Village to settle down. Besides this, he didn't know the situation of the Lin family.

When Cheng Yan knew that the Lin family and the Yan family were family members, he was puzzled. Besides, the people of the Lin family, in addition to Father Lin and Mama Lin who often went to the fields for farming, and the faces of Lin Cheng were a little dark, the others are white, white, tender and young.

Especially when standing with the villagers of Daling village, the contrast was more obvious. In addition to appearance, their temperament was also different from that of ordinary people.

"I think so, Elder Brother told me before." Lin Mo was a little uncertain.

Lin Mo did not find the memory of Grandfather Lin in his original's memory, and Father Lin and Mama Lin seldom mentioned his grandfather. In addition to discovering Lin Xiu's talent in reading, and resolutely letting him complete the scientific examination, Father Lin and Mama Lin spoiled them any way they could.

Cheng Yan nodded and didn't speak. He and Lin Mo followed them into the Yan house, but thought the Lin family may not be an ordinary family. Their family came to the Yan family today to celebrate the New Year. Lin Cheng told Yan Ningxi yesterday and the servants of the Yan family prepared things at their master's command early in the morning.

After receiving the news that the owner's family had arrived, the maid waiting in the kitchen served warm cakes and tea and quickly went out. The warm room of the Yan family was bigger and warmer than that of the Lin family, and the decoration inside was minimal but exquisite. Lin Mo felt the warmth as soon as he walked in. It didn't take long for his body to warm up.

"Mom and Dad, please come here. I should have gone back with Ningxi." Lin Lan, who was supported by Yan Ningxi, saw her parents coming in and rushed to meet them.

"Why are you so big? It's not two, right? Have you seen the doctor?" Mama Lin saw her daughter coming, and hurriedly went to help her, in a nervous way.

Last time they met, Lin Lan had a small stomach. Mama Lin was pregnant with twins and her first daughter-in-law gave birth to twins as well. She naturally knew something about this situation.

"Yes, I do have two. When I saw the doctor in May, I thought it was nothing. I wanted to talk to you before they were born."

There were two examples of twins in their family. Lin Lan thought it was nothing and didn't rush to talk to Mama Lin about it. Moreover, as long as she followed the doctor's advice, there should be no big problem.

"What, nothing? There is a certain danger in giving birth to a child, let alone twins. The midwife must be at home one month before giving birth…"

Mama Lin was here to talk with Lin Lan about some precautions. The others sat down and ate the cake just brought up. Of course, the four children in the family were eating. Lin Mo just tasted a few pieces and didn't eat more. They came here after breakfast so Lin Mo was not hungry now.

"Fourth Uncle, this!" Lin Xiaoya took some cake in one hand, grabbed a piece in the other hand and handed it to Fourth Uncle who was sitting next to her.

Lin Mo took a bite and asked with a smile, "Do you know what kind of cake it is?"

"Red bean." Not waiting for Lin Xiaoya to frown and think, Lin Xiaonan, who was sitting beside them, looked up and said with his mouth still chewing.

"Yes, red bean!" When Lin Xiaoya heard this, she repeated it without thinking about it. What her brother said was right.

"Really? Think again."

"Why? Isn't it red bean? Brother…" Lin Xiaoya looked sideways at her brother.

"It's obviously jujube. Are Xiaoya and Xiaonan stupid?" Lin Xing leaned on the chair, stuffed one piece in, then reached for another piece to continue eating.

"Fifth Uncle is a fool, big fool! Don't say meanie things about brother." Lin Xiaoya looked at Lin Xing with round eyes.

"Ah, is Xiaoya angry?" Lin Xing leaned over and poked Xiaoya's bulging cheeks, laughing.

"A-Xing, what are you doing? Hmm?" Lin Xiu, who was talking with Yan Ningxi, heard what was going on and looked at Lin Xing, who was making trouble, and smiled.

"No… No, I'm playing with Xiaoya." Lin Xing hurriedly took back his hand and soothed Xiaoya, who was still angry.

Lin Chen, sitting by, suddenly said, "Tell her you're sorry."

Lin Xing soothed Xiaoya and whispered, "Sixth Brother is terribly sorry, okay."

"Did Xiaoya hear that? If he bullies you later, tell your uncle…" Lin Chen said.

Xiaoya took the cake that Fifth Uncle gave her and replied without hesitation, "Heard it!"

"I heard it, too." Lin Xiaonan nodded.

Lin Xing: …What was this? He just had a little fun. Why did it develop like this?

Lin Mo sat by, eyes bent with a silent smile.

The children were eating and playing. Lin Cheng, Lin Xiu, Cheng Yan and Yan Ningxi were chatting. Lin Xiu sat beside him drinking tea and listening to their discussion about business. Before long, the discussion fell on him.

"Second Brother, are you going to the Imperial City in two months?" Yan Ningxi asked suddenly.

"Mn, the time to take the examination is coming. We are too far away from the Imperial City. We have to leave ahead of time." Lin Xiu nodded.

"Not long ago, my friend revealed to me that there might be thieves and bandits on the way. If Second Brother is going with the people from the Academy, you tell them to take precautions." Yan Ningxi said.

Lin Xiu frowned and asked, "Is the news true?"

"Mn."

Lin Xiu looked at his Elder Brother sitting opposite him, saw him shake his head gently, Lin Xiu lowered his head and fell into deep thought. Since his Eldest Brother shook his head, he indicated that he didn't know this situation either. That was to say, he didn't encounter this situation when he went to the Imperial City in his previous life. Why did he have to face this accident now?

"Second Brother, when you go to the Imperial City, I will go with Momo…"

Before Cheng Yan finished speaking, Lin Xiu interrupted him. "What are you going to do in the Imperial City with Fourth Brother? If there was no news, I would have no objection to your going, but now that I know that the road is dangerous…" Lin Xiu frowned and looked at Cheng Yan. He didn't agree with him.

Cheng Yan thought for a while and said, "Part of my memory has been restored. I plan to go to the Imperial City with Momo. Besides, I know martial arts and won't let Momo get hurt."

"Recovered part of it?"

Lin Xiu and Lin Cheng were naturally aware that Cheng Yan had no previous memory, but they didn't expect him to recover his memory so soon. What's more, martial arts? Could he be a Jianghu person?

But when he thought that Cheng Yan had made it clear that he wanted to go to the Imperial City, Lin Xiu ruled this out. Apart from the Jianghu people, Lin Xiu could only think of the people in the general's mansion, and then thinking about the usual attitude of Cheng Yan…

"You…"

"Momo is my only love." Cheng Yan knew what Lin Xiu wanted to say. He didn't give Lin Xiu a chance to say it. He promised first. He would live for Momo. Even from other people's mouths, Cheng Yan didn't want to hear such words as 'don't abandon Lin Mo,' which made him very uncomfortable. Why do they think he would be bad for Momo when he recovered his memory?

"… When the Academy informs me of the departure time, I will come back and go with you." Lin Xiu was silent for a while, and finally nodded in response.

Lin Cheng glanced at Cheng Yan and tried to recall some details of his previous life.

In the past, he and his father did not meet Cheng Yan, who was injured and unconscious in the mountains. In the past, Mo'ger never married until the end. His Second Brother went to appear for the exam successfully…

The current development was different from that of his previous life. Lin Cheng felt uneasy. Now, he could only hope that the final development would not be the same as that of his previous life.

Lin Cheng looked at his brothers and children who were laughing happily. He only wanted them to be able to laugh and play happily like this for the rest of their lives.