Chapter 41: The Hard Earned Happiness

"Tired?" Lin Si Yao emptied a bucket filled with warm water into a large basin in a separate room by their bedroom. He intended for Shuilian to take a bath there.

"I'm fine, thanks for your trouble." Su Shuilian looked apologetically at Lin Si Yao as he carried the buckets of water into the bedroom and even helped her take out a set of clean clothes and hung it on the hanger.

"Didn't we promise not to speak so courteously." Lin Si Yao frowned as he tested the water temperature, "Ok it's ready, call me when you are done." Saying that, he lowered the curtains to the bedroom and walked out of the house.

From Lin Si Yao's unhappy mood, Su Shuilian knew it was because she accepted Aunt Lao's request of helping Xicui with the large embroidery job and thus ignoring him, her newlywed husband.

However, Aunt Lao had come twice early this morning to request for help. The embroidery also had a quickly approaching deadline, if she, Su Shuilian, would have felt bad if she didn't help out. After all, Aunt Lao and her family had helped her many times.

But A Yao… Su Shuilian thought as she laid her back on the bath barrel and scooped water on her body. As she thought about Lin Si Yao who she didn't know what he was currently doing, her eyelids started to feel heavier…

Lin Si Yao stood under the cherry tree for a while. The bright moonlight passed through the crevices of leaves and shone down on him. He looked like a jade deity beneath the moon, cool and handsome. It was just the wrinkle between his brow that had broken the seemingly calm and tranquil charm/grace from afar.

Damn it it's been so long, why hasn't she called yet? Did she misunderstand his attitude before? Did she think that he was angry at her? Yes, he was angry, but he wasn't angry at her. This whole day, all she ate was half a steamed bun. She also did not consume much water either, as she was afraid that she would need to urinate and waste time. And even after all of that to conserve as much time as possible to sew, she and Xicui had only finished one-fourth of the piece. If this continued on for three more days, it would be strange if she could still walk.

Lin Si Yao reluctantly listened to any movement in the bedroom. After a long time, there was still no sound. Lin Si Yao wrinkled his brow and quickly made his way to the bedroom and knocked: "Shuilian?"

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Lin Si Yao looked at the scene dumbfounded. She had actually fallen asleep in the middle of bathing. She had rested on the side of the barrel with her hair out, as it reached down to the ground.

Taking the large towel from the hanger, Lin Si Yao wrapped Su Shuilian in it and took her out of the water before he let her down on their bed. He dried off her body before covering her with a thin cotton blanket. He then started to dry her waist long hair. With a new dry towel, as he rubbed the hair between it to absorb the water. As an extra measure, he used his internal force to dry the hair and stopped after he did the same with both the wet pillow and the blanket.

Lin Si Yao went to drain the water in the barrel and cleaned the wet floor before taking a cold shower. Afterward, he changed out of his clothes and put them into the wash basin in the kitchen; he planned to wash them tomorrow. When Lin Si Yao came back, he saw Su Shuilian turn, exposing her naked upper body.

Lin Si Yao held back the warm flow coming from his nose and quickly dressed Su Shuilian before he entered into the blankets. He hugged her as he fell asleep: this was his second night of good sleep.

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At the rooster's third crow, Su Shuilian sluggishly moved her body. Su Shuilian thought back to last night before Xicui had left: she had promised to start working today at Mao-time (5am-7am); Su Shuilian reluctantly opened her eyes.

With the early dawn light that had passed through the thin floral curtains, it was easily discernible what time it was.

Looking at Lin Si Yao who was sleeping soundly by her side, Su Shuilian held back the impulse to feel his face. She was unclear how she had gone to bed last night. All she remembered was that she was taking a bath… taking a bath… and then…

"Ah!" Su Shuilian covered her mouth to muffle out her yell, afraid to wake him up. Thinking back to last night, there was a high possibility he had helped the naked her out of the bath barrel and into bed. Su Shuilian was so ashamed and had wanted to hide in the blanket.

Lin Si Yao, with his eyes closed, tightened his grip on her stiffened body and muttered: "It's still early."

"A Yao..." Su Shuilian said, embarrassed as she allowed him to hold her in his embrace. One of his arms wrapped around her neck and rested at her cleavage bringing her head to his chest. The other hand wrapped around her waist, tightly, making her unable to get up.

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"Still early." Lin Si Yao lightly spit out the words again, refusing to let her go.

"I promised Xicui we would work at Mao-time." Su Shuilian listened to his strong heartbeat as she softly explained. She was embarrassed and ashamed that Lin Si Yao was rushed to do all of the laundry. She then thought back to last night and toward his unhappy reaction, Su Shuilian could not help but ask: "A Yao… you… are you mad at me?"

Lin Si Yao's heart pained for her obviously saddened and apologetic tone which sounded by his ears. It seemed when he had blamed her for her lack of self care, she had also felt regret.

He brought his little woman closer to him and gave her a light kiss on her forehead. After that, his lips trailed down between her curved brows, her high nose bridge, until he made his way to her fragrant red lips and sucked at it.

Su Shuilian's body trembled, she understandingly opened her cherry lips. In the midst of his satisfied sigh, she had deeply entangled herself with his strong overbearing tongue.

Until she could not withstand the long duration of intensity, leaving her flushed and breathing heavily.

Lin Si Yao pointed at her nose and lightly laughed, "How did you forget to breathe?"

Su Shuilian hid her face in his shoulder bashfully, as she refused to face his joke.

"Shuilian?" Lin Si Yao lifted her chin, making Su Shuilian face him as he seriously said: "I was not mad at you last night. I was just worried, worried about your health." Some words, if not said will cause a misunderstanding, and with the accumulation of these misunderstandings will turn into resentment and grudge, and then, it would be too late.

"I know." Su Shuilian gently placed a finger on his lips, "Just this time, since I have already promised Aunt Lao. But after this, I promise I won't embroider like this again." She stroked his lips and quietly promised him.

She knew how hard embroidery was. In the past, in order to keep and maintain the title of "#1 Embroidery House", never once was she pushed, but she was instead provided methods of ways to not waste time. This included having everything provided for her, such as enough maids to heed her every beck and call. Even her mother, although she showed pity in her eyes, her voice never softened, because this was her responsibility as the Eldest Young Lady of Su House. She, herself knew that too, which was why she never voiced out a complaint.

But now, from Lin Si Yao's cold voice, he had spoken about his worry for her, Su Shuilian on the verge of tears. The frustration of toil that had accumulated over the many years, her exhaustion suddenly all gushed/flowed out.

Lin Si Yao kissed the tear that slid down the corner of her eyes. Although he did not understand why even though she was fine just a moment ago, he still wanted to kiss away her tears, her helplessness, her grievances… and with this thought, he gave her a series of gentle kisses.

However, this soon turned into a heat, and in that instance, the momentum was cut and the two were drawn into a tide of passion.

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Chapter 42: Extra Quincuncial Piles?

At Mao-time (5am-7am), Xicui knocked on the door of their house. The person who had opened the door was the refreshed-looking Lin Si Yao. As for Su Shuilian, the Eldest Miss Su, she laid limply on the bed, unable to take a single step.

Lin Si Yao led Xicui to the embroidery room first to let her begin sewing. He then made his way to the kitchen and brought warm water to their bedroom and helped Su Shuilian clean herself.

"Did you do this deliberately?" Su Shuilian's whole body blushed as she helplessly let him help her up. She could not help but mutter as she stared at his refreshed look.

Lin Si Yao chuckled but didn't reply. After tidying up her clothing, he wrung a wet towel and gently wiped her face with it. With a toothbrush and cup of water in his hands, he waited for her to finish cleaning.

"I can do it myself." Su Shuilian took the wet towel and plastered it on her face hoping it would help hide her blushing face.

Lin Si Yao found this scene comical. He took the wet towel off her face and handed her a toothbrush as he smiled and explained in a low voice, "Shuilian, we are newlyweds, other people will naturally understand."

Su Shuilian's face burned even more when she heard his explanation. She quickly gave him a sharp look as she brushed her teeth under his smiling gaze then rushed to the embroidery room.

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Su Shuilian stood by Xicui's side and quietly watched her finish embroidering a branch before she smiled and complimented: "Xicui, you're doing good on the coiling branches. Later, for the lake, use a double chain stitch (交叉绣), that will make the ripples on the water more prominent."

"Ok." Xicui happily nodded her head. She never expected she was able to complete a branch with such a difficult stitch. This really boosted her confidence.

What her mother said was correct, in the aspect of embroidery, Su Shuilian's skills would take her many years of devotion to develop. Previously she had only really used the straight stitches (直针), and the rest of her needleworks were also flat, Xicui decided to use this opportunity to learn all sorts of needlework techniques from Su Shuilian. When she married into her husband's family, she would at least be well versed in a single skill. And in addition, such exquisite embroidery can be sold for money.

And so, Xicui looked up and gave Su Shuilian a grateful nod before she looked down and continued on her work.

Su Shuilian was relieved when she saw that Xicui did not refute her proposal and instead agreed wholeheartedly to it.

She could not help but think back to her own younger (half) sister, Shuiyan. From time to time she would also ask her for critiques, but her honest reply would make her unhappy. Sometimes, Shuiyan would aim her temper at her as if it was her who had purposely done it. Therefore, even as a perfectionist, Su Shuilian learned to gradually accept Shuiyan's lacking embroidery skills and focused on her own work. It must have been from that point on that she and Shuiyan's relationship turned for the worse, right?

Secretly shaking her head, Su Shuilian bent her neck down as she started to focus on embroidering the phoenixes.

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At noon, Aunt Lao came into the courtyard with another food basket: "A Yao, are they still not going to come out today for lunch?" She lightly asked when she quietly made her way to Lin Si Yao who had just finished drying the clothing and was currently weeding the front lawn.

Lin Si Yao pondered a bit before replying: "They will come out and eat today to loosen their muscles."

When Aunt Lao heard Lin Si Yao's reply, she quickly nodded her head and agreed: "Right right right, then I'll just put the food in the kitchen and you'll remind them to eat later, right?" It was fine for her daughter, but if something were to happen to Shuilian, she would not be able to withstand a causal hit from this powerful man in front of her.

Lin Si Yao laughed and shook his head as he watched Aunt Lao quickly rush in and out of the kitchen before running out of their house. He then crouched down and continued to clear out the weeds.

Lin Si Yao had read through some of the agricultural books yesterday, with thoughts of taking advantage now to learn how to grow/plant sweet potatoes. So when winter comes, there would be a wider variety of food that they could eat. And so after he watched Su Shuilian finish a bowl of porridge and half a steamed mandarin roll, Lin Si Yao went to the city. When he got there, he bought a bunch of sweet potato seeds to plant individually once he got back. As for the rest of the open space, he divided it into three field ridges and planned to use the seeds that Fang poniang had given Shuilian. He planted the ones that would be suitable for winter.

After weeding and loosening the soil, Lin Si Yao went outside the fence, to the river pier, to wash his hands and face.

He swept a glance at the Quincuncial Piles, his eyes flashed with mirth. His woman would have never guessed the reason for him to set up/request Quincuncial Piles (to be built). With his martial arts skills, he had no need for these stiff practice fields. He was prompted by a sudden impulse as he thought about the child he will have with Su Shuilian in the future.

As he stood by the river and bathed in the sun's warmth, Lin Si Yao pictured the peaceful and blissful life ahead of him before he headed into the kitchen: he intended to call the two for lunch.

The two wolf pups, who had already smelled the red braised pork in the basket, could not help but circle around the rectangular table where the food was placed. If they hadn't known about the severe consequences that followed, they would have long stolen the meat from the table.

The two wolf puppies coveted the food basket. However, when they saw Lin Si Yao come in, they tilted their heads and wagged their tails. They continued to act coquettishly and hoped that like yesterday, he would drop a few pieces of meat for them to eat to their hearts' content.

Yes, it was the braised pork from yesterday. However, because Su Shuilian refused to come out to eat, Lin Si Yao had to pick out two thin, fatless pieces and sandwich it each into a bun and brought it into the embroidery room. As for the remaining three pieces, he ate one and gave the rest to the wolves as they became weak without meat in their meals.

And with that thought, Lin Si Yao decided to go into the mountain and hunt for more animals for the wolves to eat. And with that, he could also collect more fur for the winter to make Su Shuilian things such as fur cuffs, fur knee pads, and a furry waistcoat. Since he had his inner force, the cold weather did not bother him, but Su Shuilian was different. It was only early autumn and she already had to put on two layers of clothing. When winter comes, wouldn't she freeze to death?

He could tell that she was from a prestigious family. Then for her, during the winter seasons, she would stay indoors in her well-heated house. But now, even though they had a Kang, it could not compete with the rich families' heated houses.

With that thought in mind, Lin Si Yao placed the plates from the basket individually onto the table. He then took out two thin pieces of meat and placed it inside the wolves' large soup bowl before adding two steamed buns in it. He glanced at the wolves as he brought the bowls to the front of the dog house, as if telling them not to be too greedy.

The wolf cubs devoured the meat and gnawed on the bun as they pitifully stared up at Lin Si Yao. However, they quickly changed their expressions after they heard him say: "we'll go hunting later this afternoon."

Lin Si Yao laughed as he shook his head before he turned and made his way to the embroidery room to call Su Shuilian and Xicui for lunch.

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Chapter 43: Becoming an Apprentice?

Su Shuilian and Xicui were half dragged out of the embroidery room by Lin Si Yao to eat their meals.

According to Su Shuilian, sitting and eating lunch would be a waste of time. They wanted it to be served like yesterday: by placing a bun on the edge of the plate and when they are absolutely hungry, they would be able to take just a small bite without dirtying their hands. If they dirtied their hands, the time used going back and forth to wash their hands would allow them to sew another section.

But when she looked into his eyes, she knew if Xicui and her did not go out to eat lunch, Lin Si Yao would be angry at her. And with the thought of him being angry, Su Shuilian decided to obediently put down her needle and invited Xicui to the kitchen to eat lunch.

In the midst of their meal, as Lin Si Yao added another piece of the red braised pork onto Su Shuilian's bowl, he remembered his plans and decided to informed her of it. "This afternoon, I'll take Xiao Xue out to hunt, Xiao Chun will stay here to guard the house."

When Su Shuilian heard this, she blinked her eyes in confusion, "Didn't you already catch a few yesterday?"

She thought about the goat given by the village head and the various rabbits, pheasants currently being kept in the duck and chicken coop; if he were to hunt for more animals, where would they keep them?

"It's for them to eat." Lin Si Yao seemed to have understood what she had meant and pointed at Xiao Xue and Xiao Chun sitting by Su Shuilian's feet as he softly explained.

"Oh yeah, I forgot that Xiao Chun and Xiao Xue needed meat in every meal." Su Shuilian patted their head and gave half of her pork to them. If not for their parents fighting off that white tiger, if not for them leading her to the wolf den, she would have disappeared from this world long ago in the monster-filled forest of Dashi Mountain.

With that thought, Su Shuilian felt more guilt towards the two wolf puppies. House searching, moving in, and marrying… ever since they had exited the mountains, she rarely had time to look after them. During the time when she stayed on the mountain, they would take strolls in the woods together, since then she wasn't able to provide the same.

"After this embroidery, I will come with you guys next time to the woods to pick wild fruits." Su Shuilian smiled as she looked up at Lin Si Yao.

"Ok." Lin Si Yao 's eyes flashed with tenderness, he prefered her to go out and walk to get some fresh air. It was much better than her staying indoors all day.

"Shuilian jie, these dogs are really human-like. During the wedding, the Hua House's madam and daughter-in-law pair refused to leave the front yard no matter what I said to them; it was Xiao Xue and Xiao Chun who had dragged them into the main house." Xicui gazed at the two cute, big dogs by the table. When she thought back to their interaction with the Hua House members, she could not help but start laughing.

"Is that so?" Su Shuilian also found this comical as she pinched the fat cheek of Xiao Xue's face. "I had always thought so too, they were very sensible, but next time, don't bite other people's clothing, ok?" It was ok if they had to pay a few copper coins if their clothes teared, but it wouldn't be ok if the person were to be injured.

The two wolf puppies whimpered as if they understood Su Shuilian. They then put their heads in Su Shuilian's arms and shook them, acting coy. This, in turn, made Su Shuilian laugh, but it was only after a "humph" from Lin Si Yao did they stop and retreat. They looked at Su Shuilian and the scary looking Lin Si Yao, they reluctantly turned and went to their little house.

Woowoowoo, it's not that we are afraid of him, but we fear that he will take back his promise. We want to go to the woods and hunt, we want to eat plentiful meat… The two wolves exchanged looks and whimpered.

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After lunch, Su Shuilian and Xicui quickly made their way back to the embroidery room.

Lin Si Yao collected and washed the dishes; even the ones Aunt Lao had brought. He then placed those cleaned plates into the basket, so when Xicui leaves, she could just take the basket home.

He then returned back to the front yard to the garden where he had already loosened the soil. There, Lin Si Yao dug small holes and individually placed the sweet potato seedlings in. In the other three empty ridges, he evenly distributed a variety of seeds that could be harvested in a few months before watering them.

He noticed that the two wolf pups had awoken from their afternoon nap and ran to the river for a few sips of water. They returned and stared into his eyes, as if telling him it was time to go to the forest to hunt.

He collected the dried clothes by the river bank and neatly placed them into the wardrobe located in the bedroom. Afterward, he surveyed from the front to the back yard, making sure nothing was out of the ordinary before he walked to the embroidery room to remind Su Shuilian he was leaving. He ordered Xiao Chun to look after the house before he left with Xiao Xue to hunt.

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After several visits, Lin Si Yao had discovered another pathway to Dashi Mountain. Past the trails of Fan Hua Town's southeast fields was a Xiufeng*. And past the Xiufeng was the boundary into Dashi Mountain.

(A high peak; another word for a small mountain)

Years ago, with the rumor of the man-eating beast in Dashi Mountain, all of the previous hunters decided to become farmers. And with that, the area in the Xiufeng was less visited and soon became overgrown.

This was the first time Xiao Xue had left Fan Hua Town since they moved, so she was very excited. With Lin Si Yao tens of meters in front, she quickly sprinted to keep pace with him.

Soon the one-man-one-wolf pair made it to the foot of Xiufeng.

Lin Si Yao estimated that it would take them approximately thirty minutes to go around Xiufeng, so he decided to take a few second water break at the riverside, by the opening of the forest. Just when he was about to call Xiao Xue to go, the sound of a human came from behind the scrubs near the riverside.

Lin Si Yao lifted his brow as he thought to himself: wasn't this place supposed to be barren of people?

However, even if there was a human, it was not his business. Although he no longer emitted the murderous chill from living with Su Shuilian, he was never a meddlesome person.

Lin Si Yao turned his body and indifferently said to Xiao Xue, "let's go" before making his way to the center of the forest. He wanted to make it home before sunset. He was afraid that if he wasn't there, his little woman would take the advantage to pull an all-nighter. And with that thought, feeling impatient, his pace became faster and faster; just a few steps brought him tens of feet ahead.

The exhausted Xiao Xue stuck her tongue out and moved her sight away from that scrub as she immediately followed Lin Si Yao.

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After Lin Si Yao and Xiao Xue disappeared into the woods, a boy suddenly came out from the scrubs. This young boy was the son of Tian House, Dabao, the twelve-year-old boy with a nine-year-old's mentality.

"Wow, so cool! So that is the martial art that dad talked about?" Holding a frog that he had taken multiple attempts to catch, Tian Dabao looked in awe at the figure that had taken advantage of his distraction to leave.

"If I were that powerful, those dogs would be willing to play with me right?" The naive Tian Dabao happily exclaimed. He no longer wanted to catch any frogs as he sat on a stone by the riverside. With his hand on his chin, he earnestly looked towards the opening of the forest, waiting for Lin Si Yao to come out. Yes, he, Tian Dabao, decided he wanted the great Lin Si Yao to make him his disciple.

If Lin Si Yao knew Tian Dabao worshiped him as a rare, good man of Fan Hua Town, he would have found it unbelievable and laughable.

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However, ever since Tian Dabao had met Lin Si Yao; when he had pestered Lin Si Yao about the two big dogs, he had already firmly believed in this idea.

In his views, compared to all of the other men of Fan Hua Town, he was the most handsome [said his mom, he was skilled [said his dad, he was considerate towards Fairy jiejie [said his sister, and the questions he had asked him, he had even answered seriously without laughing at him [said himself].

From what he had heard and seen, Tian Dabao could sum it all up —— that Lin Si Yao, big brother Lin, was the best man of Fan Hua Town. And in the future, he must be like big brother Lin, that way he can marry a beautiful person like Fairy jiejie.

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The sky turned dark, but Tian Dabao still waited. From his intuition, big brother Lin will come out of the forest from here, as this is the shortest route to home.

The previously injured Dabao was still witty. However, to say he was injured, was also not a correct term. To put it accurately, when he fell into the pond, his head had hit something hard. This caused a thrombosis that blocked the passage of air into his brain, hindering his development. If the clot were to clear one day, his IQ may also recover.

Just as Tian Dabao was about to lose faith in his intrusion, he saw the one-man-one-dog duo come out. He was so happy and excited that a big smile bloomed on his face.

"Big brother Lin, big brother Lin!" Tian Dabao waved his hands in the air, trying to catch Lin Si Yao's attention. He was afraid if he didn't, he would just fly past him without notice.

Lin Si Yao had indeed noticed him from afar, but because the sun was almost about to set, he had wanted to hurry home and did not have the intention to stop.

But now, since Tian Dabao had already waved at him, he could not pretend that he didn't notice him. Plus, Su Shuilian would get angry at him if she were to find out. Afterall, with Tian Dabao's physical and mental physique, he was not suited to stay here.

"Big brother Lin, you guys went hunting?" When Tian Dabao saw the animals in both Lin Si Yao's hands and Xiao Xue's mouth, he asked curiously.

Lin Si Yao nodded. When he realized the current situation, he frowned and asked, "It's very late, why are you not home yet?"

"Hehe… I was actually waiting for you. Big brother Lin, can I be your disciple?" Tian Dabao asked wholeheartedly. But he quickly became shy as he rubbed his hands together and then scratched his head as his eyes kept glancing at Lin Si Yao for his reaction.

Lin Si Yao did not expect such a sudden request. But he then quickly thought back to the noise he had heard from behind the scrub earlier. That noise must have been caused by him, and when he had seen them disappear so quickly, he must have waited here for them to return.

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Chapter 44: Give Birth to a Baby For Me

In the end, Lin Si Yao did not open his mouth to reply if he agreed or not. He just picked Tian Dabao up, put him under his arm, and quickly made his way back to Fan Hua Town with Xiao Xue. When he had passed Tian House, he dropped Tian Dabao off and continued on his way back home. He did not turn back nor care about the young boy's gaze full of worship and firmness towards him.

"You're back?" Just as he returned and yet to close the gates, Lin Si Yao saw a person standing under the cherry tree. Even in the dark, he could see that her eyes were filled with joy and assurance. Was she waiting for him?

Su Shuilian was indeed waiting for him. Xicui had left when it became dark. And she had continued to sew, but soon she was unable to focus. She kept thinking of why he had yet to come back, and if an accident had occurred… After she heated up the leftover mantou from this afternoon and stir-fried pork strips, he was still not back. This had her very worried, causing her to pace back and forth restlessly under the cherry tree.

Fortunately, he had made it back home safely. If not, she had no idea what to do… if that really came true…. She didn't want to continue with this train of thought.

Lin Si Yao dropped the animals on an empty space on the ground. He picked out a small pheasant and threw it at the two wolf puppies eyeing the pile of animals and said, "After you're done eating, make sure to keep on the lookout. And don't touch the other animals." With that said, he pulled Su Shuilian into the kitchen.

"Did you not eat?" After he washed his hands, Lin Si Yao looked at the dishes that had no signs of being used. And she, Su Shuilian handed him a dry towel.

"What happened?" With a casual flick, the towel flew onto the towel rack. He embraced the woman before helping her onto a seat. He squatted down so that they were face to face, "Shuilian?" He kneaded her two silky hands and softly called. He was unclear why she suddenly frowned.

"A Yao, next time... next time don't go into that dangerous forest." She finally told him her inner worries.

"Did something happen?" Lin Si Yao gently caressed her knitted eyebrows.

"I… I am worried about you..." After Su Shuilian said a few words, she realized that she was overly worried; he was skilled in martial arts, so accidents were not likely to occur. So she stopped the words that were in her throat and looked down at her hands, unable to continue talking.

"Hehe..." Lin Si Yao chuckled softly as he brought her into his chest, "Worried about me?"

When Su Shuilian heard the trace of laughter in his cold voice, her ears blushed red.

"Nothing will happen to me. Today, Xiao Xue got too excited and ran far away." Lin Si Yao softly explained. It was because she had yet to leave the house for so long that the wolf pup ran, exploring every corner of the forest; only after she had run afar did she remember to come back.

"Nm." Su Shuilian nodded her head. The blush on her face, however, had yet to fade.

"Let's eat, we can talk after." Lin Si Yao took a mantou and heated it up with his qi before breaking it in half and adding some shredded pork in it. He handed it to Su Shuilian, and also poured her a cup of hot tea. He indicated for her to slowly eat, and only then did he start eating himself.

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"Eh? You are saying that Tian House's Dabao wants you to accept him as a disciple?" After dinner, the pair each took a bath. When they made their way back to their bedroom, they shut the doors and windows.

After Lin Si Yao had finished washing himself, he only put on a set of inner clothes. In one hand was an oil lamp; the other he used to lead Su Shuilian as he explained what had happened with Dabao.

Su Shuilian found this strange; why would Tian Dabao suddenly want to become a disciple of Lin Si Yao? But, since he had already mentioned it to her, it meant that he had considered this request.

"Nm, it could be because he saw me using qinggong and was curious." Lin Si Yao nodded his head as he helped Su Shuilian sit at the side of the bed. Lin Si Yao pinched the wick to extinguish the oil lamp before he placed it on the round table. He then also sat on the bed, embracing Su Shuilian. This feeling was very satisfying. Lin Si Yao smiled as he quickly stole a kiss from Su Shuilian.

"Then, did you agree with him?" Su Shuilian shyly received his gentle lips while both of her hands rested on his chest.

"Not yet." Lin Si Yao shook his head. He did not plan to accept any disciples. However, when he came home and saw her, he realized that sooner or later, they will have a child; so it would not be a bad thing if they had another person skilled in martial arts.

"Do you not intend to pull an all-nighter today?" He laughed and softly asked her, not wanting to continue the previous conversation. Even though the other was a young, mentally immature boy, he still would not permit it.

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Su Shuilian heard the laughter in his voice, and she lightly hit his chest several times as she quietly muttered, "It's your fault; I am afraid that you will be angry."

"Shuilian..." Lin Si Yao had clearly heard her light mutter, as he softly sighed, "I am not angry, I am afraid for your health. Plus, sitting for long periods of time is not good for your body."

"Mn, I understand." Su Shuilian rested on his chest as she listened to his strong heartbeat. She felt safe and at ease like this.

"You really understand?" Lin Si Yao raised his brow and chuckled. With a single turn, she was under his body. He pulled the white jade hairpin from her head, allowing her smooth hair to spread out onto the pillow.

Su Shuilian had already experienced his endlessly fiery passion twice; but when she looked into his burning hot gaze, she was embarrassed and at a complete loss at what to do.

"Shuilian..." Lin Si Yao took off their thin inner clothes as he called her name in a low voice. He gently covered her delicate body.

Both hands traveled on her trembling body, "Give birth to a baby for me, ok?" He lightly nibbled on her earlobe and whispered.

"Ok." The misty-eyed Su Shuilian blushed, and nodded her head. She could not help but moan at his actions; Su Shuilian raised both hands and wrapped her arms around his neck. Her tender lips accidentally kissed near the carotid arteries of his neck, provoking even more passion from him.

Behind the curtains, the two people closely intertwined, with the sound of feminine moans and low groans mixed together. Even the sturdy bed shook slightly from their actions. From the shadow of the light, the passion and the joy from their scorching night was called to an end by the morning rooster.

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After the third crow, did Su Shuilian finally try to push up her weak body. She tried to go past Lin Si Yao to go out and wash herself.

Today was the last day; she did not want to disappoint Xicui. From their two days of hard work, they had completed half of the piece. Today, she was to use a thin thread to fill in the phoenixes' wings and Xicui was to finish the crescent moon and the lake. A beautiful piece of two phoenixes would soon be finished by their hands…

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Chapter 45: Accepting a Disciple

"You can continue to rest for a bit, I'll go boil some water. What do you want to eat for breakfast?" Suddenly, Lin Si Yao's low voice sounded by her ear. Taking advantage that Su Shuilian was right above him, trying to get past him, he quickly stole a kiss from her before getting up and putting on his outerwear.

"I'll also get up, it's not good for Xicui to see me always lazing around whenever she comes. Plus today is the last day, it would be better if we can finish it earlier." Su Shuilian tugged at the hem of Lin Si Yao's clothes as she shyly said.

"Can you?" Lin Si Yao quickly dressed up before he gently helped her up. He went to the wardrobe and picked out a worn out, green attire. She had said that wearing old clothes when embroidering was more convenient and comforting.

Su Shulian could not win over him in terms of getting dressed, so she helplessly watched him dress her up and do her hair.

Watching him without any sense of awkwardness in helping her, Su Shuilian could not help but feel satisfaction. He was no longer the cold man she had met before, but a pampering husband. Maybe Aunt Lao and Aunt Tian were right, he was a rarely found, good husband.

"It's finished." Lin Si Yao finished his last action, as he placed the hairpin into her hair. After he helped her put on her white jade earrings, he saw her face plastered with a silly smile. He could not help but pinch her nose and ask, "What are you smiling about?"

"Ah, done? No… nothing." Su Shuilian quickly returned from her daze as she shyly felt her hair before quickly adding, "Thank you" and blushed as she ran to the kitchen to wash her face.

Lin Si Yao smiled as he shook his head. He was puzzled as to what she was blushing about, but from her reaction, it must have been related to him. She must have thought back to last night's passion… Lin Si Yao's eyes darkened as he suppressed his urge to bring her back into bed again. After a few moves, the bed was quickly tidied up and he then left to the river to sober himself up with cold water.

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"Shifu*! Shifu!" After Su Shuilian and Xicui entered the embroidery room, Lin Si Yao cleared the plates and bowls and hung the washed clothing. As he was about to squat down in the backyard to weed out the weeds, Tian House's Dabao's young juvenile voice called out from their door.

(Shifu, 师父 - master/teacher of martial arts)

"Shifu, Big brother Lin, please take me as your disciple. I will study hard! I'm not afraid of hardships and I'll learn to be just as powerful as you! Please accept me!" When Tian Dabao saw that Lin Si Yao had opened the gates, he knelt down and bowed as he pleaded. He refused to get up, not until Lin Si Yao would accept his request.

Lin Si Yao solemnly glanced at him a few times before he turned back and continued to root out the weeds.

When Tian Dabao saw this, he felt as if he was poured on with cold water. He thought back to the plays he watched, he had acted the same way as he kneeled to beg to become a disciple. But after so long, big brother Lin continued to ignore him, and what happened to the shifu accepting these kinds of requests without a second thought. Ah of course, those plays were simply playing with little children.

Even with this grieving thought, Tian Dabao remained kneeling as he occasionally glanced at Lin Si Yao not too far away, after all he still had a child's heart.

"Dabao, Dabao, what are you doing kneeling here?" From afar, Aunt Tian and Tian Dafu ran over to the gates before they swept a glance at Lin Si Yao who was silently tidying the yard. Aunt Tian was annoyed, wow, what a good husband he was, to have let her precious son kneel here for more than an hour. If not for Fang House's poniang notifying her, he would have continued to kneel like this. What big mistake had her son made to be punished like this?

Aunt Tian was angry and was about to charge into the yard at Lin Si Yao. And Tian Dafu, although he had a good impression of Lin Si Yao after their woodworking contract, was also annoyed and had wanted to rush in with his wife.

"Aiya, mom, I'm here requesting to be a disciple, what are you doing? Quickly go."

"What? What disciple?" Both Aunt Tian and Tian Dafu were stunned, "Dabao, speak more clearly, what disciple?" Aunt Tian attempted to pull Tian Dabao off the ground, but he refused to stand up no matter what. This tug of war resulted in both parties' faces to flush red. Until Aunt Tian suddenly tugged at Tian Dabao's collar.

"Ok you little rascal, you dare go against your own mother eh? What disciple or not, get home this instant! " Aunt Tian could not take this any longer as she yelled angrily.

"You should listen to his explanation first." Tian Dafu was confused with his son's current behavior. He was usually playful and naughty, it was rare for him to be so serious. He stole a quick glance at the expressionless Lin Si Yao who was skinning fox and rabbit's fur in the yard. Looking at the two big dogs by his side squinting their eyes, he seemed to have gotten a clue as he tried to calm his wife.

"Dad, I want big brother to be my Shifu." Tian Dabao said, not in a pleading voice, but in a firm tone.

"Why?" Tian Dafu did not mind as he immediately blurted out.

"So big brother Lin can teach me martial arts. This way, when I grow up, I can be like him and hunt in the forest and earn some taels from the animal fur. This way, father and mother won't suffer from hardship." And also marry a pretty person just like Fairy jiejie. However, Tian Dabao could not say this out loud and could only snicker in his heart. Humph, let's see if Gou'zi and them* will be jealous of him later.

When Aunt Tian and Tian Dafu heard this, they were all shocked, especially Aunt Tian. With one move, she tightly hugged Tian Dabao's body. "Good Dabao, it's mom's fault for recklessly blaming you," she embarrassingly explained as she pulled on Tian Dafu's sleeves, indicating for him to go in and talk to Lin Si Yao. About this matter, she no longer blamed her son for requesting to be a disciple. The reason was not because of his filial reason, but because it was beneficial for him to learn martial arts. One, it could end his wild animal-like days. And two, she had hoped that if he were to become as skilled as Lin Si Yao, maybe he would be able to clear his brain of thrombosis and resume normal mental growth.

Tian Dafu has already seen Lin Si Yao's excellent qinggong. With a single leap, he was able to travel tens of feet. He had even heard that he was able to travel from this town to the city in about the time to burn incense (30 minutes). He could not understand why a master such as him would settle down at an although beautiful town, with mountains on one side and water on the other, it was nameless. Perhaps, experts are just unconventional.

"What? What are you dawdling around for? Do you want your son to kneel all day?" When Aunt Tian saw Tian Dafu frowning while looking at the gates with no intention of walking in, she nudged him.

"Oh ok…." Tian Dafu helplessly walked into the yard and lightly said, "Uh that..."

Lin Si Yao did not wait for him to finish as he was already done skinning the animals and placed their bloody fur into a large bucket. He walked to the water tank and scooped out a bit of water to wash his hands and intended on heading to the river to wash the smell off of the fur.

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Every move he made, not to mention Tian Dafu, even the two at the door watched silently until he dried his hands and wiped away the blood stains in the cuff of his sleeves from the skinning.

"That… uh… about Dabao..." Tian Dafu rubbed his hands together, unable to start. Their words were already heard by Lin Si Yao, if he had wanted to accept Dabao as a disciple he would have long agreed. Since the opposing party had no intention to take him in, what was the point for him to force this request?

With this thought, Tian Dafu found it hard to continue on. He continued to rub his hands together as he helplessly looked at Lin Si Yao. He turned back to look at Tian Dabao and sighed internally.

Lin Si Yao walked by the gate towards the currently kneeling Tian Dabao with his head down and lightly said, "Once we start, we will not stop even if you give up."

Tian Dabao blinked his head, it took a while for him to process those words, soon he happily nodded and said, "I won't give up, won't give up, even if I die, I won't give up! Shifu, great shifu, please accept this bow from this disciple!" Tian Dabao excitedly recalled the scene he had watched during the New Year's play in the city. He repeated the words and was about to kowtow to him.

With a flick of his sleeves, he stopped Dabao's mid-action of a kowtow, reminding him, "From now on, don't kneel at every turn."

"I understand, Shifu." Tian Dabao happily straightened up. He subconsciously rubbed his already numbed knees and replied.

When Aunt Tian saw this, she felt upset.

Although she could not say that he was always well behaved at home, he had been so sensible. It seems the old saying, 'an older son needs no help from (his) mother' was correct… But Tian Dabao was only mentally nine, could he handle the hardships? For a woman her age, she had naturally suffered through many… but she knew that there was a lot more torment when learning martial arts. Dabao… was he up to it?

"Ok, you can go home today, when your knees heal, come back then." After he said that, Lin Si Yao turned around and from the basket of skinned animals, he pulled out a random skinned hare and threw it towards the dumbfounded Tian Dafu. With a "Won't send (you off)," he took the large bucket of bloody fur and headed past the kitchen and towards the river.

The two wolf puppies opened their eyes as they gazed at the rabbit in Tian Dafu's hands, but when they recalled Lin Si Yao's silent warning, they could only close their eyes and go back to their afternoon nap.

"That.. he, was this given to us?" Aunt Tian excitedly asked, pointing at the fat hare in Tian Dafu's hands.

"It seems like it." Tian Dafu scratched his head and walked out of the gates. As if speaking to himself, "It might be a gift to complete the propriety/ceremony (?)."

"What? Does that mean we have to give him teaching fees?" When Aunt Tian thought of this, she asked Tian Dafu worriedly.

When Tian Dafu heard this, he glanced at the dazed Dabao by his side before he turned to his wife and said, "Tomorrow, you and Dabao will go and give him the fee according to the schools."

Aunt Tian could only nod, her heart could not help but be pained. Although he was her only son, he was mentally disabled. However, for her to take out tens of coppers, she was a bit unwilling…

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Chapter 46: Let's Spend The Future Mid-Autumn Festivals* Together

(Mid-Autumn Festival: the traditional moon-viewing festival on the 15th of the eighth lunar month)

"You accepted Dabao as a disciple?" Su Shuilian smiled and asked. She helped Lin Si Yao dry his hands from washing some vegetables at the river. She had finally completed the paired phoenixes piece after three days and she felt much lighter because of it. Although she did not clearly hear everything that had happened earlier this afternoon, she trusted that he would handle the situation so she did not rush out. But in the end, curiosity aroused in Xicui as she peeked out the window and was able to witness the outcome. It seemed that he had accepted Dabao's request.

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"Nm." Lin Si Yao nodded his head, flashed a smile at her, rolled up his sleeves, and started to cook.

The food was brought over by Aunt Lao. He was still cleaning the fur then and did not reject her offer. Just when Xicui went back home, he had given her a musk deer to bring home.

Although they had hunted many games, with two foxes, three musk deer, one badger, and three hares, the wolves were very possessive with their rations. They would lay next to it and stare at it. However, they could not beat Lin Si Yao's powerful aura: every time he would give away a game, their hearts would feel pain.

They watched their owner and Xicui walk out of the house, the latter looked happy as she took a fat musk deer out of the gates. They finally put down their high vigilance, and acted coyly, asking Su Shuilian for meat. They wanted barbecued meat, they didn't want that tasteless raw meat like yesterday.

Su Shuilian arranged the plates on the table. When she turned and saw Lin Si Yao's fluid movements of sauteing garlic and garland chrysanthemum leaves, Su Shuilian became confused. Didn't he say that he was unfamiliar with cooking and farming? How come it looks like he is very proficient at it?

Su Shuilian became ashamed, it seems that it was actually only her who was ignorant.

"Blanking out again?" Lin Si Yao placed the sauteed garland chrysanthemum leaves onto the table before he patted her head, laughed, and asked.

"Ah." Su Shuilian quickly came back from her daze and tried to fix the strayed hair on her Lingyun bun hairstyle. She shyly glanced at Lin Si Yao who had moved back to the stove to cook. She inched closer to him, "A Yao..."

"What is it?" Lin Si Yao stirred the spices into the rabbit meat before closing the lid to let it simmer for half an hour. He then turned around and helped Su Shuilian sit down on the table before he sat in the opposite seat. He peeled a clove of garlic, intending to use it to marinate tomorrow.

Su Shuilian had wanted to take some garlic and help him peel, but was stopped by Lin Si Yao, "I can just do it myself." He did not want her soft silky hands to be sullied by such pungent odor.

"A Yao..." She felt wronged when he did not let her even do such a simple thing, could it be in his eyes, she was that useless? "The house chores, I should also have to do some." There was a bit of anger in her voice.

When Lin Si Yao heard this, he looked up to see her slightly red eyes. It was then he realized that she had misunderstood his words.

He put down the garlic in his hands and wiped his hands before he squatted in front of Su Shuilian, "Shuilian, I don't mean anything else. These… they smell bad, if you don't believe me, here, smell it..." He placed his hands near her nose and laughed when he saw her frown. He hugged her and let her sit on his lap. He buried his head into her shoulder, and softly explained, "I don't want your hands to be dirtied by these pungent things. Plus, I can just endure it myself, and I enjoy doing so."

"Really... enjoy?" Su Shuilian turned her head and clashed with his deep eyes as she blurted out.

"As long as I am by your side, I can enjoy doing anything." This was the first time Lin Si Yao had solemnly voiced out his inner thoughts. She will always be the only thing that will never leave his mind: the ignorance and joy prior to marriage, the persistence and dedication after marriage. He had already been caught in her net made of tenderness and commitment, he could not break free nor did he want to break free from it.

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"Let's go to the city together today, think about anything we need." After a night of lingering comfort and a good night's sleep, Lin Si Yao hugged Su Shuilian who was about to get up. He whispered as she was on top of his body as he brushed her silky black hair.

"Ok, it's almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, let's go buy some filling and sugar to make some mooncakes, okay?" Su Shuilian played with an ink colored jade piece necklace on Lin Si Yao as she excitedly suggested.

"Mooncakes? You can (make)?" Lin Si Yao put his hands behind his head as he watched Su Shuilian take great interest in studying the insignificant jade he was wearing as he laughed and asked.

Su Shuilian blanked out for a bit before honestly replying, "I can't, but we can learn."

"I can't either… Mid-Autumn Festival eh... I have never really celebrated it." Lin Si Yao silently looked at the curtains from the bed. To killers like him, there was only one holiday they celebrated: New Years. Only on that day, they were able to put down their guards and enjoy a New Year's Eve Gathering dinner. Yes, it was just a New Year's Eve Gathering dinner. Because most of them were orphans, there was no family dinner for New Year's Eve. A quiet, comfortable home such as this was supposed to be only a dream for him.

"A Yao..." Su Shuilian heard the gloom in his words. She laid her head on his chest as she listened to his calm, strong heartbeat. In a soft, comforting voice, she said, "In the future, we will spend every Mid-Autumn Festival together."

"Okay." Lin Si Yao softly replied as he took back his gaze. He raises his hands to her cheeks, compared to her flawless skin, his hands full of calluses were a foil in contrast.

"These past few days, you've worked hard." Su Shuilian took his large hand and placed it on her face as she softly said.

"I said before, for you, I will gladly endure any hardship." While saying this, Lin Si Yao's whole body turned and pressed Su Shuilian below him. He could not suppress the throbbing and once again devoured her.

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Fan Luo City has been very busy these days. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month (Mid-Autumn Festival) was only three days away. The vendors of various items filled up every corner of the streets.

It was noon when Lin Si Yao and Su Shuilian made it to the city. On their way there, Su Shuilian's ears burned red. Just too crazy. She and him, even after the break of dawn they were still busy in bed and later, she even had difficulties getting out of bed.

"Tired? Want to find a tea shop to rest at?" Lin Si Yao asked as he stopped about one li (500 meters) from the gates of the city. When he saw her flushed and acting weirdly, Lin Si Yao thought it was because she was getting motion sickness.

"I'm okay. Let's go buy the things first. If it runs out, then we would have wasted our trip." Su Shuilian patted her two red cheeks, looked at Lin Si Yao, and softly said.

Lin Si Yao took her small hands that were continuously patting her face and held them within his palms. He resumed their trip and had deliberately slowed down.

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Chapter 47: To the Market

"I heard that they will be setting sky lanterns on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, can we make a lantern as well?" Su Shuilian noticed some people walking around with materials used to make sky lanterns and became excited as she suggested to Lin Si Yao.

Lin Si Yao smiled and nodded his head. As long as she likes, she can do anything.

After, the two followed the paper that Su Shuilian had written the things to buy and went from store to store to purchase.

"Shuilian jie…. Shuilian jie..."

Su Shuilian and Lin Si Yao both turned around and saw Xicui running towards them from a few meters away.

"Xicui?" Looking at the currently bent and out of breath Xicui, Su Shuilian was confused; wasn't she supposed to be handing in the embroidery piece?

"Shuilian jie… phew, so tired..." Xicui took a while to regain her breaths as she excitedly reported, "Shuilian jie, you don't know, but the pair of phoenixes piece, the embroidery house was very satisfied with it… The lady patron was so happy with it, she gave me an extra silver teal. Here, this is for you. If not for you, I would have never completed this!" Xicui said as she took out two silver taels from her pocket into Su Shuilian's hands and honestly reported.

"Silly girl, I said only to help, I don't need any payment. You can keep the money for your dowry." Su Shuilian smiled and shook her head as she said and handed back the money, "It's fine, there are a lot of people, so put that money away."

"But…." Xicui shook her head, as she continued to insist, "There was no way for me to finish it myself, if not for you..."

"Fine, if you insist, then you are no longer welcome near my house." Su Shuilian pretended to be angry as she threatened Xicui. In her heart, Su Shuilian's impression of Xicui raised even more as she sincerely would like to be friends with her. Although she had poor communication skills in the past, that did not mean that she was clueless. Now that she was no longer Su's House's noble first miss, Su Shuilian naturally wanted to make a female friend of her age.

"Shuilian jie..." Noticing a crowd gathering around them, Xicui could only shyly take back the silver taels. "Thank you, Shuilian jie." She honestly said. Thank you for using the first three days post-wedding to help her. To help her without asking for anything and not taking the coins. This kind of thing, she herself would not be able to do. Xicui tightened her clenched fists. Since she had decided to learn from her, she must pay more attention to these things in the future for herself.

"We are friends, aren't we?" Su Shuilian smiled and said, "Well, at least, I think we are."

"Nm." Xicui was very happy when she heard this. She quickly nodded her head, she was proud that she had looked at her as a friend.

"Oh yes, we are currently shopping for things. Do you need anything?" Su Shuilian suddenly realized she was in the middle of a task.

"I came with my mom, she is still at a meat stall. I need to go back to her." When Xicui heard Su Shuilian's question, she was reminded that her mom was still at the butcher stand waiting for her. She no longer had the time to talk to Su Shuilian and bid her farewell as she ran towards the direction of the meat stall.

"Xicui is a good girl." Su Shuilian smiled, looking at the direction that Xicui had left as she quietly said to herself. She hoped that she would find a good partner who will care for her, just like the man standing next to her. She secretly glanced at Lin Si Yao: he was upright and handsome with sharp brows and eyes. He had caught the eyes of many women passing by, yet he did not seem to notice.

With this thought, Su Shuilian curved her lips as she said, "A Yao, let's also go."

"Nm." Lin Si Yao smiled and replied. He pulled back her strayed hair behind her ears and walked closely by her side to their next destination.

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They went to a fabric shop and bought two rolls of thick cotton fabric for winter clothes making.

One roll was black, she had chosen it for him. Although she disliked him wearing such dark colors, it was winter, and dark colors are to hide dirt. In addition, what she hated to admit was that the color black looked appropriate and natural on him. As if the color was meant to be worn by him.

The other bulk was cherry red, he had chosen it for her. It was the color of a ripe cherry, it reminded him of the ripened cherries from their house's cherry tree. In turn, this reminded him of his successful achievement and their successful marriage. The corners of Lin Si Yao's lips lifted.

They then went to the miscellaneous goods store and supplied the thread she had run low on as well as needles that were thick enough to sew into fur. Lin Si Yao had told her that the fur that he cleaned and dried were to be used to make knee pads, waistcoats, and such. She happily accepted and decided to make a set for him too. But with this, she will be busy for a while. Due to the piece she had to help with, it was held back for a few days. Thinking of the ten or so silver taels at home, Su Shuilian estimated it should last them the winter and the end of the year.

And once spring comes, they would need to work on the two plots of land that they had bought along with the house. That way, the following year, they would be able to have enough cotton to make clothing with. Of course, they also have to take into consideration: the heavens. If there was a natural disaster like a drought or flood, then all their work would be for naught.

And because of his earlier speech, about Lin Si Yao never celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival, never trying mooncakes, Su Shuilian dragged him to a dessert shop.

She had wanted to buy some mooncake filling, but they only had mooncakes and no filling. They told her that every woman knew how to make the filling, if they didn't know, then there was no point in making them. If they don't have an oven at home, then there was no way to make it either.

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As Su Shuilian listened, she felt that what the employee of the desert shop had said was reasonable. If they did not know how to make mooncakes, what was the point of installing a mooncake baking oven. How did Aunt Lao and the others do it? Did they make it or purchase it?

There were three types of mooncakes: bean paste, jujube paste, and mixed nuts. She bought three of each. She also bought a catty of osmanthus cake and a catty offruit candy.She spent a total of two silver taels. And with that, it increased her enthusiasm all the more to learn how to make desserts.

(斤, catty - 0.5 kg)

She then went into the grain shop and bought fifty shēng* of (husked) rice and fifty shēng of flour. With a single hand, Lin Si Yao easily picked up the two cloth bags that Su Shuilian thought to be impossible to move. After reaching the end of the street, he grabbed her and left for home.

(升, shēng - measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou. About a litter.)

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"Eh, isn't that..." After Su Shuilian and Lin Si Yao left the streets, a woman in purple walked out from the corner. She did not move for a while as she watched the two walk away.

"Let's go Wan jiejie, if you don't go, those stinkin girls of Fang House will cling near Wang gongzi again!" A few meters away, a woman in a similarly glamorous dress anxiously called out. From the position of the sun, the communal meal was about to begin. If they did not leave now, they would miss the opportunity to get close to the lord's son.

It was only then did Lu Wan'er come back from her daze. Yes, she, Lu House's young miss Lu Wan'er once again met the man that made her heart race.

From the direction, it seemed he was heading out of the city… could he be a peasant farmer? No wonder she could not get any information on him from asking around. However, from his handsome face that she was crazy about and his tall and upright body that would make all of her melt, it was hard to believe that he was just an ordinary farmer. But then again, so what if he was just a farmer? Her dad also came from a small village called Fan Hua something. No big deal, he can be like her father, and just marry into her house.

Her heart made up, Lu Wan'er raised the corners of her delicate lips, decisively ignoring Su Shuilian, who was by Lin Si Yao's side, completely. In her heart, there was no man who would dislike her figure and attractive looks that she was so proud of. Adding on to the vast fortune of the Lu household, there is no man, especially mere peasants that would immediately reject her demands. It's impossible. She was once again filled with confidence.

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Chapter 48: Tuition Fee

Early morning of the fifteenth of the eighth lunar month, Su Shuilian had just finished tidying up the bedroom, and was about to step into the kitchen to help Lin Si Yao make breakfast.

She intended to help but all she could do was set up the plates and deliver items. Lin Si Yao doesn't allow her to cook. Ever since they moved in, she had only cooked once.

In other words...

The previous three days, because she was helping Xicui with the paired phoenixes embroidery, she had dumped all of the house chores to Lin Si Yao. But now that she was done with that, she was completely idle. Lin Si Yao did not let her easily touch water (not allow her to do chores). Whether it's to wash clothes, vegetables, bedding, and any other objects, it was all left for Lin Si Yao to do.

She had wanted to help multiple times, but she quieted down under his gaze.

Hm, ok then, if she can't do it in the daytime then she will try it again at night. As the two people intertwined side by side, blushing all the way to her neck, Su Shuilian continued to insist that he agree to her request. As a result… she was completely eaten. And even after she had been completely devoured, he continued to joke, "You want to try again tomorrow?"

Oh… And just like that, after four nights, Su Shuilian, Eldest Miss Su, had completely abandoned this tactic.

But of course, how could the delicate her beat the strong him? Moreover, the current split of house chores… wasn't it too lenient on her? After all, she only has to tidy the bed and choose what they should wear in the morning. The rest of the chores were completed by Lin Si Yao single handedly.

She was just distressed for him to do so much. She wanted to bear part of the burden for him but… since he was so impolite as to manipulate her and devour her whole, then she won't be polite either. Humph humph, do not think that just because she was from a noble family, she wouldn't throw her temper. Since she was his wife now, she was naturally qualified to do so.

"Shi Niang*——" With a sudden call from the outside, Su Shuilian was abruptly halted from making her way to the kitchen.

(Shi Niang 师娘 - wife of the Shifu)

"Dabao?" When she saw who had come in, she was relieved.

To unperturbedly call her Shi Niang in the broad daylight, other than Aunt Tian's cheerful son, Tian Dabao, who else could it be?

"Dabao? Have you had breakfast?" Su Shuilian softly asked while waving to Dabao who had stood near the gates, not daring to come in.

"I've already eaten. Shi Niang… my Shifu, he…." Tian Dabao pulled on his clothes as he peered into the courtyard, looking around for a bit. When he could not find Lin Si Yao anywhere, his eyes showed the contradicting feelings of both relief and disappointment.

"Come in first." Su Shuilian had naturally understood his feelings as she bursted out in laughter and waved for him to come in.

The gates of their house were unlocked from the time Lin Si Yao left for the mountains, bringing either Xiao Chun or Xiao Xue, till their return at sunset. It was as though they did not expect any malicious people to enter with ill-intentions at all.

Since it was Lin Si Yao's decision, Su Shuilian was not worried. With him at home, she was never afraid for her own safety. Furthermore, she took a sweeping glance towards the two wolf cubs that were comfortably lying out in the central courtyard basking in the warm autumn sun. After being alternatively trained by Ah Yao every day, they are looking more like ferocious adult wolves.

Tian Dabao bashfully entered with small steps, following behind Su Shuilian into the kitchen.

"Shi…...Shifu…..." Upon catching sight of the man in front of the stove who was steaming mantous with his sleeves rolled up, Tian Dabao's eyes widened. Isn't this my Shifu? Shifu…...he? Why is he cooking in front of the stove like a woman?

He peeked at his Shi Niang, who had done nothing except for placing two chopsticks at the table and smiling cheerily at his Shifu. Tian Dabao's mind was in utter confusion.

"Has your knee recovered?" Lin Si Yao asked without looking up, as he downed his bowl of porridge in a few gulps.

Su Shuilian raised her head and was just about to ask him what he meant when Lin Si Yao stuffed her mouth up with a small corn mantou that prevented her from asking questions.

"All better, Shifu." Tian Dabao who was sitting by the kitchen door naturally understood the meaning behind Lin Si Yao's words. The scene of his Shifu feeding his ShiNiang afterwards nearly caused his jaw to drop in shock. Eh? Shifu…...Isn't Shi Niang an adult? Does she still need to be fed? Even his own mother has never fed him before.

Su Shuilian subconsciously looked up and caught sight of the stupefied expression on Tian Dabao's face. Recalling Lin Si Yao's feeding actions a few seconds ago, her cheeks couldn't help but heat up, "Don't do that again…..."

"Do what?" Lin Si Yao was clearly playing dumb. He asked nonchalantly while his hands continued to feed.

"Open up." His low calming voice had a tinge of joy mixed in. Taken off guard, she subconsciously did as he said, successfully feeding her once more.

"Lin Si Yao." Coming to her senses, she puffed out her cheeks and growled frustratedly.

"Hehe…..." A smile floated on Lin Si Yao's face as he stroked her meticulously done Lingyun Bun. A few strands of hair that carried a lingering fragrance fell out of place and were put gently behind her ear.

"I'll bring Dabao to the riverbank, I'll clean up this place after you're done eating. Don't do anything, understand? If not…..." Trailing off, Lin Si Yao gave her an enigmatic glance.

Of course, she knew full well what came after "If not…..." In an instant, not only did her cheeks flush crimson, even the tips of her ears and neck were dyed red. This man, when did he become so frivolous, daring to do such a thing in the day…...does this count? Oh

heavens, he even said it in the presence of a third party.

Seeing off the smiling Lin Si Yao and a dumbstruck Tian Dabao, Su Shuilian clasped her cheeks embarrassedly and was unable to calm down. Yet, this feeling was not bad at all. She even felt…...blessed? Oh heavens, did she become strange as well?

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"Shui girl?"

Su Shuilian finished eating her breakfast, placing the dishes into the washbasin, she proceeded to wipe the table and wash her hands clean. She had just entered the study, with the intention to do some embroidery and make some clothing for winter when Aunt Tian arrived.

"Aunt Tian? You're here to see Dabao? Ah Yao is training him in the horse stance right now." Su Shuilian pointed towards the study's southern window. From there, one could clearly see the two figures of Lin Si Yao and Tian Dabao at the field by the riverbank, one had his hands behind his back and the other was currently in practicing his horse stance.

"Hehe, that brat of mine, after he met your A Yao, his usual stubbornness is nowhere to be found." Aunt Tian peered out of the window for a while before taking out a few silver taels, roughly amounting up to five hundred coppers.

"Here, girl. Aunt Tian shall do away with the formalities. This here, can be said to be payment for accepting Dabao as a disciple. Please accept them." Aunt Tian took Su Shuilian's hand and gave her the silver taels as she spoke.

"No no no, Aunt Tian, what are you doing? A Yao did not accept Dabao as his disciple because he wanted money." Su Shuilian shook her head and refused to accept the money. It wasn't because it wasn't enough, but these taels of silver had to be a significant amount in the Tian family and she could not accept that. She believed that Lin Si Yao too had never intended to earn money by accepting disciples.

"Girl, listen to me, I've already spoken to Dabao's father, this is Dabao's 'disciple fee' for a year. I know that this is not as much as what the others pay. But…..."

"Aunt Tian, I will not accept the money. If you insist on giving, then give it to A Yao." But, I think A Yao will not accept the money either. Su Shuilian shook her head, adamantly refusing to accept the silver taels.

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Aunt Tian hesitantly kept the silver taels that were pushed back into her hands by Su Shuilian, heaving a sigh of relief in her heart. Su Shuilian refusing meant that Lin Si Yao would most likely do the same. These silver taels can be saved up for Dabao's future.

That mentally stunted son of hers, god knows if he would make a full recovery like the physician said. If he were to remain at the mental age of a nine year-old, which maiden would be willing to be his wife? She could only rely on the fact that Dafu and her were still able to work and save more money so that he would be able to use that when they were no longer around.

It's just that she felt bad for not handing over the registration fee despite Dabao acknowledging a master.

With that thought in mind, Aunt Tian spoke a few words with Su Shuilian before walking through the house, walking down the tiled road towards the field by the riverbank. No matter how much she is unwilling to part with these taels of silver, the matter of Dabao acknowledging a martial arts master is an important one and should not be delayed.

Just as she predicted…...As Su Shuilian leaned on the southern window, she saw the scene where Aunt Tian was asked to return by Lin Si Yao with a sour expression. She lightly shook her head and laughed.

"Girl…..." A reddish hue floated across Aunt Tian's tanned face. Re-entering the main room, Aunt Tian smiled at Su Shuilian in embarrassment : "Girl, since the both of you refused to keep it, then I won't insist anymore. How about this, since today is the Mid-Autumn, if you don't mind, why don't you two join us for lunch? We can also treat it as a celebration for Dabao being officially accepted by a master. You don't have to fire up the stove, alright?"

"That won't be necessary, Aunt Tian, we've already prepared dishes…..." Su Shuilian pointed at the snacks that were on the stove, "Look, we've even prepared offerings as well."

"Those can be done at night. Then it's settled, alright? You and A Yao have to come with Dabao in the afternoon, if not it means that you're looking down on Aunt Tian. I'll go back first to clean up the place. You don't have to send me off, do what you need to do." Aunt Tian spoke as she shuffled towards the courtyard door.

Her heart was filled with guilt. Looking at Su Shuilian and her husband refusing to collect any money despite taking in Dabao as a disciple, even instructing him so seriously on the first day while her mind was still thinking of ways to cut costs. She had thoroughly embarrassed herself.

Aunt Tian decided that she must make some presentable dishes when she goes home. That's right, since Dafu is not working today, she should make him go into the river and catch two fishes to add to the meal.

Su Shuilian saw Aunt Tian's disappearing figure and didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. However, since Aunt Tian insisted on inviting A Yao and her to the Tian family to spend the Mid-Autumn, she couldn't just reject her good intentions like that. Pondering whilst leaning against the door of the main room, she went into the kitchen to prepare some gifts to bring to the Tian family as thanks.

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Chapter 49: Mid-Autumn Festival

"What happened?" When Lin Si Yao returned to the kitchen, he saw Su Shuilian bringing out snacks and sweets from the food cabinet and placing it on the table.

"Oh, A Yao. Aunt Tian invited us to eat lunch at her place. They want to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival together with us and also thank you for accepting Dabao as a disciple." When Su Shuilian saw it was Lin Si Yao, she faintly smiled and explained, "I believe if we do not go, she will come back again to invite us. Let's prepare some desserts and fruits to bring later. After all, it's more lively with two families."

Lin Si Yao raised his brow as he looked at her for a while without a word. He turned and walked in front of the sink basin before he picked it up and carried it out of the kitchen.

"A Yao?" Su Shuilian was a bit confused as she put down the dessert in her hand. She followed Lin Si Yao out of the kitchen and watched him clean the dishes before summoning up her courage to walk up to him. In a low voice, she asked, "A Yao, you don't want to go together? Then we don't have to go, let's just have Dabao bring some desserts and fruits to them."

"No." Lin Si Yao shook his head, and simply answered.

"Then..." Su Shuilian blinked as she did not understand his meaning. When she saw his rolled-up sleeves about to fall down, she quickly rolled them back up.

Lin Si Yao paused, then immediately said, "You promised to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with me." Now that he had finally been able to put trust into another person. Lin Si Yao could not help but complain how she did not keep her words.

She took the initiative to make this promise, that they would spend every Mid-Autumn Fest together. He had only hoped that for his first Mid-Autumn Festival, they would spend it together peacefully. He did not want any irrelevant people disturbing them. Even if she was there with them, it would not satisfy him.

"Hm? I never said I won't spend the day with you." Su Shuilian finally understood the reason why he had suddenly turned and ignored her.

"The actual Mid-Autumn Festival begins at night under the moon, competing in drinks. Look, I have already bought the osmanthus wine. It's just that this wine is not that… aromatic. Next year, we should brew our own osmanthus wine, ok?"

Yesterday, she had specifically requested Aunt Lao who was going to the market in the city to buy her some scented osmanthus wine. Taking advantage while Lin Si Yao was out in the fields, she opened the bottle and took a few small whiffs. Though it did smell like osmanthus, it was not as aromatic as the osmanthus wine brewed in her previous Su House. She learned some brewing techniques from the books she had read, so this was the perfect opportunity to practice.

After she folded up his sleeves, Su Shuilian took the cleaned dishes and placed them out in the bamboo basket under the grapevines. After it dries, she will then recollect them and place them back in the cupboard. This way, it can prevent any molding.

When she saw that Lin Si Yao was in a daze, she giggled and poked at his arm. This man, to actually see him in a daze was quite rare.

"What's the matter? Do you still not want to go? Ok then, we won't go, ok? Then what should we have for lunch?" Su Shuilian gently swayed his arm and asked in a pampered voice. This caused the originally dazed Lin Si Yao to unconsciously tighten his lower abdomen.

"You said..." He slowly opened his mouth, "It'll be just us at the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival? You also bought scented osmanthus wine for us to drink together?" Lin Si Yao unbelievingly repeated what she had said, she wanted to compete on drinking liquor with him? With her low alcohol tolerance, wasn't she afraid that after 3 cups she would be too intoxicated to even stand?

Wait. That's not the point... The most important part was when did she purchase the wine? Damn it, and without him even knowing.

"Yes, I also got mooncakes specially prepared, as well as the soup dumplings we made yesterday, it was all for tonight." Su Shuilian said while smiling at him.

Lin Si Yao stiffly turned his head, the blush that had creeped up his face was quickly dispersed by this breathing technique.

"A Yao?" Su Shuilain tugged at his hems. She found it amusing that he was being shy. Although the blush on his face was inconspicuous and faded just as fast as it appeared, she was sure that he was being shy.

"I'll go check on Dabao." Lin Si Yao found an excuse and quickly fled towards the south side.

"Then, this afternoon…." Su Shuilian held back her laugh as she chased after him to ask.

"Whatever you want." Lin Si Yao answered awkwardly from afar. Su Shuilian could no longer hold back. With a "pfft," the crisp sound of laughter resounded under the warm sunlight.

It turns out he was such a lovable person. Su Shuilian continued to look toward the south. Lin Si Yao was supervising Dabao's horse stance, her smile still plastered on her face, without a sign of fading.

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"Come on, come on, brother, have some more. There's no need for further words, with Dabao in your hands, we are assured." The completely flushed Tian Dafu said as he pulled on Lin Si Yao's cup to refill with more hundred proof liquor.

"Your dad! What are you doing with all that alcohol? Come, A Yao, Shuilian, try our chicken. Although it was not a year old, a young chicken still has a tender taste, try it!" Aunt Tian kindly grabbed two chicken thighs and placed them individually on Lin Si Yao's and Su Shuilain's bowl, indicating them to try it.

"Mom…." Tian Dabao reluctantly stared at the chicken thighs and swallowed some water before looking at Lin Si Yao to say, "Shifu, Shiniang, quickly eat the chicken thighs, my mom makes very good stewed chicken. Quickly try it." And finish it so he doesn't have to continue to look at it anymore… He had raised those chickens for more than six months. Although he knew he could not have the entire chicken, the thighs were usually reserved for him. But now… no! Don't think about it, he should be happy to let his Shifu and Shiniang have it. How could he be so small minded. Afterall, Shifu will teach him some awesome martial arts.

Su Shuilian watched Dabao greedly eye the chicken thigh on her and Lin Si Yao's plate and found it funny. She was just about to give hers to him before she was stopped by Lin Si Yao, "You eat yours." He then took his portion and gave it to Dabao.

"There's no need… Dabao!..." When Aunt Tian saw this, she was about to return back the chicken but it was quickly devoured by Dabao. She was angry and scowled at him.

"Eh? When did this chicken thigh appear in my bowl?" Tian Dabao quickly came back to himself and noticed the chicken thigh that was bitten by him. Tian Dabao slowly looked up toward the seat across from him. Oh no, he had taken his Shifu's chicken! Woowoowoo, how could he have snached his Shifu's chicken?!

"No worry, let him eat, nourish his body." Lin Si Yao lightly said, smothering Aunt Tian's burst of anger. Loathsome brat. The one who had wanted him as his master was him, yet he didn't show any signs of respect. The one who gnawed on his master's chicken was also him. He was already 13, almost an adult, yet his actions are still so shameful. He even dreams to marry a beauty in the future. These kinds of things are hard to achieve, no, impossible.

"Shifu..." Tian Dabao looked at Lin Si Yao with glittering eyes before setting his eyes back on his bowl. He took another bite of the chicken and rice. Big Brother Lin…. Shifu… ALthough you have a cold face, I know you have a warm heart. Rest assured, I will listen to you in the future and learn martial arts and be like you. Uh… be like Shifu? And marry a hot lady too?

If Lin Si Yao had heard Tian Dabao's inner dialogue, he would have fallen off his chair and onto the ground. Outwardly cold and inwardly warm? Him? An ex-assassin? That would count as an insult. It's just that he didn't want the disciple he accepted to prolong his training from lack of stamina in the future.

"Shuilian jie, Dabao called you Shiniang, so is it ok if I call you jie?" Tian girl was halfway finished when she suddenly thought about the issue of seniority with a sudden impulse to laugh. In other words, if Tian Dabao had to call Su Shuilian 'shiniang', and if she were to be her jie (older sister), then Dabao would have to now call her martial aunt. But thinking about how Shuilian jie addresses her mom as Aunt… wow, it's a confusing mess.

"Pfft-" the lively Tian daughter could not help but laugh out loud.

"My daughter… what are you doing..." Aunt Tian was stunned but then suddenly realized what her daughter was getting at. It was actually quite a funny thing to think about.

Su Shuilian looked at Lin Si Yao who was sitting beside her. Ah right, although he looked like he's in his twenties, they had never asked for each other's specific age yet.

Luckily, they were not in the Su region during the Republic of China era. Before marriage, they would have to check their affinity through the five elements and birthdates. Moreover, they would have to have a 'hearing' with many tedious paperwork to publish, including name, sex, date of birth, number of witnesses, family status, etc… Long story short, it would not have been such an unorganized ceremony like this.

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Thinking to that point, Su Shulian could not help but also burst into a laugh, causing Lin Si Yao to glance at her. She then quickly stopped and sat upright with a smile. It seems that she was less and less wary of him.

"A Yao, how old are you this year?" On their way back home, the two leisurely walked on the empty town road in the autumn breeze. Su Shuilian pursed her lips and asked embarrassingly.

Lin Si yao gave her a weird look, his usual cold voice was mixed with some gentleness as he answered, "Didn't I already tell you on our wedding night?"

"Eh?" Did he? Su Shuilian blinked her eyes, she thought back to the eighth day of the eighth lunar month. However, after she had replayed the whole day over in her head, she still could not recall him ever mentioning anything about his age.

"You don't recall?" Lin Si Yao smiled and lowered his lips to her eyes and said, "It was during the time when we were..."

"Ahh-!" Su Shuilian exclaimed, ignoring her own flushed face, she quickly covered Lin Si Yao's lips with her hands and looked around. Fortunately, it was the middle of wu-shi (11am- 1pm) and the villagers were resting in their houses, so they were the only people on the town road.

She sighed, then let down her hands, just as she was about to place them back to her sides, it was grabbed by Lin Si Yao. He held her hand in his hand as he led her back to their house.

"A Yao..." Isn't this being too bold? "In broad daylight" flashed in Su Shuilain's mind. She was flushed down to her neck, she struggled a bit, but with no avail.

"Don't move." Lin Ci Yao commanded in a low voice. He looked ahead at the white walled, black tiled, red columned house -that belonged to them, which suddenly brightened his mood. "I am twenty-three this year. My date of birth is the tenth day of the tenth month, and you?"

"I… I'm fifteen… Birthday… First day of the third month..." She should currently be fifteen, and that birthday was her previous date of birth.

"Why are you so nervous?" Lin Si Yao pulled her into his embrace and amusingly watched her lower her head, "Shuilian, I already said before, we are already husband and wife."

"I know." She quickly nodded her head. Of course she knows. She remembered what her mother said in that dream: they should share their intimate feelings, and not be like her mother and father, who looked more like strangers than married couples.

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Chapter 50: A Drunk's Honest Confession

When they both got home, under Lin Si Yao's insistence, Su Shuilian reluctantly went to bed. She had thought that she wasn't sleepy, but when Su Shuilian woke up the sun's head was already half way down on the west side.

Sitting at the edge of the bed, Su Shuilian patted her forehead and said, "Really, I've been becoming more lethargic."

"You're up?" Lin Si Yao who was in the main room heard the movement from the room and came in to check.

"Yes. A Yao, are you occupied?" Su Shuilian noticed that he had taken off his outer coat and rolled up his sleeves as if he was in the middle of something.

"Nhm." Lin Si Yao nodded his head. His lips curved upwards, but he did not disclose any information to her.

Su Shuilian saw this but she did not inquire any further. After knowing him for a month and accompanying him as a wife for a few days, she had gotten to know his temperament. Whenever he answered with a "nhm", it meant he no longer wanted to talk about the subject.

Su Shuilian got up and put on her outerwear when she suddenly thought of the upcoming winter season, "A Yao, for our winter coats, what kind of embroidery would you like them to have?"

She was unsure of his pattern preference; she had previously sewn on his clothing her brother's favorites. However, now that they were a couple, it would be best if they knew each other's preferences.

"Anything's fine." Lin Si Yao led her to the dresser and helped her comb her bedridden hair.

"Anything? You don't have anything you like in particular?" Su Shuilian looked at Lin Si Yao's blurry reflection in the copper mirror.

"None." It was more like he had never cared what design was on his robes. When he was an assassin, the outfit of choice was a black attire. Even Feng Yao Court's official uniform, it was nothing more than an extra badge on the right sleeve: a golden embroidered vulture.

"A Yao..." Su Shuilian quickly turned around and tightly grasped Lin Si Yao's hands. The cold air that suddenly exuded from his body put her in a fluster.

"I'm ok." Lin Si Yao hugged her while gently patting her back, trying to calm her panicked mood caused by his memories.

All of that was in the past. He now was Lin Si Yao, who she called A Yao. He was no longer the once feared assassin in all of jianghu, Si Ling.

However, he would never forget Feng Yao Court.

Afterall, the place where he had spent more than a decade of his life could be considered his previous home. The grace of the previous master of Fang Yao in saving his life, he would never forget. And for the new owner's attempted assassination, of course he would not forget either.

With the debts evened out, he and Feng Yao Court were no longer associated. He will not go back, but if Feng Qingya continues to dream and refuses to let him live, he will not tolerate it.

Life, almost losing it once was enough. Moreover, his current life was hers.

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"A Yao, this is..." Su Shuilian was surprised to see anew round table setunder the cherry tree. The table top was made of limestone and had a chess game board carved on it. Around the table were four round seats made of the same material.

"This was what you were making this afternoon?" She glanced at Lin Si Yao and pouted. He still did not want to say it...

"I just wanted to give you a surprise." Lin Si Yao raised his brow. Why was she mad instead of being happy with a surprise?

"Yeah, but look at yourself, your hands have so many blisters from working so hard." She had discovered this when they held hands in the room. However, because of his sudden change in his mood and her fluster, she had forgotten about it. Now that she was in front of the table set, she finally remembered.

"It doesn't hurt." Lin Si Yao withdrew his hand and placed it on her shoulder before leading her to the straw-cushionedstone seat. "We can enjoy drinking under the moon here tonight."

"Just because of this, you had to rush to make this." Su Shuilian said with heartfelt gratitude as she pulled his hands into hers.

"Of course not. I have already planned to make this, but I just couldn't find the right materials." Lin Si Yao smiled at her with an inadvertent display of pity.

"You just made it here?" She sighed with annoyance. Did she fall into a coma or something? He was busy building this stone table which would make so much noise, yet she heard none of it.

"No." Lin Si Yao shook his head. He could tell what she was thinking from her expression, so he explained: "The previous morning, I found this at the groove of Xiufeng hill and shaped it there. I only had to place it together when I brought it back." Just two mornings and an afternoon were enough for him to complete a full set of limestone tables and chairs.

"Don't do this next time. There's nothing to rush, but you're… doing this again..." Su Shuilian gently stroked the blisters on his hands, her eyes clouded with tears of distress.

Lin Si Yao sighed and pulled her into his embrace. This silly woman, shedding tears for some insignificant blisters. It seemed that in the future, before he returned from work, he would have to check his body for any signs of injuries or else she would cry about it.

He could not help but lean forward, kiss her tear filled eyes and softly say, "It's only a small matter, Su Shuilian, I really am alright." He had already suffered more serious blows, these really were just small matters.

"This can not do." She was angry at his self neglect, "That was before, it's different from now." He was her husband now, he was the sun that she relied on, so she could not let him be so indifferent towards his own body.

"How is it different?" Lin Si Yao let out a low chuckle by her ears, wanting her to explain from her own mouth.

"Of course it's different..." Su Shuilian had wanted to say the words she had just thought of. However, when she looked up at his face and eyes full of laughter, her unfinished sentence was replaced with a heavy fist to his chest.

"Shuilian..." Lin Si Yao grabbed her hand and then left a fleeting kiss on her lips before he softly proposed, "be obedient, we should start to prepare for tonight."

Only after he had said that did Su Shuilian realize that the sun had already set under the west horizon and it was dusk. There was a faint moonlight that had peaked through the opening of the intertwining clouds on the east side. The opaque clouds passing the moon created a flickering of light and darkness.

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On the newly built stone table, candles, incense burner, mooncakes, and fruits were placed one by one.

After lighting the candles and incense, the quiet night became even more peaceful.

From Su Shuilain's embroidery room, Lin Si Yao took a couple of Urn Bamboo Lanternsand placed candles inside them. This helped ease the wind blowing at the flames and also made it warmer.

"A Yao, the dumplings are ready, where do you want to eat them?" Su Shuilian, dressed in a high-waisted maroon dress, placed her hand on the kitchen door and calmly asked.

The round jujube paste soup dumplings were what Su Shuilian had bought from the city to make for him to try.

At first she had wanted to make sesame paste dumplings, but because she could not find any sesames she could only use the ripe dates from her backyard and crush them into paste. Mixed with red bean paste given from Aunt Lao, sprinkled with sugar, and the sweet-scented jujube paste is completed. As for the wrapping, water was added to the rice flour to make the dough. It was then cut into small pieces and flattened to be filled with the paste. Su Shuilian had never made it before, but she had seen it done by her maids in the past.

From her description, Lin Si Yao was able to grasp the clues. And within an hour's time, he had been able to make fifty eight soup dumplings from the raw ingredients. Each was perfect without any leak, perfect in shape, and also perfect in size.

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What could this mean? He was gifted? Su Shuilian retracted her awe and annoyance before calmly giving half of the batch to Aunt Lao as thanks for the red bean paste. Afterwards, in a corner where Lin Si Yao could not see, Su Shuilian silently laughed: it seemed there was no problem for a killer to change his occupation to a cook.

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"It's not good to consume too much alcohol, (you should) drink less." Lin Si Yao helplessly supported the somewhat drunk Su Shuilian while he led her to the wooden bench to sit.

After the couple finished their soup dumplings, they sat by the stone table and toasted while facing the moon. Sure enough, after three cups of the osmanthus scented wine, Su Shuilian was visibly intoxicated.

"A Yao, do you believe that there is such a thing called a spirit in this world?" Su Shuilian looked up at the round moon hanging in the sky before she quietly asked.

"Spirits? Maybe." Lin Si Yao leaned back on the wooden bench and with his hand, he brought her head onto his shoulder.

"Haha… so you do believe in it…. That's good..." Su Shuilian hiccupped. She sniffed the osmanthus wine from her breath and could not help but mutter, "The osmanthus scented wine here taste really bad."

"You drank osmanthus scented wine before?" Lin Si Yao looked down at Su Shuilian; she did not seem to be the kind of person to drink much alcohol.

"Nm… Big brother loved to drink wine…. Big brother, he… visited new places and would bring local wine specialities back… If in a good mood... he would share some with us…. " Su Shuilian squinted her eyes; she could not help but reminisce about the time when she and her brother would try and compare different wines. She was drunk, but not completely senseless. However, the alcohol in her system made her more talkative and thus she blurted out her inner thoughts.

"Shuilian…. Your previous family..." Lin Si Yao rested his chin on her head and asked. He did not want to know more of her family, but he was worried. Worried that one day she would return there, a place where he once scoffed at, but could not reach.

"Family? I was more like a caged bird or a frog in a well… If not for my elder brother and mother… I doubt I would even reminisce about them..." Su Shuilian said in a bitter voice.

She questioned her existence, to have given her stepmother and Shuiyan so much resentment. They hated her enough to take her embroidery and to even take her life.

"Shuiyan… I have a sister named Shuiyan… She was born from a different mother… I always thought she was just a little spoiled and short-tempered, but I never thought that..." She could not finish her sentence.

Thinking back to the helplessness she felt when trapped in the wilderness… If there had been no fight to the death between the white tiger and large wolf, if there hadn't been Xiao Xue and Xiao Chun, if she hadn't encountered Lin Si Yao, then the times she could have died would be more than a hundred.

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