The wicked sister-in-law is in charge; meals include fish and shrimp.

Chapter 88 Living the good life with Master

He would have thrown anyone else out long ago; there's no need for him to waste his breath here.

Gu Yunqi pouted and muttered in dissatisfaction, "I'm just worried about A-Yue, why are you being so fierce?"

Jun Qianzi glanced at him indifferently. "Do you think we're the only ones looking? Jun Shuyan is looking too."

It's not that simple to evade their pursuit and find someone.

Gu Yunqi understood, of course. He pouted and poked the wound on his arm, and immediately gasped in pain.

Jun Qianzi immediately got up, frowning as she changed his dressing. "Aqi, behave yourself."

He sighed. How could someone be so badly injured and still cause such a commotion? He was so tired.

In contrast to him, Guo Wencai slept soundly all night.

When Lin Huaizhi woke up in the morning, he felt like the sky had fallen after figuring out what was going on.

Isn't this Chunxiang Garden's house? He glanced around in a panic and saw a greasy man sleeping next to him!

Feeling unwell, he lifted the blanket and was stunned by what he saw.

With trembling hands, he picked up his clothes from the floor and put them on. He finally managed to get out of bed, but a hand reached out from behind and pulled him away.

"Young master, are you trying to turn your back on me after you've already done your work?"

Guo Wencai spent the whole afternoon yesterday, completely captivated by something about this young scholar, unable to control himself.

Having tasted the benefits, why would he release them so easily?

Lin Huaizhi's heart skipped a beat. He stiffly turned his head and was met with a face covered in oil.

He nearly vomited, forcing a smile through his unease. "Young master is too kind, Huai Zhi..."

"Ah! So that's your name. How about I call you Xiao Huai?"

He pressed the man down beneath him, took a deep sniff of Lin Huaizhi's temples, and immediately became intoxicated.

The scent of the drug hadn't completely dissipated, and the strange fragrance made him unable to resist.

Seeing his disgusting appearance, Lin Huaizhi hurriedly pushed him away, but Guo Wencai grabbed his hands and pinned them to the headboard, grinning as he said, "Little Huai, following me means you'll live the high life."

As he spoke, he freed one hand and pulled a silver ingot from under the pillow, placing it on Lin Huaizhi's chest. "How about that? I wasn't lying to you, was I?"

Lin Huaizhi swallowed hard. The silver ingot was right in front of him—it was fifty taels!

His family still owes money! If he doesn't pay it back, Wen Luozhi definitely won't let him off the hook.

Instead of worrying about money every day, why not just leave it at that? With money, he won't be afraid of being laughed at by his classmates at the academy!

With a determined heart, he reached out and took the silver ingot, then closed his eyes.

Anyway, this isn't the first time this has happened, and since there's money to be made this time, why not take advantage of it?

What did he have to worry about if no one knew? He didn't want to live a miserable life without money!

"Xiao Huai, give me a smile."

"I'm the son of the county magistrate of Shanquan Town. I guarantee you'll be able to walk around here with your head held high from now on!"

Guo Wencai played with a strand of Lin Huaizhi's hair and then smelled it.

When Lin Huaizhi heard that he was the son of the county magistrate, his eyes widened and all his last bit of concern disappeared.

He hooked his arm around Guo Wencai's neck and said, "Young Master, Huaizhi still has lessons to do today, I'm afraid..."

Upon hearing this, Guo Wencai pulled the person into his arms and said, "Don't worry, I'll have a servant ask for leave for you."

……

It was already afternoon when Lin Huaizhi came out of Chunxiang Garden. He rubbed his sore back and walked towards the academy while holding onto the wall.

He felt better when he reached the entrance of the academy and straightened up to walk inside.

It was during their break when Wen Zijin and Yan Che came out and ran into him.

The two walked around him, one on each side, without giving him even a second glance. Lin Huaizhi gritted his teeth and rubbed the silver ingot in his sleeve.

He blocked Wen Zijin's path and mocked, "Zijin, although the county examination is still half a year away, you can't indulge yourself like this. You should put more effort into your studies."

He was a little older than Wen Zijin, and at this moment he spoke in the tone of an older brother instructing a younger brother.

Wen Zijin looked him up and down, then chuckled.

Yan Che pulled him away and said, "What's it to you! We can do whatever we want!"

"you!"

He still didn't dare to offend Yan Che, this real young master, so he could only flick his sleeves, angrily say "rude," and then walk away quickly.

Yan Che looked at his back and felt that his walking posture was strange. "Brother Zijin, don't you think he walks like a duck?"

He turned to Wen Zijin and asked, "I don't know when they went inside."

Wen Zijin's lips curled up slightly. The day his sister told him about this, he scolded her for talking nonsense as a young girl.

Upon inspection today, it was indeed true.

Wen Luozhi, who was at home, had already made quite a few snacks, and Daya and Erya were watching her learn diligently.

Helian Zhiyan happily wiggled her little feet in the main room, holding the things that hadn't come out of the kiln in her hands, and kept saying that this was delicious and that was delicious.

"Zhiyan, your brother can't eat that."

Wen Luozhi leaned against the door with her arms crossed, and Helian Zhiyan's hand froze.

She glanced at Helian Yue, then at the egg yolk pastry in her hand, and then opened her mouth wide and stuffed it in.

Her cheeks were puffed out like a little squirrel's, and she looked at Helian Yue with pity in her eyes.

She almost forgot that her sister said that her brother shouldn't eat anything that came out of the kiln, as it would cause him to get a sore throat and his wounds would heal very slowly.

Even though the house was so far from the courtyard, Helian Yue could smell the fragrance outside. Now that it was so close, he simply turned his head away.

He wasn't someone who craved good food, but these days he'd been eating too blandly and felt like his mouth was tasteless.

Wen Luozhi brought over a plate of steamed cake from the table. Compared to the previous ones, this one had a lot of dried fruit on top, which was quite satisfying.

She placed it by the bedside and said to Helian Zhiyan, whose little mouth was moving incessantly, "Your brother can only drink that plain porridge and that bitter medicine soup every day, so his mouth must be tasteless. She can eat this."

She patted the little girl's head and continued, "Feed your brother, but you can't steal any more."

She has made nearly ten different dishes, simple and complicated, since morning. Most of the ones she tried have already gone into the little guy's stomach, and eating more of them would probably cause him indigestion.

Helian Yue slowly turned his head when he heard that there was something for him to eat. He saw that Helian Zhiyan was holding something that looked very nice, and a faint sweet aroma wafted into his nose.

"Thank you, Miss Luo Zhi."

Helian Yue's eyes curved slightly, and the small beauty mark at the corner of his eye swayed gently.

The little wolf tugged at Wen Luozhi's skirt and howled twice, "Handsome man! Handsome man!"

Wen Luozhi gently kicked it away, looking speechless.

So what if he's handsome? In this state, they have no money and might even bring disaster upon their family!

Now that things had come to this, she sighed softly and said, "You'd better get better soon and do some chores for me to pay for your meals. There's no one to chop firewood at home."