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Before Lin Yan hadn't slept first, Ye Xier didn't dare to sleep in the online game "Unparalleled Under Heaven".

Although she knew in her heart that Lin Yan was not that kind of person through previous interactions, if she fell asleep first in front of a man, she always felt a little restless.

After chatting, Lin Yan looked up and saw Ye Xier's tired face, and then remembered how careless he was, and said apologetically, "Miss Ye, I forced you to chat with me, I forgot that you need to rest gone."

Immediately, Lin Yan spread a quilt on the floor that he usually used to keep out the cold, and said, "Put half of it under your body and cover one side. With these fires, it shouldn't be cold."

Ye Xier knew that there must be only one quilt, but Lin Yan gave it to her without hesitation, which moved her a little.

But, let her sleep in front of Lin Yan?

Although she is 29 years old and still a young woman, she can't get over the hurdles in her heart.

"Miss Ye, are you worried that Mrs. Lin will rape you while you are asleep?" Lin Yan joked.

Ye Xier's pretty face was flushed, and she waved her hands again and again, "No, no, Shaoxia Lin, don't misunderstand."

Ye Xier knew that Lin Yan would not do that kind of thing.

"Don't worry, Miss Ye, although you will definitely not get used to being in the same room, but the reality is like this, you don't have to let those things restrict yourself too much." Lin Yan reminded.

Ye Xier had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Then Lin Shaoxia, can you avoid it for a while?"

Lin Yan looked at Ye Xier's rather thick clothes, understood, and immediately walked out of the cave, saying as he walked, "Miss Ye, you will feel warm by sleeping next to this fire."

Ye Xier's voice was as thin as a mosquito: "Understood, thank you Lin Shaoxia for reminding me."

Seeing that Lin Yan had left the cave, Ye Xier quickly lay down on the quilt, rolled up the other half, and tightly wrapped her body.

Of course, Ye Xier didn't take off any clothes.

Wrapped in a quilt and still under the warm fire, Ye Xier felt her body warmed up a lot immediately, but her body was still tense and did not relax.

After all, this was the first time in eight years that she was in the same room with a man other than her husband, and a man she had just met, so it was reasonable to be nervous.

About 5 minutes later, thinking that Ye Xier should have fallen asleep, Lin Yan re-entered the cave.

After only a brief glance at the slim figure under the quilt, Lin Yan immediately left his sight.

Ye Xier just took off a pair of boots, and Lin Yan naturally saw that he was an all-around master on campus.

Lin Yan had a headache.

Because in order not to embarrass Ye Xier, he had to pay careful attention to his behavior. For example, where to sit by the fire now became a problem that bothered him.

Any position next to the sleeping fire is either directly facing Ye Xier or too close to Ye Xier's body. It is estimated that even if Ye Xier is embarrassed to object when he sits down like this, Ye Xier will definitely not be able to sleep all night. good.

"Hey, ethics is something that sometimes hurts people a lot." Lin Yan sighed in his heart.

But Lin Yan also knew that Ye Xier was a very traditional woman, and he definitely couldn't change her.

At this time, Ye Xi'er poked her head out of the quilt, and said to Lin Yan, "Lin Shaoxia, are you still asleep?"

In fact, Ye Xier also wanted Lin Yan to sleep by the fire, but she really couldn't say it.

"Wait a while, I'll go outside and walk around, lest the beasts come in."

Lin Yan didn't want to embarrass Ye Xier, so she hurried out of the cave.

"Lin Shaoxia, in fact, you are sleeping next to him."

Ye Xier couldn't bear Lin Yan's exposure to the cold outside, so she finally mustered up her courage and whispered.

Lin Yan smiled and said, "I'll go outside to have a look first."

The temperature generated by the burning of the inner alchemy was very high, and with the quilt wrapped around her body, Ye Xi'er felt her body getting warmer and warmer. After feeling drowsy, she soon fell asleep.

The next day, Ye Xier opened her eyes early in the morning.

Then she felt something was pressing on her calf.

Ye Xier sat up and found that Lin Yan was lying on the ground with her head sleeping on her calf through the quilt.

Ye Xier suddenly became embarrassed.

She knew that Lin Yan had no bad thoughts, but Lin Yan's calf was used as a pillow. She wanted to pull out her calf, but was worried that Lin Yan would be awakened. For a moment, she didn't know what to do.

Fortunately, Lin Yan also woke up at this time.

Seeing his head resting on Ye Xier's calf, Lin Yan didn't think it was too embarrassing. He stood up naturally and asked, "Miss Ye, how did you sleep last night?"

Ye Xier smiled, nodded, and said, "Yes, I slept well."

Only then did Ye Xier feel that the atmosphere was no longer awkward.

After breakfast, the two continued on their way.

Two days later, the two finally walked out of the snow fantasy plateau.

Seeing that Ye Xier had been sent back to Tiandi City safely, Lin Yan felt relieved, and prepared to say goodbye to Ye Xier, first returning the scriptures to Dayin Temple and Jinghangzhai.

But Ye Xi'er said: "Lin Shaoxia, you saved my life and helped me so much. My mother-in-law and I have nothing to repay. If you don't dislike it, can you go to Liu's house, me and my mother-in-law?" The mother-in-law can also do a little bit of the friendship of the landlord."

Not wanting to lose Ye Xier's face, Lin Yan nodded and agreed.

When passing by the "Shunfeng" bank, Lin Yan stepped forward and exchanged a bank note for 500 taels of gold, and then exchanged the remaining 500 taels for small silver notes of [-] denominations, and then went to the pharmacy to buy some The medicinal materials for treating tuberculosis went to Liu's house.

In order not to embarrass Ye Xier and avoid rumors from idlers, Lin Yan deliberately pretended to be a guard, keeping a distance of five or six meters from Ye Xier.

Ye Xier was very moved.

The closer I get to home, the deeper this feeling becomes.

Because Lin Yan really thought about her.

She is a widow who is afraid of gossip from others, and doesn't want her mother-in-law to be angry, so she has always been very careful when interacting with strange men.

Soon, a building with only three or four rooms came into Lin Yan's sight.

Since Ye Xier's father-in-law failed in business five years ago, the Liu family's fortunes have plummeted. In addition, Ye Xier's mother-in-law suffers from tuberculosis. In the general residential area, this house is also rented.

It is conceivable how much effort Ye Xier has put in to make ends meet in a backward family.

"Lin Shaoxia, my house is a bit shabby, please don't mind." Ye Xi'er said as she quickened her pace, obviously missing her mother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, when she and Lin Yan stepped into the house one after the other, they saw several people standing in the narrow courtyard.

As soon as Ye Xier came in, the leader of the group of people laughed immediately, and said to a thin old man opposite, "Old lady Liu, now that your daughter-in-law is back, you have nothing to say. May I ask you to fulfill your promise?"

After all, the middle-aged man with a hooked nose and thick beard raised a piece of white paper covered with black writing in his hand.

"Xi'er, you shouldn't have come back!"

The skinny old man was obviously Ye Xier's mother-in-law, but the first sentence she uttered made people feel very strange.

Ye Xier looked at the malicious people in front of her with disgust, and hurried to the skinny old man, and hurriedly said, "Grandma, what happened?"

The man with the hooked nose said first, "Ye Xier, let me ask you, do you owe four months' rent?"

"Yeah. But I promise to pay it off soon. Isn't it too much for you to come and make things difficult for my mother-in-law?" Ye Xier's face was sullen. It was obvious that her mother-in-law was being bullied, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

The hooked-nosed man smiled complacently, and then said unhurriedly: "It's not that we're overdoing it, but that it's only natural to pay back the debt."

Ye Xier stared at the hooked-nosed man in disgust, then took out the gold left after buying the medicine, and said, "Four months, ten taels of gold per month, a total of 40 taels, here you are."

Unexpectedly, the hooked-nosed man didn't pick it up, so he looked at the money bag Ye Xier took out, and realized that there was no more than 400 taels of gold in it, then he sneered and said, "It's not 40 taels, but 400 taels. "

Mother Liu next to her was furious, and she said in a hoarse voice: "Zhang Dakuang, you have no conscience, and framed us like this!"

Mother Liu was agitated and coughing violently, obviously suffering from tuberculosis.

Ye Xier on the side hurriedly patted her mother-in-law on the back to help her calm down.

"Don't deceive people too much. The rent is obviously 40 taels, why is it now 400 taels?"

Ye Xier questioned Zhang Dakuang.

Zhang Dakuang raised the paper in his hand again, and said triumphantly: "It is clearly written on it, starting from the second month of rent arrears, if the rent is not paid on time, the money owed will increase exponentially. So from the second month to now, according to the agreed interest, the rent has indeed reached 400 taels."

"However, it also states that if you can't pay all the rent in one lump sum after the fourth month, Ye Xi'er will volunteer to come to Zhang's mansion to be Zhang Dakuang's personal servant girl, and everything will be under Zhang Dakuang's orders. Never fight back, never go back on your word."

After Zhang Dakuang finished speaking, he did not forget to say to Ye Xier: "You might as well take a good look, this paper has your mother-in-law's handprint on it, you can't help but deny it!"

"This is obviously faked by you!"

Ye Xier trembled with anger.

She never thought that Zhang Dakuang would be so shameless that he would make a big fuss about the rent he owed, and finally turned himself into a commodity, asking her to be Zhang Dakuang's maid!

Zhang Dakuang smiled, pointed to the last place where the signature was signed on the paper and said: "Ye Xier, you can see clearly, this is your mother-in-law's handprint! With this agreement in place, there is reason for me wherever I go. Are you afraid that you will not admit it?"

"If you can't hand over 400 taels of gold today, then I have no choice but to take you away!"

Zhang Dakuang and the three people behind Zhang Dakuang laughed triumphantly, because they were sure that Ye Xier would not be able to pay off the 400 taels of gold.

"Zhang Dakuang, you are so shameless, this is the handprint you grabbed my hand yesterday and pressed!"

Liu's mother's words can be regarded as revealing Zhang Dakuang's wolf ambition.

But Zhang Dakuang clearly just used this excuse to make trouble, so he said carelessly: "Old lady Liu, you have to be careful what you say, what do you mean I forced you to press your fingerprints? What evidence do you have? On the contrary, I have this piece of paper The paper is here, so I’m not afraid of you denying it! Ye Xi’er, write everything clearly in black and white, if you can’t pay the full amount, I’ll have to use you to pay off the debt.”

"Come here, take Ye Xier away!"

Zhang Dakuang waved his hand behind him.

The three tall and fierce men immediately surrounded Ye Xier.