After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 188 The Clinic Reopens
When Bai Wanqing returned home, Lin Yunche had already left his post.

"You're back?" Lin Yunche didn't ask where Bai Wanqing had gone, but simply greeted her with a smile.

Bai Wanqing hummed in agreement and then said, "This time, thanks to Master Liu's help, I just went to thank him."

Lin Yunche nodded. Even if Bai Wanqing didn't need to explain it clearly, he understood.

"By the way! I've already sent someone to take Pan Hu to Linjia Village today."

"You don't need to worry about him anymore."

"I also sent all the people in the village over there."

"From the village?" Bai Wanqing was somewhat surprised to hear Lin Yunche say that.

"Are they alright?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Lin Yunche shook his head slightly, "They will be fine. They are the Lin family army from back then."

"For more than 20 years, they have not changed the unique habits of the Lin Family Army. There is no mistake."

When Lin Yunche mentioned these people, his expression froze slightly.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else wrong?" Bai Wanqing asked.

Lin Yunche shook his head with a smile, "No! No!"

"By the way, now that the Fang family's matter is settled, can the clinic reopen tomorrow?"

Bai Wanqing stared at Lin Yunche's face, knowing that he had something on his mind, something he couldn't say, so she didn't ask any further. "Yes! The clinic will reopen tomorrow."

"I have already had Ruixin send messages to all the doctors today."

"okay!"

Alone in the room, Lin Yunche suddenly became very nervous. He stood up and took two steps toward the door. "Um... you've been running around all day, are you tired?"

"Shall I boil some water for you so you can take a bath?"

After Lin Yunche finished speaking, his face turned red, and he secretly pinched his thigh.

I'll let you overthink it! I'll let you overthink it.

Bai Wanqing was slightly taken aback when she saw Lin Yunche's face turn completely red.

Yes! The man in front of her is her husband, but it seems that they have not consummated their marriage.

"You mean...?" Bai Wanqing looked at Lin Yunche with her almond-shaped eyes, and the tips of her ears began to turn slightly red.

Lin Yunche quickly waved his hand, "No! I didn't mean to!"

Didn't you think about it? Bai Wanqing clutched the hem of her clothes tightly, her face showing some hurt.

Lin Yunche didn't expect to see Bai Wanqing with such an expression. Was she really willing, or was it because I was her husband?

Lin Yunche turned his head away and refused to look at Bai Wanqing again.

Bai Wanqing quickly composed herself. "Water, Ruixin is already burning. I'll go check on her."

Bai Wanqing left the room, and Lin Yunche felt his heart pounding so hard it was about to burst out of his chest.

He let out a long breath after Bai Wanqing had walked away.

That night, neither of them, who were lying in bed together, fell asleep immediately.

"Wanqing, are you asleep?"

"not yet!"

"What are you thinking?"

"I didn't think about anything!"

"But I have a different idea!"

Bai Wanqing turned her head to look at the man who was so close to her. She realized that this was the second time she had observed him at such close range.

Unlike before, this time Lin Yunche felt very familiar and warm to her.

"What are you thinking?"

Lin Yunche reached out and took Bai Wanqing's hand, which was covering her body, and a warm sensation was transferred to Bai Wanqing's palm.

Bai Wanqing suddenly panicked. She tried to pull her hand away, but Lin Yunche held it tightly.

"Husband! What's wrong?"

Lin Yunche closed his eyes. "Wanqing, if one day, the mission of my Lin family is completed and the Lin family regains its rightful place, will you become my true wife?"

Lin Yunche's hands were trembling, and his breathing was becoming rapid.

Bai Wanqing understood that he truly cared about her.

She smiled, turned around, and lay down flat, letting Lin Yunche hold her hand, and gently closed her eyes as well.

"Ok, I will wait for you!"

Lin Yunche's body visibly stiffened. "You're truly willing from the bottom of your heart?"

"Not because I'm your husband!"

"Is it because I am Lin Yunche? Because of who I am?"

Bai Wanqing slowly opened her eyes, her eyes sparkling. She slightly curled the corners of her mouth and fixed her gaze on Lin Yunche's face.

"No! It's not because of the contract between you and me."

"It's not because you're already my husband."

"It's because you are simply you."

Lin Yunche smiled sheepishly, "Wanqing, I'm very happy today."

Bai Wanqing squeezed Lin Yunche's hand back, "I'm very happy too."

The next day, when Lin Yunche opened his eyes, Bai Wanqing was no longer in bed.

He touched Bai Wanqing's quilt, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up. Then he quickly put on his own clothes and ran out of the house to look for Bai Wanqing.

"Sir, you're awake. Madam has already gone to the clinic!"

"I'm afraid they won't be back until tonight."

Feng Niang greeted Lin Yunche respectfully.

Lin Yunche was slightly disappointed when he heard Bai Wanqing leave. "She went so early?"

Seeing her master's somewhat disappointed look, Fengniang smiled and said, "The clinic hasn't been open for quite some time, and Madam said she wanted to go and tidy it up as soon as possible." "So I took Ruixin there early this morning."

Lin Yunche grunted and said weakly, "In that case, Fengniang, please serve me a bowl of porridge. I'll go to the yamen after I finish eating."

Feng Niang smiled and agreed, deftly serving Lin Yunche the porridge and putting it on the table, along with many delicious side dishes.

Lin Yunche finished his delicious breakfast, changed into his official robes, and went out.

But as soon as he stepped out, he saw a carriage emerge from around the corner and head towards him.

Lin Yunche stopped and carefully examined the carriage that had stopped in front of him.

Before long, the carriage curtain was lifted, and a woman with fair skin and a beautiful face peeked out from the carriage.

"Lord Lin!" Hai Shengyang greeted Lin Yunche with a beaming smile.

Lin Yunche frowned, did not respond, and instead turned around and continued to stride toward the yamen.

Hai Shengyang immediately had his maid help her out of the carriage. "Lord Lin, please wait."

Lin Yunche turned around impatiently, looked at Hai Shengyang, and curled his lip. "I wonder what business this young lady has with me?"

Hai Shengyang curtsied to Lin Yunche.

"I am the daughter of Lord Hai. I have come today to speak with Lord Lin."

Hai Shengyang? Even if Lin Yunche had never met Hai Shengyang, he had heard about him from his mother.
Shouldn't she have already been sent away by Bai Wanqing? How dare she come looking for me again?

"Just say what's on your mind here," Lin Yunche said, frowning.

Hai Shengyang smiled and shook his head, "My lord, there are some things that I'm afraid cannot be said here."

For example, I know that the Lin family did not betray the Shang Kingdom back then.

Lin Yunche paused for a moment, then turned around, squinted, and walked towards Hai Shengyang.

Hai Shengyang smirked. She knew it! She knew it! As long as she passed this information on to Lin Yunche, Lin Yunche wouldn't take her lightly.

Lin Yunche smiled as expected, "Then where would Miss Hai like to discuss this?"

Hai Shengyang's face instantly broke into a victorious smile. "Lord Lin, if we're talking about secret places, I do know one."

"Lord Lin, you just need to follow me."

Lin Yunche nodded slowly, "Alright! Then please lead the way, Miss Hai."

Hai Shengyang returned to the carriage, and with a wave of his hand, the carriage started moving. However, the direction was not somewhere else, but the house that Lin Yunche had prepared for the Hai family.

Hai Shengyang wanted everyone to see it.

Lin Yunche came to the Hai family, and Lin Yunche and the Hai family's young lady had a very close relationship.

The reason Hai Shengyang did this was because the Hai family had run out of bargaining chips to negotiate with the Lin family.

"Father! Didn't you say you would have a way to get the Lin family to accept me into their family?" Hai Shengyang angrily confronted his father when he learned that his father had not proposed marriage to the Lin family.

At the time, Hai Daren was preoccupied with Master Fang's case and had no time to concern himself with the Lin family's marriage.

"Shengyang, why did you have to choose the Lin family?"

"Right now, he's going against your father. I originally wanted to use the Fang family to teach the Lin family a lesson, but do you know what I mean?"

"The Lin family completely brought down the Fang family."

"They've hardened their minds and won't back down, so why are you still clinging to them?"

Upon hearing his father's words, Hai Shengyang immediately objected, "Father, how could you join forces with the Fang family to put pressure on the Lin family?"

"Father, you mustn't touch the Fang family!"

Hai Daren got even angrier upon hearing this, "Why do you ask me! I'm doing this all for you!"

"Now look what's happened, I've offended the Lin family too! And I've lost the Fang family as well."

"The people above probably think your dad is incompetent!"

Hai Shengyang stamped her foot. She really wanted to tell her father about the Lin family, but she couldn't.

If her father finds out about the Lin family, the marriage to the Lin family will no longer be hers.

She knew she would become her younger sister, but she couldn't say it.

"Father, thankfully the Fang family's affair didn't implicate you this time, otherwise..."

"Otherwise I will be very sad."

Hai Chengming finally heard a soft word from his daughter, and felt a little relieved. "Daughter! It's better not to go to the Lin family. I'll find you another good marriage later."

"Will you definitely defeat the Lin family?"

Hai Shengyang nodded outwardly, but inwardly he was unwilling.

You should know that in the past two days, she has gone to great lengths to get the Wu family to give up their engagement with her.

She sent all her savings, along with three shops and five estates that she had stolen from her mother, to the Wu family.

Only then did Mrs. Wu agree to return the marriage certificate to her.

She was ecstatic the day she received the marriage certificate; she had finally won against Bai Wanqing!
Didn't they say that the Wu family wasn't after money?

How could no one be interested in money? It's just that the Wu family is too greedy. They want more than they imagined, and the amount they want is something Bai Wanqing wouldn't even dare to dream of.

Bai Wanqing certainly couldn't afford it, but that didn't mean she was incapable of giving it.

Bai Wanqing's idea of ​​having the Wu family restrain her is simply a pipe dream!

Now that Lin Yunche has returned to Huaizhou City, does Bai Wanqing still want to stop him? Well, we'll have to see what they're capable of.

Hai Shengyang drove ostentatiously, occasionally lifting the carriage curtain to look outside.

Many people know Hai Shengyang.

"Isn't this the Hai family's daughter?"

"Yes! Hey, isn't that Lord Lin behind her?"

"How come the Hai family's daughter is with Lord Lin?"

"Yes! Madam, look how Master is with Hai Shengyang." Ruixin stamped her foot as she watched Lin Yunche follow Hai Shengyang into the alley.

Bai Wanqing stared blankly at Lin Yunche's back, then quickly turned her back.

(End of this chapter)