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

Chapter 45 The Lively Scene of Lin Family Village
"Oh dear! Why are you back at this hour! Quick, get out of here, someone's going to cause you trouble!" Aunt Lin pushed Lin Yunche out, but everyone around heard the commotion and unconsciously looked back. Lin Yunche, who hadn't been noticed before, suddenly became the center of attention.

Naturally, Master Huang, who was waiting in the courtyard, also noticed Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche walked out of the crowd and saw Master Huang waiting in his courtyard with more than a dozen servants. These people were not going to make themselves uncomfortable and were even roasting mutton in the courtyard.

It was the irresistible aroma of the mutton that drew everyone from Linjia Village over.

They learned from the servants of Master Huang that they had come to see Lin Yunche, who had abducted his concubine. They wanted to see why this man was so bold.

Lin Yunche stopped, and Master Huang waved his hand. His servants surrounded Lin Yunche. When the others in Lin Family Village saw this, they wanted to rush in to protect Lin Yunche, but they were blocked outside the door by Master Huang's other servants.

This prompted the crowd outside to shout, "If you dare to bully the people of Linjia Village, we'll fight you to the death!"

Master Huang was surprised that in such a remote and impoverished village, the people were so united.

"Don't worry! I just have something to discuss with this young man, I won't make a move!" Master Huang said with a squinting smile.

Lin Yunche didn't want to cause trouble for everyone; this was his own business. He turned to the villagers and said, "Uncle Lin, it's so cold. You should take everyone back home. I'm fine."

Uncle Lin knew that Lin Yunche was always a sensible child, and if he said he could solve it, then he could.

"If anything happens, just shout, and we'll come right away!" Uncle Lin said, glaring angrily at Master Huang, his tone full of warning.

Master Huang gave a light snort, and Uncle Lin led everyone back. Little Sister Lin looked back at Lin Yunche several times with worry, but Lin Yunche just smiled and gave them a reassuring smile.

"I didn't expect you to be so popular in this village?" Master Huang asked, looking at Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche smiled faintly, "We are all native Lin family members. In this remote place, we naturally need to unite to survive. You probably don't understand the hardships we face here, Master Huang."

Master Huang was surprised that this young man showed no fear at all when he saw a wealthy man like himself. Moreover, for some reason, the young man's imposing aura was even stronger than his own.

"Interesting! Interesting!" Master Huang ordered the servants who had surrounded him to retreat.

"Now that I'm here, I'm your guest. I've been sitting in the courtyard for so long, don't you plan to let me in for a while?" Master Huang's calm demeanor was all an act.

In fact, his legs were so cold that they were stiff, and he could hear his bones cracking when he twisted his upper body even slightly.

It's all my fault for being too hasty. I didn't even ask if Bai Qinglian was home after receiving her message before rushing over. Now I'm really suffering a lot.

Lin Yunche glanced at the servants around him, pursed his lips, and then raised an eyebrow at Master Huang.

Master Huang was taken aback. Had this kid noticed that he was frozen stiff? What was that expression on his face? Was he... teasing him?

"You all stay outside and warm yourselves by the fire, I'll go in alone!" After saying that, Master Huang glanced tentatively at Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche smiled faintly and opened the door. Master Huang tried to get up, but his old arms and legs were too stiff to stand up.

In the end, a servant ran over, helped the old man up, and took him to Lin Yunche's room.

Upon entering, Master Huang was dumbfounded. This dilapidated house was completely empty. Where was the promised heater? Where was the promised hot water bottle?
Then wasn't his friendly attitude just now completely wasted?
"You...you're teasing me?" Master Huang felt wronged and wanted to cry.

Lin Yunche looked at the stiff old man in front of him with a puzzled expression. "What did I say?"

They didn't say anything! They really didn't say anything! They didn't say anything at all!
Fortunately, these mud walls could still withstand some of the cold wind, Master Huang comforted himself with this thought.

"Do you know that Bai Wanqing is the concubine I'm going to marry! You can't be engaged to her!" Master Huang didn't want to stay in this godforsaken place any longer, so he simply stated his demands directly.

Lin Yunche brushed the snow off his clothes and said, "The engagement has already been made! The documents have already been signed, there's nothing we can do about it!"

Master Huang knew this would happen. That old fox Bai Chenming had finally found someone who dared to take on Bai Wanqing, so he would definitely issue a document immediately.

"So what? As long as you're willing to break off the engagement, I'm willing to give you ten thousand taels of silver!" Master Huang looked disdainfully at the surrounding mud huts. He knew that poor young men like this were the most greedy for money. He had seen many who would break their promises and sell their wives and children for a little money, especially poor ones like the Lin family boy, who would definitely accept his offer.

Lin Yunche remained silent.

Master Huang continued, "With this money, you can buy a house in the county town, marry any kind of wife you want, and send your children to school. You won't find another opportunity like this once it's gone." Master Huang finished speaking and smiled confidently.

"That's it?" Lin Yunche smirked.

Master Huang thought this young man didn't know the value of ten thousand taels of silver. "That's all? You think that's all? Do you even know how much ten thousand taels of silver is?"

Lin Yunche remained calm and took something out from under his desk. This thing, as soon as it appeared...
Master Huang was so shocked that he stood up. He looked at the poor boy in front of him in disbelief. "You...you are actually..."
"Shh! If word gets out, you'll lose your head." Lin Yunche made up a lie, which immediately silenced Master Huang.

He said awkwardly, "I was just joking, just pretend it was nothing, I'm leaving now! Right away."

After Huang finished speaking, he called the servants outside and had himself carried onto the carriage outside the courtyard. Before Lin Yunche could come out to see him off, he was gone in the blink of an eye.

Seeing Master Huang's departing figure, Lin Yunche's smile faded, and he put the things he had taken out back under the table. "I will definitely keep my promise to you."

Bai Wanqing only learned that Master Huang had gone to Linjia Village after he returned from the village.

"Miss, Master Huang is really going to push things to the extreme! We've already arranged a marriage, and he's still chasing after us! What will we do if Young Master Lin changes his mind?" When Ruixin heard this news from outside, she was furious and cursed Master Huang from head to toe.

But what's the use of cursing? It won't change anything.

"Don't worry, Master Huang hasn't come to the Bai family's door yet, has he?" Bai Wanqing knew that since Young Master Lin had promised her, he wouldn't be easily swayed by Master Huang. And just as she thought, when Master Huang came to visit again, he only mentioned his marriage to Bai Qinglian and didn't mention Bai Wanqing.

When Ruixin brought in this good news, Bai Wanqing was also a little surprised. She was not surprised that he would insist, but she was surprised that Lin Yunche had made Master Huang accept this reality without any resentment.

She had sounded out her father before, but he was completely unaware that when he met Master Huang, Master Huang's attitude had completely changed, and he was very polite to her.

Not only did he stop interfering with the Bai family's business, he also sent Bai Qinglian a dowry worth 100,000 taels of silver. At that time, he held Bai Chenming's hand and said, "It is a great fate that we can become in-laws! If there is anything the Huang family can do to help in the future, just ask. We are all family, so let's not be formal."

Bai Chenming was also confused, but fortunately, his biggest headache was resolved, so he didn't delve into it further.

Bai Qinglian felt much better after seeing the room full of betrothal gifts and money delivered by Master Huang.

“Miss, it seems that Master Huang has come to his senses. He has given up on Bai Wanqing and has seen how good you are. This time when he came to visit, he didn’t mention Bai Wanqing at all, and he even brought so many betrothal gifts for you. It seems that Master Huang still values ​​you very much,” Xia Yu said from the side, seeing that Bai Qinglian was in a good mood today.

"Hmph! Who needs him to care!" Bai Qinglian said, but when she saw many pieces of jewelry she had never seen before, she still felt that she had the upper hand. After all, compared to the poor scholar that Bai Wanqing had chosen, she would still prefer to be a concubine in the Huang family.

"So what if I'm a concubine? Even if I'm a concubine, I'll be a noble one. Master Huang's first wife is old and faded, almost fifty years old. How long can she live? When the time comes, I can manage the Huang family just like my mother, which will be more prestigious than the Bai family." Bai Qinglian was speaking to herself and the servants.

But she knew in her heart that Master Huang was not capable at all. If she wanted to establish herself in the Huang family, she needed to have offspring. Last time she used force to barely get things done, but of course she couldn't always use force in the future.

Even if Master Huang himself agreed, his body probably wouldn't have become so thin.

Bai Qinglian bit her lip. She only had one option left: to humble herself before Bai Wanqing and ask her and Doctor Luo to speak up and see if there was a solution.

"Xia Yu, pick two items from the things Master Huang sent, and we'll go deliver them to our eldest sister right now." Bai Qinglian's eyes gleamed with a mixture of pride and flattery.

Bai Wanqing was somewhat surprised to see Bai Qinglian come to her room, but since she was already there, she couldn't very well send her away.

Seeing that Bai Wanqing didn't speak, Bai Qinglian sat down on her own. "Elder sister, it's fortunate that our marriage has been arranged, so I came to see you."

Bai Qinglian had lost her former arrogance and domineering attitude, so Bai Wanqing assumed that she had learned her lesson from this incident and was probably willing to change her ways, so her attitude towards her softened.

"Third sister, you're so kind!" Bai Wanqing said gently.

(End of this chapter)