"Master Su, I have come today to propose marriage to your daughter."

"Propose marriage... Good, good!" Su Baiwan smiled, his face crinkling with wrinkles.

"General Lin is young and promising, with a bright future! I agree to this marriage!"

"Sir!" Madam Su couldn't help but say, "You...you're not going to ask clearly?"

"What are you asking!" Su Baiwan glared at her. "A fifth-rank general, is he not good enough for Yue'er?"

"It's not that I'm not good enough for him, it's just..." Madam Su looked at Lin Feng.

"General Lin, do you...do you have a wife?"

"Yes," Lin Feng said.

The hall fell silent again. Su Baiwan's smile froze on his face.

"Do you...have a wife?" Su Baiwan's voice was dry.

"Then...when Yue'er goes back, will she be a secondary wife, or...?"

"She's willing, we'll marry her properly, regardless of age." Lin Feng looked at Su Baiwan.

"If she doesn't want to, I will never force her."

Su Baiwan's face darkened: "General Lin, are you... making a joke of my Su family?"

"I wouldn't dare," Lin Feng said.

"To be honest, I have a wife, which I cannot hide. But my feelings for Miss Su are sincere. If she marries me, I will never fail her."

"Absurd!" Su Baiwan slammed his hand on the table and stood up.

"Although my Su family is not a prominent one, we will never allow our daughter to become someone's concubine! General Lin, please return!"

"Father!" A voice came from the entrance of the hall.

Su Wanyue walked in. She was dressed in a plain white dress, with light makeup on her face, and her eyes were calm.

She walked into the hall and bowed gracefully to Su Baiwan: "Your daughter wishes to marry Young Master Lin."

"Are you crazy!" Su Baiwan roared. "He has a wife! What would you do if you married him? Become a concubine? I, Su Baiwan, can't bear that disgrace!"

"A daughter will not be a concubine." Su Wanyue looked up and stared directly at her father.

"Young Master Lin said that it will be a proper marriage, regardless of age. My daughter believes him."

"You believe him? What makes you believe him?" Su Baiwan pointed at Lin Feng.

"He's just a border general, far from the emperor's reach. Who would know if he married ten or eight women? What would you do then, when you're all alone in the north, crying out for help to no avail?"

"I acknowledge my daughter," Su Wanyue said calmly.

"My daughter's life was saved by Young Master Lin, so Father, you may scold me if you wish." Su Wanyue knelt down.

"Your daughter is unfilial, but her mind is made up. She will marry no one but Young Master Lin. If Father agrees, your daughter will marry into the family in three days. If Father does not agree..."

She paused, then said softly, "My daughter will go with him tonight."

"You dare!" Su Baiwan roared in fury. "If you dare step out of this door, I'll pretend I never had a daughter like you!"

"Master!" Madam Su cried, "Please don't force Yue'er anymore!"

Su Baiwan was panting heavily as he stared at Lin Feng.

"Lin Feng, I only have one sentence. Either you divorce your wife and marry Yue'er as your legal wife, or this marriage is off!"

Lin Feng shook his head, "My wife at home has been with me through thick and thin; I will never betray her."

"Then why did you even bring up marriage in the first place!" Su Baiwan roared. "Get out! Get out of here!"

"Father!" Su Wanyue stood up, walked to Lin Feng's side, and took his hand. "I'm going with Young Master Lin."

"You...you dare!"

"Your daughter is unfilial." Su Wanyue knelt down and kowtowed three times.

"Father, Mother, I will repay your kindness in the next life."

After saying that, she got up, pulled Lin Feng along, and walked out.

"Stop them!" Su Baiwan shouted.

Butler Zhou and two strong servants stepped forward.

Lin Feng's eyes turned cold, and he placed his hand on the hilt of his sword. The three men, swept by his gaze, dared not step forward.

"Rebellion! Rebellion!" Su Baiwan trembled with rage. "Yue'er, if you dare step out of this door today, I'll... I'll pretend I never had a daughter like you!"

Su Wanyue paused, tears streaming down her face, but she didn't turn around.

The two left the Su residence. The sunlight on the long street was dazzling. Su Wanyue's face was still wet with tears, but her hand was tightly gripping Lin Feng's hand.

"Do you regret it?" Lin Feng asked.

"I don't regret it." Su Wanyue shook her head, looking at him. "Lin Feng, will you treat me well?"

"meeting."

"Will it last a lifetime?"

"A lifetime is too long, you never know," Lin Feng said, looking at her.

"But as long as I'm here, I'll protect you."

Su Wanyue smiled, but tears streamed down her face again: "That's enough. That's enough."

"Wherever you go, I'll go."

Lin Feng thought for a moment: "Let's go to the inn first. We'll leave the city tonight."

"Out of the city?" Su Wanyue was taken aback. "So fast?"

"Your father won't let this go," Lin Feng said. "He'll definitely send someone to find us tonight. Let's go now."

The two returned to the inn.

Lin Feng asked the shopkeeper to prepare a horse-drawn carriage and bought some dry food and water.

It was already dark when the carriage left Yingchuan City.

Once outside the city, the carriage sped north.

Su Wanyue lifted the carriage curtain and watched the Yingchuan city wall recede into the distance, tears silently streaming down her face.

"If you want to go back, it's not too late," Lin Feng said.

"I'm not going back." Su Wanyue lowered the carriage curtain and leaned on his shoulder.

From now on, wherever you are, that's home.

As night deepened, the carriage stopped in front of a dilapidated temple.

Lin Feng helped Su Wanyue alight from the carriage and started a fire. Inside the temple was a statue of the Earth God, its paint peeling and faded, but it still provided shelter from the wind.

The two ate dry rations around the fire. Su Wanyue ate little, glancing at Lin Feng from time to time with tender eyes.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Feng asked.

"Look at you," Su Wanyue smiled. "From now on, you'll be my husband."

Lin Feng was silent for a moment, then said, "We haven't had the wedding ceremony yet."

"Let us pray tonight."

Su Wanyue got up, walked to the statue of the Earth God, and knelt down.

"Heaven and earth bear witness, gods and Buddhas are my witnesses. I, Su Wanyue, today marry Lin Feng. In this life and the next, I will never leave him."

After she finished speaking, she turned to look at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng walked to her side and knelt down: "Today, Lin Feng marries Su Wanyue. In this life and the next, I will never betray you."

The two kowtowed three times to the statue of the Earth God.

The ceremony is complete.

Su Wanyue stood up, her face flushed in the firelight.

She walked to the spread-out hay and sat down, whispering, "Husband... let's... rest."

Lin Feng glanced at her and blew out the tinder. The temple darkened, with only moonlight filtering in through the broken window.

In the darkness, Su Wanyue groped for his hand and gently pulled it towards her. Her clothes rustled, and her breathing quickened.

"Are you scared?" Lin Feng asked in a low voice.

"I'm not afraid." Su Wanyue's voice trembled, but her determination was firm. "I'm your wife now."

The moonlight, like water, spilled into the dilapidated temple. Two figures gradually merged into one.

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