Lin Shiyin suddenly smiled, but her smile was a little sad. Her cousin knew that Long Xiaoyun was plotting against him, but he was still willing to let him plot and marry her to him.

"Sisters, if you were me, what would you do?" Lin Shiyin asked.

"Kill that man," Huang Rong said. Huang Rong was a little devil, and she had no psychological burden when it came to murder and arson. To eliminate hidden dangers, she would even kill innocent people with her own hands.

"Expose his disgusting intentions, make him a villain hated by everyone in the world, and make sure he can never turn things around." This is what Wang Yuyan said.

Li Xunhuan looked at Chen Liu again.

Chen Liu was slightly embarrassed and explained, "They are more jealous of evil."

"But then I have nowhere to go." Lin Shiyin said quietly, "I have lived in Li Garden since I was a child. Li Garden is my home."

Huang Rong said, "Then let this man give Li Yuan to you."

"How can a weak woman like me who doesn't even know martial arts protect such a huge family business as Li Yuan?"

Lin Shiyin glanced at Chen Liu, then at Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong, thinking to herself, "It seems these two sisters, like me, originally had bad fates, but meeting this man changed their destiny. Perhaps I can give it a try. Even if it gets worse, can it be worse than marrying me to that old man, Long Xiaoyun?"

"Can you two sisters take me in?"

"what?"

Chapter 186: Jackals and Tigers

Li Yuan!

Li Xunhuan was drinking with Chen Liu, the wine he was drinking was bitter, which made him look bitter. Meanwhile, Chen Liu was drinking wine for himself, which made him look depressed.

This time, Chen Liu truly had no intention of teasing Lin Shiyin. He no longer had the energy to tease other women; he was having trouble even handling Wang Yuyan, Mu Nianci, and Mu Wanqing. The problem was Wang Yuyan, who was too demanding. His cultivation was still too low.

But what puzzled him was that, for reasons he didn't understand, Lin Shiyin suddenly asked Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong to take her in. This meant she was leaving with them, and she did just that, immediately following Chen Liu. Oh, no, she was leaving with Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong.

As for Li Xunhuan, his fiancée was given away, but instead of marrying his brother as he wished, she wanted to follow a playboy. How the hell was that!

Lin Shiyin was determined to leave, and she was very resolute. What could Li Xunhuan do? He could only ask Chen Liu and Lin Shiyin to return to Li Garden and wait for two days to see if there was any improvement. Perhaps Lin Shiyin was just acting on a whim?

After returning to Li Garden, Lin Shiyin took Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong away, while Li Xunhuan invited Chen Liu to drink. However, the wine became more and more bitter as he drank it, and it was so bitter that he felt numb and almost lost his energy.

Li Xunhuan looked up at Chen Liu and found that he was also drinking alone, and had a feeling of doubting his life, with doubt written on his face. He probably didn't know why Lin Shiyin followed him.

"Why don't you stay here?" Li Xunhuan paused and said suddenly.

Chen Liu was a little confused.

"Didn't you figure out I'd give Li Garden to Shiyin as a dowry? If you stay, Li Garden will be yours from now on." Li Xunhuan sighed softly. Li Garden was where he and Lin Shiyin grew up together. Staying here would only make him sadder. This was probably his mindset in the original novel, which is why he gave Li Garden to Lin Shiyin.

"I'm from Song." Chen Liu shook his head and said, "And I'm not short of money."

"This Li Yuan..." Chen Liu looked up at Li Yuan and said, "Even if you include his assets, it's probably only a few hundred thousand taels of silver at most. I don't mind this little money."

Baoding isn't a major city like the capital, Suzhou, or Hangzhou. While the Li Garden is large, its value isn't high. If it were in the capital, the garden alone would be worth at least one or two million taels of silver. But in the current Ming Dynasty, Baoding is at most a second- or third-tier city. Can housing prices in second- or third-tier cities compare to those in the capital?

"Maybe you can marry her. I believe if you are willing to marry her, she will still stay." Chen Liu said.

"I marry her?" Li Xunhuan said bitterly.

Long Xiaoyun was about to die. Even though he knew that Long Xiaoyun was deliberately torturing him, as long as he married Lin Shiyin, Long Xiaoyun would probably have no choice but to recover. But Long Xiaoyun had saved his life! A life-saving favor should be repaid with gratitude. Therefore, even though Li Xunhuan knew that he was being plotted against by Long Xiaoyun, he had no choice but to accept it.

Moreover, Li Xunhuan is still very young now, still a young man in his twenties, and not the Li Xunhuan who will suffer from lovesickness for more than ten years in a dozen years. Who hasn't done a few absurd things in their youth that they will regret later?

Over a decade later, after enduring the torment of longing, Li Xunhuan finally realized how deeply he loved Lin Shiyin. Now, in his heart, loyalty and brotherhood far outweighed wealth and women. In his view, helping a brother was a manifestation of loyalty. But if he disregarded brotherhood for a woman, what kind of person would he be? Long Xiaoyun could let him down, but he couldn't let Long Xiaoyun down. Therefore, after Long Xiaoyun fell in love with Lin Shiyin, he was destined not to marry her, even if Lin Shiyin didn't want to marry him.

"You're worried about Long Xiaoyun!" Chen Liu rolled his eyes and said, "I know there's another very beautiful woman in Baoding, no less beautiful than Lin Shiyin, and she also happens to have the surname Lin, Lin Xian'er. You could find this woman, marry her to Long Xiaoyun, and give him some fortune. That would be a way to repay his life-saving grace."

[Tsk tsk! Long Xiaoyun and Lin Xian'er, what a perfect match! One appears righteous, but in reality, a black-hearted hero; the other appears pure and beautiful, but in reality, a sinister and lustful slut who enjoys toying with men. These two are a match made in heaven, like a jackal and a tiger, a match made in heaven.]

Although Lin Xian'er is beautiful, Chen Liu has no good feelings towards her.

Lin Xian'er appears gracious, gentle, and pure in public, but secretly she is vicious and lustful. She excels at seducing and deceiving men, exploiting their jealousy and vendettas to satisfy her greed. She always fancies herself young, beautiful, and intelligent, believing that every man in the world will bow down to her. She also delights in torturing men, finding it the most pleasurable pleasure in the world.

This woman is a deeply perverted person. Even though Lin Xian'er still lives in poverty, her character is shaped from childhood and difficult to change. Take Kang Min, for example. Even as a child, she harbored intense jealousy. Because a neighboring girl had beautiful new clothes for Chinese New Year, while she didn't, she flew into a rage, secretly cutting the neighbor's new clothes into shreds in the middle of the night. Perhaps Lin Xian'er's later greed and penchant for toying with men stemmed from her childhood poverty and the bullying she endured at the hands of men, spurring her twisted personality?

Regardless of the reason, Chen Liu respectfully declined any interest in a sinister slut like Lin Xian'er. There were so many beautiful female warriors in the martial arts world, and he already had beauties like Wang Yuyan, Huang Rong, and Zhou Zhiruo. Why bother getting involved with a sinister slut? However, introducing Lin Xian'er to Long Xiaoyun was still an option; the two of them were a perfect match!

Lin Shiyin, who had just reached the courtyard gate with Hong Lingbo, Lu Wushuang, and Qu Feiyan, pursed her lips. A handsome man and a beautiful woman? A jackal and a tiger? What kind of nonsense is that!

Although she knew Chen Liu was probably teasing her, Lin Shiyin was still more resolute in her decision not to marry Long Xiaoyun. "Jackals, wolves, tigers, and leopards" weren't exactly flattering words. This showed that Long Xiaoyun wasn't the good guy he appeared to be, but a dark and evil person.

Through Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong, Lin Shiyin also roughly understood who Chen Liu was and why he knew about her and Li Xunhuan. Although the matter was absurd, wasn't it absurd that she could hear Chen Liu's inner thoughts? And if she tried to tell anyone about Chen Liu's affairs, she would face great terror. Isn't that absurd?

"Brother Chen Liu!" After Hong Lingbo, Lu Wushuang and Qu Feiyan entered the yard, they saw Chen Liu and immediately surrounded him happily.

"Shi, Shiyin!" Li Xunhuan looked at Lin Shiyin.

Lin Shiyin glanced at Li Xunhuan and said calmly, "Today I will stay in Li Garden for the last night. Tomorrow morning I will leave with my sisters."

Chapter 187 Dragon Roaring Cloud

Lin Shiyin was determined to leave, and she was leaving tomorrow. Why not leave? Was she still going to follow Li Xunhuan's plan and marry that old man, Long Xiaoyun?

No matter what, what needs to be faced must be faced eventually. Li Xunhuan had no choice but to go to see Long Xiaoyun with some shame and tell him the news.

When Long Xiaoyun heard that Lin Shiyin was about to run away, he was so frightened that he jumped up. However, because he was too weak, he fell down again after jumping up.

Damn, the medicine is too strong!

Li Xunhuan quickly stepped forward to support Long Xiaoyun and let him lie back on the bed.

Long Xiaoyun's lips trembled as he said excitedly, "Brother, what do you mean? Shi-Shiyin is leaving? Where is she going?"

"Today I met a man outside. People in Jianghu call him the Flower-Cherishing Young Master. After seeing that man, Shiyin decided to follow him and leave Li Garden."

What the hell? Long Xiaoyun was stunned. My cooked duck flew away. No, the woman I was about to get by feigning illness ran off with another man? How on earth did you do this, brother? That was your fiancée! You actually let your fiancée run off with another man? Aren't you ashamed! You won't kill that man?

"Shi, Shiyin, how could she be so heartless and leave me? I, I'm still sick, what should I do about my illness?" Long Xiaoyun was in a state of confusion and started to speak without thinking.

Li Xunhuan looked at Long Xiaoyun with a complicated look in his eyes.

"Brother, she is just a woman. Since Shi and Shiyin want to follow that flower-loving young man when they see him, it means that she is a fickle woman. Such a woman is not worthy of your love." In order to appease Long Xiaoyun, Li Xunhuan could only speak against his conscience.

To be honest, Li Xunhuan is a pretty good brother. In the original novel, even though he knew that Long Xiaoyun and Zhao Zhengyi had conspired to slander him and even deliberately grabbed his hand, preventing him from using his flying knife, which led to his capture by Zhao Zhengyi and others, he said nothing and did not retaliate against Long Xiaoyun, still recognizing him as a brother.

"Brother, who is this Mr. Xihua?" Long Xiaoyun asked hurriedly.

"This flower-loving gentleman appeared a while ago. He's said to be from the Song Dynasty. Big brother, you've been ill for the past six months, so you don't know. This flower-loving gentleman seems to be very popular with women. He's surrounded by many beautiful women and has a way with them."

"He must have used some abnormal means." Long Xiaoyun tightly grasped Li Xunhuan's hand and said excitedly: "Brother! Shiyin is your cousin! You can't just ignore her! She must have been controlled by the drugs used by that Xihua Gongzi. You must save her!"

"I know he didn't use drugs to control Shiyin."

Li Xunhuan didn't know why Chenliu was so popular with women. Not to mention the two stunning beauties, Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong, even Mu Nianci, Mu Wanqing, Zhong Ling, Ah Zhu, and Ah Bi, who arrived later at Li Garden, were all stunning beauties, chosen from thousands or even tens of thousands of miles. Even Hong Lingbo, Lu Wushuang, and Qu Feiyan were rare beauties.

Chen Liu was indeed tall and handsome, but his looks weren't enough to drive women crazy. Yet, beauties like Wang Yuyan and Huang Rong willingly followed him, without any coercion, something Li Xunhuan found puzzling. Even his cousin, Lin Shiyin, decided to follow him after meeting Chen Liu. Furthermore, Chen Liu was rumored to be having an affair with Lianxing, the Second Palace Master of Yihua Palace.

So what was so special about Chen Liu that he had so many beautiful women around him?

"How could there not be? Shiyin is so sensible, so gentle and kind, and she always listens to you. She also loves Li Yuan so much. This is her home." Long Xiaoyun was so excited that his mouth was full of foam. If Lin Shiyin ran away, then wouldn't the suffering he had endured for more than half a year be in vain?

"He must have been bewitched by that flower-loving young man. That man must be a rapist. Brother, you must not let her run away with that rapist, otherwise you will regret it. It would be best to kill that rapist and get rid of this evil for the people. Yes, that rapist must be killed. If you don't kill him, then I will. Even if it costs me my own life, I must save Shiyin from the sea of ​​suffering." Long Xiaoyun said righteously.

Li Xun Huan was silent for a long moment, feeling somewhat unhappy. Although Long Xiaoyun was his brother, to slander him as a rapist was unbecoming of a gentleman. Furthermore, Long Xiaoyun was clearly trying to force him to kill Chen Liu.

Killing Chen Liu was easy; a flying knife would be enough. However, if he killed Chen Liu, Wang Yuyan would definitely kill him as well. Li Xunhuan had already felt Wang Yuyan's aura in the brothel, and he wasn't sure he could kill her.

"Young Master Xihua's fiancée is a master whose strength is even stronger than mine, and she is right beside him."

When Long Xiaoyun heard this, he felt as if he was poured with a bucket of cold water, and his heart went cold.

"He, he has a Grandmaster fiancée?"

"It is said that he is also having an affair with the Second Palace Master of Yihua Palace, Palace Master Lianxing. Many people have seen Palace Master Lianxing following him around and accompanying him on his tours of Daming."

Long Xiaoyun was once again met with a cold shoulder. Yihua Palace was a major power in the Ming Dynasty. Its two masters, Yaoyue and Lianxing, were both incredibly powerful masters, known for their murderous tendencies. They were not to be trifled with. If that Xihua Master had an affair with Palace Master Lianxing, who would dare to kill him? Aren't they afraid of retaliation from those crazy women in Yihua Palace?

"I heard that when he went to Wudang Mountain, he stayed there for nearly a month and was personally received by Master Zhang. When they left the mountain, it was the current Wudang Sect Leader, Master Song Yuanqiao, who personally escorted him down the mountain."

Long Xiaoyun's body became a little stiff.

"He's also the son-in-law of Yue Buqun of the Donghuashan Sword Sect. Yue Buqun is fine, but according to the latest news, Feng Qingyang has returned to the Huashan Sword Sect and has even broken through to the Grandmaster level."

Long Xiaoyun suddenly became dispirited.

"The most important thing is that, according to rumors, Master Xihua is the last disciple of Senior Dugu Qiubai, the celestial being of the Song Dynasty."

Long Xiaoyun was frightened. With so many connections and such a powerful backing, if he dared to slander someone as a rapist, they would come and kill him in a matter of minutes.

"Brother!" Li Xunhuan gently patted Long Xiaoyun's hand and said, "Don't say such things anymore. I've met Master Xihua before. Perhaps Shiyin chose him because of his powerful background and connections! Besides, Master Xihua is very handsome."

Long Xiaoyun: ...

"It's just a woman." Li Xun Huan said, "If big brother wants to find a beautiful woman to marry, it's very simple. I heard that there is a very beautiful girl named Lin Xian'er in Baoding. I have sent someone to find her. When Lin Xian'er is found, I will arrange for big brother to marry her. This Li Yuan..."

Li Xun Huan paused and said, "I'll give it to you as a wedding gift."

Chapter 188 Lin Xian'er (Part )

Lin Xian'er is in Baoding City, so it's actually quite easy to find her. She's also very beautiful. Beautiful women tend to become famous easily, a fact that's been true for ages, whether in modern times or ancient times.

Such a young and beautiful woman would surely have many proposals. However, those who came were either men of little ability or small fortunes, and Lin Xian'er, with her pride, looked down upon them. Lin Xian'er's father was also waiting for a good price, hoping to sell his daughter, so he rejected many proposals from small fortunes.

Hard work pays off. Finally, a wealthy man came to the door. He was the Li family, the most famous family in Baoding City, known for having seven Jinshi (imperial scholar) scholars and three Tanhua scholars (father and son). When Lin Dad and Lin Xian'er heard that the visitor was Li Xunhuan's housekeeper, they were naturally overjoyed.

"Not bad! Not bad! Really not bad!" Li Xunhuan's butler, Li Zhi, had also heard of Lin Xian'er's reputation, but since they already had a beautiful Lin Shiyin in their family, Li Zhi naturally disdained Lin Xian'er's reputation. In front of Lin Shiyin, what beauty could compare to her?

But everything changed six months ago when his young master returned with Long Xiaoyun. Long Xiaoyun had fallen for Lin Shiyin and was even ill. Most importantly, he had the audacity to ask Li Xunhuan for her, which infuriated Li Zhi. Lin Shiyin had grown up with Li Xunhuan in the Li Garden. Who in the family wouldn't see her as the future mistress?

But right after Long Xiaoyun arrived at Li Garden, he was already targeting his brother's fiancée? He was still a brother? Li Zhi had repeatedly tried to tell Long Xiaoyun that Lin Shiyin was their young master's fiancée and the future mistress of Li Garden, but Long Xiaoyun feigned illness and confusion, infuriating Li Zhi to the point of nearly killing him.

Li Zhi told Li Xunhuan about this. Li Xunhuan was silent for a long time, then got drunk for five days. He then went to a brothel and indulged in sensual pleasures. He even asked Lin Shiyin to take care of Long Xiaoyun, which almost drove Li Zhi crazy. His young master was planning to give their future mistress to Long Xiaoyun!

Li Zhi didn't know what his young master was thinking, but he didn't understand. What kind of brotherly love was that? A jerk who feigned illness and stupidity to get his brother's fiancée was nothing but a shitty brother! If Li Xunhuan hadn't sternly warned him against even the slightest disrespect to his brothers, he would have chopped off Long Xiaoyun's head.

When Li Xunhuan became more and more excessive, even bringing home famous prostitutes from the capital to play with them in front of Lin Shiyin, Li Zhi felt sorry for Lin Shiyin.

Lin Shiyin was actually well aware of Li Xunhuan's intention to marry her to Long Xiaoyun. She had grown up in the Li Garden and was engaged to Li Xunhuan. The servants in the Li Garden all regarded her as their future mistress, so nothing in the Li Garden was a secret to her.

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