After marrying the fierce god, her handsome young husband was pampered to the extreme.

Lin Nian stared at the man, held back for a long time, and then burst into laughter for the first time that day.

Yin Cheng: "...Wife, your laughter is too loud, it's disturbing me."

Lin Nian buried her face in the man's shoulder, laughing so hard she was shaking.

Pearl, not understanding what was going on, grinned and giggled along with her little father.

It's not fair to blame Yin Cheng for his ugly handwriting. He's been writing calligraphy for twenty years, and even if it's not very beautiful, at least the strokes are clearly defined and recognizable.

As a result of this amnesia, all the writing experience of the previous twenty years was gone. Even if he remembered it, his writing could never be the same again.

Lin Nian laughed through her tears, only to be kissed by the man who pinched her cheeks the next moment.

Lin Nian: "Mmm!" The baby's still here!

After the man had finished kissing him, Lin Nian could finally breathe some fresh air. He immediately slapped the man on the back and angrily said, "You've corrupted the baby!"

Yin Cheng looked down at his son, who was sitting in the official's hat chair, earnestly munching on a cake.

"I don't think she'll go astray," Yin Cheng said. "Our Pearl... well, she looks like a child with her own ideas."

"If you can't compliment, then shut up." Lin Nian had laughed enough, and his waist went limp from the man's kisses. He glared at the man without much threat, "How many times have I told you, you're not allowed to touch the baby in front of him."

Yin Cheng felt wronged, "I didn't lay a hand on you!"

He pinched his wife's soft flesh and said with a satisfied smile, "That's more like it."

Lin Nian was too lazy to reason with this lecherous man. He picked up Pearl, took the recipe he had written, and said, "I'm going to find Xiao Jiu'er. You can take some rice cakes to my brother and the others later."

"I understand." Yin Cheng sighed as he watched his wife's heartless back turn, then turned and went to the small kitchen to get the rice cakes.

Lin Nian prepared complementary food for Pearl according to the recipe, and after eating it for a period of time, her condition indeed improved.

At least they won't stuff everything into their mouths anymore.

Lin Nian became increasingly curious about Yin Cheng's "previous world," feeling that it must have been an incredibly powerful world.

Seeing that his wife was interested, Yin Cheng changed the bedtime story from fairy tales to stories about his past life.

Lin Nian listened with great interest, occasionally asking a few questions, showing a rather diligent and studious attitude.

Pearl couldn't understand any of this and immediately became sleepy. She had shown an amazing talent for being a poor student since she was three years old.

The couple had a very open-minded attitude towards Pearl's preschool education and didn't expect her to know a thousand characters by the age of three; they would just let nature take its course.

Half a month later, Yin Cheng secretly infiltrated Wugu Peak in Ningzhou with a thousand Golden Guards.

Ningzhou has a unique terrain, especially the area bordering Jiangzhou, which is teeming with snakes and insects.

The day before their departure, Lin Nian specially asked Bai Yuchen to prepare insect-repelling herbs and made them into sachets for the man to carry with him.

His wife tucked a rabbit-shaped sachet into his waistband. "Brother-in-law said the medicine will last for a month, so don't lose it."

"Okay." Yin Cheng kissed his wife's forehead. "Sweetie, wait for me to come back."

Lin Nian responded in a muffled voice, but fearing that the man would see her worry, she forced a smile and put on a brave face.

Yin Cheng's heart melted instantly.

Yin Mo coughed, interrupting their affectionate gaze.

"We don't know what dangers lie ahead, so please prioritize your own safety." The older brother brought over a tray with a set of black armor on it. It looked somewhat similar to the armor of the Northern Army, but it was simple and unadorned in terms of details.

There was also a mask resembling a Rakshasa on the armor.

He instructed, "I had a set of uniform armor made in advance. The Golden Guards have already put it on. Wear this when you meet them."

"understood."

"And the mask, it's best not to take it off if you can avoid it." In case of danger, he can simply blend into the Golden Guards, and someone else will die for him...

Yin Mo didn't say these words aloud because he knew his younger brother.

He lived a life of integrity and never stooped to trading his own life for someone else's.

Unaware of his brother's thoughts, Yin Cheng obediently nodded, "I understand."

Suppressing the imperial power tactics of sacrificing pawns to save the king in his heart, Yin Mo was just an ordinary... older brother.

His heart had long been tainted by the affairs of the court, but his younger brother could not be tainted.

My younger brother wants to be refined and elegant, noble and upright, and open and unrestrained.

As long as I can protect my family, I don't care if I'm branded a cruel and heartless tyrant.

Pearl clung to her father's leg, crying uncontrollably, her fair cheeks streaked with tears.

"Waaah, Daddy won't leave..."

Lin Nian felt that his reluctance to part with Zhenzhu might have affected her. He picked her up and said, "Baby, Daddy will be back soon."

Pearl was crying so hard that she couldn't hear anything. Her eyes were blurry with tears as she looked at her father, waving her little hands in the air, trying to grab him.

Yin Cheng ruffled his son's hair, messing up his two cute little tufts.

"Pearl, be good. Daddy will play with you when he gets back, okay?"

Pearl was unhappy, pouting and sobbing, "No, no good."

Yin Cheng said to his wife, "Let me hug you, I'll try to comfort Little Pearl."

Pearl was heartbroken when suddenly her father picked her up and carried her up to the roof.

Pearl sat side by side with her father on the roof ridge, her little face streaked with tears, looking pitiful.

Yin Cheng wiped away his son's tears, "When Daddy comes back, I'll secretly take you to eat some braised chicken feet."

Pearl sniffed and clutched her dress with her little hands, "No more paws, I want Daddy."

Yin Cheng began to consider the feasibility of taking his son along.

In the end, reason prevailed over impulse. "Then you'll take good care of Little Daddy for Daddy, and don't let Little Daddy cry secretly in bed at night, okay?"

Pearl hesitated, and her tears stopped.

"It must be very hard for your daddy to work all by himself, right?"

Pearl nodded emphatically.

"So, when Father isn't around, can Pearl take care of Little Father?"

Pearl nodded even more firmly. He hooked his hand around his father's large hand, reluctantly wiped away his tears, and instructed, "Then you must come back soon."

"Yes, Father will be back as soon as he finishes his business."

Pearl then said, "Claws."

"Okay, buy some braised chicken feet for Pearl."

Pearl's taste is similar to Lin Nian's; they both love to gnaw on braised chicken feet.

Lin Nian was just shy and embarrassed to eat these things in front of others, so she would secretly hide in her room and gnaw on braised chicken feet every time.

Pearl had no such worries at all. Taking advantage of her young age and the love of her whole family, she could gnaw on things however she wanted, and she was extremely carefree.

Yin Cheng jumped off the roof with Pearl in his arms, returned to the room, handed his son to his wife, and said, "Let's go."

"Be careful on the road."

Yin Cheng took two steps, then turned back and hugged his wife and son tightly. He gently inhaled the sweet scent of his wife before reluctantly letting her go.

After Yin Cheng left, Pearl hugged Lin Nian and gave Lin Nian a quick kiss on the cheek without saying a word, just to show that she was a mature baby who could take care of her little daddy.