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

By the time Lin Nian got out of bed, not only were the wontons and crispy pancakes completely cold, but even the pomegranate seeds that Pearl had peeled were somewhat dry.

Looking at the sky again, it was dusk.

The golden rays of the setting sun shone through the window, casting a glow throughout the room.

In other words, he hadn't left his room all day, which meant that the entire household knew about him...

Thinking of this, Lin felt dizzy and almost fainted.

I'm too ashamed to live anymore!

Lin Nian, filled with resentment, awkwardly lifted her leg and sat down on the soft couch, chewing the cold, crispy baked pancake with gusto.

"Wife, have some bird's nest porridge." Yin Cheng took the cold pancake from his wife's hand. "The pancake is completely cold. If you want some, I'll buy some more tomorrow."

Lin Nian watched helplessly as the crispy baked pancakes she had been craving were taken away. "But I want to eat them right now!"

"But it's not crisp anymore."

"I want to eat it even if it's not crispy, honey~" Lin Nian said coquettishly, reaching out her hand. "It's been years since I've had it."

Yin Cheng couldn't refuse his wife, "Okay, then next time we go back to the Northern Territory, we'll take the owner of this restaurant with us. Then you can eat whenever you want."

Lin Nian was amused and, while biting into a pancake, suddenly noticed a plate of peeled pomegranate seeds.

"Did you peel these for me?"

Yin Cheng proudly declared, "It's from peeling pearls."

"Baby is so great, you can even do chores now." Lin Nian scooped a spoonful of pomegranate seeds into her mouth, and the man, with great awareness, caught the pit that his wife spat out.

Lin Nian asked, "Did the baby not cry today?"

"I was going to cry, but then that brat from the Zhao family came and tricked me out of my precious pearl with just a few words." Yin Cheng's resentment was almost palpable when he talked about that brat from the Zhao family.

"Zhao Duo?" Lin Nian asked. "Did he come alone?"

"The whole family."

Lin Nian looked bewildered. "Huh?"

"My brother said it was no good for Zhao Lang to stay in the post station all the time, so he gave him the empty house across from ours."

Then the family came to visit, and the blond guy riding the will-o'-the-wisp tricked him into going to play in the garden.

"Did they come to visit?" Lin Nian asked.

Yin Cheng nodded.

Lin Nian said, "Then why don't you hurry up and greet the guests? What are you standing here for? It's so impolite of the host not to entertain the guests."

"They've already gone back," Yin Cheng said. "That blond guy is still playing with Pearl at our house."

"Oh, okay. But what does 'yellow hair' mean?"

"They're the kind of scoundrels who deceive innocent young men, harming their physical and mental health," Yin Cheng gritted his teeth. "Like Zhao Duo, for example."

"...He's not a blond kid at all, he's such a cute child, so obedient and sensible." Lin Nian stuffed the rest of the pancake into the man's mouth. "Honey, shall we go out to the night market tonight? Wontons taste better hot, I'm craving some."

"OK."

In the evening, the Zhao family sent someone to pick up Zhao Duo, and Pearl was still pitifully tugging at Zhao Duo's clothes.

Zhao Duo touched Pearl's round little face and said he would come to play with her again tomorrow.

Pearl then reluctantly said goodbye to him.

Yin Cheng couldn't understand it. He put his arm around his wife's shoulder and said wistfully, "Why does our Pearl get along so well with this blond guy?"

Judging from his tone, it seemed as if Pearl was about to be deceived and cheated on by a bad man.

Lin Nian sighed, "Pearl is only three years old, don't overthink it!"

"There's nothing I can do, everyone loves our little pearl," Yin Cheng said. "As her father, of course I have to protect our little pearl."

Lin Nian picked up Pearl and said, "You can worry about these things when Pearl grows up."

He asked Pearl gently in his arms, "Baby, are you hungry?"

Pearl immediately snapped out of her sadness, touched her little belly, nodded, and said, "Hungry!"

"Honey, I'm leaving." After saying that, Lin Nian picked up Pearl and went out first.

Yin Cheng had only taken two steps when Jingyi quickly went up to his master and stuffed the money bag into his hand.

Yin Cheng doesn't like to bring servants when he goes out, and Jingyi always worries about whether he has enough money to spend while he's away.

Yin Cheng casually put the money bag into Pearl's small purse.

By the time Pearl realized her purse had suddenly become heavier, the whole family was already sitting at a noodle stall waiting for their chicken soup wontons.

Lin Nian really liked the wontons from this noodle stall, which had thin wrappers and generous fillings, and were sweet and delicious.

He remembered the last time he came here with a man to eat wontons was four years ago on Qixi Festival.

Four years have passed in the blink of an eye, and they have gone from two people to three.

The family of three was having a warm chat when suddenly a husband and his eight- or nine-year-old son stood opposite them.

This stall only has three tables, and the other two tables are already full.

The man asked softly, "May I sit here?"

Having lived with a man for so long, Lin Nian had forgotten most of the habits she had as a lady from a prominent family.

He didn't mind sharing a table with someone, so he nodded and said, "You sit down."

The husband across from us also ordered two bowls of wontons, and the little boy next to him was very well-behaved, not crying, making a fuss, or making a fuss.

The father and son sat quietly until Pearl finished her soup and the family of three was about to leave when the husband finally spoke.

"Your Majesty, please wait."

Lin Nian was puzzled. They hadn't brought anyone with them when they went out, nor did they have any identification. How did this husband in front of him recognize him?

"What's up?"

The man was somewhat agitated, but he suppressed it well. Apart from his voice trembling slightly, he did not act impolitely in any other way.

"I...I..." The husband couldn't say anything for a long time.

Lin Nian wasn't in a hurry and waited quietly for him to speak.

With a man by his side, he wasn't afraid of encountering bad people at all.

The man pulled out two silver notes from his pocket, each worth fifty taels.

His voice choked with emotion, and his eyes reddened. "Wang Jun, you may not recognize me anymore, but I still remember you."

"My name is Yang Xiaohuai. It was you who helped me escape from my misery, and only then could Xingge and I have a good life."

"This is the money you lent me back then."

"And... thank you."

Lin Nian finally remembered that the husband in front of her was the same poor husband who had been abused by his wife when she was having dinner with other men here.

Same people, same time, same place.

But it was definitely a completely different situation.

"So how are you doing now?" Lin Nian smiled gently. "If you don't have enough money, you can pay it back later."

Yang Xiaohuai wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes. "Yes, we are doing very well, all thanks to your help back then, Mr. Wang."

"I didn't do anything..." Seeing that the person opposite was about to kneel down, Lin Nian quickly said, "No need to kneel, no need to kneel, get up quickly."

Yang Xiaohuai said, "Without you, Xingge and I wouldn't be where we are today. You are our great benefactor. Please grant us this bow."

Yang Xiaohuai and Xingge'er kowtowed deeply.

Lin Nian couldn't stop him, so she could only say, "Then you don't owe me anything anymore. From now on, live an upright life."

Yang Xiaohuai wiped away her tears and bowed again.

After Yang Xiaohuai left with Xingge'er, Lin Nian withdrew her gaze and turned her head to meet the man's smiling eyes.

"Baby..." Yin Cheng drawled, not knowing what he wanted to say, and kept Lin Nian in suspense.

"What is it?" Lin Nian asked curiously.