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

Lin Nian awkwardly looked away, pretending nothing had happened, while starting to think about whether to let Pearl sleep with Lan Shu tonight.

What he didn't know was that from Pearl's perspective, she could only see her father's back; she couldn't see anything else.

Pearl was fiddling with the pink bow on the cloth ball, wondering why her little daddy's face was so red.

"Little Daddy, are you feeling unwell?" Pearl stopped playing with the ball, climbed off the bed, put on her shoes, and ran to Lin Nian, reaching out her round little hand to touch her little daddy's forehead.

Lin Nian obediently lowered his head, allowing Pearl to check his body temperature.

Pearl even touched her forehead with great seriousness.

With his round face, he was only three years old and couldn't distinguish between high and low body temperature. He simply learned the action from watching the adults do it, but he didn't understand what it meant at all.

"Little Daddy is alright." Lin Nian tried to pick up Pearl, but Pearl refused.

Pearl declared righteously, "If you have a younger brother, don't hug Pearl." He clutched his clothes, "He'll kick his brother."

Lin Nian was both touched and amused to find out that her little round-faced daughter was worried about this. "Then let's all be careful so we don't kick our little brother."

Pearl looked up. "Really?"

"Mmm." Lin Nian reached out to Pearl, "Come here, Daddy will hug you."

Pearl immediately rushed into Lin Nian's arms and hugged her little daddy happily.

When Yin Cheng returned, he saw this scene.

No wonder people say that all a man wants in his life is a wife, kids, and a warm bed.

A little cutie holding an even smaller cutie—double the cuteness overload! Who can resist that?

Just then, Si Zhaozhao peered out the window and said, "The ship is about to set sail, my lord, come out and join the fun."

Lin Nian and Pearl exchanged a glance.

"Okay," Lin Nian asked, "Where's Lan Shu?"

Si Zhaozhao sighed. "He's just spacing out inside. Let's go drag him out and play. The deck is quite lively now; many vendors have already started doing business."

Pearl immediately perked up her ears like a rabbit, oh dear!

He glanced at his father, who was busy wiping the tables and chairs and didn't have time to take him to buy cakes.

He touched the small purse slung across his waist, feeling somewhat worried, unsure if it would be enough to buy Gao Gao.

Lin Nian rarely travels by boat, so she was naturally very curious about merchant ships. "Ah Cheng, I'm going out to play with the baby."

"I'll come find you later."

"Okay." Lin Nian carried the pearl out of the room and went next door with Si Zhaozhao to call Lan Shu.

There were already quite a few people on the corridor leading out of the rooms, and the deck was extremely lively at the moment.

This is a large ship that is both a merchant and a passenger vessel, carrying approximately four hundred people.

This shocked Si Zhaozhao. "I can hardly believe that there are such big ships in this era. And this is just a riverboat. If it were an ocean-going ship, it would be incredible. Wouldn't it be like the Titanic?"

Lin Nian silently noted these words, intending to ask the man later what Si Zhaozhao meant.

The wide planks connecting the deck to the shore had been taken down, the anchor had been lowered, and with the sails hoisted, the boat sailed smoothly with the wind.

Lan Shu leaned against the railing, the breeze from the water gently caressing his hair. A beautiful woman with her hair in a bun was quite a sight.

Young men would occasionally walk past Lan Shu, or intentionally or unintentionally linger in front of him, seemingly wanting to have a romantic encounter with the beauty.

If it were the usual Lan Shu, he would definitely have teased these lecherous fellows.

But now he looked worried, as if he had something on his mind, so his face naturally didn't look good.

Not all those who could board this ship were rich or noble. The ship had upper and lower cabins, and sometimes dozens of people were crammed into a large dormitory.

Therefore, the quality of passengers on the boat varies greatly.

The main reason Jingyi chose this ship was because it was fast.

The royal family also had ships, but they were more for show than for practical use. Their magnificent decorations and furnishings made one feel immense wealth at first glance.

Besides being slower, it will be difficult to find experienced masters who are familiar with wind direction and water flow in the short term.

After careful consideration, this ship was chosen.

In addition, since everyone was hiding their identities, they looked no different from ordinary men.

Although some wealthy young men were genuinely delighted to see Lan Shu, they were too proud to do anything excessive.

However, the more uncouth merchants were not so polite, and several burly men surrounded them.

To be precise, they surrounded the Orchid Book.

Si Zhaozhao was pretty, with a plain and simple appearance.

Although Lin Nian is beautiful, she exudes the mature and voluptuous charm of a married woman. In addition, she is carrying a child, which means she must be traveling with her husband. She is not someone to be trifled with.

Lan Shu is different; she is a beauty, and she is single.

So the men started talking all at once, "concerned" about Lan Shu.

"Beautiful lady, why are you traveling alone by boat?"

"That's right, beautiful lady, your man really trusts you to go out alone."

"The journey is long, and the brothers must be quite lonely. Why don't you join us for some fun?"

Their movements were so exaggerated that many people were looking in their direction.

Si Zhaozhao was terrified. He tugged at Lin Nian's clothes, "Where's the choking monster? Quickly, get him to save Lan Shu!"

Lin Nian patted Si Zhaozhao's hand and whispered to him, "Don't worry, Lan Shu is very capable."

Lan Shu looked up, smiling sweetly, "How would you brothers like to play?"

Upon hearing this, the men assumed it was a romantic affair and quickly replied, "Of course it's a beauty! You tell us what to do, and we'll do it!"

Lan Shu chuckled, "How about we watch the ducks float on the water?"

The group whispered among themselves, "What kind of game is this 'duck floating on water'? We've never heard of it before."

Lan Shu said, "It doesn't matter if you haven't heard of it before; it's not too late to know now."

"Yes, yes, yes, what you say makes sense, beauty." Several men revealed lustful expressions. "Where would you like to play, beauty?"

"How about we go play in my brother's room?"

Lanshu said, "Right here?"

These words immediately shocked the men. One of them, who was quite bold, loosened his belt and said, "Since the beauty has invited us, we shall gladly accept."

Some of the more shy husbands were already covering their eyes, their faces flushed with embarrassment.

Only a few young men stared intently at this end, eager to try their luck.

Lan Shu leaned against the railing with the same lazy demeanor as before. He beckoned to the person with his finger, and then suddenly exerted force as the person approached.

A scream was heard, followed by a thud.

The man was already naked in the water, screaming for help.

Lan Shu smiled even more beautifully, "Who else wants to play? Why don't we join in?"

The other men were so close to him that they couldn't see his movements clearly, so they knew they had messed up and slunk away to rescue the people.

Lan Shu dusted off his hands and continued to lean against the railing, basking in the sun and enjoying the river breeze.