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

Lin Nian carefully wiped the child's body with a hot cotton towel, and then found Pearl's clothes to wrap him up temporarily.

After being given a bowl of medicine and some rice cereal, the child's complexion improved significantly. As if knowing he was saved, he held onto Lin Nian's fingers tightly.

Yin Cheng rolled up a piece of cloth and let the child hold it, then put his arm around Lin Nian and walked outside. "Let's go, wife, let's go get Pearl."

Lin Nian was a little worried, constantly turning back to look at the sleeping baby on the bed. "I'm a little uneasy leaving him here alone."

Yin Cheng whistled, and Gui came out from the next room a dozen breaths later, "Master."

"Go see him, don't let him die."

"Yes."

Lin Nian: "..."

Yin Cheng looked smug. "Praising me."

Lin Nian was both amused and exasperated. "Shameless."

Yin Cheng took his wife's hand and walked upstairs. "Was Pearl this tiny when she was born?"

"The pearls should be smaller."

"Hmm?" Yin Cheng asked, "Why?"

Lin Nian explained, "Pearl was born prematurely, and at that time... I was sick."

"I'm sorry," Yin Cheng said, feeling guilty, "I couldn't be by your side."

Lin Nian smiled and said, "Then you have to keep treating me well, and I won't be angry with you."

Yin Cheng suddenly stopped, and Lin Nian was puzzled. The next moment, the man grabbed her waist and pinned her against the thick wooden wall, their lips and teeth intertwined.

The man placed his palm behind his head; the action was a bit rough, but it was full of tenderness.

Lin Nian seemed to smell the scent of wild plants growing freely in the heavy snow of the Northern Territory again.

Lin Er immediately pulled his foot back after stepping out of the door, spun around once, and then slammed the door shut.

Xia Ying asked suspiciously, "I told you to go and invite Nian-ge'er and the others over for dinner. Why did you come back?"

Lin Er's expression was quite complicated. "Uh...it's hard to say."

Xia Ying held Pearl in his arms, squeezing her chubby little hand, and said without looking up, "You can't even handle this little thing? Zhi Shan, you go."

Lin Zhishan closed the book, patted Pearl's head, and said, "Brother will teach you the Three Character Classic later."

Pearl nodded, "Mmm!" Even though she didn't understand, she was still showing her support!

Lin Er stood in the doorway, expressionless, and said, "I'll go. Cough cough, and while I'm at it, I'll order the food from the kitchen. Yingying, what would you like to eat?"

"I'm not picky," Xia Ying asked the little round-faced girl in her arms in a soft voice, "What does Pearl Baby want to eat?"

Pearl said softly but firmly, "Meatball!"

Xia Ying said, "Then let's have Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, braised deer tendon, stewed fatty duck, and a roasted toon chicken."

"Okay." Lin Yunqing took a deep breath, opened the door, and pretended to be blind.

"Second...Second Brother." Lin Nian's cheeks flushed red, and she pushed the man away abruptly, too embarrassed to say anything.

He didn't dare look at Lin Er, but just stared silently at the surface of his shoes.

Lin Er nodded slightly. "Pearl and Yingying are together. Let's go in."

Lin Nian nodded haphazardly and said in a muffled voice, "I know."

Yin Cheng shamelessly greeted Lin Yunqing, "Second Brother, what a coincidence."

"What bad luck, really." Lin Er was speechless and left first.

Yin Cheng asked, "What did the second brother mean by shaking his head and rolling his eyes just now?"

After Lin Er left, Lin Nian felt less embarrassed. He glared at the man, "It's all your fault!"

Yin Cheng dared not refute, and looked up at the ship's roof structure with a guilty conscience.

This is... a case of being unable to control one's emotions.

Lin Nian wanted to crawl into a hole and disappear, but this jerk acted like nothing was wrong, which made her furious!

Lin Nian angrily pinched the man's arm, but afraid of hurting him, she gently rubbed it for a while after pinching it.

Even when his wife is angry, she's all soft and limp. Yin Cheng put his arm around her shoulder. "Don't worry, honey, nobody saw. Well... except for your second brother."

Lin Nian was almost dying of embarrassment. He patted his burning cheeks and asked, "Am I blushing?"

Yin Cheng thought to himself: It's bright red, like a little apple.

But he lied through his teeth, saying, "It's not red at all, it's white."

Lin Nian was no longer the naive young man he used to be, easily fooled. He said confidently, "He'll definitely be very famous."

"How could this be?" Yin Cheng exclaimed in surprise. "Wife, is there no trust left between people?"

Lin Nian grabbed the man's hand and placed it on her face, saying, "You need to cool down quickly."

Yin Cheng pretended not to understand and pinched his wife's cheek, "Oh my, our Nian Nian is so pretty, look at her little face, it's just like a pearl when you pinch it."

"Ah Cheng!"

"Okay, okay." Yin Cheng dared not tease his wife anymore and used the Heavenly Extreme Heart Sutra to lower his body temperature.

Lin Nian cupped her icy hands to cool her cheeks.

If my second brother-in-law saw this bright red face, I wonder how he would tease him.

Lin Nian waited until her cheeks weren't so hot before entering the room, but Xia Ying still noticed something was amiss.

Although he didn't say anything, his teasing look was clearly a joke at him!

While feeling extremely embarrassed, Lin Nian didn't forget that every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt its debtor. She stomped on the man's foot fiercely, but then, afraid of hurting him, she only gave it a light stomp.

After dinner, the family gathered together to chat.

Yin Cheng also gained a deeper understanding of his second brother's financial resources. It turned out that this boat also belonged to him... He did business on the side while traveling.

According to him, there are more than 3,000 such merchant ships in total, covering both inland rivers and maritime transport.

No wonder his brother said that the second son paid a lot of taxes; with that kind of wealth, he could be on the global rich list even in modern times.

When Lin Er heard that his younger brother was going to Ningzhou, he specially found a map for him and marked in detail the spheres of influence of each region and the distribution of the family's businesses.

Lin Er handed the token to Lin Nian, telling him that if he ran out of money, he could just withdraw it from the family's business accounts.

In short, they are very wealthy and powerful.

In fact, you can tell this just by looking at pearls.

Back in the palace, his brother would at most play dress-up games, dressing up Pearl to look rich and beautiful.

But Xia Ying was playing Jenga.

Pearl now wears no fewer than twenty bracelets on both arms, and around her neck hang pearls, jade, agate, and other precious stones, as well as beaded pendants, jade ornaments, safety buckles, and small gold locks...

Even the two little buns on her head were adorned with all sorts of pearls and jade.

A nouveau riche with jingling jewelry.

Pearl thought she looked absolutely gorgeous and smugly grinned at herself in the mirror.

Yin Cheng poked his son's face, but unexpectedly used too much force, causing the nouveau riche Pearl to fall hard onto the carpet.

Pearl looked at his father blankly, wondering if he should cry, when his father quickly picked him up.

Pearl rubbed her bottom, found it didn't hurt, and then had her father hold up the mirror so she could continue admiring herself.

As night deepened, Yin Cheng led his yawning wife back to their room.

Pearl, perched on her father's shoulder, waved goodbye to everyone, looking sleepy.

The river wind was cold after nightfall, and walking along the corridor, I felt the cold wind rushing into my collar.