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

Pearl's cheeks flushed bright red. "Aaaaah! Zhao Duo, you big idiot!!"

Why ask him something like that? It's too embarrassing!

Can't he make his own decision?!

Pearl buried her face in the boy's shoulder, too shy to speak.

He heard the boy chuckle softly in his ear, his elegant voice whispering at just the right moment, "Pearl, I want to marry you."

Pearl's ears were almost red to the point of bleeding, and after a long while, she managed to squeeze out a single, dry word, "Mmm..."

Zhao Duo gently embraced the handsome young man in his arms. "Pearl."

Pearl asked in a muffled voice, "What now!"

"We're having a mountain god worship ceremony in three days, wanna go play together?"

"good……"

"I'll come pick you up then."

"Um!"

The two played outside until dusk, when Zhao Duo finally brought Pearl back just in time.

That evening, Zhao Duo secretly bought mutton rice noodles for Pearl and brought them over. Yin Cheng and Lin Nian stood under the eaves and watched as their little brother opened the window and chatted intimately with the boy outside for a long time.

Pearl smiled, her eyes crinkling, and happily ate the bowl of mutton rice noodles.

Yin Cheng, his face crestfallen, looked down at his wife in his arms and asked, "Can't I really go and kill him?"

How the tables have turned! He went from being a wall-climbing villain to a sword-wielding bodyguard keeping watch.

My own tender, healthy baby boars, not even old enough to grow, were eaten by wild boars from the mountains.

Lin Nian nestled in her man's arms and laughed for a long time before pulling him back to the room. "You were even worse before, weren't you?"

"Slander, this is definitely slander! Everyone knows I'm the most law-abiding and honest person."

Lin Nian didn't bother to expose him. "I wonder who broke into my room in the middle of the night and even peeked at me while I was taking a shower."

Yin Cheng: "...Wife, you're framing me."

He emphasized, "I looked at her openly and honestly. But I have to say, my wife has a really good figure, with a slim waist and long legs, she's really attractive."

He thought about it for a moment, but still felt something was off, so he continued, "Besides, we were already engaged at the time."

There's absolutely no comparison between them and that blond guy.

Lin Nian: "...What's the difference! They're both lecherous scoundrels and scoundrels." Even though they're an old married couple, she still occasionally feels like punching the man.

"See, even you think he's no good, wife," Yin Cheng said. "And after thinking about it, I don't think our Pearl, a rich and beautiful woman with a Beijing hukou, can marry a wild man from the mountains who raises insects."

Lin Nian took off her outer robe and hung it on the rack, then lay down on the bed. "My shoulders have been hurting a bit lately, can you give me a massage?"

"Oh." Yin Cheng obediently massaged his wife's shoulders.

Lin Nian closed her eyes and said, "What insect farming? Zhao Duo is just as good. He's handsome and can even catch butterflies for our little pearl."

"That wretched moth? I'm not even going to bother saying it, who gives moths as gifts?"

"You even send flowers? How good can you be?"

Yin Cheng asked, "You don't like it?"

Lin Nian smiled, her eyes crinkling. "Who said I don't like it?"

He rolled over, reached out and hooked his arm around the man's neck, facing him directly. "I was always happy when you sneaked up to see me before, so I think Pearl must be happy now too."

Yin Cheng leaned down and whispered in his wife's ear, "Really?"

Lin Nian reached out and hooked her fingertip around the back of the man's hand. "Really?"

The next moment, Lin Nian's lips were captured by the man.

A candle flickered on the table, its wick making a faint crackling sound that was swallowed up by the spring light in the room.

Meanwhile, at the Zhao residence.

Zhao Lang was having evening tea with his husband in the courtyard when he saw his son return.

Zhao Lang immediately noticed the bandage around his son's neck and asked, "What happened to your neck?"

Zhao Duo clutched his neck and said, "It's nothing." He didn't stop walking. "I'm going back to my room."

Atuna Qianyuan waved her hand at him, "Go back, go back."

As they passed each other, Zhao Duo respectfully bowed to his two fathers.

The family was used to their son's quiet nature and trusted him completely, so they wouldn't pry into anything about him.

Zhao Lang was unaware of this matter, but Atuna Qianyuan was.

At the foot of Mount Tsukimi, he noticed the teeth marks on his son's neck. They looked fresh, and he guessed that the bite had just been made.

He muttered to his husband, "It looks like it was bitten by a pearl, right?"

"Did Xin Hui bully the young princess?"

Atuna Qianyuan rolled her eyes. "Our son isn't that tasteless, okay?"

Zhao Lang's eyes flickered slightly, his voice calm: "Then, in my opinion, should we prepare betrothal gifts or apology gifts?"

Artuna Qianyuan smiled faintly, "It must be the betrothal gifts."

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The worship of the mountain god at Wudubao is considered a major event. On this day, almost all the people in the city go up the mountain to worship the god.

Zhao Duo arrived early to pick up Pearl.

Yin Cheng filled several bottles with poison for his beloved son, saying, "My dear son, if anyone bullies you, poison him to death."

Pearl suppressed a laugh and said, "Mmm!"

Lin Nian quickly pulled the person over, "Don't embarrass yourself."

The Holy Son of Atuna is least afraid of poison.

What's this called? Trying to show off your skills in front of Guan Yu – overestimating yourself.

Yin Cheng said, "How about we bring a weapon?"

Lin Nian angrily retorted, "Why are you carrying weapons, young man! Pearl is going out to play, not to fight!"

"Yes, that's why I prepared a pink dagger, which is perfect for you, young man," Yin Cheng said.

Pearl gazed at the dagger with its scabbard inlaid with pink peach blossom stones and instantly fell in love with it. She happily accepted it, saying, "Thank you, Daddy. It's so beautiful. I love it."

Yin Cheng then let them go, "Go have fun."

Pearl tucked the pink dagger into her boot, and once her skirt was down, it was completely hidden from view.

Lin Nian felt like crying, thinking that her precious pearl had ultimately been raised by a man to be a second Hua Yue.

The younger members of the family all went out to play in groups, and Yin Cheng also dragged his wife along to join in the fun, ostensibly to have some time alone together.

To be on the occasion, Pearl even wore a local silver crown today.

The little fairy boy, with his fluffy white hair, made a clear, pleasant sound with his silver crown whenever he moved.

He's at a lively and active age now, skipping and jumping all the way, buying anything strange or unusual that catches his eye.

On the day of the mountain god worship ceremony, there is a custom of wearing masks. Pearl specially chose a brightly colored mask and put it on her face. "Zhao Duo, look at me."

He didn't even watch where he was going and almost fell when he missed a step.

"Be careful." Zhao Duo pulled Pearl into his arms almost instantly and placed him on a flat surface.

Pearl stuck out her tongue shyly.

The day for worshipping the mountain god is lively, and the ceremony is quite complicated.

The process involves first inviting the mountain god out of the mountain god temple, then sending him back after the procession, burning incense to worship the god, kowtowing, and praying for blessings—it's quite complicated.

The ceremony was presided over by Atuna Qianyuan, and Zhao Duo, as Atuna's Holy Son, was also present.

Pearl had never participated in such an event before and was afraid of making a mistake and messing things up, so she declined Zhao Duo's invitation and chose to mingle among the people to worship.

Zhao Duo didn't insist, but simply told others to be careful.