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

Lin Nian chuckled softly.

Nangong Cai was not to be outdone, "Then tell me, is Brother Wang more handsome, or is Prince Cheng more handsome?"

Lin Nian thought about it seriously, "Brother Wang looks more refined and handsome, while the Prince looks a little fierce."

His cheeks were a little hot. It was the first time he had talked about men in front of his friend. "But he's very good-looking... good-looking, but he can be scary when he's not smiling."

Wang Zhao laughed and said, "It's only been a few days, and our young master Lin has gone from someone who can't speak ill of royalty to someone who's 'very handsome'."

Lin Nian's ears turned slightly red after being teased.

Taking advantage of the fact that there were no outsiders in the private room, Wang Zhao asked again, "How was it? Did you hug the Prince?"

Before Lin Nian could even feel shy, Nangong Cai blushed first, "Oh dear! Xiao Zhao, why are you saying such lewd things!"

"Aren't you curious?" Wang Zhao asked.

Nangong Cai thought about it timidly for a moment, "Hmm... I'm a little curious."

He gestured with his finger to indicate "just a tiny bit," emphasizing, "just a tiny bit."

Wang Zhao nudged Lin Nian with his shoulder, "Tell us, neither of us has a boyfriend yet, only you do. Tell us what it feels like to be hugged by a man."

Although Nangong Cai's cheeks were flushed red, her attention was on him at this moment.

Lin Nian: "..."

Lin Nian recalled the man's warm embrace and mumbled, "It's just that I feel like I can rely on him for everything."

"You actually hugged her?" Wang Zhao clicked his tongue for a long time.

"I wonder who was it that was so aloof and indifferent in the Imperial Garden back then... Hey, Lin Nian, could it be that you fell hopelessly in love with the Prince after he saved you there once?"

Lin Nian remained silent, her thoughts exposed.

Hua Yue, who was engrossed in eating, suddenly pulled his face out of the rice bowl. He blinked and said, "The prince thought he had scared you and was depressed for a long time after returning to the manor."

Lin Nian was unaware of this matter, but Hua Yue continued, "Back then, Brother Jingyi said that to woo a young man, one had to send him flowers, so the prince went to an abandoned house to steal someone's white jade plate."

Wang Zhao immediately became interested, "Little Huayue, she can talk a lot, and I love listening to her."

Nangong Cai's focus was on the white jade plates in the abandoned house. "I remember there were many white jade plates in the mansion of a prince in the previous dynasty. It was an old house that had been abandoned for more than a hundred years, and the weeds were taller than a person."

Hua Yue said, "That's it! The white jade plate there is the biggest and most beautiful."

Lin Nian thought of the man again, and a wave of longing washed over her.

Wang Zhao said, "I didn't realize that Your Highness had such a clever trick as sending flowers. No wonder you were able to win over our Young Master Lin."

Hua Yue loved to reveal her prince's secrets to the future king, saying things like, "The prince doesn't have that kind of brain. He's so stupid. It was Brother Jingyi who gave him advice."

Lin Nian had once misunderstood a man and even got jealous of Hua Yue. He immediately learned his lesson and resolved never to be jealous of such unfounded things again.

He subconsciously wondered why Ah Cheng would listen to Jingyi so much, and who Jingyi was.

Wang Zhao voiced the question that had been lingering in Lin Nian's mind: "Who is Jingyi?"

"The chief servant of the Prince's mansion," Hua Yue said.

Lin Nian breathed a small sigh of relief. The eldest servant was never too young; a small-town servant wouldn't be able to handle the inner quarters.

The man had told him that he had no concubines or maids in his household.

Lin Nian thought to herself, "I must believe him."

Upon hearing that it was a senior servant, Wang Zhao guessed that it must be a middle-aged man, so he stopped asking.

He suddenly remembered, "By the way, Nangong Cai, what do you think of my suggestion?"

Nangong Cai sighed, "You haven't forgotten?"

Wang Zhao said, "Of course, I am sincerely recommending my brother to you."

Nangong Cai: "...Eat your vegetables, everyone eat your vegetables, they'll get cold if you don't eat them now."

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After the three young men parted ways, Lin Nian calmed down and was overwhelmed by loneliness.

You bastard Cheng, you lying little dog, you big bad guy!

I promised to come back and spend Qixi Festival with him, but I didn't even see a trace of him.

I don't know if there's any danger... I really hope nothing happens to me...

Back at the mansion, as the daylight faded, candles were lit in the residence.

After saying goodnight to her uncle and brothers, Lin Nian returned to her own courtyard.

The young men all love to be clean and take a bath, wash, and groom themselves every day.

Lin Nian was frail from childhood, so his bathroom was fitted with underfloor heating to keep the temperature comfortable in winter.

A stove was built next door specifically for boiling water, and there were only three slanted bamboo pipes in the wall.

Hot water flows into the bathtub through bamboo pipes. There is also a mechanism on one side. Whenever someone in the bath room pulls the mechanism, a servant in the water room next door will pour hot water over.

It's the height of July, and although the underfloor heating is just for show, the temperature in the bathroom is still a bit higher than outside.

The fog was thick, making it difficult to see clearly.

After serving Lin Nian as she entered the water, Xiao Fu withdrew. Lin Nian absentmindedly played with the red petals in the bathtub, which made her snow-white skin appear as smooth as jade.

The heat made Lin Nian feel a little tired.

He lay on the bathtub, half-asleep, mumbling, "...that scoundrel Yin Cheng..."

A large, strong hand with evenly spaced joints suddenly entered the water and began to grope down the back.

Lin Nian was startled awake and instinctively raised his hand to strike the dark figure in front of him.

A crisp slap rang out, but the owner of the large hand did not stop; instead, he went even further.

Not only did she hold him completely in her arms, she even...

"Come on..." Before he could finish speaking, the bad guy captured his pink lips.

"Ugh..." Lin Nian shuddered as she smelled a strong odor of blood. "You're injured..."

The man spoke, "Mm."

Lin Nian hurriedly pulled away from the man's embrace. "Where are you hurt? Have you seen a doctor?"

Yin Cheng pointed to his face, "My wife beat me up, I'm too embarrassed to see a doctor."

Lin Nian retorted angrily, "Who told you to show up while someone was taking a shower...?"

As he spoke, his tone suddenly softened.

Taking a shower... wait, a shower?!

He belatedly realized what was happening and, clutching his chest, submerged himself in the water.

"Damn it, turn around!!"

Yin Cheng said, "I saw everything long ago."

Lin Nian: "!!!"

I'm going to die!

Yin Cheng smiled and said, "I'll wait for you outside."

As soon as the man left, Lin Nian quickly got dressed and pretended that nothing had happened.

He calmly returned to his room, told Xiao Fu not to disturb him, and then skillfully lowered the door latch.

He's so stupid. He has an older brother and a beautiful woman at home. If he were some lecherous womanizer, how could he possibly be allowed into the house?

The man reeked of blood, so he rushed over, grabbed the man's hand, and examined him closely. "Where are you hurt?"

Yin Cheng still had that lazy look with his eyelids half-closed, and said in a languid manner like a spoiled brat, "Your soft paws are like a cat's, how could they possibly hurt anyone?"