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

Xia Ying immediately ordered her servants to follow the group and explained the situation to the officials who had received the report.

The victim fled the scene, and the officers only asked a few routine questions before returning to their posts.

The incident passed by in a rather uneventful way.

There must be someone behind this. Xia Ying said a few words to the shopkeeper and turned to look for Lin Er, only to find him staring blankly at the dress made of mermaid silk hanging in the main hall of the shop.

What are you looking at...? Xia Ying quietly walked over and patted Lin Er on the shoulder.

Lin Er didn't even turn around before accurately grabbing the young man's slender wrist and pulling him into his arms.

He touched the jade bracelet that Young Master Xia was wearing on his wrist, a gift from him, and a smile appeared on his lips.

The two-faced Young Master Xia seems even more endearing.

"Yingying, it seems that the Xia family is facing not only internal troubles but also a lot of external threats."

Xia Ying said, "What's the big deal? When I first took over the business, it was even more chaotic than it is now. There were people trying to trip me up almost every day, but I still managed to get through it."

Although he spoke lightly, Lin Er could hear the heartache in his voice.

He simply praised her sincerely, saying, "My Yingying is really amazing."

Young Master Xia has his own integrity and pride; he needs neither sympathy nor anyone's pity.

"Who, who's your family's? Shameless!" Xia Ying's ears burned a little. After her usual insincere words for a while, she asked somewhat awkwardly, "What are you looking at?"

"I'm looking at this dress," Lin Er said. "The style is very unique; I've never seen anything like it before."

Xia Ying said, "Of course, ordinary dresses don't use pleats. This style of dress allows the luster of the tulle to shine the brightest."

Lin Er said, "I see. Do you have any ready-made clothes that a ten-year-old boy can wear?"

Xia Ying exclaimed in surprise, "You really have a younger brother?"

Lin Er was both amused and exasperated. "What kind of talk is that? I've never lied to you."

"Who knows? After all, some people never tell the truth..." Xia Ying said vaguely.

Lin Er pinched the young man's soft cheek. "What are you saying?"

"Tell me, do you remember your brother's measurements? I'll have someone make one." Xia Ying dared not offend this sly fox, lest she be sold out without even knowing it.

"I don't know." Lin Er gestured. "It's about this tall, anyway, it's quite small."

The brothers all resembled their father and were quite strong. Only Nian-ge'er resembled his younger brother and was a small, limp little thing.

Xia Ying said, "Then make a few more sets, or you can take a few bolts of cloth back with you and make one for your uncle too. How can you favor one over the other?"

"My husband is very thoughtful," Lin Er said. "Why don't you come back with me? My ugly husband should at least meet his father-in-law."

Xia Ying coughed, then quickly turned her head to look around.

After the commotion, there wasn't much business in the shop yet, and everyone was busy cleaning up, so no one noticed them.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Son-in-law, shut your mouth. Besides, you're the ugly one!"

"Yingying, so what are your plans for this Mid-Autumn Festival? If you're free, why don't you come home with me?"

Xia Ying blushed. Could this be meeting the parents? He... he wasn't ready at all...

Knowing his shyness, Lin Er changed his approach, "Young Master Xia, how about we gather evidence of the Wu family's monopoly on water transport and their collusion with officials and merchants, and then file a complaint with the emperor in the capital?"

Xia Ying: "..."

Lin Er continued, "Once the Yanjiang waterway issue is resolved and the waterways of Kyushu are connected, we can shift our business focus northward and make a big splash."

"Huh?" Xia Ying was stunned. "What big game are you playing?"

"We'll assemble a fleet of merchant ships, with branch warehouses along the way, covering the entire Kyushu region," Lin Er said. "As for how to manage the fleet, we'll start by using our fishing fleet at sea to practice."

"But many families have their own fleets, and there are many merchants trading by sea. What advantage do we have?"

"I'll tell you the details when we get back tonight," Lin Er said. "Young Master Xia, how about you consider it? Let's go to the capital together and overturn the Wu family's table, so they can never sit at the table again for the rest of their lives."

Xia Ying stammered, "Okay, okay."

That damned fox, that stinking fox, talking so grandly, he's just trying to trick him into going home.

Xia Ying thought shyly, "There's nothing I can do about it. Who told him to meet such a cunning man? He can't outsmart him."

It was still early, and since they were out again, the two of them went shopping hand in hand.

Xia Ying originally wanted to go back and settle the accounts, but Second Master Lin said that he could finish settling all the accounts in a few hours.

What else could Xia Ying say but happily go shopping with a man?

Xia Ying rarely went out shopping. As a child, she had to learn poetry, literature, and etiquette, and later she had to learn housekeeping and accounting. She was so busy that she couldn't squeeze out any free time to play.

His close friends of the same age were all married and busy with their own lives, so they had little free time and it was even more difficult for them to meet up.

A quick calculation reveals that it's been quite a while since I've gone shopping or had any fun.

Xia Ying was quite amazed; the feeling of shopping with men was completely different from shopping with a group of young men.

After all, a close friend wouldn't immediately shield him in their arms if he were in danger.

"Are you alright?"

Xia Ying shook her head. "It's nothing."

Just now, someone threw an inkstone from the second floor, which almost hit him.

Thankfully, it was just a false alarm.

Xia Ying thought to himself, he had actually encountered all the clichéd plots from the little storybook.

What kind of live-in son-in-law story is this? Arranged marriage that blossoms into love, hero saves the dam

If we add the element of a son-in-law enduring humiliation and hardship to eat up his family's ill-fated children, then this story would be quite exciting, and all the young men in the city would be eagerly awaiting a sequel on the first and fifteenth of each month.

Xia Ying suddenly asked out of the blue, "Lin Yunqing, will you give me all your money from now on?"

Lin Er nodded, "Here you go, what's mine is yours."

Xia Ying said, "What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine."

"You're mine, that's enough."

Xia Ying pouted, "You're all talk and no action."

Lin Er said, "Shall I take you to count your money?"

Xia Ying's mind hadn't quite caught up yet. "What? My money?"

Lin Er took him to the small building he had acquired.

Although it's called a small building, it actually covers a full twenty acres including the backyard, and the shops alone are a four-story building.

This place is remote, surrounded by water on three sides, making the whole building look like an isolated island.

This is the fundamental reason why so many people who bought up this place before all failed in their businesses.

It's remote and inconvenient, so the locals aren't willing to come here.

Xia Ying looked up at the three large characters "Ying Qing Lou" on the signboard and asked, "You don't even list what you sell on this signboard, how can you expect to get customers?"

Lin Er said, "Yingying, I thought you would praise my name first."

Xia Ying's mind was completely blank right now; all she could think about was how her simple-minded son-in-law had spent so much money to buy the shop, yet he had made such a big mistake with such a small thing as the shop's signboard.