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

Hearing the man say he wanted to introduce her to his parents, Lu Ruo felt a little nervous. "What kind of young man does your stepfather like?"

Without hesitation, Lin Beizhen replied, "Well-behaved and adorable."

Because his stepfather always said, "Why can't I have a well-behaved and cute little boy?" from a young age.

Lin Beizhen was tired of hearing it.

Lu Ruo became even more nervous. As a bandit leader, he was by no means the kind of person who was well-behaved and cute.

He was thinking to himself, "Maybe... I should put on an act?"

But you can't keep up this act forever... Lu Ruo sighed heavily, "Then it seems your stepfather is destined not to like me."

Lin Beizhen was quite puzzled. "Why does it have to be that he likes you? You're with me, not with him."

Lu Ruo looked up, somewhat uncertainly, and asked, "If your stepfather doesn't like me, will he still agree to us being together?"

It's been said since ancient times that a stepfather and his wife have a hard time getting along; this is something that's been mentioned in storybooks.

There are just too many questions like, "If I and your stepfather fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"

Lu Ruo felt uneasy, even though he wouldn't ask Lin Beizhen that question.

However, based on his years of experience reading novels, if the son-in-law is not liked by the father-in-law, then there will definitely be many more hardships between the two younger generations.

Lin Beizhen seemed to suddenly understand Lu Ruo's meaning, "Are you worried that he won't agree to our relationship?"

Lu Ruo gave a soft "hmm".

"He has already agreed," Lin Beizhen said.

Lu Ruo looked blankly at him, then asked in shock, "When?"

After a while, Lu Ruo stood at the door of her neighbor Lan's house, her face still calm, but her heart was in turmoil.

It should be...maybe...probably...not what he thinks, right?

No way, no way, really?

Lin Beizhen pulled him through the door, personally shattering Lu Ruo's wishful thinking.

"Ruoruo, this is my stepfather, you've met him before."

Lan Shu was smiling broadly when she suddenly remembered that she had fooled around with her husband that morning, and her hair was still a mess. She screamed and ran back to her room to comb her hair.

Lin Beizhen, who had just introduced his stepfather to the young man, was speechless.

Lu Ruo, who had just cleared her throat and was about to call for help, thought to herself: "..."

Only Lin Si remained calm and explained for her husband, "He felt his appearance was inappropriate, so he went back to his room to tidy himself up."

Lu Ruo was led to the main hall by the man, looking dazed and confused.

He was extremely reserved at the moment, and even his walking was a bit awkward.

Who but family members would understand?

How embarrassing!

The person who was calling you brother yesterday has suddenly become the father of your ambiguous crush today.

Lin Beizhen poured Lu Ruo a cup of tea. "Would you like some?"

Lu Ruo quickly took it and started chugging it.

Having something to do is better than standing there like an idiot.

A short while later, Lan Shu, dressed neatly, appeared with an air of nonchalance.

"Little Father, this is Lu Ruo," Lin Beizhen said.

Lan Shu pushed her son aside, saying, "Don't block my way. It's not like I don't know myself."

Lin Beizhen: "..."

Lan Shu put on a smile and spoke intimately with Lu Ruo.

Just as Lin Beizhen was preparing to obediently become a background figure, Lan Shu said again, "What are you still standing here for? Go and buy some snacks and dried fruit."

Lin Beizhen: "Understood."

Lan Shu turned her head and saw her husband again. "Don't just sit there. Go to the restaurant and order a table of good food to be delivered back."

Lin Si: "Okay."

Lan Shu was extremely satisfied and imparted her experience in managing her husband to Lu Ruo, saying, "If you need anything, just ask Xiao Bei for help."

Lu Ruo obediently replied, "Okay."

His feelings are quite complicated right now.

I can't quite describe the feeling; I'm mostly just amazed at how incredibly lucky I am.

Lan Shu deliberately approached him, definitely to test him.

Judging from the current situation, he should have passed the test of his future father-in-law... right?

Lu Ruo relaxed a little and wasn't as reserved as before.

Putting aside their different identities, he and Lan Shu had very similar personalities and got along very well.

Before she knew his identity, Lu Ruo really considered him a friend.

Lin Beizhen bought some snacks that his two sons liked, and when he returned home, he heard the two of them chatting and laughing.

Having already revealed their identities, Lan Shu stopped pretending and even wanted to sleep with Lu Ruo that night, as if they intended to have a long talk by candlelight.

After all, he'd been wanting a sweet and gentle guy for a long time, and now that someone was finally talking to him about bromantic topics, he naturally wasn't willing to let the opportunity slip away easily.

At night, Lin Si, alone in his empty room, paced in the courtyard, gazing melancholically at the moonlight, lost in thought and silent.

Lin Beizhen also happened to turn around.

After all, the house isn't very big, and the yard is just this small.

After the father and son met, they sat on the stone bench in a daze, neither of them speaking first.

After a while, the laughter of two boys came from the room.

Both father and son possessed considerable internal strength; when they circulated their internal energy, they could clearly hear the voices inside the room.

"Xiao Bei used to be so clumsy. When she was learning to walk, she fell down and it took her a long time to remember to cry. But she didn't know if she had forgotten how to cry. She tried to remember how to cry for a long time, but she just couldn't."

"And before...and later..."

"When I was ten years old..."

Lin Beizhen listened expressionlessly as her stepfather recounted embarrassing stories from her childhood, showing absolutely no embarrassment.

It wasn't until he heard Lu Ruo's laughter that he awkwardly touched his nose.

Lan Shu could be said to have taken loving someone so much that she extended that love to everything about them to the extreme, and she was satisfied with everything about Lu Ruozhen.

He was born into humble circumstances and had no prejudice against social class; he liked whatever his son liked.

In the room, Lan Shu asked Lu Ruo about her future plans.

Lu Ruo said she would focus on recovering from her illness for now, and that she wanted to go treasure hunting with Lin Beizhen after she recovered.

Lan Shu's eyes lit up immediately.

Lu Ruo told him about the treasure map, and Lan Shu immediately said that he also wanted to see the treasure map.

Lu Ruo said it was right next door, and we could watch it first thing tomorrow morning.

Outside the room, Lin Si looked at his son.

"What treasure map?"

Lin Beizhen said, "Judging from the brushstrokes, it should be a painting left over from the previous dynasty, but we don't know if it's genuine or not."

Lin Si said, "Be careful, and don't lose your life because of greed."

Lin Beizhen nodded, "Son has remembered."

The next day, Lan Shu looked at the treasure map and thoughtfully prepared a whole bunch of clever plans for her son.

Whether it's useful or not, the sentiment of a stepfather has been conveyed.

Lu Ruo has plans for the future, but the brothers in the Blackwater Kiln are still undecided.

Lu Ruo asked Lin Beizhen what he meant by firing kilns back then. Did he mean that the brothers of Blackwater Village were to switch to the porcelain business?

Lin Beizhen said, "They don't know how to run a business, so doing business is not a way out."

Lu Ruo asked in confusion, "So what do you mean?"

Lin Beizhen said, "To build a porcelain kiln, you can simply rent it out. Celadon is expensive and rare, and the Heishui kiln has the perfect combination of timing and location; it's a feng shui treasure land for producing celadon."

Lu Ruo suddenly realized what was going on and, while recuperating, worked with the other leaders to get the matter settled.

After all, even bandits are still bandits, and it doesn't sound good to talk about them.

With a source of income, Blackwater Village no longer needed to rob the rich to help the poor.

After Lu Ruo recovered from her illness, she and Lin Beizhen embarked on a treasure hunt.

Whether it can be found or not is another story.