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

The next day at daybreak, a bicycle and three horses went to find someone.

Lin Ling hadn't pedaled a bicycle for such a long time in a long time, and her legs were a little sore, so she kept stopping and starting, and finally found the village around noon.

Wu Ren frowned and asked, "Are you alright?"

Lin Ling rubbed her leg. "It's okay, let's go find someone."

Wu Ren said, "Shall I carry you?"

Before Lin Ling could speak, two guards immediately stepped in front of her. "What do you want to do?"

Wu Ren narrowed his eyes, taking this action as a provocation.

He reached for the curved sword at his waist.

Lin Ling knew that men's brains weren't always functioning normally, so he quickly said, "Finding someone is the priority, finding someone is the priority."

He asked in a very affected tone, "Hey, where is the village association?"

He kept his eyes on Wu Ren out of the corner of his eye, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wu Ren remove his hand from the scimitar.

Wu Ren said, "Bring someone here for questioning."

Lin Ling said, "Aren't you martial artists all sharp-eared and sharp-eyed? Listen to which direction the sound of reading is coming from; that should be where the village school is located."

Upon hearing this, Wu Ren closed his eyes and listened carefully.

After a moment, he shook his head. "I can't hear anything."

Just then, a villager passed by, and Lin Ling quickly went up to him and asked, "Uncle, do you know where I can find Master Yan?"

Lin Ling has a very cute appearance and a soft voice, which makes her very popular with the elders.

The villager was no exception; after all, he was such a well-behaved young man, and he didn't seem like a bad person at all.

"Little one, go straight down this road. Do you see the bamboo grove over there? Go around the bamboo grove and you'll find the school. Master Yan is teaching the children to read right now."

"I've got it, thank you," Lin Ling said. "Uncle, there's something else I'd like to ask you."

"Don't mention it, just say it."

Lin Ling asked, "Does Master Yan have a son named Yan Qingzhu?"

The villager was quite shocked. "You little brat, you actually know about Qingzhu! Yes, how did you know?"

Lin Ling said, "I...heard it, uncle. Thank you, goodbye."

The villagers are simple and honest. They waved their hands and said, "What's the big deal? These kids are very polite these days."

Lin Ling jogged back to Wu Ren's side, then pulled Wu Ren towards the school.

It seems I made the right choice; this Master Yan must be Qingzhu's father.

When they arrived at the school, it was just after lunch break.

After all the students had gone home, Master Yan slowly walked out of the classroom.

Upon seeing unfamiliar faces, Master Yan instinctively asked, "Who are you looking for?"

Lin Ling had great respect for the schoolteacher and was about to step forward, bow, and explain her purpose.

Wu Ren spoke first, "Old man, don't you have a son named Yan Qingzhu?"

Master Yan initially thought this person was very impolite, but he was stunned when he heard the name Yan Qingzhu.

"Yes..." Master Yan said, "My son is indeed named Qingzhu. May I ask what advice you may have for him?"

Just as Lin Ling had finished rehearsing her speech and was about to explain her purpose to Master Yan, Wu Ren attacked again.

"Yan Qingzhu doesn't want to live anymore, go and try to persuade him."

Lin Ling was so angry she wanted to kick him.

Does this person even know how to speak?

Who says things like that right off the bat? Don't they know how to be tactful?

As expected, Master Yan was immediately shocked upon hearing this news. "What did you say?!"

Wu Ren thought he hadn't heard clearly, so he very considerately repeated it.

"Yan Qingzhu doesn't want to live anymore, she wants to die."

Master Yan seemed to remember something, his expression suddenly turning extremely sorrowful. He clutched his chest as if in great pain, "Qingzhu..."

Just as Lin Ling was about to reach out to help him, the two guards beside her also stepped in.

Lin Ling silently withdrew her hand from mid-air.

After a long pause, Master Yan asked in a hoarse voice, "What exactly happened?"

Wu Ren: "Fang Yun, kill him—"

Lin Ling didn't care about anything else and quickly covered the man's mouth.

"Master Yan, this is a long story... Qingzhu is currently in Wuling County, and the matter is urgent. Would you please come with us to Wuling County first?"

Master Yan calmed his grief, and reason prevailed again. He asked, "What evidence do you have for what you say?"

Lin Ling held up the pearl token, "This is Princess Zhaoren's token. I won't lie to you, please believe me."

Under the jurisdiction of Wuling County, all officials, commoners, and soldiers obeyed the orders of Princess Zhaoren.

This is an imperial decree.

Pearl was afraid that Lin Ling would be bullied, so she gave him the token early on.

Upon seeing the token, Master Yan was immediately convinced, and his tone became increasingly urgent:

"Qingzhu, what happened to Qingzhu? Tell me first, what happened to Qingzhu? Why doesn't he want to live anymore? Is it...is it because Fang Yun bullied him?"

Lin Ling sighed. "Yes."

"I knew it! I knew it!" Master Yan was so angry that he paced back and forth. "Fang Yun is no good person. He's all sweet talk and treacherous, a liar full of lies."

Wu Ren removed Lin Ling's hand.

Lin Ling then came to her senses; she had been covering the man's mouth the whole time.

His ears turned red with embarrassment.

When he was flirting with Fang Yun before, he was reserved, and the other party was a pretentious scholar, so they had never been this intimate before.

Unlike this bad man, who saw him naked the first time he appeared.

Lin Ling thought about it and got angry, so she glared at Wu Ren fiercely.

Wu Ren found it extremely inexplicable.

He didn't say anything, but that's not acceptable either?

The thoughts of those young men from the Central Plains are truly hard to fathom.

Master Yan suppressed his sadness and bowed to Lin Ling, saying, "Please lead the way, young master."

Lin Ling asked, "Master, can you ride a horse?"

Master Yan was filled with the panic of Qingzhu being bullied by Fang Yun. It wasn't until Lin Ling asked a second time that he nodded listlessly, "Yes."

"Let's go then."

We don't know when Yan Qingzhu will wake up yet, so of course we should go back as soon as possible.

Lin Ling wasn't afraid of traveling at night, after all, there were so many people around her.

Before leaving the village, Master Yan did not forget to ask the village chief for leave, and then went to pick up his husband.

Upon hearing the name Qingzhu, the husband panicked as well. The elderly couple, supporting each other, stumbled over to join Lin Ling and the others.

On the way back, Lin Ling was forcibly carried onto his Akhal-Teke horse by Wu Ren. His bicycle was handed over to one of the guards, and the freed-up horse was given to Master Yan.

Although it was a very inappropriate time, Lin Ling's mind was a jumbled mess.

The man behind her had a slightly elevated body temperature, and her back pressed against his firm chest and abdomen, his white hair occasionally blowing in the wind towards Lin Ling's eyes...

Lin Ling's cheeks were flushed, and she stood frozen, not daring to move at all.

Although... in this big bad guy's arms... there seems to be a tiny bit... a sense of security?

The moment the thought crossed her mind, Lin Ling was stunned by her own shocking idea.

He felt like crying, thinking to himself that he was such a stupid guy, thinking about such nonsense at a time like this.