Young Master, Don't Show Off - Chapter 165

[Chapter 165 Equally matched]

In the yard, Lin Xiu gently held Lingyin’s hand and explained: “This is the career line. Your career line is very long and continuous, which means that you will have a high achievement in the art. This is the love line. Your love line is also very good. You will definitely meet a beautiful marriage in the future and marry the person you like…”

Zhao Lingyin shook his hand away and said, “Don’t use the tricks you use to deceive girls to deceive me.”

Qin Wan stretched out her hand to Lin Xiu and said, “You can read palms, so you can help me too.”

Zhao Lingyin glanced at her. Couldn’t this stupid woman see that this was Lin Xiu’s plan?

How could he hide his thoughts from her?

He first aroused Qin Wan’s curiosity by reading his palms, so that she would take the initiative to take the bait, so that he could take the opportunity to touch her hand. She still jumped into such an obvious trap with her eyes closed.

Lin Xiu held Qin Wan’s hand and thanked her for her timely rescue.

Lingyin would definitely think that he was using her to trick Qin Wan. In fact, it was Qin Wan who intervened to dispel her suspicion of him.

In this wave, Lingyin was on the second floor and Qin Wan was on the fifth floor.

Qin Wan’s hands felt completely different from Lingyin’s.

Lingyin’s hands were smooth and delicate. Touching her hands was like touching fine brocade. Qin Wan’s hands, although whiter and slender, had rough skin. This was because she worked often.

How could someone who often did rough work like cooking, washing clothes, washing dishes, and cleaning have smooth and delicate hands?

Lin Xiu looked at Qin Wan’s palm lines and said, “This is the fate line. The front of this line is ups and downs, and the middle and the back are very smooth. It indicates that before the age of 20, your fate will be rough and you will suffer many hardships. After that, it will be smooth sailing and you will have both fortune and luck…”

Qin Wan smiled and said, “I don’t ask about fate, I ask about marriage.”

“Marriage…” Lin Xiu also smiled and said, “Things like marriage are in your own hands. When you meet someone you like, you might as well take the initiative and be bold. Marriage will find you…”

Zhao Lingyin was surprised to hear this. Why did Lin Xiu say different things to her and Qin Wan when it was the same marriage?

Their marriage lines are almost the same…

Qin Wan looked at Lin Xiu dimly and said, “For things between two people, one person can’t always take the initiative. The other person has to move too. What do you think?”

Lin Xiu glanced at Qin Wan. She took the initiative twice, but those two times didn’t count at all.

The first time was in front of Lingyin, and he couldn’t move even if he wanted to.

The second time was when she was used by her biological father to pay off a debt. She was sad and upset. If he had taken advantage of the situation at that time, wouldn’t he have really become a beast?

Later, when he was about to take the initiative, she backed off.

This woman has mastered the means of being hot and cold, and wanting to refuse but also to welcome.

Even though Lin Xiu understands the hearts of many women, he can’t guess Qin Wan’s mind.

His methods are useless to Qin Wan, and Qin Wan’s methods are useless to him. It is better to be sincere, let things take their course, and not deliberately play some routines.

Zhao Lingyin looked at Qin Wan, then at Lin Xiu, and felt that they didn’t say anything, but it seemed that they had said everything.

In the afternoon, before going to the martial arts academy, Lin Xiu went to the Imperial Hospital.

During his practice, his body would not feel tired, but his mental fatigue could not be eliminated. He needed Shuangshuang’s help to have a deep sleep to restore his energy to the peak.

After waking up, he chatted with Shuangshuang for a while.

These days, many dignitaries have visited her home with generous gifts.

The last time Huang Tao was assassinated, she saved him from the brink of death, which made the bigwigs in the capital truly realize how powerful she is. If they can establish a friendship first, it will be much easier to ask her for help in the future.

If they are also assassinated and their lives are hanging by a thread, as long as they don’t die immediately, she can save them.

For this, even the most expensive gift is worth it.

After leaving the Imperial Hospital, Lin Xiu asked her, “Shuangshuang, does the Imperial Hospital have any ointment for moisturizing hands that can make rough skin smoother?”

Shuangshuang said, “Yes, many concubines in the harem are using it, but the effect is not as good as my magic. Brother Lin, do you want to use it? Just let me touch your hand and it will be fine in a while.”

Lin Xiu smiled and said, “It’s a friend of mine.”

Shuangshuang didn’t ask any more questions, and said, “Then wait a moment, I’ll get it for you.”

In the evening, Lin Xiu came to Qin Wan’s room, took out a small porcelain bottle, and said, “This is the ointment I asked for from the Imperial Hospital. After you apply it, the skin on your hands will get better in ten days at most.”

When Lin Xiu read her palm today, he noticed Qin Wan’s hands.

Girls all love beauty. Even a Jianghu woman like A Ke wants to have flawless skin, not to mention Qin Wan. In fact, as long as he touches her hand, her rough hands will become white and tender in a moment. If she is not satisfied with the skin or scars anywhere on her body, she can use this method.

But in front of her, Lin Xiu didn’t want to expose this ability.

He needed an excuse to cover it up.

He opened the porcelain bottle and said, “This ointment is not very effective if it is only applied. It must be combined with a unique massage technique to relax the meridians and promote the absorption of the medicine. Do you want to try it?”

Qin Wan didn’t say anything, just sat at the table and stretched out her hands obediently.

Lin Xiu used his fingers to pick up some ointment and evenly applied it on the palm and back of her hand. After pretending to massage her hand for a while, he said, “Okay.”

Qin Wan looked down at her hands and said in surprise, “It seems to have really gotten better.”

Lin Xiu said, “Of course, this is a treasure from the Imperial Hospital. Even the concubines in the harem are using it. I will help you apply it every night, and your hands will soon return to normal.”

Qin Wan looked at her hands for a while, then looked at Lin Xiu and asked, “This ointment must be very expensive, don’t I owe you a lot of money again?” Lin Xiu

waved his hand and said, “This is a gift from a friend, I didn’t spend any money.”

“Then I owe you a favor…” Qin Wan said, “Money debts are easy to repay, but debts of love are hard to repay. I can repay you money, but it’s not easy to repay favors. If this goes on, I will only owe you more and more.”

She looked at Lin Xiu, suddenly stood up, and untied his belt.

Lin Xiu was surprised and said, “It’s just a little help, there’s no need to do this, really no need to do this…”

Qin Wan looked up and glanced at him, saying, “The sleeves of this dress are a little dirty, I’ll take it off and help you wash it tomorrow, what are you thinking about?”

Lin Xiu was speechless, realizing that she had shown off again.

This woman is a master of flirting and ambiguity, but Lin Xiu did not feel frustrated. Instead, she aroused her interest. There is a challenge only when there is difficulty.

Qin Wan is naturally not simple, but he is not a pushover.

As for who is more skilled and makes the other fall first, it depends on their own ability.

Lin Xiu smiled slightly, looked at Qin Wan, and said, “What I mean is that you don’t have to help me wash clothes, and you don’t have to treat yourself as a maid. It’s me who made you lose your home, so I should compensate you with a home. From now on, you will be the mistress of this house.”

Qin Wan said leisurely, “Mistress…, I just owe you ten thousand taels, do you want me to pledge myself to you?”

Lin Xiu said, “What’s wrong with pledging myself to you? You don’t have to pay back the money you owe me, and I can even give you the money at home for safekeeping. How about it? Consider it?”

“Consider it!”

Lingyin at the door gave the answer for Qin Wan. She had been listening outside the door since just now. After hearing this, she finally couldn’t help but walk in, grabbed Lin Xiu’s wrist, and forcibly dragged him to the yard, saying unhappily, “Can you grow up a little bit? Don’t be unable to control yourself when you see a pretty girl. Can you use your mind on cultivation? Come on, practice with me!”

Lin Xiu practiced shooting every night, but Lingyin obviously didn’t have the extra energy.

An hour later, seeing Lingyin sleeping on the stone table, Lin Xiu sighed helplessly.

He walked over, picked her up, and put her on the bed in her own room.

After covering her with the quilt, Lin Xiu left silently.

The next morning, Lin Xiu had just gotten up when he saw Qin Wan sitting in the yard washing clothes. This made him dazed for a moment. If he had met a woman who was willing to wash clothes and cook for him earlier, there would not be the Lin Xiu now.

Suddenly, Lin Xiu found that Qin Wan was covering her lower abdomen with one hand, and there was some pain between her brows.

Lin Xiu realized something, stepped forward quickly, threw the clothes in her hand back into the wooden basin, and said, “If you don’t feel well, take a good rest. I’ll wash the clothes.”

Qin Wan said, “I’m not feeling unwell.”

Lin Xiu pulled her up without saying anything, and said, “Don’t be stubborn. You’d better not touch water in the next few days, otherwise it will hurt more.”

Qin Wan blushed, but didn’t say anything else.

After sending Qin Wan back to her room, Lin Xiu let her lie on the bed and covered her with a quilt. Then Lin Xiu went to the kitchen and cooked a bowl of brown sugar water for her. He sent it to her room and said, “Drink it. It’s good to drink brown sugar water in special situations. Do you want me to feed you?”

Qin Wan picked up the spoon herself and said, “No.”

The warm brown sugar water went down her throat, and the warmth seemed to dilute the pain in her body, and the sweetness also sweetened her heart.

Not long after, Lin Xiu found a hot water bottle, filled it with hot water, and wrapped it with a layer of flannel. He stuffed it into Qin Wan’s quilt and said, “Cover it with this, it should feel better.”

Qin Wan placed the hot water bottle on her lower abdomen, and a warmth quickly spread throughout her body, but what felt warmer was her heart.

Qin Wan’s eyes wandered a little. This was the care she had never experienced before.

It turned out that being cared for and taken care of was like this.

She looked at Lin Xiu, and suddenly realized something. A smile appeared on her face. She used the spoon she had used to scoop a spoonful of sugar water and put it to Lin Xiu’s mouth, saying, “You drink a sip too…”

“Okay.” Lin Xiu opened his mouth, and Qin Wan put the spoonful of sugar water into his mouth. The two looked at each other and smiled at each other.

In this offensive, both sides were evenly matched.

(End of this chapter)