eurekapd Chapter 444 Don’t Pick Up Men on the Street 1
Chapter 444 Don’t Pick Up Men on the Street 1
After returning to the system space, Lingruo clicked on the settlement task.
The system space was as quiet as ever. Ever since Xiaobai was forced to work to pay off his debts, the chattering sounds had disappeared.
It's a bit strange.
I don’t know whether Xiaobai has earned enough points to get back.
Lingruo was lying on the sofa in the space, tapping the table with her fingertips occasionally. With a wave of her hand, the system screen appeared, and she clicked on the settlement task.
Two lines of big words jumped on the screen: Congratulations to the host for completing the purification of the dark power that made him lose his life. Stay alive and survive this disaster. Reward points 200, complete the hidden task: Stop Vivian's darkening, reward points 200, the place of light that never falls, reward points 300, a total of 7000 points.
Without thinking, Ling Ruo clicked to continue the task.
The clouds were moving in the sky, and the early summer breeze was blowing gently. It had rained a little this morning, and the new lotus stamens in the yard were covered with crystal water droplets, which instantly slid down the lotus leaves.
When Lingruo came over, she was lying on the pear blossom bench in the pavilion, and a round-faced little maid was fanning her.
"Miss, you are finally awake. Do you want to have some Electric Flower Pastry?" The round-faced little maid swallowed and looked at Lingruo with sparkling eyes.
Ling Ruo chuckled: "Girl, you are really greedy. Go to the kitchen and get some snacks."
"Yes!" The round-faced little maid's eyes brightened, and almost the next moment, she quickly put down her fan and walked out, not even caring about almost falling.
What a greedy girl! Lingruo shook her head.
Taking this opportunity, she also began to accept the memory.
The original owner was the daughter of a merchant. Her family had made a living by doing business for generations. By her father's generation, the Su family's business had already flourished and they were also wealthy people in Huaizhou.
He could barely be shortlisted for the candidate list of the Royal Merchant of Nanlin Kingdom.
Among the four classes of scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants were the lowest and were not allowed to take the imperial examinations in Nanlin State. Su Su had a son and a daughter. Their families were merchants for generations, and since his son could not take the imperial examination, he placed his hopes on his daughter, hoping that she could marry a juren, who would then bless the Su family.
There would be no need to pay so much bribes to the prefect every year.
Therefore, Su Su sponsored many scholars, including poor students, hoping that they would pass the imperial examinations and would remember the Su family's kindness and help the family.
A marriage was also arranged for the original owner, with Lin Sheng, a smart scholar who relied on his mother's embroidery to support himself.
Su Su spent money to improve Lin Sheng's life so that his mother no longer had to work hard to embroider and wash clothes. He also used all his connections and spent countless money to find a scholar to give Lin Sheng private tutoring.
Lin Sheng took the imperial examinations twice in a row but failed to pass. When the original owner came of age, Lin Sheng passed the examination and got the last place in the juren list.
Su Su was overjoyed and was waiting for Lin Sheng to marry his daughter, but he received a letter of cancellation of the engagement.
Since the two parties were in different status at that time, Su Su could only swallow his anger and secretly cursed his daughter that most of the unfaithful people were scholars.
The Su family supported Lin Sheng to study for the imperial examination, but Lin Sheng's mother came directly with a letter of withdrawal from the engagement, causing her daughter to lose face.
Su Su was almost furious. No scholar would want a woman whose engagement had been broken off by a juren.
The original owner didn't have much reaction to this. She was more insightful than her father. If she really married, her identity as a merchant girl would naturally not match that of a scholar.
If Lin Sheng is praised by his superiors in his career in the future and wants to marry his daughter to him, then as his wife, the best outcome for her would be to be demoted to a concubine, and the worst outcome would be to die of illness and give way to someone else.
So the original owner was happy that she couldn't marry Lin Sheng.
She also hoped that her father would give up the idea of letting her marry a scholar. What was so good about those scholars? They spent the Su family's money, but still despised her father for being money-minded.
That damned Mr. Lin had secretly contacted her and told her that breaking off the engagement was not his wish and that it was his mother who had forced him to do so by threatening to commit suicide.
She didn't believe a word of it.
If Lin Sheng really wanted to marry, given Lin's mother's love for her son, she would definitely give in to him in the end.
Sure enough, Lin Sheng’s purpose in looking for her was not simple. He wanted her to stay by his side without any status and accompany him to the capital.
The original owner almost rolled her eyes. Does she look like a cheap person? He didn't even want to give her a concubine position, so she just wanted to get it for free, right?
But on the surface, the original owner knew that she could not offend Lin Sheng, so she acted in a sad manner, saying that she only wanted the position of a concubine and did not dare to ask for too much. Her father was furious at having no name or status, and she valued filial piety the most.
Lin Sheng hesitated. He really wanted to take the original owner as his concubine, but he had not married yet. When he entered the officialdom and was valued by important figures, it would not be a good idea to have a concubine in his room.
So he thought of getting married and then coming back to marry the original owner.
After Lin Sheng left Huaizhou, the original owner breathed a sigh of relief. At least now he didn't have to face that damn scholar.
Is he worthy of taking her as a concubine?
The original owner thought that she couldn't just sit there and wait for death, so she kept instilling the idea of finding a man to marry into her family in front of her father. After a while, Su Su also softened his attitude.
What if I raise another scholar and cancel the engagement with my daughter? It would be better to follow my daughter's wishes and live a smooth life.
It would be better to make the Su family's business bigger and stronger.
The original owner was anxious to find a man to marry into her family, but after picking and choosing, she found only a few ugly ones, which made her a little reluctant.
Becoming Lin Sheng's concubine or marrying into the family with an ugly woman were both painful choices for her.
It's a pity that the time is too short, otherwise she could take her time to choose, and she wouldn't have to be entangled with these ugly men in order to get rid of Lin Sheng.
As she tossed and turned, good news suddenly came. There was cheating in the imperial examination, and officials sold answers to scholars. Lin Sheng's name was on the list.
But the original owner was so happy that he ate two extra bowls of rice.
She no longer has to worry about finding someone to marry into her family, and she can stay at home for a few more years.
She is loved by her father, has a young and sensible younger brother, and her family is wealthy businessmen in Huaizhou. If nothing unexpected happens, she will have a smooth life.
But at this time, the original owner's cousin Su Tangtang met an injured and unconscious man on the road. This man was going to kill dozens of people in their Su family, leaving only Su Tangtang.
Out of kindness, Su Tangtang picked up the man, treated his wounds, and asked someone to change his dressings.
Success will revive the injured man.
That man was no ordinary person, he was Xie Hengzhi, the third prince of Nanlin Kingdom.
Su Tangtang lost both her parents when she was young, and has been living in her uncle's house, but she has a weak relationship with the original owner.
The reason was simple. Su Tangtang's father and Su Su went out to do business together and encountered bandits. Su Tangtang's father died, but Su Su survived.
Su Tangtang has always hated this uncle. If he had not gone out with her father that year, her father would not have died at the hands of bandits.
Su Tangtang even thought darkly, was it possible that her uncle deliberately left him to die without rescuing him? Otherwise, how could he have survived while her father died under the knife?
Therefore, she has always had a distant relationship with other people in the Su family and only stays in her own little world in the courtyard.