"Look at that, look at that!"
The short-bearded man pointed at Lin Wanru's back and said angrily, "This girl is getting more and more outrageous. Does she still have any respect for us elders?"
"It's already like this now. In a few years, when she gets married, the Lin family will no longer have the surname Lin!"
"She has become more and more arbitrary in the past two years."
"If this goes on, the Lin family will become her own Lin family!"
…
…
After Lin Wanru left, the meeting room immediately became noisy under the leadership of the short-bearded man.
"Alright, alright …"
An old man sitting at the head of the table waved his hand, stood up and said, "That's enough. It's not the first time you've seen her like this. You've been given the money every year. Just take the money honestly and don't meddle in the business affairs."
The old man glanced at the crowd and slowly walked out with his hands behind his back.
The short-bearded man's face alternated between red and white. After a moment, he waved his hand and said, "In any case, I don't agree to let an outsider manage the accounts of the Lin family. I'd like to see what kind of person she brought back!"
After that, he snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left.
In the small courtyard, the woman named Lin Wanru put two thick account books on the stone table and said, "It's not a problem to let you stay in the Lin family for a while, but there must be a reason. Otherwise, there will be some trouble. I'll leave these two account books with you. If anyone asks, tell them that you're my new accountant. If you have any other plans in the future, you can leave at any time."
Li Yi nodded and said, "Thank you, Miss Lin."
"Don't thank me." Lin Wanru looked into the room and said, "Although you are a scholar, but since you have come this far, you should put away that weak scholar act and act like a man. In the future, when you two live and start a family, it won't be as simple as studying. A woman can do this for you, I hope you won't let her down."
After saying this, she turned around and left. Li Yi stood there in a daze, his expression somewhat blank.
The man walked over and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Miss's aunt ran away with a scholar despite her family's objections. Later, the scholar had a new lover, and then, and then, that young lady's ending wasn't very good …"
The man sighed and said, "He passed away less than two years after returning to the fu. Young Miss used to be closest to him, so she has always had prejudice against scholars."
Li Yi's face was filled with astonishment. He never thought that Miss Lin would have such an experience.
In that case, if he and Miss.Liu hadn't been misunderstood by her, they wouldn't have received such care along the way.
The man patted him on the shoulder again and said, "So, you should treat this young lady a little better. What my Young Miss hates the most is people who abandon others after they have used them."
Li Yi came back to his senses and nodded, saying, "Don't worry, I will definitely treat her well."
"Li Brothers, you don't look like that kind of person. I believe you, otherwise, Young Miss wouldn't take care of you like this." The man smiled and waved his hand to leave.
Li Yi shook his head. When he was about to walk back to his room, a voice suddenly came from behind him.
"Stop."
He turned his head and saw a few figures step into the small courtyard.
The leader was a middle-aged man with a short beard. The two people behind him were obviously lackeys and could be automatically ignored.
The middle-aged man looked at him and asked, "You are the accountant that Wanru hired?"
"That's right," Li Yi replied.
The man in front of him seemed to have a trace of hostility towards him. From the way he addressed Miss Lin and the information he got from the man, it should be the 'trouble' that Lin Wanru mentioned earlier.
The middle-aged man looked at him and said in a threatening tone, "I don't care what she promised you. I just want to give you a piece of advice. Don't meddle in the affairs of the Lin family. Young man, you should know what it means to invite trouble."
Li Yi gently waved his sleeves and didn't say anything.
Being ignored, the middle-aged man showed a trace of anger on his face and said, "Do you know who I am?"
"I don't know who you are." Li Yi sighed and pointed at the hem of his robe. He said, "I only know what it means to invite trouble …"
The middle-aged man looked down in the direction of his finger. Then, his expression changed greatly. He didn't know when, but the hem of his robe was burning. Beside his feet was a pot that was used to boil medicine. At this time, the fire under the pot was so strong that it actually burned the hem of his robe.
"Second Master, there's a pond outside!"
A person beside him saw him struggling to unbutton a row of buttons on his robe and said hurriedly.
The Second Master was stunned for a moment when he heard this. Then, he ran outside.
"No manners. Don't you know to close the door?" After the three of them left in a hurry, Li Yi walked over to close the courtyard door. When he walked back again, he waved his sleeves casually and blew part of the fire to the side. Next, he just needed to use a small fire to boil it for a while.
Miss.Liu, who had changed her clothes, walked out and sat on the stone bench in the courtyard. She asked, "When are we going back?"
She couldn't always wear the clothes of the inn's manservant. When Miss Lin came just now, she asked someone to bring food and some clothes for her.
"When your injury is better," Li Yi said as he poked the fire.
Going back could not be rushed for the time being. Now, he had to think of a way to get some money.
Obviously, one word could decide a business of hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. Now, the two of them didn't even have a copper coin. They couldn't rely on Miss Lin for everything.
Miss.Liu's body was weak now. If he bought some precious medicinal herbs to make some medicinal cuisine, her injury would probably recover faster.
And all of this required silver.
These things could wait until they moved out of the Lin family in a few days.
After a while, Li Yi filtered the brewed medicine into a bowl and walked into the room. He looked at Miss.Liu and said, "It's time to take the medicine."
Miss.Liu looked up at him and stretched out her hand.
"There's only one left." Li Yi put the last milk candy in her hand.
"Then drink half." Miss.Liu put the candy away and said.
Li Yi shook his head and said firmly, "No, drink all of it."
Miss.Liu frowned. "Half."
Li Yi suddenly thought of something and asked, "You can't use your True Qi now, right?"
As if she smelled something, Miss.Liu looked up at him and asked, "What do you want?"
"What do you think?" Li Yi looked down at her and said with a smile, "Be good and open your mouth …"
"Don't you dare!"
"Are you going to open your mouth or not?"
"No!"
"Don't force me to do it myself …"
"Try moving!"
"I'll try."
"Let me go … Just you wait. When my injury is healed, I …"
…
Outside the courtyard, Lin Wanru wanted to remind the scholar not to care about what others said. Hearing the faint voice coming from inside, she stood outside the door in a daze and couldn't help but blush.
She looked inside in embarrassment and anger, then quickly turned around and left.
After a while, Li Yi walked out of the room and saw the two account books on the stone table in the courtyard. He walked over slowly.
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