She was injured.
For the first time in 18 years, she was honorably injured.
And the injury was worth it. She destroyed the assassin organization Evil Spirit Palace, which intended to take Lin Xi's life.
However, for her, it was just a small wound on her back that was not life-threatening. She was forced to lie on the bed in the Fengyao Pavilion headquarters to recuperate.
And she had been lying there for three days.
As soon as she showed signs of getting up to do work, she heard nagging that she would rather lie down and rest.
"You're a girl. Why are you trying to be strong? Lin Xi is in trouble. Are all the members of the Brotherhood useless?
Do they need you to block the sword with your body? "
"When did the master of the Fengyao Pavilion become the leader of the assassins?"
"Ah Xiao and the others can block the sword energy, okay?
You dare to use your back to block it!
Do you think your back is indestructible?! "
"You've only rested for a few days?
I just remembered.
Fengyao Pavilion will be fine even if it's closed for a few days. What's more, you have such a large group of subordinates who work seriously. Do you want to die if you just rest for a few days? "
"Woman, don't try to be strong!
Lie down and recuperate. Otherwise, I can't guarantee that I'll use force to make you cooperate. "
…
Nagging like this made Lin Long have no choice but to cooperate and lie down on the bed to recuperate.
The nagging was not from anyone in the Brotherhood, but from the devil who had appeared around her like a shadow since she was ten years old. He was the eldest son of the Xiang family, Xiang Sheng.
The Xiang family moved from the capital eight years ago. The head of the Xiang family, Xiang Ziyun, who had a good relationship with her uncle, had a pair of children. His son, Lin Long, was four years old. His daughter, Xiang Ning, was one year younger than Lin Long.
After they met, Xiang Sheng began to treat her like an elder brother teaching his younger sister.
Eight years passed in a flash.
At first, she was cold and did not like to talk much. She did not refute him, which made him treat her more and more intimately.
Later, when she wanted to refute, she was already used to his attitude and could not refuse his kindness and enthusiasm.
Unbelievably, Xiang Sheng had figured out her character of being amenable to coaxing but not coercion.
What made her feel strange was that, with Xiang Sheng's natural endowments and wealth, there should be countless young ladies from big families and pretty girls from small families coming to the Xiang Clan to ask to marry him.
However, Xiang Sheng, who was twenty-two this year, did not have any woman by his side. If there was one, it would be Lin Long.
It should be said that for the past eight years, the only person he had never avoided was her.
What did this mean?
Lin Long lay on the bed, frowning and thinking hard.
In fact, he had never concealed the fact that the person he wanted to marry was her, and not some other woman who was many times more demure and gentle than her …
But, didn't he think that her personality was too difficult to get along with?
She was cold and arrogant, not good with words.
The most important thing was that she was already eighteen years old. She had long passed the wonderful age of becoming an official.
Sigh … She sighed softly.
She never thought that someone would want a woman with such a temperament like her. Shouldn't normal men like gentle and graceful women like her mother?
Otherwise, they should be lovely and beautiful young ladies like Jing Yu and Yi Yue, not a carefree woman like her who spent all day planning official business and going in and out of Jianghu.
It was hard to imagine that one day, she would be hidden in the back courtyard, embroidering and sketching all day long, assisting her husband and teaching her children … She shook her head fiercely. That was not the life she wanted.
Since she had taken over the position of Pavilion Master of Fengyao Pavilion, she would lead the brothers in the pavilion to open up a vast world …
"What are you sighing for!
Your Fengyao Pavilion is very good. It's not in dire straits, nor has it closed down. "Xiang Sheng snorted unhappily.
He stepped forward and tucked her in. When he saw the food on the low cabinet beside the bed, he could not help but growl angrily: "I'm only gone for half a day. Don't you need lunch?!"
Lin Long looked up and glanced at him. What was he angry about?
She didn't eat because she was very full in the morning and didn't feel hungry at all.
Since she started recuperating, Lin Xiao had personally cooked three meals and had the maids deliver them. She never got tired of eating all the dishes.
After a few days, she found that her waist, which was always thin, had become fleshy.
It turned out that recuperating was really no different from raising a pig.
Could a person who was lying in bed all day without using any energy to eat so much food?
Could it be that he thought he was raising a pig instead of her recuperating?
Collecting her thoughts, Lin Long glanced at Xiang Sheng's frowning expression. She slightly turned her body and unnaturally opened her mouth to explain, "I'm not hungry yet." Her voice, which had not spoken for a long time, was a bit hoarse.
"If you're hungry, it'll be too late."
Xiang Sheng muttered, then carefully helped her sit up. "Eat something to fill your stomach. Today's weather is good, so I'll accompany you for a walk later.
Don't think about going to the pavilion to take care of business. I won't allow it. "He glanced at her and stopped her from saying anything.
"Xiang Sheng, if you do this … won't the family say anything?" Lin Long cooperated and ate a few mouthfuls.
The Xiang Family had a lot of properties. These days, he had spent almost all of his time in the backyard of the Fengyao Pavilion to accompany her recuperating. Wouldn't people talk?
"Talk about what?"
Xiang Sheng looked at her strangely. He and Lin Long had already obtained the approval of the elders of the two families on the Mid-Autumn Festival three years ago. As long as she agreed, they would welcome her in a palanquin with eight people.
"Xiang Sheng, I'm not worth it." She finished the last mouthful and used a silk handkerchief to wipe the corner of her mouth.
"I know very well whether I'm worth it or not."
Xiang Sheng suppressed the anger in his heart, which was caused by her belittling herself like this. He tidied up the food box and helped her up.
Lin Long sighed helplessly. Her persuasion against him had failed once again.
He was always able to make her unable to continue speaking with his little tricks.
Perhaps, subconsciously, she also hoped that he would continue to accompany her like this.
However, this wasn't realistic, was it?
Sooner or later, he would marry a wife … and she, wasn't suitable for him …
… …
Since that day, she didn't mention anything about whether they were suitable or not, or whether they were polite or not. He still came over every day to feed her three meals, and she cooperated with him to heal the sword wound on her back.
Only when the wound was healed could he have one less reason to come over, she thought.
Fortunately, she didn't let her parents know about her injury. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for her to have peace.
This man's nagging was enough for her to endure.
She wasn't stupid enough to invite a few more elders who would pester her and nag her incessantly.
Apart from Aunt Yue, the others, including her mother, would definitely make her drown in heart-wrenching tears and gentle exhortations.
But what was the current situation?
Lin Long was dumbstruck as she watched a group of enthusiastic concubines push her in front of the dressing table. They put on her face, put on makeup, combed her hair, and put on her wedding dress … wait a minute … wedding dress?
When did she want to get married?
"Mother?"
She suspiciously turned to her mother, who was smoothing out the wrinkles of her wedding dress with a smile, "What's going on?" She had thought of celebrating her recovery, but she didn't think of celebrating in this way.
"Of course it's to get married."
Su Shuiche didn't have time to answer before Jiang Yingyun cheerfully replied, "Long 'er, don't be nervous. Xiang Sheng, that boy, has taken care of everything. Even we have nothing to do and only need to accompany you."
"Xiang Sheng?" So, he decided to marry her on his own accord?
What should she say?
She didn't want to marry?
In the end, she still married. She married a man who understood her more than his own sister.
The reason was that she really needed a man who could take care of her when she was injured without any complaints or regrets. Although, this reason wasn't the most important one in her heart.
But, what did it matter?
Just take it as a turn in the plan she set. Although there was a turn she didn't expect, the direction was still heading towards her goal.
That's right, she, the Pavilion Master of Fengyao Pavilion, Lin Long, wouldn't abandon the organization she fought for for five years just for the sake of getting married.
She believed that man also wouldn't restrict her like this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have married her.
Therefore, on the mid-autumn of the year she turned eighteen, she married into the Xiang Family in a grand and muddle-headed way.
After a night of lingering ecstasy, she began to look forward to this marriage she didn't expect.
"Morning."
Xiang Sheng's deep and low voice resounded in her ears. Turning around, she was pulled into his bare chest.
"Were you okay last night?"
He glanced at her body, which was similarly unclothed. On her fair and tender skin, there were red marks from his hard work last night.
This discovery made him incomparably happy.
Lin Long's ears instantly turned hot.
She didn't mind being swept by his burning eyes full of desire, but she couldn't open her mouth to describe last night's battle.
"Rest for a day.
Tomorrow, we'll leave for the capital to visit Uncle and Aunt. "
He chuckled, got up and put on his nightgown. Carrying her by the waist, he walked to the bathroom at the back of the bedroom.
"The capital?" She frowned.
This round trip would take at least six days.
"In the pavilion … I can't leave."
She could imagine his next expression. Perhaps, he would start to intervene in her business and persuade her to give up Fengyao Pavilion. She would hide in the backyard for him alone, embroider, tailor, and make soup for him …
"I know.
Fangchen wants you to rest assured. In the days you're not here, he will take care of things for you.
I guarantee that he'll return you an intact Fengyao Pavilion. "Xiang Sheng grinned.
Although it was hard to understand why Louis Stu didn't pass the Fengyao Pavilion to his eldest son, Si Fangchen, but passed it to Lin Long, who was a woman.
However, this was the decision of the elders, and Lin Long herself took care of it very well, so he wouldn't interfere.
Lin Long raised her head in surprise and stared at Xiang Sheng. He didn't take advantage of the situation to persuade her to give up Fengyao Pavilion, nor did he blame her for ignoring the rules of her husband's family. He only cared about the pavilion's affairs … He, did this mean that he supported her to continue to be in charge of Fengyao Pavilion?
"Fool, it's your heart's blood. I won't be so ungrateful.
Besides, with this business to attract your attention, when I'm busy, I won't have to worry about leaving you out. "
When they came to the bathroom, Xiang Sheng put her down, tapped the tip of her delicate nose, and softly explained, "I knew from five years ago that if I wanted to marry you, I had to marry Fengyao Pavilion as well.
Woman, I've prepared for so many years so that you can marry me without any worries, be my wife, and stand side by side with me.
You can't take away my heart. "
"Xiang Sheng …" She repeatedly muttered his name in a low voice.
She really didn't know that he valued her so much, and even valued the business she loved so much. This discovery made her feel a little lost.
"Maybe, we can stay in bed and not go out today …" He hugged her tightly, not giving her any room to refuse.
God knew how long he had prepared and endured in order to make her only have him in her heart, in order to make her marry him without protest … He had even disregarded the fact that the members of her fraternity would laugh at him and say that he was dull and didn't understand lust.
Although he didn't expect her to fall in love with him, he didn't want her to marry him because she had to take responsibility for being eaten by him.
Now, she was already his wife, so he could eat her and nibble on her openly. Not to mention doing it seven times a night, even if he had to do it with her in bed every day, he wasn't afraid that she would get the wrong idea … He was actually a man with a strong desire … Of course, the target must be her — — the bride he had decided on eight years ago when he fell in love with her at first sight …
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