Chapter 34: The Little Crybaby

Graceful appearance?

Lin Yaoyao nodded. To be fair, Lin Feiyuan did have a handsome face.

“Third Brother, I’m very familiar with the madam at Tianxiang Tower. With your looks, you could earn a good amount of money there. Once you have the money, you can redeem those treasures!”

“Tianxiang Tower?” Baozi was shocked. The Fifth Miss was trying to sell the Third Young Master.

Sell himself to pay off his debts!

Lin Feiyuan shuddered and crossed his arms over his chest.

Wow. He knew Lin Yaoyao loved to pull little tricks, but he didn’t think she would actually try to sell him.

“I… I sell my skills, not my body! No, I’m not selling! I’m not selling anything! I’d rather die than give in!”

Lin Feiyuan was so scared he was tripping over his words.

Hahaha. Lin Yaoyao laughed so hard she had to hold her stomach with one hand.

Lin Feiyuan really was a fool!

In three months, even if Lin Feiyuan worked day and night serving ten guests at once, he wouldn’t earn much silver.

Lin Yaoyao had clearly been messing with him, yet Lin Feiyuan actually believed it. No wonder he fell for “pig butchering” scams.

“Alright, I won’t sell you! This is cloud mist grass. Take it, and later have Baozi apply it for you.”

Cloud mist grass was very rare, a miraculous herb for wounds. It could heal injuries quickly and left no scars.

Lin Feiyuan declined. There was no need. Such a good spiritual herb should be kept for his sister. A scar or two didn’t matter for a man like him.

“Yaoyao, you should keep something this good for yourself. My little wound doesn’t need it.”

Lin Yaoyao’s heart trembled slightly. In her previous life, all the good things at home went to her younger brother.

In that family, the rule was that good things always went to her younger brother. Lin Yaoyao had to obey.

In this world she had transmigrated to, Lin Yaoyao finally felt what it was like to be loved and protected by family.

“Third Brother, I have a lot of cloud mist grass in my courtyard. Whenever you need more, just have Baozi come pick it.”

The two mu of spiritual soil in Lin Yaoyao’s courtyard could ripen spiritual herbs in ten days. Ordinary spirit star grass, once planted, turned into cloud mist grass.

The soil’s effect was just as the system had said: it could upgrade the quality of spiritual plants.

The maid Xia He, who tended the herbs, once thought she had seen wrong. She had never seen anything so strange.

They said you reap what you sow, but this was like planting beans and getting melons.

Chunyu explained it as Lin Yaoyao had instructed: this spiritual soil was a gift from a hidden master, and its effects were extraordinary.

“What? You can just pick cloud mist grass?”

Lin Feiyuan’s mouth fell open. Cloud mist grass was a rare spiritual herb, worth a fortune.

His sister made it sound like it was common roadside grass that grew everywhere.

“Yaoyao, do you really have cloud mist grass in your courtyard?”

Cloud mist grass could only survive in places dense with spiritual energy. Lin Feiyuan refused to believe Lin Yaoyao had it in her yard.

Lin Yaoyao lazily nodded, wearing an expression like believe it or not.

Her courtyard had more than just cloud mist grass. There were other top-grade spiritual herbs as well. If she listed them all, Lin Feiyuan would probably be stunned.

Lin Feiyuan grabbed Lin Yaoyao, insisting on going to her courtyard to see for himself.

Seeing is believing!

Just as they were about to head out, a group of people came toward Lin Feiyuan’s courtyard.

“Big Brother, Brother Xiao, why are you here?”

Big Brother Lin Qingshan sat in a wheelchair, thin and haggard. Brother Xiao Lin Xiaotian had a bloodless face, with dry, cracked pale lips. He walked slowly, supported by servants on both sides.

Lin Yaoyao hurried over to help Lin Xiaotian sit down on the soft couch.

Lin Xiaotian had been confined to bed for years, and his mobility had slowly deteriorated. A short walk left him gasping for breath.

Cough, cough, cough…

The violent coughing broke the silence of the night and added a touch of chill.

Lin Yaoyao quickly poured Lin Xiaotian a cup of warm water, which eased his discomfort.

“Xiaotian, if you needed something, you could have sent someone to tell us. Why come all this way in person? How can you not take better care of yourself?”

Lin Xiaotian had forced his frail body to come see Lin Feiyuan this late. Lin Feiyuan felt sorry for him. The words were meant to show concern, but somehow they came out sounding like blame.

Lin Xiaotian’s lips were pale. He shivered, looking like he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Lin Yaoyao shot Lin Feiyuan a glare. Brother Xiao came all the way out of kindness, and you’re already picking on him.

Third Brother’s IQ aside, his EQ was pretty worrying too. Lin Yaoyao stepped in to smooth things over.

“Big Brother, Brother Xiao, how come you came together?”

Lin Qingshan said gently, “I ran into Brother Xiao on the way.”

It turned out they hadn’t arranged it. They just happened to meet.

Lin Qingshan handed Lin Yaoyao a storage ring. It looked familiar, like she had seen it somewhere before.

“Yaoyao, here are six million spirit stones. Take them for now to cover urgent expenses. The storeroom is missing a lot of spirit stones, so we need to think of other options.”

Six million spirit stones!

Lin Feiyuan and Lin Yaoyao exchanged a look. Big Brother was truly loaded!

Lin Qingshan had emptied out the family’s entire savings.

No wonder the ring looked familiar. Lin Qingshan had even brought out the “mental distress compensation” Zhang Lingyu paid.

“Big Brother, we can’t take this! These spirit stones are what you rely on.”

Lin Yaoyao pushed the ring back into Lin Qingshan’s arms. Her big brother had already suffered so much recently, and he had finally scraped together some money for himself. Yet here he was, worrying about his younger siblings again.

Lin Qingshan held the ring out to her once more, hand suspended in midair. Lin Yaoyao turned her body away, refusing to accept it.

“Take it.”

Seeing this, Lin Qingshan stuffed it into Lin Feiyuan’s hands. Lin Feiyuan dodged left and right. Lin Qingshan chased him around the room in his wheelchair.

The others didn’t dare say anything. In the past, whenever Lin Feiyuan caused trouble, Lin Qingshan would chase him around the room to beat him.

Now everything had changed. Big Brother was chasing him in a wheelchair, but he only wanted to give him spirit stones.

Lin Feiyuan stopped abruptly. With a thud, he fell to his knees.

“Big Brother, I was wrong!”

He would rather have his brother chase him and beat him like before. Lin Feiyuan lowered his head and sobbed.

Lin Qingshan was caught off guard. He knew Lin Feiyuan’s temperament well: stubborn and unyielding, never quick to admit fault.

“Third Brother!”

Lin Feiyuan leaned against Lin Qingshan, sobbing quietly.

Lin Qingshan leaned forward and patted his head, deeply gratified. His third brother had finally grown up.

He turned to look at Lin Yaoyao, whose eyes were red. His fifth sister had grown up too.

“It’s nothing. Big Brother is here.”

Wah wah wah…

Lin Feiyuan burst into loud wails. In the past, every time Big Brother scolded him, he would say that if he made a mistake later, no one would take the blame for him. Now he had really made a grave mistake, and every family member was doing everything they could for him, giving all they had.

After a while, seeing that Lin Feiyuan had calmed down, Lin Yaoyao teased, “Today I finally saw it. Third Brother is a little crybaby!”

A little crybaby!

The troublemaker had turned into a crybaby. The servants couldn’t help covering their mouths and giggling.

The Fifth Miss was bold indeed, daring to make fun of even the unruly Third Young Master.

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