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Chapter 128 Lin Qingwei's Little Thoughts

Chapter 128 Lin Qingwei's Little Thoughts

After Shen Rong left.

Lin Qingwei came out of the kitchen carrying two plates of food.

Shen Yan noticed that her face was smeared with black ash, but her smile remained sweet.

"I've casually prepared two small dishes; I don't know if they suit your taste, young master."

Lin Qingwei stood awkwardly to the side; Shen Yan hadn't expected her to go cook.

Shen Yan had already eaten dinner, and the stove in the house had not been used for a long time, so there was naturally no food.

Surprisingly, she was able to start a fire and cook a meal.

Unable to refuse the beauty's kindness, Shen Yan took a couple of bites. Although the taste wasn't as good as in the restaurant, it was still quite decent.

He was somewhat surprised that Lin Qingwei, who came from an official family, could also cook.

"Glug!"

Shen Yan heard the sound of Lin Qingwei swallowing, and realized that she probably hadn't eaten dinner yet.

He said, "The cooking is quite good, please sit down and eat! I've already eaten."

Lin Qingwei's tense face immediately relaxed.

After dinner, Shen Yan asked, "Miss Lin, what are your plans for the future?"

"Before the incident, a wandering Taoist nun thought I had extraordinary talent and wanted to take me as her disciple. She agreed to bring me up the mountain after the New Year, but I never expected this incident to happen in my family."

After escaping, I planned to go up the mountain with her at the agreed time, and then, after mastering my skills, descend to take revenge. I will repay your kindness in my next life, serving you like a beast of burden.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yan smiled and said, "Now that you have a place to go, just wait patiently for a few days. I have a few empty rooms in my courtyard; you can stay there for a few days until your master comes to pick you up."

He thought to himself, "In my past life, after a hero saved a beauty, the woman would repay him with her body. How come in my case, I'm the one who has to repay this great kindness in the next life?"

The kindness of the beautiful woman was hard to forget, and his own many secrets made it inconvenient for him to start a family. Thinking of this, the slight disappointment in his heart quickly dissipated.

Lin Qingwei changed the subject and continued, "Having just met you today, young master, I am reminded of my father's teachings. If I were to simply leave, it would be too ungrateful of me. If you do not mind, young master, I am willing to offer myself to you to repay your great kindness."

"ah?!"

Shen Yan looked somewhat shocked, not expecting to be waiting here. Although he was secretly pleased, he was not blinded by the beauty.

Lin Qingwei's actions have put her in a difficult position, even though Lin Qingwei's enemies are not powerful and Shen Yan could easily crush them.

However, he had not forgotten Li Wu's lesson. Li Wu had only cultivated the "Longevity Technique" and yet he had still managed to bring about such a great disaster.

The secrets Shen Yan carries are many times greater, and if they were to be discovered, his fate would be far more tragic.

Shen Yan said solemnly, "Of all virtues, filial piety is the most important. As a daughter, how can you not avenge your parents' death? You should focus on cultivating on the mountain and taking revenge. I am just doing this for someone else, and I can't offer you any great favor."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qingwei looked at Shen Yan with a hint of resentment, sighed, and said, "My appearance is too plain for your liking, sir. I do not ask for any title or status; I am content to be your concubine."

Shen Yan's heart was struck hard. After taking a deep breath, he said, "Miss Lin is too modest. You are so beautiful that any man would be moved. However, I dare not deceive you. I only managed to get you out of the women's prison after receiving a thousand taels of silver from Ma Danian. You really don't need to be so modest."

"I know what you say is true, young master. I know how difficult it is to escape from a women's prison. If it weren't for your help, young master, let alone a thousand taels of silver, even ten thousand taels of silver would have been an impossible task."

Lin Qingwei frowned slightly, her beautiful eyes filled with melancholy.

She didn't understand why Shen Yan rejected her. In the Great Zhou Dynasty, it was perfectly normal for men to have multiple wives and concubines. She didn't ask for any official status, and Shen Yan hadn't married her either.

It was quite bold of her to say those words.

Lin Qingwei could only sigh in her heart, "Young Master Shen is truly a gentleman, a hundred times better than those self-proclaimed gentlemen."

She believed that she was not bad-looking and had a good figure, and that she was outstanding even in Bianjing.

Before the misfortune befell the family, suitors came in droves, wearing down the threshold.

But when things went wrong, they all avoided each other like the plague, and after they were imprisoned, not a single person came to visit them.

Only the person drinking the water knows whether it's hot or cold. If this hadn't happened, how could we have seen their true colors?

Lin Qingwei thought to herself, "Only Young Master Shen would go to such lengths to help someone just because of Uncle Ma's word."

Shen Yan was naturally unaware of Lin Qingwei's thoughts, but he did not expend much effort on this matter.

It's not in his nature to take advantage of someone's kindness. It's normal for Lin Qingwei to be somewhat dependent on him, her savior, now that she's just escaped.

After all, he didn't know much about what a women's prison was, but he knew the conditions of the Heavenly Prison all too well.

Moreover, the guards of the women's prison were eunuchs and palace maids, so it probably wasn't much better than the imperial prison.

Shen Yan had no choice but to harden his heart and continue, "Now that you have been given a new life, you should naturally do something more meaningful, rather than becoming someone's concubine and bearing children for others."

Hearing Shen Yan's words, Lin Qingwei felt even more admiration for him.

Her eyes were filled with determination as she spoke to Shen Yan, "Young Master is truly a gentleman. Since you are unwilling to take Qingwei in, then I will go up the mountain with my master. Once I have avenged our blood feud, I will surely come back to repay your great kindness."

"It is only right that way. How can you talk about starting a family when you haven't avenged your parents? I wish you all the best in your studies so that you can avenge your parents soon."

Hearing this, Shen Yan breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a little disappointed.

If Lin Qingwei had persisted a little longer, he might have agreed.

After all, it's hard not to be moved by a beautiful woman looking at him with such resentment and deep affection.

Shen Yan settled him in the room where his father had lived before his death.

There was no one left in Lin Qingwei's home; her parents had long been beheaded.

Even the disabled residents were helped by Ma Danian to clean up their homes, which had long been confiscated.

She is now indeed homeless.

Although Lin Qingwei was present today, Shen Yan still practiced his martial arts in the courtyard.

This had long been a habit of his, and Lin Qingwei, upon seeing this, quickly hid inside the house.

Seeing that she had already turned off the lights and was resting, Shen Yan looked at her room and sighed, saying, "It's better for men and women to keep things pure. Just talk for an hour, exchange money for goods. If feelings get mixed in, it's a real hassle."

Shen Yan was about to leave Bianjing and needed to settle his duties in the imperial prison.

However, with Yang Wanli and the others helping to keep an eye on things, nothing serious should happen in the prison.

However, these jailers were very lazy and prone to making mistakes when no one was watching them.

Shen Yan was afraid that if he returned to Jiangnan Prefecture, these bastards would cause him some more trouble.

If something happens in this prison, he'll be the first to suffer.

These past few days.

The Shen family was preparing for Shen Ci's trip south. Although Shen Yan was his personal bodyguard, he was accompanied by tens of thousands of Vermilion Bird soldiers.

No one should dare to lay a hand on him, but there's always a chance of something going wrong.

After all, the people of Jiangnan Prefecture had even killed two imperial envoys; it was hard to imagine what else they wouldn't dare to do.