God-given mother: The villain cub is super clingy

Chapter 212 I am not your biological daughter

Ye Yin, who was daydreaming, suddenly felt a "hidden weapon" flying in from the window and subconsciously reached out to catch it.

"My dear disciple! Take a look at this for yourself! It's not given by the master, it's the rules of the wedding! When you... need a master, ah bah! You don't need a master!"

The sound was getting farther and farther away. When Ye Yin looked up, he could no longer see his master!

Confused, he opened the thing in his hand, then quickly closed it again! Then, someone's face turned red like Guan Gong! He didn't forget to look around!

Fortunately, no one was in the house!

However, he seemed to have forgotten that there were secret guards in the dark. He only felt that the book in his hand was very hot! He quickly found a place at the highest shelf and stuffed it in.

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief!

Shadow was confused and poked Anba beside him.

"What did Elder Xue give to the master? So mysterious?"

An Ba, observing his master's expression, had already guessed what was going on. He glanced at Shadow and spoke mysteriously.

"You really want to know?"

Shadow nodded seriously. Isn't this a nonsense? If the master could react like this, he must be very anxious to know.

Unexpectedly, An Ba smiled and said, "I'll give you a copy when you get married!"

This made Shadow even more curious! It was difficult to pry open An Ba's mouth, so it was better to start with the master.

He decided to take advantage of his master's inattention and watch it secretly.

So, he watched with his own eyes as his master hid the booklet on the top shelf of the study, pressing it down with a book. When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, Shadow quietly took it down and read it!

I blushed as soon as I opened the page. No wonder that brat An Ba said he was giving it to me on my wedding day! So this is it! Can the master use it? It's been used in combat for a long time!

He was just about to close it and put it back in its place, but he couldn't help but secretly flip through two pages. In the end, his face turned red and he quickly ran away.

The next day, he had a fever!

An Ba laughed at him, saying that he must have done something bad at night!

Shadow rarely refuted him and stayed in bed for two days! That thing had caused so much harm! It was originally the master's fault, so why did he have to suffer the consequences?

Hey! He always felt that he was suffering for his master!

At the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, Lin Chong finally took advantage of Lin Yue's free time after trying on the wedding dresses to meet with her to discuss the dowry. With him was the Crown Prince Lin Ping.

"Father is saying that some of Mother's dowry is no longer there? What does 'no longer there' mean?"

Lin Yue asked lightly, and Lin Chong's face turned slightly red. He just said that he was missing, but did not explain where he went.

"Yue'er, father..."

Lin Ping had a complicated expression. He knew that his father was embarrassed to say it directly, and that pulling him along meant that he needed to explain. He could only stand up and explain it for him.

"It's only now that I realize that all the splendor of the Marquis's Mansion is inseparable from your mother's dowry. However, some of the things have already been given away, and I don't know where they are now!"

"Yue'er, my father wants to exchange those things for silver and give them to you. What do you think?"

Lin Ping spoke with great difficulty, but he managed to fully express their meaning.

"Yes, what I gave away were antiques, calligraphy and paintings. It was also for the future of the Marquis' Mansion. Yue'er, I hope you can understand."

Lin Chong no longer felt embarrassed to speak out. Now that the words had been spoken, he would naturally speak in a more righteous manner, as it was the right thing to do for the sake of the Marquis' Mansion.

In fact, what Lin Yue wanted to know was what kind of conditions his mother and he had reached back then.

"Brother, I want to talk to father alone, is that okay?"

With his father's permission, Lin Ping left, leaving the space to the father and daughter.

"Father, I want to know about Mother."

Lin Chong was not very surprised. He seemed to have anticipated what Lin Yue wanted to talk to him, but he did not answer immediately and remained silent.

Lin Yue didn't urge him, but stood up, poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him.

"I know I'm not your biological daughter. Back then, mother and you weren't really married, right? Was it a deal between you? Or was there some kind of agreement?"

Lin Chong was a little surprised. He probably didn't expect Lin Yue to guess so much.

"Are these all your guesses?"

Lin Yue nodded.

"Back then, your mother and I weren't truly married. Although we didn't have a wedding banquet, she was my wife, and there was no doubt about that. We were husband and wife in name only, not in reality. It was a deal, an agreement, wasn't it?"

"I was born poor and nearly starved to death on the streets when I met your mother. She saved me and gave me a job so I could save money to take the imperial examination in Beijing. She was kind-hearted, but I knew I wasn't worthy of her, so I kept my feelings deep in my heart."

As if recalling that time in the past, Lin Chong's face was filled with deep yearning.

"But later, I heard that she was kicked out of her home, so I tried every possible way to find her and expressed my feelings."

Seeing the expression on his face, Lin Yue could imagine that the scene of a poor scholar falling in love with a rich girl at first sight actually happened to her own mother.

"But she politely declined my offer and even confessed that she was pregnant. I didn't know whose child it was, and only then did I realize that this was the reason she was kicked out of the house."

"In the end, perhaps I persuaded her, or perhaps out of consideration for you, she made three rules with me: her child needs a father, and she needs to give an explanation to her family. And I must recognize her, and more importantly, the child in her belly."

Needless to say, Lin Chong would definitely agree. Even if he didn't fall in love with her at first sight, his desire to repay her would make him agree to this condition.

"So, she became my nominal wife, and I recognized the child she was carrying. However, the Meng family still felt she was immoral, and coupled with my background... she left the Meng family with me."

Lin Chong's face was filled with a look of obsession, an expression that only appeared when one was immersed in happy memories. It seemed that those days must have been a very important time in his life.

"We bought a courtyard in the countryside, and I taught to earn money to study. A year passed like this. Shortly after you were born, she sent me to Beijing to take the imperial examination. If I had a promising future, she would give me half of her dowry to build a family and a career. If I found someone I loved, she would only ask for a divorce certificate..."

At this point, a layer of sadness appeared on Lin Chong's face.

"Two years later, I returned home in triumph, but she was already bedridden and dying. On her deathbed, she entrusted you to me, hoping that I would raise you and marry you off to a good family."

Lin Yue was a little confused. Since her mother already knew that she would not live long, why did she entrust her to Lin Chong? If she had money, wouldn't her personal maid be more trustworthy? Lin Chong couldn't possibly not marry! There were so many stepmothers in this world who couldn't tolerate someone who was not their own flesh and blood. Didn't she understand? What's more, she was not Lin Chong's biological daughter!