Chapter 44: Underestimating Him
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Zhao Lingyin walked out of the Imperial Hospital with an icy expression. Lin Xiu followed closely behind, explaining, “I really was just learning how to take a pulse from Shuangshuang…”
Zhao Lingyin stopped, turned to look at him, and said, “Swear it.”
Lin Xiu raised four fingers of his right hand to the sky and solemnly declared, “I swear to the heavens, I was just learning how to take a pulse from Shuangshuang. If I have spoken a single lie, let me, let me…”
Lin Xiu looked at Zhao Lingyin, and she looked back at him, urging, “Continue…”
Lin Xiu’s lips moved, but no sound came out.
This isn’t right!
According to the usual routine, shouldn’t Lingyin cover his mouth before he could say “Let me be struck by lightning” and say something like, “Alright, alright, I believe you…”?
Why wasn’t she following the script?
Was there truly no trust between them?
Seeing his silence, Zhao Lingyin said, “What’s wrong? Don’t know how to swear? Do you need me to teach you? Repeat after me: ‘If I have spoken a single lie, let me be struck by lightning and die a horrible death…'”
How could Lin Xiu make such an oath?
As a transmigrator, his materialistic ideology and scientific worldview had been shattered into pieces by that meteorite. What if, after making a false oath, the heavens really struck him with lightning? Who would he complain to?
He wasn’t Li Baizhang, he didn’t have the ability to withstand lightning.
But he also couldn’t tell Lingyin that he was just after Shuangshuang’s ability; that would be tantamount to exposing his biggest secret.
Looking into Zhao Lingyin’s eyes, Lin Xiu could only lower his head and slowly say, “Alright, I admit it. I just wanted to touch a girl’s hand. I’m shameless…”
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Lin Xiu felt that one should be honest. Besides, he was never a good man. What he pursued was a galloping horse, an entire fishpond, not just one horse or one fish…
Lingyin had to change her perception of him.
Faced with such an honest Lin Xiu, Zhao Lingyin was speechless.
Soon, anger appeared on her face, and she questioned, “Didn’t you promise me that before our engagement is broken, you wouldn’t have intimate relations with other women? You’re not keeping your word!”
Lin Xiu explained, “But that was just holding hands, no, not even holding hands. You saw it yourself, whether it was Caiyi or Shuangshuang, I only placed my fingers on their wrists. Does that count as an intimate relationship?”
Zhao Lingyin recalled the scene and realized that Lin Xiu seemed to be right. If this counted as an intimate relationship, wouldn’t every doctor be a lecher?
This couldn’t go on. Lin Xiu asked, “When is your sister coming back?”
He was waiting for Zhao Lingjun’s return to break off the engagement with her.
Zhao Lingyin said angrily, “I don’t know.”
Lin Xiu complained inwardly, Why are you running around all the time? Aren’t you delaying things for others? It makes it seem like I’m cheating when I take a girl’s pulse, and I have to be careful not to be discovered by my future sister-in-law. When will these days end…
Just then, Zhao Lingyin suddenly said, “Lin Xiu.”
She usually didn’t call him by his name. This unusual behavior made Lin Xiu feel uneasy. He distanced himself slightly from her before asking, “What is it?”
Zhao Lingyin looked at him and asked, “Do you have someone you like?”
Lin Xiu asked in surprise, “Why would you say that?”
Zhao Lingyin said, “From when you were little until you were eighteen, you would mention your engagement with my sister to everyone. Why do you suddenly want to break it off now? Do you have someone you like?”
Lin Xiu was stunned. Uncertainly, he asked, “Mention it to everyone? Did I?”
Zhao Lingyin nodded.
Lin Xiu thought, That’s the previous owner’s fault, it has nothing to do with me. He could only explain, “I was young and frivolous back then, don’t take it to heart…”
Zhao Lingyin continued, “Then why do you want to break off this engagement? You know, no matter which woman you want to marry, she can’t compare to my sister…”
Lin Xiu originally wanted to say that he didn’t need to get married. With his looks and physique, as long as he was willing, countless women would throw themselves at him. He could change one a day, one a month, why hang himself on one tree?
Unsurprisingly, he would definitely get a beating if he said that.
So Lin Xiu decisively kept it to himself.
At this moment, he suddenly had a brainwave. If he had a woman he admired, wouldn’t he have a legitimate reason to break off the engagement?
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Lin Xiu’s expression suddenly became serious. He looked at Zhao Lingyin, sighed softly, and said, “I didn’t think you would see through me…”
Zhao Lingyin was taken aback, then pressed, “There really is someone? Who is it? Is it the actress from Lihua Garden?”
Lingyin was so thoughtful, she even had a candidate prepared for him. Lin Xiu went along with her, “Yes.”
Zhao Lingyin frowned and asked, “Do you think she can compare to my sister?”
Lin Xiu shook his head and said, “You don’t understand love. When you truly like someone, you only have eyes for her. Forget your sister, even a celestial fairy would pale in comparison.”
“Then why did you touch that female imperial physician’s hand?”
“…”
“I also heard that you were very close to Xue Ninger in the Mystical Arts Academy. You even fought with others over her…”
“…”
Lin Xiu thought for a moment, then tentatively asked, “Can I say I like all three of them?”
Zhao Lingyin suddenly laughed and asked, “Don’t tell me you want to say that you like all beautiful women?”
Lin Xiu said embarrassedly, “Well, everyone loves beauty. I just want to give all beautiful girls a warm home. Is that wrong…?”
Zhao Lingyin snorted coldly and said, “I almost fell for it. Someone like you, how could you not like my sister? Don’t tell me you just want to indulge yourself one last time before getting married?”
Lin Xiu hurriedly said, “I didn’t, I really didn’t!”
Zhao Lingyin looked at him coldly and said, “I won’t believe you again. If I see you flirting around again, I won’t be polite!”
Life is full of things beyond one’s control.
Once dreamed of roaming the world with a sword, but who knew marriage and children would come so early.
Once dreamed of galloping on horseback and experiencing all the flowers, but alas, there’s a disobedient sister-in-law.
Lingyin didn’t believe him, and Lin Xiu had no way to deal with it, because he couldn’t beat her.
However, her regarding him as her future brother-in-law had at least one advantage: she would continue to provide him with assistance in his cultivation. Lin Xiu’s current cultivation entirely depended on her. If this relationship were to disappear, she probably wouldn’t bother with him anymore.
At most, he would be more careful when copying women’s abilities in the future, making sure she wouldn’t discover him.
After returning home, Lin Xiu closed his door and took out a silver ingot from his money pouch.
He placed the silver in his palm, and the next moment, the silver ingot vanished into thin air.
With a thought, Lin Xiu made the silver ingot reappear in his hand.
This was the spatial ability he had just acquired.
It was also the last ability Lin Xiu obtained before his second ability awakening.
The silver didn’t disappear into thin air; it was transferred by him into a personal space. The space wasn’t large, only about a meter square, and it wasn’t very useful, but it was more than enough for storing some personal items.
Lin Xiu had already learned about spatial abilities before.
Every time he awakened, the volume of the space would increase significantly. After three awakenings, the usable space would be huge, enough to transport grain, heavy objects, and so on. In short, anything that could be touched by hand and could fit within the space could be transferred into his personal space, provided it was inanimate…
Living things could also be stored, but that was something that could be done after three awakenings. And whether they were still alive when they came out was uncertain.
As for what mutations this ability would undergo after four awakenings, no one knew for now, because spatial abilities couldn’t be cultivated; awakening depended entirely on luck. The most anyone had ever awakened was three times.
While Lin Xiu was familiarizing himself with his new ability, a figure, holding his forehead, stumbled out of the Imperial Palace.
Wang Wei still couldn’t understand why he had lost to Lin Xiu. Was it really because he was unlucky and chose a flimsy wooden sword?
Looking up and seeing a carriage parked not far ahead, Wang Wei’s expression changed. He hurried over, stood in front of the carriage, and respectfully said, “Young Master…”
A voice came from inside the carriage, “How did it go?”
Wang Wei said Annoyed, “I had a chance to cripple him, but I was unlucky…”
The voice paused for a moment before slowly saying, “Once is bad luck, twice is bad luck, but it can’t be bad luck every time. It seems I have underestimated him…”
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