"Second Young Master Shen, I’m going back with my father now." Ah Chen bid farewell to Shen Xuan, "The storyteller at this teahouse is quite good, it was very interesting."
Lin Daming was still standing nearby. Shen Xuan sighed, what else could he say, he could only smile and say goodbye.
This is ancient society. When soone is about to leave and their parents co to pick them up, there’s no room for saying sothing like ’let’s go have a al first.’ Today, it could only be like this.
The thods he had in his head for pursuing a girl mostly weren’t suitable here.
[Aren’t you the solitary king? How do you even know how to pursue girls?] The system chid in, adding, [Host, I’m just curious.]
Over the past ten years, it had been quite stifling. Finally finding an opportunity to talk to the host, the system was eager to seize the mont, unwilling to let it slip by.
Shen Xuan had no solution for dealing with this system, and he couldn’t block it out.
He said: [I’ve never eaten pork, but I have seen pigs run, haven’t I? I’m not living in primitive tis; there are so many people around , and so many TV shows portray it. How could I not know how to make people happy? In the beginning, when I started my business, I was great at making clients happy. Making clients happy is similar to pursuing a girl, just find out what they like.]
His tone carried a hint of pride.
The system realized, that was indeed true.
[Host, as long as you work hard on your tasks, when your level is high enough, you’ll earn the ability to block out.] The system, of course, couldn’t miss this opportunity to encourage Shen Xuan.
The host dating around wasn’t bad either; it forced him to do tasks, and he beca more talkative.
Wouldn’t he need sothing fresh in the future to pursue girls? Maybe he should add so other rewards, the kind that would appeal to girls, yes, that’s feasible. Adding so small rewards, the system could make that decision on its own.
With things to please girls, it was hard to believe the host wouldn’t be tempted.
Shen Xuan: [Stop dreaming, I won’t proactively do tasks.]
The system fell silent, and Shen Xuan thought it had given up, while in fact, the system was busy selecting things girls liked that would suit this world.
"Why did you go to the teahouse with Second Young Master Shen?" Lin Daming asked, feeling anxious inside but fearing to frighten his daughter, "Did he invite you over?"
Ah Chen laughed, "No, I wanted to go, he just recomnded the place to ."
Lin Daming frowned deeply, recalling how recently Shen Xuan had often co to his family’s pork stall, thinking to himself that it wasn’t a good sign.
This kid didn’t seem to have good intentions!
But his daughter didn’t seem to mind, and even went with him to the teahouse to listen to stories. It looked like there was sothing going on.
He glanced around, ensuring no one was watching, and then asked softly, "Chenchen, did he say anything sweet to you? Don’t listen to any sweet talk from a man, just watch what he does."
"Dad, there were no sweet words, we just went to listen to stories." Ah Chen couldn’t keep from smiling.
Lin Daming was worried and softly asked again, "Chenchen, are you really interested in this Shen Xuan?"
Now he wasn’t calling him ’young master’ anymore, which obviously showed his dissatisfaction.
It wasn’t that he had anything against Shen Xuan personally, but the social status difference was there.
This was his precious daughter. With such a status gap, would their family agree to Shen Xuan marrying a wife of this status? Just thinking about her becoming a concubine was enough to make Lin Daming angry.
This was his precious daughter, how could he let her be a concubine? Regardless of how high the other party’s status was, to Lin Daming, it was unacceptable.
Of course, he doted on his daughter, and if she was determined, he couldn’t stop her.
That kid was indeed good-looking, even more so than Ying Bairong, no wonder he would srize his daughter.
"Dad, don’t worry." Ah Chen comforted, "Don’t you think he’s more into than I am into him? I won’t suffer a loss."
Lin Daming widened his eyes, "But girls always end up suffering more. Today, you went with him to the teahouse, and people might not say anything, but after a few days, the gossip will co."
He personally wasn’t that concerned about reputation, but others talking might hurt his daughter.
Ah Chen laughed, "Dad, does our family even have such a thing as a reputation anymore?"
Lin Daming hesitated for a mont, sighed, and admitted, alright, their family had already lost sothing like a reputation. Ever since the incident where she fell into the water, many who were considering their family had skipped over their Lin family. Even though his daughter was open and it was admirable, realistically, slightly better-off families wouldn’t consider them.
Lin Daming didn’t mind this himself but worried about his daughter’s sadness, so he never ntioned it, not expecting her to be aware.
In truth, it wasn’t just their Lin family; the Shi family’s girl was also not being considered by many good families anymore.
But they were ordinary families, and it wasn’t a big deal if they did get married; it depended on whether both parties were willing. For slightly further-off potential ties, it had no real effect.
"In our place, associating with n doesn’t carry the risk of being drowned in a pig cage, let others talk if they want," said Ah Chen.
Shen Xuan was a ti-traveler, his character hadn’t been assimilated here, his family clearly accepted him well, so what was there to fear? Since the gossip wouldn’t do anything to them, there was no need to worry.
If there really were practices like pig cage drownings hindering her affairs, perhaps it was ti to upend things and initiate so reform, for such harmful practices shouldn’t exist in the first place.
Seeing his daughter not being trapped by worries about reputation, Lin Daming felt a little relieved.
But he was still worried: "There’s a social status difference between you and Shen Xuan. Dad is afraid you’ll suffer. Now, he might have feelings for you, but what about later? With soone ordinary, if sothing happens, Dad can support you, so you won’t have to worry. But if sothing happens with Shen Xuan given his status, I won’t be able to support you or back you up. Also, being a concubine is like being a servant; apart from eating and dressing a bit better, it’s actually quite humiliating, Chenchen."
He had money, and his family didn’t lack food or clothing. Even if they stopped selling pork, he had so savings. He could say that as long as his daughter could stand on her own, she would never have to worry about food or drink in this life.
"Dad, you’re thinking too far ahead." Ah Chen handed him a handful of peanuts, the ones she got from the teahouse earlier, "I won’t be anyone’s concubine, so don’t worry."
Lin Daming was about to peel a peanut but paused when he heard this, lowering his voice: "Will Shen Xuan agree?"
"It doesn’t matter if he agrees or not, our Chenchen won’t be a concubine." Feeling a bit more at ease inside, Lin Daming had no desire to see his precious daughter serving anyone, just thinking about it made him angry.
For a mont, he had a strong urge to pack up and take his daughter back to that place of troubles, then resisted it.
That place wasn’t better than here anyway.
"That’s a matter for the future, for now, just get to know each other. Blind marriages and mute marriages aren’t suitable," Ah Chen said, "If we end up together, I won’t just not be a concubine; he can’t have anyone else either."
Lin Daming didn’t know the connection between her and Shen Xuan, so she didn’t elaborate, just stated her stance.
Lin Daming cald down, right, if Shen Xuan couldn’t manage the Shen Family’s side, it wouldn’t work out anyway.
Just dayti contact wasn’t enough; so n were particularly good at pretending. He planned to find an opportunity to check on Shen Xuan’s private life.
A man could pretend during the day, but probably not at night.
That night, Ah Chen suddenly opened her eyes. So late, where was her father going?
Could it be... he discovered sothing about the person behind Shi Wen during the day?
Although not worried about Lin Daming getting into trouble, her task was to be filial to him, and he naturally couldn’t die in an accident.
So as Lin Daming leapt out, she also disguised herself and leaped out to follow.
Lin Daming soon arrived on the roof of Shen Xuan’s room, from a gap, he could see there was still light inside.
So late, why wasn’t the kid sleeping, was he doing sothing outrageous?
Realizing the person in the room was Shen Xuan, she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. But since she had followed, she didn’t plan to leave now.
Peeling back a tile to peek inside, Lin Daming saw Shen Xuan holding a pen, writing sothing.
He was shocked, writing and studying so late? For a mont, he imagined so much, recalling all the darkness and struggle of the officialdom. Was Shen Xuan pretending to be a playboy?
[Host, there’s a master on the roof watching you.] The system’s voice echoed in Shen Xuan’s ear.
It made his hand tremble, spilling ink on the paper.
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