Lu Lin was lying in bed, feeling tired and dizzy. He sneaked into the store and had some biscuits to replenish his strength.
Lu Lin looked at himself in the mirror, the host and he resembled each other. The host was skinny and thin, they would look more alike if he could rest and eat well. Lu Lin suddenly heard many footsteps.
“Xiao Lin, hmm, you still look half dead, can we send you to Chen Xiao Mi like this?” Lu Lin’s First Aunt immediately replied: “What are you talking about? He’s fine, all he needs now is a happy event like his own wedding, it’ll make him right in no time!”
Lu Lin didn’t say a word, he had kept his mouth shut ever since he found himself having moved if they knew who he really was.
Lu Lin couldn’t help but roll his eyes towards First Aunt when he heard ‘a happy event like his own wedding was what he needs’, was it really a happy event?
A villager asked hesitantly: “Are you going to send him to Chen Xiao Mi just like that, have you prepared anything for him?”
Lu Lin married into Chen Xiao Mi’s family, but it was customary to prepare a dowry for the ‘bride’.
“Aiya, how can we prepare a dowry for him, we don’t even have enough food to keep the pot boiling. I heard that Chen Xiao Mi is a great hunter, I say our Xiao Lin will live a happy life there, maybe he can eat meat from time to time!”
Hearing that, the villagers looked at each other in despair. Since they had all been talking about Lu Lin and Chen Xiao Mi’s marriage, they all thought Lu Lin would become a slave like a horse after he married that ferocious Bio.
Chen Xiao Mi had always hunted in the mountains, most likely Lu Lin would also have to go to the mountains. Chen Xiao Mi was endowed with great strength and he was not afraid of wild beasts, but Lu Lin might die from hunting.
They couldn’t believe First Aunt Lu would sugarcoat it for him like this, but no one said anything, it was none of their business.
With that, the villagers carried Lu Lin who was lying on the door plank to Chen Xiao Mi’s small house. Lu Lin fell asleep on the way again, he was indeed too weak.
Everyone in the Lu Family breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Lu Lin’s departing figure.
“Mom, we finally got rid of that bastard!” Exclaimed Lu Tong, First Aunt Lut’s daughter.
Lu Tong had to do a lot of the farm work that Lu Lin was responsible for since he fell ill, Lu Tong had seen Lu Lin as a thorn in her side for a while.
“This little bastard, can you believe he’s trying so hard to kill himself like we treated him unfairly. He should look at himself in the mirror and know his place, he should be grateful that there is someone willing to marry him.”
Lu Tong laughed: “Good thing he’s gone now, Grandma said he’s a bad star, maybe he’s the reason why my elder brother failed the imperial exam.”
First Aunt smiled: “That must be it, the astrologer said that your elder brother will have a successful official career, that bastard must be weighing on your elder brother.”
Lu Lin finally gained energy after the break, and he heard two strangers talking about him.
“Eldest brother, look at him, he’s so sickly, is he dying?” It was Chen Xiao Cai, he was unhappy with Lu Lin committing suicide to not marry his eldest brother. Chen Xiao Cai had always seen his eldest brother as a hero, and he hated the villagers who slandered Chen Xiao Mi’s name.
‘Humph, there is no way my eldest brother would have married you if not for that stupid fine!’ Chen Xiao Cai thought.
Chen Xiao Mi did not seem to care: “I don’t care if he’s dying or not, we’ve already registered with the government office, I don’t need to pay that stupid fine anymore.”
“Should we call a doctor for him?” Chen Xiao Cai asked.
Chen Xiao Mi narrowed her eyes: “No need, he will still kill himself if he is determined to die even if we call a doctor for him, I don’t want to waste money like that. Plus, we don’t have much money anymore.”
“Winter is coming, hunting will become difficult, we need to use money wisely, we need more blankets, more plants, and our house needs renovation, you and Mai are my priority, not this stranger!”
Chen Xiao Mi decided to leave Lu Lin’s life to fate.
“The Lu’s sent him to us because they don’t want to spend money on doctors and medicine. Eldest brother, would they make a disturbance if he really died in our house?”
“He has married into our family now, plus he didn’t bring the dowry with him when they sent him to us, obviously they don’t want to have anything more with him. I will kick them out if they dare to make a scene.” Chen Xiao Mi scoffed.
Hearing that, Chen Xiao Cai admired his eldest brother even more.
Chen Xiao Mi stared at Lu Lin for a while, then said coldly: “I don’t care if he dies, we’ll have one less mouth to feed.”
Chen Xiao Cai shook his head: “We spent ten taels on him, we should at least ask him to do some farm work before he dies.”
Lu Lin had heard everything that the Chen Brothers had said.
‘No wonder the host would rather die than marry you, you sound so cruel!’ Lu Lin thought.
Lu Lin turned out to be just a tool, a tool to exempt stupid taxes! He didn’t feel like Chen Xiao Mi’s partner.
Lu Lin felt very depressed, other people ended up having a beautiful life after they transmigrated, but he ended up marrying a fierce Bio, he… he was very worried about his authority in this family in the future.
T/N:
Lu lin: This isn’t like the novels ༼ ༎ຶ ᆺ ༎ຶ༽
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