After the banquet, it was soon evening.
Lin Zhongtian had been holding his breath at the banquet in the daytime. Lin Qingshuang was humiliated in public and was still making a fuss. He had not come for the gift at all, and it was his guards who came on his behalf.
The whole wedding was extremely weird, with an atmosphere of forced buying and selling. It was impossible to organize it. Lin Zhongtian wished that as few people knew about it as possible.
In order to avoid any accidents, Lin Qinghen didn't even leave the courtyard. He was dressed in a very perfunctory red dress and covered with a red gauze veil, and then he was pushed out of the room to the middle of the courtyard.
The people from the Yin family were standing outside, and none of them looked good.
Except for the blind Yin Jiuxiao, he had an obvious smile on his face and looked like the only one who was willing to do it in this place.
There was a platform in the middle of the yard. Generally speaking, when getting married, one would go to the city's marriage goddess temple to worship, but the Lin family ignored the usual practice and directly brought back a small stone statue of marriage.
The wedding ribbon is placed in front of the stone statue. When the time comes, the destined person approaches it. It keeps emitting soft pink light, which makes it look a little festive, but at least it doesn't make the whole occasion too cold.
There is no complicated process, it is best to resolve this matter quickly.
Lin Qinghen was pushed by the guards and fell to Yin Jiuxiao's side. The two of them were pulled in front of the marriage statue, and he had to rely on the other person to help him stand up.
Yin Jiuxiao did not let go. After helping him up, he took the opportunity to hold his hand.
Neither of them spoke, and Lin Qinghen did not shake off his hand. The two of them just held hands inexplicably in this weird atmosphere, and there was something of the flavor of a pair of star-crossed mandarin ducks.
To fulfill the marriage contract with the spouse, a drop of blood must be dripped into the marriage statue at the appropriate time, and both parties then recite the oath.
The auspicious time had arrived and the knife was placed on the table. The guard wanted to do it himself but was stopped by Lin Qinghen.
"Don't bother you," he said, "I can do it myself."
Yin Jiuxiao smiled when he heard this, and followed his movements, both of them stretched out their hands.
The tip of the knife pierced a little, and two drops of blood fell, and the body and wedding dress became bright all over. In the light, a few lines of words floated in the air.
This is the oath that the marriage statue and the bride give to them.
Yin Jiuxiao couldn't see it, Lin Qinghen pulled at his clothes, meaning that he should follow her and recite every word.
"This is now written down, and they will become a perfect couple.
We are of one mind and help each other sincerely.
May your marriage last forever and you live together till old age."
The oath was quite auspicious. For the two of them who were forced to get together, the marriage stone gave them the best kind, a rare and auspicious fortune.
This was also one of the necessary procedures, but the other party read it very seriously. He said a sentence and Yin Jiuxiao repeated it, his voice was neither too loud nor too soft, and if you listened carefully, it had a somewhat tender meaning.
After the oath was finished, the marriage ceremony dissipated immediately. During this process, the spiritual energy left by the two elders penetrated into the brows of the two people in the form of two streams of light.
Lin Qinghen didn't feel too bad. He absorbed the spiritual energy very slowly. This spiritual energy was indeed strong, but now it could only be stored in his body for him to digest slowly.
With his limited talent, he might not be able to fully digest it in his lifetime. He felt that Yin Jiuxiao should be similar to him.
After the ceremony, the two people were "sent to the bridal chamber", which actually meant finding another yard and stuffing them in there.
The wedding was already done, and the Yin family was no longer of any value, so Lin Zhongtian took this opportunity to have this group of people move out of the better guest rooms in the central area and move all to the dilapidated courtyard, so that he would not be bothered by them when they were not around.
Lin Zhongtian has always been very utilitarian. The Yin family was already angry enough, so they didn't care about this one more thing.
And they didn't plan to stay any longer. They would have the wedding tonight and leave tomorrow.
Lin Qinghen and Yin Jiuxiao sat on the edge of the bed. He felt a musty smell in the air. Today's events were very perfunctory. When he recalled them, he found it somewhat funny. He turned to look at Yin Jiuxiao, but said nothing.
This person seemed to be in a very good mood, as if he really regarded himself as a newlywed couple. As soon as he sat down, Yin Jiuxiao lifted up his red veil.
He held Lin Qinghen with one hand, and with the other hand he slowly probed little by little, and finally moved to his face.
He touched Lin Qinghen's mask.
"Why are you wearing this?" Lin Qinghen saw him frowning in confusion.
"I have a birthmark on my face, all over my face. I don't want to scare people, so I wear it all the time," Lin Qinghen replied, "I'm used to it, and it saves me a lot of trouble."
Yin Jiuxiao touched the mask, and Lin Qinghen heard his tone soften a little: "Take it off."
This old house was not even very stingy with the minerals used for lighting, but with this little bit of light that was just right, when he looked at Yin Jiuxiao, he felt like he was looking at a beauty under the lamp.
Even his blind grey eyes showed some brilliance.
For a moment, Lin Qinghen even doubted whether this person was blind, but in his interactions with Yin Jiuxiao, none of his reactions seemed fake. He never expected that this person had much more experience than him and was so good at pretending.
Lin Qinghen hesitated for a moment, listened to him, and took off the mask.
"You can't see it even if you pick it up..."
He muttered softly.
"I know."
Then he heard Yin Jiuxiao's answer, and his hand touched his face very lightly.
"I just feel uncomfortable wearing a mask all the time," Yin Jiuxiao said, "I can't see it anyway, Qinghen doesn't have to wear it in front of me, and it will be the same in the future. I don't care about this, and you can relax a little."
There is some sincerity in these words.
Yin Jiuxiao could see it, but his expression did not change when he saw this face full of birthmarks.
Beauty is just skin and bones, it's only skin deep.
He had experienced walking through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and had seen all kinds of hideous faces. Such a small blue birthmark could not scare him at all.
Lin Qinghen took off the mask, revealing his eyes. When he looked up at him, he felt lively and he liked her.
He became interested and wanted to get to know Lin Qinghen better. Especially after Lin Qinghen took off his mask, Yin Jiuxiao took the opportunity to take a closer look.
He felt that the surrounding part was a bit strange, as if there was something artificial connecting the birthmark on his face. In other words, there were actually not that many birthmarks on Lin Qinghen's face.
Pretending again.
Lin Qinghen took off his mask and stared at the other person carefully. Yin Jiuxiao's expression did not change at all.
It seems that he is really blind.
Indeed, wearing a mask all the time is not a good experience. You will often feel stuffy, and even the softest leather will be uncomfortable when it rubs against your face.
But this face is indeed scary. This is the first person who says he doesn't care and refuses to wear this thing.
A soft touch passed through Lin Qinghen's heart. No matter what, Yin Jiuxiao was indeed very much to his liking. Every conversation would make him feel much better.
This year, it was the first time he met someone who could talk to him about this. Yu Yinyin was different. She was cold in the first few years, but then she gradually got better.
He had always had bad luck, but now he finally had good luck and met someone who shared the same suffering as him, who understood him without much explanation and who thought he was a good person.
Stop it, it has come to this.
Lin Qinghen sighed, then reached out and gently held Yin Jiuxiao, who was a head taller than him, in his arms.
"I'm ugly, so you can't see it. If you think about it carefully, we are a perfect match. Don't worry, even though I don't have much money right now, I can still support you by growing vegetables in the future." Lin Qinghen said, patting his shoulder, "Let's make a vow and sign a marriage contract. From now on, as long as I have something to eat, you won't starve."
When they made the marriage contract, it was the highest level of marriage, and divorce was difficult, so they were bound together for life.
Well, this is fate, he will be responsible for Yin Jiuxiao.
Yin Jiuxiao was suddenly hugged by him and was stunned when he heard his words.
He had planned everything in his mind, and Lin Qinghen's words were really unexpected. For a moment, he couldn't tell what he felt in his heart.
He held the arm of such a tiny ugly duckling, who was so thin and small, yet he could still say such words about raising him.
On the one hand, he's silly and gullible, but on the other hand... he's kind of cute.
He reached out and touched Lin Qinghen's hair, feeling somewhat happy that he had gotten what he wanted.
In general, this marriage was not a mistake. If it was not Lin Qingshuang in the previous life, but him...
Anyway, there is no point in thinking about this.
Lin Qinghen took the initiative to throw himself into his arms, and he was reluctant to let go of her.
Moreover, Yin Jiuxiao lowered his head and smelled a faint scent of grass and wood around his neck.
Lin Qinghen felt him rubbing against his neck. He felt itchy and subconsciously pushed him away, moving a little further away, but their faces were still close.
On the wedding night, in this atmosphere, Lin Qinghen was bewitched by this face again. When he saw the moment when they were about to breathe entangled, he saw Yin Jiuxiao frowning, as if some injury was affected.
Because they were close, Lin Qinghen felt that the breath on his body seemed to be disordered all of a sudden, and then Yin Jiuxiao twitched in pain and fell on the bed with his head tilted back.
Yin Jiuxiao didn't expect such an accident to happen.
He quickly realized the cause of this incident, which was the spiritual source placed between his eyebrows.
In his previous life, he absorbed two spiritual sources at the same time by coincidence. Under special circumstances, he was unconscious for a long time and finally survived.
But generally speaking, spiritual energy can be digested slowly, and Yin Jiuxiao doesn't plan to be unconscious for such a long time again this time, and now he is still in the Lin family, which is not a good time or a good environment.
Anyway, no one could snatch it away, so he originally planned to take it bit by bit, and the magic source stored in the jade pendant he carried with him had not yet been absorbed.
But it seems that things are not as he imagined.
The spiritual source was his key. The way it mobilized and influenced the aura in his body was different from that of ordinary people. When it first entered his body, he had not yet completely controlled it. Once it was slightly stimulated, he could not suppress it.
Yin Jiuxiao's mood just happened to be agitated, which allowed this thing to gain the upper hand.
As soon as he fell down, all the charming aura disappeared.
Lin Qinghen had heard that Yin Jiuxiao lost all his spiritual power due to backlash, and the disease often relapsed. He was afraid that the scene below was like this.
"I'm fine."
Yin Jiuxiao had not yet fallen into a coma. After all, he still had a vein of spiritual energy, which was not yet at the level of unconsciousness. He could still talk to Lin Qinghen with a hoarse voice.
"It happened occasionally before, it will be fine after a while."
How come this body is weaker than mine
Lin Qinghen breathed a sigh of relief, but thought to himself that he would have to take good care of him in the future and not ask him to do tiring work.