Chapter 99: The Bed Warmer

  Bed warmer

  "I want to go back to my own home." Yin Ruofei's whole body was not covered with a single thread, her face red to the point of bleeding, "You can't bully me!"

  "Bully you?" Rong Jingze hummed with a smile, "If you don't listen, I won't let you out the door, tie you to the bed and beat you every day!"

  Yin Ruofei's eyes reddened slightly as she saw Rong Jingze's smile, and suddenly pouted, "Master Uncle, you're deceiving me, you wouldn't treat me like this."

  Yin Ruofei's pitiful appearance and the weakness of having just recovered from a serious illness moved Rong Jingze's heart, making him want to hold him in his arms and rub him all over. However, this little guy looks gentle on the outside but is actually very stubborn inside, if he wasn't forced to come, he probably wouldn't have bent at all.

  If this is known by the senior brother, it's also not good, so let's just make it a bit dark.

  "Fei Er..." Rong Jing Ze's face revealed a hint of sorrow, "These days, in order to find you, my illness has relapsed..."

  "Ah!" Yin Ruofei was startled, and without thinking about his naked body, he hastily reached out to take Contemplative Tranquility's pulse. Taking care of Contemplative Tranquility was his responsibility, one that his master had repeatedly entrusted to him. If because of his own tantrum, Contemplative Tranquility were to have a relapse of his illness, how could he face his master? Moreover, Master Uncle had always been kind and protective towards him, teaching him skills, this matter he had handled was really inexcusable.

  Rong Jingze blocked Yin Ruofei's probing hand with his own, "It's all in the past."

  "Master Shu, I was wrong..." Yin Ruofei's eyes welled up with tears as she shook Rong Jingze's arm.

  "Fei Er, actually I have something to ask of you."

  "Master uncle, you say."

  "To be honest, I haven't been feeling well these days, but after sleeping with you for a while this afternoon, I finally warmed up. So..." Rong Jingze glanced at Yin Ruofei's body and stopped mid-sentence.

  Actually he didn't sleep with Yin Ruofei today, it was just an excuse, anyway at that time Yin Ruofei slept dazedly and didn't know anything.

  "Master Uncle, you mean..." Yin Ruofei finally understood why Rong Jingze had stripped him. "Master Uncle, you should have said so earlier, this small matter is nothing, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda!"

  Yin Ruofei patted his chest and guaranteed, with a look that seemed to imply dedication.

  Rong Jingze was initially delighted, but his face soon turned gloomy. Saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda? Is that to say, if someone made this request, he would agree to take it off?

  Rong Jingze gritted his teeth and thought of hitting someone again, what should he do!

  A tender and juicy piece of lamb in front of him was not to be missed, Rong Jingze scowled and took off his clothes, pulling a bewildered Yin Ruofei into his arms.

  "Ah, Master Shu, you're really cool!" Yin Ruofei took a deep breath.

  "You'll get used to it in a bit." Rong Jingze's lower body temperature than the average person was actually quite comfortable, especially with Yin Ruofei's current feverish state. However, Rong Jingze hesitated for a moment, still somewhat worried, "Do you want to drink some wine?"

  Róng Jìngzé suffered for several days, but successfully deceived Xiǎo Fēi into his arms, and it can be said that he achieved a great merit. As for Yīn Jiā's third son, his heart had been fluctuating wildly these past few days, almost taking his life.

  Feng Jishu, on the surface, seemed to be at odds with Yin Ruofei, but he still carried out his words very thoroughly. The way the two of them interacted made others scratch their heads in confusion, and even the Twenty-Eight Guards, who were close to them, found their relationship truly inexplicable.

  Saying they were friends, Feng Jishu saw that Yin Ruofei was very annoyed and immediately thought of turning around to leave, not even wanting to say another word. Although Yin Ruofei was smiling, everyone also knew that he had no ulterior motives and would never come to reason with Feng Jishu.

  But it seems like they don't really get along after all.

  Whenever Yin Ruofei asks for his help, no matter how big or small the matter is, he will do his best. But Yin Ruofei always just says thank you verbally and doesn't show any sincerity. However, several times when Feng Jishou was in danger, it was Yin Ruofei who secretly lent a helping hand, providing people and money, more enthusiastic than saving his own father.

  The relationship between these two people is really inexplicable. If neither of them has anything going on, they will even pretend not to see each other when running into each other on the street.

  With Yin Ruofei's entrustment, Feng Jishu started investigating the Yang family's shop. The young girl Yang, who was wrongly accused by a slave servant back then, has now married and had children, and this matter has passed for five or six years already.

  After such a long time, it's hard to find evidence. The old people in the shop at that time have almost all gone. If you must say there are any, they are just the shopkeepers who have taken over Yang's family property and become the current owners.

  The investigation was deadlocked from the start, these people have been around for so many years and have more or less become a familiar presence, having some reputation among neighbors, it's absolutely impossible to get them to confess on their own.

  Moreover, these people are extremely vigilant. After so many years have passed, they were suddenly awakened by a slight hint from others. This is also what Liu and the others overlooked, not thinking that these people would be so sensitive.

  That night, someone ran to Yang's broken house, setting fires and smashing walls, attempting to kill and silence.

  Thanks to the Yang family being honest and kind for generations, the surrounding neighbors came to put out the fire, which didn't turn into a big disaster. That night, Yin Ruofei thought this broken house wasn't good enough, so he arranged for a small servant from the Wang residence to find a smaller but more exquisite courtyard nearby for them to live in.

  Even so, Yin Jintang felt that he had gone around in circles at the Ghost Gate Pass, and his wife was also frightened to tears.

  He was extremely grateful at this moment that he had such a brother. If it weren't for him, the three of them would have been gone by now.

  He just didn't know that if it weren't for Yin Ruofei letting Feng Jishu send someone to investigate, things might not have turned out this way.

  But this time, the incident made the young couple deeply feel that wanting to live a stable and peaceful life as ordinary people may not necessarily lead to a long and happy life. Originally determined not to return to the Hou Mansion, they instantly softened like water and became eager.

  But they knew that if they went themselves, this matter would probably not be easy to handle. One was a son who had been driven out of the house, and the other was a wife from a poor family, who didn't know how much more unpopular she could become. It's just that the son was still somewhat presentable, but with so many men in the Hou household, having a grandson was inevitable, and after two years, he would be worthless.

  These past few days, the couple had been waiting at their new home for Yin Ruofei, but to no avail. Yang Shi was coaxing the child while worrying and said, "Was it because we showed reluctance that day and angered Seventh Brother?"

  "It shouldn't be." Yin Jintang pondered for a moment before speaking, "In the past, I had offended him to death, but he didn't hold any grudges against me. What's more, this is just a small matter. I think Seventh Brother was implicated by our family's affairs. You don't know what kind of person my father is!"

  "What kind of person is this old man?"

  "In short, what he likes is pampered to the extreme, and what he doesn't like might not even be remembered."

  "Ah......" Yang's face turned pale, "Or else, let's just not go back, Father will definitely still be angry about what happened in the past, going back..."

  "So I say, it must have been a bitter experience for Seventh Brother. Alas!" Yin Jinhong hung his head in shame, this person's temperament was straightforward, and he had hated Yin Ruofei so much that he wished the other would die in front of him. Now that he knew he had been deceived by Lao Er, going to fight for something that was fundamentally impossible, he felt extremely guilty towards this younger brother.

  Feng Jishu learned about the Yang family's old house catching fire, and suddenly understood what was going on. He grabbed Liu and others and gave them a good beating, "You bunch of scoundrels, you're ruining my reputation! Go, bring those scoundrels to me, they think I'm easy to bully!"

  "Yes, yes......" Several catchers were kicked a few feet, although it was painful at the time, but after all, Feng Jishu was a scholar and wouldn't be too serious about it. He just muttered to himself, "This old man's habit of kicking people is getting more and more severe?"

  Feng Jishu handled things steadily, seeing that he couldn't get any leads from these people, he immediately sent someone to contact those old men who had slipped away. Some of them were dissatisfied with the situation, while others knew the inside story and were forced to leave. After reasoning with them and moving them with emotions, Feng Jishu also promised a lot of silver benefits, suppressing the evidence firmly.

  Of course, this silver was not taken out by Feng Jishu. He remembered the small note and planned to double it back to Yin Ruofei.

  Several stout and big-eared prisoners were caught back, the signed evidence of guilt was thrown in front of them, and everyone's face turned earthy gray. What was bound to come has still come!

  Unfortunately, their crimes went far beyond that, and they were soon defeated one by one by Feng Jishu. The arson case was also solved, and looking at the few people biting each other under the hall, Feng Jishu wondered why Yin Ruofei had not come to inspect the results yet.

  Yin Ruofei's recovery was just in time, as the Crown Prince had sent over various precious tonics from the East Palace over the past few days, filled with the intention of appeasing and apologizing. Unfortunately, neither Rong Jingze nor Yin Ruofei were willing to give him the time of day, still fuming with anger.

  This matter shocked the Emperor and the Empress Dowager. The Crown Prince was beaten by the Emperor himself with a board, despite being so old.

  Yin Ruofei was relieved as soon as he knew, and that night he took out the half head of beef from the ice cellar in the town and set up a whole cow banquet to celebrate.

  The Yang family's shop has been returned, along with the money and interest earned over the years. The several families who had plotted to steal their property were punished, losing everything and being exiled thousands of miles away. Yang held the deed to the shop and other documents sent by Yin Ruofei and wept bitterly.

  Yin Jinhong's gentle and soothing words of comfort finally calmed Yang down, but as soon as she saw Yin Ruofei, she knelt down and kowtowed several times.

  "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?!" Yin Ruofei was startled and wanted to dodge, but was blocked by Yin Jinhong.

  "Seventh brother, perhaps you think this is nothing, but in my heart, it's a great kindness. It's not just about the shops, but also the hard work and legacy left by my parents. If it weren't for seventh brother, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen these things in this life." Yang said, kowtowing her head before standing up.

  "It's a small matter that's not worth mentioning. Even if it were Third Brother, he wouldn't let his sister-in-law suffer this loss." Yin Ruofei waved her hand.

  "Seventh brother, I owe you an apology." Yin Jin Hong also wanted to kneel down, but was hastily stopped by Yin Ru Fei.

  "Seventh brother, we owe you an apology as a couple, but you're treating us like this. If it weren't for you, we probably wouldn't even have our lives," said Yang's wife.

  "Your sister-in-law is right. Seventh brother, I was wrong to you in the past, from now on my life belongs to you, whatever you need, I'll do it without hesitation."

  Yin Ruofei twitched the corner of his mouth and didn't say much, just made some perfunctory remarks. "It's getting late, let's head back to the Hou residence. Who knows if Father is waiting at the door to hold his grandson!"