CHAPTER 56

The next morning, Shen Lin harnessed the carriage and moved all the things he had washed yesterday onto it. There were quite a lot of things to move, and Shen Lin became increasingly worried. If he had to go out to sea, Su Wan would not be able to do business. These tasks were both trivial and arduous, and Su Wan would definitely not be able to handle them alone. If Su Wan wanted to do business, then he really couldn’t leave.

Shen Lin felt that Su Wan was determined to do business, and he was afraid that he could not change her mind at all. In this case, he would stay and help her for the time being.

Shen Lin knew without thinking too much about how beautiful Su Wan was. If she didn’t have a man to protect her, there would definitely be some scoundrel who would cause trouble for her.

Shen Lin is quite skilled and can scare people away.

Su Wan and Shen Yaya came out dressed warmly. Shen Lin had prepared everything properly, so Su Wan and Shen Yaya just had to get into the carriage.

Su Wan felt that with Shen Lin around, she felt more at ease and had less to worry about.

When Su Wan in the book married Shen Lin, Shen Lin was already very wealthy. Su Wan, who was reading the book, thought that the sense of security Shen Lin brought to her was because of the money. Now it seems that what makes people feel at ease is not only the money but also Shen Lin himself.

Wang Luosheng felt very uncomfortable. When he got up early in the morning, no one gave him hot water to wash his face, no one prepared breakfast for him, and no one packed his school things. After these days, Wang Luosheng was able to pack some things by himself in a hurry, but he was still sloppy and not as carefree as before.

These days, Wang Luosheng felt that he could not concentrate on his studies at all. There were many things to do every day. He felt overwhelmed and fell asleep in class several times. Wang Luosheng was already unhappy during this period, and being rejected by Su Wan made him even more unhappy.

If Su Wan could come back and do all these trivial things, he would be able to study without distraction. Thinking of this, Wang Luosheng felt a little resentful towards Su Wan. Why did she want to get engaged to Shen Lin when she could have lived a good life? After all, he was a scholar, and he would pass the imperial examinations and become a Jinshi in the future. Shen Lin could not give him these.

In the book, Wang Luosheng is a high-ranking official in Beijing, and he has little interaction with Shen Lin. Wang Luosheng recalls his previous life. He can’t remember the days after he was thirty-five, but he remembers the days before he was thirty-five clearly. He has been promoted rapidly in his career, and his life is prosperous. At home, he and Yunyan are very loving, and they have two very cute children. As for Su Wan, he has no news from her after he divorced her, but Wang Luosheng in his previous life didn’t care about Su Wan.

After his rebirth, Wang Luosheng had already thought it through. If Su Wan didn’t make things difficult for Yunyan, he would be able to give her a place in the family. Unfortunately, she was blind and didn’t know how to appreciate it.

Wang Luosheng went out of the door while thinking that in the previous life, he would definitely rise to a higher position. After all, Prime Minister Tian was in power at that time and was also the father-in-law of the emperor. If he joined his party, he would definitely be able to go to Beijing to be an official, and there was a great possibility that he would become a first- or second-rank official.

As for Shen Lin, no one knew he had starved to death somewhere.

Wang Luosheng went out and walked for a while when he heard a voice of “Gee.” It was Shen Lin’s voice. Wang Luosheng turned around and looked in the direction of the voice and saw Shen Lin driving a carriage towards him.

Wang Luosheng had been studying in school these days and had never seen the Shen family’s carriage. Today was the first time he saw it, and Wang Luosheng was so surprised that his jaw dropped.

Shen Lin drove the carriage and caught up with Wang Luosheng.

Wang Luosheng asked, “Is it your carriage?”

Shen Lin reined in his horse and slowed it down. “No, it was bought by Su Wan.” Shen Lin answered truthfully.

Wang Luosheng was stunned, and then he remembered that Su Wan had made a lot of money from selling candied haws some time ago. She must have used the money from selling candied haws to buy the carriage. But this didn’t make sense. Selling candied haws only earned her about ten or eight taels, so how could she afford a carriage?

Shen Lin said again, “Brother Luosheng, there are women in the car; it is not convenient to take you, so I won’t take you.” After Shen Lin finished speaking, he bowed to Wang Luosheng and rode forward again.

Wang Luosheng looked at the carriage going away in a cloud of dust, and his mouth was open for a long time. The cold winter wind blew on Wang Luosheng’s face and neck and also blew into his clothes, shoes, and socks. Wang Luosheng shivered.

Every winter, Wang Luosheng, who walked from his home to Qingyun County to go to school and walked back, wished that he could go to school in a horse carriage every day like Duan Jingtian.

It was warm, relaxing, and beautiful, but his family didn’t have the money to buy a carriage.

Wang Luosheng thought about his previous life, when he was the same age now. Not long after, his family moved to the county town, and he no longer had to walk such a long way to go to school.

His family originally ran a mill, and his father moved the mill to Qingyun County. After he married Yunyan, Yunyan often gave his father good ideas. Later, his father’s business became bigger and bigger; the family moved to a bigger house and bought a horse carriage. He himself passed the imperial examinations and lived a godlike life.

But in this life, I have repeatedly persuaded my father to open a mill in Qingyun County and move the family to Qingyun County. However, my father got angry when he heard this and said that living in the city is not as good as living in the countryside. Houses in the city are so expensive, and buying vegetables and other things costs money. It is not like in the countryside, where there is spacious space and you can raise chickens and ducks and grow vegetables. How can you live in the city?

In the previous life, moving from Qingshi Village to Qingyun County was not that difficult at all. Wang Luosheng thought to himself that maybe the timing was not right yet. In his previous life, his family moved when he was about the same age, so it should be about the same in this life.

Wang Luosheng hugged his arms across his chest to keep himself warm. Thinking of Shen Lin’s carriage driving away, Wang Luosheng felt a strong anger in his heart.

In the past, Shen Lin was strong in everything, and I disliked him. Later, Shen Lin’s family fell into poverty, and I looked down on him. But just now, the despair of being unable to compare with Shen Lin came up again.

Isn’t it just a carriage? When Yunyan marries me and brings a dowry, I will buy a big horse and a big carriage to surpass Shen Lin.

After all, Su Wan was just the person he didn’t want. He married Yang Yunyan, a talented woman from Qingyun County, while Shen Lin married Su Wan, whom he didn’t want. He had a bright future, while Shen Lin was extremely poor. Thinking of this, Wang Luosheng felt much more comfortable.

Wang Luosheng quickened his pace to the academy. Shen Lin was just a mere figure. There would be many times in his life when he would look up to him.