Chapter 38: This uncle is really good-looking; why not let him be my father?

Settle the man properly.

Qiao Sheng then went to Zhang Qiao's parents-in-law to pick up Xiao Shitou.

"Mom!"

Xiao Shitou came running over while eating small dried fish, his face full of smiles, showing that he's been treated well there.

Zhang Qiao walked over afterward and said, "Lianhua, you're back."

"Mm."

Qiao Sheng chatted with Zhang Qiao for a few sentences, then secretly slipped her five wen coins.

Zhang Qiao was about to return it, but Qiao Sheng stopped her, lowering her voice: "Just keep it, don't push it back; if someone sees, it might end up in others' hands."

Qiao Sheng said that.

Zhang Qiao had no choice but to accept it.

On the way home, Qiao Sheng didn't tell Xiao Shitou about Shi Lin until they were almost at the Mountain God Temple, when she finally told him.

"Xiao Shitou, I rescued a man on the road; he's currently in the Mountain God Temple."

"Ah..."

Xiao Shitou was astonished; as soon as they arrived at the Mountain God Temple, he started looking around everywhere.

After looking everywhere, he still didn't see him.

"He's here."

Qiao Sheng lifted a pile of dry grass, revealing Shi Lin lying underneath.

Xiao Shitou: "……"

Isn't his mother afraid of smothering him to death?

Xiao Shitou stepped forward, stared at him for a moment, his eyes bright, and said, "Mom, this uncle is really good-looking; why not let him be my father?"

The little rascal's idea is pretty good.

Good-looking—does this dog of a man look as good as she does?

"Uh."

She really isn't good-looking now, but she will definitely be more handsome than him in the future!

Thinking about what her son said.

Qiao Sheng twitched the corner of her mouth and said, "Mom, we don't even know who he is yet; what if he already has a wife? We'll talk about this later."

Xiao Shitou nodded his head.

While they were eating lunch, Shi Lin still hadn't woken up; only after about a quarter of an hour after the meal did he wake up.

Xiao Shitou shouted excitedly, "Mom, Mom, he's awake!"

Qiao Sheng was about to fall asleep when his sudden shout woke her up.

She sat up.

Qiao Sheng looked over and saw the man sitting up.

She didn't speak.

She waited a moment.

Seeing Shi Lin looking around everywhere, appearing not to recognize her, Qiao Sheng felt strange and tentatively asked, "Do you still remember me?"

"Who are you? I—I don't remember."

Shi Lin raised a hand to support his head, his expression painful as he said.

"Not remembering—great!"

Qiao Sheng stared at Shi Lin and said, "It's normal that you don't remember, since you're injured. You're the man I bought to be my husband; today you went hunting, accidentally rolled down the mountain and hit your head, so you don't remember the past."

Xiao Shitou's eyes widened instantly.

His mother never said that to him before!

Shi Lin's gaze fell on Qiao Sheng as he said, "Am I your husband?"

"Want to be her husband?"

"He's gorgeous!"

Qiao Sheng spoke neither fast nor slow.

"Didn't you hear what I said? I said you're the man I bought to be my husband. I only brought you back a couple of days ago, and we haven't gone to the yamen to register yet. So you're still not my husband."

"I planned to go register today, but you hurt your head; luckily you woke up without serious harm. We'll go to the yamen to register tomorrow. By the way, there's something I need to tell you up front: I could never really treat you as my husband; after we register, I'll soon divorce you, and you'll become a long-term worker for our family."

Shi Lin didn't speak.

At that moment, his stomach started growling.

They gave him something to eat.

Qiao Sheng suddenly realized he didn't have an indenture contract, thought it over, and decided to go get one made.

(End of chapter)