[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law":3,"chapter-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-170":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Challenge of a Farmhouse Son-in-Law",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1543555,2006,"Chapter 170 - 170 169 Substitute","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-170",170,"\u003Cp>﻿170: Chapter 169: Substitute 170: Chapter 169: Substitute Gu Youyou’s eyes widened in shock as she stared at him, her heart filled with astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was, after all, a soul that had traversed through time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could he even know that?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, no, that’s impossible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou looked at him and pondered for quite a while before she openly smiled and said, “How could Gu Youyou be so easily replaced?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What nonsense are you talking about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I am indeed Gu Youyou!”“Indeed, how could a Four Yin Woman be so easily replaced?” Jin Zijin scoffed coldly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I also wonder where they found a Four Yin Woman of similar age to replace her, just a niece, hardly worth the risk for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So I guess…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>you might be another pawn planted here with some other purpose!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it doesn’t matter, if you don’t tell me, I will find out sooner or later.”Gu Youyou was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head, shifted her gaze away, and also let out a sigh of relief!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is this all about?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he doesn’t know after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh, then keep guessing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this Four Yin Woman…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou could not help but give a wry smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She neither understood nor believed in the ghostly and powerful doctrines of the Feudal Divine Association.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In their belief, a woman born in a Yin year, Yin month, Yin day, and Yin hour was what they called a Four Yin Woman, but to her, a Four Pillars Pure Yin woman was nothing more than a coincidence of birth, no different from an ordinary person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, she was born into an era of feudal superstition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>People here believe in the mystical powers, thus that poor girl was schemed against at the age of seven and met such a tragic fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps, Jin Zijin was right—nothing in this world comes for free, especially not life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou, you’ve picked up a life for nothing, shouldn’t you pay a price for it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Gu Youyou had a sudden realization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the accusations she wanted to make against him, the love and hatred from before, now seemed unimportant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The previous Gu Youyou was not her, and the current Gu Youyou was not a woman who fretted over every little thing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This leap had indeed allowed her to clear away the grievances that had accumulated in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She laughed bitterly under her breath, raised her head to look at him, her eyes now extraordinarily serene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from the detached and calmly indifferent smile in those clear eyes, there was nothing else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said, “Jin Zijin, thank you for rescuing me from the Gu Family and for looking after me!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter what, the fact that I can speak here with ease today, run freely in the woods, and see the warm sunshine, it’s all thanks to you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve always kept in mind the kindness you’ve shown me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I may be a little too proud, allowing others to owe me but not wanting to owe others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, I don’t hate you for using me to find those two strange people; consider it repayment of my debt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So from now on, we are even, and in the future, you don’t need to think about using me anymore…”She laughed bitterly; after all, what did she have left for him to use?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, a unreadable look flashed across the depths of Jin Zijin’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d suspected she was planted by someone intentionally, perhaps targeting him or maybe someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter who had arranged for her to be there, shouldn’t she be doing everything possible to stay by his side?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why the rush to disassociate herself from him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Pretending to escape to lure one’s prey?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heh heh…” Jin Zijin sneered with a frozen laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wanted to retort, ‘Do you think you’re worthy of my pretending to escape to lure you?’ However, getting into an argument right now seemed like a bad idea, so she thought better of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Let me go!” Gu Youyou suddenly shouted at Jin Zijin in anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had found a larger protruding rock nearby, and nestled in the crevices of that rock was a sizable pine tree.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Grasping onto it would surely provide her with more security than relying on the unpredictable Jin Zijin.\u003C\u002Fp>",716,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.694Z",1,"novelbin.me","a74a1ad3430cfe3df4f66ab4ed80c136c3db93e24e0ec4099794898b82ff5a0f","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-171","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-169",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]