[{"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-696":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},1544231,2006,"Chapter 696 - 696 687 Too Stiff Easily Broken","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-696",696,"\u003Cp>696: Chapter 687 Too Stiff, Easily Broken 696: Chapter 687 Too Stiff, Easily Broken He wrapped his arm around her from behind and rested his chin on top of her head, pressing down in a way that made her quite uncomfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having no choice, she could only shift her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He seemed to be deep in thought and didn’t pay attention to her movement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, he said, “Go to sleep, I came late tonight.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou pondered for a moment before replying, “It’s all right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I also got back late today, and Aunt dragged me away for a lecture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, my visit to the Jie Residence was to save someone, so she didn’t say anything too unpleasant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hmm!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I heard there was another incident at the Jie Residence, that concubine almost killed Jie Zhonglin?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou laughed and said, “Exactly, whether she succeeded or not, she cut off one of his fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I managed to reattach it for him, but I’m not sure if it will survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second Young Master Jie seems effeminate, but he has a robust constitution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as he’s well cared for, he should be able to make it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Reattaching a finger?” Jin Zijin mused and then laughed, saying, “With this story spreading, your reputation is going to grow even more.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou said, “I already have a big reputation, what about the matters in Lingnan, hmm?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, you’re capable!” Jin Zijin said with a huff, “A tall tree catches the wind, you need to learn to be more reserved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou disagreed, retorting, “Wasn’t it you who said that the greater my reputation, the more important I become, making it harder for Yu Jizi to lay a finger on me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin replied, “Although that’s true, there is a saying that the overly rigid are easily broken.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great, you’ve said all there is, good and bad,” she retorted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them cuddled up in bed under a thin blanket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou felt that the temperature was just right, incredibly comfortable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin, on the other hand, felt it was a bit too warm, especially in the searing summer heat when both of them were wearing thin undershirts, hugging each other was like wearing nothing at all, which was quite tantalizing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half of the heat was due to the flame toxin in his body, and the other half was roused by her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin got up, reached for the medicine bottle inside his outer garment, poured out a pill, put it in his mouth, and swallowed it before he could continue to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, the heat was simply unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His condition was different from Gu Youyou and those who had been nourished with medicinal concoctions for years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flame toxin in his body was activated by the Fire Lotus in the Flame Pool and the heat emanating from the Zhuzhao Pearl.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to the likes of Gu Youyou, it was more manageable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to her modern medical theory, it wouldn’t affect the central nervous system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as the body temperature didn’t continue to rise, it would be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her medicine was somewhat harmful to the body, but this harm was negligible compared to the effects of a continuously rising body temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, he heeded her advice to avoid taking the medicine unless he felt his body temperature rising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou turned over, touched his forehead, and asked, “Is it very uncomfortable?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin hummed in response, saying, “It’s bearable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou touched his cheek and said, “Don’t pretend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t unbearable, you wouldn’t take the medicine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You’re always so tolerant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin laughed and admitted, “Alright, it’s unbearable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I think I might feel better if you stayed a bit further away from me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s sleep now, it’s late.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou countered, “Nonsense, I’m so cool to the touch, you should hold me tighter to feel better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A natural, reusable physical cooling ice pack.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What nonsense are you talking now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go to sleep!” Jin Zijin was truly drowsy now, his words slurring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou sighed, unable to resist smoothing out his furrowed brow with her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If only they had the equipment, she thought, she could give him a CT scan to see exactly where that thing was in his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perhaps a simple surgical procedure could remove it, sparing him this agony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>",722,"2026-06-06T06:54:58.678Z",1,"novelbin.me","8db871859774c7c538b663814f7810c69dddd3214b2528c691065b779ca9dfdd","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-697","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-695",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]