[{"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-85":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},1543520,2006,"Chapter 85 - 85 85 The Deal","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-85",85,"\u003Cp>85: Chapter 85: The Deal 85: Chapter 85: The Deal The night was almost completely dark, and through the scattered shadows of the trees, a bright moon vaguely ascended into the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only when the fire rose and she watched the flickering flames and felt the scorching heat, did Gu Youyou finally feel at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had been frightened all day long; during dinner at the Gu Family’s, Grandma Huangshi kept muttering criticisms about her which she ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, she followed Jin Zijin up into the mountains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, her nerves, tense all-day, finally relaxed, and she felt utterly drained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin observed this and said, “I’ve prepared the bedding; you’ve been tired all day, go to sleep first!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Truly exhausted and sleepy, Gu Youyou didn’t even bother to wash up and laid down on the bedding placed upon the rock, still in her clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wood crackled in the fire, and in its light, Jin Zijin’s expression remained mysteriously unfathomable, like a vast enigma.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou lay there in her clothes, watching his profile for a long while without speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite being tired and sleepy, once she lay down, Gu Youyou felt she couldn’t sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tossed and turned, flipping over and back again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin remained seated by the fire, occasionally stirring it and adding a log.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His profile, illuminated by the firelight, had sharp and distinct features, his chiseled face hidden behind that disarrayed beard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou was extremely curious; what did the face hidden beneath those disordered whiskers look like?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just by looking at the contours of his face, Gu Youyou thought he must be a handsome man of impressive appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long while, she suddenly spoke up, “Did you use to live in this cave before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered Wang Shun once saying that when Jin Zijin first arrived he didn’t even have a thatched hut, that he was so poor he lived in a cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The village women admired him, but none wanted to live in a cave with him, so he remained single.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin did not deny it; he nodded slightly and said, “Yes, it is this cave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou suddenly laughed a little and asked, “Where are you from?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter how poor your family was, it couldn’t have been so bad that you didn’t even have a thatched hut and had to live in the mountains like a wild man?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jin Zijin froze as if reminded of something; he gripped the firewood tighter, and the starry hue of his eyes grew much darker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of fierceness crossed his resolute face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the fire reached a scarred branch, a crisp pop echoed in the silent cave, pulling his thoughts back to reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked up at Gu Youyou, his expression slightly grave, and he said in a low voice, “You’ve forgotten our agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I don’t ask you, and you don’t ask me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gu Youyou tightened the blanket wrapped around her and blinked as though she hadn’t heard, to cover the awkwardness, she turned over and muttered, “Fine, don’t ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you won’t tell, I’m not eager to ask.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Turning this way and that, Gu Youyou felt suffocated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had secrets, but to outsiders, she was just the fragile Gu Youyou from the Gu Family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed Jin Zijin knew everything, whereas she knew nothing about him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This face might be real or fake, the name might be true or false, and she had no idea what he was even doing in this little mountain village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To marry a frail woman like herself was beyond comprehension!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Restlessly tossing again, Gu Youyou spoke in a low voice towards Jin Zijin by the fire, “I think it’s unfair; we both have secrets, but clearly, you have more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How about we make a trade?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You tell me one, and I tell you one.”\u003C\u002Fp>",639,"2026-06-06T06:54:47.693Z",1,"novelbin.me","3b8e2de184d978ebef248c3a67924595214bedf7d7a7f47e3b624a626e6ecc6a","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-86","the-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-chapter-84",1812,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-challenge-of-a-farmhouse-son-in-law-cover.jpg"]