My Husband Is Not Easy To Mess With. - Chapter 41: Father-in-Law, Please Help
Chapter 41: Father-in-Law, Please Help
Nie Yao didn’t think he was that easy to kill.
However, he understood his Father-in-Law’s meaning.
“Father-in-Law, you worry too much,” Nie Yao reassured him. “If I truly treated Lanlan poorly, he would be the first to destroy me.”
His spouse was not to be trifled with.
He killed people more skillfully than Nie Yao, who had been on the battlefield.
Nie Yao added, “Also, Father-in-Law, aren’t you afraid Lanlan will be upset with you for saying this to me?”
“You want to complain?” Dou Jinyuan was actually afraid.
His left index finger trembled slightly.
But the old fox was not so easy to defeat. Dou Jinyuan quickly regained his usual composure. “Even if A-Lan resents me, I would still say these things.”
“If it weren’t for A-Lan, I would have followed Lanxi the day I avenged his death.”
“A-Lan is the only reason I am alive now.”
Without his husband, he was merely a walking corpse.
The day his beloved died, his body and soul began to wither. Day after day, year after year, decay and ruin had become intertwined with him, inseparable.
If it weren’t for his precious ge’er, he would have long since allowed himself to rot into putrid flesh.
Dou Jinyuan stated, “For A-Lan, I can do anything.”
A father obsessed with his son, an old father who valued his child’s life more than his own.
Nie Yao knew that anything he said now wouldn’t be believed, but some things had to be said. “Father-in-Law, you are a clever man. You understand things that old Sun Ji can’t see.”
“Killing me is a bit difficult, but I believe stirring up chaos in this world would be easy for you.”
“To be honest, Father-in-Law. The time I’ve spent with Lanlan again is too short, so I am also unsure if I can truly give Lanlan happiness.”
“The only thing I can promise you right now is: I will only have Lanlan.”
He was a staunch advocate of the one-husband-one-spouse system.
Furthermore, he had studied a bit about a man’s three obediences and four virtues; loyalty to one’s spouse was, for him, the foundation of marriage.
Nie Yao concluded, “On this point, I will absolutely never transgress!”
For an old father, this point was a huge plus.
Dou Jinyuan understood Nie Yao and knew his assurance carried some weight, which lessened the mountain of dissatisfaction he felt towards him by a tiny bit.
“Go offer a stick of incense to his late father.”
He voluntarily suggested that Nie Yao offer incense to his husband.
This was a tentative acknowledgment of him as his ge’er’s husband.
“Yes.”
Nie Yao had met Du Lanxi years ago and held great respect for this father-in-law who had maintained kindness despite enduring hardship.
While offering incense, he solemnly promised to do his best for Lanlan and asked him not to worry.
Of course, if he was relatively satisfied, could he perhaps send a dream to his Father-in-Law? Nie Yao felt his character was quite decent. With a spouse so excellent, who else in the world was worthy of him besides Nie Yao?
No one!
Nie Yao thought: Please help, dear Father, and tell Father-in-Law to stop scrutinizing me all the time. Most importantly, ask him not to arrange spies around me and Lanlan.
He wasn’t afraid of being tested by his Father-in-Law.
But the thought of his Father-in-Law constantly watching them after the wedding was too uncomfortable!
Not pleasant at all.
Nie Yao was utterly devout: Please help, please help, good Father.
“Take this.”
Having said what he needed to say, Dou Jinyuan no longer wished to see Nie Yao and immediately showed him the door, tossing him some items at random.
Nie Yao: “…”
Fine, fine.
He opened the red packet that his Father-in-Law had randomly wrapped in a piece of cloth.
Gold, silver, jewelry, grain, salt, iron… he received everything, and all in large quantities. After looking through the bag of gifts, only one thought floated in Nie Yao’s mind: his Father-in-Law covered the military expenses for the next three years!
Had he truly married into a wealthy family?
Nie Yao was confused but happily accepted.
Since Father-in-Law gave it, there was no reason to refuse.
Back in the new room, his spouse was still sleeping. However, his small face was a little scrunched up, and he was vaguely muttering a few insults at him.
“Hug… bad guy… hug…”
So cute!
Nie Yao’s heart melted from his spouse’s cuteness.
He had originally planned to personally lead the demolition crew to the palace and knock down the Emperor’s home, but after hugging his spouse, he immediately changed his mind.
He quickly wrote a letter, asking “Lots of Money” (Qian Hen Duo) to bring people to repair the pillars he had kicked down.
He specifically instructed how to fix them.
He told him to bring more professionals, and while ensuring safety, to change the interior design of the palace, switching the current extravagant style to a pauper’s style.
He wanted to see the results within half a month.
After sending the letter out, Nie Yao lay back down, holding his spouse.
Wife, so soft.
Nie Yao closed his eyes blissfully and fell asleep soon after.
This time, he slept longer, only waking up when it was almost dark. It was cold outside, but the room was incredibly warm.
Nie Yao pulled his beautiful spouse closer into his arms.
“Nie… Yao!!”
Du Suilan groggily woke up. Remembering the events of last night and this morning, he immediately opened his eyes.
He rolled over and pinned his new husband underneath him.
He grabbed Nie Yao’s face, kneading it into various shapes, baring his teeth and feigning fierceness. “How dare you disobey me! Tell me, are you itching for a beating?”
“No, no.” Nie Yao knew he had been a bit excessive yesterday and apologized instantly. “I’m sorry, spouse, I was wrong! I’ll give you another massage later, I promise I won’t let you feel uncomfortable.”
“What did you do wrong?”
“Uh… should I have listened to you?”
“That’s right!” Du Suilan proudly huffed, then asked, “Tell me, what did you not listen to?”
“Emm… not stopping when you asked me to stop?”
“Not that!” Du Suilan squeezed harder. “You dare to actually stop and try!”
Okay, he understood.
It seemed his spouse liked the same thing he did.
The little bit of guilt he felt vanished instantly. Nie Yao was being ravaged by his spouse, but his heart was filled with joy.
“Then… what… was it? Good spouse, please tell me, okay? It’ll help me clearly understand what I did wrong so I can correct it, right?”
His attitude for admitting fault was excellent.
His spouse was also in a very good mood.
So, he mercifully told him, “I asked you to hold me while we slept, why didn’t you?”
“Don’t try to argue with me, you definitely left this morning!”
His spouse knew everything.
Of course, Nie Yao hadn’t intended to hide it. Even though he didn’t know when his spouse had said he wanted to be held while sleeping, Nie Yao still chose to apologize honestly.
“I’m sorry, spouse, it was my fault.” His father had told him that the secret to a harmonious and happy marriage was not to ask too many questions. And never to remind his spouse of things he had never actually said.
A married man only needed to remember one thing: whatever his spouse says, that is the truth.
If he says you are wrong, then you are wrong.
Apologizing early is good for everyone.
The truth his father had spent years figuring out, Nie Yao mastered on the second day of his marriage.
He learned incredibly fast.
“But spouse,” Nie Yao complained, but didn’t forget his Father-in-Law. He immediately tattled, “Father-in-Law is your only living relative in this world, I can’t disrespect him.”
“Father-in-Law wanted to see me just to put his mind at ease.”
“He’s also worried about you.”
“I understand Father-in-Law’s dissatisfaction with me. Spouse, please don’t scold him, really, I’m not upset at all.”