Inlaid With Jade - Chapter 55

Chapter 55 
Reason 
  
Lin Yu assured Li Heming that she was okay after playing in the snow for half a day, but her body, nourished by medicinal food for many years, could not withstand the torment and started coughing before nightfall. She had never thought that catching a cold was such a shameful thing. She coughed twice, covered her lips, and tilted her head to secretly look at Li Heming, who was cutting the candle wick in front of the lamp tree, hoping he did not notice her coughing. 
  
However, how could Li Heming not hear it with his sharp ears? He stood up without saying a word, reached out to take the coat hanging on the truss, frowned, and went outside to ask someone to invite a doctor. 
  
The doctor said Lin Yu was fine and only caught a cold. He prescribed a mild prescription and asked her to boil the medicine according to the prescription and use two doses a day. 
  
Li Heming sent the doctor off, immediately asked the kitchen to boil a dose, and urged Lin Yu to drink it before bed. 
  
After Lin Yu rinsed her mouth, they lay down to rest. Seeing Li Heming’s wrinkled forehead, she reached out to smooth his eyebrows: “Don’t always frown. You will get old quickly, and what will happen if you become ugly?” 
  
Li Heming relaxed his brows, grabbed her hand, stuffed it into the quilt, and said seriously and matter-of-factly: “Then you can only spend the rest of your life with the old and ugly Li Heming.” 
  
Lin Yu smiled with her lips pursed and felt her throat itchy again, so she covered her lips and coughed a few times. 
  
Li Heming turned over and lay on his side, reaching out to stroke her back. After Lin Yu recovered, she looked up at him slightly, stared at him for a while, and suddenly asked, “You asked me why I broke off the engagement on Lingyun Mountain. Do you know the reason now?” 
  
Li Heming had insisted on learning the reason from Lin Yu, but now that he had married her into the family, he no longer had the same obsession. He opened his eyes, looked at her, and asked calmly, “Why?” 
  
Lin Yu still felt upset when she thought of Xu Qingyin’s words. She said unhappily: “Xu Qingyin privately said that I am weak and it is difficult for me to have children. You are the only heir in the Li family. If I marry you, it may cut off the successor of the Li family and make me a sinner.” 
  
Li Heming remembered Lin Yu’s past attitude of avoiding him and reached out to tuck the quilt for her, saying, “It seems that you believe it.” 
  
Lin Yu nodded slightly and said guiltily: “I always thought that you asked her to tell me this, humiliating me so that I would give up in anger.” 
  
These charges were brought against Li Heming without his knowledge. It was pitiful for him to understand the cause and effect after marriage.
  
Lin Yu said, “I was furious when I heard her before, but now I think what she said is reasonable. Look, I got sick after playing in the snow for a while. With such a weak body, it is challenging to have children.” 
  
Lin Yu was not a compromised person. For this reason, she would not persuade Li Heming to choose a concubine, but she thought she should tell him. 
  
Li Heming didn’t care much and said lightly, “It doesn’t matter if there is a child. I don’t care about offspring and don’t have the patience to raise a child. If I really want to continue the family line, I will marry a widow who can give birth to children. Why do I have to calculate so much to marry you?” 
  
When he said the word “calculation,” his expression was very calm. Lin Yu felt a strange feeling in her heart and felt that there were many ups and downs between her and Li Heming. But she quickly came to her senses, stretched out her hands to pinch his tight waist, and growled: “What do you mean by widow can give birth? Don’t even think about it!” 
 
Li Heming raised his hand to extinguish the candle, lowered the curtain, turned around, hugged her, closed his eyes, and said: “Then come into my dream and watch me.” 
  
Lin Yu was not feeling well, and Li Heming had a sad face for two consecutive days. Seeing his face, He San didn’t dare to say a word all day, for fear that the fire would burn him. After finishing his duty, he went to Jiaofangsi to find Miss Bai Zhen and complain. 
  
However, Lin Jing met Li Heming on the street and thought he and Lin Yu had quarreled. He asked one more question and learned that Lin Yu was sick. He followed Li Heming to visit Li’s house. 
  
Lin Yu was almost well, but she was terrified of the cold and couldn’t stand it. The brother and sister chatted for a while, and Li Heming went to the kitchen to boil the medicine for her, leaving the room for the two of them. 
  
Li Heming didn’t tell Lin Jing how Lin Yu caught a cold, but when he saw the Third Brother snowman in the yard, how could he not understand? The first thing he did after entering the door was scolding Lin Yu with a gloomy face. 
  
“Is snow fun? You started to indulge yourself after you got married. Are you a rabbit spirit who likes to play in the snow? That’s why Mother asked me to ask Li Heming to watch over you when I saw him! How long has it been? You’ve ruined yourself and ended up on the sickbed!” 
  
As the brother who watched Lin Yu grow up, he knew how delicate her body was, so he was merciless when he scolded her. 
  
Lin Yu sat in a chair, holding a warmer hand, and listened to him, not daring to refute. She waited until he was tired of talking before offering him a cup of tea and begged for mercy: “Brother, stop talking. I know I was wrong.” 
  
Seeing Lin Jing about to speak, she immediately changed the subject: “My sister-in-law was not feeling well the other day. Is she feeling better now?” 
  
Lin Jing raised the tea in his hand to his lips, but before he could take a sip, he couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly when he heard this: “Nothing. She’s pregnant. Before I left this morning, she asked me to inform Li Heming and let him bring a message to you.” 
  
He pretended to be calm but couldn’t suppress the joy on his face. 
  
Although Lin Yu had guessed that Qin Mei’an was pregnant that day, she couldn’t help but smile now that she was sure. But when she thought of Lin Jing’s temper, she reminded him: “Sister-in-law is even more precious now, Brother. You must be careful and control your temper. Don’t make her unhappy.” 
  
Lin Jing put down the teacup: “I know. I met Li Heming today because I went to buy her snacks from the He family store.” 
  
Speaking of snacks, Lin Yu thought of what Li Heming had not finished saying that day. She carefully asked Lin Jing: “Before I married, did anyone from the Li family send chestnut cakes?” 
  
Lin Jing heard her suddenly change the subject and asked in confusion: “What chestnut cakes?” 
  
Lin Yu explained: “Li Heming said he bought chestnut cakes for me before, but I don’t remember it. I asked him when he bought it, but he refused to answer. I suspected he was lying to me.” 
  
“Or maybe he gave it to you in a dream.” Lin Jing said casually. He thought about it and suddenly remembered something. He said, “Ah,” and said slowly: “But you were lost once when you were young. Do you remember when a boy about my age brought you back, you held two bags of chestnut cakes?” 
  
He remembered Lin Yu’s disappearance very clearly because he was the one who lost her. After he found her, he got beaten up. Then, he knelt in the ancestral hall for two days with an empty stomach. His knees were so swollen that he couldn’t even get up. 
  
After speaking, he suddenly came to his senses and asked Lin Yu surprisedly: “Is that charcoal-like skinny monkey Li Heming?!”