Chapter Eighty-Seven: Lian Man Er's Choice

  Four watches, seeking pink.

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  "Shen Liu Ye, we've all just suffered external injuries, nothing serious. As long as you can uphold justice, that's enough for us. We don't want compensation." Wu Lang spoke up before Lian Man Er did.

  Wulang is so silly! Even Man'er really wants to go forward and cover Wulang's mouth.

  "Man Er, we really don't need it... We can't take that kind of money, Man Er." said Wu Lang. At his young age, he already had a sense of justice. Shen Qiang and Xia Tu Zi were punished, and his and Xiao Qi's injuries were not serious, besides they also beat up Shen Qiang and Xia Tu Zi. He thought this was enough. Shen Liu didn't bully them with his power, treated them well. He didn't want the Shen family's money, in his heart, doing so wasn't glorious.

  Lian Man'er stroked her forehead. This money wasn't something they had asked for, it was Shen Liu who had offered it of his own accord. The Shen family wouldn't even care about that small amount of money, couldn't they just consider it as robbing the rich to help the poor?

  Goro shook his head firmly. Usually Goro was obedient to Renka, but in fact he had a mind of his own.

  "How is it? Have you discussed it?" Shen Liu seemed to be watching with interest the silent exchange between Lian Jia siblings.

  "My brother said, don't want your compensation money." Lian Man'er tried to say calmly, but couldn't help feeling a bit down.

  Shen Liu's mouth corners seemed to have slightly curled up, but immediately returned to their original state, making Lian Man almost think it was her own eyes playing tricks on her, or just an illusion.

  "Don't be polite, this is what you deserve. And..."

  "She's called Lian Man Er." Shen Qian hastily said.

  "Oh, Miss Lian Man, our Shen family has always been generous in handling matters. It's also a rule to compensate with silver for such things." Shen Liu said, "Miss Lian Man, you name the amount. As long as the Shen family can afford it..."

  Shen Liu said this, a pair of phoenix eyes gazed into Lian Mian'er's eyes for the first time. After staring for a moment, he shifted his gaze away.

  As long as the Shen family can afford it. How much wealth does the Shen family have? Is this saying that she wants however much they will give her however much?!

  Wulang was about to speak up and say no, when Lianman suddenly seemed unintentionally shifted to the side. One foot stepped on Wulang's toe. Wulang was in so much pain that he almost cried out, he looked at Lianman and knew that his sister had done it on purpose.

  "Sixth Master, we don't want your compensation money. However, if this is the rule of your household and you insist on it, then it seems we can't..."

  Before she could utter the word "refuse", Lian Man suddenly had an idea.

  He thought of Shen Liu's handling of the matter, and the sixty strokes of punishment for Shen Qiang and Xia Tuizi. This was a punishment for their impersonation of the master and damaging the reputation of the Shen family, which was understandable in the past. Those few rascals were summoned by Xia Tuizi in the name of the Shen Mansion, and twenty strokes of punishment seemed appropriate. However, after the flogging, they would still be sent to the county government, which seemed unnecessary. Moreover, Shen Liu had specifically instructed that if these people dared to act recklessly again, they would be questioned by the county magistrate.

  Why did Shen Liu do this? What's so special about those thugs that he'd go to such trouble?

  The only reasonable explanation is that Shen Liu was thinking of them and worried that those thugs would cause trouble for them later.

  Shen Liu should have actually recognized her. Otherwise, those few kids from the countryside, even if they knew Shen Qian, wouldn't be invited to sit down and treated as guests.

  Shen Liu's eyes had a profound meaning, which also proved that he had already recognized her. If it was just because the Shen family's servants had injured them and the Shen family had to compensate them, since there was such a rule as Shen Liu said, wouldn't it be natural for them to follow the established example? Why would they let her propose the amount she wanted, couldn't the person in charge simply give it according to the established example?

  Shen Liu recognized her and wanted to take this opportunity to give her some silver coins as a way of repaying the debt of gratitude for saving his life.

  What is Shen Liu's life worth? So Shen Liu didn't say how much he would give her, but asked her how much she wanted.

  Shen Liu's life can't be measured with silver. Lian Man thought quickly in her mind, how to repay the favor of saving one's life? Isn't it said that in ancient times, people would often promise their body as a reward? Just now, Shen Xiao Pang's words seemed to imply that Shen Liu was still unmarried. So, could she rely on this lifesaving favor to fly up and become a phoenix?!

  Then lived a life of luxury and comfort, and was able to support his parents and brothers to live a good life.

  And so, Shen Liu, this handsome man, now belongs to her. This is simply a huge gain!

  But this handsome man seemed to dislike her. When Lian Man thought of this, she consoled herself that even if he didn't like her, what did it matter? In this day and age, wasn't it all about obeying one's parents and following the matchmaker's words? Even in her past life, how many marriages were formed purely out of love?

  Lian Man'er thought that even if she didn't have the Shen family's background, just marrying a handsome man like Shen Liu would be enough for her to not suffer in this lifetime. Even if Shen Liu didn't like her, she could just give birth to a little handsome boy and he would definitely listen to everything she said.

  "Big foot, what are you thinking about?" Shen Qian saw that Lian Man'er's eyes were flickering and her face was smiling but not quite smiling, so he jumped down from the chair and walked to Lian Man'er's side to ask.

  "I didn't think of anything." Lian Man'er slightly woke up from her beautiful fantasy.

  "You're looking at me like you looked at Sixth Brother, I told you before, in the future I will grow up to be just like Sixth Brother." Shen Qian said.

  "Huh?" Lian Man'er took a glance at Shen Qian, and thought to herself that it would be difficult for Shen Xiao to grow up to look like Shen Liu. But this was good proof that his aesthetic sense was still normal. "Alright then, you'd better work harder." Looks were not something that could be achieved just by working hard, so her words were a bit irresponsible, she just wanted to comfort the little fatty, and couldn't say that he would never be able to grow up to look like that.

  "Hasn't Lian Man'er thought it through yet? Or do you have other requests?" Shen Liu said slowly.

  "I..."

  Shen Liu looks like he's not someone to be trifled with. Considering the injuries he sustained and being hunted down, he still exudes such a strong presence. His handling of matters is even more decisive and ruthless now. Even if she were to bring it up, he probably wouldn't agree.

  Alright, marrying into a wealthy family is just something to think about. If that day really comes, she would still find the household chores and relationships too complicated. She might as well continue to work hard as a landlady. Since she can't let Shen Liu accept her body, then she should accept his silver?

  If she had a large sum of money, she could buy houses and land. They suddenly became rich, what would happen? Money can solve many things, but it cannot solve everything. And letting Shen Liu owe her a great favor, this is absolutely an invaluable treasure.

  "I still agree with my brother's opinion." Lian Man'er said.

  Here is the translation:

  "Presenting the fourth update, work hard for a pink reward. The new book's pink ranking is being chased too tightly, Weak Yan has no sense of security, everyone please give me strength and help Weak Yan and the next person pull away from the gap."

  If there are children's shoes in the pocket with pink, the weak color will stare at you with a pair of black-rimmed eyes.

  "Uh, sorry about that, I'll continue coding with a pale face and two black eye circles. If... uh, pink can reach 300, my pale face will explode, fifth update, *clenches fist*."