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Jin Shiwen shook his head, "Sister Yuan, she’s completely devoted to me and the vinegar workshop at home, how could she have time for other thoughts?

Alas, it’s all my fault. If I were stronger, Sister wouldn’t have to worry so much.

Look at Jin Lingling, she’s even younger than Sister Yuan and she’s already married.

However, I do hope Sister finds a brother-in-law who will love and cherish her soon, but I wouldn’t want her to marry a man like the one Jin Lingling did. "

"What? Jin Lingling...?" When the topic of Jin Lingling came up, Lin Yuan’s ears perked up. The last time Panpan visited, she mentioned that Jin Lingling had lost her child. By now, she should have finished her postpartum confinement, but Lin Yuan didn’t know how things were with Li Chengzhi and Lin Siyu.

"Her? Jin Lingling..." Jin Shiwen couldn’t help but let out a light sneer, "She’s lost her child and it was with great difficulty that she recovered, but then she went mad. She’s obsessed with her lost child every day and monopolizes her husband."

Upon saying this, Jin Shiwen paused, his young brow furrowed like a tangled ball of thread. Finally, as if making up his mind, he lowered his voice and leaned in to whisper to the two, "Sister Yuan, there are no outsiders here. I’ll tell you something, but you mustn’t tell anyone else."

Seeing his cautious look, Lin Yuan and Xia Zheng exchanged glances, their eyes twinkling with amusement: "Alright, go ahead. We promise not to tell anyone else."

"Swear it!"

Pfft.

Xia Zheng finally couldn’t hold back his laughter.

With a smile, Lin Yuan patted him and grabbed his hand, raising it, "Alright, we swear we won’t tell anyone what we’ve heard today. If we do, then, then may we be struck by..."

"Then I’ll have to make meals for you for life and will never be able to escape!" Before she could finish, Xia Zheng had already taken over the conversation.

Lin Yuan’s face turned a cute shade of red, and she glanced at him with a smile.

Jin Shiwen didn’t really need them to swear an earth-shattering oath. He coughed and said in a serious tone, "I overheard my aunt and uncle talking about it. They mentioned Jin Lingling sending Hong Mei to Shande Hall for some medicine, um, it’s that kind of medicine."

Seeing Lin Yuan’s confused look, Jin Shiwen’s handsome face turned red, he looked down and scratched his head in agitation. However, those few words were just too difficult for him to say out loud.

At last, he turned to Xia Zheng with a plea for help, "It’s the kind that can make a man and a woman, you know, ah, you understand!"

Xia Zheng’s face almost exploded into the color of liver as he lifted a hand to his forehead. What was this kid talking about? Him, being so innocent, wouldn’t understand such things!

Lin Yuan’s face turned quizzical as she looked back and forth between Xia Zheng and Jin Shiwen, and then burst out laughing, slapping Xia Zheng on the shoulder, she blurted out, "Oh, you mean aphrodisiac! Why are you so embarrassed? We are all adults here, what’s there to be afraid of?"

Pfft!

Xia Zheng and Jin Shiwen felt like spewing three liters of blood from their mouths!

This Lin Yuan, she was too bold! How could she speak of such things so easily? Was she really a lady yet to be married?

Xia Zheng covered his face with his hands, wishing he could find a hole to crawl into. He didn’t know this woman, no, he didn’t know this woman!

However, despite saying that, Lin Yuan was still very curious why Jin Lingling needed that medicine. Could it be that Li Chengzhi had lost interest in her, and she had reached the point where she needed to resort to using drugs to keep his favor?

Such things were no use asking Jin Shiwen, of course.

Yet Jin Shiwen apparently knew much more than Lin Yuan expected.

After all, the constant struggle between the second and the main branch of the Jin family and the arrogance of the second branch from Jin Lingling’s marriage into the Li Mansion made knowing about their affairs useful for the main branch.

"Jin Lingling’s child couldn’t be saved, which worried my aunt and uncle-in-law immensely," Jin Shiwen said with a heavy expression when talking about the affairs within Jin Mansion.

"Grandmother said Jin Lingling had damaged her body and could no longer conceive. My aunt advised her to quickly promote a few trusted people to tie down Li Chengzhi’s heart, but Jin Lingling refused, unwilling to believe she couldn’t get pregnant.

Besides taking medicine to recuperate, she constantly slipped Li Chengzhi potions.

I heard that a few days ago, my uncle-in-law even picked out several trustworthy maids from her own quarters and sent them to Jin Lingling, the intent being quite clear—she wanted these maids to help secure the favor.

Having her own people favored is far better than him bringing some powerful outsiders into the mansion.

But Jin Lingling wouldn’t have it, and the next day she sent those maids back and told my uncle-in-law that if she sent people again, she would break off their mother-son relationship.

After that, my uncle-in-law quieted down, frustrated and saying she would no longer involve herself! "