After Jia Zhi and Jia Gu left, Jia Su arrived at the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Lin Ruhai immediately stood up when he saw her: "Third Miss." He saluted Jia Su from afar. His respect for Jia Su could be seen from his gestures.

In modern times, Jia Su had seen a lot of men who didn't pay attention to their actions and claimed that there was no need to avoid arousing suspicion because of their closeness. Now that she saw the polite Lin Ruhai, she had a good impression of him.

Therefore, as soon as Jia Su stepped into the pavilion in the middle of the lake, she smiled at Lin Ruhai: "Young Master Lin."

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips and smiled gently.

He raised his hand and had Shoushu hand over the gifts he bought to Jia Su's servant girl, Cui Yan. Then he said: "I made an appointment with Third Miss last time, but it didn't happen. I'm really sorry.

This one specially went to Ruyi Square to pick out jewelry. I hope Third Miss will like it, and for the sake of the gift, forgive this one's rudeness that day. "

Jia Su looked at him with a smile: "It's nothing."

But at the same time, her hands didn't stop moving. She put aside Cui Yan, took the wooden box, and opened it directly.

But her eyes couldn't help but fall on Shoushu. In addition to the wooden box containing the jewelry, he was also holding a painting scroll in his hand. She didn't know what it was.

Unlike last time, there were all kinds of jewelry. This time, Lin Ruhai picked out a simple set of head ornaments.

However, Cui Yan's reaction was even more exaggerated than last time.

Jia Su was stunned, but she didn't show the doubts in her heart: "It's very beautiful. I like it very much." She looked at Lin Ruhai and teased, "For the sake of the gift, I forgive you."

Lin Ruhai's eyes widened. It took him a long time to recover: "Uh, thank Third Miss for her forgiveness?"

Why did it sound so strange when he said that?

As expected, Jia Su was amused by him. "Why are you so cute?"

Lin Ruhai was at a loss. "Da … meng?"

He could understand the meaning of the word 'cute', but why couldn't he understand the meaning of these two words when they were connected?

Jia Su laughed again. He was supposed to be an eloquent imperial censor, but why did he seem to be at a loss in front of her?

However, when she thought about how he had said that he had never touched a woman, it was not surprising that he would have such a reaction.

Thinking about it this way, in such an ancient environment, being able to marry Lin Ruhai was at least a little easier to accept than being married to someone else.

Faced with Jia Su's scrutiny, Lin Ruhai looked calm on the surface, but his hands were clenched into fists.

Because he was too nervous, Lin Ruhai held his breath and concentrated. He felt as if all the other sounds in his ears had suddenly disappeared, leaving only the thumping of his heart. He couldn't help but worry that he might be sick.

Jia Su saw all of this. She was once again shocked by Lin Ruhai's personality. A mischievous thought welled up in her heart: "Young Master Lin, last time I gave you a sachet. Is it enough that you only gave me some jewelry from the shop?"

Selfishly, Jia Su naturally preferred the jewelry from Ruyi Square. After all, it was more valuable.

However, as a young girl who had feelings for her fiancé, after giving him a sachet with a special meaning, she would naturally want him to give her something similar in return, rather than some merchandise that could be bought with money.

It just so happened that Mother Lin had once reminded Lin Ruhai of this point.

So when he heard Jia Su's words, he immediately panicked: "My, my first copy is already missing."

For Lin Ruhai, the only thing that could be compared with Jia Shu's sewing work for the first time was the first copy of the calligraphy.

After receiving Jia Su's gift that day, he went home and searched through his house, but he didn't find any trace of the copy.

Lin Ruhai was so anxious that the rims of his eyes turned red.

Just when Jia Su thought that Lin Ruhai would cry from her teasing and was about to say that it didn't matter, Lin Ruhai took the scroll from the book holder and personally handed it to Jia Su.

Jia Su was stunned: "What is this?"

It couldn't be some famous painting, right?

She was a science monk who had never passed the art appraisal. She really couldn't appreciate it.

If it really was a famous painting, it would be a waste for it to fall into her hands.

Jia Su originally didn't want to open it in front of Lin Ruhai. After all, she still wanted to save face. If she exposed her biggest weakness in front of her fiancé before marriage, wouldn't that be a good thing?

But unexpectedly, Lin Ruhai looked nervous, as if he was worried that she wouldn't like this gift.

Holding the book, he smiled and bowed to Jia Su: "Third Miss, please don't blame me. Although this servant doesn't know what's inside, in order to draw it today, the young master stayed up many nights and wasted a lot of paper."

Jia Su's eyes narrowed slightly. She pulled open the scroll and immediately widened her eyes.

It couldn't be helped. The painting was of a young girl of marriageable age standing in the midst of a hundred flowers. Her smile was more attractive than the flowers.

Cui Yan immediately cried out in surprise: "Miss, this painting is …" You, right?

Lin Ruhai lowered his head in embarrassment, his face slightly red.

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Time flew by. Soon, it was the opening day of Jia Su's cosmetics store.

On this day, because her impression of Lin Ruhai had changed, Jia Su decided to go out early and visit the Lin family before going to the store.

Because the store opened on a day off, Jia Su didn't think that Lin Ruhai wouldn't be home.

But by coincidence, when she arrived at the Lin family, she learned from the gatekeeper that Lin Ruhai had gone out to visit a friend.

Jia Su: "… …"

She had miscalculated. Because she rarely went out, she had forgotten that in ancient times, when visiting relatives and friends, she needed to send a visiting card in advance in case the host wasn't home.

Lin Ruhai didn't even know that she was opening a store, and he didn't have any intention of asking her out on a shopping date. When it came to a day off, his first choice would naturally be to go out with his friends to have fun.

Since there was no one, Jia Su called Cui Yan back, lowered the curtains, and was about to leave.

Unexpectedly, the Lin family's front door was completely opened at this time.

Jia Su was startled and hurriedly pulled open the curtains.

She saw a gentle and affectionate middle-aged woman with the fragrance of books walking out of the Lin family surrounded by a group of people.

Before Jia Su could recover from her shock, the other party came to the front of the carriage with the help of a servant girl: "Are you the Jia family's Third Miss?"

Jia Su pursed her lips, feeling a rare bit nervous: "In response to Old Madam, I am indeed ranked third among my sisters."

"Since that's the case, could you let this old woman ride in the carriage?" The Old Madam's smile was like a spring breeze, not giving off any sense of oppression.

However, Jia Su felt that there was no one more terrifying than her.