Hearing Lin Feng joke about his name, Ji Boda's face instantly darkened.
"Kid, you're tired of living, daring to mock someone from my Ji family at will!"
Ji Boda stared sharply at Lin Feng, vaguely sensing something was off about him.
If it were anyone else, they would have been scared witless and begging for mercy upon hearing his name. Only Lin Feng remained composed, even mocking him.
Unlike Ji Boxiao, Ji Boda had no martial arts talent since childhood, so he and Ji Boxiao walked completely different paths.
One pursued martial arts, the other pursued business.
In terms of business acumen and judging people, Ji Boda was quite capable.
Therefore, his intuition told him that Lin Feng dared to act this way must be because he had some backing.
"Good, a newborn calf truly fears no tiger. I have no other intentions in coming here; I just wanted to see who was protecting Gu Xiaoman."
"Now I've seen. Nothing more to do, goodbye."
Ji Boda smiled faintly. He wouldn't act rashly without first understanding his opponent's strength.
Now it was Lin Feng's turn to be confused.
What did that mean?
He spoke a few words and then left, and so quickly at that?
Lin Feng watched Ji Boda quickly get into his car and leave, feeling a mix of amusement and bewilderment.
According to the normal plot, shouldn't Ji Boda have been beaten after trying to show off?
Gu Xiaoman was also perplexed. Seeing Ji Boda leave, she immediately stepped forward and said, "Mr. Lin, perhaps I should take you to your lodging first. I'm afraid they won't give up."
"No need to fear them. However, there's still some time before your work starts. Take me to see where my senior sister usually lives."
Lin Feng was very curious about how his senior sister had spent her years.
Gu Xiaoman nodded and led the way.
The place wasn't far from the foot massage parlor; it was a siheyuan in a hutong.
This siheyuan wasn't very large but looked quite new, likely renovated by his senior sister after she bought it.
As Lin Feng had expected, upon opening the courtyard gate, he felt a surge of dense spiritual energy.
The clean and tidy courtyard was filled with flowers and plants, with several spirit-gathering herbs interspersed among them.
These spirit-gathering herbs could gather the surrounding spiritual energy into the courtyard, thus achieving the effect of a spirit-gathering formation.
Clearly, this was his senior sister's work.
"Mr. Lin, Sister Qing lives in this side room, I live in that one, and now that you're here, you can stay in this one."
Gu Xiaoman pointed to the three side rooms in the courtyard.
"Alright, I'll go to my senior sister's room first to take a look."
Lin Feng nodded and entered the side room where his senior sister Shangguan Qing resided.
Gu Xiaoman followed Lin Feng, sensing his deep concern for his senior sister.
Upon entering the room, he was greeted by a profusion of fiery red flowers.
The flowers filled the windowsill and coffee table, numbering twenty to thirty pots, making the entire room incredibly vibrant.
"These flowers were all grown by Sister Qing. When she's away, I take care of them for her. I think they're called Flamingos."
Gu Xiaoman explained, having learned the flower's name from Sister Qing herself.
"Flamingos?"
Lin Feng mused. He vaguely recalled that the Flamingo flower was used in medicine.
It was specifically used to treat cold poisons.
His senior sister grew so many Flamingos; could it be that she was afflicted with some kind of cold poison?
Lin Feng's guess was correct, as he soon found a mortar and pestle in his senior sister's room.
Traces of crushed Flamingo roots were still present in the container.
It was clear that his senior sister grew so many Flamingos for medicinal purposes, to be used in healing.
"Mr. Lin, you take your time looking around. I'll head out now."
Gu Xiaoman knew that Lin Feng might be feeling sentimental and discreetly withdrew.
Lin Feng looked around his senior sister's room. By her bedside, he found an envelope.
The envelope was addressed "To my junior brother Feng."
Lin Feng eagerly opened the envelope. Inside, as expected, was a letter in his senior sister's handwriting.
The content of the letter was simple. It stated that Gu Xiaoman was a wife her elder sister had found for Lin Feng, asking him to protect and take good care of Gu Xiaoman.
There was nothing else.
"No way, my dear senior sister, you went to all this trouble just to find me a wife?"
Lin Feng felt utterly bewildered. His senior sister was missing, and instead of leaving any clues, she left him a wife. What was this all about?
Lin Feng was speechless. He already had enough women around him; he didn't need his senior sister to find him a wife.
Fortunately, the fact that his senior sister left a letter meant she was alright, which was good news.
Lin Feng walked out of the room with a smile. He found Gu Xiaoman squatting on the ground, weeding the courtyard with a hoe.
He looked around and saw a bottle of weed killer by the door. He said, "No need to go to so much trouble. Isn't there a special medicine for weeding? I'll do it."
Lin Feng walked up to Gu Xiaoman and showed her the bottle.
"Mr. Lin, I'm not tired. This weed killer is expired anyway. I'll just do it by hand slowly."
Gu Xiaoman smiled faintly. This task was nothing to her.
"Stop calling me Mr. Lin. Call me husband from now on."
Lin Feng raised an eyebrow. Since his senior sister had found her for him, he couldn't refuse.
"Husband?"
Gu Xiaoman was stunned. She looked up at Lin Feng with wide eyes, and after a moment, she came to her senses. "Mr. Lin, did you mispeak?"
"It's not a slip of the tongue. It was arranged by my senior sister. She said she found you as my wife, and I can't do anything about it."
Lin Feng handed Gu Xiaoman the letter written by his senior sister.
Gu Xiaoman took it and saw that Lin Feng wasn't joking. Sister Qing had actually betrothed her to Lin Feng.
"But, but we just met. I don't have any romantic feelings for you. Please consider it a joke from Sister Qing."
Gu Xiaoman didn't know what to say. Although Sister Qing had been kind to her, and Lin Feng had helped her, the sudden prospect of becoming Lin Feng's wife was something she truly couldn't accept.
"I don't mind. If you're unwilling, just make it clear to my senior sister."
Lin Feng shrugged, unscrewed the expired weed killer, and gulped it down.
Since it was useless anyway, it would be a waste to throw it away. It might as well replenish his body.
As a result, Gu Xiaoman was terribly frightened by Lin Feng's actions.
"Mr. Lin, even if I disagree, you can't drink weed killer!"
"I didn't know you were so fragile emotionally. If you can't handle this blow, I can reconsider."
Gu Xiaoman panicked, thinking Lin Feng had drunk the poison because she rejected him.
"You don't need to reconsider. I was just thirsty, and it was a good way to nourish my body."
Lin Feng smiled and continued drinking.
"Stop, stop drinking! I'll agree to be your wife, alright? Please stop!"
Gu Xiaoman, under duress, could only compromise for the time being.
"Don't be afraid. I was genuinely thirsty."
Lin Feng finished the entire bottle of weed killer and let out a satisfied burp.
This expired stuff was quite potent. He felt a warm sensation throughout his body.