Rongguo Province's back gardens had always been rich and oppressive. Walking into them, one could see large blooming flowers everywhere.

It was like the most dazzling of fine brushwork paintings, rich and colorful to the extreme.

Lin Ruhai walked on the small path leading to the back garden. The scenery was pleasing to the eye, but not to the heart.

He couldn't help but wonder if his mother had been too reckless in setting up the marriage in Rongguo Province for him.

And this thought reached its peak when he saw Jia Su in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Ever since he reached the age of marriage, he had imagined what his wife would look like. She should be gentle and virtuous, dignified and beautiful. She should also be able to recite poems with him and add fragrance to his sleeves.

After seeing his mother's grief over his father's room full of concubines, Lin Ruhai actually kept a respectful distance from them.

Jia Su was completely different from the wife he had imagined. Her facial features were charming and bright with a hint of enchanting. Her temperament was straightforward and magnanimous, but she didn't have the slightest bit of grace that a woman should have. Her gaze from the pavilion in the middle of the lake was even sharp and piercing.

She stood in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in a graceful manner. A light breeze blew past, and her red dress fluttered. She contrasted with the large expanse of rich flowers around her. One person was enough to create a scene.

She was naturally beautiful, but she was so beautiful that Lin Ruhai's heart was at a loss.

It was just like Lin Ruhai's favorite landscape painting, but someone gave him a peony painting with fine outlines and gorgeous colors.

This made Lin Ruhai, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old and was still a youth, feel somewhat at a loss.

The pavilion in the middle of the lake was in the corner of the garden, so the wedding guests definitely couldn't pass by.

There was no shelter around the pavilion, so the inside of the pavilion could be seen at a glance. It also wouldn't cause the Rongguo Province's servants to make unwarranted guesses.

The servant led Lin Ruhai to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, then bowed to the two people and left.

Lin Ruhai was a scholarly and refined young man. His face was like jade, and he was polite.

Before seeing him with his own eyes, Jia Shu had never been able to imagine how outstanding the hero in the poem "The gentleman is peerless in the world, and the stranger is like jade" was. That was why the girl in the poem could not forget him and even sighed, "We can't live in the same world, but we can return to the earth together".

Because in her opinion, no matter how outstanding a man was, he was just a spice in her wonderful life. It was impossible for her to die for him.

But after seeing him, Jia Su vaguely understood the girl in the poem.

Although she still couldn't die for a man, she had to admit that when such a jade-like gentleman appeared in front of her, it was quite difficult to remain unmoved.

But that was it.

Jia Su quickly withdrew his scrutinizing gaze and greeted Lin Ruhai with a smile, "Young Master Lin."

Lin Ruhai's eyes flashed, and he hurriedly returned the greeting, "Third Miss."

Because his movements were too hasty, when he bent down, Jia Su just happened to get up.

The two of them together looked a bit funny.

Jia Su couldn't help but curve her lips.

She rarely smiled. Now that she suddenly showed a smile, her originally bright and beautiful facial features became even more attractive.

Lin Ruhai stared blankly at her for a long time, unable to return to his senses.

Jia Su smiled again and raised her hand in front of his eyes, "Young Master Lin, I heard from my father that you brought me a gift?"

As a woman, when facing her own fiancé, she absolutely couldn't refer to herself as "I", let alone rudely reaching out to him to ask for a gift.

This was against the rules.

But Jia Su didn't have any intention of pretending to hide her difference.

After all, she was going to marry Lin Ruhai. Even if they could only be a couple in name in the future, she had to first understand Lin Ruhai's true character.

She couldn't just be a resentful woman trapped in the backyard, plaintively begging for a man's love. But if she wanted to develop her own career, she had to do things in Lin Ruhai's name.

If possible, Jia Su certainly hoped to reach an agreement with Lin Ruhai. Even if they couldn't be husband and wife, they could still become partners who trusted each other.

In this way, she could save a lot of trouble.

But this kind of thinking could only happen if Lin Ruhai didn't reject her approach.

Lin Ruhai was stunned for a while, and then he turned around and asked the servant next to him to bring the gift he bought on the street, "I passed by Ruyi Shop and saw that the jewelry was very exquisite, so I picked one … I hope Third Miss won't mind my rudeness."

Jia Su raised her eyebrows, "Rudeness?

How could that be? I'm more than happy. "

Personally picking out a gift for his fiancée, even in modern times, was a very happy thing. How could she feel rudeness?

The gift was packed in a wooden box. Although she knew it was jewelry, she didn't know the details.

Chi Xia, who was waiting on the side, stepped forward and was about to take the wooden box when she saw Jia Su casually open it.

She took out the jade bracelet, "The jade bracelet is very beautiful. It must be very expensive, right?"

Lin Ruhai, "… It didn't cost much money."

As a scholar who had been immersed in studying since childhood, as well as socializing with his teachers and peers, he didn't have the opportunity to come into contact with economic affairs. This was the first time he met someone who directly asked how much the gift cost.

This person was his fiancée, the wife who would accompany him for the rest of his life.

He was a little surprised.

Jia Su tilted her head, "Really?"

Lin Ruhai nodded, "Really."

"Then it's true." Jia Su didn't care.

The Lin family had been marquises for five generations and didn't have many children. The family's wealth must be very considerable.

However, a jade bracelet wouldn't attract Lin Ruhai's attention.

She only asked this because she wanted to test Lin Ruhai's opinion of a fiancée who was full of gold and silver.

In the original work, Daiyu didn't care much about gold and silver. He didn't refute Jia Baoyu's words of belittling the official career and economy. Although she didn't necessarily agree, this attitude made Jia Su unsure of Lin Ruhai's attitude.

Now it seemed that it wasn't bad.

Although the young man looked a little startled, he didn't feel any disgust or disgust.

Jia Su thought of another question, "Did you arrange for a maid to teach people in your room?"

Lin Ruhai hadn't recovered from the shock brought by the previous question and was stunned by this question. He immediately reacted and his cheeks flushed red, "Mother was worried that arranging a maid would affect my imperial examinations. She was also worried that I was young and didn't know how to control myself and damage my body. Therefore, she didn't, didn't …"

He really couldn't bring himself to say those words to his fiancée. He was so embarrassed that he couldn't say them out loud.