When Lin Mumu opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was an unfamiliar man lying by her side on the bed.

“Mumu, did you awake up?”

“You are?” Lin Mumu dazedly raised her head.

“Hello, my name is Yun Ting, I’m your husband.” The man’s expression was solemn and his lips were stretched in a taut line, however, his eyes concealed great joy and anxiousness.

Yun Ting’s figure was tall, straight and well proportioned. His facial features were exceptionally handsome. This man was of the category of men who would undoubtedly attract everyone’s attention wherever they went.

Moreover, this face, Lin Mumu was very familiar with, but now, she could no longer see it again. All she could recall was Its shadow when she closed her eyes. However, what was unfamiliar to her at this moment was the youthfulness of this face, it looked much younger than she recalled. Furthermore, his beautiful eyes had yet to be laden by grief and sorrow.

Seemingly afraid Lin Mumu didn’t believe him, Yun Ting seized the opportunity to take out a small red booklet from his coat’s pocket and pointed at the photo of two people inside for Lin Mumu to see:

“This is our marriage certificate. We got married the day before yesterday, your master agreed. ”

I got married the day before yesterday?

Lin Mumu looked at the man’s grave expression in the photo next to her own brightly smiling face. She didn’t question him or raise any doubts. Contrary to expectations, she calmly looked at Yun Ting and said:

“Husband? How long are you going to stay with me?”

“For a lifetime.”

Lin Mumu didn’t utter a word.

Yun Ting then removed a necklace with a small wooden amulet-like pendant from his neck and put it on her palm.

“This is?”

“Dowry.”

She is much calmer than he expected, and also strangely very cooperative.

Being schemed against by her own master, inexplicably forced to marry a stranger and even obtaining the certificate, she was such a young little girl, yet, she didn’t even cry or make a ruckus, and even accepted his symbolic pendant and held it protectively against her chest?

Does this mean she accepted him?

Yun Ting’s tight expression finally softened and revealed a trace of happiness.

– – – –

Lin Mumu closed her eyes and strongly pressed her heart extreme excitement.

Thankfully, she could come back to the past. The current time is 10 years ago, exactly when Yun Ting’s sadomasochism had yet to begin. They were both still young, and had yet to suffer from each other and be riddled with scars.

At the moment, she was still existing with him, and they wouldn’t be separated by life and death anymore.

At the final moment of Lin Mumu’s life, Yun Ting rushed into the raging inferno to die with her, and before they died, he said that he regretted never speaking out his feelings and expressing his love throughout his life.

It was also at that moment that she realized that he had loved her, deeper and stronger than she could imagine, but she simply had never been aware.

Their life was full of misunderstandings and missed opportunities.

He said that as soon as he received the marriage certificate ten years ago, he immediately set his mind on her. He had firmly decided to hold onto her, never to let go, and to stay by her side forever.

Unfortunately, the only time they honestly opened up their hearts was at the end of their lives. Thinking about it, it was very ironic.

Lin Mumu had said: “Yun Ting, if there is a next life, we mustn’t miss each other again.”

He said: “Good, I will wait for you on the road to The Yellow Springs (the underworld of Chinese mythology, equivalent of hell). In the next life, I, Yun Ting, will still marry you, Lin Mumu, for a lifetime.”

“For a lifetime.”

This was their agreement and promise to each other.

Unfortunately, Lin Mumu didn’t go to The Yellow Springs, but inexplicably returned back in time to ten years ago.

Returning to the 18-year-old Lin Mumu, and the 22-year-old Yun Ting, back to the moment they first met, to their pure and simple time before they had started tormenting each other.

Originally, at this time, Lin Mumu was ordered by her master to leave the mountain to study at university. Afterwards, she was knocked out by Yun Ting and forcibly captured and taken away.

As soon as she woke up, Yun Ting overbearingly informed her they were married and threw at her their marriage certificate.

How can an 18-year-old girl, already full of dreams and rebellious feelings, recognize the marriage certificate and the forced marriage? But Yun Ting has always been very principled, and his bottom line was that Lin Mumu was his, Yun Ting’s, wife, and that couldn’t be changed for a lifetime.

From then onwards, Yun Ting instantly left a strange impression of forced marriage in Lin Mumu’s heart, which forever composed shackles in her mind, and no matter how handsome he appeared, it couldn’t conceal his vile and oppressive character.

Because of this discordant beginning, Lin Mumu has always had many inexplicable misunderstandings about Yun Ting. And unfortunately, Yun Ting was exactly the type of person who only liked to act and didn’t like to talk. They were undoubtedly bound together, yet, they ended up missing each other.

Sometimes, knowing a person really takes as long as 10 years.

At this point, Lin Mumu returned to their first meeting ten years ago, and she definitely wouldn’t let those misunderstandings arise between them.

She knows he loves her, and he loved her so much he could give up his life for her, this was enough.

She knows that she loves him, and she loved him to the point of engraving his name into her soul, this was enough.

Lin Mumu was originally an orphan.

When she was a child, she was picked up by Lin Guan, the master of Yu Qing Temple. She paid her respects and acknowledged him as her master, and henceforth started living with him in the temple on the mountain, to practice a Daoist’s life, isolated and far away from the modern society.

Time passed by in a flash and she quickly turned 18.

Speaking of Lin Mumu’s talent in Taoism, it was very average. Her studies were very lacking and she could only learn less than 10% of what her master taught her. Her level at fortune telling, observing the constellations, and catching ghosts was worse than that of street swindlers.

However, Lin Mumu is innately sensitive to plants, and naturally gifted at raising them, growing flowers and planting trees. In her previous life, she was able to win the championship of the Flower God Competition with her ability.

Now, thinking about it, it could be assumed that in the dirty scheming and muddled waters of the competition, without Yun Ting protecting her, let alone winning the championship, she may not necessarily have been able to keep her little life.

– – – –

Yun Ting was obviously not accustomed to such a docile and tame Lin Mumu. She not only accepted the amulet he gifted her, she also allowed him to hold her hand.

Was she really no angry at him for being forcefully married to him?

Yun Ting was a professional soldier of the military’s special forces. Although Lin Mumu’s eyes were closed, he knew she wasn’t unconscious, her breathing couldn’t deceive him.

However, he unexplainedly didn’t expose her, and quietly took advantage of her tacit approval to hold onto her little soft and boneless hand for a while, and stare intently at her fresh and pure face that emitted a warmth and brightness similar to that of the morning sunshine.

Even layers of thick fabric couldn’t cover Lin Mumu’s radiance in Yun Ting’s heart.

He knew her for longer than she knew. He’s been observing her for countless days and nights, but she didn’t even know.

“Yun Ge, did sister-in-law wake up? When are leaving back to Beijing?”

Someone knocked on the door, finally interrupting Lin Mumu’s reminiscing and Yun Ting’s staring.

Lin Mumu was embarrassed to keep acting asleep. She opened her eyes and sweetly smiled at Yun Ting.

Her smile was so warm that it seemed it could melt both ice and snow away, and appeared so bright that Yun Ting felt like he couldn’t keep his eyes open.

“Come in, have you bought everything?” Yun Ting started talking, without turning his head away from Lin Mumu.

“Bought them.” A short soldier in camouflage clothing came in the room, carrying a large military bag on his back and holding several paper bags and boxes in his hands.

Lin Mumu doesn’t even need to look to know that the military bag is full of daily necessities, including a set of high-quality skincare products, but also potato chips, snacks, light refreshments and drinks. As for those paper bags and boxes, they were containing all kinds of women’s clothes and shoes.

Yun Ting, for Lin Mumu, was never reluctant to do anything.

The little soldier proudly put the bags and boxes next to Lin Mumu, as if taking credit for his achievement. He then performed the standard military salute and said to Lin Mumu: “Sister-in-law, Xiao Duxiang reporting to you for duty!”

Lin Mumu kindly smiled at him, and Xiao Duxiang immediately opened a box to show her: “Sister-in-law, these are the clothes that Yun Ge instructed me to buy for you. Dang, you don’t know how aggressive Yun Ge can be, He’s too much! He told me: [Go to Hainan’s department store, don’t come back until you buy all the most expensive clothes!] ”

The little soldier was specialized in imitation, so he spoke Yun Ting’s sentence while imitating his overbearing voice.

“Yun Ge later called me again, and ordered supplementary orders, he even added: [Simple and elegant clothes and low-heeled shoes, before what you buy is satisfactory, don’t come back!] I had to run five trips! Sister-in-law, you should be satisfied now, right?” Xiao Duxiang was desperately taking credit for his errand.

Lin Mumu remembered that in her previous life, this little soldier had also bought this much things and brought them back. He seemed to want to talk but was intimidated by Yun Ting’s fierce gaze and didn’t dare say half a sentence.

Consequently, Lin Mumu, who grew up in the temple and didn’t understand the human emotions and social relationships, didn’t realize how much Yun Ting was spoiling her.

But in this lifetime, everything was a bit different to what she recalled? Yun Ting unexpectedly deliberately didn’t interrupt Xiao Duxiang?

Lin Mumu looked at Yun Ting in surprise.

He was still holding her hand.

When Lin Mumu accepted his protective amulet, Yun Ting instantly seized the opportunity to take her hand, and then stayed in a dazed state while continuously holding her hand in his palm.

Noticing Lin Mumu’s gaze, he hurriedly let go of her hand and pretended to forget his little action while calmly looking back at her.

The two’s gazes met, and a thread of puzzlement and doubt flashed through their eyes.

It was rare to see such and an awkward Yun Ting, and Lin Mumu couldn’t help giggling at the sight.

“You are already my, Yun Ting’s wife, so don’t ever think about running away. You can rest assured, if you don’t like it, I won’t announce your status public or interfere with your life.

The only reason I married you was because my father compelled me to take you as my wife. Even if it is only putting on a play, you have to accompany me to the end.

Additionally, I want to remind you that I’m a soldier in active military duty, and in China, we implement the military marriage protection policy, do don’t even think about divorce.”

From beginning to end, Yun Ting talked while attentively watching Lin Mumu’s expression. In his calm eyes, there was a slight trace of nervousness and apprehension.

Afraid that his tone was too grave and heavy and could scare her, he spoke softly in a light tone, as If she was a little animal that could run away at any moment.

Why did he sound like a human trafficker trying to bring in a little child bride?

But there was nothing he could do about it, after all, he was afraid, afraid that if he didn’t strike first, his little slow witted and well-behaved Mumu would be abducted by someone else. So, what else could he do?

Who would have thought that, after all he said, Lin Mumu would cleverly nod her head in a very sensible manner?

“You should change your clothes first, I will then take you to Beijing. There are three days left before classes start at Beijing University, so time is a bit tight.”

Yun Ting curiously glanced at her again, and then urged the little soldier to leave.

When the door was closed did Lin Mumu look at her pinched red right hand and started kneading it. She couldn’t help but laugh out loud: “Yun Ting, your EQ is too low!”

Obviously, he was fond of her, yet he kept insisting he was only acting according to his parents’ wishes.

The previous life’s Yun Ting had also said the same thing.

This sentence had provoked Lin Mumu’s sensitive nerves. Even though she later started liking Yun Ting a little, she always thought that Yun Ting didn’t like her at all, and just found her as a woman he could use to deal with his parents.

Thinking about it now, it may be assumed that at that time, Yun Ting was afraid Lin Mumu would ask for divorce, so he used this overbearing and roundabout tactic to settle her. The combat plan of the army really wasn’t handy for girls ~~

– – – –

Yun Ting was guarding the door outside while Lin Mumu changed her clothes at peace of mind inside.

The little soldier’s taste was pretty good. The clothes he bought were basically casual outfits for young girls of her age. He didn’t purchase excessively bold or mature colors, and the clothes were reasonable and not too exposing.

Lin Mumu chose to wear a light blue dress with durable little black leather shoes. She also used a black rubber band to tie her hair into a ponytail. Her overall look was very youthful and charming.

Looking at Lin Mumu with such a youthful appearance and bright smile on her face, Yun Ting’s Adam’s apple subconsciously rolled up twice, only heaven knew how tempting this little girl appeared to him

Yun Ting was not really a lustful person, he was even famous at the military base for his insensitiveness to the opposite sex. Regardless of whether the woman was a valiant flower of the military or an alluring famous actress, Yun Ting never showed the slightest interest.

It was estimated only Lin Mumu was able to make his body temperature shot up to the skies, and make himself unable to hold back anymore.

“Wow! These clothes look really good on sister-in-law! Yun Ge, my insight was pretty good, right?” Xiao Du started joking around.

“En, it’s okay.” The corner of Yun Ting’s lips rose slightly, which meant he was in a pretty good mood at the moment.

“We’re leaving, get in the car.” Seemingly trying to conceal his short moment of loss of self-control, Yun Ting’s tone turned cold and somewhat stiff. He grabbed the schoolbag and the other unpacked paper bags ang boxes from Lin Mumu’s hands and directly placed them in the front passenger seat.

Consequently, he and Lin Mumu could only sit together at the backseat. Even the backseat had many boxes piled at the side, so Yun Ting and Lin Mumu had to squeeze together to fit in. this way, Lin Mumu had no choice but to approach him and tightly sit next to him.

Previously, Lin Mumu was so pure and simple minded, how could she ever discover that Yun Ting, this guy, was thoroughly black bellied inside out?