Don't Worry, I'm Here for You

Yang Ailian continued, "I heard from my father that several princes have all been trying to win over officials at court in secret as they compete for the throne."

"My father was the vice minister of personnel, and his position was a crucial one, so they had been trying to win him over in secret. My father had been playing along with the second prince all this time."

"But the second prince set his sights on the two of us sisters, and my father refused him in no uncertain terms. The second prince held a grudge and retaliated directly against my father and our family. He had our home searched and our property confiscated, and Father and Elder Brother were beheaded for their crimes."

As Yang Ailian spoke, she began to cry, and her elder sister Yang Aijin embraced her and cried with her.

Zhou Yao walked over and patted the sisters on the shoulders. "Don't worry, I'm here for you," he comforted them. "We're husband and wives now. Your father is my father-in-law, too. I'll avenge your family for you both."

When they heard their husband Zhou Yao say this, the two sisters, Yang Aijin and Yang Aijin, suddenly stood up, turned around, and threw their arms around him, sobbing loudly.

Zhou Yao patted both sisters on the back, letting them have a good cry. They would feel much better once they had cried it out; otherwise, bottling it up inside could make them sick.

Zhou Yao knew full well that no matter how society changed, whoever controlled money, grain, power, and the army stood at the very top of the food chain and held power over the lives and deaths of others.

Zhou Yao lacked neither money nor grain now, but he did lack people.

If he had people, Zhou Yao could raise a force in a very short time, equip it with the best weapons and gear, provide ample money and grain, and train it properly.

Zhou Yao was confident he could train this force until each soldier could fight ten, or even a hundred, and the force could sweep all before it, win every battle, and conquer every stronghold.

The original owner of this body might have come from an extraordinary background, but Zhou Yao thought he was nothing but a weakling, with a handsome face and a strong body to no purpose. Zhou Yao transmigrating into his body and taking over the nest like a cuckoo was entirely the original owner's good fortune.

With people, he would have an army; with an army, he would have power. Then he would have everything. Since he had already transmigrated into this world, if he did nothing, wouldn't he be letting down the great army of transmigrators as one of its members? Zhou Yao would never do anything so shameful.

After crying for a while, Yang Aijin and Yang Ailian stopped and left their husband Zhou Yao's embrace.

Seeing that their husband Zhou Yao's clothes were covered in both sisters' tears and snot, they felt terribly embarrassed. But they really did feel so safe and comfortable in their husband's arms; they truly didn't want to leave his embrace.

Then Zhou Yao smiled and asked the sisters, "How do you feel now? You feel much better after crying it out, don't you?"

"Thank you, husband. Now that I've cried, I feel much better," Yang Aijin said.

"I feel much better after crying it out too," Yang Ailian added.

"You two sisters have suffered these past few years. Don't worry, I, your husband, will avenge you."

Their husband Zhou Yao's bearing made him look nothing like a country villager. He seemed to come from a wealthy and distinguished family, but they didn't know why he lived here.

The elder sister, Yang Aijin, considered things more carefully. Years of hardship had long since taught her to read people's expressions, and as far as she could tell, her husband Zhou Yao was no simple man.

But in the eyes of both the elder sister Yang Aijin and the younger sister Yang Ailian, their husband Zhou Yao was exceptionally handsome. He was 183 centimeters tall, and although he looked rather lean, he gave the impression of being strong. What was more, lying in his arms just now had made them feel so safe!

And the conditions in their husband Zhou Yao's home really were very, very good. In these times, after such a long drought, they could actually have rice porridge and steamed buns to eat, and even take a bath, here in this poor, remote countryside.

The two sisters were delighted to be able to marry a man like him.