The standalone post on the Realm System contained rather serious spoilers and restricted the scope of imagination, so I'd better delete it and post it in the readers' circle later or2!
Outside the window, the silver moon shone like frost.
Lin Wanyi had dressed herself up beautifully and sat upright beside the round table, pen in hand as she worked on her accounts. A small lamp burned on the table, alongside a food box containing today's dinner. To keep it from going cold if Xie Jinhuan came late, she had specially put it in the box to keep warm.
Beside her hand lay a stack of banknotes: some were dowry money she had saved herself, some were silver Xie Jinhuan had entrusted to her, and some were funds drawn from her family.
With nothing to do at home during the day, she had originally planned to buy a few new outfits. But at noon, Uncle-Master Bu had suddenly come over, saying he had a big job and wanted to borrow some money from her.
When she asked what sort of job it was, Uncle-Master Bu remained mysterious and refused to say. He only asked to borrow thirty thousand taels first, promising her thirty percent interest afterward.
Faced with such an enormous sum, Lin Wanyi naturally wanted to refuse. But Missing Moon Manor had not only taught her cultivation methods; when her father had been gravely ill years ago, it had also provided a medicinal ingredient that saved his life.
With the manor lord's kindness weighing on her, she could hardly refuse outright. She planned to discuss it with her man first before deciding.
After all, Xie Jinhuan was extremely capable. If something really went wrong, perhaps he could even help her recover the money...
*Was this what Mother meant