Shang Ruyi couldn’t help but look up and glare at him, saying, "When I usually say that, you get angry with ; today when I say this, you don’t believe . What exactly do you want from ?"
The familiar stubborn look and tone imdiately set Yu Wenye’s mind at ease.
It’s not a dream.
So he smiled and said, "But you never speak to like this normally, what’s happening today?"
Shang Ruyi glared at him again and couldn’t help but smile before saying softly, "Because today, I heard a phrase."
"What phrase?"
"Together for a lifeti, just the two of us..."
"Together for a lifeti, just the two of us?"
Yu Wenye furrowed his brow slightly, barely able to discern it should be a poem, but lacking context or history, couldn’t figure out its aning in the rush, so he asked, "Where did you hear it? Who said it? What does it an?"
Shang Ruyi thought for a mont, although it was said by Yu Mingyue, from the previous two poems she recited that were suspected by Shen Wuzheng not to be her own, this phrase was likely the sa, so it wasn’t appropriate to say it was hers. But luckily, she explained its aning, so she said softly, "It ans, a man and a woman, staying together for life, with no one else, irreplaceable to each other."
Yu Wenye’s eyes flickered slightly.
But the next mont, as if sothing occurred to him, his gaze imdiately turned cold, looking at Shang Ruyi unhappily, and said, "Together for life, with no one else..."
"..."
"Where will the ones you hold co from?"
Shang Ruyi was stunned, wondering how he got to this point, but upon seeing his completely different emotions from usual, she imdiately realized—oh, Yu Wenye’s mother, Madam Guan, Guan Yunmu, was Yu Wenquan’s second wife.
If soone’s life truly is ant to be spent with only one person, no one else, wouldn’t Guan Yunmu spend her life alone, with no chance for Yu Wenye to be born?
No wonder he was a bit upset.
Shang Ruyi imdiately said, "That’s not what I ant."
Besides, not only Madam Guan was like this, but her own mother as well was soone’s second wife, so there’s no way she could an it offensively about this matter.
Yu Wenye was still sowhat angry, but seeing her like that knew she didn’t an it, so he let out a deep breath, forced himself to calm down before asking, "Then what does it an?"
Shang Ruyi then said softly, "Together for a lifeti, just the two of us, ans that a man and a woman can stay together lovingly for a lifeti, with the man not taking concubines, no other person can intrude between them, only the two of them."
Then carefully added, "It’s not like with mother."
Yu Wenye’s gaze finally softened a bit.
After thinking for a while, he couldn’t help but slightly lift the corners of his mouth, looking down at Shang Ruyi, and said, "So, in your heart, you mind marrying Chu Ruoyan."
"..."
Shang Ruyi looked at him, sowhat helpless.
Regarding her "mindfulness" on this matter, the two have long since clarified, but perhaps it’s due to her past "misbehavior," always showing indifference toward his and Chu Ruoyan’s relationship, having said those words to him, making it so even now, Yu Wenye’s heart is so insecure, constantly needing reassurance.
How could she possibly not mind?
She thought for a while, then pressed her face to his chest, listening to his increasingly joyous heartbeat, and said softly, "What I mind is not her, but that, no matter what, there would certainly be one more between us, or many more people."
"..."
"Don’t say I’m being sentintal. When I married you, I knew this day would co. But knowing is one thing, feeling the pain is another."
Saying this, she looked up at Yu Wenye, "Besides, whether I mind or not, you still married her."
Yu Wenye’s eyes flickered, perhaps hearing her true "voice" for the first ti, couldn’t have imagined it would be such a voice, and for a mont, he seed unable to process it. Shang Ruyi could only hear his heartbeat becoming heavier, seemingly his emotions growing heavier too.
The two fell silent, facing each other for a long ti.
Not sure how much ti passed, Yu Wenye sighed lightly, hardening his grip on her waist, pulling her soft, fragrant body tightly to himself, as if afraid she would escape at this mont, and said heavily, "Before I t you, I didn’t think about love between a man and a woman. So, whom I marry or take as a concubine wasn’t important, only what I wanted to achieve mattered."
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