Chapter 144:
“How about it, do you dare to bet?”
Lu Ziyan said: “If he really brings people, you divorce him and have no further entanglement with him from then on. Otherwise, I let you go.”
Xie Wanning pursed her lips and said nothing.
“Dare not bet?” Lu Ziyan laughed, “Don’t believe that sickly person?”
After awakening past life memory, he had never been pregnant, but such a laugh made Xie Wanning hear only a bit of sarcasm. She immediately nodded, “I bet with you!”
If Pei Yuqing really brought people to catch in the act, that would truly use her to the extreme, and finally try to take hold of her. This marriage indeed had no need to continue.
Seeing her agree, Lu Ziyan’s gaze brightened.
“Good!”
He restrained his smile, lowered his head and kissed the back of her hand, saying: “You don’t need to worry about anything else. Even if he brings people, no matter what happens, no matter what the consequences, I will bear them all alone.”
His tone was solemn: “Everyone will know that I love you too much, can’t let you go, that I entangle you regardless of face, wanting to win back your feelings.”
These words, to Lu Ziyan, already counted as the ultimate sweet talk, but Xie Wanning was completely unmoved, not even a ripple stirred in her heart.
Pei Yuqing was eleven years older than her, with deep schemes, intelligence near demonic. After being deceived and schemed against by him several times, Xie Wanning could no longer distinguish what was true and what was false…
But after being deceived a few times, she had made some progress.
At least, she was no longer as foolish as before, believing whatever they said.
She played mind games, of course she couldn’t outplay these politicians scheming on the imperial court.
But she could choose to believe no one, and withdraw the trust she had given.
The two no longer spoke, just sat facing each other, hands clasped together. Xie Wanning tried to draw her hand back, but after he gripped it firmly, she stopped struggling.
Anyway, it was useless. He was used to doing as he pleased, always only caring about his own feelings, never minding if she was willing.
But as she stopped struggling, Lu Ziyan’s broad palm tightened for a moment then loosened.
“Don’t want me to hold it, then I won’t,” he said sullenly, then asked her: “Where else did I do poorly before? Are you willing to tell me?”
He had practiced training soldiers and martial arts since childhood, rolling in the military camp, surrounded by tall and burly rough men. He simply didn’t know how to coax a girl to be happy.
It was fine when young, but as the two gradually grew up, especially after fourteen, many things naturally became clear.
In reality, he strictly followed rules, not daring to touch her even with a finger.
But in those gorgeous dreams, she arrived as expected every time, and he would do to her all the things he didn’t dare do or say in reality.
After so many times, he was somewhat at a loss on how to face her…
Yet she was completely unaware, unaware of how filthy his heart was, how much he wanted to indecently bully her, how dangerous he was, yet she always loved to press that soft and tender body against him, looking at him with a pair of bright sparkling eyes.
Although this was his fiancée with whom he had an engagement, Lu Ziyan simply didn’t dare act rashly, could only keep distance from her, his attitude unconsciously becoming distant.
Gradually, their relationship became her passionate as fire, while he grew accustomed to being admired and chased by her.
Now thinking back, he no longer remembered which other things had hurt her heart.
After waiting a long time, the young lady opposite didn’t speak. Lu Ziyan smiled and said: “After you divorce him, marry me, okay? If you don’t want to marry into the Lu Family, I’ll change my surname. Is Qi Ziyan good-sounding?”
He was certain he would win, and she would divorce Pei Yuqing.
“I’m not unwilling to marry into the Lu Family, I’m unwilling to marry you.” Xie Wanning couldn’t help saying: “Even if I divorce Pei Yuqing, I won’t marry you.”
Hearing such ruthless words so many times, he surprisingly gained some immunity.
Lu Ziyan listened without changing expression, even lightly humming, “I can marry you too. You set up your own household, and I marry you.”
Xie Wanning: “…”
She was silent for a few breaths, simply stopping talking.
In terms of being shameless, she indeed couldn’t compare to him.
She didn’t speak, and Lu Ziyan wasn’t annoyed, just staring at her unblinkingly.
After months apart, finally seeing her, and her obediently sitting opposite him, his whole heart was tied to her. How could he resist not looking at her.
Xie Wanning was stared at until her heart felt hairy, couldn’t help raising her head to glare at him.
Lu Ziyan met her gaze, first slightly stunned, then reached out to pinch his own nasal bone. After a while, he sighed, “Wanwan, just one look from you makes me suspect if yesterday’s Warm Affection Powder wasn’t resolved at all.”
His whole body burning hot, heart burning, mind burning, limbs and torso all burning, especially the three inches below the navel…
Even more unbearable than yesterday under the Warm Affection Powder.
Because the wanted young lady was right in front of him, and he couldn’t even touch her, otherwise she would get angry.
He was very spineless, didn’t dare provoke her anger again.
Lu Ziyan was still strongly suppressing his desire when he heard a slight scoff from opposite.
He stilled for a moment and asked: “What are you scoffing at?”
Xie Wanning held the teacup rewarmed with tea, slowly took a sip, completely ignoring him.
Lu Ziyan persistently asked: “You don’t believe it?”
He itched to pull her over to feel, but seeing the faintly disdainful expression on the young lady opposite, he was somewhat stunned.
He thought for a moment, then asked: “What did that sickly person tell you?”
Xie Wanning said: “Can you be quiet? Very noisy.”
After this rare choking retort, Lu Ziyan laughed in anger but didn’t obey her to shut up, instead continuing: “Did he tell you that after I was drugged, I called two young ladies?”
This was worth him specially mentioning?
Xie Wanning incredulously glared at him, “You think bedding two women is something to be proud of?”
…………
As soon as these words came out, there was another long silence.
Lu Ziyan had never been made to silence so solidly by anyone’s single sentence for so long.
His face first darkened, then he looked at her with full eyes of complexity, “What kind of storybooks have you been reading?”
What bedding two women…
Were these words for a boudoir lady like her to say?
Xie Wanning also stiffened at the question, quickly reacted, turned her face away, not wanting to pay him any attention.
He could do it, yet she couldn’t even say it.
Lu Ziyan was about to say something more when suddenly footsteps came from the door, followed by a knock on the door.
“Master, the person has arrived outside the military camp.” Ming Jian’s voice paused, then said: “Pei Yuqing came alone.”
“…!” Xie Wanning’s pupils suddenly widened, abruptly standing up, looking at the person opposite, excitedly saying: “I won!”
Lu Ziyan glanced at her, “Wait here!”
Saying that, he rose and walked to the door, asked Ming Jian a few questions in a low voice, and when he turned back, his face was as black as the bottom of a pot.
While Xie Wanning’s face already showed irrepressible joy. Lu Ziyan stared fixedly for a while, suddenly also laughed, “I take it back.”
As soon as these words came out, Xie Wanning’s smile instantly froze on her face. She picked up the teacup at hand and smashed it at him, “You’re toying with me!”
Just as the teacup was about to hit him, Lu Ziyan sidestepped to avoid it, then flashed to appear directly in front of Xie Wanning, grabbing her hand, saying: “I admit I miscalculated. That sickly person is one move ahead, figured out that I guessed his layout…”
“Heh… You’d rather admit you miscalculated than admit Pei Yuqing truly loves me,” Xie Wanning coldly laughed interrupting, “He couldn’t bear to push me to the eye of the storm, to be pointed at and gossiped about by countless people!”
“What true heart of his!” Lu Ziyan’s eyes darkened, his whole body breath suddenly turning cold and heavy, “That old deceiver has deceived you so many times, used you to provoke me, every single thing using methods on you. Now just because he didn’t bring people, it proves he truly loves you?”
Xie Wanning was already burning with anger from his breaking the promise, no longer caring how jealous he was, immediately nodding without hesitation, coldly laughing: “Of course he truly loves me. Everything he did, even if scheming deeply, was just to make me thoroughly disgust you. He succeeded, I…”
“Shut up!” Lu Ziyan suddenly reached out to pinch her chin, full face sinisterly glaring at her.
At this point, he had unilaterally torn up the bet.
Facing such an arrogant, unreasonable, self-centered, domineering and autocratic person, how could Xie Wanning still be timid? Her rebellious spirit rose, anger burning away fear, and she glared back without yielding.
Their four eyes met for just a few breaths, his ruthless gaze softened, he lowered his head wanting to kiss her, Xie Wanning frantically pushed back.
But her hands and feet were all restrained by him, her lips kissed as he wished, her jaw dead gripped, she couldn’t even bite him, could only forcibly endure his invasion.
Even her angry curses were completely swallowed by him.
Only uncontrolled nasal sounds left, one side panting lightly, one side resisting.
By the end of this kiss, she was completely out of strength, held at the waist by him to barely stand steady.
“Disgust?” He finally released her lips, forehead against hers, “What does it feel like to be kissed by someone you hate so much?”
Saying that, he even pinched her waist, laughed, “Wanwan, your legs are soft.”
“…Heh,” Xie Wanning also imitated his laugh. Lu Ziyan’s jaw instantly tightened. Before her heart-piercing words could come out, she was kissed again.
“If you dare say I’m disgusting again,” he said through gritted teeth, “I’ll invite your husband in to see what we’re doing!”
Xie Wanning’s face sank, coldly laughing: “That’s all you know how to use to threaten people.”
“Not a threat, never a threat,” Lu Ziyan stared fixedly at the mocking color on her face, suddenly changing the subject, continuing the previous topic.
He said: “There was no bedding two women.”
Xie Wanning pretended not to hear.
He said again: “I resolved it myself.”
She laughed, “What does it have to do with me.”
“…Really don’t care anymore?” Lu Ziyan took a deep breath, gripped her waist tightly, asking: “When that old man told you I took two young ladies, what were you thinking?”
Xie Wanning hated his breaking promise and indecent act, how could she speak nicely with him.
After waiting a while, seeing her keep a straight face refusing to speak, Lu Ziyan was somewhat annoyed, yet really couldn’t do anything to her.
He couldn’t bear to be fierce even twice, he couldn’t really use punishment, right?
Pausing a few breaths, he said: “You answer this question of mine truthfully, and I let you go.”
Xie Wanning coldly laughed without speaking.
Thinking of his own past record, Lu Ziyan pinched his nasal bone, seriously saying: “This time no deception, really let you go.”
Ultimately, the promise to let her go was too tempting. Xie Wanning still couldn’t resist biting the hook, opening her mouth: “Swear it.”
Lu Ziyan’s gaze brightened. Before he could agree, he heard her say: “If you break the promise, you will forever pain of losing loved one, suffer the torment of unobtainable.”
…………
The room suddenly quieted, the strange silence somewhat terrifying.
Even the hand at her waist slowly released force.
Fortunately, Xie Wanning had recovered some strength by now, able to stand steady on her own.
Lu Ziyan stood backlit, his facial expression unclear, just his whole body coldly frightening.
Her words seemed to touch his reverse scale.
But so what…
Besides this, she didn’t believe his other oaths.
Originally thought with him this angry, the matter would drop, but unexpectedly, Lu Ziyan spoke.
He said: “I can swear, but you must truthfully answer all my questions. If you lie, everyone you care about will not have a good end.”
“All questions?” Xie Wanning seized the key point, vigilantly saying: “What do you mean?”
“Questions you can answer anyway,” Lu Ziyan said: “After answering, I let you go with him.”
Xie Wanning was truly fed up with being repeatedly threatened by him.
But she could only grit her teeth: “At most three!”
Lu Ziyan agreed, lifted her chin, saying: “Answer me, when that old deceiver said I touched two young ladies, what were you thinking?”
“He didn’t say you touched them, he said two young ladies entered your room,” Xie Wanning said: “I didn’t think anything.”
Lu Ziyan raised his brow, staring unblinkingly at her, “Didn’t think anything is what? Don’t beat around the bush, Wanwan, we agreed on truthful answers.”
“…” Xie Wanning lowered her gaze thinking, then said: “Mood quite complex, mainly felt you disgusting, same as those dandy profligate disciples, treating women as playthings.”
And sleeping with two at once.
Lu Ziyan listened until his face blackened, “You believed him as soon as he said it? You… you really didn’t care at all?”
“Of course I believed, why wouldn’t I?” Xie Wanning said, “Nothing to care about, whether you sleep with two or twenty, I won’t care.”
What should be cared about, had already been cared about in the past life.
Lu Ziyan also recalled those dreams.
After secretly cursing reap what you sow, he gritted his teeth looking at her for a while, seriously saying: “It was Ming Jian and Ming Feng who let them in on their own. I didn’t touch them, didn’t lay a finger on them.”
Xie Wanning nodded indifferently, “Alright, let me go.”
Lu Ziyan was stunned, then heard her say: “Already three questions, you won’t renege again, right?”
Lu Ziyan’s face darkened, “What kind of questions were those?”
“Determined to renege?” Xie Wanning wasn’t annoyed, her lips even slightly smiling, “Your oath will take effect, oh.”
These words simply poked his death spot, making all his pent-up anger and unwillingness stall.
He killed people like hemp, never believed in oaths, but concerning her, with both carrying past life memory, such experiences made him even less dare to bet.
