Chapter 183 - 137
When he awakened the memories of his past life, she had already been married to that man for three days. He had prepared for the worst and convinced himself not to care about anything else, as long as she was safe and sound.
It was she who gave him hope, and now she rendered him hopeless.
She tormented him over and over, teaming up with another man to toy with him.
No one had ever dared to play with him like this!
How dare she!
The hand around her waist suddenly tightened, and Xie Wanqing had no choice but to let him act impertinently. She couldn’t even speak, feeling both pain and urgency, and tears fell once again in her distress.
The instant the warm tears fell, the wretched hand grasping her waist trembled slightly.
"Besides crying, what else can you do?"
Lu Ziyuan withdrew his hand.
He lifted her chin, gazing into her dewy eyes for a moment before lowering his head to kiss her.
His warm lips pressed against her eyelids with an unexpected gentleness.
Xie Wanqing’s eyelashes fluttered lightly, her entire body tense and uneasy, standing rigidly as he licked her tears bit by bit.
Had she been able to move, she would’ve...
After a short while, once he’d completely kissed away her tears, he moved his lips away and stared intently into her eyes.
"When you lied to me, did you ever consider the consequences of your lies being exposed?"
Were you planning to rely on crying?
Lu Ziyuan was so pissed off by this thought that his teeth ached, feeling somewhat helpless about what to do with her.
After all, after the initial anger that burned away his reason, he found himself worrying that her acupoints had been pressed for too long, fearing it would affect her health.
Biting back his anger at himself, he released her acupoints through gritted teeth.
"Bastard! What did I lie to you about!" The moment her acupoints were released, Xie Wanqing furiously cursed.
Finally able to move, she covered her chest with one hand while raising the other to give a resounding slap, but her wrist was firmly grasped by Lu Ziyuan.
"You lied to me that Pei Yuqing was a useless man and that you two wouldn’t consummate the marriage," he softly squeezed her wrist and said calmly, "Wanwan, if you don’t give me an explanation for this, I’ll do everything that just happened again in front of your husband."
He paused and added, "Crying won’t help."
The words "your husband", he pronounced each word with emphasis, biting them off sharply.
Xie Wanqing trembled with anger but fully believed he would do as he said.
Such outrageous acts, he was capable of them!
"Just what did I lie to you about! That day, I was in the dark myself, I misunderstood him, when did I ever intentionally deceive you!"
"Is that so?" Lu Ziyuan’s tone was indifferent, his gaze falling on a reddish mark on her shoulder.
Earlier, he’d only used his hands, not his mouth.
So, the mark was self-explanatory as to who left it.
"That’s exactly it!" Xie Wanqing withdrew her wrist from his grip and quickly tidied her clothes.
"I openly married him, and even if we consummated the marriage, it was only natural, there was no need to lie to you."
Openly married...
Lu Ziyuan chuckled coldly, "When did he touch you?"
Such private matters between a couple shouldn’t, in principle, be interrogated by others, but Xie Wanqing dared not remain silent.
She pursed her lips and said, "Last night."
Just as she finished speaking, Lu Ziyuan’s crimson eyes flicked up, staring directly, "What did you say!"
Recalling the sequence of events, Xie Wanqing felt a certain satisfaction called revenge sprouting in her heart.
Yet mostly it was panic, with him in such a deranged state now, if he learned the truth afterward...
"On our wedding night, you caused such a scene that we didn’t consummate the marriage, nor did we in the following days. I once thought perhaps he was frail, but later I realized it was my misunderstanding."
At this point, she swallowed nervously before continuing, "Last night, he returned after being affected by an aphrodisiac, and naturally, we consummated the marriage."
He returned after being affected by an aphrodisiac, and naturally, we consummated the marriage...
Lu Ziyuan’s face turned pale instantly, "What... do you mean by that?"
"You’re lying to me again!" he gritted each word out.
"I’m not lying to you, that’s just how it is," Xie Wanqing looked at him calmly, struggling to suppress the fear and anger swirling inside her, leaving only the pleasure of striking back.
She spoke softly, "Pei Yuqing and I are husband and wife. He was under the influence of an aphrodisiac, I certainly couldn’t let him touch another woman..."
"Shut up!" Lu Ziyuan stepped forward, gripping her neck, his face full of rage, "The aphrodisiac took effect after leaving Cuiyun Pavilion, where did the aphrodisiac come from! Xie Wanqing, you liar!"
Liar!
His gaze was fierce as if he wished to devour her, yet the faint tremble in his voice betrayed his true emotions.
Suddenly, Xie Wanqing wasn’t that afraid anymore. She lowered her eyes, avoiding his blood-red gaze, her tone indifferent, "That’s the truth. If you don’t believe me, there’s nothing I can do."