Chapter 203 - 146
The door was knocked again.
Inside, the two seemed oblivious, silently confronting each other.
Lu Ziyuan hadn’t spoken for a long time, until Xie Wanqing was getting a little impatient, he finally said, "Are you not angry with him at all?"
Before she could respond, he continued, "Are you really going back with him?"
He had already asked this question several times, and Xie Wanqing’s impatience was about to boil over.
"This is between him and me, whether I’m angry or not is also my business, you don’t need to teach me what to do."
"I may not be as clever and scheming as the two of you, but I’m a person, and I can think for myself,"
"Whether to be angry or how to be angry, I can decide for myself."
She sneered and questioned, "Are you really planning to keep being unreasonable?"
Lu Ziyuan said nothing, just lowered his gaze, locking his eyes on her face, deep and focused.
Xie Wanqing became both annoyed and disgusted, turning her head to avoid his gaze, and he just watched her profile.
After some unknown time, when he spoke again, his voice was slightly hoarse.
"The second time..." he said, "This is the second time I’ve allowed you to leave with another man, and it will be the last, I swear."
Xie Wanqing was almost amused to anger by this man’s shamelessness.
It was clearly him who forcibly took her away, her husband just came to rescue her, but from his words, it felt as if he suffered a huge loss and grievance.
Little did she know, to Lu Ziyuan, it felt far worse than grievance, deciding to let her go back to be with another man was more painful than tearing his heart out.
The familiar anguish started to spread from his heart, his eyes began to redden with pain, yet even so, he couldn’t bear to blink, still fixing his gaze on her.
"You probably don’t know yet, today I’ve restored my true identity, appointed as Prince Zhenbei."
Xie Wanqing was somewhat stunned, and then suddenly her shoulders tensed as she was once again pulled into his embrace.
"Next year, I’ll go to the Northern Border Battlefield. When I triumph and return, the position of Crown Prince will be mine,"
Lu Ziyuan buried his face in her neck, gently kissing her earlobe, speaking softly, "At most a year, I can endure being without you at most for another year. After a year, if he still dares to keep you, I’ll butcher him into minced meat to feed the dogs."
His voice was fierce, the killing intent seemed to seep into his bones, Xie Wanqing stiffened all over, shocked to the core.
Apart from these few shameless and unreasonable acts, this man always meant what he said, if he claimed he’d butcher Pei Yuqing into minced meat to feed the dogs, when the time comes, he wouldn’t even use another method to deal with him.
The girl in his arms was very frightened, yet Lu Ziyuan didn’t comfort her in time, he too was infuriated by this ’one year’ deadline, his teeth stained with blood from hatred.
In their past life, their marriage didn’t even last two years, and now, he has to endure her spending another year with another man.
No man with any sense of pride could stand watching his wife share sweet affection with another, intertwined like mandarin ducks.
Especially when Lu Ziyuan, who couldn’t bear anyone looking at Xie Wanqing twice without wishing to skin and bone them.
But what could he do?
This girl was determined to leave with another man, and his plans hadn’t reached the point where he was unafraid of public scorn and the wrath of thousands...
With his current power, he couldn’t forcefully keep her.
He did want to just shoot that sickly man dead, but his rationality told him he couldn’t, at least not now.
"Will you still let him touch you?"
The cold voice lingered by her ear, Xie Wanqing truly felt a chill run down her spine, her hair standing on end.
"Forget it, don’t say it." Knowing she probably couldn’t say anything pleasant, Lu Ziyuan chuckled lowly, one hand gripping her waist, his lips kissing down from her earlobe to her neck, capturing a piece of soft flesh...
"Don’t do this!" Xie Wanqing hurriedly turned her head to avoid him, raising a hand to cover that spot.
Lu Ziyuan paused his actions, speaking slowly, "Then I’ll give you two choices, either let me leave a few marks on you, or you kiss me."
As he spoke, he tilted his head and smiled slightly at her, "You’ve never initiated a kiss with me."
Hearing the hint of bitterness in his words, Xie Wanqing felt a pang of sourness, gritting her teeth she said, "What if I choose neither? Are you going to use force again?"
This statement once again filled the room with silence.
Under the dim candlelight, Lu Ziyuan buried his face in her neck without making a move, as he said he would, biting to leave marks.
After a long while, he took a deep breath, released her, stepped back a few paces, and steadily looked at the stubborn, heartless girl before him, saying, "Hurry and leave, don’t make me regret it."