Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 172 - 132

Xie Wanqing let out a huge sigh of relief, quickly covering herself with the quilt, wishing she could wrap herself up like a silkworm baby.

When Pei Yuqing returned, what he saw was the large bed, where the little girl was occupying the quilt alone, rolled into a corner.

As if he were a monster, vacating a large portion of the bed for him.

He found it amusing in his heart, even if he didn’t plan to do anything more, he didn’t want to sleep apart from her.

So he knelt on one knee on the bed, intending to pull her back into his arms, when his eyes caught a small patch of deep red bloodstains on the bedding.

Lacking any movement behind her for a while, Xie Wanqing couldn’t help but peek out her head to look back.

Only to see Pei Yuqing staring blankly at it...

She blushed, using the quilt to cover that area, angrily shouting, "What’s there to see!"

As she spoke, she finally noticed his odd expression, his brows slightly furrowed, "Why are you surprised?"

They only consummated their marriage today, isn’t it natural to have blood?

Pei Yuqing knelt on one knee on the bed, bent down, and leaned in, gazing into her eyes.

Eye to eye, their breaths intertwined.

"I..." he paused, choosing to confess: "I misunderstood something before."

Hearing this, Xie Wanqing was momentarily stunned, her brow furrowing deeper, "Did you misunderstand that I had an affair with Lu Ziyuan?"

"Not at all," he gently stroked her slightly swollen eyelids with his thumb, softly saying, "I thought you were forced by him."

That day she was taken for over two hours, returning with swollen lips and blood-stained clothes, forbidding him to touch her.

With Lu Ziyuan’s wolfish nature, forcibly taking her was nothing out of the ordinary.

That he would return her unharmed was truly surprising.

Understanding everything, Xie Wanqing stared at him angrily.

"So, all these months, you’ve been thinking this about me?" She pushed him away angrily, "You really have tolerance!"

His newlywed wife was abducted, possibly defiled, yet he managed to endure silently for months, without revealing a trace of emotion in front of her.

Should she be grateful for his tact, or angry at his misunderstanding?

Is there really such a man in the world?

Pei Yuqing took a deep breath, lifting the quilt to get into bed.

"Don’t touch me you!" Xie Wanqing pushed him, "Explain yourself first!"

But the usually accommodating man completely ignored her struggles, tightly enveloping her in his embrace.

He was tall, his chest broad, able to envelop her entirely in his arms.

"What can I do?" He held her earlobe in his mouth, gently sucking, and sighed, "Wanwan, I had no choice. No matter what, no matter what happened, I can’t abandon you, nor can I let you bear the blame."

It was all his fault for not protecting her well, allowing her to be abducted.

Even if she had been violated by Lu Ziyuan... it was not her fault.

So he preferred to endure silently, never showing that he cared about it.

How can there be such a man!

Xie Wanqing’s temper wasn’t particularly good, but at this moment, all her anger from the misunderstanding was extinguished by his few words.

Other than feeling touched, she was still touched.

"Does it hurt?" His palm slowly massaged along her waistline, Pei Yuqing softly asked, "Was I too reckless just now?"

He didn’t know she was inexperienced, having just wanted a third round.

Xie Wanqing blushed, glaring at him crossly.

"Be good, Wanwan," Pei Yuqing chuckled, lowering his head to kiss her eyes, "Don’t look at me like that."

His heart surged, reaching a point beyond self-control.

He wanted to devour her whole, yet also wanted to bring her back with him, carefully guarding her, savoring slowly.

Xie Wanqing, however, thought the effects of the drug hadn’t worn off, seeing him like this, she couldn’t help but shrink back cautiously, "We really can’t continue, it hurts a lot."

Pei Yuqing acknowledged with a hum, "Alright, we won’t continue."

He hadn’t planned to continue, he wasn’t greedy, being this closely together was already enough.

Hearing him agree, Xie Wanqing let out a breath, resting her head in the crook of his arm, both of them without clothes, so her sight fell on his bare chest.

Many things to the involved parties are realized later.

Like now, after everything had happened, Xie Wanqing finally started to realize what they had done.

Consummating, symbolizing they had become true husband and wife.

Also signifying that from today onwards, she was thoroughly married.

"...What are you thinking?" Pei Yuqing held the back of her neck, massaging gently, "Wanwan, would you regret it?"

Regret reaching this point with him.

Xie Wanqing froze for a moment, not speaking.

Pei Yuqing’s gaze instantly dimmed slightly.

He had given her many, many chances to regret, always leaving her an out.

It wasn’t until the cup of wine that Lu Ziyuan offered, that he made up his mind, turning the tables.

If she chose not to come, he wouldn’t blame her.

But since she did come, how could she regret?

Or was there something about him not good enough?

Perhaps because they had been so intimate, Pei Yuqing’s extraordinary self-control was not as strong as before, unable to resist getting closer to ask, "What are you hesitating about? Is there something wrong with me?"

"No," Xie Wanqing pushed him away slightly, finally allowing herself a breath, then asked instead of answering, "Was it Lu Ziyuan who drugged you?"

This seemed to be the start of settling scores.

Pei Yuqing was silent for a few seconds, then responded lowly, "He insisted on toasting me, the wine was drugged."

"And after he drugged you, he let you come back so easily?"

Lu Ziyuan wasn’t an idiot, truly fearing that they wouldn’t end up together, still aiding a rival.

Xie Wanqing looked at him, frowning, "Why would he agree to let you come back, explain it all to me."

Pei Yuqing grasped her wrist bone, after another moment of silence, under her stern gaze, he said, "He drugged me and arranged a bunch of girls."

"..." Xie Wanqing thought to herself, indeed,

he continued, "Among them, there was one girl who looked a lot like you, about sixty to seventy percent resemblance."

"What???" Xie Wanqing’s eyes gradually widened.

"According to Lu Ziyuan, she is your cousin."

Pei Yuqing explained Chen Xixi’s background to her.

But Xie Wanqing didn’t even know her legitimate cousin Ji Chengfeng, let alone this cousin she hadn’t met, upon hearing this felt Lu Ziyuan’s actions were outrageous to a certain extent.

She pieced together the whole story: "Are you saying it was my cousin’s father who gave his daughter to him, and then after he accepted, he turned around and offered her to you?"

Pei Yuqing paused, noticing her displeasure, hurriedly said, "I didn’t take her."

He seriously emphasized, "Even if I was drugged, I never considered her."

"..." Xie Wanqing was speechless, seeing him lose his calm, eager to seek credit, crossly said, "Should I praise your chastity?"

She felt a pang in her heart: "Visiting a brothel, being drugged, and having a girl offer herself voluntarily..."