Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 99 - 89_3

The Young Master, who holds a high position, certainly wouldn’t lack women, and if he truly wasn’t interested, there would be no need for him to inconvenience himself.

If the affection between husband and wife was truly thin, a visit to the main wife’s courtyard on the new moon and full moon days would suffice.

She firmly believed that the two masters had a bond since childhood, one unmatched by others, and even if a concubine bore the first son, it couldn’t shake her lady’s position.

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Lu Ziyuan came; after Liu Manrou gave birth, he hadn’t set foot in Shaoguang Courtyard again. This time, he came during the day.

He came quietly, and Xie Wanqing did not know. She had a habit of drinking hot milk after waking from her afternoon nap.

This was always Er Xia’s responsibility, but that day, after waiting left and right without seeing Er Xia come, she stepped out of the door, only to hear noises coming from the warm room next door.

In the biting cold wind, all around was silent.

Yet the sound of a woman’s rapid breathing and the collision of entangled bodies was extraordinarily clear.

Xie Wanqing stood dumbfounded at the door, her face gradually becoming lifeless, while Lu Ziyuan stood beside her, utterly stunned.

He couldn’t believe that he was capable of such an act.

Disregarding everything else, he barged straight in, and the door swung open with him.

Everything inside was laid bare before his eyes.

Er Xia lay sideways on the bed, her face flushed, her clothes somewhat disheveled, with tears still at the corners of her eyes. Lu Ziyuan stood beside the bed, unruffled and properly dressed.

Hearing the door open, his gaze turned toward them, and upon seeing the pale-faced girl, his pupils shrank slightly.

Xie Wanqing didn’t even glance at him from the corner of her eye, but walked straight to the bed, looking at her maidservant, who was disheveled.

After a long while, her voice hoarse, she asked, one word at a time, "Did he force you?"

Lu Ziyuan furrowed his brow, "Wanwan!"

Xie Wanqing seemed not to hear, waiting for her maid’s answer.

But Er Xia, ashamed, lowered her head, saying nothing.

Everything seemed to be understood. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

She stood there dazed for a long time, then slowly turned and left, never once glancing at the man.

Beside her, the translucent-bodied Lu Ziyuan desperately blocked her way, "Calm down and take a good look; look at this bed, they did nothing!"

But it was all in vain; he could only watch as she passed through his body.

Her eyes were dry, but Lu Ziyuan knew she was crying.

Her heart was crying.

Lu Ziyuan experienced what it meant to feel the same pain. His face twisted in agony, he turned fiercely, wishing he could strangle this other self who had caused such a misunderstanding yet explained nothing.

You will regret this, no matter why you did it, you will definitely regret it.

In a flash, Lu Ziyuan suddenly remembered that night when he barged into her boudoir; she abruptly suggested giving Er Xia to him...

He inhaled sharply.

A thought surfaced in his mind.

He stared blankly at the back of the young girl, then turned to look at his own tightly pursed lips.

For a long while, his eyes showed a crimson hue.

Was this their past life...

Had his Wanwan experienced all of this before him?

She thought he liked Liu Manrou and wanted her maid as well, that he was ruthless and heartless to her...

So, she didn’t want to marry him, preferring a hasty marriage to someone else to get rid of him.

Lu Ziyuan was unwilling to accept all of this; he gritted his teeth, desperately trying to rush back into his body, to seize control.

How could this wretched thing commit such wrongs!

He had to stop all this!

But it seemed the story had already set its course.

It was as if someone said, look, just watch, this is what she endured after she chose not to cancel the engagement and married you.

The scenes before him were too real, so real it was like an actual world.

But how could he treat her like this!

How could he bear to treat her this way!

What could possibly make him let her misunderstand that he had touched her maid and not explain!

Lu Ziyuan felt such hatred he wanted to kill.

He couldn’t understand why he, in this world, would do such things.

The story continued, and Er Xia was raised to the status of a concubine, still the concubine of the second house.

Liu Manrou successfully became the main wife of the second house, and she and the concubine who rose up while she was in confinement were at odds.

The two caused several laughable incidents; the matters of the second house never reached Xie Wanqing’s ears, who enjoyed a peaceful life as an ornament in the back courtyard.

However, Liu Manrou’s status made her Xie Wanqing’s sister-in-law, and her position allowed her not to be confined to her courtyard, let her move about, attend banquets.

Several times, when Xie Wanqing went to pay respects to Madam Lu, she would see the woman in bright red, sitting dutifully, addressing Xie Wanqing as sister with affection.

Xie Wanqing did not wish to engage in the struggle between wife and concubINE nor to feign politeness with her, calling each other sister and sister-in-law.