Transmigrated To Ancient Time: Thrive With An Auction System!-Chapter 247: The Mastermind ( 2 )

Under Xue Ya’er’s management, the house was in order, and the servants were quick on their feet but followed the rules strictly. After she gave the order for the meal to be served, it only took the servants 10 minutes to fill the table with hot dishes.

When Lu Qianxuan saw this, he finally realized that his wife was more capable than he thought.

Noticing that her husband was staring at her, Xue Ya’er asked, "Husband, what are you looking at?"

Coming back to his senses, Lu Qianxuan shook his head and smiled. "It’s nothing." After he took his seat, he added, "Wife, thank you for your hard work."

Xue Ya’er was taken aback by his sudden gratitude. She observed him for a moment before she said, "There is no need to thank me. I’m just doing my duty as your wife."

Lu Qianxuan took a sip of the soup and changed the topic. "Wife, I have found out the person behind Su Jiaoyi."

When she heard this, Xue Ya’er’s hand stopped for a second before she continued scooping the soup.

Even if he got no reaction from his wife, it didn’t stop him from telling her everything. He placed the jade pendant on the table and said, "This jade pendant is indeed a pair with my jade pendant, but I never gave it to the Su family."

"If you didn’t give this pendant to them, how did she get it?"

Lu Qianxuan shook his head and caressed the jade pendant. "I don’t know, but I will investigate this matter. This pair of jade pendants was given to me by my mother when I was 5 years old."

"After my family met a disaster, I was severely injured and almost lost my life when I was 10 years old. Back then, it was a 5-year-old girl who saved my life. If not for her calling for her father and begging him to save my life, I might have long become a pile of white bones."

"She took care of me for 2 months until I fully recovered. On the day she left with her father, I gave her one of these jade pendants. I promised her that I would find her and marry her as my wife."

When she heard this, Xue Ya’er clenched her fists. She felt a numbing pain in her heart, and her limbs went cold.

She forced herself to smile and said, "Since you had promised her, you should keep your promise. She saved your life, after all."

Lu Qianxuan looked at his wife and noticed her clenched fists. Reaching out, he held her hands and said, "Wife, I know that our marriage started as a political marriage, and I know that your heart is with someone else."

"After 5 years of marriage, I realized that my feelings toward that little girl were nothing but gratitude. If one day she comes to find me, I will do my best to fulfill her request. But I will never marry her. In my entire life, you will be my only wife."

Closing her eyes, Xue Ya’er tried to pull her trembling hands from his grasp. But after she tried several times, she couldn’t free them. In the end, she could only look at him and say, "I admit that I have someone in my heart."

"I was young, and after I caught a high fever, I forgot almost everything about him. I don’t even remember his face or his name, and I only know that I promised to wait for him. But after so many years, he never came."

"Since the day I agreed to your marriage proposal, I stopped thinking about him. I tried my best to fulfill my duty as your wife. I also hoped that one day, my husband and I would be able to have feelings beyond a mere transaction."

"But after 5 years, I no longer know if that is possible," she added softly.

When Lu Qianxuan heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he replied, "Wife, it’s possible!"

Startled by his sudden shout, Xue Ya’er looked at him with widened eyes.

Realizing that he had scared his wife, Lu Qianxuan took a deep breath to calm down and softened his voice. "Wife, it might sound fake, but my heart moved the moment I saw you 6 years ago. With my status and power, there was no need for me to marry you just to get the support from your family."

"Husband, you..." Xue Ya’er was unable to process his words.

Holding his wife’s hand tightly, Lu Qianxuan said firmly, "Wife, the reason I proposed this marriage was that I couldn’t bear to see you marrying another man. It took me so long to understand my own feelings. I’m sorry for neglecting and hurting you." 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Xue Ya’er was stunned by her husband’s sudden confession. She lowered her head to process his words for a while before she asked, "You are saying that you always had feelings for me?"

"Yes," Lu Qianxuan nodded.

"You didn’t blame me for being unable to bear a child for you?" she asked again.

Lu Qianxuan suddenly went silent for a long time before he said, "This matter can’t be blamed on you. I was injured during one of my campaigns back then, and it affected my fertility."

"I always felt sorry for you and didn’t know how to tell you. It’s my fault for not considering your feelings and ignoring the rumors. I should have explained the truth to protect you."

After a long silence, he added, "Wife, I know that I’m not a good husband. But please give me a chance to learn and prove myself to you. Can you... with that young man..."

The more Xue Ya’er listened to him, the more she felt a headache. She was not an innocent girl and knew that her husband minded her closeness with Lei Feng.

She didn’t want to tell him at first, but after his confessions, she felt that as husband and wife, they shouldn’t keep secrets from each other.