The concubine's favorite? Break off the engagement and marry another prince, please respect you

Chapter 82

Xie Wan Ning had always known that Lu Ziyan's hands were also very beautiful, with long finger bones and broad palms, which gave people a sense of security just by looking at them.

But at this moment, the left hand he stretched out was covered in blood. The blood was flowing down from the wound on his arm, sticky and bright red.

This hand grabbed the hem of her skirt without hesitation, staining her dress bit by bit.

He kept saying "Come home with me" with an obsessive mind.

Looking at the man kneeling in front of her, covered in blood, Xie Wan Ning didn't know what her expression was at the moment, but she knew that she was actually feeling very upset.

She once thought that Lu Ziyan in her dream treated her so badly that he deserved to die in front of her.

She would never shed a tear for him.

But at this moment, he was even kneeling in front of her, covered in blood, but she did not feel the relief of revenge. Instead, her heart was tightened and she felt a dull pain.

The affection they had for growing up together could not be faked. Even if she wanted to break off all ties with him, it seemed she couldn't bear to watch him become so humble and miserable, and fall from the clouds to the dust.

How could Lu Ziyan beg others in a weak state? He should be proud and majestic.

Xie Wan Ning blinked, holding back the soreness in her nose, and thought of Lu Ziyan in her dream, whose eyes were dead and staring at her old clothes.

Did she really do something wrong?

Maybe she shouldn't rush into getting married. She should at least give him some buffer time and wait until their relationship is completely over before talking about other things.

But if he hadn't repeatedly forced her, how could she...

After quietly looking at the hem of her skirt that he was holding tightly, Xie Wan Ning slowly squatted down and looked at him at eye level.

There was no sarcasm, no impatience, and her eyes were calm, as if she was facing a familiar friend.

"Lu Ziyan," she called his name softly, even her tone was very gentle, "I don't know why you are suddenly so obsessed with me. After all, you haven't paid much attention to our engagement over the years, but we really can't go back. You have to accept the reality."

"I care about it. I have always cared about it." The hand holding the hem of her skirt moved up and this time held her wrist. Lu Ziyan explained in a trembling voice: "It's just that I care about my reputation and don't want people to think that I am obsessed with love... I was wrong... I will not care about my reputation anymore in the future."

He seemed to be extremely aggrieved, and with a clang, he even dropped the spear he had been holding in his right hand.

He held the girl's hand with both hands and kissed it, saying with a accusatory tone: "I have been counting the days until the wedding date, but you said you would cancel the engagement."

Xie Wan Ning curled up her fingers and subconsciously wanted to pull them out, but she was stunned when she heard his next words.

She suddenly remembered that day in the back garden of Marquis Wuyuan's mansion, beside the rose wall, when Lu Ziyan heard that she wanted to cancel the engagement, he had coldly scolded her, saying that marriage was not a joke and that their wedding date was in fifty-one days, and asked her not to get angry.

I didn't think much of it at the time, but now after hearing what he said, I finally realized it.

What he said might be true. He really was counting the days and looking forward to his wedding.

...What's this?

He obviously liked her, obviously cared about marriage, obviously didn't have any mistresses, and had never touched other women, but he could say so many cruel words, which completely cooled her passionate feelings.

She still remembered the chill in her heart when she discovered that everything in her dream was real and heard his questioning voice.

If she was too young to care about her reputation and didn't know how to please her lover, then why could she be so resolute, frankly admit her feelings, and pursue the person she liked with all her heart? As long as the marriage was decided, she didn't care about other people's opinions.

She is two years younger than him.

The long-lost sour feeling came again. Xie Wan Ning sniffed and shook her head, "It's too late. I've already married someone else."

"It's not too late," Lu Ziyan held her hand, buried his face in her palm, and said in a dull voice: "As long as you come home with me, it will never be too late."

The man's hot breath and the newly grown stubble made her palms itch. Xie Wan Ning frowned and opened her mouth to speak, but she felt liquid flowing down her palms to her fingertips...

Her fingertips trembled, and when she realized what it was, her slightly parted lips paused, and after a while, she said dryly: "Pei Yuqing and I worshiped heaven and earth."

Lu Ziyan hummed, "It doesn't matter, I don't care."

"I care," Xie Wan Ning said, "The wedding ceremony is complete. Not only have we worshipped the heaven and earth, but we also drank the wedding wine. We have completed all the procedures that a newlywed couple should go through. I am already a legitimate wife of the Pei family. What kind of home should I go back to with you?"

...What kind of home should I go back to with you?
"Mrs. Pei?" Lu Ziyan clenched his teeth, raised his eyes and grabbed her neck, stared at her for a few breaths, and smiled coldly: "Don't you remember what you said?"

He gnashed his teeth and said, "You once said that you would not marry anyone other than me, Lu Ziyan, in this life. You said it three times in total. Do you need me to remind you under what circumstances you said it?"

"..." Xie Wan Ning pursed her lips and said nothing. She was sincere when she said it, so how could she not remember it.

The first time was when he was fourteen. During the spring hunting of that year, Lu Ziyan hunted a snow-white fox. The fur was so beautiful that even the empress in the palace wanted to use it to make a scarf, but he did not give it to her.

The fur of the white fox behind was given to Xie Wan Ning to make a pair of warm gloves.

She was never a girl who was reluctant to express her feelings. When she received the gift, she smiled and praised him.

Lu Ziyan had just started leading the army at that time, so the murderous aura around him was not as strong, and he was not as cold as he was later. Hearing this, he asked with a half-smile, "How good is it?"

Xie Wan Ning said, "It's so good that if I can't marry you in this life, it will be a great incompleteness."

At that time, the Xie and Lu families frequently visited each other and were close friends. The two had been engaged for four years and their relationship was as stable as a rock.

But Lu Ziyan straightened his expression after hearing this and scolded her for talking nonsense.

Xie Wan Ning didn't agree with that and said with a smile: "Brother Zi Yan, I will never marry anyone but you in this life."

As for the second time...

Xie Wan Ning closed her eyes and didn't think about it anymore.

Of course, there were some warm moments between them over all these years. If it weren't for his hot and cold attitude, how could she have fallen deeper and deeper in love?

If he had always been cold as ice and had never treated her differently, she would have given up long ago. She would not have been so sure in her dreams that she insisted on marrying into the Lu family and ended up dying miserably.

Despite all the right and wrong, she had never done anything wrong to him.

Maybe it was a dream in their previous life, he betrayed her, he killed her, what was wrong with her taking another path to protect herself?

Why did he judge her as if she was a betrayer!

(End of this chapter)