Chapter 5

Editor: DarkSapphire, Uncia

Thinking about what Li Chengze said at the banquet earlier, Xiao Lian decided to confess to Yan Xixia. “Are you asleep?” 

Yan Xixia opened his eyes and turned sideways toward Xiao Lian. “Not yet.”

“Li Chengze asked my father for permission to marry before.”

“With you?”

“That’s correct.” 

“Why didn’t he agree?”

Xiao Lian didn’t say the truth directly, “It was after he became a candidate for the imperial provincial examination.”

This was the time after the Xiao Family had decided to let Xiao Lian marry on Xiao Xin’s behalf.

Yan Xixia chuckled softly, and the laughter seemed even more gentle in the dark: “Then that’s even better.”

Xiao Lian didn’t understand what Yan Xixia meant. “Huh?”

He wondered: Did Yan Xixia think it was good that I did not marry Li Chengze or good that I married him?

Yan Xixia said, “He isn’t the husband.”

Xiao Lian thought: You are the husband. 

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

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Yan Xixia smiled brighter. “We had only met a few times.”

Xiao Lian thought: We had only met a few times as well.

Xiao Lian questioned, “Then why marry him?”

Yan Xixia replied, “It was for my parent’s wish.” 

“That’s it?”

“That’s it.”

After Xiao Lian confirmed Yan Xixia felt neutral to Xiao Xin, uncontrollable joy bloomed in his heart. He knew Yan Xixia originally had no intentions to be with him, but now that they were married and as someone who kept his promise, Yan Xixia naturally would not take the initiative to divorce him.

He felt that he had picked up a great deal and tried to suppress laughing out loud. Since meeting Yan Xixia, his luck has improved. 

Yan Xixia thought for a while and then said, “If what I said to Li Chengze at the banquet offended you, I hope you won’t hold it against me.”

Offended? Was he talking about being pleased with me? Or seeing me by touching? But none of those felt offensive, so Xiao Lian replied, “You didn’t.”

His answer stunned Yan Xixia for a moment, but then he grinned. “That’s right, after all, you and I are married. From now on, you are my wife.”

Xiao Lian’s cheeks were flushed by Yan Xixia’s words ‘you are my wife,’ and he secretly scolded himself for being a disappointment. 

Yan Xixia thought that since Xiao Lian took the initiative to talk about his relationship with Li Chengze, it was his own turn. “Li Chengze is my classmate. He could never bear the sight of me. He loved to bicker with me, but since I lost my sight, he had a more positive attitude toward me. He even visited me with fellow classmates, so I invited him to the wedding. I assumed he was feeling jealous from seeing you married to me today.”

Xiao Lian had not dared to ask about Yan Xixia’s eyes, fearing that he might poke a painful spot. Now that Yan Xixia mentioned it himself, he took advantage and asked, “Is there any discomfort with your eyes?”

Yan Xixia didn’t feel the slightest pain from the question as he replied with an unwavering smile: “Apart from not being able to see, there is no issue.”

Xiao Lian was careful with his wording, but he didn’t know how to continue the topic. Yan Xixia spoke as if he knew the trouble in Xiao Lian’s heart, and his voice contained a hint of a smile: “You don’t need to be so careful with me; just speak what’s on your mind. You may not believe it, but I really didn’t feel bad because of my blindness. Compared to those who were blind at birth, I have the privilege of seeing various beauties of the world. Since I am destined to be blind now, I will accept it. Plus, if I wasn’t blind in the first place, I wouldn’t have married you, my wife. Unless my wife disdains me as a blind person?” The last sentence carried a teasing tone. 

Xiao Lian hurriedly said, “No, you look nothing like a blind person.”

Yan Xixia asked, “Then how should I look?”

Xiao Lian thought for a while: “If it were me, I would bump into everything while walking. I would probably be the biggest joke.”

“I just remember the number of steps in the room. For example, how many steps it would take from the bed to the door. As for going out, I have Jiu Si accompanying me.” 

“Jiu Si?”

“He is the servant boy who has been following me all the time.”

Xiao Lian, though embarrassed to suggest it, said: “I can also be your eyes in the future.”

Yan Xixia laughed: “Then this one will be in the wife’s good hand, thank you.” 

Xiao Lian’s face was dyed scarlet again, and Yan Xixia sighed after laughing: “Suddenly, I miss the days when I can see.”

“Really?”

“I really can’t fully imagine the beauty of you dressed in a wedding suit. It would truly be a blessing if I could see it with my own eyes.”

Fireworks burst inside Xiao Lian’s heart when he heard Yan Xixia’s confession: “In fact, there is no difference, I look the same either way.” 

Since Yan Xixia mentioned the wedding suit: “What you wore today, was it custom made for Xiao Xin?”

“That’s correct.”

“Then I owe you a new set. I will place the order in a few days.”

Xiao Lian thought of the wedding clothes that he only wore once and felt that it would be a pity to order another set of clothes he could rarely wear: “It’s unnecessary, too wasteful.” 

Yan Xixia grinned, “It is necessary. My wife does not need to save money for me. Although the Yan Family is not on par with the Xiao Family, we can still spend the money for this little pleasure.”

Feeling a slight heat in his eyes, Xiao Lian pulled the quilt over his head, despite knowing that Yan Xixia couldn’t see it. Although his mother spoiled him, Yan Xixia spoiled him differently. He hadn’t been spoiled by anyone like this since he was a child, so suddenly being pampered by Yan Xixia, his entire heart was numb, as if a feather kept tickling the tip of his heart.

His voice was muffled from burying himself in the quilt: “Thank you.”

Hearing his covered voice, Yan Xixia reached out and patted toward Xiao Lian’s direction, freeing Xiao Lian’s head from the quilt: “There is no need to say thanks between us.” 

Although Xiao Lian knew Yan Xixia had such a kind temperament, and he must have acted gently to everyone, Xiao Lian couldn’t help feeling that he was special.