Chapter 297 Marriage Proposal

Zheng Yueer swallowed her saliva, tried to calm down, and smiled bitterly, "You saw it all, right?"

"I am a person who is not loved by my father, my mother, and my brother. If you look down on me, it is not too late to regret it now."

She tilted her head slightly, the five finger marks on her face were particularly obvious, tears rolled down her cheeks, but she didn't make a sound, she looked so pitiful.

She sat on the couch, like a criminal waiting to be sentenced.

In his mind, he was trying hard to search for the conversation between himself and the maid just now. After thinking about it for a while, he found that nothing suspicious was said, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Huaiyan stood for a while before slowly walking out of the inner room and standing in front of Zheng Yue'er. The little girl was thin and hugged herself, looking quite pitiful.

"I want to ask you something."

"Yeah." Zheng Yue'er looked up at him, her red eyes smiling, "Go ahead."

Li Huaiyan glanced at her hands that were tightly grasping the fabric of her dress, feeling nervous, uneasy, pitiful, and afraid.

What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that he will change his mind and not want her anymore?

She was afraid that she would be sent to a nunnery or that she would be unable to escape from this cannibalistic place.

"Were you lying to me about what you said last night? In order to avoid going to the nunnery and leaving the Zheng family?"

Zheng Yue'er didn't say anything, her tears kept falling, but she bit her lips tightly and stared at Li Huaiyan without saying a word.

After a long while, her eyes became more and more red and swollen, which made Li Huaiyan feel like he had bullied her.

"Just talk, why are you crying?" He was a little annoyed.

He pondered Ling Chenyi's words in his mind all the way, and the scene he just saw made him even more suspicious.

Zheng Yue'er was so hurt by his cold words that she turned around, threw herself on the bed and burst into tears.

This action made Li Huaiyan a little at a loss.

"Go now. I am lying to you. I am not loved by my father and mother, so I don't deserve true love. I am stupid. I gave up being the fifth prince's consort and fell into such a situation. I was forced to die by my family."

She suddenly stood up and ran towards the pillar beside her.

Li Huaiyan was originally deeply suspicious and his face was tense. When he saw this scene, he was so scared that he almost jumped up and hurriedly stopped the man.

"Please let me go and let me die. I have no way to survive. My parents don't want me, and the people I love don't believe in me. I am the worst person in the world. What's the point of me living?"

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Li Huaiyan had seen many girls who tried to commit suicide in order to keep him, and he could see through those people's clumsy tactics at a glance.

But... the one in my arms, who used all his strength to struggle and hit the pillar, was the first one.

If he didn't have some martial arts skills and the strength difference between men and women was huge, he might not be able to stop her.

Zheng Yue'er had a look of sadness and despair on her face. She was determined not to leave the world behind and was about to hit her head against a pillar to die.

"Okay, okay, I believe you, I believe you." Li Huaiyan held her and didn't dare to let go. After a while, he was sweating from exhaustion.

"I don't need you to believe me. I was born with a miserable life. If I die, everyone will be free. You don't have to force yourself to marry someone you don't love. Just let me go, and I will let you go."

"No, no, no." Li Huaiyan said with a grunt, "I was wrong, I was wrong, I shouldn't have doubted you. You can't hit this pillar, it will disfigure you."

Zheng Yue'er was held tightly by him and slowly stopped struggling.

Li Huaiyan suddenly realized that her body had gone limp and she had lost the strength to support herself. When he lowered his head, he discovered that she had fainted.

The maid who was lying on the crack of the door couldn't hear any sound from inside, so she pushed the door open in a panic and walked in. When she saw Zheng Yue'er who was unconscious, she immediately started crying.

"My dear, my dear, why are you so stupid? If anything happens to you, how will I live?"

Li Huaiyan put Zheng Yue'er on the bed. His head hurt from the maid's noise, so he yelled at her to shut up.

The maid immediately pursed her lips and dared not say a word.

"Take good care of your girl."

After saying that, he strode away.

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"Fourth Prince, what did you say?" Lord Zheng picked his ears, apparently thinking he was hallucinating.

Duke Li wants to marry his own daughter?

Ling Chenyi repeated it again, pointing to the boxes of big red flowers all over the yard, and said, "These are the betrothal gifts from Duke Li. Lord Zheng, take a look and see if you are satisfied. If you have any other requests, feel free to ask. As long as the Fourth Prince thinks it is within a reasonable range, we can arrange it."

Lord Zheng was silent, and his brain went into a short period of downtime.

Ling Chenyi was not in a hurry either. He drank his tea slowly, giving Lord Zheng enough time to react.

A strange cold wind seemed to blow in the room for no reason, which made Lord Zheng shiver and the hairs on his body stood up.

He began to wonder what he had done recently to make the Fourth Prince unhappy and so anxious to kill him.

He racked his brains but had no clue, so he could only speak nervously, "Fourth Prince, if there is anything I have done to offend you, please tell me, I will definitely change it, I will definitely change it."