Chapter 114 Her words pierced his heart

From Liu Yue's reaction, Zhao Yi guessed that Shen Qingtan had read the letter and the situation was not optimistic.

Just a few days ago, he promised her that he would take good care of himself, protect her, and support her.

Immediately afterwards, the divorce letter he wrote fell into her hands.

What would she think?

Especially since she asked him if he was hiding anything else from her.

He replied no.

Actually, there was, and he hid the divorce letter from his wife.

Now the lie has been exposed.

Zhao Yi was in a heavy mood and walked slowly towards the inner room.

I saw her sitting sideways on the short couch, with her head slightly lowered, her eyes seemed to fall on the letter on the kang table, and she seemed to be staring blankly at the front without focus.

He subconsciously took two steps forward, and the sound of his footsteps startled her.

She turned her head to look at him, her face pale, her eyes red, and faintly watery.

After just a glance, she turned back and faced him with the back of her head.

Zhao Yi had never seen her vulnerable side before. Seeing her stubborn expression and the way she was trying to suppress her grievances, he regretted his decision for the first time.

"Tan'er..." Zhao Yi came to Shen Qingtan's side, wanting to explain, wanting to coax her, but at this moment, he felt that his words were very insufficient, and even said a little stiffly: "Don't be angry..."

Shen Qingtan turned to look at Zhao Yi, seeming a little surprised and puzzled, not quite understanding what he meant.

She smiled and said, "I'm not angry. My future husband and I are very grateful for the care you've always given me."

"Second Master could have ignored me after what happened on our wedding day, but you accepted me. You were always gentle and considerate to me, never giving me the cold shoulder or harsh words. You always protected me outside of the house, even handing over all your assets to me to manage, giving me the respect I deserved. You even arranged my future so I wouldn't have to waste my life in the Duke's Mansion, and I wouldn't be bullied by my second sister and her husband."

Shen Qingtan picked up the letter with his slender fingers and said with an unchanging smile, "I am very satisfied. It is much better than I had imagined."

Zhao Yi looked at her with a bright smile and a relaxed tone, as if she was really relieved that she no longer had any worries, but he felt very upset in his heart.

Shen Qingtan's eyes flickered as he smiled and said, "Second Master, I'm afraid I'll never be able to repay your kindness in this lifetime. In the future, our family of three will come to your house to express our gratitude."

Zhao Yi's throat was dry, and every word she said pierced his heart.

He denied it: "I'm not..."

Shen Qingtan interrupted him, deliberately saying something to plead for a way out: "Second Master, I'm not the daughter of a marquisate. I don't know if I can find my relatives. I'm basically an orphan. You know, since ancient times, the rich marry the rich, and the poor marry the poor. Otherwise, you can arrange a new identity for me. How about your distant cousin? If the eldest lady can act as a matchmaker for me, I should be able to marry someone very good..."

Zhao Yi couldn't bear to listen to a single word, and in a hurry he hugged her and whispered, "Stop talking, Tan'er, don't say anymore."

Shen Qingtan's body froze, and he slowly lowered his eyelashes, hiding the astonishment in his eyes, but he really didn't say anything else.

Zhao Yi realized that his behavior was too offensive to her, but the moment he held her in his arms, he didn't want to let her go.

He couldn't help but think of how stubborn and aggrieved she looked when he first came in. He felt the same way about her feelings and couldn't help but hug her tighter.

"When you said those words to me just now, I felt very sad. At that moment, I understood how you felt when you saw this letter." Zhao Yi whispered in her ear: "Tan'er, I'm sorry. I was not thoughtful enough and made you feel wronged."

Shen Qingtan could hear his breathing in her ears and smell the bitter medicinal fragrance from his body in her nostrils.

It was the first time that two people were so close, so intimate, that they could even feel each other's heartbeats.

It turned out that she felt very heavy when she saw the letter. Although she felt very uncomfortable, she felt that she could hold on.

But when he hugged her and apologized, saying that he could understand her feelings, the sourness in his heart surged to his throat, and his eyes became sore.

At this moment, she realized that she was feeling wronged.

But she knew clearly that she was not the favored eldest daughter of the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion.

Even if you feel wronged, no one will care for you or comfort you.

What’s the use of feeling wronged?

So she didn't feel wronged.

I just can't figure it out.

His words easily stirred up the emotions suppressed in her heart.

Shen Qingtan didn't answer, nor did she hug him back.

Silence stretched between the two people.

Zhao Yi was nervous and wanted to say something, but the person in his arms gently pushed him away.

Shen Qingtan raised his eyes to look at him and asked in a low voice, "Second Master, are you going to regret this?"

"Yes." Zhao Yi looked at her with a serious look in his eyes: "I regret it."

Shen Qingtan pursed her lips and lowered her eyes to look at the letter in her hand.

Zhao Yi said with some difficulty, "I arrogantly thought that this was the best thing for you. But I regretted it, I regretted it a long time ago. I planned to ask my grandfather to take it back and destroy it, pretending nothing happened. But this letter still ended up in your hands."

Shen Qingtan paused as she pressed the seal of the letter. Thinking of what Liu Yue said about Zhao Yi drying books in the study in the front yard, and combining it with the words of the eldest master, she roughly guessed it.

Zhao Yi did not go to flip through the pages of Duke Zhao's book because he loved it, but because he was looking for this letter.

"You and I are husband and wife, and we are one. I shouldn't ignore your feelings and thoughts. Even if I have to make any decisions, I should discuss it with you instead of making them on my own."

Zhao Yi coughed softly a few times, his dark eyes staring into hers: "You found Zhong Yuan, he will cure my illness. You will only be my wife and the mother of my children in this life."

Shen Qingtan's lips moved, and she wanted to say something, but she felt a little hesitant, so she didn't say anything to choke him.

"Second Master's words are like the weather in June, changing in an instant." Shen Qingtan fiddled with the letter in his hand and smiled slightly. "I'll keep this letter for now. If Second Master ever regrets it, there's no need to write a new one."

Zhao Yi would never let her keep it. She quickly took it back. When Shen Qingtan reached out to grab it, she took her hand and said weakly, "Madam, my health has been getting worse since I wrote this letter. It seems that this letter is unlucky and I can't keep it."

Shen Qingtan: “…”

Having said that, what else can she say?

Shen Qingtan is not an ungrateful person. He really wrote this letter out of consideration for her.

But this kind of self-willed thing can only happen once and not twice.

Now that the two of them have talked it out this time, they can just move on from that.

She expressed her attitude: "If it happens again, I will do as the Second Master says, and that will preserve the friendship between us."