Upon hearing Ye Cuihua's words, Ye Qian'an raised his finger, hooked it around Ye Cuihua's chin, slowly lifted it up, and then kissed her rosy lips before speaking.
"Cui'er, don't worry. I've already hired an assassin. She won't live for more than a few days. In the next few days, just like I told you before, don't provoke her. If Fan Ting really listens to something she said and questions you, just cry and say that the woman is holding a grudge because you married Fan Ting, and that's why she's deliberately framing you. Fan Ting now believes that you are carrying his child, so he definitely won't make things difficult for you."
Ye Cuihua responded with a soft "hmm" upon hearing her cousin's words, but her gaze remained fixed on Ye Qian'an's face. The look in her eyes was unlike anything she had ever seen in Fan Tingshi.
Ye Qian'an met her gaze, his eyes also filled with desire. His gaze fell on her bulging belly, and he asked softly.
"It could hurt our children..."
Ye Cuihua naturally saw the lust in the man's eyes, and when she heard him ask such a question, she lowered her head slightly and spoke with a shy expression.
"I just saw the doctor a few days ago. The doctor said the fetus is very stable and there should be no problem if we are careful..."
Upon hearing this, Ye Qian'an bent down and kissed him on the lips again. Then, without further hesitation, he picked him up and carried him into the inner room.
After their lovemaking, Ye Qian'an held her in his arms, looking completely satisfied. Ye Cuihua, her face flushed, lay in the man's arms with her eyes slightly closed, looking utterly exhausted.
He spoke softly after a moment, his voice tinged with displeasure.
“Brother An, I don’t want to go back. I want to stay by your side forever. I don’t want to spend even a day with that man who doesn’t exist. And his old, bastard mother, she still wants me to serve her every day. I’m so fed up with her…”
Upon hearing Ye Cuihua say this, Ye Qian'an first kissed her forehead before gently comforting her.
“I know it’s unfair to Cui’er, but all of this is for our child, so that he can have a good background and won’t be condemned as the product of incest from birth, and you won’t be pointed at and gossiped about…”
Ye Cuihua naturally understood that this was just a grumbling. Hearing Ye Qian'an say this, her eyes were filled with sadness, and she snuggled closer to Ye Qian'an before speaking.
“I’m not wronged, it’s just that I can’t see you every day and I miss you. Brother An, I don’t really care. Even if people point fingers at us when we’re together, I’m not afraid. We can leave Ping’an Town, or even Yuanning Prefecture, and go to a place where no one knows us…”
Upon hearing Ye Cuihua's words, Ye Qian'an turned around, looked at the woman in his arms, reached out and tidied her somewhat messy hair before speaking.
"But I care. I want to give you and our son a good life, and I hope we can be together openly and honestly in the future."
"As for that old hag, since she's been bullying you like this, we'll have to get rid of her eventually anyway. Why not let her go to see the King of Hell with Han Yiyi this time? Then, once that idiot passes the imperial examination, I can switch faces with him. At that time, we can stay together for a long time."
Listening to what the person on the other end said, Ye Cuihua looked at his face with heartache and gently stroked it. Although these were things they had planned in the past, she was still worried when she brought them up now, so she spoke up.
"Is what that person said credible? Is face transplantation dangerous?"
"Don't worry, I've already found out. Although there will be some hardship, there's no danger to my life. As long as I can be with Cui'er openly and honestly for a long time, even if I suffer some hardship, it's worth it..."
Hearing Ye Qian'an's words, Ye Cuihua's eyes welled up with tears, her heart filled with resentment and anger. Why couldn't they be together because of their social status? Why did their love have to be judged and gossiped about?
Seeing tears in Ye Cuihua's eyes, Ye Qian'an couldn't help but kiss her, and the two became entangled again.
It turns out that the two were cousins and had often played together since childhood. However, as they grew up, they developed feelings for each other that they shouldn't have.
When the Ye family found out, they naturally tried their best to stop them, but instead of separating the two, their feelings for each other deepened until they eventually ate the forbidden fruit.
Not only that, Ye Cuihua was pregnant. Ye Cuihua had been pampered by her parents since she was a child, and they were worried that it would harm her health, so they couldn't bear to let her have an abortion. So they thought about letting her find someone to marry as soon as possible.
At this point, Fan Ting became the Ye family's choice. The reason why Fan Ting was chosen by the Ye family was not only because he was a scholar, but more importantly because of his face.
Ye Qian'an heard from somewhere that there was a legendary doctor in the martial arts world who knew a face-changing technique. The closer the faces of the two people being swapped were, the greater the chance of success. When Ye Qian'an first saw Fan Ting, she felt that Fan Ting looked a lot like herself.
The only difference between the two is their skin tone. Fan Ting has fair skin and a somewhat effeminate appearance, while Ye Qian'an has dark skin. However, skin tone is not important, as long as their faces are similar.
Later, it was learned that Fan Ting's family was struggling financially, and the writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones he used at the academy were the worst quality. Even these worst writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones were all embroidered stitch by stitch by his wife.
In fact, quite a few students in the academy came from impoverished families, but they would often use their spare time to copy books to supplement their household income. However, Fan Ting not only refused to copy books himself, but also complained that his wife was useless and earned too little money. It is said that Fan Ting initially took a liking to his wife because of her good looks, but now he despises her for being useless.
It is evident that Fan Ting is a greedy and treacherous man who abandons morality for personal gain. However, it is precisely because of this that Ye Qian'an felt that Fan Ting was the best choice. As long as he was given a little sweetness, he would divorce his wife.
As expected, when the Ye family simply offered to give Ye Cuihua twenty taels as dowry and to sponsor his studies for official rank, he immediately agreed to divorce Han Yiyi.
However, when the Ye family arranged for Fan Ting and Ye Cuihua to sleep together, they simply added some sleeping pills to their drinks.
Later, he only let Ye Cuihua lie down with him and sleep for a while. When he woke up, Ye Cuihua deliberately made her clothes messy and smeared some chicken blood on the sheets, pretending that the two of them had done something intimate.
Since their marriage, whenever Fan Ting tried to get intimate with Ye Cuihua, she would refuse, citing her pregnancy. Therefore, the two have never actually consummated their marriage.
After another round of lovemaking, worried that something might go wrong with Fan Ting, Ye Qian'an reluctantly sent him back to Zhushan Village.
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