Ji Qingxue pursed her lips, hesitated for a long time before mustering her courage and softly asking:
"What...have you been busy with lately?"
"I'm busy with training in the military."
Lin Chenglie kept his eyes fixed straight ahead, following beside Ji Qingxue. When he heard Ji Qingxue's soft voice, he felt a tickle in his ears, and his heart started racing. He answered Ji Qingxue's question seriously.
Ji Qingxue turned to look at the serious man, a hint of helplessness and amusement flashing in her eyes. Couldn't this man say something else?
From the moment she fell in love with him, she knew what kind of person he was, and she didn't expect him to become considerate and gentle.
But right now, she still hoped he could talk to her more.
After all, they will be husband and wife in ten days, and their current unfamiliar way of getting along is still a bit awkward.
Moreover…! Ji Qingxue looked up at Lin Chenglie, feeling a little uneasy. She didn’t know why Lin Chenglie had agreed to marry her.
The two women strolled around the edge of the horse farm, each lost in their own thoughts. Ji Qingxue followed a few steps behind her maid, Xiao Hong. Seeing that it was getting late, and before they could exchange more than a few words, Xiao Hong was already stamping her feet in impatience.
The young lady and her husband are such quiet types, they can't utter a single word.
How are we supposed to live together like this?!
Lin Chenglie and Ji Qingxue had almost finished walking around the circle when Ji Qingxue finally couldn't resist and stopped in a secluded spot where no one was around.
Seeing this, Xiao Hong wisely stood five meters away from them, giving them enough space.
Ji Qingxue slowly turned around to look at Lin Chenglie, pinching her abdomen repeatedly with both hands, too nervous to speak for a long time.
Lin Chenglie watched as Ji Qingxue stopped and looked at her with a puzzled expression, then honestly asked:
"Does Miss Ji have something to say?"
Ji Qingxue: ...!
"This blockhead," Ji Qingxue took a deep breath before finally deciding to ask, "..."
"Why would Young Master Lin agree to marry me? After all, we've only met twice, and each time it was during my worst time."
Ji Qingxue felt uneasy. She had always wanted to know why Lin Chenglie had agreed to their marriage. She wanted to know if Lin Chenglie had any feelings for her, or if he agreed to the marriage because he liked her.
Women are often very sensitive and prone to overthinking before marriage.
She should have obediently waited for her wedding day, married into the Lin family, and become a respectful couple with Lin Chenglie.
But she liked Lin Chenglie. Ever since he saved her when she was a child, she had liked him for many years.
She longed to hear from him that he also loved her, and that he married her because he loved her.
So she had mentally prepared herself the whole way, and did the most outrageous thing she would ever do in her life, which was to stand here and ask these questions that she could never bring herself to ask.
Ji Qingxue stared intently at Lin Chenglie's face, her anticipation evident in her eyes.
But as time went by, Ji Qingxue's heart sank. She didn't hear the answer she most wanted to hear, and she realized something!
Ji Qingxue pursed her lips, suppressing the sadness in her heart, before speaking:
“Young Master Lin, if you can’t say it, there’s no need to force yourself. Since our marriage is a done deal, I will be a good Mrs. Lin in front of others after we get married, and I will do my duty and not embarrass you. I don’t ask for anything else.”
Ji Qingxue recognized her place, so she wouldn't force things that didn't belong to her. She would remain in the position of Mrs. Lin for the time being, but if Lin Chenglie found a woman he liked in the future, she would apply for a divorce and give up her position.
Although she was a well-behaved young lady from a respectable family and rarely left the house, she was a talented woman with some fame.
However, she is a very opinionated person at heart; otherwise, she wouldn't have disobeyed her parents and left home to take care of Lin Chenglie, who had a broken leg, for two whole years in her previous life.
Lin Chenglie was already very nervous about Ji Qingxue's question and was still thinking about how to bring it up! He couldn't possibly say that he had listened to his sister's feelings and knew that she liked him, which was why he agreed to meet her.
That would just cause trouble for his sister!
Moreover, he did indeed have feelings for Miss Ji, but he couldn't bring himself to say that he liked her. Just as he was hesitating about how to say it, he heard Ji Qingxue's words getting more and more off.
Why should a married couple still have to sit in the position of Mrs. Lin in public? Is this how husband and wife should interact? Although his parents had always treated each other with respect and had never seen them be particularly intimate, he knew that normal couples didn't act like this.
Look at Xin Xin and the prince, they're not even married yet, but they love to be inseparable whenever they meet. It's enough to make outsiders' teeth ache.
Even if he were sitting on a wooden block, he would know that Ji Qingxue was either misunderstanding or angry, and he was getting a little anxious.
"No! Miss Ji, please listen to me. It's not that I don't want to talk about it, I just don't know how to say it!"
Lin Chenglie was anxious to explain, and in his haste, he grabbed Ji Qingxue's sleeve and held it tightly, staring at Ji Qingxue without moving, afraid that Ji Qingxue would really get angry and ignore him.
The whole family worked so hard to find him a wife, they don't want him to lose her, otherwise he'll be besieged by the whole family when he goes back, and he won't want to lose her either.
Ji Qingxue looked down at the sleeve that Lin Chenglie was holding, her body trembled, and then she looked up at the anxious Lin Chenglie with a burning gaze, somewhat confused. What exactly did he want to say?
Lin Chenglie was afraid that Ji Qingxue would really be angry because of his poor communication skills, so he didn't even notice that he was still tugging at her sleeve, and said sincerely:
"Don't be angry. As for the question you just asked, I... I just didn't know how to answer it. My mother asked me to go on a blind date. I thought I was getting on in years and was the eldest son in my family, so I figured I might as well go on a blind date."
“Before my sister left the capital, she said that I should get married. She heard from somewhere that you were a good girl, so she asked my mother to inquire about you. Later, my mother asked around and found someone to act as a matchmaker. Only then did Madam Ji agree to let the two of us meet, which led to what happened afterward.”
"I admit, I was indifferent before, but from the moment I rescued you from the back mountain of Bailing Temple, my heart has been with you. I know that I have neglected you a bit and haven't seen you much since we started talking about marriage, but I am serious about marrying you!"
Lin Chenglie rambled on for a long time, but Ji Qingxue still understood the general meaning: he wasn't indifferent to her, and he genuinely wanted to marry her.
Are you telling the truth?
Ji Qingxue looked at the anxious man in front of her in disbelief and asked.
"Of course! I never lie."
Lin Chenglie almost swore that he had never spoken so much to anyone in his entire life.
Hearing what she wanted to hear, Ji Qingxue's sadness vanished without a trace, replaced by a warm feeling in her heart. She looked at Lin Chenglie and smiled sweetly.
That smile completely captivated Lin Chenglie, leaving him stunned and staring intently at Ji Qingxue.
He didn't hear what Ji Qingxue said to him afterward; he just stared straight at her.
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