Chapter 30 Repayment This is the repayment she wants
"If you don't leave and die here, it will be my sin. I said, I never thought of letting you die."
Chai Heng looked at his reddened eyes, feeling a little helpless. She knew from her past life that Yang Yan, though seemingly aloof, was actually incredibly sentimental. In that past life, while he disliked her, he disliked her even more when she praised his colleagues in front of him. If she did, he'd tell her to go back and live with that person. If her attention and concern fell on someone else, male or female, who surpassed him, he would sneer and mock her until she was completely annoyed and promised never to do it again.
But at that time they were husband and wife, and she was willing to do anything for him.
But now they are no longer husband and wife, not even friends.
"It's just a small matter, why are you so wronged?"
"If I were like you, I wouldn't know how many times I would have had to slit my throat during the years I've been in the capital."
Chai Heng squatted down, putting aside the past grudges, and said, "Can you walk? If you can, I will help you back. If you can't, I will carry you back." They were so close that they could even hear each other's breathing.
Since their rebirth, they had rarely been this close. She had always avoided him, avoided him, and was wary of him, and peaceful conversations like this were even rarer.
Such rare warmth made Yang Yan feel sad. He was actually not a crybaby.
On the contrary, Yang Shiduo had raised him in his early years. His father was a notorious gambler in the capital at the time, and he had no rules when it came to educating him. He would often use a stick to beat him, and no matter how hard he was beaten, he would never cry. In his previous life, there were even fewer things that could affect his emotions.
The only thing he often loses control of is Chai Heng's affairs.
"You've never done this to me before."
Yang Yan closed his eyes again and did not answer her question directly. As if he was afraid that she would leave again, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed her wrist. His palm was burning hot and he held Chai Heng's wrist tightly.
"Then how did I treat you in the past?" Chai Heng asked.
"You've never left me before."
"You won't push me around for other people."
"The carved wood carving will only be given to me."
Yang Yan tried his best to control himself and spoke calmly. He suppressed his emotions, but as he spoke, he couldn't continue.
Chai Heng suddenly felt a little sad when she heard his words.
"I really never pushed you or abandoned you for others before, because I loved you wholeheartedly at that time, but you always took advantage of my liking for you and bullied me."
As she spoke, she couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"As for wood carvings, I gave you many in the past, but you always thought my aesthetic taste was flawed. Yang Yan, do you remember the night before Yongzhou, when I brought a wood carving to you to make peace, and you threw it away, saying you didn't need such a rubbish. So at that time, I told myself that I would never give you a wood carving again in my life."
She didn't want to bring up the past, but now that she had said this, she felt that she had been very cowardly in the past.
Yang Yan listened to her words and unconsciously let go of her hand.
"sorry."
Behind the three words spoken through clenched teeth and choked with sobs was a rare apology.
Hearing his apology, Chai Heng's eyes also turned red. But she quickly added:
"So, Yang Yan, I misunderstood you today because of Cui Miao, and you feel very aggrieved, but I think this is called repayment. You always said you were willing to compensate me before, but compensation is definitely not you having your men dig a few more pits, or you getting caught in a trap and jumping out. Only meaningful repayment like today is repayment, and that's when I feel relieved. But Yang Yan, if this kind of repayment happens a few more times, you won't be able to bear it."
Just this once today, he started crying.
If this happened a few more times, Chai Heng had no doubt that he would go crazy.
Is it sad to see your ex-wife protecting someone else in front of you?
Of course it's sad.
Yang Yan really didn't want to experience this feeling again.
But if this can be considered a form of repayment, it is not impossible.
"If I pay you off, you won't run away, right?" Yang Yan said weakly, his fingers still trembling. He clenched his teeth at this moment, with only this question in his mind.
Of course not.
She would still run away even if she paid it back. But in this case, she couldn't be honest with him, so she just lied to him: "If you pay it back, I won't run away."
"good."
He nodded drowsily. Seeing that his expression was getting worse and worse, Chai Heng asked again:
"Can you get up?"
Yang Yan glanced at her moon-white shirt and saw bloodstains on it. It was obvious that when she was helping Cui Miao not long ago, most of Cui Miao's body fell on her.
He didn't like her close contact with Cui Miao, and secretly didn't want her to be too tired, so he forced himself to stand up, holding on to the tree, "I can walk by myself."
After saying that, he added, "I can't walk fast, you have to wait for me."
The incident with Xirong left a shadow on him, letting him know that she really could not wait for him. She was unwilling to do such a simple thing as looking back every few steps.
Chai Heng: "I'm already here, so I won't leave you alone."
Having said that, she let him stagger back with her.
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Yang Yan didn't come back, so Zhou Jiu didn't dare to sleep. Late at night, he sat on the doorstep with his sleeves tucked in, waiting for someone with Xiang Qiao.
The two waited anxiously for about an hour before finally seeing Chai Heng and Yang Yan return together. Yang Yan was drowsy from the blood loss in his head. He was drenched in cold sweat the entire way, and the wound on his back was excruciatingly painful. He relied solely on willpower to make it back to the mansion.
When he arrived at the Marquis' Mansion, he was exhausted and fainted.
In the bedroom, Zhou Jiu carefully took off Yang Yan's clothes, revealing the whip marks on his back.
Chai Heng's eyebrows jumped when she saw this. She felt very painful after being whipped five times that day, but the depth and number of scars on his back were obviously much heavier and more numerous than the five whips she received that day.
But now he has been appointed as the Minister of War, who would have the time to beat him?
"What's going on?"
Zhou Jiu said, "Didn't your Excellency have a brain attack that day, thinking that you would realize the benefits of the Marquisate after hitting a wall, and didn't stop Sir Liang from giving you five lashes? Then, probably feeling guilty about you, he went to the Ministry of Justice and asked for twenty more lashes."
Chai Heng really didn't know about the twenty lashes, but when she thought about the time a few days ago when he climbed onto her bed and said he would leave in a while, and the strong smell of blood, she knew it must be real.
"Butler Zhou, please stay with him first. I'll send for a doctor."
Chai Heng had just knocked on the doors of various clinics for Cui Miao not long ago. She also knew that many clinics were closed at this time and it was very difficult to find a doctor. She couldn't help but think of Xue Ruyue.
"Madam, do you want someone to call a doctor? Let me go." Xiang Qiao slept all day today, but couldn't fall asleep at night with her eyes open. Seeing that Chai Heng was about to go out, she volunteered.
"That's fine. Everyone lives close together in this Xizhimen area, and the Xue family isn't far from our mansion. Xiangqiao, sneak out through their back door and go to the Xue residence. Invite Xue Ruyue over and tell her that the prince is ill and needs her treatment. She should be here soon with her medicine box."
"Ah? Miss Xue?"
Xiangqiao opened her mouth wide. She couldn't understand why they had to invite her for no reason.
"Can you change someone? Miss, if you bring her here, aren't you trying to match my son-in-law with her?" Xiang Qiao is not stupid, and is even particularly sensitive in this regard.
Chai Heng doesn't care whether there is matchmaking or not. The basis of matchmaking is affection. If they have affection, they can be together without matchmaking.
"You don't have to worry about these, just go and ask someone for help." Chai Heng touched Xiangqiao's head.
"But……"
Xiangqiao hesitated to speak, thought about it, and decided to go.
Perhaps because the Xue family was so close to the Marquis's residence, Xiangqiao returned before two incense sticks had even passed. Her neatly combed buns were a bit messy, as if she'd been in a fight. But she looked quite energetic, as if she'd won a battle.
"Where is Xue Ruyue?"
"Why are you so happy? And, Xiangqiao, what happened to your hair?"
Chai Heng really couldn't imagine what exciting things she would encounter just by going to the Xue Mansion.
Xiang Qiao said, "My bun was damaged by Xue Ruyue's personal maid Meixiang. That fat girl was very strong and messed up my hair."
"Is this something worth being happy about?" Chai Heng didn't know what this silly girl was thinking. She could actually laugh even after being beaten by the maid from the Xue Mansion.
Xiangqiao couldn't hide her joy. "But girl, do you know why Meixiang hit me? Because she thought I was showing off so late at night. She also said that her daughter has been bedridden for three days and hasn't been able to get out of bed."
As a female doctor, Xue Ruyue should be more aware of her physical characteristics. Although it is a late spring cold weather, she will not get a fever or get sick.
"Why is she bedridden?"
"Meixiang said it was because she didn't handle her brother's business properly. Then the son-in-law went to the Xue family's mistress and said some sarcastic words that were half threatening and half instigating. The Xue family's mistress didn't like her to begin with, so she took advantage of the situation and beat her with thirty lashes of the family rule board. I heard that she even used bamboo sticks to prick her hands in private, and now she can't even touch a finger."
At this point, Xiang Qiao recalled Xue Ruyue's past crimes. "She was the one who instigated the five lashes you received last time. She definitely did it on purpose. She was like this in the Chai Mansion before. She would snatch anything you liked from you, and she would always go to Madam Chai to sow discord, causing her to spank you. This time, it's like every evildoer gets his due."
Chai Heng had heard of the methods used by the current mistress of the Xue family. They were completely different from Madam Chai's old-fashioned way of discipline. She was purely designed to torment people.
But why did Yang Yan go and threaten the mistress of the Xue family? Didn’t he know that doing so would definitely implicate Xue Ruyue?
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The author has something to say: I saw some comments about this one, and I don’t mean to whitewash the male protagonist starting from this chapter.
Because in a few chapters, the younger sister will run away. The hero is only beginning to change in this chapter, and is no longer so awkward, but it's too late.
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