Chapter 26 How should we sleep tonight?
The question came suddenly, and Yuwen Ye was stunned for a moment. He saw Shang Ruyi looking at him calmly, her clear black and white eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of frost, making her gaze clearer and calmer.
She asked, "You said you knew I wanted something, so what about you?"
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"This marriage was neither my wish nor yours, yet you still agreed and went to great lengths to pretend to be my husband. What do you want in return?"
"..."
Yuwen Ye remained silent.
He hadn't expected that Shang Ruyi, in her calm demeanor, would actually ask him a question in return, and he was truly stumped by her question.
Shang Ruyi stared into his eyes, showing no sign of backing down.
Yuwen Ye suddenly became interested. He slowly walked to the low table in the center of the room, sat down with a flick of his robe, and looked up at Shang Ruyi with a leisurely air: "Then, can you tell me what you want?"
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"If you speak, I will speak too."
Shang Ruyi frowned slightly.
Actually, she didn't think her question would get an answer. She was just unwilling to be doused with cold water on their wedding night and have the other party completely in control. She wanted to turn the tables on herself.
However, Yuwen Ye was not so easy to deal with.
The two people, dressed in bright red wedding attire, sat and stood in the joyous bridal chamber, seemingly facing each other.
After an unknown amount of time, Shang Ruyi finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Since this marriage is just a transaction, then there's no need for us to really care about each other."
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I won't ask anymore.
After speaking, she slowly walked to the other side of the room, where an exquisite dressing table was placed by the window. It seemed out of place with the room's furnishings and had obviously been newly purchased for her arrival.
She sat silently in front of the dressing table and began to remove her hairpins and jewelry.
And he really didn't say anything more.
Looking at her ramrod straight back, Yuwen Ye suddenly felt a little disappointed.
Just now, for a fleeting moment, he actually wanted to hear why this young woman, who had suddenly broken off her engagement and refused to marry his elder brother Yuwen Qian, had chosen to marry him instead.
At this point, asking any further questions would be pointless; Shang Ruyi was far more stubborn than he had imagined.
Facing her retreating figure, he slowly said, "Shang Ruyi, you really surprised me."
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Shang Ruyi paused slightly, but continued to remove her earrings. Facing Yuwen Ye's cold eyes reflected in the bronze mirror, she calmly said, "We were strangers to begin with."
"..."
The two stopped talking.
The room was quiet. After a while, she got up and walked to Yuwen Ye.
Yuwen Ye looked up at her and saw that she had taken off her luxurious clothes, with only her long black hair draped down her back like a piece of glossy black silk. This simple style made her look even more delicate and slender.
She even exudes a touch of delicate charm.
She spoke again, her voice still indifferent and calm: "Tonight—and from now on, how are we supposed to sleep?"
This is the most pressing issue at hand.
Since Yuwen Ye made the transaction clear on their wedding night, he obviously didn't intend to have any marital relations with her.
Yuwen Ye looked up at her: "How do you want to sleep?"
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Shang Ruyi paused for a moment, then looked up at the room again.
Then, she picked up a pillow from the bed and walked to the other side of the room, to a daybed placed against the wall for resting.
Just as she put her pillow down and was about to lie down, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind her. Before she could react, she was pulled away by a hand.
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