Chapter 37 is just the past, not a secret.
At that moment, she was completely stunned.
The candlelight flickered, casting illuminating Yuwen Ye's cold face and revealing his ever-changing expression. He frowned slightly and said, "Don't you feel pain?"
"pain?"
Shang Ruyi was still a little slow to react.
Yuwen Ye raised the hand that was holding her wrist and presented her own hand in front of her. Only then did Shang Ruyi realize that a blister had appeared on the tip of her little finger.
Just now, she was distracted while trimming the candle wick and got burned by the candle flame.
Shang Ruyi's heart sank. She hurriedly pulled her hand out of his grasp and took a few steps back, feeling somewhat lost. But she didn't know where to retreat to. In an instant, the originally spacious bridal chamber suddenly became cramped and narrow.
Seeing her clearly panicked expression, Yuwen Ye's brows slowly furrowed.
Just now, he noticed that when she was trimming the candle wick, her little finger was burned by the candle flame but she didn't feel anything. So in a hurry, he pulled her away, but he didn't expect that she still didn't feel any pain. It was as if she had shown her shameful side in front of him, and she was at a loss.
Yuwen Ye looked at her and said in a deep voice, "What exactly happened?"
"..."
"Your hands... you can't feel anything?"
"..."
Shang Ruyi felt utterly ashamed.
Her throat tightened for a long time before she managed to let out a soft laugh and said, "Actually, it's nothing. When I was little, someone... injured my little finger. The doctor said the bone was broken, so I haven't been able to feel it for years."
Although she made her point clear, it was obvious that she was also hiding a lot of things.
Yuwen Ye looked at her quietly for a long time before saying, "Oh."
After saying that, he let go of her hand, turned around and sat down at the low table in the center of the room.
Clearly, he didn't intend to ask any more questions.
Shang Ruyi didn't know whether she felt relieved or disappointed.
Just as she was rubbing her little fingertip, still somewhat at a loss, she heard Yuwen Ye say in a deep voice, "Shang Ruyi, it seems that you have many secrets."
"...!"
Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat, and she looked up at him.
Yuwen Ye also turned to look at her, and when their eyes met, a sense of gloom seemed to spread through the room.
It makes people feel increasingly depressed.
Shang Ruyi remained silent for a long time before slowly saying, "It's just the past, not a secret."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Actually—"
But before he could finish speaking, Yuwen Ye said indifferently, "It's alright, I'm not interested either."
"..."
Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat, and she lowered her head, a bitter smile appearing on her face.
What she meant by saying that was that she would answer if he asked, but—it wasn't unexpected that Yuwen Ye had no feelings for her and naturally wouldn't care about her past.
Yuwen Ye then said, "But there's one thing you need to understand clearly—"
"you say."
“I don’t care what your past is like, or what you’re scheming in this marriage. If you dare to scheme against my family, if your schemes dare to hurt my family, I will make you regret it.”
"..."
These words caused Shang Ruyi a sharp pain in her heart.
But a faint smile appeared on her face as she turned to look at Yuwen Ye and said, "You don't need to worry. Now that I've married you, even if it's a transaction, I am still your wife and a member of the Yuwen family."
"..."
"I want to protect my family, including the Yuwen family."
"..."
"And that title—"
She smiled wryly and said, "If you don't like it, I can change it."
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