Marquis Mu Houchu held her hands with one hand and his other hand had already reached her waistband, roughly pulling it open. Whether out of anger or embarrassment, Ji Xinhe’s face was alternately pale and flushed. She was furious and pushed him away with some distance, glaring at him, "What do you take me for, Mu Houchu? An object for your desire? Have I, Ji Xinhe, really become such a low, crude thing?"
Mu Houchu’s face grew even darker, he harshly tore open her outer garment:"What do I take you for? Do you care? You probably won’t know what you are to me in your whole life, you’re not interested in knowing now, you’re not interested in my sincerity either. Even if I present my true heart in front of you, what would you make of it?"
Ji Xinhe struggled in embarrassment and anger: "Sincerity? Do you, Mu Houchu qualify to mention these two words? If you truly cared about me, you wouldn’t dare to do this to me today! I can’t believe I trusted you before, only to find out you are such a beast!"
Mu Houchu had already torn open her inner garment, revealing the creamy white skin and her bright red bellyband. The chest that was previously filled with anger, now suddenly gushed with a rush of lust, leaving him dry-mouthed. Gentle kisses spread down her neck, his voice hoarse, "You don’t understand my dear feelings for you. I can’t live without you, I am already deeply trapped, and you can’t escape either."
Ji Xinhe shivered all over, half dead with rage, "If you truly cared about me, you should remember what you said before we got married, not to touch me a single bit!"
Mu Houchu’s movement stiffened, the corner of his lips lifted in a cold sneer, pinching her chin he said in a cold voice, "You want respect? Fine."
Then he suddenly announced loudly, "Someone! Get the wedding hall ready immediately!"
He looked at her, and said, word by word, "Let us get married tonight."
Ji Xinhe felt a bang in her head, rendering her body trembling with anger. She harshly pushed him away, quickly got up from the bed while adjusting her clothes, "Get married? On what grounds do you say we can get married just like that? It was you who abandoned me on our wedding day. From that moment on, I thought the relationship between us should break cleanly! Now how can you still have the face to say such things? Do you think I, Ji Xinhe, am someone you can easily call and discard as you wish?"
This old scar was ripped open again, Ji Xinhe could no longer hold back her feeling of being wronged and disappointment, her bright eyes turned slightly red, filled with determination and anger.
Mu Houchu’s expression paused, his cold eyes filled with guilt, "It was my fault that time. Gongsun Yi suddenly rebelled, and the capital city could not wait for a moment. If he attacked the Imperial Palace, the entire Daqian Dynasty would have been in turmoil. That day, I originally planned to talk to you before leaving, but Gongsun Yi had laid assassins near Yangluo Bay, all aimed at me. If I went to find you, it would lead those assassins to you. The situation was urgent, I had no choice but to leave without saying goodbye."
He held Xinhe’s arm, the usually proud man reluctantly lowering his head, "Xinhe, I originally intended to come to you to apologize. You can beat me, scold me, vent your anger at me in any way, but you absolutely cannot reject me."
Ji Xinhe stood rigidly, her face changing rapidly, seemingly lost in thoughts. After a while, she sneered, "Is it for the country and people, or for Chen Yining?"
Mu Houchu’s face changed, his sharp eyebrow knitting together, "What does it have to do with her?"
Ji Xinhe coldly shook off his hand, scoffing, "Do you know? I used to think that if I love someone, I should trust him wholeheartedly. Even if I knew nothing about you, I believed you if you said so. But now I see how naive I was, my trust was seen as me being gullible in your eyes."
Mu Houchu recalled the rumors he had accidentally heard on the street, "Did you hear some rumors? How can you believe such words?"
Ji Xinhe gave a sad laugh, a touch of sadness in her eyes, "I shouldn’t believe, right, they’re just rumors, not credible. I’d like not to believe, but you came back to the capital from thousands of miles away, supposed for the country and people, but in the end Gongsun Yi still broke into the Imperial Palace. Is that true? Gongsun Yi used Chen Yining to blackmail you, but now she’s still alive and well. Doesn’t that say something? It’s so absurd, on my wedding day, my husband ran away, claiming to serve the country and people, rushing thousands of miles just to save another woman’s life!
Mu Houchu, did you think I would be too forgiving?!"
Mu Houchu started to become anxious, "That was just a strategy..."
"Do you think I would believe you now? The moment you left, I knew I had put my love and trust in the wrong person. How can I ever trust you again, where do I even start from?" Ji Xinhe’s tears rolled down, pushing him away with all her might, "You still talk about marrying me today, are you planning to marry me as the main wife, or the second wife? I, Ji Xinhe, am not so humble to marry a husband who needs to compete for affection with another woman!"
Regardless, Mu Houchu held onto her, burying his head in her neck, as if this was the only way he could feel her presence. Unconsciously, she seemed to have drifted too far away from him, he suddenly feared that he would lose her forever if he even slightly loosened his grip.
"Xinhe, I have never thought of marrying anyone else, and I have never spoken a false word to you. It is true that I have only loved you in my life, and it is true that I only want to marry you. You will never know how much I love you." Mu Houchu’s voice was slightly hoarse, his eyes turning red.
From childhood to adulthood, he never shed a single tear. When his parents died, when he crawled out of a pile of dead bodies, when his body was scarred, even when the pain was unbearable, he never thought of crying. He was young back then, bystanders pointed and said that he was born cold-blooded and indifferent, a cold-hearted child.
Little did they know, it was just because he knew that tears were the most useless thing in the world. People who shed tears are also the most useless people in the world. He wanted to be strong, to become the strongest person in the world, standing at the zenith.
But now, seeing the tears rolling down her face, he only felt a heartache. The person he had been carefully protecting, how could he bear to see her cry? The desolation and disappointment in her eyes stabbed his heart, he regretted leaving that day. If he had known then that his leaving would lead to such deep misunderstanding, hurting her so much, causing her to be sad and cry, even if he saw his country and family ruined, he would have accepted it.
Mu Houchu forced out a bitter smile: "Ji Xinhe, you are my nemesis. What should I do with you?"
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