Chapter 191 When did I say it was me?
He could hear the sarcasm in her tone.
Xie Yanzhi gripped Shen Qingnian's shoulders with both hands and questioned, "Am I domineering?"
"If it weren't for you, would I have acted this way?"
"I am intimate with you, are you unwilling in your heart?"
Shen Qingnian glared at him resentfully: "I'd rather that person wasn't me!"
Upon hearing this, Xie Yanzhi squeezed her hand even tighter.
He only let go of her hand when he saw her brows furrow slightly, as if he had hurt her.
"Come back with me." He forcefully suppressed his anger.
Once Shen Qingnian was free, she immediately took a few steps back.
Upon hearing Xie Yanzhi's words, she immediately pulled out the hairpin from her hand and pointed it at her throat: "Since you discovered me, I never thought you would let me go."
"I will not go back with you unless I die!" With that, he stabbed the hairpin inward.
Xie Yanzhi noticed that Shen Qingnian's neck was already somewhat red, and his eyes darkened.
He was overjoyed to see her, but she thought he had come to force her to her death.
Xie Yanzhi looked at her and said in a low voice, "You must come back with me. You should have been my wife."
"lady?"
"How can someone of my lowly status become the Crown Prince's wife?" Shen Qingnian said indignantly.
She was originally engaged to him, but was forced to become his concubine.
"I know everything," Xie Yanzhi said, taking two silver locks out of his sleeve.
"These two are our engagement tokens."
Shen Qingnian was also somewhat surprised to see the two silver locks in Xie Yanzhi's hands.
She never imagined that Xie Yanzhi also had an identical one.
After all, no one knew about their marriage.
"Your Highness is mistaken. Do you think you can fool people by having two identical silver locks?"
Xie Yanzhi sighed when he saw that Shen Qingnian still refused to admit it.
"Look." In front of Shen Qingnian, Xie Yanzhi opened the silver lock and took out a yellowed piece of paper.
Shen Qingnian took it and saw that it was their marriage certificate.
She had never known that this was hidden inside the silver lock.
If she had known, she would have burned it long ago.
Xie Yanzhi was unaware of this until the day the craftsman repairing the silver lock accidentally opened it and discovered their marriage certificate.
Shen Qingnian immediately tore the marriage certificate to shreds and threw it in front of him: "Your Highness, Shen Qingnian no longer exists in this world."
Xie Yanzhi frowned slightly as he looked at the debris in front of him. "Do you really have to do this?"
He insisted on distancing himself from her relationship.
"This humble woman has no relation to the Crown Prince!"
She is now Su Wu. Su Wu has never been to the capital, let alone met any prince.
Shen Qingnian held the hairpin to her neck again, and Xie Yanzhi's anger surged up once more.
"Shen Qingnian, how dare you!"
She thinks she can threaten him with a broken hairpin? How ridiculous!
Just as Xie Yanzhi was about to reach out and remove the hairpin from her hand, he saw a single tear slide down her cheek.
Shen Qingnian knew, of course, that she couldn't threaten him with a hairpin.
However, she absolutely could not bring herself to do anything and just go back with him.
At the very least, she wanted Xie Yanzhi to know how unwilling she was to return to that cage.
Xie Yanzhi paused, seeing grievance and determination in her eyes.
His heart ached slightly.
"Get down!"
Xie Yanzhi turned his head away and said in a low voice.
Shen Qingnian was taken aback at first, then immediately lifted the curtain and went outside.
Shen Qingnian only breathed a sigh of relief when her feet touched the ground.
Seeing that Shen Qingnian returned to the shop with a bad expression, Yuan Qing glanced at his master.
Seeing his master's ashen face and a weary expression as he rubbed his temples, Yuan Qing swallowed back the question he had intended to ask.
"Let's go," Xie Yanzhi said in a low voice.
"Just like that? Back to the capital?" Yuan Qing blurted out anxiously.
Xie Yanzhi said, "Let's go back to the inn."
Now that he had found Shen Qingnian, he couldn't possibly leave her here and return to the capital alone.
No, she also has a little dumpling!
"Does it look like it?" Yuan Qing was about to drive the car when he suddenly heard Xie Yanzhi ask.
Does it look like him? What is my master saying?
Yuan Qing didn't react for a moment, and asked in a low voice, "Master, what looks like it?"
Seeing Yuan Qing's puzzled expression, Xie Yanzhi pointed to the shop and said, "Me and that little dumpling."
Yuan Qing's pupils dilated as he suddenly realized something. He thought about it carefully and then smiled, "I do resemble that little dumpling somewhat."
After saying that, he looked at Xie Yanzhi in surprise: "What you mean, Master, is...!"
Yuan Qing then realized that he might have to call that little dumpling "Master" from now on.
Xie Yanzhi waved his hand, signaling Yuan Qing to return to the inn first.
After returning to the shop, Shen Qingnian felt uneasy.
I wonder if Xie Yanzhi will let her off the hook like this?
She looked at the sleeping Nuonuo and whispered, "Nuonuo, you might have to run away with your mother."
The next day, another cartload of spices arrived at the spice shop.
Shen Qingnian also came to the front of the car, intending to carry a large bag of spices into the shop.
At that moment, a large hand reached out and gently took the large bag of spices.
Shen Qingnian turned around and smiled, "Young Master Xiao, what brings you here?"
"I came over today because I have a day off," Xiao Huaiyi replied casually.
After carrying the spices into the shop, he turned around and saw a wisp of sandalwood stuck in Shen Qingnian's hair.
He wanted to reach out and help her remove it, but he refrained in the end and gently reminded her, "There's still a bit of sawdust left here."
Shen Qingnian looked down and saw that there really were wood shavings in her hair, so she gently removed them with her hand.
He then poured hot tea for Xiao Huaiyi: "Young Master Xiao, please have a seat."
For the past three years, whenever Xiao Huaiyi had free time, he would travel from Diancheng to Suzhou to visit her and her son.
This Su family spice shop also owes a great deal to Xiao Huaiyi's care.
Shen Qingnian was very grateful to him.
Xiao Huaiyi took the teacup and looked at Shen Qingnian. Over the past three years, she had known his feelings for her, but she had always rejected him.
Shen Qingnian looked at the dark circles under Xiao Huaiyi's eyes and knew that he had traveled to Suzhou overnight, and felt very guilty.
Shen Nuonuo emerged from behind the curtain and immediately spotted Xiao Huaiyi at the small table. She excitedly ran over and exclaimed, "Uncle Xiao!"
Xiao Huaiyi happily picked up Chen Nuonuo and tossed him into the air, making him giggle.
Seeing Nuonuo smiling happily, Shen Qingnian's face also beamed with joy.
Xie Yanzhi sat in the opposite private room, watching the scene before him, and slammed his hand on the table.
Xiao Huaiyi actually knew all along that Shen Qingnian was not dead!
It's likely that he was involved in Shen Qingnian's faked death as well.
He saw her smiling so beautifully at Xiao Huaiyi, and he became even angrier.
But what could he do? That woman would put on a stern face and act like she was going to die whenever she saw him.
However, he also found out yesterday that Shen Qingnian gave birth to Nuonuo more than half a year after she came to Suzhou.
And to this day, she has not married any other man.
It seems that even though Xiao Huaiyi was like a leech by her side for three years, she was not moved.
At least she has some self-awareness; she knows she's already a married woman!
Why can't she just give him a nice look?
Thinking of this, Xie Yanzhi rubbed his temples and looked at Yuan Qing in front of him, saying, "If a woman said you were domineering and disregarded the wishes of others, what would you do?"
Yuan Qing was taken aback, then blurted out, "Does Master mean that Miss Qing thinks you're domineering and disregard her wishes?"
Xie Yanzhi stopped what he was doing and said awkwardly, "When did I say it was me?"
Yuan Qing touched his nose and muttered under his breath, "Who else could it be but Master?"
Xie Yanzhi cleared his throat and said, "Hmm?"
The woman not only called him domineering, but also called him shameless, though he couldn't bring himself to say it.
Yuan Qing looked at his master with suspicion, then suddenly realized that his master was reflecting on his actions and wanted to gain Miss Qing's forgiveness.
He recalled that after their marriage, Ling'er had told him that she didn't like him at first because he always forced Qing'er and was always self-righteous.
Later, he even forced himself on Miss Qing!
Thinking of this, Yuan Qing looked at Xie Yanzhi with a touch of sympathy.
He thought to himself that the master probably had no idea how difficult it would be to get Miss Qing's forgiveness.
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