"I wouldn't dare try to get close to you."
Lin Dayong's outstretched hand froze for a moment, then he said with a forced smile, "Why did you do this?"
Why say such hurtful things?
“Wanrong! I actually have my reasons. You don’t know how I got through those days in the military camp. I almost died several times, and it was the Marquis of Zhenxi who saved me. I hadn’t thought about those messy things before. He kept using the life-saving grace to coerce me. I told him righteously that I already had a wife and a family, and my wife is someone I love very much.”
"But he saved my life, and Rou'er likes me so much that she'll commit suicide if she doesn't marry me."
As Lin Dayong spoke, he observed the expression on the woman's face.
He felt that his own words were almost moving him to tears.
However, Bai's expression did not seem to change at all.
He cursed inwardly, thinking how easily this foolish woman had become so difficult to fool, but he showed no sign of it on his face and continued, "But I still refused outright, after all, what other women do has nothing to do with me. However, during the last battle with the Holy Kingdom, I was unfortunately poisoned, and Rou'er risked her own life to suck out the poisoned blood for me!"
"But she herself was poisoned. If it weren't for the last battle, in which we won and successfully obtained the antidote, she would probably have already passed away."
"As you know, I am kind-hearted and very loyal. Both father and daughter saved my life, and I have no way to repay them, so I can only marry Rou'er!"
When he got emotional, he even pretended to wipe away tears with his sleeve.
What he was saying was actually how he won over the Marquis of Zhenxi and his daughter!
It's just not as dangerous as he described; everything is in his own hands, and he already has the antidote.
He will not die, whether he wins or loses the battle.
He now feels that the two sides have been switched, and he thinks it's perfect.
He'd been crying there for ages, but Bai Wanrong hadn't made a single move.
Shouldn't she run into his arms and apologize to him?
Lin Dayong looked up and saw Bai's mocking gaze.
He was a little annoyed!
I've already done this much to comfort her.
Why is it completely useless?
Does that mean beating her up is the only solution?
The reason he thought this way was because back in his hometown, whenever Bai made any demands, he would get a beating from his parents. After the beating, he would just say a few words of comfort and get a hug from Bai, and his previous demands would be forgotten.
Is it that this step is missing now?
Bai Wanrong looked at the man in front of her who was putting on an act with sarcasm.
Inside, he was cursing his past self countless times. This person's entire face and eyes seemed to be scheming against him. Was he blind before? Why did he only seem honest and simple to the person in front of him?
From an outsider's perspective today, what does this have to do with being honest and kind? It's practically a synonym for being ruthless and vicious.
This person never tells a single truth.
"Lin Dayong! So you mean I misunderstood you?"
"But I don't understand. After all these years together, you should know that even if you took a concubine, I wouldn't say anything. So why did you lie and say you were dead?"
"What am I supposed to think? What are the children supposed to think? Do you even know how the children are coping in the village without their father?"
“Ever since the news of your death came back, my mother and I have been driven out by your family. The villagers were afraid we would freeze to death, so they let us stay in a thatched hut for the time being. But the thatched hut was dilapidated, and your family didn’t even give us a single thing to eat. I was seriously ill at the time, and I could only lie on the kang (a heated brick bed) listening to my children crying from hunger beside me!”
“And there are those with ill intentions who want to harm us, mother and children. Your family even wants to sell us for money.”
"While we were suffering, you were enjoying the good life with another woman in your arms."
“If you think I’m in your way, I can die, but those four children are your own flesh and blood, and your blood flows in their veins.”
How could you be so heartless?
Bai Shi originally did not want to expose her scars to the enemy, but when she thought of the suffering her children had endured, she couldn't help but want to question them with all her might: this child was not just his child, but their shared flesh and blood.
Even chickens and ducks at home develop a certain attachment after being raised for a long time, let alone one's own flesh and blood.
Don't you have any feelings at all?
Seeing Bai's desperate and strained state, Lin Dayong felt somewhat relieved.
The fact that she can cry and shout means she still has vulnerable spots. If she were to remain silent like just now, with her eyes full of indifference, then she would be really difficult to deal with.
Lin Dayong put on a very guilty look, "Wanrong! Listen to me! It wasn't my fault for pretending to be dead, it was the Marquis of Zhenxi who forced me! After all, you are just a farmer's daughter, while Rou'er is a high-ranking official's daughter. Her father is a marquis, and her mother is the eldest daughter of the Ge family, one of the four great families!"
"With her status, how could she possibly be willing to be a concubine to a boy like me from the village?"
"You're thinking way too well."
"And there are many things that are simply beyond my control."
"Aren't you all doing fine now?"
"Those three boys look quite tall and strong, and that rebellious daughter even dares to talk back to her father! They don't look like they're starving or freezing!"
"So let's just forget about what happened before."
"Then let's live a good life together."
"As long as you live a good life with me, I will forgive and forget everything that happened before."
"I will give you the life you want, and I will make sure you have enough to eat and wear. You can just relax and enjoy life behind me. I will take care of everything else."
Bai had never seen such a shameless person.
She felt like she was going to throw up.
She was truly blind to have fallen for this man and eloped with him, breaking her family's hearts and ruining her child's life.
She couldn't take it anymore.
What do you mean by "it's nothing serious"? Does that mean they have to forget all the suffering and humiliation they endured just because they're alive now?
What is the reason behind this?
He just let it pass by so easily?
Do you still want to enjoy the pleasures of having multiple wives?
It's like a dream.
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