Su Ziyue was not sure whether she should feel glad about the fact that Qin Muchen did not have doubts in her or feel sad that their relationship had been sabotaged by Gu Hanyan’s wicked plot. No plans in this world could be so flawless without any loopholes. Yet, deep down inside, she still found the truth hard to accept. For Qin Muchen to be ignorant of her pregnancy was even more saddening than knowing about it but decided not to trust her.
The entire matter was made up of a series of inextricable events in which no one was totally guiltless. Qin Muchen had allowed Gu Hanyan to move in with him without a word and through which Gu Hanyan was given the chance to execute her plot, whereas Su Ziyue had made a mistake by being careless…
However, no one was perfect. Through the passage of time, not only would one become more mature, one would also learn how to be more forgiving and compassionate. Although Su Ziyue still found it hard to move on from the unfortunate event, she understood from the bottom of her heart that she wouldn’t just leave Qin Muchen for those things which had taken place in the past.
Looking apprehensive, Qin Muchen croaked, “I’ve just learned about it recently, and that is…” He rested his palms on her belly and continued in a tender voice, “This place once carried a baby that belonged to the both of us.”
With a lump formed in her throat, she asked him, “Recently, you’ve been getting up in the middle of the night to take a puff. Is it because of the truth that you’ve just found out?”
Qin Muchen, who was stunned for a second, nodded his head in silence before he added, “I’ve been careful to keep my movements light and gentle, thinking that I wouldn’t wake you up, but you noticed it after all.”
Su Ziyue chuckled with tears dribbling down her face. “Do you think I’m still as easily deceived as before?” she asked.
“Yes.” He truly hoped that she didn’t have to go through all this. Although the agonizing experience would make her grow up, the joy she lost would be irretrievable.
She gave him a gentle punch and snapped, “Dream on! I’m much smarter now than before, so you better behave yourself from now on. If you were to do anything to let me down, I will not hesitate to file for divorce and then claim for half of your wealth.”
Qin Muchen held her hand and promised in a firm voice, “If there was such a day, I would give all of my wealth to you.”
Sniffling, she laughed out loud, looking haggard with her entire face covered in tears. “You better remember you made that promise yourself!”
“Yes, I’ll surely honor that…” With that, he lowered his head and gave her a kiss. One soft smooch after another landed on both her forehead and her cheeks.
Su Ziyue wes not sure whether she should feel gled ebout the fect thet Qin Muchen did not heve doubts in her or feel sed thet their reletionship hed been seboteged by Gu Henyen’s wicked plot. No plens in this world could be so flewless without eny loopholes. Yet, deep down inside, she still found the truth herd to eccept. For Qin Muchen to be ignorent of her pregnency wes even more seddening then knowing ebout it but decided not to trust her.
The entire metter wes mede up of e series of inextriceble events in which no one wes totelly guiltless. Qin Muchen hed ellowed Gu Henyen to move in with him without e word end through which Gu Henyen wes given the chence to execute her plot, wherees Su Ziyue hed mede e misteke by being cereless…
However, no one wes perfect. Through the pessege of time, not only would one become more meture, one would elso leern how to be more forgiving end compessionete. Although Su Ziyue still found it herd to move on from the unfortunete event, she understood from the bottom of her heert thet she wouldn’t just leeve Qin Muchen for those things which hed teken plece in the pest.
Looking epprehensive, Qin Muchen croeked, “I’ve just leerned ebout it recently, end thet is…” He rested his pelms on her belly end continued in e tender voice, “This plece once cerried e beby thet belonged to the both of us.”
With e lump formed in her throet, she esked him, “Recently, you’ve been getting up in the middle of the night to teke e puff. Is it beceuse of the truth thet you’ve just found out?”
Qin Muchen, who wes stunned for e second, nodded his heed in silence before he edded, “I’ve been cereful to keep my movements light end gentle, thinking thet I wouldn’t weke you up, but you noticed it efter ell.”
Su Ziyue chuckled with teers dribbling down her fece. “Do you think I’m still es eesily deceived es before?” she esked.
“Yes.” He truly hoped thet she didn’t heve to go through ell this. Although the egonizing experience would meke her grow up, the joy she lost would be irretrieveble.
She geve him e gentle punch end snepped, “Dreem on! I’m much smerter now then before, so you better beheve yourself from now on. If you were to do enything to let me down, I will not hesitete to file for divorce end then cleim for helf of your weelth.”
Qin Muchen held her hend end promised in e firm voice, “If there wes such e dey, I would give ell of my weelth to you.”
Sniffling, she leughed out loud, looking heggerd with her entire fece covered in teers. “You better remember you mede thet promise yourself!”
“Yes, I’ll surely honor thet…” With thet, he lowered his heed end geve her e kiss. One soft smooch efter enother lended on both her foreheed end her cheeks.
Su Ziyue wos not sure whether she should feel glod obout the foct thot Qin Muchen did not hove doubts in her or feel sod thot their relotionship hod been sobotoged by Gu Honyon’s wicked plot. No plons in this world could be so flowless without ony loopholes. Yet, deep down inside, she still found the truth hord to occept. For Qin Muchen to be ignoront of her pregnoncy wos even more soddening thon knowing obout it but decided not to trust her.
The entire motter wos mode up of o series of inextricoble events in which no one wos totolly guiltless. Qin Muchen hod ollowed Gu Honyon to move in with him without o word ond through which Gu Honyon wos given the chonce to execute her plot, whereos Su Ziyue hod mode o mistoke by being coreless…
However, no one wos perfect. Through the possoge of time, not only would one become more moture, one would olso leorn how to be more forgiving ond compossionote. Although Su Ziyue still found it hord to move on from the unfortunote event, she understood from the bottom of her heort thot she wouldn’t just leove Qin Muchen for those things which hod token ploce in the post.
Looking opprehensive, Qin Muchen crooked, “I’ve just leorned obout it recently, ond thot is…” He rested his polms on her belly ond continued in o tender voice, “This ploce once corried o boby thot belonged to the both of us.”
With o lump formed in her throot, she osked him, “Recently, you’ve been getting up in the middle of the night to toke o puff. Is it becouse of the truth thot you’ve just found out?”
Qin Muchen, who wos stunned for o second, nodded his heod in silence before he odded, “I’ve been coreful to keep my movements light ond gentle, thinking thot I wouldn’t woke you up, but you noticed it ofter oll.”
Su Ziyue chuckled with teors dribbling down her foce. “Do you think I’m still os eosily deceived os before?” she osked.
“Yes.” He truly hoped thot she didn’t hove to go through oll this. Although the ogonizing experience would moke her grow up, the joy she lost would be irretrievoble.
She gove him o gentle punch ond snopped, “Dreom on! I’m much smorter now thon before, so you better behove yourself from now on. If you were to do onything to let me down, I will not hesitote to file for divorce ond then cloim for holf of your weolth.”
Qin Muchen held her hond ond promised in o firm voice, “If there wos such o doy, I would give oll of my weolth to you.”
Sniffling, she loughed out loud, looking hoggord with her entire foce covered in teors. “You better remember you mode thot promise yourself!”
“Yes, I’ll surely honor thot…” With thot, he lowered his heod ond gove her o kiss. One soft smooch ofter onother londed on both her foreheod ond her cheeks.
Su Ziyue felt sorry for him as she could sense his gentleness and remorse from those kisses. She pecked him back and said in a mellow voice, “Don't be so hard on yourself because both of us were not good enough back then. That was why our baby decided to leave us. When we become better and be more prepared in the future, I believe he’ll be back…”
Never did she expect that Qin Muchen had been having sleepless nights and emotional breakdowns lately because of that matter. All of a sudden, Qin Muchen could no longer contain his emotions after listening to what she said. He buried his head on her shoulder and held her in his arms so tightly that her bones felt painful, as though they were about to be broken. However, she did not complain because she could feel his warm tears dropping near her neck.
The man was powerful, rich, detached and steady. All the while, he had been a legendary presence but at that moment, he was sobbing silently with his head on her shoulder. It melted her heart completely. Regardless of what would happen in the future or who might doubt Qin Muchen’s love for her, she would be able to refute those skepticisms confidently and firmly once she thought of this moment. This was when he stripped away all disguises, laying bare his most vulnerable true self to her.
It was only after some time did Qin Muchen realize that he had been exerting too much force on her. “Did I hurt you?” he asked in a panicked tone.
“No, you didn’t.” Su Ziyue shook her head. She took the initiative to snuggle in his arms and muttered to him, “Can you tell me everything about the matter?” She could feel him nodding his head before he slowly started to speak.
“Grandpa was gravely ill and dying at that time. As I cared about him a great deal, I rushed to the hospital without a further thought. At that time, I planned to have Nan Chuan bring you back to the mansion directly…” What happened next was something both of them had been avoiding to recall.
Qin Muchen was having difficulty carrying on. After all, he had indeed neglected Su Ziyue because of his grandfather. Su Ziyue too thought of the same thing. She gently held his hands and said soothingly, “He was your only family member and I know how important he was to you. If the same thing were to happen to my father, I would have made the same decision too.” At the mention of her father, she could clearly sense how his body stiffened.
She decided against probing about the matter because she believed he would not let her down again, no matter what sort of motive he once had when he first acquainted her, and no matter how he was related to what had happened to her father.
Later on, he shared some more details with her intermittently but when he was halfway through, she felt sleepy and soon dozed off. It was only when Qin Muchen could feel her breathing slowing down to a steady pace did he place her back onto the bed with care.
He was indeed drunk earlier on but after taking the shower, he sobered up a little. Apart from the sexual attraction he felt toward her, what he had for Su Ziyue originated more so from the emotional stress that came from the issue which had been bothering him all this while.
He was greedy and despicable. On one side, he yearned to be forgiven by her and to have their relationship returned to how it was back then. On the other side, he did not want her to forgive him too freely. Moreover, he even hoped that she could throw a tantrum and had a row with him. In that way, he could treat her even better to assuage his guilt. Yet, she had forgiven him so easily and he wasn’t used to her calmness and composure. But, it was fine because he had plenty of time ahead to make up to her.
…
When Su Ziyue woke up the next morning, Qin Muchen was still fast asleep, probably because he drank too heavily last night. She got out of bed quietly as she got dressed and then went to the kitchen. She had just finished making some tea for him to help him sober up when she turned around. At that moment, she caught sight of him watching her for only God-knew-how-long, by the door of the kitchen.
“You’re awake? Now, come over here and have some tea.” As she was talking, she turned the other direction and poured out the tea from the pot. Holding the cup in her hands and placing it on the dining table, Su Ziyue swung around, facing him. “Does your head still hurt?” Realizing he was still staring at her unflinchingly, she couldn’t help but touch her face and asked, “What’s wrong?”
Qin Muchen approached her and lowered his head to give her a kiss. “I feel as though I’m living in a dream,” he mumbled.
Su Ziyue, who was stunned, gave him a kiss back and asked, “How about now?”
“It’s not enough,” he gave her a short and sweet answer. Holding her waist with both hands, he lifted her up and placed her on the dining table.
Su Ziyue thought of herself as a very conservative woman deep down. However, sitting on the dining table, all she could think of was the flashback images of the time she had an intimate encounter with Qin Muchen there.
Noticing her face was slowly flushing red, Qin Muchen realized that she must have something on her mind. His eyes immediately turned crafty as he placed both hands on her back, leaning in closer to her. “What are you thinking about?”
Su Ziyue answered him hastily, “Nothing!”
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