Chapter 165: Chapter 165
Chapter 165
"You were born to be mine." That was the reason he had come here.
The words Yueqian heard from the mouth of the despicable male lead made her burst out laughing! She remembered reading about this trait of the male lead in a novel. When he was jealous of Liu Sun getting too close to the second male lead, who would have thought that a villainess like herself would hear the same words from him?
When reading, Yueqian recalled how she pursed her lips at those cheesy lines that made the female readers swoon. She had always shaken her head at the male lead’s personality, which the author tried so hard to craft.
Yueqian’s first thought upon hearing this dialogue was simple: "What a selfish person."
While he took in numerous wives, causing endless headaches for the heroine every day, Liu Sun had to constantly think about how to survive, how to stay cautious, or even how not to die under the schemes of the many women the male lead brought into his bed.
When the heroine became close to another man, with a pure heart and no intention of leaving him or finding another husband, she was met with anger and intense jealousy.
Hah! If the heroine were to get jealous, she would be cast in the role of the villainess, just like Yueqian. But if the male lead got jealous, it was deemed normal and worthy of love, and the heroine would even feel happy that the male lead was jealous over her.
Ah... in that case, you should save those lines for the fools. Sorry... but for this Yueqian, such lines are more disgusting than anything! If the person in front of her was Mu Heng, who was loyal to her and never allowed any woman to cause her pain, Yueqian might have thought it was more fitting and perhaps even felt guilty.
However, hearing it from the person in front of her, how could Yueqian feel that way? It’s a good thing she only laughed mockingly as if it were a joke. Honestly, Yueqian was afraid she might “spit” in his face.
"What are you laughing about?" Young General furrowed his brows deeply. After he heard that the royal decree had been issued because His Majesty wanted to please the foreign princess and that the Wang’s request was granted, he became furious—furious enough to want to kill someone!
If it weren’t for the fact that the other party was the highest authority in the Region and he had no right to kill him, he would have already severed the other party’s head!
Unable to do anything, his father, Great General Deng, took him back to the manor. The Deng family’s insistence on having Eldest Young Miss Qin as his fiancée was now slapped down by the emperor. How could they not be enraged?
The father and son looked at each other, understanding that their plan to replace the country’s leader should commence. The third prince they supported should take the place of the old and "dying" emperor due to illness.
After discussing with his father, Young General left the manor and sneaked in to see the woman who should have been his wife.
Young General knew he had made a wrong move by letting Yueqian marry this poor man. At that time, he thought Yueqian was too arrogant and needed some punishment. After all, she had never faced hardship while in the manor, and he knew well how virtuous she was.
Even though she made it seem like she was always chasing after him and trying to give him opportunities to marry her, for him, getting close to Yueqian was difficult. He had never even clearly touched her hand. If it weren’t for her grabbing his hand and dragging him here and there, he would never have been able to caress her palm.
This belief made him want to punish her, to make her understand what was right. She should lower her walls for him and see him as her true support, not treat him like a clown walking on a path she dictated.
But who would have thought! Not only did his little Yueqian not feel any hardship, she became so infatuated with that despicable man that she willingly became his wife!
When he saw her for the first time after sending her to suffer in a distant town, she turned out to be happier, happier than he could ever be!!
She must be angry with him. She must have devoted her heart to her husband. Seeing her serve her husband and even cook for him made him feel jealous and hurt. Surely, given his high status, it shouldn’t be difficult to force her to be his again, right? Besides, he had the Qin family backing him.
But why... why did everything go so wrong!
"Qian’er, are you laughing at me... because you feel pity?" Young General asked through gritted teeth. Yueqian heard his question and saw the pressure in his eyes, but she felt no fear.
"Yes, I pity you." When he heard her answer, Young General grabbed the beauty’s chin, making her beautiful face reflect his intense gaze.
"Pity me? Hah. You must think you’ve won this game, don’t you?" Young General suppressed the anger boiling in his chest. In his entire life, only Yueqian had dared to do this to him. She had become someone he could never overcome.
"No, Young General. I never thought of this as a game of chess as you do, and I never thought I could defeat you." Yueqian calmly brushed his hand away from her face.
The corner of her mouth lifted into a slight smile before she continued.
"Because the game you’re playing, I never intended to involve myself in it. In other words... I have no interest in the competition you speak of. Therefore, there’s no need for me to win or lose to you." She summarized her thoughts for the other party to know.
If he could understand this, he should let her go and stop bothering her. Let her walk her own path while he played his desire game, which would not include her as a piece on his board.
"You...""Young General, I don’t know what problem you have with me, but you should know that I never wanted to get involved with you from the beginning. Regardless of what you thought in the past, or the trouble I may have caused you, all of it was because I was in a position where I had to act."
"I was your fiancée. In the eyes of someone like Qin Yueqian, allowing her fiancé to wander from one woman to another was something she couldn’t accept. It made her act out and do disgraceful things, all because she was in the position of a fiancée."
"Now, she is free. You chose a woman as a piece in your game and declared to the entire Region that you and she are of one heart. From that day, Yueqian knew that she and you were not destined for each other."
"You speak as if... you are not that “Qin Yueqian”, Young General squinted, sensing the detachment in her words.
Of course, Yueqian truly thought that way because she was not the same Qin Yueqian who was foolish and clingy. From an outsider’s perspective, it might seem like Yueqian was fixated on her own and her family’s reputation. Perhaps it was because she had been raised as the principal wife’s daughter since childhood. To avoid being reprimanded by her father or bullied by the lesser furens and siblings, she had to increase her arrogance and fierceness.
When she was given the position of Young General’s fiancée as a child, she knew that she had this opportunity because she was the daughter of the principal wife. She had power and had to use that power to keep her position.
In other words... the belief instilled in Yueqian from a young age was that the position of Young General’s fiancée was intrinsically tied to the daughter of the principal wife of the Qin family!
If she couldn’t hold onto this position, then she shouldn’t be in such a high-status position. This attachment pushed Yueqian to feel that she had to do everything to make Young General her husband and herself his principal wife.
Did everyone really think that a child of just a few years, forced into an engagement, would immediately fall in love?! Yueqian remembered that at the age of 4-5 in her past life, she was still playing a game of blowing rubber bands or marbles. There was no such thing as romantic love!
Moreover, Yueqian’s end in the novel seemed she had lived a free life, unbound by anything. She left the world peacefully, indicating that her perceived malice was likely a result of her environment.
Yueqian believed that Qin Yueqian from the novel didn’t truly love Young General that much!
Of course, this might just be her own bias. But if it made Young General believe that, perhaps everything could end here, right?
"Perhaps it’s as you understand. I am not the “Qin Yueqian” you knew. After being sent far away, with no one instructing me on how an eldest young miss should walk, dress, smile, or even cry, I felt that the old Qin Yueqian had left."
"That life was the one I truly wanted. I liked it a lot, and it made me not want to return to that whirlpool, which unfortunately included you... Now that I’ve said this, Young General, do you understand me?"
Yueqian watched as he suddenly bowed his head. She didn’t know if he understood her, but she gently pushed him away. His closeness made her feel genuinely uncomfortable. The feeling of being near Young General was very different from being in Mu Heng’s embrace.
When he was pushed back, Young General looked up with his reddened eyes. His thick lips pressed tightly together, refusing to retreat from Yueqian. Her fragrant body was right in front of him. If he backed away now... it would be difficult to reenter her life.
"I understand what you are trying to say, but Yueqian... as I said before, you were born to be mine. Your life... you can’t escape these things," Young General forced a smile. Yueqian felt as if she saw a psychotic glint in his eyes, making the hairs on her arms inexplicably stand on end.
"Even if you find a way to escape, in the end... the path your husband has chosen will bring you back to the same point where you told me that being by my side is something you don’t want."
"Since you can’t escape in the end, wouldn’t it be better? If you choose someone who can protect you from now on? Yueqian... you know how capable I am, how powerful my family is. As my wife, don’t you realize the whole Region would envy you?"
"Do you think following that man will allow you to escape? Can’t you see the ambition in his eyes? By the time you struggle with him until you find happiness, you will be old. He will bring countless women into your manor, and your life will be miserable."
"Instead, stay by my side now, be the beautiful and comfortable furen, and then become the respected furen, watching our children and grandchildren grow, building the Deng family into greatness. Don’t you think that’s a better choice?"
Young General looked at Yueqian with deep infatuation. Even the young woman had never seen this expression on his face before. Young General himself never thought he would say something so vulnerable. He just knew he didn’t want to lose Yueqian. Once she left the Du Region, chasing after her would become much more difficult.
And Young General just realized... how would he live without Yueqian as his target?!!
Who would have thought that Young General’s feelings now were so similar to Yueqian’s when she was forced to live with her poor husband? Perhaps only Mu Heng from the novel, her husband who had to care for a woman who seemed dead inside with great difficulty, could truly understand Yueqian’s pain at that time.In this life, heaven had eyes and allowed Yueqian to become his beloved, repaying the kindness he showed her by taking care of her until she left the world of the novel peacefully...
