Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 113 - 95: Third-Day Homecoming

In short, he will never let go of her in this lifetime.

Regardless of right or wrong, as long as he lives, they will entangle for a day.

To watch her become another man’s wife...

Impossible!

......

Today is the day Xie Wanqing returns to her parental home with her husband three days after the wedding.

The main gate of Marquis Xuanping Mansion is wide open, and Xie YanYu waits at the entrance with two of his cousins.

As soon as Xie Wanqing gets off the carriage, she sees her brother’s calm and sober face.

She lets go of Pei Yuqing, who helps her down the carriage, and lifts her skirt to run over, smiling at her brother, "You haven’t seen me for a few days, have you missed me, brother?"

Pei Yuqing, following behind her, stiffens slightly at the corners of his lips, silently watching the siblings ahead.

Xie YanYu looks down at his lively, spirited younger sister and helplessly says, "You’re married now, why still act like a young girl?"

"Does marrying mean I’m no longer your sister?" Xie Wanqing pouts discontentedly.

"You’re still my sister," Xie YanYu taps her forehead and looks towards the people behind her, saying warmly, "Let’s go inside, father and mother have been waiting for a long time."

Brocade Hall.

Xie Wanqing and Pei Yuqing formally bow their heads to the senior-ranking Xie Shu and Mrs. Zheng.

Before her forehead touches the ground, Mrs. Zheng motions, "Wanwan, come over quickly."

The cherished little daughter, after her marriage, left the house quieter, prompting an inevitable longing in Xie Shu and Mrs. Zheng’s hearts.

After waiting three days, they finally see their daughter return; it’s hard to contain their joy.

Xie Wanqing stands up, beaming as she moves closer to her mother, "I’ve missed you too, mother."

Beside her, Xie Shu lets out a soft hum.

Xie Wanqing instantly has a stroke of insight, stepping closer and offering him a cup of tea, "Father, have some tea."

Xie Shu has a good bond with his wife, having a daughter four years after their eldest son was born, and Mrs. Zheng had no more children after that.

Regarding this daughter, he wishes she could grow up immersed in sweetness; he personally starts her education, teaches her calligraphy, and never once scolds her aloud.

In her childhood, Xie Wanqing was closer to her father than her mother.

But as she grew up, keeping her distance from him, at ten, she shared all her adolescent secrets only with her mother, showing closeness but not intimacy with her father.

Today is a sunny day, the light inside good; Xie Wanqing can clearly see the gray hairs at her father’s temples, causing her nose to sting.

She wonders, if those dreams are indeed her past life.

Then, after she died, when her parents learned of her death...

Xie Shu accepts the tea his daughter serves him, sipping contently, then looking at her with slight panic, "What’s wrong, did you suffer at the Pei family?"

Beside him, Pei Yuqing, talking to uncles and cousins, slightly changes his expression upon hearing this.

"No," Xie Wanqing shakes her head hurriedly, apologetically saying, "I just feel unfilial for not being able to stay by your side constantly."

"Alright, our Wanwan has always been sensible since childhood, how could you be unfilial," Xie Shu gently pats her arm, saying, "As long as you live well and spare your parents worries, it’s enough."

Xie Wanqing nods lightly, holding back tears.

After meeting the elders, Pei Yuqing is called to the front hall by the men of the Xie family for a conversation, while Xie Wanqing stays in Brocade Hall.

Inside are only a few women; an aunt sits for a while, chats a bit, then says she needs to oversee the banquet for the new son-in-law and leaves with her daughter.

Giving space for mother and daughter to converse.

With no one else in the room, Mrs. Zheng lovingly gazes at her daughter’s tender and charming face, saying, "On the wedding day, did the scoundrel frighten you when he barged into the bridal chamber?"

Xie Wanqing hesitates for a moment, gripping the pouch at her waist, pondering for a few breaths before saying, "I made it clear to him; if he can understand human words, he should no longer entangle with me."

She still hasn’t revealed that Pei Yuqing deliberately allowed the person to enter.

Pei Yuqing’s actions disregarded her reputation somewhat; if they knew the truth, they’d likely be angered again.

She wishes to spare her parents the worry.

Mrs. Zheng hearing this coldly laughs, "If he could listen to reason, he wouldn’t have barged into the bridal chamber. During the previous dynasty’s strict mores, my daughter..."

She doesn’t continue.

But Xie Wanqing knows, during the previous dynasty where women’s chastity was paramount.

She might have been forced to hang herself with a white silk ribbon that night to prove her innocence.

However, Lu Ziyuan is inherently such a person, only caring for his own pleasure, never considering others’ feelings.