Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 61 - 59

Her voice was very soft, but in the empty and silent night, it was as loud as thunder in Pei Yuqing’s ears.

He listened almost with a startled heart, a heart that had been silent for years now surging with her words.

What kind of girl is as unruly as her.

But...

Neither of them spoke, and by the extremely quiet lakeside, Xie Wanqing noticed his breathing gradually becoming heavy.

After a long while, she frowned and said worriedly, "You won’t suffer from heart problems, will you?"

"...Yes," Pei Yuqing hesitated, took a deep breath, and said, "I have a heart condition, Wanwan, don’t always tease me."

Xie Wanqing frowned even more deeply and reached out to place her hand on his chest.

Sure enough, it was beating very fast.

Even normal people would find their heart beating this fast hard to bear, let alone his overburdened heart.

Xie Wanqing began to feel somewhat remorseful: "I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I will be more careful in the future, and won’t stir your emotions again."

Pei Yuqing: "..."

He held her shoulders, and with her hand still on his chest, embraced her, as if he had completely compromised, and sighed deeply.

This really is a silly girl, if his heart was not stirred by her, how could he be sitting here at this moment.

Graceful and polite, modest in character, he was never truly such a person, how could he be so considerate and attentive to everyone.

Xie Wanqing had always been very bold in front of him, from their first meeting to every encounter thereafter, she was always the one to tease him proactively, passionately indulging, generously forward, yet now she truly moved, she became somewhat embarrassed.

Her hand stiffly gripping his lapel, ear against his chest, listening to his strong heartbeat, seemed not slower than her own, and inexplicably felt joyful.

She lay in his arms and softly said, "Your heart beats so fast."

"Mm," Pei Yuqing lowered his eyes, his voice slightly hoarse: "It’s not your fault, it’s my own problem."

The hand clutching his lapel tightened, Xie Wanqing pressed her lips without speaking.

Pei Yuqing held her wrist, and softly asked her, "Will you return to the Capital with me tomorrow?"

Since they decided to marry, it should be simple, a hurried marriage where both need to inform the elders of their families.

Just arrived today, and they’re going back to the Capital tomorrow.

Xie Wanqing was fine with it, only her little cousin, who enthusiastically accompanied her for a brief stay at the manor, how could she...

"Reluctant to leave here?" Seeing her remain silent, Pei Yuqing smiled slightly: "Then we’ll go in the morning and return in the afternoon."

"Okay!" Xie Wanqing looked up at his chin, hesitated, and said, "The wedding is too rushed, will your parents be unhappy, and... and my..."

"They won’t," Pei Yuqing looked down at the girl in his arms, softly said: "Don’t think too much, they are eager for me to bring a bride home tomorrow."

"As for your previous engagement, it’s even less important, my parents are not old-fashioned, they won’t care about it, as long as I agree, they won’t oppose."

Xie Wanqing felt a warmth in her heart.

He’s so good, afraid she’ll feel pressured, patiently soothing her.

Aside from her parents and brothers, no one else treats her like this.

Even her father wasn’t this patient and considerate to her.

Feeling genuinely touched, her hand instinctively touched the side of her face that had just been kissed.

Truly as smooth as jade, a wonderful feeling...

She softly opened her mouth: "Do you know why I want to get married soon?"

Pei Yuqing hesitated and said: "...Because of Lu Ziyuan."

"Yes, because of Lu Ziyuan." Even knowing his intelligence, he must have guessed it, Xie Wanqing still decided to confess her thoughts.

She said, "That Marquis Mansion incident, at that time, to swiftly disengage from him, I considered marrying you, thinking that with your status, even if this came to the golden hall, the Holy Emperor wouldn’t side with him."

"Later, he agreed to the disengagement, the engagement was resolved smoothly, I originally had no intention to marry anyone else."

Pei Yuqing listened quietly, his expression not much changed, he knew she wanted to marry him not because of affection for him, but to avoid another man.

But it wasn’t until this last sentence reached his ears that he frowned slightly, wondering what had happened to make her consider marrying him again.

Was it when Lu Ziyuan took her to the rockery?

Or...

Xie Wanqing said: "The night before Lu Ziyuan left the Capital, he came to my room."

Pei Yuqing’s body stiffened, instinctively said: "What did you say?"

"During the years of our engagement, he came to my courtyard, and knew where my room was. That night, I slept heavily and woke up sensing something wrong, only to see a silhouette standing beside the bed,"

Thinking of that night, Xie Wanqing felt a lingering fear, sniffed, and said, "It was Lu Ziyuan, he broke into my room at night, just stood there watching me."

Pei Yuqing held his breath for a while, reached out to hold her shoulder, pushed her back a little, looked into her eyes, gently asked, "Did you cry?"

Xie Wanqing: "..."

She thought he would ask what Lu Ziyuan said or did, but didn’t expect the first thing he’d ask was...

"Don’t be afraid," seeing her not speaking, Pei Yuqing lowered his head to kiss the top of her head, softly soothing: "It’s all in the past, he’s no longer in the Capital, no one will come to frighten you again."

Xie Wanqing said: "You don’t want to know what he came for?"

In the bustling Duke Mansion, under broad daylight, that reckless man dared to take her behind the rockery to kiss, and then break into her room at night...

Pei Yuqing’s lips slightly trembled, reaching out to clasp the back of her head, once again drew her into his arms, "It’s my fault, didn’t think to arrange someone to protect you ahead of time."

He didn’t anticipate Lu Ziyuan’s audacity.

With Lu Ziyuan’s familiarity with Marquis Xuanping Mansion, under the situation of leaving for the Capital the next day, to sneak into her chamber overnight was indeed very possible.

Yet, he hadn’t arranged Hidden Guards to protect her ahead of time.

She must have been so scared, waking up in the middle of sleep to find a man standing by the bed.

And the man who had been impertinent to her in daylight.

He was already feeling guilty to the point of heartache, yet Xie Wanqing wasn’t so unreasonable. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

She said: "This isn’t your fault."

How can this be blamed on him, she blames Lu Ziyuan for being too much, blames the guards and soldiers of Marquis Xuanping Mansion for being ineffective, even blames herself for misjudging people, she never blamed him.

Why such a huge difference in character among noble sons from similar family backgrounds.

Pei Yuqing gently held her hand, softly asked: "What did he come to do?"

Xie Wanqing keenly sensed his unease, paused before speaking crossly: "It’s not like you think, he wasn’t so degraded to that extent."

Upon hearing this, Pei Yuqing’s heart relaxed slightly, but quickly tasted the hint of defending him in her words, his tone suddenly grew a bit distant, "Is it?"