Peaceful Farm Life-Chapter 1079 - 1080: He Always Has Only One Answer

Meng Zhuqing did not dismount; she remained on her horse, leading it by the reins, but her gaze was fixed steadily on Tobanya.

Watching Tobanya cry.

After a long moment, Meng Zhuqing spoke softly, "I... I have caused you a lot of pain, haven’t I?"

Tobanya didn’t speak, only looked at Meng Zhuqing, her tears continually and silently streaming down. They blurred her vision, making it somewhat difficult for her to clearly see the person before her.

"If that is the case..." After pausing for a while, Meng Zhuqing continued, "I respect that. However, I have some words I want to tell you."

She didn’t wait for Tobanya to speak; Meng Zhuqing slowly added, "Once, feeling my appearance was hideous, I thought standing by your side would embarrass you, so I hid my feelings, not wanting you to know."

"Back then, I didn’t dare hope that you would like me."

"Back then, all I wanted was for you to be well."

"But... you fell in love with me."

"I came to terms with it, I understood, but you couldn’t accept it, couldn’t understand, and even, you kept deceiving me, time and time again, but I wasn’t angry, I just wanted you to be well."

"You don’t have to leave the Capital. I never forced you to be with me, to marry me; why must you leave?"

"If you are in the Imperial Capital, I can be somewhat reassured. If you leave like this, One Person, I won’t know where you are, whether you are well or not. Can I let go of my worries? How could I forget you?"

"If you want me to never forget you in my lifetime, to never marry and always be worried about you, then go ahead and leave just like that."

"This General has finished speaking, Commandery Princess, please do as you wish." Having said that, Meng Zhuqing no longer looked at Tobanya, who was crying like a tearful figure, and emotionlessly spurred her horse with the intent to leave.

But just as her horse passed by Tobanya’s, Tobanya caught hold of Meng Zhuqing’s arm.

Two horses, two people, with the horses facing opposite directions, neither looking back at the other, as if time had stopped, they both remained fixed in that moment.

Tobanya, with tears streaming, clung tightly to Meng Zhuqing’s left arm, so tightly that it pained Meng Zhuqing, but Meng Zhuqing didn’t speak, nor did she brush Tobanya’s hand away.

Compared to the pain in his heart, this pain meant nothing to him.

"Do you know why I pretended not to know about your feelings for me despite being well aware?" Suddenly, Tobanya spoke, her voice choked and hardly recognizable.

Meng Zhuqing did not turn to look back at Tobanya but faced the direction of the Imperial Capital and answered, "I don’t know."

Tobanya said, "I thought I was tainted, not worthy of you."

Meng Zhuqing’s throat tightened instantly, painfully tight, "It has always been me who was not worthy of you, and it still is... Now, I don’t even care about whether I’m worthy or not, I just want to be with you, but you, you still don’t want me..."

Tobanya cried, "I’ve already wronged you; I don’t want to wrong you further..." His face became this way because of her, and if she were to marry him but couldn’t bear him a son or a daughter, she truly felt even more remorseful.

"You have never wronged me; it has always been my choice. Even if it meant giving up my life for you, I would be willing."

Finally, Tobanya turned her head, looking at the one who sat on the horse yet no longer turned to glance at her, her tears flowing even more fiercely, "I now want to marry you; do you... would you still take me as your wife?"

"No matter whether you are deceiving me again or not, I will always have just one answer: I am willing."