Favoring a Hidden Mistress? Engagement Broken-Chapter 127 - 101:

Xie Wanqing remained silent for a moment, vaguely understanding something.

In any case, those people wouldn’t meet a good end.

A man who at fourteen commanded troops and at sixteen went to the battlefield, accustomed to bloodshed, his methods of revenge in a state of madness would be fiercer than she could imagine.

The truth of the past life he revealed in such a short time made Xie Wanqing’s mind experience a series of disturbances, leaving her somewhat dazed, unsure of what to say for a moment.

The room fell into silence.

Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the night outside had completely darkened. Xie Wanqing pressed her lips together, about to take her leave, when she heard the man’s slightly hoarse voice before her.

"Wanwan," his lips moved twice, opening with difficulty, "will you part ways with him? I can’t live without you."

"I know it’s all my fault. You owe me nothing; I owe you everything," he grasped her wrist, forcing a stiff smile, "Can you give me a chance to make it up to you?"

The starlight gathered in his dark eyes, like a drowning person clutching to a piece of driftwood, looking at her with a mix of fear and plea.

Such a passionate gaze couldn’t fail to move a young girl’s heart.

But he was facing Xie Wanqing.

Xie Wanqing who loved him so much she became afraid.

She was indeed left with the scars of being hurt by him; if it were before and she knew he felt this deeply for her, she would have been immensely happy.

But now, when she saw this gaze, her first reaction wasn’t touched nor joyful; she clearly felt her heart remaining calm and unmoved.

She even felt a bit heavy.

Those entangled feelings of love were already separated by a lifetime.

The present her, possessing memories of having died once, no longer indulged in romantic entanglements; she only wanted to live a peaceful life, and she couldn’t recall how she felt when she was infatuated with him initially.

She loved him to the extent of losing herself, being coldly treated time and time again, yet still held naive fantasies about him.

How foolish it was.

Such foolishness she would never indulge in again.

Xie Wanqing blinked, feeling an inexplicable twinge of sourness in her nose, for the self that was full of love.

"Don’t cry." Seeing the corners of the girl’s eyes turning red, Lu Ziyuan’s expression turned panicked; he feared nothing more than seeing her cry.

Even on the battlefield, where he remained expressionless, seeing her eyes redden would shake his steely heart to its core.

Disliking his pretentious concern, Xie Wanqing turned her eyes away, too lazy to look at him, only to be pulled into his embrace the next moment.

"It’s all my fault; I wove this cocoon for myself, suffering the consequences, but Wanwan, I can’t let you go. No matter what, I can’t let you go. If I could, I wouldn’t have turned into a madman."

"Whether you marry someone else or no longer love me, or have shifted your feelings to another, I don’t care anymore. You don’t understand what that feels like; I dare not go through it again nor care so much. I just want you."

His low and hoarse voice was close to her ear, carrying a hint of madness.

Xie Wanqing’s body stiffened, feeling somewhat scared, somewhat resistant.

She thought of that dream.

That dream where he looked at her old clothes, the overwhelming despair surrounding him.

Her breathing hitched as she struggled to break free from his embrace.

"I will not part with him."

Though her voice was light, each word clearly reached his ears. Lu Ziyuan struggled to maintain his composure, his gaze turning cold before dissipating in an instant.

"No matter what unavoidable difficulties you had, those hurts are already a fact. In the two years I was married to you, not a day passed smoothly. In the end, I was accused by you of being a wicked woman, and even Erqing..."

Yes, there was also Erqing!

Thinking of Erqing who was stripped of her pants and executed with a staff, the tears she held back for so long finally fell, "Erqing was also dragged down by me, losing her life in your Shen Family, per your personal order."

She could disregard her own grievances; after all, she chose it herself. She insisted on marrying him, so whatever cold reception she received was her deserved consequence.

But what wrong did Erqing do!

She gave a cold laugh, "Are you going to tell me that Erqing was also working for my aunt?"

Lu Ziyuan did want to say that, after all, it was something from the previous life, she wouldn’t know the truth.

But he truly didn’t want to lie to her even a little anymore.

And so, he was left speechless by her question, his lips moved but didn’t answer for a long time, before finally saying, "Do you want to hear the truth?"

Judging by his tone, it seemed there was more to the story.

Xie Wanqing’s heart skipped a beat, afraid of hearing that another of her maidservants had betrayed her as well.