The Divine Doctor And A Common Farmer-Chapter 1529 - 1615: I’m Too Powerful

Shujun hung his head, absentmindedly clutching a spoon and stirring the bowl of golden millet porridge.

His voice turned deep and hoarse,

"You know very well that you are the most important in my heart... The Huizi Store was built for you. If you don’t like it, I can dissolve it."

Dong Huiying sighed lightly, "You are wrong." She shook her head, "You say I’m the most important in your heart? Then think about how important I’ve been since we came to Nanling. You say you would rage for me, but here in Nanling, full of hidden dangers, aren’t I seemingly unimportant? Look at the Eighth Princess lodging with the Zhu family, or Xiao Qinghe, who once kidnapped me and whose intentions towards me remain unclear. Am I really that important?"

"Is it because I’m too strong, making you think I can handle anything, or are you simply hoping that even if you leave my side, nothing will happen?"

"Though I don’t want to say this, it seems that to you, I’m no longer as important as the Huizi Store. And you haven’t realized this problem. Maybe it’s because the image, strength, and personality I showed before were too overwhelming. But Shujun, when we were in Pingchang Prefecture, would you have left me? Would you leave me in such circumstances? No, you wouldn’t. We’ve been together for too long, our relationship stabilized, and when there’s no sense of crisis, unconsciously, the other is placed in a secondary position. Do you know what will happen if we continue like this?"

"Someday, I’ll learn to shoulder things alone, returning to my original nature, and even when faced with difficulties or troubles, I won’t tell you anything."

"A wife with six husbands, we were originally a unit, an inseparable existence, yet we’re gradually drifting further apart, and these changes happen invisibly. One day you all might become engrossed in your respective fields, and I also have my own paths to develop, like medical skills, like poison making, like Gu techniques."

"In the end, we might look united on the surface but estranged at heart. Even though we still have the titles of husband and wife, it will merely be an empty shell."

"I’m afraid, I’m afraid we’ll eventually become like that."

Shujun’s eyes reddened even more, and he suddenly stood up: "Since you don’t like it, the Huizi Store doesn’t need to exist at all!"

Dong Huiying silently watched him; her clear and crystalline gaze cooled his previously agitated emotion.

She smiled faintly, "You still got it wrong. The obstacle between us is not the Huizi Store, and what I’m discussing with you isn’t about whether the Huizi Store should exist. It’s about our future—if we want to maintain this marriage, this relationship, what changes must we make?"

"Love isn’t about deprivation. You like doing business; I won’t take away what you like. What we should be focusing on is your feelings for me and, Shujun, what place do I actually hold in your heart now?"

"Don’t give me a hasty answer in the heat of the moment. Even if you respond impulsively, I won’t believe it. However, I can tell you clearly one thing, I will only be with someone I love."

"If one day there is no love between us, I won’t settle or cling to a dead love to spend the rest of my life."

After saying this, she pulled the blanket over herself and lay down with her back to Shujun.