"Ah …"
Li Yi had to admit that after Ruyi said this, his heart skipped a beat.
More than a beat.
"I said, let Sister Zeng marry into our family." Ruyi looked at him and repeated.
Li Yi suddenly didn't know where to put his hands. It didn't seem right to put them outside. It didn't seem right to put them in his sleeves. It didn't seem right either. Put them in his pockets — there were no pockets.
Ruyi took his hand and sat down by the bed. She said, "Sister Zeng came just now."
Only then did Li Yi remember the carriage he saw at the gate of the mansion just now. His heart tightened again, and he asked casually, "What did you talk about?"
"Just chatting casually. She came to see me and Duaner, and she even brought the little shoes she made herself. Miss Zeng's needlework is better than mine. Duaner also likes her very much …" Ruyi smiled and looked at Li Yi. "Sister Zeng is really good. I can see that she likes husband as much as I do."
Li Yi looked at her. This kind of joke, others might make, but Ruyi would never make it, let alone a second time.
"Wife …" Li Yi opened his mouth, but was interrupted by her.
Ruyi held his hand with a smile on her face. She asked, "Does husband like Sister Zeng?"
"… Yes."
Li Yi nodded. This was the only answer he could make at this moment.
"I'm sorry, Sister Zeng." Ruyi looked at him, suddenly lowered her head, and said, "I once went to find her without telling husband."
Li Yi looked at her in a daze. Neither Ruyi nor Zui Mo had mentioned this to him.
Ruyi said in a low voice, "I asked her if she liked husband. If she liked him, she might as well marry into the Li family …"
"When …?"
"Just a few days before husband left the capital."
"What, what did she say?"
"She refused."
Li Yi clenched his other fist. It wasn't hard to imagine the situation and state of mind they were in at that time. No wonder, no wonder she had been avoiding him for those days …
And for Ruyi to personally go to Willow Lane and say these words to her, what kind of determination did she have …
Ruyi held his hand tightly and said in a low voice, "Husband, I'm sorry. At that time, I only thought that if she could marry into the Li family, she might be able to give birth to a child for you and the Li family … I was too selfish."
Li Yi let out a sigh of relief, shook his head, and said, "I'm the one who should say sorry."
"Don't say that, husband." Ruyi leaned on his shoulder and said, "My husband is very good to me. I know that my husband cares about my feelings, so I can only let Miss Zeng suffer."
Li Yi put his arm around her waist and lowered his head to ask, "Now that we have Duaner, why do you still, still let …"
"Because Little Sister Zeng is really good …" Ruyi lowered her head and murmured, "Not to mention husband, even I am starting to like her …"
She suddenly raised her head and asked curiously, "How did husband and Miss Zeng first meet?"
"How did they meet …" Li Yi thought for a moment and said, "I think I just came here … not long after I was caught by Ruyi and brought to the village. One time, I went down the mountain and was brought to the Jadeite Courtyard by Li Xuan …"
"You know how Li Xuan is. He's a playboy by nature and always goes to these brothels. I didn't want to go, but he dragged me …"
"That day at the Jadeite Courtyard, I happened to see her performing. I mistook her for someone else and thought she was an old acquaintance. I lost my composure and interrupted her performance and was called a lecher …"
"Old acquaintance?" Ruyi looked up at him and asked, "An old acquaintance who could make you lose your composure must be very important to you. Where is she now? How is she doing?"
Li Yi was a little absent-minded and then said, "It's been a long time. Now that I think about it, it seems like it happened in my previous life. As for her … I will never see her again."
It was a misunderstanding, and at this time, he could only explain it to Ruyi in this way.
Ruyi lowered her head and said, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have mentioned it."
"It's okay." Li Yi helped her smooth the hair in front of her forehead and continued, "Speaking of it, it's not the first time. The first time was when I took her painting by mistake …"
"The painting that husband hid in the study?"
"Erm, yes … that's the one." Li Yi was stunned and then continued, "Later on, at the Jadeite Courtyard, erm, of course, I was brought there by Li Xuan and accidentally broke into her room. At that time, she had just come out of the shower, and then …"
"If there's such a thing, then husband …"
"It was a misunderstanding. That was a pure misunderstanding …" Li Yi shook his head repeatedly. "Later on, I accidentally saw her changing clothes. I didn't see anything that time. It was also a misunderstanding …"
"Did you see anything that time?"
"Erm … No, that day … Ah, later, we moved to the capital. When we left, I wrote a few poems for her to compete for the title of Courtesan Belle, but I didn't know that she had long wanted to redeem herself. Once she became the Courtesan Belle, her value would increase greatly. She couldn't redeem herself and almost made things worse …"
"There were more than a dozen of them …"
"Ah, more than a dozen? Maybe I remembered it wrong … Later, later on, later on, she came to the capital and helped in the brothel, and then helped in the clothing store … For a period of time, some people in the capital targeted me, which affected her a lot. She was almost wronged and imprisoned …"
Ruyi blinked and asked, "Then you fell in love with her after a long time?"
"No …" Li Yi shook his head and said, "It hasn't reached that stage yet."
"Then, has it reached that stage yet?"
Except for those few accidents, they actually didn't even hold hands. Li Yi shook his head and frankly told the truth.
"Husband, you can make the decision on this matter." Ruyi lowered her head and held his hand tightly. She bit her lower lip and said slowly, "That's all I can do …"
Li Yi didn't say anything. He just held her tightly with his other arm. After that, there was no sound coming from the room.
When the little fellow woke up, Ruyi went to coax her. He played with her for a while. When he stepped out of the room, he heard the voice behind him again.
"Husband, I have a question …" Ruyi's voice was soft. "If I and Sister Zeng fell into the water at the same time, who would you save first?"
Bang!
When Li Yi stepped out of the door, he tripped heavily and flew straight down the corridor.
Fortunately, he reacted quickly and only fell awkwardly when he landed. He was not as miserable as Chen Zhongzhong.
Fang stood in the courtyard and looked at this scene in a daze. Then he walked over and sighed, saying, "Young master, think about it. There are no obstacles in life that can't be overcome …"
Li Yi tidied up his clothes and looked at him in surprise. He asked, "What are you talking about?"
Fang patted him on the shoulder, sighed again, and said, "Eldest Miss will beat and scold you. Just bear with it and it will be over. Don't fight back, or you will be beaten even worse."
Li Yi frowned and looked at him. "What are you trying to say?"
Fang had a puzzled expression on his face and asked, "You've been inside for so long. Didn't Eldest Miss say anything?"
"She did," Li Yi looked at him and said, "Ruyi asked me to marry Zuimo."
"Strange." Looking at Fang, who was suddenly stunned, Li Yi shook his head and turned to leave.
"Marry, marry her …"
Old Fang turned around and stared blankly at the disappearing figure before he shook his head in disbelief.
"There's no justice …"
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