Pei Wenxuan's back stiffened. He could feel Li Rong's touch, and he couldn't think at all.
He didn't dare to open his mouth, afraid that he would say something inappropriate. He could only stiffen his body and not say a word.
Li Rong leaned against him. After a while, she straightened up and sighed. "Forget it. You're also like this. I'll help you pick out the debris on your wound first."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. He could feel Li Rong approaching him and carefully picking out the barbs on his back. Her breath sprayed on his back, bringing with it a scorching heat. It cut open the wound and then spread all the way to his limbs.
Li Rong helped him pick out the debris on his wound and said casually, "Next time you encounter something like this, you should at least discuss it with me. I'll know what to do. You always say that I don't understand people's hearts and that I don't care about other people's difficulties. But I feel that you care too much about other people's difficulties. "
Pei Wenxuan listened quietly. Li Rong rarely talked to him like this. She was like a naggy old lady, casually talking about trivial things in life.
"You used to say that you didn't want to be like your father. Your father spoiled your mother so much that she didn't know anything. But deep down, you're really no different from your father. Your mother lived in an aristocratic family. Her husband died and left behind so many things, but she didn't want to protect them for her son. Instead, when you went to Luzhou, she was cheated out of most of them. "
"She handed over the power to manage the family and sent her husband's money to the family. She didn't care about anything and had your second uncle send away all the old people your father left behind. You should have scolded her directly when you came back from Luzhou. "
"Even if I did, it was useless." Pei Wenxuan sighed. "She has a weak personality …"
"Can't she learn to be weak?" Li Rong said angrily. She said angrily, "If she can't learn to protect you, why did she give birth to you? Is she worthy of being a mother? Do you think I don't know what you're thinking? You're just thinking that she has a weak personality and can't do anything about it. That's why you never tell her about your troubles. You only report the good news and not the bad news. She hides in the temple all day long and doesn't know anything about your father. You're the only one enduring it outside. Your rotten temper makes me feel bad just looking at it. "
Pei Wenxuan listened without saying a word. Li Rong cleaned his wound and watched Pei Wenxuan pull up his clothes. Li Rong looked at his expression for a moment and said cautiously, "Did I speak too harshly?"
"Your Highness, why do you ask?"
Pei Wenxuan was a little confused. Li Rong pursed her lips and hesitated for a moment. She sat beside him and sighed softly. "I'm not stupid. I've thought about what you said to me seriously. You said that I don't know people's hearts, and that's the truth. I always think from my own point of view, and there are many things that I can't take into consideration. You were injured at home today. If I say anything that makes you sad, you can tell me. "
Pei Wenxuan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this. "Your Highness, don't worry."
"Actually, when Your Highness came back to find me that day, no matter what Your Highness says, I won't be sad."
Li Rong heard Pei Wenxuan's words and turned her head suspiciously. "Why?"
"Because Your Highness is willing to turn back for me. I know that Your Highness cares about Wenxuan."
Li Rong laughed when she heard this. "You're really thinking more and more highly of yourself."
Pei Wenxuan chuckled. "After all, we've been together for so many years. At least we're friends, right?"
Li Rong listened to Pei Wenxuan's words and looked at Pei Wenxuan's calm expression. She looked at him for a moment and finally said, "Forget it. Tonight's matter is over. But whether you think I'm right or not, you should listen to my words for the time being."
"Don't always think about others. If you want something, you have to fight for it yourself and get it yourself. Whether the other party accepts it or not, it's their business. But you can't refuse it. Wen is your mother. Whether she's weak or incompetent, she has to fight for you. You can't put yourself in trouble for her. "
"But," Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong seriously. "What if she doesn't want to?"
"Then won't she refuse?" Li Rong was quite puzzled. "Whether she wants to or not, you have to give her a choice. Whether she wants to help you or go back to her own temple, she has to make her own decision. You can't cut off her choice from the beginning. "
"But I know that path is better for her."
Pei Wenxuan's voice was a little hoarse. Li Rong shook her head. "Pei Wenxuan, only the person involved knows which path is better."
Pei Wenxuan didn't say anything. He looked at Li Rong quietly.
The girl in front of him had the face of an 18-year-old girl. She was as beautiful as the morning dew, sparkling and bright. But her eyes were clear and bright. She looked at him quietly. There was a worry in her eyes that didn't exist in her previous life. There was also a gentleness that didn't exist in the 18-year-old Li Rong.
This was the new Li Rong.
At the beginning of his rebirth, he wanted to marry the 18-year-old Li Rong because he thought that they could start afresh.
When he knew that Li Rong had been reborn, he felt that their mortal fate was over.
But now, he realized that at any time in his life, if he wanted to, he could start all over again.
He was different from the past. Li Rong was also different from the past.
He was changing. Li Rong was changing. Li Rong was like a child, groping her way forward. Even if her head was broken and bleeding, at least she was changing and changing. So why couldn't he live a new life like he had in the past?
In his previous life, he had watched Li Rong and Su Yongqing be together for 20 years.
It wasn't that he couldn't win or steal. He could even secretly kill Su Yongqing.
But he thought that Li Rong had chosen Su Yongqing. So even if he was jealous and painful, he would respect Li Rong's choice.
But in this life, they hadn't even started. Why should he give in?
He should fight and steal. He should put the choice in front of Li Rong. Whether to stay or leave, at least Li Rong should give him an answer.
Countless crazy thoughts were surging in his mind, but he didn't show any of them. He was like Li Rong. Once something important was involved, they would suppress all their emotions so that no one would be able to see any trace of it.
He looked at Li Rong and suppressed all his emotions and desires. He chuckled. "Your Highness, I will think about it."
"It's best if you can think it through."
Li Rong said slowly. "After all, I can't protect you forever."
"I understand." Pei Wenxuan lowered his voice. "I won't always let Your Highness stand up for me."
"It's good that you know."
As the two of them chatted, the carriage arrived at the Princess's residence. Li Rong helped Pei Wenxuan down the carriage, which was a rare occurrence. On the way there, someone came to inform them. Thus, when they arrived at the Princess's residence, the servants had already prepared everything and escorted Pei Wenxuan back.
The doctor came to examine Pei Wenxuan, then applied medicine and bandaged him. After a long time, he told him to rest well and finally left.
After Pei Wenxuan was bandaged, Li Rong was also exhausted. She and Pei Wenxuan casually ate some food, then washed up and lay on the bed to rest.
Pei Wenxuan's back was injured, so he lay on the bed and looked at Li Rong.
Li Rong took a bath in the bathroom, put on an unlined garment, then blew out the lamp and climbed into bed.
Pei Wenxuan stared at him without blinking. Li Rong noticed his gaze. When he lifted the quilt and lay down, he couldn't help but laugh. "Why do you keep looking at me?"
"Your Highness is good-looking."
Pei Wenxuan answered truthfully. Li Rong thought he was flattering him again, so she rolled her eyes. "Glib tongue."
Pei Wenxuan looked at her sideways. Li Rong lay flat and closed her eyes. After a while, she felt Pei Wenxuan was still looking at her. She couldn't bear it anymore, so she opened her eyes and smiled. "What are you looking at? I can't sleep with you like this."
Li Rong turned her back to Pei Wenxuan and complained. "Go to sleep. You don't have to go to court tomorrow, but I still have to."
Pei Wenxuan looked at Li Rong's back for a while, then said, "Your Highness, what do you think of me?"
"Hmm?"
Li Rong didn't understand why Pei Wenxuan suddenly asked this question. Then, she heard Pei Wenxuan say, "My father is a very good person. When I was young, I always hoped that I could live like my father, but my father was like a mountain. No matter what I did, I couldn't climb it."
"When I was young, my mother always said that I was not as good as my father. If other children had any achievements, their parents would be very happy. But no matter what I did, my father would only say that I was very good, and my mother would only say that I was not good. "
"That's why I never knew what kind of person I was. I want to hear Your Highness's evaluation. "
Pei Wenxuan's voice was very light, but when Li Rong heard it, she felt a little sour in her heart.
In fact, she understood Pei Wenxuan's words. Pei Wenxuan didn't know himself, but she knew that deep down, he always felt that he wasn't good enough.
So as long as she casually gave him a little bit of good, she could see that this person was ten times more touched and happy.
He was like this when he was young. After a few decades, she thought that this person should have grown up. But when he asked, she realized that if the wound wasn't managed, it would only rot, take root, and grow in the dark for a long time.
She didn't speak. Pei Wenxuan was a little flustered for a moment: "Your Highness?"
As he spoke, Pei Wenxuan became embarrassed: "Your Highness should be tired, so I won't chat. I'm sorry to disturb, Your Highness can sleep … "
"I think you're very good."
Li Rong suddenly spoke. Pei Wenxuan was stunned. Li Rong's back was facing him, and she said softly: "I'm not blind. Do you think that I would be moved by anyone I married in my previous life?"
"I think you're very outstanding. You're good-looking, good-tempered, considerate, and considerate."
"You're interesting and knowledgeable. Every year, you'll get first place in the Six Arts of Gentlemen. You're good at everything that's popular among the nobles."
"You learn everything quickly. The first time you drew my eyebrows, you were crooked. In less than a month, you could even do makeup for me. The first time you did my hair, you pulled so hard that my scalp hurt. After that, there's no hairstyle that you can't do. "
"Although you're sentimental and indecisive, that's because you value relationships. If a husband, a friend, and a family member are all like me, taking everything lightly and letting it go, then this kind of relationship will always lack something. "
"Pei Wenxuan." Li Rong looked at the moonlight falling on the room. As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh: "Actually, you're very good."
Pei Wenxuan didn't speak. He listened to Li Rong's words. At that moment, he was filled with infinite courage. He finally felt.
He couldn't let go.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness."
He spoke softly. Li Rong was a little puzzled: "Why are you …"
Before she could finish speaking, the person behind her suddenly reached out and pulled her into an embrace.
They were pressed against each other. Li Rong's entire body stiffened. Pei Wenxuan hugged her very tightly, as if he wanted to rub her into his bones and blood.
Li Rong felt that her entire body was surrounded by him. All of her senses were magnified infinitely in the night.
His aura, his touch, his hands locked around her waist, everything about him was being sensed in her world.
Her heart was beating fast. She didn't know why, but she remembered the night of their wedding.
The red curtain billowed, and the brocade quilt became waves.
Pei Wenxuan felt the change in her mood and knew the changes in her body. He gently relaxed his hands, propped himself up, and leaned over her ear. His low and hoarse voice brushed past her earlobe, fell into her ear, and drilled into her mind. She didn't know why, but it stirred up a wave of numbness.
"Rongrong." He called her name. His usually clear voice was somewhat indescribably hoarse. Li Rong's mind buzzed for a moment. It was a bit difficult for her to think. Then she heard him say with a bit of sadness: "I'm sad. Let me hug you, okay?"
Li Rong couldn't think. She didn't respond, but she didn't resist either. Pei Wenxuan tightened his arms around her and buried his head in her neck.
"Rongrong," he said softly, "I don't want to let go. I won't let go, okay?"
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