Liuxian - Chapter 3

Chapter 3

I was speechless: “What are you thinking? I was too tired, I only took off my outer coat!”

After saying that, I freshened up and walked to the table.

The table was laid with four dainty pastries, each looking delicious.

I picked a walnut cake and said while eating, “I’m a little hungry, are you hungry?”

I had only eaten some noodles before leaving home, and I was starving by now.

Xu Qilang shook his head angrily: “I’m not hungry!”

But from the look of him, he must have been hungry for at least a day too.

After eating two pieces and almost full, I picked up one and stuffed it into his mouth.

“Eat it, go on, it’s miserable being hungry.”

Seeing me enjoying the food, Xu Qilang was probably already drooling, so when I gave him some, he didn’t spit it out but chewed silently and swallowed.

Having eaten and drunk my fill, I perked up a bit.

“Actually, you’re really overthinking this,” I commented.

Although Xu Qilang didn’t want to engage with me, he still retorted, “What do you know!”

I said, “It’s such a simple logic, what’s there not to understand! Madam Xu, no, Mother said that as long as you leave an heir for the Xu family, they won’t constrain you anymore in the future. Why don’t you just do it? There are three ways to be unfilial, and having no heir is the greatest!”

Xu Qilang said unhappily, “You woman, if I… were to do that with you… then when I leave in the future, you’d be a widow with a young child-what then? I want to cultivate immortality and bring blessings, not commit sins!”

“For my own selfish desires, to ruin a woman’s entire life-I can’t do that!”

Hmm, so he’s a man with a conscience after all.

I looked at him calmly and said softly, “Since I agreed to this marriage, I naturally don’t mind that you won’t be by my side in the future. I’m not afraid, so what are you afraid of?”

Xu Qilang stared at me blankly: “You… you’re so obsessed with wealth and rank that you disregard everything? Or do you just plan to trick me for now, and later pull those womanly tricks of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide?”

I: “…”

After a speechless moment, I said, “Have you been tricked by many women? How is it that between people, there’s no basic trust left?”

I said, “I’m always true to my word. Since I agreed, I naturally accept it.”

Seeing his disbelieving look, I winked at him and said, “You don’t understand, let me tell you. There are eight siblings in my family, and from childhood, I’ve shared a room with my four sisters.”

“No helping it-my father’s salary is limited, and our farmland isn’t much, so we can’t afford a big residence. With more and more children, we’re more and more cramped. Although Big Sister and Second Sister married later, Big Brother also took a wife, and Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister are growing up, taking up space.”

Xu Qilang was slightly surprised: “Eight siblings? Four sisters?”

As an only son, he clearly didn’t have this kind of trouble.

I sighed: “Yes, ah, it’s awfully crowded! Although it’s lively and fun, I don’t even have a place to be alone.”

I said sincerely to Xu Qilang, “You don’t know, ever since I was a child, I’ve had one wish: to have a room of my own. I could arrange things as I like, and quietly read and write without being disturbed.”

Xu Qilang was dumbstruck: “…You agreed to the marriage just so you could have your own room in the future?”

I nodded sheepishly: “Once I’ve had a child, you can go off to cultivate immortality. I really don’t mind. I want so, so much to have a room of my own!”

Xu Qilang: “…”