Noble First Daughter-in-law

Chapter 1100: So, You Came for Her
It's because of you too.

Hearing these words, Shang Ruyi frowned slightly. The earring seemed to become suddenly hot. She wanted to throw it away, but in the end she silently held it in her palm and clenched her fist.

Seeing the veins on the back of her hand bulging slightly, Xiao Yuansui asked, "Did I offend you by saying this?"

Shang Ruyi said: "Yes."

Xiao Yuansui chuckled and said, "I thought that women would not resist the admiration of others."

Shang Ruyi said seriously: "Not every woman is proud of being loved by men, and thinks that the more men who love them, the more glorious they are. At least, I am not like that."

When she said this, her face was serious and even a little angry.

Xiao Yuansui finally straightened his expression, thought for a moment and said, "I know you are a serious person."

"..."

"So, before today, I never thought that I had to get your response, or that I had to get you."

Shang Ruyi asked, "Today? Is there anything different today?"

Xiao Yuansui thought for a moment and said, "Actually, there is no difference. It's just that you finally came to my side, and I missed you. That's all."

Shang Ruyi slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

She let out a sigh so lightly that if you didn't pay attention it would be like a gust of wind blowing by at night, leaving no trace. But this was in a nearly closed tent, with only two people in the space, so Xiao Yuansui could easily detect any changes in her, including this sigh. He raised a faint smile and said, "Don't worry."

Shang Ruyi said: "Hmm?"

Xiao Yuansui said: "I won't do anything to you. Although I am already an unforgivable person in the eyes of some people, I never make things difficult for a weak woman, let alone force a woman."

Shang Ruyi glanced at him and said, "You are a gentleman."

"..."

"It's a pity that Wang Shao and his people are not like that."

"...!?"

Hearing this, Xiao Yuansui was stunned at first, then anger welled up in his eyes, but after thinking about it carefully, he immediately understood something. After the anger in his eyes subsided, there was only a faint, imperceptible disdain and loss left.

He said, "So, you came here for her."

Shang Ruyi's eyes immediately turned red, staring at him and asked, "Why do you want Lu Xiao to die?"

Xiao Yuansui let out a long breath, then slowly turned around and walked back to the table and sat down, saying, "I didn't want her to die. I didn't give her such an order, and I couldn't order her. I just wrote two lines of poetry for her."

Shang Ruyi took a step forward: "Don't you know that this could cost her life?"

"..."

"Do you know how she got through these years? What she went through? What she endured? But no matter how bad the experience was, no matter how unbearable the pain was, she endured it all just to see you again."

"..."

"But you want to kill her without even seeing her!"

Xiao Yuansui's expression became increasingly cold, and he said, "I could have chosen not to do this, as long as she didn't come to see me."

"..."

"She shouldn't have come to me at all."

"..."

"She should just look for the next man, the one who can take her in, protect her, and pamper her so that she can live the rest of her life in peace. In fact, many men would do this." "..."

"As long as she is still young and beautiful."

"..."

"But for the rest, it depends on whether she has the ability to make the man endure and make sacrifices for her."

"..."

"At least, I won't."

Although his expression was cold when he said this, Shang Ruyi could also see the contempt in his eyes, and the sadness that could not be concealed in the contempt. This sadness even made the candlelight on the table in front of him dim, as if it would be extinguished at any time.

Shang Ruyi's face also darkened, and she said, "In the final analysis, you just look down on her."

"..."

"You despise her for being with someone else during the time she was away from you."

Xiao Yuansui had a gloomy face, but suddenly he smiled coldly and said, "Actually, I don't blame her. She is just that kind of person."

"..."

"Aren't prostitutes just perching on one branch after another, following one man after another?"

Shang Ruyi also had a gloomy face: "A nightingale is a nightingale, and she is she. No branch will force a nightingale to stay by its side and prevent it from flying. If it dares to fly away, its wings will be broken and it will fall into the mud."

"..."

"When Wang Shaoji was chasing you, didn't you ever think about what would happen if you fell into his hands?"

"..."

"You escaped, and Lu Xiao didn't. That's your luck, but it's not her fault."

"..."

"She wants to survive and come back to you alive. Is that a sin?"

At this point, she saw the coldness in Xiao Yuansui's eyes grow even colder. It was obvious that he had no sympathy for how much pain Lv Xiao had suffered in Wang Shaoji's side over the years. He only looked down on her and despised her. Shang Ruyi was also afraid that he would say something even colder. Even if Lv Xiao couldn't hear it, she didn't want to hear those words for Lv Xiao that would make her determined to die. So she immediately said, "If I agree to you tonight, then in your eyes, am I like a nightingale, perching on one branch after another, with one man after another?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuansui's expression immediately changed, and he said hurriedly: "Of course not."

"..."

"You are not the same person as her."

"..."

"Back in Xingluo Cang, although you were captured by me, you did not kowtow to me; later I heard that you were captured by Emperor Yang and taken to Jiangdu, but you did not give yourself to him; even when you were captured by Ashina Zhuye and taken to the Turkic tent, I also know that you did not let him take advantage of you at all."

Shang Ruyi sneered: "That's because I'm lucky enough."

"..."

"You arrested me and put me in Xingluo Cang, you are a gentleman; and..." Speaking of this, although it was just a past event that had long since disappeared, Shang Ruyi's throat still unconsciously choked a little. She barely suppressed the sudden surge of bitterness in her heart, and then said: "I was arrested and taken to Jiangdu Palace because he was at the end of his rope and just wanted someone to accompany him, and had no other thoughts; and Ashina Zhuxie did not embarrass me, because his heart was on Lei Yu, so naturally he had no interest in me."

"..."

After saying this, Shang Ruyi stared at Xiao Yuansui with burning eyes, and then said: "Of course, I was able to escape from the Western Turks unscathed, not only because I was lucky, because Lei Yu was by my side, but also because the people who protected me were strong enough."