The enchanting duke's only wife

Chapter 43 Gradually Disintegrating
"Ha!" Xu Nuo laughed sarcastically, "This is the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! J may help anyone, except for two people. Zhong Yan and Su Nuan."

Xi Zimo and Ye Jue had known each other not long ago, and the previous meeting was when the Duke was present, so they didn't know anything about Su Nuan.Although it was heard from the promise's tone that the matter this time was not simple, he didn't say anything else.

"Help me to investigate clearly what happened to J in Flame Castle during this period. I want to see who is so brave enough to take action against J."

Promise that he will never call Ye Jue his "woman", because he thinks such a name is blurring Ye Jue's identity.He didn't want such an ambiguous name, he only called her by her first name.

He didn't expect that Ye Jue would be so haggard within less than a month since he left.But this made him a little complacent.At least it proved that Ye Jue had a better life when he was by his side.This realization satisfied him.

"Yes." Xi Zimo responded and was about to leave, but was stopped by Xu Nuo: "Also, help me investigate Zhong Nuan. He and Su Nuan's past." Xu Nuo said it but immediately regretted it, "Forget it, It's okay, you go down."

"Understood." Although Xi Zimo seldom saw hesitant promises, he knew that the Duke's behavior in front of Ye Jue's matter was always surprising, so he got used to it.

At dinner time, Bernardo, the consul of the British Consulate in Montreal, came to invite the Duke to have dinner with him.Xu Nuo just showed a helpless smile formulaically: "I'm sorry, Consul. My dear is sick and needs to be taken care of. We may have to postpone the dinner. After all, I hope she can be here on this occasion."

Bernardo had heard various rumors about the duke before meeting Xu Nuo.From his humble origins to now he has reached the peak of the Rex family step by step. He has great courage, step by step, and words such as insidious and cunning appear in him.However, the man in front of him is an elegant man with a gentle look who puts his lover first.

Hearing the promised refusal, the consul just smiled and said understandingly: "It's a pity, but I believe we will have a pleasant meal after the Duke's lover recovers from illness. I look forward to it."

"Me too."

"Then, I will ask someone to prepare and deliver the meal. Just ask for whatever you want. I will leave first, Your Excellency the Duke." The consul with the title of Viscount only made an ancient salute to the promise and left.

"Just make some light Chinese food and deliver it." After Xu Nuo ordered the servant beside him, he went upstairs to call Ye Jue.Pushing open the door, he didn't expect that his dear Ye Jue seemed to be having a nightmare.His face was pale, his brows were frowning in cold sweat, and he murmured not knowing what he was talking about.

Xu Nuo walked in and wanted to wake her up, but Ye Jue suddenly struggled away: "Let me go!"

"J, it's me, it's time to get up."

"Don't... why do you want to do this! Back then, I wanted you to be with me so much, but you hugged another woman, why are you still pestering me now!"

Xu Nuo listened to her sleep talk with a wry smile, and suddenly regretted that he went back to study Chinese.It is not a pain to understand every word of her now.

She was so seriously ill but still dreamed of that man...

After the momentary stiffness, Xu Nuo still regained his patience and slowly and softly whispered the words of getting up in Ye Jue's ear.

"Okay, it's time for dinner, let's get up, huh?"

Although Ye Jue didn't wake up, he seemed to have escaped from the dream, his breathing calmed down, and there was a faint smile on his face.Xu Nuo felt a little sad suddenly.He didn't know if she was smiling so contentedly because she dreamed of a happy past with that person.

Looking at her sleeping face, although he was happy, he was also indescribably bitter.When can I completely let go of Su Nuan?Isn't seven years enough?Xu Nuo, who was in a bad mood, got up and planned to leave, but was startled by Ye Jue's next dream words and froze in place.

She murmured: "Thank you N, it's good to have you here." It's good to have him here... This is the first time Ye Jue said such words.

The words of thanks, they have said to each other countless times, but the words THANKS and SORRY in English have a lot of perfunctory meanings in them.However, thanks in Chinese contains too much.

Xu Nuo sighed, hugged Ye Jue helplessly, and didn't know if he was talking to himself or to Ye Jue: "Perhaps, you are really the doom of my life."

As soon as the soft words fell, the Duke had no choice but to resort to ruthless tricks to wake up the sleeping beauty.He shook her vigorously but carefully until Ye Jue opened his eyes in a daze.Looking at the promise in front of him without focus, it took half a minute before he regained his sanity and asked, "What are you doing, N?"

"I'm waking you up, little lazy pig." Seeing Ye Jue's dazed look, Xu Nuo smiled and kissed her on the cheek in a good mood before letting her go, "Clean up and have dinner."

After saying that, he quickly left the room, leaving Ye Jue slumped on the bed.Of course, this was not the first time Xu Nuo kissed her on the cheek. She had attended several noble family gatherings when he had just become the duke, and their etiquette forced Ye Jue to accept the duke's kiss.

However, he never... gets close to himself when he doesn't need to.However, the promise to come to China this time has obviously changed in one aspect.From that expression of losing composure, to openly hugging herself into the British consulate, to the kiss just now... Ye Jue vaguely sensed that a certain barrier between her and Xu Nuo was gradually disintegrating.

The British aristocracy is divided into five levels except the royal family, from high to low, they are Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron.Among the nobles, the duke is the first rank and the highest status.When it was first entrusted by King Edward III of England in the fourteenth century, the dukes were all members of the royal family.After the fifteenth century, this practice began to be broken, and a small number of non-royal people were also named dukes.Naturally, this includes the Rex family who have been hereditary earls for hundreds of years and were later named dukes because of their outstanding contributions.

(End of this chapter)