Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 31 Part 1

Ye Shen was not surprised to see Huo Mingwu here. He knew that the current situation would eventually happen when he came today.

He dared to come because he had a clear conscience. His only fault was that he did not take the initiative to tell Xiao Youning about his identity, which led to her misunderstanding.

It could be said he had a bit of guilt about this, but as it turned out, it allowed them to meet in the future, so he did not regret it. Even if he had to face all kinds of mistrust after she realized the truth, he really did not regret it.

Ye Shen met Huo Ming Wu’s sharp gaze. He raised his chin slightly, and that bit of guilt disappeared.

Huo Mingwu was indeed shocked to see Ye Shen here, and he soon realized that the Daoist Priest from Xiao Youning’s words was the person he had previously thought was the most unlikely.

If he did not see it with his own eyes, he absolutely would not have believed that a notoriously ruthless man was willing to save the daughter of a guilty official many times.

But now that he was personally seeing it, he had no choice but to believe it.

Huo Mingwu’s eyes finally moved away from Ye Shen to Xiao Youning standing on the side.

She had always liked to wear bright colors. Behind her was a low bush, and it’s emerald contrasted her delicateness and charm as a young lady.

An orphan girl and a young man who strongly held imperial favor from the Emperor and only dealt with schemes.

What was Ye Shen’s purpose for coming out into the open?!

“You…”

“Brother Huo, you came.”

Xiao Youning saw that he had been standing there foolishly with a formal smile the entire time. She took the lead in bowing to him. Huo Mingwu just wanted to question Ye Shen about concealing his identity, but he had some hesitations. When he was interrupted by Xiao Youning, his face paled for a moment, and he became even more hesitant about if he wanted to speak up.

The man in front of him was Ye Shen. The notorious Ye Shen, who did not have any principles or morals in achieving his goals. If he immediately exposed Ye Shen, then he would incur his wrath.

He was not an orphan, there was still his elderly mother in his family. Also, today was the day when Xiao Youning moved to the new house and telling her about Ye Shen’s identity would remind her of the Li Family again.

Huo Mingwu’s face was drained, and he seemed to have a big stone in his chest that was suffocating him. He clearly knew that no matter what he was thinking about right now, or if he just exposed the truth… he was afraid of Ye Shen!

Very afraid!

It was like Huo Mingwu was in a desperate situation with no room to advance or retreat and he had no strength to contend with the truth.

“Brother Huo?” Xiao Youning realized that he did not look well and called out to him with suspicion.

Huo Mingwu clenched his teeth and looked at Ye Shen. From his peripheral vision, he discovered that Jian Yin was beside Ye Shen with one hand on the hilt of the sword located at his waist.

If he had said something, he would have his voice sealed with the sword.

“Nothing. Congratulations on moving to your new home today.”  Huo Mingwu blinked and suppressed his urges first.

Xiao Youning was no longer suspicious of him and nodded. After that, she went over to Ye Shen and introduced him: “Brother Huo, this is the Daoist Priest Wu Ye that I told you about. If it wasn’t for him, I would have lost my life.”

Huo Mingwu had thousands of thoughts churning in his mind but could only reluctantly smile and bow towards Ye Shen. The fear remained. Yet, he still wanted to say something.

“We know each other.” Ye Shen lowered his eyes slightly and looked at the little girl who was surprised when she heard him. The light in her eyes was innocently soft, and he enunciated each word: “Captain Huo and I know each other.”

He laid the groundwork for the cover up and when it fell on Huo Mingwu’s ears, his back teeth almost broke from clenching his teeth.

This hypocrite! This villain! Huo Mingwu scolded in his mind. He did not dare to reveal his real name, and unexpectedly pulled him closer to the muddy waters. He obscurely said that they knew each other, and if Xiao Youning one day knew about Ye Shen’s identity, wouldn’t he also receive some of her resentment for not telling her about it today?

And his words were threatening him, Huo Mingwu, right?

As expected, he was a calculating man!

If Huo Mingwu could lose his temper, he would have been jumping up to one meter in place at this time. However, he did not dare to expose this cover up. He could only bear it as his forehead veins were continuously rising.

“You know each other?”

Xiao Youning was not a fool and had already sensed that the atmosphere between the two people was off.

She looked at the way Huo Mingwu was behaving, it was like he was caught in a fire that he could not break out of. The look on his face was fierce and she was not blind. She could smell the gunpowder when they met. They did not seem to be acquaintances, instead it was like they were holding grudges.

Her heart thumped, her inquiring eyes traveled back and forth between them. What is really going on?

“Yes, we do.”

Huo Mingwu bitterly admitted. Ye Shen raised his eyes to look at him and saw that he became silent when he finished saying the words.

Isn’t he going to tell Xiao Youning? 

Ye Shen subtly watched him. He blinked when he realized where Huo Mingwu’s bitter expression came from.

Huo Mingwu was afraid of him, so he did dare not expose his identity to Xiao Youning.

“Pfft…”

There was a sudden burst of unexplained laughter.