Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 31 Part 4

It was really strange. No matter how cold he was when he was Wu Ye, she thought he was gentle. But once she knew that he was Fifth Master Ye, no matter how gentle he was, she felt  inexplicably afraid.

Xiao Youning firmly held onto the round table with one hand and only stared at him without saying a word.

When Ye Shen saw her like this, she really looked like a small animal guarding against a hunter. If he said anything or made any movements, she would run away without a trace.

Ye Shen sighed to himself. Apparently his reputation was really that bad. The little girl he could not drive away with his frosty appearance in the past was now afraid of him after he revealed his identity. It wasn’t like he was trying to eat her!

But what else could he do? He had already guessed that she would reject him.

He could only give her a few days to slowly understand the truth. Things might turn out to be better for him for clarifying his motives.

Ye Shen helplessly tried to console his heart. He faced the little girl who was on guard against him and stated, “I should go back to the palace. I put off the errands today.”

His hand to his side moved. He wanted to reach out and pat her on the head to say goodbye, but her colorless face made him give up on this idea. He put his hand that was ready to pat her head behind him, and opened the door.

Light poured in at the moment he opened the door. It was slightly blinding.

Xiao Youning didn’t know why she breathed out a sigh of relief and he unexpectedly turned around.

The young man was illuminated in a glow as he smiled at her. His eyes looked like they were shining in the light. “I am really homeless in the capital,” he said. “You promised to take me in. You can’t forget that because of this.”

It was the first time she had seen his pure smile. He was like a young boy when he was in the light, without any darkness and was as warm as the sun.

The quarreling between Yuan Guo and Jian Yin also stopped at this time, and they stared at each other without knowing what to do. Soon, there was the sound of Ye Shen’s and Jian Yin’s footsteps leaving.

Xiao Youning was still standing there, staring at the open door in a trance.

Yuan Guo asked her several concerning questions about what the Daoist Priest had said and had done, but she did not answer. It took her a long time before she fell down in a chair without any strength. She murmured, “What did he mean by homeless? He said it so pitifully. He must be relying on the life-saving grace, right?”

Wasn’t the huge Ye Residence more comfortable than her little house?

“What?” Yuan Guo didn’t understand, so she tilted her head with a questioning look.

Xiao Youning still did not answer, but slowly stood up and went back to the room. When she was in her bed, she covered up her eyes with her arms.

She was thinking back to when she met Ye Shen.

From when she met him during the divorce by the Li Family, the encounter at the relay station, her request for help at the village, him rushing to find a doctor when she was seriously ill and her life was on the line. There was also when he brought her to Qingfeng Daoist Temple, helping her find a place to live, and secretly helping her extort a confession from the people who plotted against her.

He did everything for her.

After arriving at Qingfeng Daoist Temple, he had clearly tried to leave her to herself, but it was her that forced him into arranging a meeting and she was the one who looked forward to meeting him again.

In only a few short moments, Xiao Youning realized the truth.

Their encounters were coincidences, but he had come to her help with good intentions. There really weren’t any traces of him plotting against her and she was not worth trying to plot against.

She had never asked him about his identity, and his Daoist name, Wu Ye, came from Yuan Guo. He didn’t try to deceive her on purpose at all.

But today’s confession came too suddenly.

When she was baffled by why Fifth Master Ye gave her a gift, he unexpectedly became honest about his identity.

But why? Was it because he met Huo Mingwu today and he knew it was impossible to hide it anymore?

Did that mean the Old Madam in Qingfeng Daoist Temple was Old Madam Ye who was rumored to have been praying for her son in the Daoist Temple?

He was not a monk, but the famous Ye Shen.

When Xiao Youning thought of this, she didn’t know whether she was happy or sad.

“How can he be Ye Shen?” She turned over to bury her face in the quilt and muffle her voice.

He was related to the Li Family and nearly became her ‘uncle’.

Why did he take on the duty of helping her?

Because he was an elder? Because she was a pathetic junior? Because of pure compassion?

He liked to stroke her head, but that was just the way he showed concern as an elder. He was also very pathetic in requesting her to take him in before he left that it should be classified as an elder trying to comfort her, right?

Xiao Youning became more and more frustrated as she thought about it and got up with a cry. As a result, she bumped her head against the bedpost and let out another cry as she held her head.

Yuan Guo came in and saw her Young Miss with tears in her eyes. She was so scared that she quickly searched for the wound and felt the bulging bump.

As a result, Xiao Youning moved to the house that day with a big bump on her head and did not sleep until it was dawn.