LWSL Chapter 32

Wu Ruo returned to his room and washed up as he gave Shi Yi and the rest some instructions: “If Wu Anrun goes to Zhunan City, send someone to tail him. When the time is right, drive a wedge between him and Wu Chu.”

“Understood.” Shi Yi replied.

Wu Ruo thought about it some more and said: “Some people in the Wu family have pocketed a part of my betrothal gifts. Go investigate and find out whose hands they’ve ended up in, these betrothals gifts that I’ve lost.”

Shi You said: “I will take responsibility for this matter.”

“Hn, tomorrow I’ll give you the list of betrothal gifts, and…” Wu Ruo’s eyes flashed with a cold light: “Find an opportunity to discreetly bring the manager of the gambling den here to me.”

He knew that the capabilities of the mid-grade corpse servants were limited, but Shi You and the rest knew how to act within their abilities. If they really couldn’t get it done, they should know how to ask Hei Gan for help.

Shi Jiu replied: “Understood.”

Wu Ruo massaged the acupoints on his head: “That’s it for now, all of you can leave first.”

Shi Yuan said: “Madam, I’ll help you out of your clothes.”

“Hn.”

Wu Ruo laid down on the bed after taking off his robes, and zoned out as he stared unblinkingly towards the red sheer hanging curtains above his head.

He’d changed. After his reincarnation, he had completely changed.

In the past, as long as his family was safe and happy, it was enough for him. Yet now, every day, he was scheming how best to cause the deaths of the Wu family so that it would bring him the greatest satisfaction. Therefore, he was constantly admonishing himself that he had to harden his heart, that he absolutely couldn’t be softhearted towards any person. Otherwise, he and his family would die in the hands of others just like in his previous lifetime.

At this moment, Hei Xuanyi entered the room, taking off his robes and lying down, and placing his hand onto Wu Ruo’s stomach.

Wu Ruo shifted his body uneasily. He knew that Hei Xuanyi was conveying his spiritual energy, so Wu Ruo let him be. He waited till Hei Xuanyi had retracted his hand, then he opened his mouth to ask: “Hei Xuanyi, in about a month’s time, it’ll be the new year. How do you plan on spending the new year’s?”

Wu Ruo remembered, in his previous lifetime, about half a month before the new year, Hei Xuanyi had left Gaoling City with Hei Gan and the rest, and he had stayed at the Wu estate to accompany his own parents. After the new year had passed, then Hei Xuanyi came back with Hei Gan and the rest.

Hei Xuanyi frowned lightly: “Spend it here this year.”

Wu Ruo turned around to look at him, surprised: “You don’t intend to go home to celebrate the new year?”

“No,” Hei Xuanyi looked at Wu Ruo’s huge tummy with a contemplative glance: “Go back after you’re cured.”

Wu Ruo: “…”

Did Hei Xuanyi intend to bring him back home too? Then why didn’t Hei Xuanyi bring him back home in his previous lifetime?

It seemed like after his attitude had changed, Hei Xuanyi’s attitude towards him had also changed too.

“Alright, then can you tell me where your home is, and what kind of people your family are first?”

“You’ll know when you see them.” Hei Xuanyi didn’t say anything else after he said this, but his meaning was clear. When Wu Ruo went to his home, he would naturally know where his house was and what kind of people his family were.

Wu Ruo rolled his eyes, Hei Xuanyi speaking wasn’t any better than not speaking: “When we got married, nobody from your family came to congratulate us. Is it because they don’t agree to you marrying me?”

“No.”

“…” Wu Ruo tugged at Hei Xuanyi’s long hair unhappily: “Hei Xuanyi, can’t you say a few more words?”

In this lifetime, Wu Ruo wanted to understand Hei Xuanyi better, yet he wouldn’t speak, it was really so frustrating.

“…” Hei Xuanyi narrowed his eyes: “What do you want me to say?”

“You should at least let me know what kind of man I’ve gotten myself married to, right?” Wu Ruo knew nothing about him, and even suspected that the name Hei Xuanyi wasn’t real either.

Hei Xuanyi stared at him for a while, then said: “A man who can protect you and your family.”

Wu Ruo was stunned for a moment. The reason why Hei Xuanyi would say something like that was probably because he knew about what Wu Ruo had been doing recently. However, if he was really that capable of protecting Wu Ruo and his family, then in his previous lifetime, his family wouldn’t have died one after another. But if it wasn’t because of his horrible attitude back then, refusing to let Hei Xuanyi get close to him, perhaps the ending wouldn’t have been like that.

Just like in this lifetime, Hei Xuanyi had already helped him a lot.

Wu Ruo thought about it all night. In the end, he decided that in this lifetime, he would try believing in Hei Xuanyi just this once.

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Notes: Amazing, after chapter 30, a no-footnote chapter again! I barely held myself back from screaming and alarming everyone else as I was translating this. “A man who can protect you and your family”? And “Try believing in Hei Xuanyi just this once”? These two want me dead.