Inlaid With Jade - Chapter 10
Chapter 10
Did you regret it?
Li Heming looked calm, as if he just asked a simple question, trying to get a reason from Lin Yu. However, the Northern Leader’s mouth was used to interrogate the prisoners, so what he asked was not a casual question.
Lin Yu did not dare to answer casually and did not understand why he said that. It was as if she was the only one who acted arbitrarily in breaking off the engagement, and he was unaware of it.
Lin Yu met his widowed sister-in-law, Xu Qingyin, at the Yang family’s banquet, and she still remembered her every ‘guiding’ word clearly. She did not want to mention the hidden needle in that sentence again. Still, every sentence was related to her weak body and difficulty in giving birth. She almost exposed all the insults, saying that the Li family now only had Erlang left alone, so she must take good care of her body. If she could not give birth, how would Erlang face the ancestors of the Li family in the future? In addition, there was another thing that Lin Yu was very concerned about. Xu Qingyin told her that day, “I shouldn’t have said this; it makes me nosy, but Miss Lin is from a noble family, so you must not be willing to fawn others, so I feel uneasy if I don’t say it.” She hesitated and blabbed for a long time, and finally, as if she had no choice, she lowered her voice and said to Lin Yu: “Erlang seems to have someone else in his heart. I accidentally saw something hanging around his neck, tied with a red rope, and it seems to be a girl thing…”
T/N: Erlang means second son. Li Heming is the second son, so he is called Erlang.
These words still upset Lin Yu when she thinks of them. Xu Qingyin was a widowed sister-in-law. To put it bluntly, after Li Heming’s brother died, she relied on Li Heming’s salary to live. If it weren’t for Li Heming’s instruction, Xu Qingyin would never dare to stick out her tongue and say this in front of her. Even if it wasn’t Li Heming’s intention, he had such a gossipy widowed sister-in-law in his family, so if Lin Yu married him, she would probably have a hard time.
Lin Yu squeezed the umbrella tightly and looked at Li Heming, her eyelashes drooping and w*t from the rain. She said with shame and anger: “Mr. Li asked this question as if he didn’t know why. If others heard it, they would think it was my Lin family’s fault.”
Li Heming stared at her intently. Seeing her anger, he frowned and answered shamelessly: “I don’t know.”
When he stared at people, his eyes were dark and terrifying. Lin Yu moved her eyes away from his w*t face. She snapped, “If you don’t know, let it be. Anyway, this matter has passed. There is no need to mention it again.”
“Pass? How did it pass?” Li Heming’s voice sank: “Did you already find a husband? Who? Yang Jinming from the Yang family?”
Lin Yu was shocked by his rudeness and was so angry that her eyes turned red: “What does it have to do with the Yang family? Your mother arranged the marriage between you and me. Now that your mother has passed away, the marriage is over. Why is Lord Li so, so…”
Her initially sharp words when facing the wrongdoers seemed rusty at this time. After a long while, she finally said, “Why are you so fussy?”
Li Heming stared at her: “Who told you that my mother arranged this marriage?”
Lin Yu frowned: “If your mother didn’t arrange it, could it be your decision?”
Li Heming said: “I made the decision.”
Lin Yu’s heart trembled, and then she heard him say word by word: “I chose the person. I chose the wife. It’s me who wants to marry you.”
Behind Li Heming, He San’s eyes widened when he heard this. Not only because of Li Heming’s words but also because his tone was so cold that it seemed like he wanted to eat the girl alive.
He San complained in his heart: Who taught the leader to express his feelings to the girl like this? It would be strange if Miss Lin agreed to him.
He San guessed correctly. Lin Yu’s first reaction after hearing this was not surprise but apprehension, which showed that her Lin family violated the intention of the Northern Leader, not his mother. When the marriage was decided, he was just a Qian Hu, and her Lin family was unafraid. Now, he was the emperor’s confidant and could send officials to prison with a casual word. The present is different from the past. Is he truly going to settle accounts with the Lin family?
Lin Yu bit her lower lip and said, “The matter has passed. Lord Li, there’s no point in saying more. I assume you don’t know why my Lin family broke off the engagement, but it’s not my Lin family’s fault. If you want to know, why not ask your sister-in-law what she told me.”
Li Heming frowned, “Xu Qingyin?”
Lin Yu didn’t like to gossip behind people’s backs, so she didn’t respond. She turned her head and looked at the dark horse’s head under her. After a moment, she said, “I have to thank Lord Li for saving me today. When I return to the Lin Mansion, I will prepare a generous gift and send someone to thank you.” She said this, obviously not wanting to owe him a favor but to settle every detail between them.
After saying this, Lin Yu didn’t know what else to say, so they fell silent. The rain in the mountains gradually calmed her troubled mood, but Li Heming’s expression became colder and colder. Suddenly, a messy sound of footsteps broke the silence. An Imperial Guard ran from the village at the foot of the mountain with a sword in his hand. He quickly whispered something in Li Heming’s ear, then stepped aside tactfully.
Li Heming was not a person who would delay important matters for his personal affairs. He withdrew his gaze from Lin Yu and moved back, but before leaving, he asked Lin Yu again: “Do you regret it?”
He held the sword’s hilt and faced her sideways, his dark eyes looking straight ahead, without even looking at her from the corner of his eyes.
The question was unclear, but Lin Yu knew what he was asking: did she regret canceling their marriage?
Lin Yu looked at his profile, and for some reason, she moved her bright eyes and glanced at his neck. She retracted her gaze and said lightly, “No.”
After the voice fell, Li Heming did not stop but turned and went straight to the village at the foot of the mountain. He told He San coldly: “Keep an eye on her. If a hair is missing, you will go to the Lin Mansion to apologize with your head!”
He San did not dare be careless and hurriedly straightened his back. He watched Li Heming’s back as he left and said vigorously, “Yes!”