Begging You to Break Off This Engagement!

17.2

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Translated by Amaryllideae, Edited by Ahzinal

Xi Yanqing noticed his little wife wilt, bowing his head to the side while not speaking. He was also not pressing about the rules any further. It was night time anyway, so he decided to first lay down the cotton mattress, then put the quilt on top. He really liked this cotton mattress. Although it was pieced together, it was still pretty large and comfortable. Most importantly, thinking about being able to sleep (actually sleep this time lmaoooo) with Luo Fei on it; how beautiful was this quilt?
　　
Luo Fei saw Xi Yanqing spreading out the quilt. He calculated how much dowry he had in the end to see if it was enough to sustain him for a while until he could make money himself. But thinking back and forth, except for the two quilts and two pairs of shoes, there was only some rice noodles, a bag of flour, and some peanuts and melon seeds. How many days could they eat off of that? Oh right, the land under his name also followed him to the Xi house, so he can cultivate crops there alone. However, even if he raised them well, it was still not enough to provide for his own rations, let alone pay taxes in the autumn.

　　
Xi Yanqing looked at Luo Fei's tangled appearance. He shook his head while smiling, then went out for a moment. When he came back, he brought some food in. There was a bowl of rice, some dishes and soup.

"Your stomach has been growling for half a day. Didn't you feel it?" Xi Yanqing passed a pair of chopsticks to Luo Fei. "No matter what you are thinking about, you should eat first."

"What about you?" Luo Fei took the chopsticks and bit them in his mouth. "You're not eating?"

　　
"My stomach doesn't feel very comfortable after drinking the wine. I will drink some soup in a while." Xi Yanqing said and went to get another bowl. "Put the fishbones in here. I wanted to hide a fish in the house for you. Later when I thought about it, picking out the fishbones is troublesome, so I didn't do it. Taste some now. This is what Han Yang and his mother made. The flavor is pretty good. I specially had someone leave you a fish."

　　
"Thank you." Luo Fei really found that the fish had not been touched. The fish's body was still very complete, and there were still a few pieces of tofu in it. Seeing this, he sipped some of the very delicious soup.

"Don't feel like you are under any pressure." Xi Yanqing, watching Luo Fei eat for a while, said, "I do like you. Perhaps I liked you even before you liked Boyuan (Xi Yanqing's cousin). But this won't affect our living from here onwards. You can treat me as a good friend or a brother is okay too. Let nature take its course. If you still want to leave someday, or if you meet someone you like..."

[T/N: Dammit getting teary cuz Xi Yanqing is such a good hubby ;-;] [E/N: Finally, a big weight of my heart. Glad Xi Yanqing is respecting Luo Fei's feelings.]

"You would let me go?"

"No." Xi Yanqing said with a smile that was not a smile, "I think during that time I would still have to use violence."