The Dreamer in the Spring Boudoir

Chapter 143: Was it really that difficult to say, "I love you"?

When it came to matters of love, a good woman had a bottom line. If you didn't know for sure and didn't want to falsely presume that the other person liked you, then you can maintain your distance and treat it as if there was nothing between the two of you. If you already knew that the other person liked you, but you couldn't give that person the response he wanted, then you should thoroughly break that other person's hope. Don't leave any margin for false expectations.

As a reader of novels, Ji Man had always loved and hated the secondary male characters the most. Were they just idiots? They either risked their life and limb to secretly help the female lead, or served as a foil to the male lead, who had a full harem, by only being interested in the female lead. And yet, every female lead could enjoy the pleasure of being attended to by the super attractive secondary male character without any shame. At worst, the female lead would only have to say a prolonged, "I'm sorry," to the secondary male character at the end of the story.

Sorry, my ass! The other person had already wasted the best years of his life on her, would it kill the female lead to cleanly break the supporting male character's hopes in a timely manner? Why couldn't the female lead simply tell the secondary male character, "Even if the male lead abuses me a thousand times, I'll still choose to stay with my first love."

Ji Man organized the words that she wanted to say and prepared to have a conversation with Ning Mingjie tomorrow to make things clear. She would tell him that his paintings were pretty good and so were his calligraphy scrolls. He should sell all of them to her, and she would dispose of them for him. As a married woman, she couldn't be the object of someone's yearning.

When she and Dengxin returned to the marquis's estate, there was a low-level servant girl from Feiwan Courtyard waiting at the entrance for them. Seeing that her master had returned, she hurriedly and anxiously reported, "Master! Young Miss Yun is seriously sick. The doctor isn't here. He's away on vacation to his hometown. Miss Wan-er has been frantically looking for you."

Ji Man froze in surprise for a moment. Yun-er had been perfectly fine before. How did she get sick?

Qiangwei Courtyard was filled with the sound of crying. The sounds of an adult crying and a baby wailing blended together. As soon as Ji Man entered the room, she saw that Wen Wan was holding Yun-er. The wailing Yun-er looked quite pitiful. Wen Wan was muttering, "Why is there no doctor? Is it necessary to be heartless to this degree..."

Ji Man pursed her lips and said, "I already sent a servant to bring an outside doctor here. No one is being heartless. The estate's old doctor is just away on vacation today."

Wen Wan looked at her with bloodshot eyes. "Why put on this pretense? Aren't you really happy that you snatched away Yuxuan's heart? Is the next step of your plan figuring out a way to kill me so that Yuxuan won't have lingering, nostalgic feelings for me?"

The corners of Ji Man's lips twitched. Had Wen Wan been stricken with delusion thoughts? Based on Wen Wan's connection with first prince as well as the empress, there was no way that she would be able to get rid of Wen Wan. Snatched away Ning Yuxuan's heart? Did that thing even have a heart? Why did women stupidly think that a man's heart and mind only had love?

"You're overthinking things."

Wen Wan's gaze looked a bit violent. The shock that Wen Wan had received last time was probably erupting now. Glaring at her, Wen Wan said, "I won't let you live happily."

"Oh." Ji Man nodded. She had only been standing here for a bit when the doctor arrived. She moved out of the way so that the doctor could treat Yun-er's illness.

"Don't you dare touch my child!" Holding the wailing baby, Wen Wan retreated a step. Looking at her with a guarded look, Wen Wan said, "No one is allowed to touch my child!"