Translator: Novel Saga  Editor: Novel Saga
Dugu Xiao Yi stood up sobbing, and wiped her tears. She looked like she had been seriously wronged.
The entire family became silent as they looked at that pillow in the distance.
The face of Dugu Xiao Yiâs mother was full of helplessness for a long while. Then, she eventually looked at her mother-in-law, âMother⊠what should we do about this?â
Old Lady Dugu panted with rage, âWhat should we do about itâŠ? Put some dressing on it!â She snorted heavily before she gave a long sigh. Then, she said, âThe matter has already reached this far. So, what can be done now?â
Dugu Zong Hengâs eyes were opened wide. He too panted with rage, âWhat can be doneâŠ? This girl appeared pregnant to everyone! And, Iâm sure that everyone in Tian Xiang believes that the Granddaughter of the Dugu Family is pregnant with the Jun Familyâs child! So, what can we do? Fu*k! This thing has happened to the Dugu Family! This old man is very furious! Anyone else taking advantage of this situation wouldâve been better than that Jun Family! Our family is very unfortunate!â
âFather, you mean thatâŠâ Dugu Wu Di spoke-up very cautiously. He had finally understood the matter. Todayâs biggest error wasnât made by Dugu Xiao Yi â but by him. It seemed that everything he had spoken was wrong. And, it had now become a thorn at the old manâs sideâŠ
[My maiden daughter isnât pregnant. So, she wonât be birthing an illegitimate childâŠ]
âWhat do I meanâŠ? This is disgraceful! What does this mean for our family? What does this mean for your daughter? Iâm saying that our Dugu Familyâs bad reputation will reach the heavens! Canât you use your brains? You, you, you only want to infuriate this old man further, donât you? You idiot!â Dugu Zong Heng jumped up, and started to rain curses.
Dugu Wu Di withdrew his neck, and became silent. [Iâll get a scolding if I speak up. But, he wonât let me stay silent eitherâŠ]
âWhy donât you speak? Canât you speak? You still dare to stay quiet and rebel against me? This behooves you!â Old Man Dugu circled like an evil monster as his finger pointed at General Duguâs nose, while his saliva sprayed like rain.
[I didnât expect that staying silent would also cause so much trouble.] Dugu Wu Di had been rendered speechless.
âTomorrow, we will arrange our men to go to the Jun Family in order to talk this matter over. We canât let that brat do the damage and slip away so cleanly! That brat is the reason behind this chaos!â Old Lady Dugu boldly made a decision, âThat debauchee brat will feel very satisfied after he marries my granddaughter. Let me meet him tomorrow!â
âTomorrow⊠isnât that good. The Jun family is also facing trouble right now. So, tomorrow⊠is troublesome.â Dugu Wu Di pulled his head back to look at his mother. He had a sense of foreboding.
âI said weâll go tomorrow. So, weâll go tomorrow! And, there wonât be any questions about it!â Old Lady Dugu glared wide eyed, âYou father-son and seven idiots will deal with whateverâs happening in the capital! Whatâs the big deal about it? Whatâs it worth! Even a barnyard is as noisy as this city!â
âJun Mo Xie is massacring people throughout the capital!â Dugu Wu Di spoke-up in a low voice. However, he saw that no one reacted. So, he continued to speak, âThat brat is very ferocious!â
âVery ferocious!â the old lady nodded in a gratified manner, âThis old ladyâs son-in-law canât be a weakling! Thereâs a rumor that he prevailed over four Spirit Xuan experts! I had always thought that it was a rumor. But, I can tell that his power reaches the heavens now that I see him massacring the entire city. Heâs a powerful youngster!â Then, she suddenly became angry, âYou shameful bastard! You know that we are on the same boat as the Jun Family now. But, you still havenât gone to help them?! What will you do if they bully Xiao Yi after the marriage because our family didnât support them? Will you take responsibility for it?â
Dugu Wu Di was left stunned by this.
[My parents are unreasonable! I had always thought that mother is reasonableâŠ]
[How did they come to this? Theyâre already thinking of Xiao Yiâs happiness after marriage?]
[My mother genuinely has a long foresightâŠ]
The women suddenly crowded around the old lady and Dugu Xiao Yi, and began to chatter and giggle. The wedding discussions could already be heard in the distance. In fact, even the birth of children and their names were being discussedâŠ
Dugu Wu Di and Dugu Zong Heng looked at each other in dismay. They didnât know whether to laugh or cryâŠ
A long while passed like this. Then, Old Man Dugu suddenly raised his leg and kicked Dugu Wu Diâs posterior, âYouâre still too unhappy to help, you bastard? What are you doing standing here? Whatâs so good to see here?â
Dugu Wu Di hastily sneaked away. But, he was still mad inside. [Jun Mo Xie⊠fu*k you! Everything has happened because of you⊠you shameless bastardâŠ]
The seven âHeroes and Legends Bravely Rushing Forwardâ saw their grandfather looking at them. So, they quickly got up as well, and fled in Dugu Wu Diâs steadâŠ
The world outside was crowding with people, and the entire city was being turned upside down. However, Jun Mo Xie was at home. And, he was preparing for his grandfatherâs advancement with full devotion.
[This is a world where the strong are respected. So, the faster one becomes stronger â the better it is! Anyway, where could those clown standing outside run to? A monk may run away. But, he can never run from the temples!]
Therefore, Jun Mo Xie wasnât too anxious about making reprisals. Moreover, he felt that those people would only discuss about matters that would intimidate them furtherâŠ
He had first taken Guan Qing Han back to her courtyard when they had returned. However, she had told him to stay when he was about to leaveâŠ
Jun Mo Xie had turned around in astonishment⊠only to see that Guan Qing Han was standing delicately and timidly at the doorway. Her figure was slight, and her face seemed thinned out. She appeared to be cowering in fear as she looked into Jun Mo Xieâs eyes with an expression of seeking protection.
Jun Mo Xie looked back at Guan Qing Han. And, she somewhat lowered her head as tears fell down her face, and onto the groundâŠ
Jun Mo Xie trembled inside. [This woman!]
[This beautiful woman⊠this unrivalled beauty⊠who knows how much she has had to endureâŠ! How much torment she has gone through?]
[Who would have empathized with her? I suppose that the men are supreme, and women are worth less than servantsâ clothes.] However, Jun Mo Xie had crossed over from the modern world. So, he could somewhat understand her terrible suffering. Only he could put himself in her shoes, and only he could think about her from a womanâs point of viewâŠ
No one else could do it. And, even if anyone could think about it â theyâd think it right!
This woman had always been like ice. She was a proud and cold woman. But, she was still a woman in the end. And, she had finally shown her weakness!
Perhaps the cold and aloof mannerism of Guan Qing Hanâs had been nothing other than helplessness of a sort. After all, a young lady in the prime of her youth had been turned into nothing but a tool to climb up the social ladder for the sake of powerful! And, men of this world had fixed that life for herâŠ
The realization that her fiancĂ© was someone with a heroic character mustâve consoled the young ladyâs heart a little. It wasnât long before her wedding⊠It wasnât long before she would be draped in silk⊠It wasnât long before sheâd get to assist her husband in running the house and raising the children⊠However, she had suddenly gotten to hear the news of her fiancĂ©âs death instead of the wedding bells. Her fiancĂ© had fallen and died in battleâŠ
She had suffered a huge loss, but she still went ahead and got married for her family. Some of it was voluntary, and some it was forced. But, how could she have been forced if she had done it voluntarily�
She wouldâve perhaps become another tool for more power if she had remained with her family. But, it wouldnât have been so with the Jun Family. She wouldâve surely been alone in the Jun Family, but she would also have been free and peaceful. Moreover, she wouldâve been away from those ugly schemesâŠ
Therefore, she had consented to come to her fiancĂ©âs family in despair.
Otherwise, how could a flowery girl whose tenderness could give rise to a poetic dream in any manâs life agree to marry a deceased hero for the sake of a life of loneliness?
However, Guan Qing Han genuinely hadnât had any other option.
She had already come to despair everything. She despaired of marriage⊠of the very thought of marriage⊠even of life!
Therefore, she came to the Jun Family. And, the Jun Family was fortunately good to her. But then, the matter with the Xue Hun Manor appeared after a whileâŠ
And thus, her already-despairing family had been forced into a tough situation.
Guan Qing Han had thought of dyingâŠ
However, the Jun Family wouldâve endured the very heavens for her. Therefore, she wouldnât have regretted doing anything for Jun Family. She genuinely wouldnât have regretted! So, she followed the army to Southern Heaven City with secret intentions to sacrifice herself for the Jun Family.
She didnât need to sacrifice herself in the end. However, another mishap occurred. Jun Mo Xie â her brother-in-law was affected by an aphrodisiac and his life was rendered in peril. And, the one who had caused that evil had already fled in panic. She knew that she couldâve left if she wanted. But, where would she have found a woman in the military camp?
[Wouldnât Jun Mo Xie die burning with desire if we canât find a woman?]
Therefore, Guan Qing Han had no other choice but to use her body in order to save him.
Someone could argue that Guan Qing Han knew the affections Dugu Xiao Yi had for Jun Mo Xie. So, why hadnât she called her back instead?
However, how could she have explained it to the girlâs family? And, why had Dugu Xiao Yi escaped in the first place? Didnât she know the consequences of administering the drug? Who would administer an aphrodisiac and not know what would happen as a result? Dugu Xiao Yi might have been an exception, but Guan Qing Han wasnâtâŠ
She had thought; [why would she run if she has administered him with an aphrodisiac? But, would she return if she has already fled�]
Guan Qing Han was left with no other choice once she had realized this. Therefore, she could only give her virtue to the Jun Family⊠She could only give her benefactor-family a chance to continue their bloodlineâŠ
Guan Qing Han had no choice. Moreover, her honor also prevented her from going back. It didnât matter how she felt about Jun Mo Xie â she couldnât cower in the face of this situation!
But, she was caught in a storm when she saved Jun Mo Xieâs life. And, she was stained with the accusations of the whole world as a result. She was stained with the immorality of a relationship between a brother and sister-in-law⊠And, she couldnât escape that black mark no matter what the reason behind her actionsâŠ
The honor of the two families!
The pressure of these matters had left her to suffocate.
Guan Qing Han had wanted to kill herself every time Jun Mo Xie had even harbored a tiny speck of hesitation with respect to that incident. And, making herself return to Tian Xiang City was already the bravest thing she had every done in her life.
Because she still had a little hope in her heartâŠ
And, Jun Mo Xie hadnât let her down!
However, she still felt vulnerable like before. In fact, she felt as vulnerable as a sea weed in an ocean current.
Jun Mo Xieâs heart pounded as he took two steps forward. The two had looked deep into each otherâs eyes. And, Jun Mo Xie had finally seen the helplessness and despair of Guan Qing Hanâs eyes.
Jun Mo Xie looked at her carefully as he raised his hand and held hers. Then, he spoke in a soft but firm tone, âDonât be afraid! Leave⊠everything to me!â
Jun Mo Xieâs words were like an astonishing sword piercing through the haze in the sky. And, that sky full of black clouds was suddenly pierced by a small ray of lightâŠ
In fact, these words had resembled the grandeur of a boundless mountain⊠they were as an inexhaustible as a bottomless river⊠they were as thunderous as a torrential snowfall in open summer⊠And, Guan Qing Han suddenly felt like she could rely on these words as if they were the unshakable base of a towering mountain peak!
Guan Qing Hanâs eyes suddenly shone like a full moon.
Her lips trembled a little as she withdrew her curled hand from the warmth of Jun Mo Xieâs palm⊠even though she didnât want to.
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However, Jun Mo Xie didnât let it go. He held it even tighter instead as he spoke-up again.
âDonât be afraid! Leave everything to me!â
Guan Qing Han finally submitted to Jun Mo Xieâs grasp. Her lips moved, but no words came out⊠Only two tears streamed down.
[These hands are very strong! And, very⊠warm!]
Guan Qing Hanâs tears fell like rain.