Chapter 806: Waiting All Night 2
He feared that she was indifferent on the surface, yet cared deeply inside.
He didn’t want her to be sad.
Giving her time to cool off, he believed she would eventually see his true feelings.
Xiao Yishan kicked open a side room door, and after entering, set Li Rong’er down on the ground, “This room has never been lived in before; it’s for you. Bring your bundle over later and stay here.”
She looked at him, puzzled.
He turned his face away uncomfortably, “Rong’er, I have no second thoughts about my wife. What I said earlier was just to test her, to deliberately provoke her.”
Her facial expression stiffened for a moment, and she felt a wave of disappointment; she had thought she could become his woman without any schemes. A forced smile appeared on her lips, “Second young Master, you don’t need to mind. Rong’er understands what’s in your heart.”
Xiao Yishan looked at her pale yet beautiful cheeks and couldn’t help but be moved. He reached out to touch her face, “Rong’er, you really are considerate.”
Realizing what he was doing, he quickly withdrew his hand.
Li Rong’er observed his expression. The firm and handsome face showed a flash of tenderness, and she knew that he had feelings for her deep down. With just a slight nudge at the right moment, Xiao Yishan would eventually fall into her hands.
She was a clever person and knew that such matters needed to be approached with patience. “Second young Master, you should go and soothe the young Mistress. She must be angry with you for bringing me back.”
Xiao Yishan sighed, “I wish she were angry, but she truly doesn’t care at all.”
He pointed to his own left cheek, “My left face is ruined; perhaps she does mind it. Despite her claims of indifference, why does she keep finding excuses to avoid consummating our marriage?”
“You and the young Mistress, have you really not…?”
He gave a wry smile, “Indeed, there’s nothing between her and me.”
On hearing that he had no such relationship with Su Qingyue, she felt relieved and looked at him with concern, “Second young Master…”
“What about you?” His deep and cold voice was somewhat hoarse, “Do you mind my ruined left face?”
In reality, she was quite frightened.
When she saw it from a distance at the Fang Mansion, she thought the scar on his left face was hideous. She had served at the Fang Mansion for five years, and several young ladies from there, who had married out, came back to complain to their young Lady and Master, saying that good-looking men couldn’t be trusted.
Listening from the sidelines, she found it made sense. Even the Xiao Family’s men, she had heard that many girls fancied Xiao Yuchuan.
She was someone who had suffered from poverty and was afraid to experience that again. Even with some attractiveness, she could not match the young Masters from wealthy families.
And she was not interested in men from less affluent families either. Moreover, her body was already…
For local landlords like the Xiao Family, attaching oneself to them meant a lifetime of inexhaustible provisions and the easy hiring of servants to attend to them.
From another perspective, Xiao Yishan’s disfigurement meant that other women would not want him, which, paradoxically, was safe.
She had seen and heard of many young ladies from wealthy families who, after getting married, watched as their husbands, empowered by their wealth, took concubines.
Initially, when she arrived at the Xiao Family and saw Xiao Yuchuan, she thought he was handsome. And since he opposed her at every step, she gave up any thought of trying to attract him.
Would clever people let Xiao Yishan see that they despised his scar?
Li Rong’er had served the Master of Fang Mansion while he bathed, and he had a very large burn scar on his body that was far more terrifying than Xiao Yishan’s left face. Therefore, hiding her fear of his face was not a difficult task.