CHAPTER 247: CHAPTER 233: DOES HE REALLY WANT HER?_2

After speaking, she slowly stood up, preparing to leave.

But as soon as she stood, her wrist felt heavy again. Without looking down, she knew it was Yu Wenye holding her wrist.

Shang Ruyi didn’t look at him, nor did she give him another chance, she simply used her other hand to forcibly pry his hand off and then stood up straight, turning to walk out.

However, she was really too weak, every step was taken with such difficulty, each step felt like it tread upon her heart, causing her back to slightly bend and her breathing to become heavy, almost to the point where she couldn’t catch her breath. She desperately wanted to leave this tent and return to a space where she could be alone and let herself truly feel the pain.

But just as she reached the doorway and her hand touched the flap, a sudden rush of hurried, heavy footsteps sounded behind her.

The next moment, she was forcefully embraced.

"...!"

Shang Ruyi trembled slightly, staring blankly at the thick tent flap in front of her. After a long while, she glanced down at herself.

A pair of burning, iron-like arms tightly encircled her body, pulling her into a chest that was heaving violently as if suppressing a fierce heartbeat that almost pounded against her back, causing her own breath and heartbeat to stumble.

Shang Ruyi opened her mouth, but no words came out.

After a while, she barely managed to squeeze a hoarse word from her throat, "You—"

"You’re not allowed to leave!"

Yu Wenye’s deep voice echoed in her ear, almost snarling through his teeth, each word carrying a fierce undertone, "You’re not allowed to give yourself to someone else!"

It’s this kind of words again...

At this moment, Shang Ruyi felt like she had already cried all her possible tears, leaving her without the strength to argue with him, she could only let out a bitter laugh and attempt to pry his hand away.

But Yu Wenye’s hands only tightened around her more, almost as if he would rather break her than let go.

Then, he whispered deeply in her ear, "I, from a young age, never thought about getting married. I only wanted to establish myself, accomplish great things. Marriage and romantic feelings were never part of my plans."

Shang Ruyi’s heart skipped a beat.

It was that statement again, not the first time she’d heard it. Yu Wenye was never interested in matters of love, only in his own grand ambitions.

Her heart was suddenly in turmoil, but before she had time to think it through, she heard Yu Wenye’s hoarse voice continue —

"I truly, don’t really understand."

"..."

"I don’t understand what love is, nor why some people would risk their lives for it, and I can’t fathom the feeling of being so infatuated with someone that they lose themselves."

"..."

Shang Ruyi could only let out a bitter smile.

Yu Wenye, as the second son of the Duke Mansion, pursued by the daughters of prestigious families of the Two Capitals, and even praised by high officials as "incomparable under the heavens," how could he possibly know nothing about love?

Did he not understand even after seeing his mother willing to give up her life for her husband?

What about his feelings towards Princess Xinyue then?

But at that moment, Yu Wenye added, "But I, I can’t tolerate you being with someone else."

"..."

"If you dare— I’ll kill, kill that person!"

"...!"

Shang Ruyi’s breath caught.

At that moment, she suddenly began to understand that perhaps, reaching this point and expressing these words was already Yu Wenye’s limit.

After struggling for a while, she finally turned slowly in his embrace to face him.

Yu Wenye’s face was paler than before, but his gaze was as unwavering and solid as an immovable rock.

Meeting his eyes, Shang Ruyi earnestly asked, "So, this time, I’m not being self-indulgent, am I?"

Yu Wenye lightly nodded.

Shang Ruyi continued, "Nor have I overstepped our relationship, right?"

Yu Wenye nodded again.

And his gaze grew ever more tender, especially looking at the resolute and persistent eyes of the girl in front of him, it softened the stone-hard emotion within him into a gentle pliancy. At this moment, even the hands holding her became gentle.

Yet he was unwilling to let go.

Shang Ruyi added, "So, you feel the same about me, right— mm!"

Before she finished speaking, her lips were once again blocked.

Yu Wenye lowered his head, capturing her lips precisely, but unlike the urgent kiss and biting from before, this time he was exceptionally gentle, only gently soothing and caressing her lips as if he wanted to feel every texture of her petal-like lips and every tremor of her heart.

This sudden kiss made Shang Ruyi somewhat stiff, but she soon relaxed.

Her hands even lightly climbed onto his shoulders.

But just as he wanted to deepen the kiss further, Shang Ruyi managed to regain a shred of reason, pulling her lips away slightly, breathing hotly, "No, the doctor said to avoid, avoid relations..."

Yu Wenye continued to gently nibble at the corner of her mouth, murmuring, "This isn’t that."

"..."

"What happens after a month, is that."

"...!"

At these words, Shang Ruyi’s face flushed red.

His words immediately made her think of certain possibilities, even images that flashed through her mind at that moment, just like how they were moments ago—she was suddenly so embarrassed that her whole body trembled slightly. She quickly turned her head, completely dodging his demanding lips, pressing her face against his shoulder, whispering, "Then let’s talk about it, after a month!"

"..."

Yu Wenye paused, then also laughed.

Although she was resisting, feeling her soft body snuggled against him obediently, he hugged her even tighter, whispering by her ear, "You promised..."