Prompted by Xiao Yun, Wang Qingyao recalled.
It was during the Qingming Festival outing last year. After returning from the suburbs, Xiao Yun took her to Qingfeng Tower for dinner.
The Seventh Prince was also there, playing dice games with her and losing miserably.
She had had two or three cups of wine, and was actually fine, but she lied to Xiao Yun about her poor tolerance for alcohol, feigned drunkenness, and spoke many falsehoods.
Was it because of this that Xiao Yun was angry?
But back then, Wang Qingyao still had the feelings of a subordinate towards her superior for Xiao Yun. She only wanted to do her job well, live a comfortable life, and reach the pinnacle of life.
Besides, Xiao Yun had pried information out of her first. She couldn't possibly tell him the truth, could she?
Moreover, the lies she told had no substantial effect. Weren't they all about love and romance?
What had she said back then?
Wang Qingyao couldn't quite remember.
"I love you, I love you very much, I fell in love with you at first sight, I want to grow old with you?"
It was probably something like that.
What was the problem?
It was a lie before, but now their feelings had deepened, and it had become the truth. What was there to be so conflicted about?
Wang Qingyao felt like rolling her eyes.
Seeing Wang Qingyao's expression of sudden realization, followed by a hint of indifference, Xiao Yun knew that she not only remembered but also felt it was no big deal.
This made him even angrier.
Wang Qingyao: "What are you angry about?"
"You lied to me!"
"What did I lie to you about?"
"You said you have a poor tolerance for alcohol, but in reality, you're quite good at it!" Xiao Yun said indignantly.
Wang Qingyao was helpless: "You can't blame me. As a young lady, should I tell men I meet outside that I'm a heavy drinker?"
That was true, Xiao Yun was momentarily speechless.
Wang Qingyao added: "It's all because I wanted to leave a good impression on you!"
Her voice took on a slightly wronged tone, attempting to evoke Xiao Yun's affection.
Unexpectedly, the silent Xiao Yun suddenly looked up and glared at her resentfully, as if she were a scummy woman who had swindled him out of money and affection.
"What good impression? You never fell in love with me at first sight! You deceived my feelings!"
"Hehehe..." Wang Qingyao felt a little guilty.
It wasn't exactly deception, was it? Wasn't she and Xiao Yun now living in loving harmony and raising children? Did it really matter when she fell in love with him?
"I won't allow you to doubt yourself like this. You are my only choice. No matter what situation I am in, I only want to marry you, Xiao Yun. You are the only one I want to marry. I said long ago that I fell in love with you at first sight. I didn't lie to you."
"I only resent that my life is too long, and I cannot accompany you in life and death. If I could, I would be willing to die on the same day, month, and year as you. But by then, we would have our own children, and I couldn't abandon him. Rest assured, after you leave, I will raise him well into adulthood. I will tell him how much his mother loved his father, and that his father is watching them from heaven. With my love for you, I will live well with him. Wait for me on the Yellow Springs Road, don't reincarnate first. In the next life, I will marry you again and grow old with you..."
Xiao Yun recited every word Wang Qingyao had said back then with resounding conviction and deep emotion, as if it were an oath, embodying his profound belief and heartfelt sincerity.
As for whether he had missed any words or added any, Wang Qingyao truly couldn't remember. She had just said it casually at the time.
Xiao Yun looked at her, his eyes red.
Wang Qingyao inwardly exclaimed, "Holy cow!"
"Do you know how happy and shocked I was when I heard those words? I swore I would treat you well for the rest of my life, that I would never fail you... but in the end, you lied to me!"
In the last sentence, he shouted directly, tears welling up in his eyes, almost falling!
It was clear that he had been greatly stimulated.
"Listen to me, I can explain..."
"I don't want to listen, I don't want to listen!"
Wang Qingyao watched him in silence. He coughed and said, "You say it. I want to see what else you will say to deceive me."
Wang Qingyao looked at him calmly: "You pried information out of me first."
Xiao Yun: "..."
The situation had completely reversed.
Wang Qingyao pondered for a moment. She had a biggest secret, about her origins, which no one knew, and no one had ever spoken of.
Xiao Yun was her husband, the person she would spend her life with.
She trusted him.
He had already accepted her "super strong intuition." Would he mind that she was a transmigrator?
Taking a deep breath, she slowly said, "Actually, I have a big secret. You were prying information out of me, and I was afraid I might accidentally let something slip, so I coaxed you with some nonsense. I had no choice."
Xiao Yun's eyelids twitched. He suddenly had a bad premonition.
"I am not from this world. I come from hundreds of years in the future. I am also not Wang Qingyao. The real Wang Qingyao died long ago. I merely borrowed her body, just like in the storybooks about borrowing a corpse to return a soul."
Wang Qingyao spoke quickly. Her courage only lasted for that moment. If she spoke any slower, she feared she wouldn't dare to say it.
After saying it, she let out a long sigh of relief.
She was also a little nervous, afraid that Xiao Yun would treat her like a monster.
Xiao Yun looked at her.