Rebirth: My Healer Wife Owns Superpowers

Chapter 305: Chapter 305: It will affect my cousin’s marriage.
 

Qi Yue wanted to explode with anger, but then she suddenly came to her senses. Shen Changye hadn’t mentioned in his letter that any women were coming. Could this be Zhao Xiyan’s doing behind the scenes?

With a thought stirring in her heart, she looked at the man beside her.

Zhao Xiyan, holding her hand, walked along in high spirits, occasionally discussing their plans for later on.

To her, however, it seemed more like he was trying very hard to cover something up.

“Yueyue, how about I accompany you to Longnan tonight? My parents have someone to escort them, and Youyun Mountain isn’t far.”

“Haven’t you not seen your parents for a long time? Why not stay for a couple more days?”

“If Yueyue wants me to stay, I’ll stay.”

“We should leave as soon as possible. Longnan can’t hold on for much longer.”

“All right.”

While responding to him, Qi Yue quietly observed Zhao Xiyan, who seemed calm and not like someone hiding anything, which made her doubt whether she was overthinking things.

“Xiyan, can I ask you something?”

“Hmm? Ask away. You seem a bit off,” Zhao Xiyan said as he reached out to play with her hair.

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She dodged, not letting him touch her.

“What’s wrong? Is Yueyue unhappy?”

“No,” Qi Yue looked steadily at Zhao Xiyan, trying to keep her voice even, “didn’t you notice? My hair is done up intricately today. If it’s ruined, it won’t be easy to fix.”

“Oh, I can do it for you.” Zhao Xiyan smiled.

Qi Yue immediately became wary. “You can do hair? Have you done it for someone before?”

“Can’t I learn if I don’t know how? I’ll learn and then do it for you.”

“Oh.” Qi Yue felt reassured and couldn’t help asking, “Didn’t your uncle say that only the men from your family were coming? How come there are two cousins?”

Zhao Xiyan glanced coldly at the crowd who had also followed inside, his expression indifferent.

“I don’t know, maybe they insisted on coming? I’m not familiar with them.”

Qi Yue internally scoffed.

I don’t know!

That’s a clear enough dismissal!

If she hadn’t seen the White Jade Hairpin herself, inserted in Ruyan’s hair, and if she hadn’t heard Liao Ruyan offering to stew pigeon soup to nourish Zhao Xiyan’s body, she might have believed him!

Suddenly, a complex swirl of emotions flooded Qi Yue’s heart.

Discomfort, sadness, contempt, anger…

She wanted to lash out, to slap Zhao Xiyan hard, to break his teeth and demand whether he had truly cut ties with Ruyan, but her arm felt as if it had lost all strength and couldn’t be raised.

She sadly realized that, even at this point, she still couldn’t bring herself to strike him.

Before, she had thought that Zhao Xiyan had already cast aside the woman in his heart, which was why he had sent troops to Donggao and traveled thousands of miles to Yanjing to find her.

But now, it seemed that was not the case.

And yet, she really couldn’t let go of him.

She couldn’t let go of his strikingly handsome face, his pleasant voice, or the affection he showed her.

Her mind kept turning over the matter, encouraging herself to let go a little.

Oh, she could only say that she had met him too late in life.

In this era, men were often married by fifteen or sixteen. For Zhao Xiyan to have a first love at his age wasn’t strange at all. As long as he didn’t get too sentimental, she would endure it.

Fine, she would observe the situation between them and then decide.

Thinking this way, Qi Yue forced herself to appear even more composed and assented.

“Later, ask them if they have let any information slip out during the journey. If so, we may need to change location.”

“Don’t worry, father will take care of it.”

“I want you to take care of it. Father is getting old, and I’m afraid of any accidents.”

“Fine, if you want me to arrange it, I will.”

“That’s more like it.”

Qi Yue tried to act as usual, but thought to herself that after arranging everything for him, she would have an excuse to talk to him and see what he was really up to.

The group entered the front hall one after another, each making their acquaintance with Shen Yu, Zhao Yongzhe, and the others.

During this time, Qi Yue also learned some information about Ruyan.

Her surname is Liao, named Liao Ruyan, born to a concubine’s daughter of the Shen Family after she married out. Because her parents passed away early, her father took a new wife.

Shen Changye, seeing her pitiable, allowed her to stay in the Shen Family, to keep Shen Zhen’s daughter company.

The two of them lived and studied together, hence they got on very well.

This time, they came because they heard that the several brothers were coming, and the two of them insisted on tagging along.

Strictly speaking, this Liao Ruyan is not that closely related to the Zhao Family, she’s sort of a distant cousin.

However, Shen Zhen’s daughter is actually Shen Changye’s daughter, and though she is born to a concubine, she is truly Zhao Xiyan’s direct cousin.

It was clear to see that this cousin also had quite the affection for Zhao Xiyan. Although she was talking with Shen Yu and others, her eyes kept casting glances his way I don’t know how many times.

Without waiting long, after sipping half a cup of tea, Shen Zhen’s daughter couldn’t wait to approach Zhao Xiyan, naturally followed by Liao Ruyan.

“Brother Xiyan, Zhen’er has not seen you for a long time; she has really missed you deeply, Sister Ruyan too, always thinking of you.”

The girl of fourteen or fifteen, with her coy and charming way of speaking, was indeed endearing.

Especially her soft and tender voice, it made Qi Yue’s skin crawl.

No sooner had Shen Zhen’s daughter finished speaking than Liao Ruyan also smiled, bent down to pay her respects, her voice sickly sweet.

“Ruyan greets cousin brother. Are you well?”

Qi Yue, watching this, suddenly remembered the day she wore that White Jade Hairpin with such pompous flair, and she felt an inexplicable wave of nausea.

“Hmm,” Zhao Xiyan merely waved his hand but said nothing else, taking that as having acknowledged the greeting.

Qi Yue was a bit puzzled about whose attention his “Hmm” was directed at.

So indifferent towards a former beloved person?

It hasn’t been a year since the hairpin was given; now he doesn’t even acknowledge her, not so much as a glance.

Despite her confusion, she felt a sense of joy.

Though there had been a past, if it was truly over, then she would consider it all as nothing!

Liao Ruyan, her face flushed, seemed about to speak when Shen Zhen’s daughter puckered her lips and turned to Shen Yu to complain.

“Aunt Yu, look at cousin brother Xiyan. Why is he always like this? After not seeing him for so long, he won’t even say a word to me?”

Shen Yu glanced at Qi Yue and said with a smile, “Don’t you know your cousin brother’s temperament? He, except for our Yueyue, isn’t close with anyone.”

With these words out, both Shen Zhen’s daughter and Liao Ruyan turned their gazes upon Qi Yue.

Both of them had long taken notice of Qi Yue and were well aware that she was the former overweight Miss Qi of 200 pounds.

But because of Zhao Xiyan’s presence, they hadn’t previously had the chance to pay attention to any other women.

“Aunt Yu, Miss Qi has already divorced cousin brother, isn’t it inappropriate for her to stay so close to him? It might affect cousin brother’s prospects of marriage.”

As Shen Zhen’s daughter spoke, her eyes flitted over Qi Yue’s face like a sharp knife.

Shen Yu snorted.

“What are you even saying, child? Even after a divorce, one can still remarry!”

“Ah.”

Suddenly, Liao Ruyan let out a cry, drawing everyone’s attention.

She stood there, charming in her white clothes, holding a handkerchief, dabbing at something near her eyes.

“What’s your name, making such a fuss?” Shen Yu found Liao Ruyan displeasing.

With the troubles looming, who was she trying to impress with a white garment? Bad omen!

Still, she was her brother’s kin, and since she was already here, it wasn’t good to send her away.

Liao Ruyan hurriedly bowed, still covering her eyes with the handkerchief.

“Aunt, my apologies, it’s just that my eye suddenly hurt and I couldn’t help cry out.”

“What could make your eye hurt out of nowhere?” Shen Yu was incredulous.

“Perhaps the overnight travel has fatigued me. Aunt, may I go rest for a while?” Liao Ruyan’s voice was still gentle, seemingly with a good temperament.

Shen Yu wished she didn’t have to see Liao Ruyan, and on hearing this, she also said, “Then let Zhen’er accompany you. We’ve talked enough; everyone, go and rest.”

“Yes.”

Everyone started to disperse.

Liao Ruyan was helped out by Shen Zhen’s daughter. When leaving, they heard her let out a pained “Hmm.”