[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 58

Chapter 58: Warmth in the Rain

Dugu Yuan’an felt that Mu Ruo was very mysterious, the kind of mystery where one couldn’t see through what she was thinking.

Even Xue Mu and Xue Wuluo, who were closest to Mu Ruo, couldn’t see through what Mu Ruo was thinking in her heart, let alone the fact that these two didn’t even know Mu Ruo was Yu Gongruo.

After learning that Xue Duanhun committed suicide to atone for her sins, what was Mu Ruo thinking at this moment?

Torrential rain suddenly fell on the entire Hanfeng Town. Xue Duanhun’s body was put into a coffin and carried to the small room specially for placing coffins next to the Xue family’s ancestral hall. Standing by the door, Dugu Yuan’an watched the water level rising rapidly outside the steps. Hearing Xue Mu’s groaning sounds on the bed, she pushed the wheelchair over to have a look.

Xue Mu had cried at some point, a few teardrops hanging on her eyelashes. Dugu Yuan’an reached out to wipe them away, cupped her face, stroked her cheeks gently, and murmured, “It’s okay, Mu’er, it’s okay…”

She got up and lay back on the bed, took off her shoes, leaned against the headboard, and pulled Xue Mu into her arms. Listening to the sobs she made in her sleep, her heart ached along with her.

Xue Mu moved restlessly for a long time before falling asleep quietly again. She didn’t wake up until evening. Because Dugu Yuan’an didn’t get enough rest, when Xue Mu woke up, she found her half-leaning on the headboard, head lowered, asleep.

Xue Mu had mixed feelings. She sat up, but unexpectedly woke Dugu Yuan’an. “Mu’er—”

Xue Mu covered her mouth and whispered, “Sleep a little longer, I’ll stay with you.” Saying this, she let Dugu Yuan’an lie down.

Dugu Yuan’an rubbed her eyes. Xue Mu held her in her arms, touching her cold hands, and said, “It’s raining outside, the weather is so cool, yet you fell asleep sitting up.”

“Too tired.” Dugu Yuan’an closed her eyes. Xue Mu rubbed the back of her hands and fingers, putting them to her lips and breathing gently on them.

“Mu’er,” Dugu Yuan’an said with her eyes closed, “I truly fell in love with you because you jumped down from upstairs and caught me when I almost fell—at that moment I knew, the person I had been longing for is a very, very good person, unchanged since childhood.”

Xue Mu kissed her fingertips, her eyes full of tenderness. “Then you’re going to be disappointed. I was very angry at the time.”

“I don’t care.” Dugu Yuan’an said, “Anyway, there is only you in my heart.”

Xue Mu laughed amusedly. “There is only you in my heart too. Don’t take the title of ‘female hedonist’ seriously.”

Dugu Yuan’an pressed her fingertip against her lips, then further against her teeth, seemingly wanting to push further. Xue Mu cooperated and held it in her mouth, mumbling indistinctly, “Do you want me to bite off your finger? Then your finger technique will be useless.”

“Bite if you have the ability, see if I can still teach you a lesson with my finger technique,” Dugu Yuan’an said.

Seeming to remember something, Xue Mu’s face heated up. She bit her fingertip lightly and let go. “Why do you speak so strangely, always wanting to tease me.”

“Since you already said I’m teasing you, then I am teasing you.” Dugu Yuan’an pressed her cheek with her fingertip, sleepiness gradually hitting her. “Who else can I tease besides my own wife?”

Xue Mu sighed. “Fine, fine, I am your wife. I admit being teased by you. Who told you to have deeper kung fu and stronger ability than me? Even if you tease me, I have no way to handle you.”

Dugu Yuan’an laughed softly in her arms. After a while, Xue Mu only heard long breathing and the hot breath hitting her throat.

Yuan’er, Yuan’er, she called in her heart, I really let you down, letting you miss me for all these years, while I forgot everything, forgot Jin Mountain, forgot you. If I had an impression of the person who hurt you, wouldn’t I be able to help you identify the enemy?

Recalling various past events from her childhood, Xue Mu sometimes smiled, sometimes looked sad, sometimes gritted her teeth, filled with grief and indignation.

Master, Master—!

Why must you make my heart ache so much? Why didn’t you dare to face me, ending yourself hastily? Could this end the gratitude and grudges between you and me? You were my master, I was your disciple. I respected and loved you, I ached for you, I was willing to bear the pain of blindness for you!

Yet you were unwilling to tell me the truth. You stayed by my side all along, but didn’t reveal a word about the true identity of the person who hurt me! Now I only hope you didn’t make the decision to exterminate the entire Yu Clan back then. Even if you only killed the people who had a grudge against you, I won’t blame you too much!

Otherwise, how can I have the face to face Yuan’er? Wouldn’t Yuan’er and I eventually become a resentful couple?! Master, why did you have to harm me to this extent? I loved and supported you so much!

Hot tears welled up in Xue Mu’s eyes again. Suppressing the choke in her throat, she stroked Dugu Yuan’an’s back gently, touching the protruding spine, her heart aching for her thin body.

She touched under the soft pillow. The position of the suicide note had changed, so she knew Yuan’er must have taken it out and read it again and again while she was unconscious. She sighed silently, her heart utterly desolate.

Even if Yuan’er hated her, she would feel a little better. But Yuan’er loves her. Even if her master indeed participated in the case of the extermination of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain, and she pleaded for her master wanting to strive for innocence, Yuan’er wasn’t angry with her.

Thinking of this, Xue Mu lowered her head, full of pity and shame, and planted a kiss on Dugu Yuan’an’s forehead, murmuring in a low voice, “Yuan’er, did I really protect you back then? How could I forget you, and forget so completely?”

Half an hour later, Dugu Yuan’an woke up. Opening her eyes, she saw Xue Mu gazing at her obsessively, blinking very rarely. Thinking of the many truths and heartfelt words she said to comfort Xue Mu before sleep, she couldn’t help feeling shy. “What’s wrong?”

Xue Mu smiled. “When you gave me a show of strength back then, were you angry that I didn’t recognize you?”

Dugu Yuan’an snorted. “You spoke rudely; you deserved to be taught a lesson.”

Xue Mu thought for a moment and said, “Madam can’t blame me anymore. If I hadn’t spoken to you like that back then, wouldn’t you have thought I was a person greedy for beauty?”

Dugu Yuan’an wondered, “Why is there such a saying?”

Xue Mu said seriously, “If I married you as soon as I saw your beauty, and didn’t mind the forced marriage, wouldn’t that make you think I am a superficial person?”

Dugu Yuan’an laughed. “Do you know how anxious I was in my heart, afraid that you would insist on breaking off the engagement, and afraid that you would run away from the marriage later? Only after bowing to Heaven and Earth with you did my heart settle down.”

Xue Mu hugged her, kissed her lips with utmost gentleness, and said, “You can settle your heart from now on. I will spend my life with you.”

Dugu Yuan’an pursed her lips in a smile. The two embraced affectionately, gazing at each other for a long time before returning to reality.

Xue Mu said, “Let’s eat something. After eating, I’ll go back to the Xue Star Tower to see Mu Ruo and talk to her.”

Dugu Yuan’an thought for a moment and said, “I’ll go with you.”

Xue Mu wanted to refuse, but on second thought, she nodded and said, “Alright then, get up quickly.”