Hua Yaoyao glared at Si Yiyuan, then turned to the Empress Dowager and said, “Straight men don’t understand women’s feelings, and neither do straight sons!” The Empress Dowager immediately agreed unconditionally, and the two women, who had finally found their kindred spirit, chatted enthusiastically for the entire afternoon.
Si Yiyuan listened for a while, then, bored, went to complain to his elder brother. The whole hall was filled with words he couldn’t understand, such as “Phone,” “computer,” and “nightclub.” He decided to go and talk to his elder brother about topics he could understand.
It wasn’t until late at night that Hua Yaoyao was dragged back to the palace by Si Yiyuan, still feeling unsatisfied. Lying on the bed, the little woman was still immersed in the excitement of discovering her own kind, tossing and turning and refusing to fall asleep, which made Si Yiyuan both annoyed and amused: “Is being the same as Mother Empress something to be happy about? Tell me exactly what you mean by being the same as Mother Empress.”
Hua Yaoyao didn’t reply, only chuckled, “Husband!”[1]She uses the word 老公 (lǎogōng) is the modern, affectionate word for “husband” (like “hubby”), while in ancient times wives used more formal or poetic terms such as 夫君 (fū jūn), … Continue reading jQuery('#footnote_plugin_tooltip_2108957_1_1').tooltip({ tip: '#footnote_plugin_tooltip_text_2108957_1_1', tipClass: 'footnote_tooltip', effect: 'fade', predelay: 0, fadeInSpeed: 200, delay: 400, fadeOutSpeed: 200, position: 'top center', relative: true, offset: [-7, 0], });
Si Yiyuan didn’t understand, but he couldn’t help but laugh along with her: “What are you talking about!”
The young woman beamed from ear to ear: “I just wanted to call you husband—it makes me happy!”
Si Yiyuan immediately realized what she meant and cupped the little woman’s face in his hands: “What does my husband mean?”
Hua Yaoyao nodded happily: “Yes!”
Si Yiyuan savored the moment, finding the word “husband” to be incredibly comforting, and then lowered his head to ask, “Call me again!”
Hua Yaoyao teased him deliberately: “No!”
Si Yiyuan reached out and grabbed her waist, threateningly asking, “Will you call or not?”
Hua Yaoyao hurriedly stopped him, saying, “Stop fooling around, stop fooling around! I’m talking to you about something important!”
Si Yiyuan pulled the girl close with his large hand: “Finish calling first!”
The woman couldn’t dodge it, so she had no choice but to admit defeat: “Okay, okay, I’ll call you! Husband! Is that alright?”
Si Yiyuan hummed in response, “You don’t seem very willing!”
Hua Yaoyao raised her hands in surrender: “Absolutely from the bottom of my heart!”
After a while of joking around, Hua Yaoyao stopped laughing, pondered for a long time, and slowly said, “Actually, I am not Hua Yaoyao. My real name is Ling Yue.”
Si Yiyuan was stunned for a long time, then asked doubtfully, “You’re not Hua Yaoyao?” Is that possible? Hua Wenye and his wife found another ordinary woman to marry into the Li family? Why not use their own blood relative, a concubine’s daughter, and instead choose a woman from another family with no relation? Hua Wenye couldn’t possibly be that stupid, could he?
Hua Yaoyao seemed to understand what he was thinking and quickly explained, “Let me explain. To be precise, this body is indeed Hua Yaoyao’s body, but the soul belongs to another woman named Ling Yue.”
“I live in a future society that is very far from the present. For some reasons that I don’t understand, my soul came here and occupied Hua Yaoyao’s body. The day of my wedding was the first day I came into this world.”
Before she could finish speaking, she seemed to remember something and quickly added, “However, Hua Yaoyao was already dead when I transmigrated here! I came here by accident and had no intention of harming anyone!”
After saying that, Hua Yaoyao looked at Si Yiyuan nervously, patiently waiting for his reaction. She knew that he needed some time to process the news, but she was still a little nervous. What if he couldn’t accept her explanation and treated her as a demon, asking someone to exorcise it?
Imagining the scene, Hua Yaoyao instantly snapped back to reality. What a joke! His mother was also a transmigrator; if he wanted to take her in, his mother would never agree!
Si Yiyuan, unaware of the chaotic thoughts in her mind, pondered them seriously for a while before nodding and saying “Oh.”
Hua Yaoyao was speechless: “What does ‘Oh’ mean?”
Si Yiyuan told her definitively, “It means ‘I understand’.”
Hua Yaoyao fell silent. She had indeed underestimated her husband’s ability to handle things. What she thought was a huge secret was resolved with a simple “oh” from him! And he resolved it with remarkable composure and without changing his expression!
After a pause, the man continued, “Should I call you Yaoyao or Lingyue from now on?”
Hua Yaoyao answered affirmatively: “I decided to be Hua Yaoyao as soon as I came here.”
The man nodded silently, then fell silent again…
The young woman was extremely unwilling to give up: “Aren’t you afraid?”
The man asked, puzzled, “Why be afraid?”
“I am just a wisp of soul, occupying someone else’s body, and I am from a completely different world than you!”
“So what? You can’t go back anyway. As long as you’re my wife and can stay with me, that’s enough.”
Yes.
How do you know I can’t go back?
“Empress Dowager hasn’t gone back either!”
“Can people be the same? Who knows, I might be able to go back!”
“You want to go back? What would you do there?”
“I didn’t say I wanted to go back, I just said what if I could go back!”
…The thread has gone off-topic…
But neither of the two immature kids, caught up in their heated argument, realized they had gone off-topic until the topic came to an end!
Just before going to sleep, Hua Yaoyao suddenly realized that the focus of their conversation shouldn’t have been on her being a time traveler, right? When did it veer off to whether she could go back in time? She could only sigh inwardly, “Straight men are truly a strange species! Their focus on things is so different from most people’s!”
While Si Yiyuan was riding high, Li Hao was in deep trouble. His parents refused to allow him to marry Hua Qianqian again because of her past elopement. Meanwhile, his wife, Hua Yaoyao, had somehow influenced him and was now giving him the cold shoulder. Caught between two sides, he was in a real mess.
Recalling the letter he had received, Li Hao gritted his teeth even more. The letter, written by Hua Yaoyao, contained only one sentence: “This is what you owe me, and you deserve it!”
At first glance, he was full of doubts, but later he found out that she had written a letter to Qianqian! He didn’t know what nonsense she was spouting in the letter, but his little wife had been looking at him with displeasure lately, yet she refused to say why, leaving him no chance to defend himself!
If Hua Yaoyao had known that the letter would have such a great effect, she would have set off a hundred and eighty strings of firecrackers to celebrate the success of her scheme! Let Li Hao talk nonsense in front of her, not only making her lose face, but also getting a severe scolding from his wife all day long!
“I will not be a woman if I do not avenge this!” In a fit of rage, Hua Yaoyao borrowed Si Yiyuan’s carrier pigeon and wrote two letters—one to Li Hao and one to Hua Qianqian. Li Hao’s letter was brief, consisting of only one sentence.
As for the letter to Hua Qianqian, she didn’t make up any stories to slander Li Hao. She simply recounted the scene of how she seduced Li Hao that day, and at the end, she was glad that Li Hao was a true gentleman who was unmoved by a beautiful young woman! Although he had a reaction, he remained steadfast and refused to give in!
That being said, Hua Qianqian knew her own situation best. What woman doesn’t get jealous? As the master Gu Long once said: There may be several women in this world who don’t eat, but there isn’t even one who doesn’t get jealous!
Even if women in ancient times were educated about the one-wife-multiple-concubinage system, and even if Hua Qianqian was carefree and had a clear sense of love and hate, she couldn’t help but imagine the scenarios she described. The more she imagined, the more jealous she would become. But Li Hao hadn’t done anything to wrong her, so after a few days of being angry with him, she had no choice but to move on.
But for women, turning the page doesn’t mean the matter is over! They might remember it at any time and dredge up the old grievances for days, especially during their period! That’s precisely why Hua Yaoyao wrote this letter; she not only wanted to torment Li Hao for a few days, she wanted to torment him for a lifetime!
If Li Hao knew Hua Yaoyao’s thoughts and plans, he would probably be ready to fight her with a knife. Unfortunately, Hua Yaoyao is far away from him now, so he should just focus on appeasing his wife first.
Just as Hua Yaoyao had expected, her letter didn’t make Hua Qianqian too angry, but there was still a knot in her heart. Yaoyao had actually seduced him naked! Although they hadn’t done anything illicit, they had been honest with each other! This realization made her both annoyed and sweet.
What’s frustrating is that the various scenarios she imagines in her mind are hard for her to accept—that her husband and her half-sister were once so close! But it was all a misunderstanding, and she can’t dwell on it too much!
Sweetly, Li Hao is indeed a true man. Even when drugged, he still endured the temptation of her beauty, showing his true feelings for her!
After struggling with this for several days, and giving Li Hao the cold shoulder for just as long, Li Hao finally couldn’t resist coming to her door to play the victim and beg for forgiveness.
After visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hua Wenye and obtaining their consent, Li Hao went directly to Hua Qianqian’s courtyard. His young wife was enjoying tea and reading in the courtyard, behaving like a well-bred lady. Unfortunately, the cool teacup and the unopened book clearly indicated that the host’s mind was not on the matter.
The cunning Hao smiled inwardly and gently broke his wife’s reverie: “Qianqian.”
Hua Qianqian was startled by his sudden voice. She looked up and saw the person in front of her with a complicated expression, unsure whether to laugh or be angry.
Li Hao didn’t care about her expression and sat down next to her: “You’ve been unhappy these past few days. Can you tell me why?”
Hua Qianqian turned to look at him, opened her mouth, but then remained silent.
Li Hao continued to coax, “Although we were betrothed since childhood, we haven’t spent much time together. Perhaps we need to adapt to each other in many ways. If I’ve done anything wrong, please tell me, okay?”
Hua Qianqian was touched by his sincere attitude and realized that she had indeed been throwing a tantrum for many days, so she said softly, “You’re not bad, don’t say that.”
Not afraid of her speaking, but afraid of her not speaking, the cunning Hao immediately seized the opportunity: “Then what has made my wife unhappy these past few days?”
Hua Qianqian blushed suddenly, and stammered for a long time without saying anything coherent.
Li Hao simply asked directly, “Is it because of the letter Hua Yaoyao wrote to you?”
Hua Qianqian looked at him in surprise: “How did you know?”
Li Hao gave a wry smile: “Because she also wrote me a letter, but it only contained one sentence.”
Hua Qianqian was curious, yet also a little nervous: “What did she write?”
Li Hao said helplessly, “She said it’s something I owe her, and she deserves it!”
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