Chapter 3 Chapter 3: Wife for the Rest of My Life
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The temperature in the ward seemed to drop rapidly. Qin Zhen could feel the anger radiating from him. She walked in front of him and squatted down.
Throughout the whole process, He Yi and He Er kept their eyes on her. If she dared to do anything to hurt He Guinian, they would throw this pest out, even if the Young Master protested.
He Guinian held his breath.
Qin Zhen looked at him, at the man who had protected her even before she died. He was once the most eye-catching man in the capital. Even if he was ill, it did not hide his excellence. However, she caused him to lose everything, almost went to jail, and was unable to stand up for the rest of his life. What did she have that was worthy of his liking?
Tears blurred her vision, and Qin Zhen’s voice was choked with sobs, “Brother Guinian…”
“What did you call me?” He Guinian’s eyes widened.
“Brother Guinian…”
He Guinian was suddenly pulled into a memory that was at the far back of his mind. When he was young, Qin Zhen used to follow him around and called him Brother Guinian in her sweet, gentle voice. However, as she grew up, she hated him more and more. She always spoke ill of him and wanted to throw up just from seeing him.
“Qin Zhen, no matter what you say, I won’t break off the engagement! The marriage between the two families is not a child’s play.” His beating heart gradually calmed down. He Guinian’s voice was so desolate. He knew Qin Zhen too well. She was acting like this just to break off the engagement. However, even if he died, he would still drag her along. It didn’t matter even if she didn’t like him. After all, he still had an engagement and the identity of her fiancé.
“I won’t break off the engagement! Brother Guinian, I want to be your bride for the rest of my life. I will never leave you again, and you are not allowed to leave me either.”
Behind him, He Yi and He Er frowned. Was there something wrong with the Qin family’s daughter? Was she up to something again?
“Brother Guinian, I know Auntie He has found a doctor for you. Can you go abroad to treat your legs? When your leg is cured, we’ll get engaged and never be separated again,” Qin Zhen said in a stiff voice.
He Guinian looked at her firmly, “You want me to leave?”
Qin Zhen nodded frantically. Of course she does. She wanted to cry when she thought of the years He Guinian spent in a wheelchair.
However, her enthusiasm was interpreted differently by the people in the room.
And as expected, He Guinian’s expression changed.
His dark eyes stared at Qin Zhen, and there was an unnoticeable heartache in his tone, “Qin Zhen, I’m not going. Don’t even think about breaking off the engagement. Even if I die, you’ll still be my wife…”
However, as He Guinian finished speaking, he felt something warm pressed against his face, which caused his body to tremble violently.
She… Did she kiss him?
Qin Zhen knew that he had misunderstood. She also knew that she had done too many wrong things in the past for him to believe her words now, so she could only do something practical. “I’m not lying to you. I won’t leave you again. Be good and go abroad to treat your legs. I’ll wait for you to come back and marry me. If you still don’t believe me, I can swear that if I lie, I—”
He Guinian placed his index finger on her lips, not letting her say anything. He didn’t want her to swear on herself. “Qin Zhen, no matter if it’s the truth or a lie, once you say it, you can’t take it back.” And he would never break off the engagement anyway. She said that she would wait for him to come back and marry her, so she couldn’t go back on her word.
“I definitely won’t go back on my word! Then, do you agree, Brother Gunian?”
She looked so eager that He Guinian couldn’t stop staring at her for a while before saying hoarsely, “… Let me think about it,” She was probably lying to him again, he tried rationalizing himself.
She had lied to him before, who’s to say she would stop lying in the future?
…
When Qin Zhen was sent back to the Qin family, she had just gotten out of the car when He Er stepped on the accelerator and drove away. She almost fell. However, she did not say anything. If the roles were reversed, her brother and father would probably not let He Guinian get close to her too. After all, what she had done was not something that could be settled with just an apology.
He Guinian didn’t say that he would go abroad. He only said that he would consider it and then let He Er send her back. But even so, she was already very happy.
When Qin Zhen entered her house, the old servant, Mary, kept signaling her with her eyes. She could feel the tense pressure as soon as she walked in through the doors.
Mr. Qin sat on the sofa with a face full of anger. Qin Youting’s expression was not that different either. Seeing their furious expressions, Qin Zhen felt a little guilty. However, when she saw Qin Si sitting beside them, her body trembled violently, and hatred surged into her like a tide.
She treated Qin Si as her sister and best friend. She shared everything with her. If the Qin family had her, they also had Qin Si. However, she could not see her the same way after Qin Si colluded with Yu Zhuang to destroy her family and eventually burned her alive.