Chapter 29 - Let Me Explain! (2/2)

She was silent for a time. Then she said, “Let’s go inside.”

He didn’t know what the reason was, but he was not a boorish fellow, he could tell there was something on Xue Dongting’s mind. As for what is was, he had no idea.

But when he went inside and noticed his clothes on the trunk, he suddenly understood. He reached into his robe, but the bamboo & plum jade ornament was not there.

Xue Dongting’s face was placid as she helped him out of his damp outer robe. “Sit and rest, I will go cook.”

Song Yuming grabbed hold of his brooding little wife and pulled her into his arms. “Dongting, you may have seen something, but there are some things you don’t know… I never meant to hide it from you, I just didn’t know how to say it.”

Xue Dongting felt mistreated. “Then don’t say it!” She tried to pull away from the fisherman’s embrace.

Her burst of anger and unwillingness to listen made him anxious. He bent down and sweeped her up into his arms, brows furrowed. “Dongting, let me explain!”

She pummeled his chest over and over again. She didn’t want to hear it.

Song Yuming couldn’t help but think it funny. He never imagined his demure, delicate little flower of a wife could be so utterly unreasonable. Her held her while she whaled away at him even harder, until she had worn herself out. He whispered into her ear, “Tired?”

She glared, tears streaming down her face, silent.

Song Yuming sighed gently. “I didn’t tell you before because I felt the past was not worth mentioning. But now that you’ve seen it, wouldn’t I be stupid if I didn’t tell you now?”