Chapter 60 - Misunderstanding (2/2)

Xue Dongting laughed and said sadly, “I see. He doesn’t believe I am Xue Dongting. But what does it matter if I’m Xue Dongting or not? Was my name and identity all he cared about?” She suddenly thought of something and gave a start. She reached up and rubbed her cheeks, tears falling. “Does he suspect I am someone else in disguise? Is my face all he cares about?”

She looked to the heavens, tears falling like rain.

Yuansheng was dumbfounded. She sobbed, “Second Sis, don’t be like this, you’re my Second Sis.”

Xue Dongting looked at Yuansheng. “Hurry on back to Cloudgem Lodge.”

Yuansheng eyes her cautiously and muttered, “Let’s go back together.”

“No, I have something to do.”

She wiped her tears and took Yuansheng to the ferry. She saw Old Zhang standing on the deck of his boat, about to set off.

Old Zhang glanced and caught sight of Xue Dongting and grinned. “Girl, it’s freezing out here, what are you doing here?”

Xue Dongting smiled and pulled Yuansheng along. “This is my Third Sister. Big Brother Zhang, may I trouble you to take her to the other side?”

“Eh?” Old Zhang said. “Where is Song Yuming?”

“He… went to the mountains to fetch some firewood.”

Old Zhang nodded. “I was just about to go across to buy some wine. Miss, quick, come on aboard.”

Yuansheng looked at Xue Dongting, still concerned.

“Hurry on back.” Xue Dongting pushed her forward, then turned around and started back.

Mama Qiao frowned. She knew everything was a big mess. She stamped her foot. For sure she was going to tell Mama Qiao all about this when she got back and make her go scold Song Yuming, that infuriating guy.

Song Yuming went inside and looked at the food already cold on the table. He knit his black brows. In fact, it wasn’t Xue Dongting’s looks he cared about. He was just depressed. If his wife was not Xue Dongting from Cloudgem Lodge, but a spy from the imperial palace in the capital, then was how much of the time they had spent together was real?

He wanted to go after Xue Dongting and question her, but he feared that if he stopped her he might learn some more things he did not want to know. He was avoiding. Just like last time when he had an inkling from talking to Wanqing. It’s not that he didn’t want to ask Xue Dongting and make things clear, he was just afraid the answer would be something he did not want to hear.

Song Yuming sighed lightly. Whether that woman was really Xue Dongting or not, he was already deeply in love with her.

Outside the cold wind raged. Had she gone back to Cloudgem Lodge? Would she catch cold? Had she been crying her eyes out?

His mind was in a whirl, he didn’t know what to do. Song Yuming nowadays was no longer the resolute killer. His mind had been affected by a woman and he could not extricate himself. He heaved sigh after sigh. If the one on the Dragon Throne had sent a woman to throw his mind into chaos, then that person has succeeded

He suddenly pounded the table over and over with his fist and two porcelain bowls were crushed to powder at once. He didn’t understand, the one on the Dragon Throne was his elder brother! He had waged war on the battlefield and shouldered a bad name to make his elder brother the ruler. He had given up the Dragon Throne, had given up his childhood sweetheart and come alone to this fishing village on the east coast, but it was still not enough to put the emperor’s mind at ease!

Song Yuming sneered a few times and raged, “Why? Why?”

The thatched cottage rustled and shook in the bitter wind, as if it trembled in fear at his fury.