Chapter 79 - Help me recall it (2/2)

He leans closer, looking smug. His hot breath sends a tingle down her nerves. ”How did I seduce you? I can't remember. Help me recall it.”

”Wu Yixing!” She yells his name, trying to push him away. Soon enough, the yells turn into mȯȧns.

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Wu Qiuyue bites her lips as the tears flow down on her pale cheeks. Li Jun won't take a look at her no matter what she does. She is being treated like air.

He is still looking for Mo Wei.

”She left you on her own.” She shouts at him bitterly, ”Must you treat me this way?”

He doesn't answer her. He goes outside and finds the guards. ”Go and get your punishment.”

The orders are clear. The madam must not step inside the master's room

She runs to him and grabs his forearm. Why are you punishing everyone because that woman ran away?

Li Jun jerks her arm away. Due to his action, she falls on the cold floor. She squeezes eyes in pain. She is infuriated and hurt because of his harshness. ”Why can't you love me? I am better than her in every aspect.”

Under her heavy glance, she shrinks down. That look in his eyes. He is seeing nothing of her. ”I don't see it.”

He can't see how she's better than Mo Wei in every aspect. Wu Qiuyue can't smile like her. She can't speak like her. She can't fill the emptiness of his heart like Mo Wei did.

”Leave.” He is too tired to deal with her. ”If you don't want to be thrown out of this house, then don't cross your limits again.”

The threat is clear. Wu Qiuyue wipes the tears on her face and gracefully leaves his room. She didn't expect him to threaten her like this. She wonders where that man disappear who treated her with respect and care. That woman changed him. Mo Wei turned her husband into this being who cares about nothing but her.

Li Jun sits on the chair and looks at the copy of a letter. It's been a little more than a month. The content of the letter that she sent to Mo Qian has been translated with great effort. He can't figure out who the timekeepers are. He can't find her or the people who helped her escape.

Mo Qian won't reveal anything to him either. He can't force her to speak. She's Wu Yixing's wife. He feels powerless.

He wants to chase her to K country. He wants to abandon everything and leave. His duty to the nation. His son. His promises to his dead wife.

He clutches the letter to his ċhėst. He can't do it.

Crossroads.

He doesn't know the meaning. But, he knows that Mo Qian is not living an unhappy life with Wu Yixing.

The light in the lamp flickers. He recalls the day he saw her sitting on the tree. His fingers curl around the coin that she gave him. He wants to see her again.

Will she keep her promise and visit him on his 90th birthday?