Chapter 143 - 143Chapter 138 Three Wives and Four Concubines i (1/2)

143Chapter 138 Three Wives and Four Concubines i

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“This is the second time I have met you. When I saw you standing outside the yuemen just now, my heart was pleased, which shows that I don’t dislike you. Moreover, you are a particularly brave girl, especially brave for love, something that ordinary girls cannot achieve, and that has made me look at you differently. However, you have not yet understood me. Marriage is a lifetime shared by two people, the more understanding beforehand, the less you will regret it in the future.”

Qin Niu decided to have an honest talk with her.

He couldn’t lead her on, otherwise he would be wronging her and making her miss the best years to get married, a sin too grave to bear.

Her face regained its rosy glow upon hearing Qin Niu’s words.

Her expression also became more normal.

She lifted her head to meet Qin Niu’s eyes.

“Then do you like me?”

“I like both your appearance and your personality, and I feel very comfortable with you. However, I believe there is a difference between liking someone and being in love.”

“What kind of life does Master Qin wish to lead? Could you share it with Cai Xian?”

“Of course,” Qin Niu nodded. “I aspire to pursue this idle and free pastoral life, to marry, have children, farm the land, keep pets, and live with my family forever. There is just one point where you don’t meet my criteria for a spouse.”

Ever since he was young, Qin Niu had yearned for a tranquil and peaceful rural life.

Unconstrained.

No need to engage in scheming or fighting with others.

To live peacefully in a quiet corner of the world, cultivating and farming with a loved one, and raising pets.

He could also have a few cute children.

“Which point don’t I meet?”

She asked with a forced smile.

“Life is short, as ephemeral as autumn grass. Our lifespans are truly fleeting. I want to extend my life through cultivation, in hopes of one day sharing eternity with my loved one, always together. If you only want to be an ordinary person, your lifespan will be at most sixty or seventy years. I’m afraid I would feel immense pain to fall in love with you, only to watch you gradually grow old and leave. Having experienced the pain of a loved one’s departure once, I don’t wish to go through it a second time in my life.”

He was referring to Old Man Liu’s death.

That time, he had felt pain as if his heart was being sliced with knives.

In the end, he was so overwhelmed with grief that he became numb, and it took him a very long time to recover from the pain.

Even now, whenever he thought of Old Man Liu, his heart would still ache.

His memories were filled with all the moments he had spent with Old Man Liu.

“You want me to cultivate, right?”

She showed a contemplative expression after listening, with a touch of tenderness.

Because when she saw Qin Niu’s pained expression, she really wanted to comfort him.

“It’s not that I want you to cultivate, but rather I hope the partner I choose can live longer than ordinary people,” Qin Niu corrected her.

“Then how far must I cultivate before I’m worthy to join hands with you for life?”

“It’s not a fixed amount. At least beyond the tenfold of ordinary people,” Qin Niu thought for a moment and said earnestly.

“Understood. The next time I come to see you, I hope to reach the level you mentioned,” Tang Caixian said, showing no sign of giving up.

On the contrary, determination and resolve were visible in her eyes.

This girl, so infatuated with love, truly incomprehensible which aspect of Qin Niu appealed so much to her to the point of ‘marrying none but him’.

“Wait, there is something more I want to clarify. I shouldn’t wait until you have made an effort to tell you,” Qin Niu called out to her.

“Speak,” she said.

“I… in fact, before getting to knowyou, I had a certain affection with my neighbor, Wang Wanyan. She took good care of me when I was down and out. I still don’t know how she feels now. If she is willing to marry me, I think I would not refuse her. There can only be one true wife, and if you insist on marrying me, you must be prepared to share a husband with another woman and be the junior wife.

“With your merits, marrying a young master in much better standing than myself would not be an issue at all, you…”

Before Qin Niu could finish, she interrupted him.

“I’ve long been aware of your relationship with Miss Wang, and I don’t mind it at all. I have also admired her for a long time, and if I have the chance to become sisters with her and attend to you together, I am perfectly fine with that. The fact that you’re willing to tell me these things shows that you are extremely honest with me,” she said.

Perhaps having been brought up among the singing and dancing courtesans of the city since childhood, she did not object to the idea of a man having multiple wives and concubines.

But she could accept it quite naturally.

This left Qin Niu, who had intended to persuade her to back out, at a loss for words.