Chapter 49 - Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Long Memory (2/2)
It wasn’t just because Su Wenyue made some events seem so real. Han Yu even felt as though she had truly experienced these events herself. The feeling was subtle, and as the conversation progressed, he didn’t just listen to Su Wenyue’s descriptions but also asked some questions. Su Wenyue, with her limited wits, couldn’t outsmart Han Yu. Even some matters she intended to conceal inevitably slipped out as Han Yu extracted quite a bit from her.
Han Yu was initially more concerned about the future direction of the Daming Dynasty. He believed, though currently peaceful, the dynasty showed signs of chaos. The state of the Imperial Court suggested an inevitable great turmoil. With a desire to achieve great things in his heart, he most cared about this issue. Having it confirmed by Su Wenyue’s words, he felt more prepared, but he noticed that she deliberately avoided some questions about herself, shifting his concerns.
However, this time Su Wenyue was smarter, or perhaps too cautious. She hardly let any information slip to Han Yu. Actually, Su Wenyue was too sensitive to those topics, so whenever Han Yu mentioned certain matters, her heart instinctively filled with caution. These were areas she considered untouchable. Seeing no progress, Han Yu decided to let it go.
“You don’t seem to have any doubts about what I’ve said at all.”
It puzzled Su Wenyue somewhat that she herself found her circumstances unbelievable. Her Father might be excused, able to believe unconditionally in his Daughter, but why did Han Yu also believe so readily, without any sign of doubt? She didn’t realize she was being constrained by her own thinking.
While Su Wenyue found her situation absurd and impossible, neither Master Su nor Han Yu were ordinary people. Their knowledge and understanding were extraordinary, and they approached issues practically, thus deducing the possibility of events occurring. She did not give everything away, instead choosing to describe these events through the guise of dreams, which didn’t seem so implausible after all.
As for the past, even Su Wenyue felt as if it were all just a grand illusion, a mix of what’s real and unreal. Therefore, although both Master Su and Han Yu understood that Su Wenyue was concealing some matters, they were willing to believe it was true. After all, even if it wasn’t true, it didn’t affect anything, did it? What they learned from Su Wenyue was merely a reference for their future actions.
“You are My Wife, so of course I believe you. But dreams are still dreams. Even if they feel too real or foreshadow something, that is just a dream. Now you are living firmly in reality, not in a dream. Make sure you understand that! I wondered why you are so suspicious and defensive toward me. It turns out because I wasn’t good to you in the dream. You ungrateful little thing. Dreams are dreams. Can’t you feel how I treat you in real life? To doubt me over such groundless things, tell me, how should I punish you?”
Han Yu spoke of punishment and pinched a certain fleshy part of her body a bit more firmly, causing Su Wenyue to draw in a breath. Then her ear was bitten again.
“Ouch, gently, it’s not like I did it on purpose!” Su Wenyue, somewhat indignant, poked Han Yu’s chest with her finger, her tone quite assertive. But in her heart, she still felt a bit guilty. Although her experience was not a dream, Han Yu was right. Regardless of dreams or past life events, she was now living in the present and shouldn’t let the past affect her current life. Moreover, she shouldn’t be overly suspicious of Han Yu because of how he treated her in her previous life. If Han Yu had behaved that way, it was also her own fault.
Seeing his Wife’s attitude, Han Yu laughed with a hint of danger, “It’s fine because you didn’t do it on purpose? I was considering letting you off this time, but now, seeing your attitude, if I just let it go, wouldn’t that foster bad habits? It seems I must make you remember this lesson well!”