The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man

Chapter 862: 862 Great Regrets of the Mountain

He realized there was a head resting on his arm, and a jade-like arm draped across his waist.

Startled, he sat up abruptly.

His knife wound pulled painfully, and he grimaced with the sudden pain.

Memories swiftly returned, and he remembered the intense heat from last night when Li Rong’er knocked on the door, expressing concern that he might have a fever and came to check on him. Then…

His facial expression darkened.

He recalled pulling her onto the bed and spending the whole night in dissolute pleasure with her.

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Even though he had controlled himself earlier when visiting her room, not ‘touching’ her, how did he end up devouring her in the latter half of the night?

If his wife were to find out…

His relationship with his wife might well be over forever.

Thinking of Su Qingyue, Xiao Yishan’s face filled with regret.

“Second young Master… Are you awake?” Li Rong’er also sat up and pulled the bedding over herself to cover her naked body.

Seeing the anguish on his face, her bright eyes immediately brimmed with foggy tears.

Xiao Yishan, seeing her tearful, aggrieved look, felt unbearable pity, “Rong’er… I…”

Her tears slid down her face, “Second young Master, last night you had a high fever and you…”

“Rong’er, it’s my fault.” He thought of how she had previously refused to be with him, so he didn’t consider the possibility that she might have drugged him.

“Second young Master, Rong’er is already yours. Pretend that Rong’er has no shame, but my purity was given to you, I can no longer marry someone else…” She was weeping sorrowfully, his heart still held Su Qingyue, and if she didn’t play some tricks, she feared she would never achieve her goal.

For some reason, upon having her, Xiao Yishan felt a pressure on his heart like that from a stone, even a sense of guilt and fear.

He had promised Su Qingyue that in this life he would touch no other woman besides her, yet he had touched Li Rong’er.

Having possessed Li Rong’er’s body, he felt no joy, only the constant thoughts of Su Qingyue.

Seeing the tears streaking Li Rong’er’s cheeks, he felt pity, but more than that, he was irritated, “Stop crying!”

The cold tone frightened Li Rong’er into silence, her tears falling unnoticed.

Hadn’t he said that if he took her, he would marry her?

Xiao Yishan threw back the quilt and saw the dried-up bloodstain on the mattress, the sign of Rong’er’s lost purity.

Rong’er was so kind, she had even given her purity to him; he had already let down Yue’er, he could not fail Rong’er as well.

“I will marry you,” he said, then got dressed and left the room.

Li Rong’er stopped crying, the corners of her mouth curving into a triumphant smile.

Last night, after the medicinal effect wore off and Xiao Yishan fell asleep, she used a hidden embroidery needle to prick her wrist and dropped a few drops of blood onto the mattress. The blood drops were right beneath where she lay, a fake sign of virginity lost.

She had of course noticed Xiao Yishan seeing her ‘lost purity.’

The loss of her virginity had always been her complex, but now that Xiao Yishan believed he took it from her and had promised to marry her, the heavy stone that had been on her heart was finally lifted.

Xiao Yishan, feeling vexed, left the house for a walk.

Xiao Yuchuan went to the kitchen only to find that Fourth Brother had already prepared breakfast.

He then went back to his room, planning to let his wife sleep in a bit more, but she was already up, fully dressed, sitting on the edge of the bed. He approached her with a grin, “Wife, don’t you want to sleep a little longer?”

“I’ve slept enough.” She had slept quite soundly last night. Although third brother slept by her side, she inexplicably wasn’t on guard, perhaps because she knew he wouldn’t harm her.