"Top Scholar" Huang Cihe was very cautious. He didn't dare tell the Great General, "I was just bestowed a treasure, and now I've gone and lost it." Instead, he acted as though nothing were wrong and respectfully sought an audience at Madam Zhao's residence.
Qin Yi'er was his fiancée.
He had waited five years.
In his heart, Qin Yi'er was already his possession.
Yet this possession had stayed at Ning Manor for a whole month!
He had gone to find Qin Yi'er.
Qin Yi'er said she had been away on business and had unexpectedly encountered demons, forcing her to flee to Wangyue Prefecture.
Then Ning Xuan had welcomed her into his manor like a lust-crazed beast. She had spent every day trembling with fear, too afraid even to sleep soundly, lest that libertine suddenly burst through the door.
She had hoped day after day, night after night. Ning Xuan had said he would help send a letter, but kept putting it off until he could delay no longer. Only then had he sent it, and only then had the Qin Family hurriedly dispatched Manager Zhao to bring her back to Vast Province.
When Huang Cihe saw Qin Yi'er, her eyes were swollen. She said she had wept every day and had no face to see her beloved Huang again.
Huang Cihe believed not a word of it.
But outwardly, he still pretended to believe her.
Because he truly needed this marriage alliance.
And because Qin Yi'er did have a certain charm.
If you had spent five whole years longing to possess a woman but had never once been able to touch her, wouldn't that woman's allure grow many times over?
Huang Cihe understood that perfectly.
But he also knew that however wanton Qin Yi'er might be, she couldn't have traveled