"You took a tumble, and then you saw me?"
The corner of Qian Renyue's mouth twitched.
Why did she feel like Guang Ling was making up a story?
"Let me finish first!"
Guang Ling stopped Qian Renyue's questions and said awkwardly, "Here's what happened. I drank too much that day, then went up the mountain, then hallucinated and saw you again. And, well, I ended up kissing Seventh Brother."
"..."
Oh.
He had kissed Jiang Mo.
"..."
Qian Renyue was momentarily speechless.
Time hadn't stopped. She genuinely had no idea what expression to make or what to say.
Qian Renyue lowered her head and rubbed her brow.
That was it?
That was it?
That counted as wronging her?
She had thought Guang Ling had taken a mistress on the side.
"Yue'er?"
When Qian Renyue remained silent, Guang Ling couldn't help giving the hem of her clothes a tentative tug.
Clearly, his wife really did have him under her thumb.
"All right, I thought it was something serious."
Qian Renyue caught his hand and held it again.
"You just kissed a man. What's done is done; you can't take it back. Just be more careful next time."
"Phew~"
Guang Ling's heart finally settled back into place. "As long as you're not angry, Yue'er. As long as you're not angry, anything else is easy."
"Why would I get angry over that? It's not as though you two did something shameful."
Qian Renyue said it casually, and Guang Ling gave an embarrassed smile. "To me, it really is something shameful..."
"All right, I understand. I won't bring it up again. Just be careful from now on."
After reassuring him, Qian Renyue took his hand and led him toward the registry office.
They were within the Heaven Dou Empire's borders, so naturally, they went