After rebirth, I kidnapped the sickly Dugong

Wen Baizhi understood what Si Jiu meant.

It was also at this time that she understood why Si Jiu remained silent when she asked about his scar.

That’s because Si Jiu himself knows it.

As long as you give it time, your injuries will heal.

But the pain in the heart won’t.

Instead, it will become more serious as time goes by.

If Si Jiu had not held out hope that Wen Bai might come back for the past three years, he might have collapsed long ago.

What if Qi Yan'an continued to torture him?

The only thing he has left is his own life, and he has the right to choose whether to go or stay.

Si Jiu without Wen Bai is like without light.

Wen Baizhi couldn't bear to ask any more questions.

Si Jiu's life in the past three years was so miserable and desperate that she felt a sharp pain in her heart just by catching a glimpse of it today.

She stood in front of Si Jiu and hugged his head, letting him lean against her and against her belly.

"Zijin, I shouldn't have asked you this. I shouldn't have asked you so many questions. I told you a while ago that when two people are together, they don't need to know the answers to all the questions. They should still keep a comfortable distance from each other. But I didn't do what I told you today. I apologize."

Si Jiu was held in her arms, and his body, which had originally felt extremely cold, was slowly warmed up by her.

"Bai Bai, you never need to apologize to me, because in the past three years, the only thing I did for you was what I really wanted to do. Every day when I look at the Soul Binding Lamp in front of me, I have the illusion that the lamp has been lit by me, but it is also this illusion that gives me hope that you may come back soon."

People always have to have some hope.

How could Wen Baizhi not understand what he meant?

But she simply couldn't imagine, if it were her, letting herself get hurt day after day and facing a hope that might be dashed, whether she could hold on for so long.

Realizing that Si Jiu hadn't put on his shirt yet, Wen Baizhi lifted the clothes that had fallen around his waist and helped him put them on.

After everyone was dressed, Wen Baizhi leaned over and hugged the person who had worked so hard for so long.

"Zijin, thank you for your hard work for so long. Also, thank you for giving me the chance to come back. Finally, we should not miss what we missed before. I like you. I hope I won't say this too late."

This was not the first time that Wen Baizhi confessed her feelings to Si Jiu.

But this was the first time Wen Baizhi said this after she knew that Si Jiu knew she was Wen Bai.

So Si Jiu understood that the person who said this at this time was Wen Bai.

It was Wen Bai who said the word "love" to him.

She was making up for the regrets she had not accomplished when she was Wen Bai.

Sijiu put his arm around her waist.

The man who had never frowned every time he cut his heart to draw blood in the past three years, now cried in her arms.

"It's not hard." He replied with a sob.

"It's not hard to do anything for you. I'm willing to do it." He said in a staccato manner.

Wen Baizhi touched his hair and said softly, "I know, our Zijin is the best and is still so persistent. I want to praise our Zijin."

How to praise each other afterwards is up to the couple.

But in the end Si Jiu still cried and snuggled into her arms, begging her to rest for a while as he did every time before.

In the past, when Wen Baizhi was in a good mood, she might not have fulfilled his wish.

But today she really stopped and let him lie on her and rest while catching his breath.

"I was confused at that time, why did you vomit blood and faint in front of me when we just met once? Now I know that it was because you knew that I was Wen Bai, and you were so excited that you fainted."

Wen Baizhi now solved the doubts that had been lingering in her mind for many days.

This made Si Jiu feel embarrassed.

After all, no one wants to have a bad impression of vomiting blood and fainting on the day they get married to their loved one.

He explained in a low voice: "That's because I interrogated several people before meeting you. My stomach ached terribly and I didn't eat much, so I fainted."

Wen Baizhi didn't believe his words: "It's fine if you don't say it, but I get angry when you say it. I think you didn't care about Miss Wen at that time. After all, you married her, so why did you send a sedan chair to pick her up? After she came to your place, you didn't even put up a wedding sign, which made me look for a place to stay for a long time after I came in. It really exhausted me."

Si Jiu quickly touched her face and explained, "I didn't mean it. I didn't know that Miss Wen had turned into you at that time."

Wen Baizhi pinched his waist: "Why, do you really want to marry Miss Wen?"

Si Jiu quickly shook his head to prove himself: "No, no, how could I possibly hope to marry Miss Wen? I have never thought about marrying anyone. Even if I did, it would only be you. Besides, you and I had already made an engagement three years ago. Have you forgotten all this?"

He sounded aggrieved, like a poor woman accusing her unscrupulous husband.

Wen Baizhi clearly wanted to question him, but this time he was questioning himself instead.

"I haven't forgotten, but Wen Bai died at the border, right? Now only Wen Baizhi is here."

Si Jiu felt that he should explain to her what happened that day.

"In fact, I didn't want to marry Miss Wen. First, you are the only one in my heart. I can't be with anyone else. Second, I am just a eunuch and I don't have a good reputation in Kyoto. Miss Wen really shouldn't bury her good reputation with me."

Wen Baizhi became unhappy when she heard him say this.

She kissed Si Jiu's lips: "I don't allow you to say that about yourself. You are the best in my heart."

Si Jiu paused and continued, "But it's useless if I don't want to. It's even more useless if Miss Wen doesn't want to. This is a marriage granted by His Majesty. We can't fight it and can only be forced to accept it."

"I only sent a sedan chair to pick her up because I didn't want other people in Kyoto to see that she was going to marry into my Governor's Mansion. That's why the sedan chair didn't stop at the main gate of the Governor's Mansion, but at the small gate in the backyard. There's no wedding sign posted in the mansion because of this. I hope that as few people as possible know about this."

"In fact, I wasn't going to go to Miss Wen's room that night, because I had already made preparations to let Miss Wen live alone in a yard far away from me. I even thought of a way to help Miss Wen get away from me later."

"It's just that night we caught the secret guards sent by His Majesty to gather information. Although His Majesty has sent many secret guards in the past few years, I still have to let the secret guards bring some information back to His Majesty."

"So I had no choice. I knew His Majesty must be waiting to see if Miss Wen and I would listen to him. In order to protect Miss Wen, I had no choice but to come to her room."

"In fact, I am still very glad that I entered your room that night and saw the round fan you embroidered. Only then did I know that you were back. If it weren't for that night, I probably would never have met Miss Wen again."

"So maybe God is kind to me after all, right, Bai Bai."

"At least the one I want most is by my side now."