sbdcsierra Chapter 497 Let's call off our marriage!
Chapter 497 Let's call off our marriage!
Lu Yangyang stared blankly at Zong Que, lost in thought.
Her heart raced uncontrollably, and she was so shocked she was speechless.
After a long while, she finally murmured, "What you said makes so much sense!"
Zong Que laughed.
Lu Yangyang also laughed out loud.
My mind suddenly felt clear.
Yes, since there's no distrust between them, what's wrong with being honest with each other? Instead of one person guessing, why not just say it outright and guess together?
It turns out the principle is that simple.
Lu Yangyang suddenly understood.
Then she remembered something. When Pei Ji asked her if she was prepared to die, he told her that His Highness was jealous when he saw her behaving intimately with Lin Wuji.
Lu Yangyang looked at Zong Que with eager curiosity and asked, "Your Highness, Pei Ji told me that you saw me at the Yingzhou dock? And you saw me with Lin Wuji? He also said that we were behaving intimately and that you were jealous. Is that true? Were you really jealous? How were you jealous, and why were you jealous?"
"Cough cough cough," Zong Que, who was usually very composed, couldn't help but cough under her series of frank questions. He turned his face away and almost choked on his own.
Lu Yangyang blinked. Was there something wrong with her question?
Could it be that His Highness misunderstands her relationship with Lin Wuji?
That can't be done!
Lu Yangyang decided to clarify things first. "Your Highness, I have no relationship with Lin Wuji whatsoever. He called me ugly when he first met me, and I thought he was out of his mind. Later, at sea, Steward Xu and I encountered pirates, and thanks to his help, he came to my aid. He helped me again at the dock, so I let bygones be bygones. He's a man of principle. But he's also quite strange; he insisted on asking me what kind of person I like. I'm not familiar with him, so of course I couldn't tell him. But don't worry, I definitely don't like him."
Lu Yangyang found it rather strange. She and Lin Wuji were just casual acquaintances, with no deep friendship or mutual appreciation. Why would Lin Wuji ask her all sorts of random things? She didn't feel she had anything she needed to tell him. Whether she liked someone or not, or what her private matters were, why should she tell so much to someone she wasn't even that familiar with?
Zong Que turned to look at Lu Yangyang, his eyes gradually deepening, and suddenly asked, "So, who does Yangyang like?"
"Hmm?" Lu Yangyang was slightly taken aback. Who does he like?
She likes His Highness!
Just as Lu Yangyang was about to open her mouth, Zong Que suddenly reached out and covered her mouth.
Lu Yangyang looked at him, puzzled.
“Yangyang,” Zong Que hesitated for a moment before speaking, “Our marriage was too hasty under the circumstances at the time. You are still young, and you shouldn’t have made such a decision so early. Besides me, you will meet many other people, and perhaps among them, there will be someone who will move your heart.”
"The person I'm attracted to?" Lu Yangyang couldn't help but wonder, what kind of attraction could it be?
"Yes, the person who moves your heart is not someone else's story you've seen, nor is it the marriage contract between you and me. It's someone you like, someone who moves your heart, someone whose feelings you've firmly believed in as an adult, someone whose feelings you're meant to meet are those of a romantic love between a man and a woman." Zong Que's fingers, which had been withdrawing from her lips, couldn't help but slowly tighten.
He actually had some ulterior motives and didn't want to say those things to her.
To tacitly accept their marriage, to tacitly accept his increasingly uncontrollable feelings, and to tacitly accept that she might misunderstand the engagement and trust as a result—that is love.
But he still couldn't do it.
I can't bring myself to deceive her like that.
He hoped she would fall in love with him first before deciding whether she loved him in return.
Instead of trying to trap her, who was still clueless about relationships, with a marriage contract and causing her to misunderstand, he wanted to.
Their bond, forged through countless years, is precious, but it should not become a shackle binding her. She is the best person in his heart, and she should be free to be moved, free to love, and free to choose.
Lu Yangyang frowned slightly, her eyes filled with confusion.
She loves His Highness; His Highness is the best person in her heart.
What is the feeling of being moved? And what is the feeling of being moved in a romantic relationship between a man and a woman?
Love between men and women.
Is her feeling for His Highness romantic?
Lu Yangyang didn't know.
She had seen Xiaoli's eyes light up with joy when she talked about her elder brother, seen the resolute joy and relief in Chang Gongyi's eyes as he ran headlong toward Bo Fuma, and seen Sheng Junyi's dejected expression as he pulled her to drink after his breakup. Those were all stories of love between men and women, but they were also other people's stories.
She followed His Highness steadfastly from the beginning because he was the best person she had ever met. He unlocked the lingering confusion and resentment in her heart. She couldn't think of so much, not of romantic love, not of being moved. All she could think of was curing His Highness's leg, changing his fate, and seeing him fulfill his wishes.
She liked this prince, genuinely liked him.
But if you absolutely have to ask her whether this counts as romantic love, she doesn't know.
She had never experienced it, never imagined it. That thing was like a fog in her heart; she couldn't touch it, couldn't imagine it, and didn't even know where to begin imagining it.
Lu Yangyang suddenly felt a sense of panic.
Why didn't she ever think of that?
Lu Yangyang was slightly dejected: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, I can't imagine what it would be like to be moved."
Zong Que's fingers traced her eyebrows and eyes. "This is not your problem, Yangyang. Everyone has their own things to focus on. What you can't answer now is what you can't be sure of. When you are sure, you will know who that person is and what it feels like to be moved."
Lu Yangyang's curiosity was immediately piqued again: "So Your Highness knows?"
Zong Que chuckled, his fingertips landing on her cheek, giving it a light pinch: "Trying to trick me?"
Lu Yangyang blinked, feeling quite guilty. He was genuinely curious about who the person he was attracted to was. Did he only find out after meeting her, or did he know but not meet her? He needed to know what kind of attraction it was to determine who that person was, right?
Is that so?
"I'll tell you when you tell me," Zong Que replied with a slight smile.
Lu Yangyang's eyes widened: "Why? You can tell me now!"
"Tell me quickly! Tell me quickly!" Lu Yangyang looked at him expectantly.
However, Zong Que clearly had no intention of falling for this trick: "Now is not a good time. I will tell you on an auspicious day later."
Lu Yangyang: "...Your Highness, could you be a little more serious about this?"
Zong Que looked at her seriously and said, "Yangyang, I am no longer the Crown Prince, and in the eyes of the world, I am a dead man. I cherish our marriage, but I do not want it to become a burden to you. Therefore, let's call off the marriage between the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess."
He was in love with her; Zong Que was in love with Lu Yangyang.
Therefore, I love you and I hope you can love freely.