Repudiating a Good Wife Is Out of the Question

68. I Want No One But You

Translator: Sissy That Walk

“Third Aunt, I know what you are thinking, but I’m not here to put in good word for Third Uncle, I’m here to talk to you, please open the door for me.” Cao Mo coaxed.

Xiao Yuzhen felt so dwarfed in front of Cao Mo, Cao Mo had such a good sense of humor and he was so much fun to be around with, Xiao Yuzhen wished he could be more open-minded like Cao Mo.

Liu Heng knew Cao Mo wouldn’t take no for an answer, Cao Mo was as stubborn as a mule.

“Come in, but I only want to see you, no one else!”

“Sounds good to me!”

The door was open from inside.

“Heng, I know I’m wrong, please forgive me!” Xiao Yuzhen tried to elbow his way in.

“Get lost! I don’t want to see you!” Liu Heng said with indifference.

Cao Mo barred at the door, “Third Uncle, what Third Aunt and you need is some time and space, I know you are here to apologize, but you need to show your sincerity.”

Xiao Yuzhen found that reasonable, he nodded and asked, “But how can I prove my sincerity?”

Cao Mo shrugged, everyone had a different answer, Xiao Yuzhen knew Liu Heng better than anyone, so he should ask no one but himself what would make Liu Heng change his mind.

Cao Mo turned back and walked to the room.

What came to Cao Mo’s sight was Liu Heng lying in bed, looking pretty under the weather, “Mo, sorry about the scene.”

“No, not at all.” Cao Mo walked closer and said, “Third Uncle cares about you too much, sometimes it drives him crazy that you are such a great wife.”

“I thought you said you were not here to put in good word for your Third Uncle!” Liu Heng said in a sulk.

“No!” Cao Mo denied promptly, he perched on Liu Heng’s bedside and said gently, “I’m here to be your villainous adviser.”

“What do you mean?” Liu Heng was intrigued, he turned around and looked at Cao Mo.

“You can ask the servants to prepare you lots of garlic when you don’t want to talk to Third Uncle, you just eat lots of them before he tries to make out, haha!” Cao Mo sat seriously.

Liu Heng burst into laughter, “You! You are full of it, aren’t you?”

“Third Aunt, you know my Third Uncle the best, he is frank and outspoken and sometimes he would say stuff and do things on the spur of the moment. I do think this is all because he cares about you too much.” seeing Liu Heng was mollified, Cao Mo brought up Xiao Yuzhen tactfully.

“People get jealous, I get it, but your Third Uncle is a person of a jealous nature! I don’t know why he just doesn’t trust me!” Liu Heng opened up.

“Because you are out of his league, and he is insecure!” Cao Mo chuckled, “He lacks confidence when he is around you, I’m not defending him or anything, for Third Uncle you are like this otherworldly fairy, and he is afraid of losing you. Probably you spice it up a little bit in the bedroom… …”

Cao Mo lowered his voice and Liu Heng giggled as he listened, “No wonder you have Yi on a tight leash, you know what, I think you can stand out even in the imperial harem.”

“I only want Yi, I want nothing but us together spending the rest of our lives together.” Cao Mo grinned as he imagined their future.

“Mo, I know you and Yi only want each other, but Yi is the First Legitimate Son in the manor, surely they will arrange concubines for him. Even your Third Uncle has two concubines, let alone Yi… …” Liu Heng was genuinely worried for them, Xiao Yi was getting more and more healthy since Cao Mo married into this manor, it was a matter of time before Lady Lu brought this up.

“That’s out of the question! The moment a concubine moves in, I will move out. We’ve agreed on a fairy tale monogamy ending. If he changes his mind, good, I quit.” Cao Mo said casually.

“Maybe Yi can just go through the motions, he can have a few concubines to comfort the elders.” Liu Heng sat straight and started to coax Xiao Yi, “Mo, this is what it’s like to marry a young master in a manor. I always make your Third Uncle go to his concubines’, maybe that’s why he always feels insecure about me, because I always push him away. But I want him to have his own kids.”

“Third Aunt, I’m with Third Uncle on this one, he doesn’t want kids to stand in the way between you and him.” Cao Mo sighed, “Say, the concubine says the kid is suffering a fever, what do you expect Third Uncle to do? To spend time with you or to take care of the kid?”

Seeing Liu Heng stared to feel less upset, Cao Mo stood up and said, “I need to excuse myself soon, gotta have a look at the General Kitchen, Third Aunt, don’t just curl up in your bed and sulk, go out and have some fresh air! Why keep beat yourself up and let others laugh at us?”

Liu Heng couldn’t agree more, ‘Lady Lu must be celebrating in her house now knowing me and Yuzhen having a fight, no! I won’t just aggrieve those care for me and gladden the enemy!’

“Mo, I’ve profited more from one consultation with you than from ten years of reading. All right, I will forgive your Third Uncle this time, but if it happens again, I will divorce him for sure.”

Xiao Yuzhen was eavesdropping by the door, he jumped for joy.

Liu Heng said, “I need to go have a look at the ancestral hall now, sacrificial offerings and incense burning, I need to make sure everything is on point.”

Cao Mo nodded and walked out, he held Xiao Yi’s hand and left.

While Xiao Yuzhen called Liu Heng when Liu Heng and Moshu went to the ancestral hall, but Liu Heng didn’t spare a look at Xiao Yuzhen.

… …

Cao Mo asked, “Is Third Aunt all right now? They are all good now?”

“Not yet, it takes time. This is all Third Uncle’s fault, getting jealous all the time.”

“Will you get jealous if you see me and someone getting intimate?” Xiao Yi asked cautiously.

“No!”

“Why not?” Xiao Yi’s heart sank.

“I will be too busy healing myself to get jealous.” Cao Mo pouted.

“Haha, don’t worry, it will never happen.” Xiao Yi cuddled Cao Mo.

“I know, I trust you.” Cao Mo said, “But just now Third Aunt mentioned about children, what if… what if grandmother wants arrange you concubines?”

“I want no one but you!”