Chapter 269: Volume 1_Chapter 269: Jiuyuan is my courtesy name

Volume 1_Chapter 269 Jiuyuan is my courtesy name

"Jiuyuan!"

Yun Qiyue subconsciously shouted this name.

At this moment, Jiuyuan was somewhat different from what she had seen before.

The previous Jiuyuan was wicked and carried a hint of danger.

The Jiuyuan before her eyes, however, was much colder and more solemn, more like... when he was still Ye Lanjue.

Just, the same face, but the temperament was completely different.

However, Yun Qiyue soon realized what was going on, and her expression turned somewhat ugly.

No wonder.

No wonder why the system said there could only be one Recharge Device, yet later on, Ye Lanjue was also able to replenish her Life Value.

At this very moment, the sound of a Task being completed came from within the system.

"The system is about to reward the host with a Super Operating Room, and with the new Task completed, one task item is deducted, and the host gains one opportunity to exchange for Medicine."

After it finished speaking, the progress bar displayed the words "Super Operating Room is loading..."

In other words, the reward for this mask-removing Task would soon be in her hands.

And the unexpected joy was that this Task actually counted toward those ten Tasks.

However, Yun Qiyue did not feel the slightest bit of joy.

She only looked at Ye Lanjue, recalling her interactions with Ye Lanjue and 'Jiuyuan', and felt very uncomfortable in her heart.

There was a feeling of having been played.

She had always been between the 'two people', and at times that strange feeling would appear, and she always felt it was her own problem.

And Jiuyuan had tempted her more than once.

If, back then, she hadn't been able to resist Jiuyuan's temptation and had chosen Jiuyuan, what would he have thought?

That she was fickle? A flirt?

Thinking of this, Yun Qiyue's heart felt even more blocked.

Yun Qiyue stood up, her face wooden, and prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Ye Lanjue subconsciously grabbed Yun Qiyue's hand.

"Let go." Yun Qiyue did not look back, only speaking coldly.

"Why are you angry?" Ye Lanjue did not let go, but instead asked.

He could vaguely sense the reason, but he was not very certain.

Moreover, this was their wedding night; didn't she say that as long as they consummated the marriage, she would be fine in the future?

Therefore, no matter what, he would not let her leave.

If there is a problem, it must be clarified face-to-face.

Yun Qiyue turned back, glaring, "Don't you think I should be angry?"

This stance was as if, should Ye Lanjue dare to say she shouldn't be, she would bite him to death.

Ye Lanjue: "... You should."

Yun Qiyue: "..." It seemed she was even angrier.

She wanted to bite someone.

However, Yun Qiyue still held back.

If she really bit someone at this time, it would instead look like acting spoiled.

Was acting spoiled something she, Yun Qiyue, could do?

Besides, she was still angry!

The more Yun Qiyue thought about it, the angrier she became.

Seeing Yun Qiyue not speaking, Ye Lanjue frowned in thought, and then, looking at Yun Qiyue with a caution he himself hadn't noticed, he said: "Because I didn't tell you that we are the same person?"

Yun Qiyue: "..." Yun Qiyue did not speak, continuing to glare at Ye Lanjue.

Mainly, in her view, just walking away was not the best way to handle problems.

On the contrary, walking away was actually avoiding the problem and would cause them to miss the best opportunity for reconciliation.

Unless she was truly prepared to have no further contact with Ye Lanjue for the rest of their lives.

But that was clearly impossible.

Now, she just needed an explanation.

Naturally, if the explanation was not satisfactory, she would continue to be angry.

After all, regarding this matter, she was supposed to be angry.

Thinking this way, Yun Qiyue waited for Ye Lanjue to speak.

Ye Lanjue also knew that Yun Qiyue was waiting for his answer, but Ye Lanjue, who rarely explained things to others, did not know how to explain at this moment.

If it were anyone else, he could have just walked away.

But because the other party was Yun Qiyue, he could not do that.

After thinking for a moment, Ye Lanjue said: "Jiuyuan is my courtesy name."

Yun Qiyue pricked up her ears to listen, but her expression did not soften.

"Since I was young, I have had these two identities, and I am used to it."

Only the late Emperor knew his true face.

After the late Emperor learned that he was of the Ye Family, he was also polite to him, and even wanted to return the throne to him back then.

But he did not want it, and instead became the Regent of Donglin.

In Donglin, he did not want to expose his identity.

And compared to Ye Lanjue, he preferred the identity of Jiuyuan more.

Originally, he had intended for things to continue this way forever.

As long as Donglin was stable, the identity of Ye Lanjue would also eventually reach its natural end.

It was just that he had not expected to meet Yun Qiyue, and by sheer coincidence, both identities became linked to her.

"At first, I didn't think there would be anything to it, and although I didn't intend to keep it from you later on, when you drunkenly poured out your heart to 'Jiuyuan' that day, I felt that rather than letting you go off to drink alone with no one to confide in, it would be better for you to come to me."

This was the truth.

Otherwise, he did not feel there was any need to have two identities for Yun Qiyue.

Ye Lanjue's explanation was very simple.

There were no excessive twists or turns.

Clearly, he had not explained much of anything.

Yet, inexplicably, Yun Qiyue was no longer angry.

However, not being angry did not mean it made sense to just forgive him like that.

For a moment, neither of them spoke.

The atmosphere was somewhat frozen.

What Yun Qiyue did not know was that, at this very moment, there was actually a hint of conflict on Ye Lanjue's face.

He had nothing left to explain now, because it seemed he had already said everything that needed to be said.

Yet, it seemed Yun Qiyue had not yet calmed down?

For Ye Lanjue, coaxing a woman was something that had never happened before, and he had never even thought about it in the past.

Now, Ye Lanjue finally understood what it meant to be at one's wit's end.

He currently had the feeling of being at his wit's end.

He wanted to scratch his head, but felt that such an action did not seem to suit him.

In the end, Ye Lanjue kept a tense face, and then... began to undress.

As for Yun Qiyue, she was actually also struggling with how to break this stalemate.

After all, her anger had inexplicably dissipated now, and staying in this deadlock was not a solution.

Besides, she couldn't let anything delay her from pouncing on Ye Lanjue, could she?

After today, wouldn't she become the model of 'pouncing on a handsome man and becoming a winner in life'?

Yun Qiyue was very annoyed.

A moment of a spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

How much gold had she squandered away just now?

Had she known the situation would turn out like this, she should have waited a while longer to remove the mask.

At the very least, she should have waited until after the wedding night.

Truly, she had been too impatient.

But, she had already been angry, and the atmosphere had already frozen; she couldn't possibly be the one to speak up first now, could she?

Uh, or perhaps, speaking up first wasn't impossible.

For example: you must not do this again next time, otherwise... and so on.

Just as Yun Qiyue was thinking this, she heard a rustling sound behind her.

For a moment, Yun Qiyue turned her head in confusion, and then, she saw a scene that made her nose bleed.

"You, what are you trying to do?"