Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1070: Chapter 1071: Just Want to Have a Dream

”When did you find out?” It was Tobanya who asked, her voice not only soft but also trembling slightly.

”Just now,” Meng Zhuqing paused, then added, ”when you said the door wasn’t bolted.”

He was no fool; how could he not see that her heart was pleased with him with such obvious signs?

Tobanya didn’t say anything more, but tears kept sliding from the corners of her eyes, causing Meng Zhuqing’s heart to ache to death.

Meng Zhuqing raised his other hand to wipe her tears away, but the more he wiped, the more she cried.

She still didn’t open her eyes, she just lay there silently, shedding tears.

”Why are you crying?” Meng Zhuqing asked, his heart aching. He had never seen her cry before, today was the first time, and it was excruciating for him.

”I don’t know.”

”Fool,” he thought, how could she not know?

”I just feel like crying.”

”Then why don’t you open your eyes?”

”I don’t want to open them,” she paused, ”I just want to have a dream. A dream with you in it.”

”Silly... fool.” Meng Zhuqing finally lost his composure, his eyes instantly reddened. With a trembling voice, he pleaded, ”Can you please open your eyes?”

”I won’t open them,” she stated decisively.

In the past, Meng Zhuqing might have worried about his own unsightly appearance not being worthy to stand beside Tobanya, but now, Meng Zhuqing no longer cared about that and said, ”Shall we get married, then? Is that okay?”

”No.”

”Why not?”

”I just want to have a dream. A dream with you in it.” She repeated the line from before.

Meng Zhuqing felt like his heart was being twisted. Looking at the cold and proud figure on the bed, his eyes filled with tears, he cursed softly non-stop, ”Fool... fool... fool...”

Until Meng Zhuqing left, Tobanya didn’t open her eyes to look at him.

Only after Meng Zhuqing left, upon hearing the sound of the door closing, did Tobanya open her eyes, tilting her head, her red eyes looking at the now closed door. After a long while, she both cried and laughed, cursing, ”You are the fool, to even want me, a person who can’t have children...”

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After returning from King Sheng’s mansion, Meng Zhuqing seemed distracted, and eventually, he went to find An Jing and Xiao Changyi.

”She is also drawn to this subordinate...” Meng Zhuqing said quietly.

An Jing said, ”We could see it. When she insisted on taking care of you during the epidemic in Nan Shen, we knew it.”

Meng Zhuqing was first taken aback, then gave a bitter smile, ”So it was only I who had just realized it.”

An Jing just sighed and didn’t speak.

Xiao Changyi, still expressionless, sat at the table, directing the children sitting around it to flip six teacups before he poured tea into each one.

”I’ve proposed marriage, but she doesn’t agree... what should I do?” The reason Meng Zhuqing had come to An Jing and Xiao Changyi was precisely because of this; he simply did not know what to do.

He wanted to see if the lord of their house and his wife had any good solutions.

An Jing said, ”At a time like this, it’s natural she won’t agree to marriage. You know as well that just yesterday she was told that her body is very likely unable to bear children. If she truly cares for you, she naturally wants you to have descendants, so how could she agree to marry you?”

An Jing paused, then added, ”Also, don’t even think about taking a concubine to carry on your lineage. With her temperament, she’s not the type to share a husband. And let me be blunt, our family does not allow someone to enjoy the blessings of multiple partners. You either have a monogamous marriage, or you stay single.”

Upon hearing this, Meng Zhuqing immediately became anxious: ”What is madam saying? I have never thought about taking a concubine. Ever since I began serving the lord as a servant, I hadn’t even thought about finding a girl to marry without the lord and madam’s permission.”