Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s

Chapter 1302: Chapter 1303: Almost Spoke Out of Turn

He left the car for Chen Yin, and Meng Xinian and Chiang Xiao hailed a taxi back.

”We’re not going back first; I’ll take you to a place.”

”Where?” Chiang Xiao asked curiously.

Meng Xinian replied, ”You’ll know when we get there.”

Fine, still playing coy.

Chiang Xiao stopped asking further. She knew Tyrant Meng well; if he decided not to say anything, no amount of asking would make him reveal it.

So she changed the subject, leaning against him and asked softly, ”Why didn’t you tell Chen Yin about your speculation about Xu Yiqiu?”

Speculation, not guessing.

Meng Xinian glanced at the driver in front, seeing that he was focused on driving and not paying attention to them, clasped Chiang Xiao’s hand in his and spoke in a lower voice, ”Why mention it to him without evidence? Besides, I don’t want him to distance himself from others just because of their identity. He needs to learn to control himself in this flashy world based on his own stance and principles, keeping away from Xu Yiqiu. Otherwise, if I ward off one Xu Yiqiu, there might be others like Wang Yiqiu, Lin Yiqiu, Zhang Yiqiu.”

Chiang Xiao suddenly understood.

She had to admit, Tyrant Meng made a lot of sense.

Things were okay now, but in a few years when the environment changed, Chen Yin’s business world would present more temptations; if he couldn’t resist them, he would just become another one of those utterly mundane men, and maybe, he wouldn’t remain in the same league as Meng Xinian anymore.

Their relationship might gradually drift apart.

Chiang Xiao was quite sure Meng Xinian was not one of those men and wouldn’t associate with them.

Their values were different.

”Thinking about it like that, you previ—”

She blurted out half the sentence.

Luckily, she managed to stop in time.

Chiang Xiao broke out in cold sweat.

It was truly frightening to think about it; Tyrant Meng was slowly infiltrating her heart, making her trust him more and more, so her guard was lowering.

She almost blurted out: After you were crippled in your past life, I didn’t see Chen Yin come to visit you!

She had almost mentioned ”past life”; it would have been over if she had.

In her view, the secret of her death and rebirth needed to be guarded far more than her possession of the Magic Brush and Space.

Having Magic Brush and Space just meant she was miraculous, had special abilities and possessed exotic treasures—a good thing.

But rebirth... the thought of it could be terrifying to others.

If Tyrant Meng found out, would he ask her how old she was in her past life? If she said thirty, would he feel a lump in his throat, feeling that she was much older than him?

If he then asked whether she had married or had children by thirty...

If she said no, that her past romance wasn’t real love, would he believe her?

If he didn’t, would he keep imagining that in her past life she was already married, had children...

Meng Xinian was as possessive as she was; if he thought of these things, even if he eventually accepted her, she believed their relationship could never return to how it was before.

Chiang Xiao wanted to smile bitterly.

”What ’previous’?” Meng Xinian asked.

Chiang Xiao quickly replied, ”Nothing, I meant to say, haven’t you previously discussed his situation with Wang Yi?”

Meng Xinian always felt there was something odd about that sentence.

Previously?

But he still shook his head.

”Wang Yi is not bad, his gaze seems honest, and he treats Chen Yin and Aunt Chen well. It’s just that his parents are somewhat vain and look down on Chen Yin. I’ll make a call later to have someone check on Xu Yiqiu.”