Wind und Rauch

Kapitel 7

"Young Madam, are you alright?" Du Juan asked worriedly. The young master really went too far!

Su Yuyin touched her swollen face. She'd never been slapped before, not in her entire life. And for a completely fabricated charge! She suddenly felt incredibly wronged, tears welling up in her eyes, and finally, she couldn't hold back her sobs…

The next day, Ouyang Tianyun planned to leave. At the stable, he encountered his second younger brother, Ouyang Tianji, who was riding back.

"Brother, are we going out?" Ouyang Tianji led the horse into the stable and handed it to the servant beside him.

"Um!"

“Oh, right, elder brother!” Ouyang Tianji remembered something and called out to his elder brother, “Is Sister-in-law Xiangmei’s foot feeling any better? Yesterday afternoon when I passed by Meiju, I saw Sister-in-law Xiangmei trip over a stone, but luckily her maid caught her…”

"What did you say? Mei'er tripped herself? It wasn't Su Yuyin who pushed her?" Ouyang Tianyun's heart tightened. Had he wrongly accused her?

"Sister-in-law pushed Sister Xiangmei? I didn't see sister-in-law yesterday, and besides, sister-in-law wouldn't do such a thing!" Ouyang Tianji felt strange; there must be something wrong with this.

“How do you know she won’t do that? Maybe she can’t get my love, or she’s jealous of Mei, so…” That must be it; he couldn’t think of any other reason.

Upon hearing his brother's words, Ouyang Tianji recalled what his wife had told him before, and thought to himself, what wife in this world doesn't compete for her husband's favor with his concubines? There was only one reason why she wasn't jealous—she didn't love her husband.

"Brother, if your sister-in-law doesn't love you, why would she be jealous of Sister Xiangmei?"

How do you know she... doesn't love me?

Ouyang Tianyun's male pride was severely damaged!

“She told Yue’er herself that she has no feelings for you, so she doesn’t care who you are with!” Ouyang Tianji thought it was better to make things clear so that his elder brother would not misunderstand his sister-in-law. “Therefore, I don’t think she would do anything to Sister Xiangmei.”

Ouyang Tianyun handed the riding whip to his second brother and turned to run towards Meiju. He wanted to find out what was going on. He ran back to the main house.

"Cousin, didn't you go to inspect the shops? Why are you back? Did you forget something?" Xiangmei greeted Ouyang Tianyun as soon as he returned.

Ouyang Tianyun didn't speak, but just stared at her, as if trying to figure out if everything she said was true.

"Cousin—" Xiangmei felt that he was acting strangely.

"I was worried that Mei'er would trip over the stones again and hurt her foot, so I came back to check on her," Ouyang Tianyun said gently, stroking her face.

"I tripped over a pebble by accident last time, it won't happen again, please don't worry, cousin," Xiangmei continued, following Ouyang Tianyun's lead. She was completely unaware that she had said the wrong thing.

"Mei'er, why did you lie to me?"

Finally, Xiangmei realized she had said something she shouldn't have, and she hugged Ouyang Tianyun and cried.

"Cousin, I didn't mean to lie to you. I was just afraid you'd scold me for being careless, so... so I... sob..."

Ouyang Tianyun was at a loss when faced with Xiangmei's tears. He gently wiped away her tears and softly comforted her, "Alright, don't cry anymore. Don't lie to me again, okay?"

Xiangmei nodded with tears in her eyes.

"Then be careful, I'm leaving." Ouyang Tianyun patted her head and went out.

He went to the backyard—

"Young Master!" The servant who was cleaning immediately bowed upon seeing Ouyang Tianyun.

"Where is the eldest young mistress?" Ouyang Tianyun asked.

"Reporting to the young master, the young mistress is resting. I will go and inform her."

"No need, you can go do your thing."

"yes."

The servant respectfully withdrew, and Ouyang Tianyun took a deep breath, raised his hand, and gently knocked twice on the door.

"Who is it?" Xiao Fei answered the door, and was startled when she saw who it was. "Young Master."

"Hmm," Ouyang Tianyun replied casually, and went into the room. He found her resting in a rocking chair.

Hearing the voice, Su Yuyin opened her eyes and looked at the person who had entered. "Put the letter of divorce on the table. I will leave Green Jade Manor as soon as possible."

Ouyang Tianyun didn't speak, but walked closer to her and looked at her face carefully. He noticed that her left cheek was very swollen, with a faint five-finger mark on it, and there was also a bump on her forehead. Good heavens! How could he have hit such a weak woman so hard?

He reached out to touch her face, but she nervously stepped back, leaving his hand frozen in mid-air...

“The injuries on my face are real, they weren’t painted on.”

"I'm sorry, I misunderstood you." He awkwardly withdrew his hand and said apologetically, feeling endless guilt and heartache at the sight of the injury on her face.

A misjudgment? Did he find out the truth?

"Fine." Since he's already apologized, there's no need for her to continue this stalemate. "What about the divorce papers?"

"A letter of divorce? I didn't write one. I... I have no reason to divorce you." He had wronged her.

"No reason? Then just make one up. It's the same as being divorced anyway, I don't care what the reason is." Su Yuyin sat up from the rocking chair, meeting his gaze. How could he be so stupid!

"How can that be?" She really doesn't love him! Why is she in such a hurry to leave him?

Faced with his "rigidity," Su Yuyin rolled her eyes. He wanted a reason, huh? She'd give him one—

She raised her hand and slapped Ouyang Tianyun hard across the face, turning his face to the side...

"Is that reason enough?" Hitting her husband? She'll definitely be divorced!

Ouyang Tianyun turned his head, looked at her expressionlessly for a while, and chuckled, "This slap is what I owe you, so we're even now. I still have no reason to divorce you."

After saying that, he turned and left.