The Spirited Daughter-in-law and the Mountain Man
Chapter 1494 My wife wants me to go upstairs

Chapter 1494: 1494 My wife wants me to go upstairs

Because Chang Haotian’s Pear Blossom Villa was built by himself, even as the heir of the Xiao Family, he was merely under the protection of his parents.

Moreover, he might not even plan to acknowledge his relatives.

He grabbed her arm, "Are you admitting that you went out with him?"

"Yes." Both times she went out were for the purpose of surveying the environment for establishing a hidden power structure; it had nothing to do with Chang Haotian. Since he was so convinced, she had no desire to deny it.

"You..." Xiao Yuchuan’s teeth were grinding harshly, "Tell me, did Chang Haotian touch you, did he ever hold your hand?"

He dearly hoped she would deny it, yet she said, "If you think he did, then he did."

"Are you looking down on me now?" Xiao Yuchuan’s handsome face darkened.

"If that’s what you want to think, then so be it." She was getting impatient as well.

"Fine, very fine!" he said angrily, "Originally, I didn’t plan to recognize my relatives and would spend a lifetime with you in the town. But since you disdain my lowly status, I’ll acknowledge this position as the heir of the Xiao Family!"

Su Qingyue laughed scornfully, "Did I ever say you shouldn’t?"

Heaven knows, many times she wanted to tell him to discard that damn heir status and to cast out the Xiao couple.

She and he could then live a peaceful life together.

But she was afraid that if she really did that, one day he might regret it.

Look, he couldn’t hold back at all.

Actually, as soon as Xiao Yuchuan said those words, he regretted them.

He truly didn’t care about being the heir of the Xiao Clan; it was just that his wife was too beautiful and too many men coveted her. Without that status, he couldn’t protect her.

With his intelligence, how could he not be clear that the Xiao Chonghuan couple’s relationship with her was only superficially harmonious?

He had intended to observe whether the Xiao couple genuinely accepted her.

If they did, all the better.

If not, when faced with a choice, he wouldn’t hesitate to choose her, to protect her.

He even planned to take over the Xiao Family and covertly dispose of the Xiao Chonghuan couple to give her a peaceful life.

"So what you mean is, you also wish for me to have wealth and glory?" he said, narrowing his eyes slightly.

"Nonsense," she retorted. "Do you think I wish for you to suffer and be poor?"

He stared into her eyes, which used to show deep affection, but now appeared so calm that not a hint of feelings for him could be discerned, causing his heart to cool slightly. "Why do I feel that life in Wushan Village was happier than now... Wife, let’s go back to Wushan Village..."

"That’s impossible," she replied curtly.

"Why?"

"People must strive to move up." She had experienced the sorrow of being powerless and defenseless. With Su Qingyue’s ability, she no longer wanted to be trampled upon!

He directly interpreted it as her not wanting him to give up his position as the heir to a first-class family.

What she actually meant was that she, Su Qingyue, intended to rise up on her own merits, not his!

"I understand," he said, closing his eyes.

She also lay quietly.

For the first time, both of them lay in the same bed without embracing, not uttering a word all night.

Late at night, Xiao Yuchuan lay awake with eyes wide open, turned to his side, and watched his wife with closed eyes and even breathing, his heart filled with anger atop of anger.

The ungrateful one, she could sleep so soundly.

Causing him insomnia.

In the darkness, illuminated by the moonlight seeping through the crack of the window, he looked at her exquisite profile, and his boiling anger inevitably gave way to tenderness.

Well then, if she wanted him to climb higher.

He would do just that.

Perhaps due to exhaustion, Xiao Yuchuan fell asleep as dawn was approaching.

When he woke up, he instinctively reached out to the empty spot beside him, opened his eyes, and saw that his wife’s figure was no longer on the bed.