Hidden Marriage, Overbearing Love: Mr! Please Let Me Go

She didn’t know that Madam Rong was her biological mother, and she had even less idea why she kept calling her name.

”Qian Qian, tell me everything you know and everything you saw, okay? Whatever you do, don’t hide the truth.” He didn’t dare look into her eyes, because he could feel her body turning rigid in his arms. His hands tightened around her waist, pulling her even closer. ”Qian Qian, I don’t know what I’m supposed to do. I don’t know whether I should believe you, or believe Mommy...”

When Beitang Yao yanked her toward him with such force, her body pressed even more tightly to his. She could even feel the powerful beating of his heart.

”Yao, everything I said is what I saw. As for what really happened, I honestly don’t know, I’m not clear about it... I didn’t even know Madam Rong was my mother...” Xia Qingqian understood his torment, because if he chose to believe her, then his mommy would be called into question.

But if he believed his mommy, wouldn’t that make her a criminal?

Even he was at a loss, so as a weak woman, how could she possibly defend herself so much?

What he could do was give her strength. He reached out, slowly soothing her back, burying his head deep into the hollow of her neck, breathing in her scent. ”Qian Qian, I really don’t want to be separated from you. I truly wish I could just take you away from here like this...”

But he couldn’t do that!

”Yao, do you still remember what I once said to you? No matter what decision you make, I will never blame you. That’s just my fate, something I can’t escape. Even if I have to go to prison, I’m willing, as long as in your heart I’m innocent—that’s enough.” In fact, he was holding her so tightly that it hurt, hurt so much her bones felt like they were about to snap, yet she loved this kind of pain.

Because only then could she feel that the two of them were truly together! Clinging tightly to each other!

”Don’t say anymore. Once I’ve arranged everything, I’ll take you and the babies away from here.” He really regretted it; regretted bringing Xia Qingqian to the castle, regretted letting her step into his world.

Because that only brought her needless suffering...

”Yao, no! I don’t want you to take me away! I can’t selfishly monopolize you like that!” Xia Qingqian shook her head in his arms, letting her tears fall unchecked, soaking his lapels in an instant. ”My life already belongs to you. Since the First Madam said... it was me who did it, then I’m willing to bear all the charges...”

”Only, I beg you, don’t tell Zi Jian, Zi Che, and Zi Jin that they have a mother like this. In the future, when you take a wife, please, you must marry a girl who treats them as if they were her own flesh and blood. Promise me you’ll be good to me and to your children, okay?”

When she said those words, the pain in her heart was beyond anything language could express.

”Qian Qian, I’m begging you, don’t say any more, all right? How could I marry another woman? How could I let you become a criminal?” Hearing Xia Qingqian say that, Beitang Yao was seized by a sudden, inexplicable panic. All he could do was hold her even tighter in his arms. ”Qian Qian, don’t say things like that! I won’t let anything happen to you! Zi Jian and the others can only be taken care of by you alone, do you understand?”

Why did something like this have to blow up right after they’d finally confirmed their relationship?

Before, he had wished over and over and over that Mommy could come back to life, so that he wouldn’t be so utterly alone in this world.