Several days had passed since Suxi entered the Jinyu household. Yunmei had been waiting in the room for Jinyu. Suxi was pregnant and would bear the first heir, even without official status. Xu Yi was also about to enter. The household was decorated, hinting that if the mistress married Xu Yi, she would relinquish her position as family head. Yunmei worried about what would happen to the mistress and their relationship once Jinmо took on that role. Would she remain in the Jinyu household with them or leave? Would she abandon him?
Yunmei was anxious. If the mistress continued to live in the Jinyu household, regardless of her decision on a divorce, the relationship with Jinmо, the future family head, would suffer. The external rumors would become unbearable. If the mistress left without him, he would have nowhere to go. He didn’t want to endure further humiliation in the household.
The only way out was if the mistress didn’t take him when leaving. But would she?
“When she returns, I will write a divorce letter for you…”
But would she take him away?
If she hadn’t written a divorce letter, he might still have a way to live. But now, how could he continue living as a man cast aside for being unfaithful?
If he had known this would be his end, would he have sought that final glimmer of hope in his despair, angering the mistress and losing true happiness?
“Just as I was trying to love you, you want to push me away…” Yunmei whispered, his eyes filled with sorrow and desolation, more desperate than when he first learned of Jinmо’s betrayal.
Dadao, standing nearby, worriedly refrained from comforting him. Earlier, he had confronted the lowly younger brother of the widow in the household, believing he had defended the young master. Instead, he was reprimanded and told to remain silent. Those two brothers were mere low-ranking male prostitutes at the Beauty House, while the young master was the legitimate spouse of the wealthy Jinyu household. How dare they challenge him?
When Jinyu arrived and saw Yunmei looking frail and tear-streaked, she was stunned.
