latelenovela Chapter 187 Reasons
Chapter 187 Reasons
Xi Yu was not familiar with the marriage laws of this era, and the original owner's memories were also vague about them. She didn't understand why only Yan San could submit an application.
"Why?" she asked Fu Baili. "Why must he be the one to file for divorce?"
"This..." Fu Baili glanced at Yan San, he dared not reveal it casually!
Suddenly, Dr. Qi walked over, grabbed Fu Baili's arm, and dragged him towards the door. Without turning his head, he waved his hand behind him and said, "We unrelated people will leave first. You two should explain yourselves properly."
Dr. Qi dragged the bewildered Fu Baili away and thoughtfully closed the door, leaving only Yan San and Xi Yu in the infirmary.
Xi Yu frowned. Still angry, she didn't want to be alone with him. She wanted to go out, but she was stopped by Yan San's figure after taking only one step.
"Please let me explain, okay? Give me a chance..." A hint of panic appeared on his usually calm and composed face.
Xi Yu lowered her eyes and remained silent for a long while before coldly saying, "There are still six minutes before the warship lands. I will only listen to you for six minutes."
"Okay!" Yan San breathed a sigh of relief. As long as she was still willing to listen to his explanation, that was enough.
After pausing for a moment, he suddenly dropped a bombshell.
"I am Yan Yue, the thirty-first commander-in-chief of the empire and a descendant of the Yan family."
Xi Yu looked up abruptly, staring at him in disbelief. He was actually... the contemporary marshal of this era?! The last descendant of the Yan clan, whose lineage was wiped out by the Han clan in history?
"Although I have a supreme status, I am not irreplaceable in this empire. Most importantly... the hidden disease inherited by the Yan family has caused our descendants to have very short lifespans, most of them not living past forty years old, with very few exceptions, such as my grandfather."
He walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and gazed at the imperial territory below.
Xi Yu pursed her lips; she could roughly guess the reason for the Yan family's short lifespan. Most members of this family likely possessed extremely high spiritual power. When spiritual power becomes too high and one doesn't know how to control it, once their own consciousness is completely devoured, only death remains.
"When I was six years old, Dr. Qi diagnosed me that I wouldn't live past twenty-six." Yan San turned his head, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, an expression that showed he had long since taken life and death lightly.
That faint smile made Xi Yu's heart clench.
"After that, Dr. Qi taught me to control my emotions, to be neither sad nor happy, neither angry nor resentful, and to suppress my temper at all times. Thanks to this method and the new drugs developed by Dr. Qi, I have lived to this day." He smiled gently, seemingly not at all bothered by talking about his impending death.
"Apart from Dr. Qi and Fu Baili, no one knows that my lifespan is shorter than that of the marshals of previous generations, but that does not stop them from hoping that I will give birth to an heir as soon as possible. All ten major families are eyeing the position of marshal's wife, especially the Han family, which is the most eager to take the position."
"To dispel their thoughts, I accepted Baili's suggestion to marry a woman first. That way, even if the Han family joins forces with the ten major families to put pressure on me, I can use this reason to refuse."
“It was purely by accident that I chose you, but I’m so glad it’s you.” His gaze softened.
He revealed almost all his most private secrets to her, hoping only for her forgiveness.