Avenge For Love novel Chapter 74

"I wonder what Zhuhong is doing." Wu Xingxie wondered about her stepmother. They hadn't seen each other since the family meeting so she worried if the woman got sick from the changing season.

"Lady Xi was given permission my Master

Wu to visit her hometown. I forgot to tell you earlier." Yuyan bowed as she said this.

Wu Xingxie chuckled at her actions, proceeded to dip a finger into the batter and licked it.

Yuyan glanced at her to see her reaction to the taste.

"How is it?"

Wu Xingxie tilted her head,

"I feel like it's missing something but I don't know what. Go fetch Xuan'er for me. I want him to taste it."

Yuyan nodded and turned to leave the kitchen. Stepping out, she glanced at Wei standing by the door with an expressionless face. She honestly more felt sad for him than herself.

Once the Eldest Miss married, as her personal attendant, she would move into the new house with her but what about him? He was a guard for the Wu. He'd be reassigned somewhere else or given other tasks.

"Still not talking?" She commented, disappointedly shaking her head.

Wei watched as her figure disappeared from his view before forming a privacy shield around the place. That way, no one could disturb him and her.

He entered the kitchen and halted in his step when he saw her turned away from where he stood. She was focusing on the moon cakes and hadn't notice him yet. Wu Xingxie hummed to herself as she tried to shape the cakes but kept failing.

Wei saw her struggle and walked up behind her. Her body froze in place but relaxed when he touched her hands.

"You have to do this." He helped her shaped the cakes correctly but Wu Xingxie kept forgetting as his scent occupied her mind. The manly odor filled her nose, causing her to lose concentration.

I thought I was over him. Why is he doing this to me?

Frowning, she slapped his hands away claiming,

"I can do it by myself. I don't need your help!"

Wei moved back from her outburst. She didn't even turn to look at him and continued with the moon cakes.

She clearly has feelings for me, but she wants to marry a stranger?

Wei spent his childhood years watching her in secret but why is it that he felt so distant from her? He never understood her actions and her words most of the time.

Even before Yuyan was brought into the estate, his master had already planted him in to keep her safe. During the daytimes, he'd sneak into her chambers to see what she was learning or what she was up to. Then on the last night of the week, he'd return to his master to report.

Was she angry at him?

Not really. It was out of pettiness that she was acting this way but he deserved it.

"I am engaged to someone else. Guard Wei, don't you think you're crossing the line being so close earlier?" She countered his question with her own. It was true, although she had no feelings for General Tang, she was still his fiancée. So, it was only right that she avoided intimacy with another man who not only happened to be her bodyguard but the person she liked.

"My deepest apologies. I won't let it happen again." Wei bowed and turned around to leave. She didn't turn or say anything else.

Wu Xingxie heard his fading steps and when she was positive he was outside, she breathed out in relief.

"This is for the best." Wu Xingxie whispered to herself.

I don't want to create a rift between them so it's best if I let him go.

She really liked Wei, but she also knew how much Hu Jiayi liked her. The two were best friends, how could she destroy their friendship? Therefore, she came to a final decision to not get involved with any of them.

Not only that, Wu Xingxie didn't want to be blinded by love. The quicker she married, the less reasons she had to like him.

Eventually, Yuyan returned with Wu Xuan who kept a deep frown on his face. He was still vexed that his only sister was marrying someone he had never met before.

"Xuan'er, come try this." Wu Xingxie smiled at him regardless and handed him a mooncake.