It was as if Bai Qingyue could have somehow read his subordinate's confused state at that second, for he suddenly said, "You do not understand the consequences of your actions. My wife is a person who would rather fawn over a weak, struggling man than shower her affections over someone strong and capable. My ailing condition was my leverage and now, she would use the knowledge of my well-being as an excuse to escape me."
Bai Yu couldn't see His Lordship, but he managed to detect the tone of irritation leaking forth from his voice. He heard the bed creak and knew that His Lordship arranged himself into a more relaxed position.
'Sire, your wife would sooner leave you for thinking you are not even interested in her as a man would be towards a woman! She thinks you've been fooling her for entirely different reasons.' Bai Yu sensibly kept this thought to himself, and only answered His Lordship with another apology.
"You may rise." Bai Qingyue spoke at length.
