Just one single look and Wang Deming understood that her facade finally dropped. She is ready to face him straight.
He smiled, not with victory against her but with happiness that he would be one of the very few who would know the true Jiang Xiurong.
He immediately took a step back from her and gave her the space that she needed. His single gesture showed that he is ready to answer any of her questions truthfully.
She is ready to show her true self and he is ready to give her the answers that she wanted. Hence it is not the appropriate time yet to 'seduce' his newly wed wife. He had all night for them anyway.
Jiang Xiurong understood his intentions and looked at him straight as she spoke, "You know me."
Wang Deming chuckled as he answered, "Of course I know you. You are my wife."
She tsked at his answer as she continued speaking, "You know what I mean."
He smirked as he said, "Do I?" Is it that easy to make him speak first? It should be her to open the topic and he would just answer her questions. Why would he himself fall in her trap and speak about everything?
In fact he was clearly ready to answer her and waited for her to ask the questions.
But he just wanted to tease her a little more as he found her aggressive look so adorable.
Jiang Xiurong took a deep breath after closing her eyes and then slowly opened her eyes to look at him with calmness as she went straight to the topic, "I tried to kill your Father."
The teasing glint in Wang Deming's eyes vanished in an instant as he looked into her eyes. 'So she finally decided to come straight to the topic?'
He warmly smiled as he spoke, "No, you did not."
Jiang Xiurong frowned at his words. 'What does he mean?' But she still did not speak and let him continue speaking about his 'statement'.
Wang Deming too followed her voiceless instructions and continued, "You just tried to scare him by harming him a little. You did not try to kill him. If you had tried, he would have been dead already."
Jiang Xiurong's eyes narrowed at his words. 'He knew everything including her intentions? How long has he been observing me that day?'
She still did not understand him. He clearly saw her trying to harm his father, then why did he not save him?
She simply looked at him again and said, "I will try to kill your Father again."
"I know."
"I will kill your Father."
"I know."
"Then why did you marry me?" She came to the question that she wanted to ask him for so long.
He did not change his expression and continued looking into her eyes and answered truthfully, "I love you."
She was shocked by his sudden confession but still continued speaking while raising her eyebrow, "Your Father loves you too."
He did not change his expression yet as he said, "But I love you more."
Jiang Xiurong was dumbstruck by his answer. He met her just once and fell in love with her? Okay. She may accept that.
But he would support her decision about killing his Father who loved him so much just because he loves her after meeting her a single time? She would not accept such a silly excuse or motive.
There is definitely something more to this than what he showed her. Is this a trap for her in any way? She wanted to know this.
Just her expressions were enough for Wang Deming to understand what she was thinking. He simply smiled and asked, "Why do you want to kill the emperor?"
She looked at him and answered, "I have my reasons for this." She just meant that she is still not ready to share her secrets with him yet. They are not close enough to tell him the reason behind her decision of taking revenge or to kill the Emperor.
He doesn't deserve to know this yet. And he too accepted this as he smiled at her words and said, "Similarly I have my reasons too. Don't worry that I had laid traps for you. If I wanted, I would have caught you the moment you entered the Emperor's room. There is no need for me to use traps for you.
"I can tell you that I will not stop you from killing him. But maybe I will even support you in doing so. So don't worry much and relax in front of me."