Chapter 230: Chapter 227: So when do you plan to marry me?
So, he could only hear with one ear.
Wen Xian listened to his words, just gazing at him like that.
The wind picked up again, tousling her hair a bit.
She didn’t move an inch, and after a moment, she suddenly asked, “Is it the left ear?”
As soon as she said this, Lu Xiao’s expression froze.
At his words, Wen Xian smiled faintly and didn’t speak.
But unconsciously, her fingers gripped tighter into her palm, as if this could negate the sharp pain that suddenly surged up from deep within her heart.
How did she know that…?
But if she hadn’t seen him admitting all this with his own mouth this time, she might never have realized it.
Wen Xian slightly averted her gaze, looking at the distant, undulating snowy mountains.
What flashed through her mind was that time on the prairie, at Fairy Lake, after she had confessed her feelings to him.
She had sprained her ankle from a fall, and he was carrying her on his back. She leaned over his back, whispering into his left ear how much she really liked him, so very much.
But he froze for a moment, then asked her what she had just said.
Back then, she had thought he pretended not to hear, wanting her to say it again, so she later yelled out across the prairie, shouting that she wanted to sleep with him…!
“…I thought you were pretending, I didn’t realize your left ear really couldn’t hear…”
Wen Xian told him all this, but even though her lips and eyes seemed to smile as she spoke, only Wen Xian knew how much pain she felt inside.
One of his ears was deaf; he spoke about it as if it was nothing, but how could anyone know how cruel the battlefield was?
There had been an explosion, and if he were a bit less lucky, there were plenty who lost arms or legs, or maybe even their whole lives.
They were all flesh and blood; how could that all be described simply as cruel?
The world isn’t entirely peaceful.
The reason they could live in present calm was that people were fighting to the death to protect their country and its people.
When Wen Xian looked at him again, a faint smile hung on her lips, and her eyes couldn’t help becoming a bit moist as she said,
“But really, Lu Xiao, even though one of your ears is deaf, it’s nothing serious, I still want to say, you’re pretty awesome.”
Lu Xiao gazed deeply at her.
Wen Xian: “As your fiancée, I am proud of you.”
At those words, her slender waist was suddenly scooped up by a strong arm—!
She bumped into his firm chest and was held tightly by him.
His head buried into the fragrant tangle of her hair.
“Wen Xian, I didn’t mean to hide it from you.”
It was nothing worth hiding; he just didn’t give it deliberate thought.
Wen Xian felt the warmth of his body, the firmness of his physique, with her cheek pressed against his shoulder, holding him tightly back.
It seemed only at this moment she didn’t have to let him see the heartache she couldn’t hide.
So what if he was disabled? Whether deaf, or if he had lost an arm or a leg, he was still the man she adored and admired.
It was his glory and his medals, yet how many soldiers who were not physically whole suffered from strange looks and ridicule from those around them after stepping down from service?
Even a man as outstanding as Lu Xiao would receive such treatment from Fang Zhi.
But she doesn’t deserve it, none of them do!
Some people may have intact bodies, but their souls are missing and dirty.
Others may have impairments, but their souls are complete and sacred.
She clasped his large hand around her delicate waist, feeling the heat of his palm grow even hotter.
Wen Xian heard his voice again, whispering in her ear as he spoke.
“Wen Xian, when do you plan to marry me?”
[Ninth Brother: Babies, the foreshadowing was there since Chapter 95. In fact, Sister-in-Law is fortunate amidst the unfortunate; when I see some readers say that Lu Xiao’s hearing impairment is cruel, can they understand that the reality of war is far crueler, and Sister-in-Law won’t be affected in daily life.] Roll around begging for votes!