Chapter 55: The Shackles of the Mind – She didn’t restrict him, but he had already started…

He couldn’t wait any longer! He didn’t want to wait anymore!

Meng Huan felt that he shouldn’t be trapped in this small courtyard, giving that Xie Yunjin and Wen Zhaoyin a chance to be affectionate with each other.

After he had tidied himself up, he planned to force his way out, but when he ran to the door with Wang Fu, he easily went out without anyone stopping him.

What was going on?

“You’re not stopping me?” Meng Huan blinked his eyes, standing at the door and asking the two guards.

One of them answered, “The Mistress only forbade you from leaving the manor, but did not order to stop you from leaving the courtyard.”

What? This time, Wen Zhaoyin didn’t restrict his movements within the Wen family at all? Meng Huan felt a bit incredulous.

He had stayed in the courtyard for several days without going out! He thought she would keep him locked up as usual!

But the reality was, Wen Zhaoyin didn’t give any orders at all, yet he subconsciously shackled himself in his own mind, unconsciously imprisoning himself in the courtyard.

Habit was indeed a terrifying thing.

“Wang Fu, did you know?” He turned around and asked.

However, this time Wang Fu truly didn’t know and was left dumbfounded when directly asked.

“Forget it, forget it. Whether you knew or not makes no difference. I can’t take it out on you because of this. Let’s go.”

Just now, Meng Huan felt that due to the past two years of life, he had started to subconsciously restrain himself. After that realization, his mood was not as high as when he first rushed out and became slightly low.

He forced himself to cheer up and headed towards Zu Jun’s small courtyard.

At this time, Wen Zhaoyin had already returned. She must have been called over to talk like the previous few days. He would definitely catch her if he went over.

But when he arrived at the small courtyard and asked, Zu Jun said she wasn’t with him, but had gone to the garden, and even said with deep meaning that the two of them had gone together.

The two of them went together? Hearing this, Meng Huan inexplicably felt a surge of anger. This feeling was like something being snatched away from his hands, regardless of whether he liked that thing or not. Just the act of snatching it had already offended him.

He was now a rightful concubine, so what was Xie Yunjin? He hadn’t even left yet, and Xie Yunjin was already so shamelessly getting close to her?

Wang Fu also felt a sense of righteous indignation upon hearing this. As a man, he felt that he completely understood Meng Huan’s feelings. At this moment, he supported Meng Huan and quickly walked towards the garden.

The two of them walked all the way to the garden and saw from a distance that Wen Zhaoyin was sitting in the pavilion, and that Xie Yunjin was indeed there too, holding a zither and chatting and laughing with her.

Great, caught red-handed by him!

Meng Huan walked over there angrily, but when he got close, his anger suddenly extinguished. He felt that his anger was more like jealousy, coming out of nowhere.

He was going to leave and had been thoroughly hurt by her deception, so why was he so angry just because she was talking to another man? Could it be hinting that he wanted to temporarily please her, so he automatically took on the role?

“Wen Zhaoyin.” He still stood not far away and called out in a low voice.

His mind was extremely entangled and chaotic now, and his brain was not enough to think about anything clearly. He acted entirely based on his own heart.

Right now, he was just unhappy seeing her talking to someone else, so he wanted to call her over.

If Wen Zhaoyin came over, it would be fine, but if she didn’t… Humph.

The latter saw him coming over and was about to get up. Hearing him call, she immediately stood up and walked over, not even letting Meng Huan consider the second possibility.

“Lingyi, you’re willing to come out and look for me?” She had a smile on her face and raised her hand, wanting to place it on his shoulder.

Meng Huan frowned and shrugged, avoiding her touch for the first time. “Just now, you were chatting and laughing with someone else. Seeing me come, you act like this. Don’t pretend.”

“Not calling me Huan Huan but Lingyi, isn’t it because you have a guilty conscience?”

Wen Zhaoyin was not angry. In her eyes, Meng Huan being like this was much better than when he first found out. At least he was willing to get angry at her and talk to her.

“I’ll call you whatever you like to hear, dear husband.”

She heard footsteps behind her and turned around to see Xie Yunjin following, with a trace of imperceptible displeasure between his brows.

However, Xie Yunjin acted as if he didn’t feel it and greeted as usual, “Meng Huan, I didn’t expect to meet you in the garden. What a coincidence.”

“What coincidence? I came here on purpose.” Meng Huan never followed conventional logic.

His words immediately made Xie Yunjin’s smile stiffen. If not for his strong mentality, he might have already lost his temper.

These past few days, Zu Jun and his uncle had been talking to him, giving him ideological guidance, telling him that regardless of whether it was for himself or for the family, he had to strive to become Wen Zhaoyin’s second husband.

He was a bit disdainful at first, planning to just go through the motions and be done with it. His mother’s side of the Xie family, although not considered noble, was still a prominent family. Even if he didn’t rely on anyone, he could live a stable life.

Compared to marrying an honest person and living a simple life, the difficulty of becoming a second husband in the Wen family was indeed a bit high. He still preferred the former.

However, after interacting these past few days, Wen Zhaoyin’s indifference and even obvious rejection instead aroused his curiosity and competitiveness.

Wen Zhaoyin heard Meng Huan’s aggressive tone and knew that he was very dissatisfied with her meeting Xie Yunjin in the garden. Therefore, she quickly explained, “Huan Huan, it was Father who asked me to come here. I had just arrived when Xie Yunjin came. He and I didn’t say much.”

In just a few sentences, she clarified the relationship between the two of them and also eased some of Meng Huan’s anger.

However, this enraged Xie Yunjin on the side.

She was in such a hurry to distance herself from him. As an unmarried man, did he have no face? It sounded like he deliberately chased after her.

Although he was indeed instructed by Zu Jun to follow, saying it so directly was too damaging to his image!

Xie Yunjin held the zither and took another step closer. “Yesterday, Cousin still said she wanted to hear me play the zither. Today, she says this again. Sigh, I really don’t know which sentence to believe.”

He was again called “Cousin” by Zu Jun, saying that addressing her this way would make them seem closer.

To be honest, he didn’t feel it before, but after trying it today, there was indeed a slightly different feeling.

He didn’t know if it made them closer, but he knew that Meng Huan was getting angry again. If the other party was unhappy, he would be happy.

Cousin wanted to coax someone, so let’s see how she would coax him now.