Perhaps, even her parents or brothers didn't know things about her as much as this man knew.
"Now that you are like this, the dorm isn't a place where you can recover well. I decided to take you back with me, I'll send my man to take back all your belongings from the dorm and settle in my apartment. In this way, I can take care of you properly until your legs heal."
"That's not it, Ye ge." Ruan Ji smiled as she looked up at him, "I've decided to move back home, I don't think it's appropriate for me to move in with you, since we already have a marriage engagement."
"Since I'm now in this state, the matter of marriage between us may take over another discussion. Who knows what could happen in the future?" Ruan Ji didn't forget to subtly put in the thought of their marriage contract being nullified due to her injury.
"Nothing will happen, you don't need to worry too much. However, what do you think about that bastard, Huang Zhe?" Suddenly, Ruan Ji felt the shift of emotion in Xuanyuan Ye's expression, his voice, his stare, everything had changed in a short moment.
'Does he plan to get rid of that bastard for once and all?' Ruan Ji's mouth twitched as she forced a smile on her face.
"Let me take care of him myself, Ye ge. There is a lot of debt left to be settled between us."
Xuanyuan Ye could see the animosity Ruan Ji had towards Huang Zhe, but couldn't understand what happened in such a short moment for her to give off such a strong killing aura.
But he decided not to pursue this matter anymore. If she really is over with him, then he can help her discard the broken trash after she is done dealing with him.
However, if she has other plans in mind…
Well.
He wouldn't care about her opinion.
Even if Xuanyuan Ye's stance didn't waver, what was bound to happen will still happen.
Before in her previous life, the discussion also came up at a point. Right after Ruan Ji returned home, the elders of their family ran over to blame her for shaming the family and forced her to break off the engagement with Xuanyuuan Ye, pushing her cousin forward to marry in her stead.
"You shamed the family's long reputation of history by being a worthless girl, and now you broke your legs and became a defective product! There is no way the Xuanyuan family won't point fingers at us regarding this matter!"
"Since we can't give up the marriage contract completely, it would be fine to change the bride instead. How about it, let Nuan Nuan take her place and marry over to the Ye family? Or if Nuan Nuan isn't enough, then we also have other girls. They only need a girl from our family to get married, it doesn't matter which one it is as long as the marriage still goes on!"
Ruan Ji's brothers could only try to appease those elders by asking forgiveness, but her parents were supportive of her.
"It's not our Ji'er fault that the accident happened, how could you just blame her like that?" Her mother's rage left the elder trembling in anger and fear. Knowing her temper, there is no way she wouldn't come and throw their old body over her shoulder, raking and destroying things is her specialty after all.
"There is a misunderstanding. But Ji'er doesn't need to worry, me and her mother will go over to the Ye family to discuss the matter. The marriage contract…" Her father was less frightening, though it was clear that he was also angry.
It was Ruan Ji who willingly gave up that marriage, not that she was able to get rid of the marriage completely. Xuanyuan Ye didn't let her off the hook and forcefully married her later on.
There is no need to go down a tragic route, not when she was willing to marry him for real this time.
"Besides, it's not the time to delay. The battle of succession will start in our family very soon. I can't make a mistake during this crucial time." Ruan Ji's smile faded at the mention of the succession fight, her eyes automatically darting towards her legs.
"You want to return to that place? Is it really alright? I don't think they'll take good care of you." Xuanyuan Ye frowned again as he fell into deep thought.
"It's fine, my parents will take care of me, don't worry. Besides, there are many things I need to take care of back at home. I'll be fine, thanks for worrying, Ye ge."
'I still need to make sure my parents don't go down the same path as my previous life, Ye ge. Forgive me for not listening to you.'
Ruan Ji could tell he was genuinely worried for her, and her heart was touched by his warmth too. But her family's life was at stake, how could she just sit behind and do nothing.
"Alright, you can go as you wish." Xuanyuan Ye complied with Ruan Ji without a word, which surprised her for real.
"You won't ask me the reason?" There is no way he wouldn't be curious about her reason to go back, or he just doesn't care?
"Since it's you who's willingly returning to that fox's grove, I'm sure you have a good reason to do so. I won't ask you the reason, just do it and return back. I'll take you to enjoy the sunset."
At that moment, Ruan Ji understood that it wasn't because he wasn't curious, or that he didn't care. He let her go because he respected her opinions, her boundaries.
A small smile escaped Ruan Ji's lips, which made Xuanyuan Ye feel warm in his heart.
"About that, I…" Ruan Ji wanted to talk with Xuanyuan Ye a little more before she got interrupted with a loud bang at the door.