Chapter 2988: I Have My Reasons

Li Mingxi calmly explained, "As for my relationship with Li Qian, we are just good friends, maybe a bit like siblings. If I were involved with him, I wouldn’t have married you."

Li Mingxi’s character was something Xiao Lang understood well.

She wasn’t the kind of woman to feign or deceive; in fact, she was very genuine.

She never bothered with doing bad things, so he believed her words.

Xiao Lang felt much more at ease.

His tone softened as well: "Then why did you keep it from me? Did you know about him having a child?"

"..." Li Mingxi had no way to explain this.

She wanted to concoct an excuse to keep lying to him, but she couldn’t. Deceiving him made her feel even worse inside.

Xiao Lang lifted her chin, forcing her to meet his gaze: "Tell me why?"

"There’s no reason..."

"Why? What’s the reason you hid it from me? You should know that if you told me the truth, I wouldn’t be angry, but you still hid it from me, why?"

"Anyway, I have my reasons."

"What reasons?" Xiao Lang persisted.

Li Mingxi lowered her eyes, not daring to look at him directly: "Don’t ask, I have my reasons, I won’t say."

Xiao Lang had long sensed Li Mingxi was hiding something from him.

Now it seemed clear, she was indeed hiding something...

Back then, she stubbornly refused to marry him and chose Li Qian, who had a child. Could that matter be related to him?

Xiao Lang wasn’t stupid. Connecting Li Mingxi’s reactions over the years, it felt related to him.

Because of that matter, she didn’t dare to marry him.

But... she married him anyway...

Xiao Lang couldn’t help but be confused and increasingly curious about what she was hiding from him.

Holding her face in his hands, Xiao Lang gently said, "Baby, what can’t you tell me? We’re married now, you should trust me. Rest assured, no matter what it is, I can accept it, and I’ll stand by your side."

Li Mingxi smiled and said, "It’s just a personal matter, unrelated to you. Don’t ask."

Xiao Lang’s gaze grew sharper: "Really unrelated to me?"

"Yes."

"I don’t believe it!"

"I’m telling the truth!"

"If it’s unrelated to me, why did you adamantly refuse to be with me back then?"

Li Mingxi’s heart suddenly quivered!

She never expected him to be so perceptive...

"I didn’t want to be with you because I never planned to marry you."

Xiao Lang didn’t believe her words: "You’re lying to me! If you don’t want to marry me, who do you want to marry? Your heart only holds me, do you think I’m a fool?!"

Li Mingxi’s eyelashes fluttered slightly: "Yes, you’re in my heart. But that doesn’t mean I must marry you. Who knows when you’ll misunderstand and hurt me again? I said I don’t want to stumble in the same place twice!"

"Enough!" Xiao Lang’s heart suddenly flared with anger, "Stop using that as an excuse! I might have believed it before, but I won’t anymore! Don’t treat me like a three-year-old, don’t you find such a clumsy excuse too far-fetched?!"

"..."

"Mingxi, I’m not so overbearing that I need to know all your secrets. But this time you’re clearly hiding something related to me from me. Why won’t you just tell me? As a married couple, there shouldn’t be any secrets between us! I just want one explanation from you: why did you refuse to marry me back then?"