Transmigration; Married to My Ex-Fiancé's Uncle-Chapter 290; Lu Yuze & Shuyin 2

"Shuyin," he said gently, his hand coming up to cup her face. "I don’t see you as a birthing machine. I never have. That’s not why I married you."

"Then why bring up having two kids?" Her eyes were sharp now, defensive. "What was that about if not...."

"Fear," Lu Yuze admitted quietly. "Pure, selfish fear. I watched you nearly die this morning. Watched blood pour from your mouth, watched you slip away, and I couldn’t do anything to stop it. My first wife died and left me Yuyan, a piece of herself that lives on. And I realized that if something happens to you, if I lose you..." His voice cracked slightly. "I’d have nothing left of you. No child to remember you by. You’d just be... gone. Completely."

Shuyin’s expression softened slightly, some of the defensiveness melting away.

"But that was selfish of me," Lu Yuze continued. "I wasn’t thinking about you, about what you want. I was only thinking about my own fear of losing you."

She was quiet for a long moment, her eyes searching his face as if trying to determine his sincerity.

"I’m not your first wife," she finally said, her voice softer but still firm. "I’m not her replacement. I’m not here to give you what she couldn’t, or to fill some void she left behind. I’m just... me. Shuyin. A woman who doesn’t want children and who has no interest in putting herself through that."

"I know," Lu Yuze said, stroking her cheek with his thumb. "I know you’re not her. I know you’re your own person. And I’m sorry for putting that pressure on you, even unintentionally."

Shuyin’s eyes held his for a moment longer, as if waiting to see if he would push, if he would demand explanations or reasons.

When he didn’t, when he simply accepted her words at face value, something in her posture relaxed.

Lu Yuze could see there was more, something behind her adamant refusal, something that put that hard edge in her voice, but he also knew better than to push.

Whatever her reasons, whatever she’d experienced that made her so fiercely opposed to the idea, she would tell him when and if she was ready.

Or she wouldn’t. And that was her right.

"I won’t bring it up again," he said quietly. "Your body, your choice. Always."

"Good." She nodded once, satisfied.

"But," he added, vulnerability creeping into his voice, "I won’t lie and say I’m not terrified of losing you. Of you leaving me with nothing. After this morning, that fear is very real."

Shuyin was quiet for a moment, then she lifted her hand to touch his face, her fingers gentle against his jaw.

"I’m not going anywhere," she said firmly. "I’m staying with you. I’m here, I’m alive, and that should be enough. You don’t need a child to remember me by because I’m not planning on dying anytime soon. I’m stubborn, remember?"

A small, relieved smile tugged at Lu Yuze’s lips. "You are remarkably stubborn."

"And you have Yuyan," Shuyin continued. "And now Chen Xiao. Two children who need parents, who need love, guidance, and stability. Isn’t that enough? Can’t that be our family?"

Lu Yuze looked at her, this fierce, independent, guarded woman who had given him a choice of getting married, and now, they were building a family together.

He could see the walls she kept around certain parts of herself, the things she wouldn’t share, the pain she wouldn’t explain.

And he realized he didn’t need to know everything. Didn’t need her to bear every wound, explain every fear. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

What mattered was that she was here, that she was staying, that she was his.

"Yes," he said, and meant it completely. "That’s more than enough. That’s everything."

Shuyin’s expression softened completely, and she leaned up to press a gentle kiss to his lips. "Good. Then we understand each other."

"We do," Lu Yuze agreed, holding her close. "And Shuyin? Thank you. For being honest with me about this."

"Mm." She settled back against his chest, clearly considering the conversation closed.

Lu Yuze held her, feeling the mystery of her, the parts she shared, and the parts she kept locked away.

The woman who could see fate but wouldn’t explain her past. The celestial being who had chosen a mortal life but wouldn’t say why.

And he accepted it. Accepted her. All of her, including the secrets she kept.

Because this was what love was, trusting someone even when you didn’t know everything, choosing them even when parts of them remained hidden.

"Sleep now," he murmured. "We’ll deal with everything else when you wake."

"Mm," Shuyin agreed, already drifting off again.

And Lu Yuze held his mysterious, complicated, perfect wife, accepting that some questions would never be answered.

And finding that he was okay with that.

But before he could close his eyes, his mind shifted to something else, something he needed to tell her while she was still awake enough to hear it.

"Shuyin," he said quietly, his tone turning more serious. "There’s something you need to know. About Chen Xiao."

"Mmnh... they’re dead? It’s their fate and destiny," she mumbled sleepily, her voice carrying that detached quality of someone half-asleep but still fully aware.

Lu Yuze went still. "You knew?"

He shouldn’t be surprised, not after everything he’d witnessed, not after watching her perform impossible feats of healing and magic. But still, the casual certainty in her voice caught him off guard.

"Yeah," Shuyin murmured, burrowing deeper into his embrace, clearly fighting to stay awake. "That’s why I insisted on having one of the kids. I can’t alter all their fates at once, I can’t interfere with the mortal world, I can only do one. Did you think I actually like kids? I’m very impatient with them."

Lu Yuze stared down at her, processing this. "You saw their deaths coming. All four of them?" And if she saw....

"Mmm." It wasn’t quite confirmation, but it wasn’t denial either.