IBTSOME Chapter 17 Part 1: Dowry

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

Chapter 17 Part 1: Dowry

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Lin Wei Xi didn't have a good face all the way, and when she returned to her room, Wan Xing couldn't hold back her excitement anymore. She quickly pulled Lin Wei Xi's sleeve and said, "Miss, you're so amazing! That was your first time playing chess, but able to beat Shizi Consort until she doesn’t have energy to turn things around.”

　

After she heard this, Lin Wei Xi’s complexion improved, indifferently said: “It’s not that difficult. The first time playing it may be disadvantage because of the rules, but it’s actually very easy after getting familiar with it. It’s much simpler than the proper chess technique. If you two like it, I can teach you."

　　

"Really? Thank you Miss!"

　　

Wan Xing almost jumped up happily, Wan Yue was more steady, but smiled after hearing this. Lin Wei Xi looked at these two lively maids who had not been wore out theirs humanity by the high gate compound, and smiled unconsciously.

　　

She was too far away from this simple happiness.

　　

Lin Wei Xi remembers that in her previous life, she recited thousand character classic at the age of three, went to school at the age of five, and began to learn the four arts (guqin, chess, calligraphy and poetry) at the age of six. A six-year-old child couldn't sit still, let her learn all this, the effect one could imagined. Then a year later, Gao Ran suddenly changed her temperament from her former self. Not only her manner of speak, but she also recognized words and learned guqin much faster than Lin Wei Xi. With such a strong contrast, Lin Wei Xi felt more and more unpleasant. She was scared, so she began to study more seriously.

　　

It was a pity that Lin Wei Xi, a real child, could not compare to the adult in Gao Ran's shell. In class, the master still prefers Gao Ran and frequently praises her by name. The grandmother, father, and brothers in the family slowly but surely changed their attitude. That feeling was really terrifying, watching what was originally hers being taken away, and the loved ones who loved her liked another person more, and she didn't even know what she had to do to stop it.

　　

It seemed that overnight, the family love and friendship that belong to Gao Xi were taken away by Gao Ran, the only one left was her mother Wei shi and her identity as eldest granddaughter.

　　

Of course she was afraid. Sometimes people who were tougher actually more vulnerable. Unfortunately, Lin Wei Xi was this kind of person. In order to regain the attention of her loved ones, and to preserve the dignity as di eldest sister, she began to work harder in private. At school, Gao Ran could master new things in a stick of incense. Lin Wei Xi couldn't do it. On the surface she didn't care, but after returning to her yard, she tried desperately to make up for it, spending double the time to catch up with her lag in class. However, even if she worked so hard, she didn't dare to let anyone knows, Gao Ran could do it easily, but she had to spend a lot of work in private. How could such a thing be known?

　　

She was too headstrong, she would rather smash the silver teeth to invigorate the blood, and never show in front of outsiders how much effort she had done.

　　

When she was ten years old her mother died because of accidental miscarriage, Grand Princess Shoukang was furious and took her to the princess mansion. After that, she lived in the princess mansion for almost a year, and finally escaped from Gao Ran's shadow.

　　

The ten years old Gao Xi really regarded Gao Ran as an insurmountable opponent. It was not until later when she saw the heavenly book she finally understand that Gao Ran was not naturally intelligent. Gao Ran just wore a young shell, with a twenty-six-year-old mind, among six-year-old children she was like a fish in the water. When the peers were six years old, Gao Ran had obvious advantages, but when they reached sixteen or seventeen, the gap was very small.

　　

Lin Wei Xi was growing, but Gao Ran was stagnated. Gao Ran immersed in the false prosperity brought by the age benefit, while ignoring the truth from ancient times, like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you will fall back. But Gao Xi since she was a child had worked harder than her peers because of her powerful shu younger sister.

　　

In her previous life, Lin Wei Xi had learned gomoku and checkers in private, and after listened to it once she could also remember Gao Ran's novel song, but Gao Ran did not lay a solid foundation for her four arts.

　　

For Lin Wei Xi, who had a solid foundation in chess, gomoku was not difficult. She understood after practicing two games in private. But for Gao Ran, once deprived of the advanced stuff that modern times brought to her, she had nothing else.

　　

To catch somebody off guard was a powerful method to win, but a general who could only rely on surprise attack, sooner or later he would die from his laziness and arrogance. Gao Ran put too much on superstitious skills, and neglects true strength. Like today's scene, even if Gao Ran tried her best, she couldn't beat Lin Wei Xi, who had already mastered gomoku.

　　

Before Lin Wei Xi playing, she didn't expect that she would win three rounds in a row, completely crushing her opponent. It was also when she was holding the white jade chess piece that Lin Wei Xi suddenly realized that the insurmountable peak that had brought her endless pressure at the age of ten had collapsed. Gao Ran could no longer be Lin Wei Xi's opponent, except in men and women’s affair.

　　

Gu Cheng Yao was simply the fatal wound in Lin Wei Xi's heart. She loved, hated, resented and even abandoned herself before she was reborn, but Gu Cheng Yao just didn't love her, what could she do? Following the journey to the capital, Lin Wei Xi for the first time in her life got along with outside male for a long period of time. With Zhou Mao Cheng and other reticent soldier silently took care of her, Lin Wei Xi felt that perhaps she might not be so bad, maybe it was Gu Cheng Yao who was blind.

　　

When Lin Wei Xi looked at Gu Cheng Yao now, the strong love and hatred when she reborn were gone. Now she just wants to see him not living well. If possible, Lin Wei Xi would like to run a few step on him herself.

　　

Today, Lin Wei Xi looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Yan Wang Mansion, and Jingdan Garden which almost exactly the same as her previous marriage courtyard, and realized that she finally reconciled with her past. Lin Wei Xi and Gao Xi had truly merged into one person.

　　

Wan Xing and Wan Yue had been chatting for a long time, and found that Lin Wei Xi hadn't spoken for a while. The two of them asked strangely: "Miss, what's the matter with you?"

　　

"Nothing." Lin Wei Xi stood up and walked to the window, pushed open the delicately carved red painted window frame, looked at the vibrant spring outside the house, her lips lightly rise forming a smile, "I'm just thinking, maybe it's time to find Grand Princess and propose to move in with her."

　　

Even though there was still unwillingness in her heart, but in the end people still need to move forward. Yan Wang Mansion was her past, her ex-husband Gu Cheng Yao and shu younger sister Gao Ran, their love stories would make them tossed each other, Lin Wei Xi should start her new life.

　　

Wan Xing was shocked when she heard this: "Miss Lin, do you want to move? Did someone bully you? Miss, if you feel aggrieved, let's go to Yan Wang. How can you move out?"

　　

"No." Lin Wei Xi said, "I have no relations with Yan Wang Mansion, and if we always live here eventually will cast a bad name. Yan Wang is polite and righteous, considerately letting us treat the mansion as our own place, but we can't really take it for granted."

　　

Wan Xing still wanted to say something, but was held back by Wan Yue. She said: "Miss, this worried slave understands. It's just that... Miss only met Grand Princess not too long ago, to propose to live in the princess mansion. Isn't it a bit too presumptuous?"

　　

Lin Wei Xi stared blankly, she almost forgot that her surname was Lin now. She still regarded Grand Princess Shoukang as her grandmother in her heart, but for Princess Shoukang, Lin Wei Xi was just a junior who somewhat had a close karma with her. It was very rude to want hurriedly move in to the princess mansion when they barely met.

　　

Lin Wei Xi rubbed her forehead with a headache: "Forget it, this matter has to be discussed for a long time. Today's words are all swallowed in your stomach, you are not allowed to say it outside, you understand?"

　　

Wan Xing and Wan Yue hurriedly bowed their heads, "Yes."

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