IBTSOME Chapter 25 Part 1: Pique

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 25 Part 1: Pique

 

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Lin Wei Xi regretted it as soon as the words were spoken, but what could Lin Wei Xi do? She could only bite the bullet and pretend to be calm: "Your Wangfei, that is, Gu Cheng Yao's mother's surname is Shen. She passed away in the seventh year of Jianzhao, ten years ago. You are different from Gu Cheng Yao, you kept mourning period for your wife for three years. Even though with your status no one dares to insist, you still did it. Now it has been ten years since Shen Wangfei passed away, and the Shizi has also married and established a family. Although there are no children yet, but obviously there will be in a few years."

"What do you want to say?"

Lin Wei Xi blushed, but her voice did not weaken: "The Wangfei has passed away for many years, and the Shizi has grown up. There is no need to worry about heirs, and there is no need to worry about the new bride treating the predecessors' children harshly. If there is no worries about the future, you should marry a new Wangfei."

Gu Hui Yan put down his brush, did not care about the destroyed letter for First Assistant, rather looked at Lin Wei Xi, his eyes calm, unperturbed: "Go on."

Lin Wei Xi subconsciously want to bow her head, too frightening, it was more terrifying than the old-fashioned master who taught her to read when she was a child. But once the arrow shot there’s no getting it back. Lin Wei Xi in any case couldn't say to Yan Wang ‘sorry, you heard it wrong. Just now it’s only sleep talking’, right?

Lin Wei Xi’s blush almost dripping blood. Using voice that was resolute and loud in her heart, but in actually as thin as a mosquito and fly, she said softly: "You see, how about me?"

Gu Hui Yan still had a light expression, could not be distinguished between angry or happy. But he himself knew, that was not the case.

Gu Hui Yan's fingers were lightly placed on the table, under his fingertips was a reply for First Assistant Zhang, which was just destroyed by a drop of ink. But under this letter, there was another exquisite palace note.

The letter was written by Grand Princess Shou Kang. In the letter, Princess Shou Kang said that she and Lin Wei Xi were very close to each other. She was an old woman who lived in the princess mansion by herself and always felt lonely. It happened that Lin Wei Xi also mentioned this matter, so Princess Shou Kang want to take Lin Wei Xi to the princess mansion to live.

This was actually a proposal that could satisfied both sides. Even if no one dared to gossip about Yan Wang Mansion, Lin Wei Xi was an unmarried girl after all, she didn’t have blood relation with Yan Wang Mansion, and there wasn’t female elders in the mansion. If she lives here, in the end her reputation would be damaged.

It was a reasonable proposal, but Gu Hui Yan stared at the letter for a long time, he couldn't write a good reply after a while. Probably rainy days could make people more irritable. Gu Hui Yan felt offended for no reason. When he noticed this, he was surprised. How could it be? Gu Hui Yan's face was still the usual, but in his heart there was tsunami and landslide. Instead of replying to Princess Shou Kang's letter, he took another piece of paper, laid it out, and wrote a letter to Zhang Xiao Lian. When Gu Hui Yan wrote the letter, his thoughts were always unconsciously drifting towards another matter. At this moment, Lin Wei Xi opened the door and entered.

Gu Hui Yan couldn't tell for a moment whether this was accidental or the inevitable combination of several coincidences.

He only turned to those thoughts in a flash. In reality, Lin Wei Xi had just recommended herself, and she was too embarrassed to lift her head.

Gu Hui Yan looked at Lin Wei Xi's hair whorl. She was so cute with her head hanging down like this. Her neck was like a swan, made people suspected it would break with a snap. Gu Hui Yan didn't know how long he watched it, maybe it was a cup of tea or maybe it was just for a flash, he quickly returned to his soul and retracted his eyes: "You have a fever, go back and recuperate. I just pretend that I haven't heard these words. Afterwards you still live in Yan Wang Mansion with ease. If you need something say it to Gu Mingda."

"I don’t!" Lin Wei Xi was originally ashamed, but when she heard Gu Hui Yan's reply, she was surprisingly angry, "Yan Wang, what do you mean? I said this to you, you just think that I have a fever, as if nothing happened, just let me go back to rest, and treat me the same way in the future. What the hell am I in your heart? An object without thoughts and emotions, or an amusing pet that come when you call and go with your wave?"

Gu Hui Yan's eyes moved slightly, finally revealing his true emotions: "Do you know what you’re talking about?"

"I know!" Lin Wei Xi thought to herself this matter already came this far anyway, she simply shouted out without hesitation, "I admire Yan Wang’s heroic appearance, and want to marry you as the second wife. My father asks you to take care of me, and you have always want to find me a good marriage, so that I will have a husband that I can depend on in the future. But what should I do if I’m mistaken about the person? What if he only want to get your influence or only coveting my dowry? You can support me once, but can you protect me for the rest of my life? So, let me stay in the Yan Wang Mansion, wouldn't it be the best care..."

Lin Wei Xi's voice became weaker and weaker under Gu Hui Yan's eyes, well, she also knew that this was a fallacy. However, the words didn’t sound good, but the reason was true. Lin Wei Xi had been in a kind of contradiction from the beginning of her journey to the capital. On one hand, she felt that her previous life was over. She was unwilling to pay the past mistake at the cost of her reborn. She should start a new life. On the other hand, she looked at the previous life’s people, and the previous life’s matters, she was not reconciled. She was dead, and these people were still alive, and looked at it they probably would live better in the future. She couldn't pass this hurdle in her heart, really couldn’t.

Lin Wei Xi thought like this, her eyes filled with water. Gu Hui Yan sighed with a headache. Such rebellious thing, he didn't even say a word, but the initiator was aggrieved till crying. Gu Hui Yan could only say: "When you get wet in the rain it’s easy to catch a cold. Go back first and take a good rest."

This was another kind of rhetoric. Why these higher-up people always liked to say ambiguous things, could he actually say yes or no first?

Lin Wei Xi opened her mouth slightly, and wanted to say something, but Gu Hui Yan's gaze swept over in the next second. The courage that Lin Wei Xi had accumulated with great difficulty collapsed thousands of miles away, she lowered her head, gave Gu Hui Yan a salute in silence, and turned away dully.

Lin Wei Xi's retreating action carried some anger element, but at this moment, no one would care about it. As soon as Lin Wei Xi went out, she saw Gu Cheng Yao standing under the eaves and unwinding his umbrella. Gu Mingda dutifully guarded the door. Seeing Lin Wei Xi's face was not good, Gu Cheng Yao wondered: "Why are you here?"

Lin Wei Xi didn't want to say a word, with cold face she brushed past Gu Cheng Yao. Gu Mingda heard the dispute in the room just now, and they as close guards, quite understand about proper behavior, and would not pry into the master's conversation. However Gu Mingda, as Yan Wang’s right hand subordinate, was amazed in his heart. Someone actually dared to argue with Yan Wang? Maybe it should be said, someone actually can argue with Yan Wang? 


So when Lin Wei Xi came out and her face was not so good, Gu Mingda was not surprised, but Gu Cheng Yao, after seeing Lin Wei Xi walked into the rain without looking back, frowned silently: "How could she get wet by the rain so much?"

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