IBTSOME Chapter 67 Part 2

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 67 Part 2: Pair of Fishes

 

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Gu Hui Yan was still explaining where the pair of jade pendants came from: "This was a few years ago. It was probably in the second year of Yuanjia. Gu Cheng Yao sent me a piece of jade pendant and asked me to find someone. I was in the Northwest and was inconvenient. It was entrusted to Aunt Shou Kang’s name. It’s also coincidental that the woman Gu Cheng Yao was looking for happened to be the granddaughter of Aunt Shou Kang, the eldest miss of the Duke Yingguo Mansion, and the original wife of Gu Cheng Yao. Soon Aunt Shou Kang and the miss of Duke Yingguo Mansion was coming with another piece of jade pendant and send it back to me together. You said, wasn’t this coincidence?"

 

Lin Wei Xi smiled extremely weakly: "Yes, it's coincidence."

 

"Later Gu Cheng Yao and Miss Gao tied the knot, and this pair of jade pendants stayed with me." Gu Hui Yan took out the half fish from the brocade box and shook it in the sun. "The quality of jade is ordinary, but the carving is pretty good. Didn’t you always like this kind of exquisite thing, if you like it, then leave it to you."

 

Actually going to return to her hands? Lin Wei Xi was stunned. Gu Hui Yan saw that she didn't reply, and looked at her curiously: "What's wrong, don't you like it?"

 

Lin Wei Xi quickly recovered. She lowered her eyes covertly, and when she raised her head, there was nothing unusual: "No, I also think this pair of jade pendants is very beautiful. It seems that it’s brought to me by fate, then I won’t be polite and accept it."

 

Gu Hui Yan put half of the jade pendant back into Lin Wei Xi's palm. Lin Wei Xi stared blankly at the pair of jade pendants in her hand, once again tightly fitted together to form a whole.

 

At the beginning, Lin Wei Xi also liked the pair of fishes jade pendant because of its ingenuity. She casually gave Gao Ran the half of it, but it was this casual giving that caused her to be miserable for half a lifetime and died young. Lin Wei Xi never expected that after many years, she would recovered the two jade pendants like this.

 

This pair of fishes jade pendants had been through the hands of Gao Ran, Gu Cheng Yao, Grand Princess Shou Kang, and even Gu Hui Yan. It witnessed a carefree boudoir girl from the second year of Yuanjia, to the sixth year of Yuanjia where things were the same but people have changed Wangfei of a grand mansion, there were even two lives and deaths in it. But in the end, just like that time when the Duke Yingguo Mansion’s granny carried it in front of her, this pair of jade pendants just changed a brocade box and once again laid on the palm of her hand.

 

Lin Wei Xi felt heavy sigh, maybe this was the fate in the dark.

 

Gu Hui Yan stayed for a while and was called out again. When Gu Cheng Yao came in to pay respect, he happened to see Lin Wei Xi wearing a goose yellow spring jacket, leaning under the sun and playing with his pair of jade pendants.

 

Gu Cheng Yao's heart jumped twice without fail. He had to stay on the spot first in order to stabilize his figure and not let himself shown any abnormality. Wan Yue saw Gu Cheng Yao through the window, and quickly walked over to raise the curtain for Gu Cheng Yao: "Good day, Shizi."

 

Gu Cheng Yao grimaced. He was afraid that if he relaxed a little, he would show a strange appearance, so he could only make himself expressionless. He walked into the room almost ignorantly. The gentleman’s etiquette for many years seemed to be ineffective. He completely forgot to greet Lin Wei Xi, but fixed his eyes on the jade pendant in Lin Wei Xi’s hand and asked: "How can they be in your hand here?"

 

"Today I tidied things up and accidentally came across this." Lin Wei Xi just gave the general idea, putting the pair of pendants back into the box and closing the brocade box in front of Gu Cheng Yao. "Shizi still recognizes these little things?"

 

"Of course." Gu Cheng Yao couldn't help adding in his heart, how could he forget it?

 

Lin Wei Xi smiled, her face against the warm and melting sunshine of spring, clear and exquisite, delicate and pure, almost blending with the spring radiance. With her back against the shining and bright sunlight, her voice carried a sneer: "I heard that Shizi and Shizi Consort met by chance and exchanged love tokens, but unfortunately blocked by the master of this jade pendant. I thought Shizi don't like this pair of jade pendants. After all, without her, you two would have cultivated a righteous fruit a long time ago."

 

Gu Cheng Yao found himself speechless. What could he say? The matter between him and Gao Xi and Gao Ran was too complicated for outsiders to imagine and naturally could not understand. Many things were painful and unspeakable for the people involved, but to outsiders, she would only though that he was only justifying himself.

 

Lin Wei Xi was wearing a thin goose-yellow jacket today, with black hair like clouds and white skin surpassing snow, the whole person was unbelievably beautiful. She lazily leaned against the window, and the fragrance of the soil outside the window slowly permeated, gradually enclosing the whole world. All of this was beautiful like a dream.

 

Gu Cheng Yao stared at Lin Wei Xi at this moment, and the thoughts he deliberately suppressed and deliberately avoided these days became extremely clear. Lin Wei Xi and Gao Xi looked so much alike. It even made people wonder whether they were actually the same.

 

Wan Yue had been serving by Lin Wei Xi's side. After Lin Wei Xi had finished speaking, she put the things away and continued to read the account books. It was precisely because of this that Wan Yue was able to notice some unusual things.

 

Suddenly Wan Yue's heart jumped fiercely. Lin Wei Xi kept her head down and didn't pay attention to the things around her, but Wan Yue looked straight. She was frightened by this thought and her heart was beating fast. She didn't care if she would be overstepping, immediately said: "Shizi."

 

Gu Cheng Yao suddenly awakened by the sound. He turned his head and saw the maid beside Lin Wei Xi looking at him nervously.

 

The blood in Gu Cheng Yao's heart gradually froze, he hurriedly said goodbye, then quickly turned around and went out.

 

Lin Wei Xi still didn't care much about it, and didn't even bother to lift her head.

 

Gu Cheng Yao walked back to the study quickly, what was he doing? He had studied poetry and etiquette for eighteen years. Was this the result of his self-cultivation?

 

Gu Cheng Yao returned to the study and immediately took out the Four Books that he was so familiar with, but this time, after a long time, he couldn't return to his reading state.

 

Yun Hui walked in lightly and saw Shizi holding a book in his hand, but did not move for a long time. Yun Hui didn't think much, she poured the tea for Shizi, showing a gentle smile: "Shizi, you have worked hard in your studies, so let's take a rest with a cup of tea."

 

Gu Cheng Yao slowly turned his head to look at Yun Hui, who was smiling more gently and generously with the tea in her hand. But she was kept like this for a while, the smile on her face became hesitant.

 

What's wrong with Shizi? Why look at her like this?

 

Gu Cheng Yao couldn't help thinking in his heart, was it because he was too idle, so he couldn’t forget this woman he wasn’t supposed to have delusion about? If there was another woman at his side, could all this be stopped?

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