IBTSOME Chapter 86 Part 1

I BECAME THE STEPMOTHER OF MY EX-HUSBAND

 

Chapter 86 Part 1: The Truth

 

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"Gu Mingda." Gu Hui Yan's voice contained a warning, but Gu Mingda didn't care, even if he was going to get military punishment when he returned, he had to finish these words. He had been with Gu Hui Yan for more than 20 years and had been by his side since Gu Hui Yan was a half young man. It was precisely because he understood him that Gu Mingda knew how difficult it was for Yan Wang to meet a person he likes. Wangfei was very good, and the most important thing there was affection between Yan Wang and Wangfei. Gu Mingda couldn’t sit back and watch this hard-won marriage ruined by those inexplicable past events.

 

"Wangye, in life, gold and riches is easy to get, a confidant is hard to find, and a caring partner is one in a million fate. Wangfei cares very much about this matters. Why do you want to destroy her expectations? Women jealous because they care, don’t wait for Wangfei to be hurt and become cold, then you will make up for it. Feelings and trust are very fragile things. This point Wangye should know better than this subordinate."

 

Gu Hui Yan had the army in the palm of his hand, and nowadays he was in power. He had seen so many cross-sections alliance, and he certainly understood how precious and fragile trust was. He could coax Lin Wei Xi to sleep, and he could prove to Lin Wei Xi with double patience that there was no one else in his heart, and Lin Wei Xi did accept his arrangement just now. But even if she didn't say it, it didn't mean that she was really willing to be distracted.

 

If these obstructions were not removed, then his and Lin Wei Xi’s lives would be built on a shaky foundation. Lin Wei Xi's temperament was particularly clear-cut, hating bad people and things like enemies. If it's someone she likes, she could act coquettishly and shamelessly, but if she didn’t like, she didn’t even bother to pretend to smile, spoke coldly, and showed no mercy. In fact, she was the most arbitrary person. She preferred to rely solely on her own judgment and did not give the other party a chance to explain.

 

This could be seen in Lin Wei Xi's attitude towards him and Gu Cheng Yao.

 

When Gu Hui Yan imagined in his mind Lin Wei Xi lost her trust in him, he found it really unbearable. He didn't dare to imagine what he would do if that day come.

 

Gu Hui Yan sat quietly, not moving for a long time. Gu Mingda didn't want to disturb, slowly withdrew, and closed the door for Gu Hui Yan.

 

The moonlight was shut out, and the darkness returned to the study. Gu Hui Yan sat alone in the dark, slowly returning to nineteen years ago. At that time, he was fifteen years old, young and inexperienced, and still liked to show-off.

 

In the twenty-fourth year of Chu Yuan, Beidi disturbed the border, and the Yan fief was the first to be hit by the war. The old Yan Wang sighed at the palace report every day, but he had achieved mediocre achievements over the years, and his talents and wisdom were not really good. Except for hoping that a military prodigy would be born in the border, or the Gods and Buddhas suddenly showed mercy to protect Yan fief, he actually had no strategy left to try.

 

In this situation, Gu Hui Yan asked for himself to join the war. He was only fifteen years old, at the hot-blooded age. The old Wangfei certainly disagreed. Whoever took pains to raise their son until the age of fifteen, and the son had a heroic and upright appearance, soon could get married and start a family, they definitely would not be willing to send their son to the battlefield. However since he was little, once Gu Hui Yan made decision, he would resolutely fight for it. Before the old Wangfei relented, he took the people and left the house.

 

At that time, the front line really needed a leader to appear to boost morale. Who else better than Yan fief's heir, the young Shizi Gu Hui Yan?

 

Gu Hui Yan at the beginning could only deal with trivial matters. Obviously, other people didn't believe that this Yan Wang Mansion’s son could handle military affairs properly. But the fact was the war were critical, and commanders were especially scarce. Gu Hui Yan gradually began to participate in large and small battles. While leading the army on the road, he encountered a riot of refugees. This was a small matter. Gu Hui Yan led the people to suppress the rebel, and he even manage the subsequent resettlement of the refugees, after that he took the manpower to continue on the road.

 

Later when he was replenishing the supplies in the next town, he heard a message from his subordinates that a woman was standing in front of the gate and wanted to thank him in person. This woman went out from home some time ago and was swept away by the riots. Thanks to his timely action, she was able to get out. The woman was grateful, so she came to thank Gu Hui Yan.

 

Gu Hui Yan heard it once and ignore it, naturally did not go see this woman. There were many things that require his attention, and people who wanted repay the gratitude because they were conveniently saved count as nothing. But the other party was a girl after all. Although Gu Hui Yan didn't come forward, he still let people settled down the girl, and tomorrow he would asked his personal guards to send the girl home. However, the next day turmoil broke out in the neighboring city, and the road was really unsafe. Gu Hui Yan could only let the woman live in his courtyard and wait for the road conditions to improve before going back on the road.

 

Although the woman lived in his courtyard, Gu Hui Yan almost never met her. He only stayed in that courtyard for a few days and then left. He left another manpower with the intention to send the woman back safely. After the arduous military affairs, Gu Hui Yan quickly forgot about this matter, until three months later, the old Yan Wangfei sent a letter.

 

The old Yan Wangfei strongly disagreed with Gu Hui Yan leaving home to go to the battlefield, but the woods had turned into a boat, and she could only sigh. Later, Gu Hui Yan’s news was sent back one by one. Her son had performed well on the battlefield, which was remarkable. In the past few months, there had been frequent victories, and old Yan Wangfei’s anger quickly turned into pride.

 

The old Yan Wangfei was born from an ancient noble family in the capital, and later married the much-suspected old Yan Wang. After that, she went to the border with her husband and never returned to the capital. Her live before and after married were like two different worlds, but the old Yan Wangfei was most proud of her son. Even when she exchanged New Year’s gift or communicated with the sisters who remained in the capital, she did not hesitate to brag about her son. Gu Hui Yan had good looks, from childhood his temperament was cold and full of planning, far better than the sons of her maiden sisters. Old Yan Wangfei never said it in front of Gu Hui Yan, but in her heart, she was deeply proud.

 

Now that her son had grown to fifteen, and in his prime, he was quickly showing off his amazing military talent on the battlefield. Old Yan Wangfei felt very proud and elated. Of course, she must carefully choose a perfect marriage for her son. Her son deserves the best woman in the world.

 

Gu Hui Yan's personal conditions were indeed superior, even the top aristocratic madams in the capital also willing to tie the knot with the old Yan Wangfei. Old Yan Wangfei was simply beaming, but suddenly heard news from her servants that Shizi himself had set a marriage outside.

 

This shock was not small, and the old Yan Wangfei hurriedly asked the servant to go out to investigate, and finally figured out the source of the rumors. It turned out that Gu Hui Yan rescued a woman on a riot, and then he had been keeping her in his own courtyard ever since. This woman was also very resolute, in this kind of world, she dared to seek husband for thousands of miles, following the trail of Gu Hui Yan all the way. Gu Hui Yan was very famous these days. People were just curious about this young Shizi. Now there was a live saving grace, chasing husband for thousand miles and so on story that usually written as romance scandals, the rumors among people naturally became more and more intense. Until now, everyone said that Gu Hui Yan and this beautiful woman fell in love at first sight, but because of the chaos of the war, the time they were together were short but the separation was long. After the war settled down, Gu Hui Yan would marry this beautiful woman as Wangfei.

 

When the old Yan Wangfei heard this, she was stunned. What was this? However, the common people were most enthusiastic about such love stories. When Old Yan Wangfei heard about it, the rumors among people had already evolved out of control. When the old Yan Wangfei heard the rumor outside that was so detail, she really thought this was someone Gu Hui Yan really fancy, and kept her outside to privately set livelong events. She was so angry that she wrote a letter to question him immediately.

 

Only then did Gu Hui Yan know what was going on, and he finally realize that time he rescued a woman in passing, whom he had not even asked the name of, actually turned into a scene where a hero saved the beauty and the beautiful woman gave her heart.

 

The people's enthusiasm for love stories was unreasonable. Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai were not people of the same dynasty, and they were still passed down as eternal stories.

TN: Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the protagonist from Chinese legend The Butterfly Lovers, it’s a famous story so some of you must know, if you don’t it’s basically a Chinese version of Romeo and Juliet.

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