Chapter 53 Husband, Don’t Wait For Me

"Let's go, let's go."

Pei Zhouwu pushed Liu Fuying and turned around. He didn't know that this separation would be equivalent to a death separation, but for him it was hard to bear even if they were separated for only two or three days. Thinking of the next three days without her by his side, he found the days unbearable.

If possible, why wouldn't he want to go with her.

But in fact, it was only three days. She said she would be back in three days.

Three days will pass quickly.

He couldn't let her feel that he was too clingy, for fear that she would worry about being controlled by him in the future and feel uncomfortable, so he pushed her forward reluctantly.

"Husband..."

"Don't worry about me. Just remember to be safe on the road and finish your business before coming back."

"But I..."

"If you say anything more, I won't let you go."

Liu Fuying's heart was shocked when he heard Pei Zhouwu's words.

It seemed that this was the first time I heard him say that he would not let her go since he knew that she was going to be away for three days.

Everything he said before was considerate and accommodating.

Something like, that was a friend she grew up with, and it was her duty to attend the party, and she was always told to just go and relax.

She paused and turned back.

Pei Zhouwu couldn't help but stagger, and hugged the person who bumped into his arms, and said with a smile: "What's wrong, it's only three days, why are you so reluctant to let go?"

"..." Liu Fuying suddenly became speechless and couldn't utter a single word.

She didn't know how to respond to Pei Zhouwu's kindness.

Although he was making fun of her for not being able to let go, Pei Zhouwu was actually the one who really couldn't let go. However, he didn't dare to say it out loud for fear of embarrassing her and putting pressure on her, so he had to hide the word "reluctance" in a joke before he dared to say it out loud.

"I'm leaving. I'm really leaving."

After holding it in for a long while, she could only utter this sentence.

Talking too much will only lead to delays. What if you really don’t want to leave?

"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

Wait for her to come back?

If you can't wait, don't wait too long.

Let go and forget.

Liu Fuying took a deep breath, made up her final determination to get out of his arms, then turned around and left resolutely.

She didn't even say a word to ask him to take care of himself.

She didn't dare say it.

Today, the worst thing to do is to be soft-hearted.

She walked quickly into the woods without looking back.

Seeing her back getting farther and farther away, Pei Zhouwu finally couldn't hold back and released his emotions. His eyes quickly heated up and turned red, and even his heart began to beat restlessly under his chest. He covered it with his hand, but it only made it struggle faster.

As her vision blurred, she soon disappeared from sight in front of her.

The forest is dense and it is difficult to find any traces.

He took a few steps forward, but the chain that was dragging the ground caught on a sharp stone and almost made him fall.

"It's only three days. She will be back soon."

She said she would always be with him, and she would not break her promise, so he just had to be patient and wait for her to come back.

The sun was shining brightly, and his clothes were half dried.

But the dampness in my heart caused by separation cannot be dried even if I expose it to the sun for another half a day.

The people in the forest had gone far away and could no longer be seen.

Pei Zhouwu turned back and picked up the wet clothes and wet packages on the ground one by one, then stepped into the water and slowly went deeper.

From time to time, he still wanted to look back.

But if she knew about his gesture of looking back every few steps, who knows how she would laugh at him. How could a grown man behave like a woman?

When the water reached his chest, he stopped again.

My heart has been beating violently since I saw her leaving, and it has not stopped until now.

I don’t know what’s going on.

It's just three days since we last met, why are you so sad?

However, after sighing, he could only dive deeper and return to the bamboo courtyard.

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Perhaps because she was pregnant, Liu Fuying kept stopping and starting as she walked down the mountain and felt tired all the time.

She deliberately chose a small path that avoided the mountain road so as not to run into pilgrims going to Changming Temple.

By the time we were almost at the bottom of the mountain, our legs were already weak.

A little further ahead was the place where she and Jin Li had agreed to pick her up. That place happened to be the direction leading to Yizhou, and there were many forks leading to all directions. The road to Changming Temple also passed through there, and there were also roads leading to various villages and towns. Therefore, it was most appropriate for the carriage to stop here. Even if someone saw her, no one would suspect that she did not go to Yizhou.

When he got closer, he met Jin Li before he saw the carriage or the horses.

She was waiting alone by the roadside. After not seeing him for such a long time, when she finally saw Liu Fuying, she did not show any joy or excitement. Instead, she looked worried.

"Madam, I'm glad to see you at last." Jin Li ran over.

From the tone of her voice, it seemed that she was not excited but rather worried and panicked.

"What's wrong with you? Why do you look like that? Where are our carriages? I'm very tired and want to get in the carriage and rest for a while."

But even if Jin Li didn't say it, Liu Fuying could guess that it was probably related to Shen Xiunian.

When she went into the city to buy wedding clothes that day, she heard people talking about Chen Xiunian, saying that he was chasing her to go to Yizhou together. She didn't know whether it was true or not at that time, but after seeing Jin Li's appearance today, she probably guessed that what those people said might be true.

"he……"

Liu Fuying's gaze drifted towards the main road and his words began with tentativeness.

"Shen Xiunian is here too?"

"Yes." Jin Li seemed about to cry. She grabbed Liu Fuying's arm and said, "We left a few days ago and the general caught up with us."

Liu Fuying was not afraid at all, she even curled her lips in amusement.

"And then, what happened after he found out I was gone?"

"He...he was fine. He followed us all the way to Yizhou and stayed there for a month."

"That's it."

Liu Fuying took a step forward. What could Chen Xiunian do? What could he dare to do?

It was his suggestion that she go out and find a man, and he didn't object to her getting pregnant with someone else. In order to avoid making a big fuss and embarrassing the Shen family, he had to keep it a secret for her. What else could he do?

On the side of the avenue outside, there is a tea stall for passers-by to rest.

Shen Xiunian was dressed in black, sitting there with his back to the sitting position, straight and motionless.

"General, my lady is back."

After listening to Jin Li's report, Shen Xiunian still sat there motionless, without even turning his head.

"General?" Jin Li was still afraid of Shen Xiunian.

Turning back, he saw Liu Fuying swaggering onto the carriage, and hurriedly chased after him, "Madam, wait for me."

Seeing this, Shen Xiunian finally reacted.

The hand holding the teacup on the table knocked the cup heavily on the table, and most of the tea that had not been drunk yet was shaken out, and cracks appeared faintly in the teacup.

"lady."

When Jin Li heard the noise, she shrank towards Liu Fuying in the carriage.

"What are you afraid of? Look, he can only vent his anger on a teacup. He is incapable of throwing a tantrum."

Liu Fuying leaned back and unconsciously raised his hand to cover his stomach.

"I just hope everything will be fine from now on."