Chapter 74: Becoming an Adulterer Again

Liu Fuying closed his mouth silently and didn't dare to respond.

Didn't she commit adultery with Pei Zhouwu back then?

What's more, Pei Zhouwu was forced to become an adulterer without knowing it. Given his law-abiding and self-disciplined character, he would never have done that if he had known.

Back then, he could have endured it even when she stood naked in front of him.

Such a decent and upright person would never do such a thing even if he was killed.

I wonder how much torment he went through in his heart due to the conflict between moral ethics and ethics when he realized that he had accidentally become someone else's adulterer.

"You...you listen to me."

Liu Fuying pulled a stool and sat closer to him, carefully reaching out her hand to cover his hand which was holding the red hairpin tighter and tighter.

"Shen Xiunian and I just used each other and we were not husband and wife. I have never slept with him in all these years. Moreover, it was he who suggested that I go out and find a man. I wanted his family business, and he wanted me to be filial to his mother. Shen Xiunian has long wanted to die. He will not live long. If it were not for the war that almost destroyed the country and the family, he would have secretly passed away with the tablet of his beloved."

While speaking, Liu Fuying also carefully observed Pei Zhouwu's expression.

Seeing that he was listening attentively, he continued speaking.

"He moved to Yunan with his mother to arrange his funeral. Yunan is a place of peace and tranquility, free from the turmoil of the capital, and is truly the most suitable place for retirement. Besides, his beloved died here, and he wants to be buried here to sleep with her."

“…”

The voice disappeared for a long time, and the silence lasted for a long time.

Pei Zhouwu looked at her face seriously, digesting her words alone.

Finally, as if he had finally thought it through, he slowly said, "If that's the case, then it's easier to deal with. Since you two have no feelings for each other, just get divorced. In terms of family property, I'm no younger than Shen Xiu. I'll give you everything you want."

“No way!”

Liu Fuying withdrew his hand and rejected it.

"No?"

"No, it just won't work."

Liu Fuying turned away and stopped looking at him. When she talked about this issue, her face was cold and full of determination.

"I have suffered so much over the years, and finally escaped from the Liu family's den. But I still had to suffer when I went to the Shen family. Shen Xiunian is as cold as a stone. The Liu family can't stand me doing well, so they find ways to find fault with me and even use me to climb up the social ladder. The second branch of the Shen family laughed at me for not having a child for many years and tried every means to seize the family property. Even today, they still refuse to give up and look for evidence of my cheating."

Whenever she thinks about these things, she gets a heart attack.

"Not to mention that the Shen family has an old lady who could go crazy at any time and needs me to take care of her day and night."

She tilted her head, looked at Pei Zhouwu again and said, "And you, I took great pains to find you, risked my family being confiscated and my clan being exterminated, told you all kinds of lies and did all kinds of evil things to you, what was I doing this for?"

It is to completely control the Shen family's business one day.

That was the condition that Shen Xiunian exchanged with her. It was hers, and no one could destroy it.

"I spent so much effort to finally get the result in front of me, and now you just abandon it and give it up. Then what is the point of all my work over the years? Is it just a joke?"

"What about me?"

When Pei Zhouwu asked this, Liu Fuying's originally determined heart shook uncontrollably.

"I deserve to be deceived and used by you. Who am I?"

Judging from his voice, he seemed to be choking again.

Liu Fuying lowered his head and said softly, "I'm sorry."

"You are sorry for me?" Pei Zhouwu's lips trembled, and his voice was shaking. "So, after all the calculations, it's still my bad luck, right?"

"That's not what I meant."

"What do you mean?"

Liu Fuying closed her eyes unwillingly, and opened them slowly after a while. Then she turned around and took Pei Zhouwu's hand, saying, "If you want, we can be like before, I..."

He stood up.

"Su Yueying!"

He still called her Su Yueying, but the shock in his expression was really frightening.

"Are you going to let me be your adulterer again?"

He just felt angry and painful in his heart, and his eyes suddenly turned red again.

"You...don't get excited yet, I..."

"Since you don't want to divorce, then I'll go find Shen Xiunian." After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave.

Liu Fuying stood up as well, stamping her feet anxiously, and chased after him two steps and hugged him from behind the waist.

"Husband."

Pei Zhouwu wanted to pull her away, but her tender and soft call of "husband" made him stop.

Seeing that he had calmed down a little, Liu Fuying took advantage of the situation again. She stuck close to him and went around to the front, holding his hands tighter, resting her chin on his chest, and looking up at him tenderly.

"Husband, in my heart you are my real husband."

Pei Zhouwu frowned, but his eyes softened, and his tears fell softly.

He really is Xiyun's biological father. Why does he love to cry so much?

"lie."

He said she was lying because he wanted her to prove that what she said was true.

Liu Fuying has always had some ability to manipulate people's hearts. She was able to coax people into not leaving her at the beginning, so how could she fail now?

"My husband, you also said that if I didn't love you, why would I have kept your portrait in secret for so many years? My husband is so handsome, gentle, considerate, and loves me so much. How can Shen Xiunian compare to him? Shen Xiunian is nothing. There is no place for him in my heart."

She turned her face and rubbed her cheek lightly against his chest.

The place where I was stabbed.

Next to it is his heart.

When I close my eyes and listen, I always feel like I'm back in those summer nights when I would lie on him even if I was sweating and hot.

As for liking someone, she really doesn't like any other man.

Pei Zhouwu, she likes him.

As for love, she doesn't know, she doesn't know what love is.

Just like Pei Zhouwu chose her even though he knew she had cheated on him, is this love?

What about her? She didn’t choose him with the same determination. Does that mean she doesn’t love him?

But like he said, if she didn't love him, why would she keep his portrait for so long?

"Husband, you are the one I love the most. I just don't want my efforts over the years to go to waste. It's something that was promised to be mine, and I must get it. I don't want to let down all the hard work I've put in over the years."

"Husband, can you please fulfill my wish?"

"Even if we want to divorce, please give me some time to think it over. I...I will give you a legitimate status."

All we can do now is delay him for a while.

She really never thought that she and Pei Zhouwu would meet again one day!

"Husband?"

She raised her face to look at him again, into his tearful eyes.

"Husband, please stop crying. It hurts me to see you crying."

…

Is it her turn to say these words? It always feels weird when she says them.

"Husband, you are so mean. Do you know that I was scared when I saw the bamboo house that was exactly the same as the one in Xiangshan just now?"

"I'm bad?"

Pei Zhouwu took a deep breath and raised his head high. He still hadn't blamed her for what she did back then.

"Husband, what are you doing?!"