Chapter 500: The Republic-Era Lady's Scheme Leads to the Death of the Male and Female Protagonists (2)

Although one studied the Four Books and Five Classics and the other received a Western education, and the two were completely different in every way, Jin Shu, as a sensitive woman, immediately sensed the mutual appreciation between the two people looking at each other on the blank paper.

This look was one that Zhang Jisheng had never shown her before.

The woman's intuition was correct. Three days later, Zhang Jisheng's army entered BH City and then rushed to the Zhang family's old house to see his wife whom he had not seen for five years.

After meeting, he only said a few words.

"We have no feelings for each other, and we both know that."

Free love is popular nowadays, so our marriage is a mistake.

I like someone else, and I hope you can accept that.

After saying these words, Zhang Jisheng left without looking back.

In recent years, while he has been away from home, the Zhang family has not been doing well in BH City.

The family was already in decline, powerless and without influence. Zhang Jisheng's mother was a sickly woman who needed to take medicine all year round. This medicine was not something that could be obtained from an ordinary pharmacy. It had to be prepared and brewed by hand by a family-run pharmacy left behind by a former imperial physician. This cost two silver dollars a day.

In addition, Zhang Jisheng also has a younger sister who is in school at BH City Women's College, and her living expenses are more than ten yuan a month.

Before Zhang Jisheng's father passed away, he left behind a debt that Jin Shu couldn't repay, and she had to struggle to raise the nearly ten silver dollars in interest every month.

Jin Shu has been shouldering the expenses of this large family for five years.

So when Jin Shu heard her husband, whom she had been eagerly awaiting, say that his first words to her were to allow him to pursue his own love, she could not bear it.

She went to Zhang's mother, thinking that Zhang's mother, who claimed to treat her like her own daughter, would stand up for her, but to her surprise, Zhang's mother only said one sentence.

“Jisheng is at a crucial stage of his promotion, and Zhao Hanying can help him. As his wife, you should be patient with him a little. But don’t worry, I will definitely not let Jisheng divorce you.”

Bear it for a while?

How can I tolerate this?

From the first day her husband returned home and said he wanted a divorce, he moved into the Wutong Mansion and never stepped foot inside again.

When Zhang Jisheng appeared in public, he always brought Zhao Hanying with him. Jin Shu had never appeared in public before, so the outside news media had no idea that Zhang Jisheng had a wife.

After all, he had already proposed to Zhao Hanying at the largest coffee shop in BH City, and the scene was photographed and put on the front page.

One was the most capable major general under the Northern warlord Liu, and the other was a modern young woman who had returned from studying abroad and received an elite education. The two were a perfect match, a match made in heaven.

The wedding date and location were set at Wutong Mansion, and Marshal Liu personally agreed to officiate the wedding.

Everything was ready; all that was left was to sign the divorce papers with Jin Shu.

Zhang's mother: "Ah Shu, I'm sorry, but you must help Ji Sheng this time. I dare not disobey the marriage arranged by General Liu himself."

Zhang Jiqing: "Sister-in-law, your marriage with my brother is a feudal dreg. You two never even met before you got married. What's there to cherish about such a marriage? If I were you, I would have divorced long ago and pursued free love! And to be honest, do you and my brother even have anything in common now?"

The once harmonious family now seemed like strangers.

In such a chaotic world, Jin Shu, an orphan, had nowhere to turn and finally chose to hang herself after being forced to sign a divorce agreement.

My memory ends here.

Yes, Jin Shu felt as if she had been reborn at this moment.

She was reborn before her suicide, during the time when Zhang Jisheng forced her to divorce him.

He had proposed to Zhao Hanying the night before, and the newspapers hadn't even published it yet.

Being reborn is naturally a good thing.

However, Jin Shu's agitation was not due to her husband's infidelity.

She was confused and reflecting.

Would I commit suicide over something like this?

How strange, because at this moment, after knowing her fate, she had no thoughts of suicide, and couldn't even feel anger.

According to my memory, she should have liked Zhang Jisheng.

She should be a gentle, virtuous, self-disciplined, and well-mannered young lady from a wealthy family, patient and tolerant, but prone to internal strife.

But that's even stranger, Jin Shu doesn't understand why she is this kind of person at all.

She shouldn't be that kind of person.

But she is indeed Jin Shu now.

The intense sense of separation made her frown.

But she doesn't want to think about things she can't understand.

Since I've been given a second chance at life, I might as well live it to the fullest.

But what's with this content suddenly popping into my head?

"The 48-hour system is now activated. After activation, you will have an additional 24 hours."

In addition, your task is as follows: Please make up for the regrets of your previous life.

The task details have been posted. Best of luck!

It was a nonsensical passage, but Jin Shu wasn't surprised at all after reading it.

Her capacity for acceptance is frightening, even to herself.

After clearing her mind and going to sleep, Jin Shu got up early the next day as usual, and then her body, more skilled than her mind, went to the kitchen to start preparing the medicine.

All the medicine Zhang's mother has taken over the years was obtained by Jin Shu from the descendants of the imperial physicians. It needs to be boiled for four hours every day, and Jin Shu has to get up at five o'clock in order to ensure that Zhang's mother can drink the medicine before nine o'clock.

Five o'clock.

The rooster hasn't crowed yet.

Jin Shu glanced at the stove in front of her, then threw away the packet of medicine in her hand, turned around, and went back to sleep.

She was so exhausted, yet she still thought about brewing medicine for others; she must have lost her mind.

When Jin Shu opened her eyes again, it was already past nine o'clock.

After waiting for half a day without Jin Shu bringing the medicine, Zhang's mother sent someone to look for her.

Jin Shu had just woken up and was sitting in the courtyard in a simple and plain dress, listening with her eyes half-closed to the chirping of the kingfisher in the cage.

"Madam, it's time for the old lady to take her medicine."

The old housekeeper came to remind her and urged her on.

"The young general is also returning today, so you should get ready as soon as possible."

"Clean up? There's nothing to clean up."

Upon hearing this, the old housekeeper looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What do you mean by that, Madam?"

"He hasn't come back for so many years and has never asked about family matters. Now that he's back, what do I need to pack?"

The old butler frowned and shook his head.

"As you wish, Madam."

No wonder the young general wanted to divorce her if she didn't fight for her own husband.

At lunchtime, the Zhang family members ate at the round table in the front hall.

Before Zhang Jisheng became successful, his mother did not need to be waited on while eating.

Now that Zhang Jisheng has become one of the three major generals of the northern warlords, his mother naturally cannot be too ostentatious.

So the family gained a nanny who was responsible for serving dishes.