Chapter 61 Overlap You Can Marry Me Again

The chirping of cicadas in the forest made people feel irritated, and the summer breeze blowing through the gaps between the leaves could not relieve the scorching heat at noon.

"You don't want to go back with me for now, but I have to leave soon, so I have no choice but to make our relationship public," Zhou Linjin said with his usual patient tone, as if he were speaking sweet nothings. "Otherwise, people will always come to bother you, and I'm worried."

"I won't leave."

"I'll come again after I return to Beijing and finish my mission."

Chen Lianxiu was momentarily breathless, and after a moment, he continued, "You said it yourself. We will each marry our own people in the future and have no further ties."

"You can marry me again, and I will marry you again, then we will have a relationship again." Zhou Linjin said slowly.

Chen Lianxiu was so angry that she couldn't help but laugh.

"Do you think this is just playing house? You can do whatever you want. You can give up today and regret it tomorrow, and then make everyone play along. It's always up to you, not others. Zhou Linjin, now I finally understand why your father beat you because he couldn't stand your temper. When you were doing whatever you wanted, did you ever consider others?"

Zhou Linjin was silent for a moment, then said in a deep voice, "I'm paranoid, not fickle. I only did it for you. Everything happened too quickly, leaving me no room for regrets and seeking your forgiveness. If it weren't for your stepmother..."

"Don't mention them to me," Chen Lianxiu gritted her teeth and said harshly, "Don't put everything on them and then expect me to come back and make peace with you. I tell you, I really don't hate you or blame you, but I can still figure out what's going on."

Zhou Linjin's heart felt like it was being roasted in a fire. He tried hard to calm himself down and respond to her questions. "Yes, I did think I liked your sister at the time, and I always thought it was her I was with. At that time, my eye disease had not yet healed, so I couldn't see anything, and I didn't know what you looked like. It was naturally difficult for me to accept that I had given my whole heart to a complete stranger and was being teased like a fool. Let me ask you, even if it were you, would you be able to let it go immediately?"

Shen Lianxiu didn't say anything.

"I admit that I was too extreme at the time. I shouldn't have driven you away like that. I didn't understand the principle of slow progress. If I had kept you home and slowly figured things out, we wouldn't be in this situation today." Zhou Linjin made up his mind and simply told her everything. "There's actually another hidden story behind Chen Wuyu's matter. Before yesterday, I even... thought you really did harm her, but I don't mind. If you did it, there must be a reason. No matter who you are, even if you are really vicious and cruel, even if you are criticized by thousands of people, I don't care. As long as you come back, as long as I love you, that's enough."

Chen Wuyu's nose felt sore, and her heart ached as if a needle was piercing her. She couldn't tell what it felt like. Should she feel sad that he had never believed in her innocence, or should she be happy for his belated but unreserved and principled choice?

She took a step back, her expression a little dazed, but her words were sharp and ruthless: "Just think of me as a vicious woman, that's all. It doesn't matter to you, and it doesn't matter to me either. Just think of me as not worthy of you and let me go."

Zhou Linjin grabbed her hand and used strength unconsciously, but Shen Lianxiu did not feel any pain and just waited for his next words.

"I can't let you go. If we never see each other again in this life, that would be fine. That would be my punishment. But now that I have found you, I will never let you go. I have long known what I am thinking. The person I like is you, and now I have to make up for you and An'an. Ayuan, An'an can't live without a father."

"She can, I raised her very well by myself." Shen Lianxiu thought for a moment and asked again, "Let me ask you, if you knew that I already had An An, would you still drive me away?"

Zhou Linjin answered without even thinking, "No."

Chen Lianxiu nodded: "Then I understand, you are just doing this for the child, and it is the same now."

Zhou Linjin obviously didn't expect her to be so tricky. It seemed that no matter how he answered this question, it would be wrong. If he answered "yes", he could imagine what would happen to him.

Shen Lianxiu sneered and struggled hard.

Zhou Linjin still didn't let her go, but continued: "Other people have fathers, can't you bear to see An An without one? And now here, you and An An may not be safe anymore. Once I leave, who can protect you?"

Shen Lianxiu's heart tightened again and again, and she was shocked again when she heard the words: "What do you mean?"

"Prince Hui couldn't have been unaware of the Pei family's misfortune. Even Hu Jun's kindness in reminding Pei Qian led to his own death. If they find out about you, knowing all the things that have happened between the Pei family and Prince Hui, and that you're also related to me, how could he possibly let you and An An go?" Zhou Linjin's eyes grew fierce as he whispered, "There's one more thing Pei Qian told me yesterday. It was Prince Hui who abducted Shen Wuyu. He did it deliberately to retaliate against me for investigating the Shouzhou disaster relief funds. So, if he sets his sights on Chenzhou after the Pei family's misfortune, he'll easily be able to dig you out. What will happen to you and An An then?"

Chen Lianxiu took a breath and her mind was completely confused.

No wonder, no wonder she felt that Pei Ruoyan looked like Shen Wuyu. So this is what happened. Pei Ruoyan was first presented to King Hui by the Pei family, and then became Shen Wuyu's substitute because of her resemblance to Shen Wuyu. But since King Hui liked Shen Wuyu so much, why did he let her go? If Shen Wuyu ran away on her own, that didn't make sense. According to King Hui's power, it would be easy to capture her and it would be effortless.

Zhou Linjin's problem has not been resolved yet, and another thing has been added. The dispute between Prince Hui and Shen Wuyu is a small matter and has little to do with her, but as Zhou Linjin said, Prince Hui will easily find out that she is Shen Lianxiu. What will he do to her then?

And there is An An...

What should she do?

Chen Lianxiu felt a lump in her throat and didn't know how to let it out. She just looked at Zhou Linjin in front of her and glared at him fiercely with some faint resentment, then shook off his hand that was holding her arm.

"It's all because of you. This wouldn't have happened otherwise..."

"Why me?" Zhou Linjin didn't give in to her. "Pei Ruoyan had to tell you those things. If she didn't tell me, there would be others. It's just that when King Hui investigated, he didn't take you seriously and let you escape. But it's hard to say. It all depends on luck. You have me, and you still have a place to shelter from the wind and rain."

After hearing this, Chen Lianxiu just bit her lips angrily. Her lips were bitten red like cherries. The bright sunlight shone on them, making them look moist and beautiful, which made Zhou Linjin stunned.

I couldn’t see her appearance before, but I had tasted everything I should have tasted. When I compared it with the feelings in my memory, it felt both disconnected and overlapping, which was a unique feeling.

Just as Zhou Linjin was stunned, Chen Lianxiu had already turned around and walked away quickly.

Zhou Linjin didn't call her, nor did he follow her. He just watched her pull An An away, who was playing in the yard and gnawing on a chicken leg, into the kitchen and closed the door. Then he smiled bitterly silently.

On this day, Zhou Linjin once again rode back to Chenzhou at nightfall, and then asked Bi Cha to stay there. Although Pei Qian had already accepted it, there were still many complicated matters to be dealt with, and they had to return to Beijing immediately after they were dealt with.

Chen Lianxiu did not go out for the rest of the day. She just continued to see patients at home. She came out only after Zhou Linjin left, and still let Bi Cha come in to sleep.

When they went to bed at night, An An asked her, "Why does that uncle always come to our house?"

Chen Lianxiu didn't know whether she was asking Zhou Linjin or Bi Cha. Ever since she talked to Zhou Linjin at noon, her mind was very confused until now. She could only temporarily forget those things when she was treating patients, so she was too lazy to figure out who An An was asking, it was the same anyway.

She responded casually: "There is something, it has nothing to do with your little kid."

It was rare for Chen Lianxiu to be so perfunctory with An An. An An immediately frowned, muttered a few words, and said, "Mother, don't you like An An anymore?"

Chen Lianxiu kissed her daughter's forehead and looked at her blinking amber eyes, which suddenly overlapped with Zhou Linjin's eyes in her mind.

She sighed inwardly, leaned over and kissed her eyes, then said softly to her daughter, "How could Mother not like An An? An An will always be Mother's favorite baby."

An An buried her furry little head in Shen Lianxiu's arms: "Then what's wrong with you?"

"Mother is a little worried," Shen Lianxiu hugged her daughter tightly in her arms, and said, "An An doesn't understand mother's worries yet, and mother also hopes that you never understand."

An An said "Oh" as if she understood something.

When An An fell asleep, Chen Lianxiu pulled her off him, put her next to him to sleep, tucked in the corners of the quilt, and then stroked her smooth hair one by one.

There were obviously so many things for her to worry about, but when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she thought about it and there was only one thing left.

She didn't want to talk about the past, but she couldn't avoid hearing it.

Although it was dark, Shen Lianxiu's vision was still blurry. She didn't know what was going on at all. She was clearly determined to break up with Zhou Linjin, but when she thought of what Zhou Linjin said, that he would still like her even if she was a vicious woman, she felt very uncomfortable.

In the past five years, no matter whether he loved her or not, he still didn't believe her.

Shen Lianxiu sobbed softly.

It was summer now, and there was a slight breeze at night, but it was still very hot. However, she felt cold all over.

Why did he tell her all this? He obviously didn't have to say it. After all, what he was thinking was known only to heaven and earth, and outsiders couldn't dig into it. Telling her this would make her sad for no reason, and what benefit would he get from it?

It just made her resent him more.

Doesn't he understand?

On the one hand, he asked her to come back, but on the other hand, he said things that made both of them feel uncomfortable.

Or was he already certain that she had no choice but to follow him back to Beijing, which was why he was so unscrupulous? Or was he trying to impress her with his tolerance for her?

More and more thoughts came to her mind, some reasonable and some absurd, popping up one after another. Some of them even made Shen Lianxiu herself laugh. She was crying and laughing at the same time. Finally, she fell into a deep sleep in the midst of these tangled thoughts.