Chapter 91 The Male Lead's Past Life Part 2
Chapter 91 The Male Lead's Past Life Part 2
She actually drugged him!
He was cautious and calculating throughout his life, and he had seen all the conspiracies and intrigues in officialdom.
But unexpectedly, one day he would fall into the hands of someone he had never taken seriously.
When he first woke up, he felt furious and suddenly felt betrayed.
He truly wished he could kill her. How could someone who looked so weak and incompetent dare to harbor such thoughts and resort to such despicable means to deal with him?
His impression of her was completely overturned at this moment, leaving only anger, disappointment, and disgust.
Meng Huaiyan hates being deceived or coerced by others the most.
Unfortunately, Shen Tang has both.
The rumors had spread so far that the Duke's mansion couldn't cover them up in time. Although he was the victim in this matter, a woman's innocence is ultimately more important than a man's.
As a family of scholars with a history of over a hundred years, the Meng family is a benchmark and role model for many scholars in Daliang. If this matter is not handled properly, it will have a great impact on the reputation of the Meng family.
Moreover, his political enemies will seize on this matter, waiting for them to make a mistake, wishing they could devour him and the Meng family alive.
In the end, he had no choice but to marry her.
He didn't want to see the woman who had caused him to lose his life and suffer humiliation.
On his wedding night, he didn't even step into the bridal chamber, but went straight to the study.
Since she wants the position of Crown Prince's consort, he will give it to her; she shouldn't even dream of anything else.
Even after they got married, she continued to pester him as before, but he couldn't help but feel disgusted when he looked at her face, and he deliberately avoided her pestering afterward.
They actually saw each other less often after getting married than before.
He naturally noticed her grievance and sadness. As he looked at her, a lot of malice rose in his heart. Isn't this what you wanted?
Then you'll just have to accept it.
But as time went on, his cold and hard heart gradually softened.
Sometimes, seeing her pitiful look filled with longing and expectation, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her, and on a few occasions, he would accept the things she brought him.
This was actually out of character and his usual style, but he had no way of knowing why he felt this way.
During that time, it was as if they had returned to the days before their marriage. He looked at her with less disgust than before, but they did not take anything further.
The two of them maintained a delicate peace, and neither of them broke it.
But this peace was completely destroyed by the subsequent second dose of the drug. He overturned the soup bowl and flew into a rage.
His soft-heartedness during this period felt like one heavy slap after another across his face, mocking his foolishness and ridiculousness.
He's a joke.
She is essentially a hypocritical woman who pursues fame and fortune, wants to curry favor with the powerful, and will stop at nothing to achieve her goals.
He must be crazy to keep going easy on her!
Frightened by his anger, Shen Tang knelt down and repeated over and over that she had never done such a thing, but the previous experience was still vivid in his mind.
What's more, she personally cooked the soup and brought it over herself.
How could she possibly make him trust her again?!
No one can survive being schemed against time and time again.
He has always been a ruthless and decisive person.
However, he hesitated for the first time when dealing with her. In the end, he still couldn't kill her. He only ordered people to put her under house arrest in Tingyuxuan and let her fend for herself.
Without her constant attention, he felt somewhat uneasy for a long time, always feeling a sense of emptiness around him.
But when he thought about what she had done to him, he suppressed his discomfort.
The next time I heard news of her was when she passed away.
He hadn't seen her for almost two years, and when he suddenly heard news of her, he was momentarily stunned.
A subtle, persistent pain throbbed in my heart area; it wasn't intense, but it was hard to ignore.
He suppressed his discomfort and continued to handle his official duties as usual.
After a long while, he composed himself and instructed his subordinates to find a suitable place to bury him.
His subordinate respectfully accepted the order and withdrew, leaving him alone in the room.
He couldn't concentrate on his official duties, so he put down his pen and looked out the window. It was March, and the apricot blossoms in the courtyard were in full bloom.
A petal fell on his shoulder, and he raised his hand to gently brush it away, as if brushing away the special presence of Shen Tang in his heart.
He is a man who is always calm, self-controlled, and ruthless.
He is Meng Huaiyan, the head of the Meng family.
He carries a heavy burden on his shoulders, and he needs to remain clear-headed and calm at all times in order to make the most advantageous and rational decisions.
But he always made an exception for Shen Tang. If anyone else had treated him like that, they would have died countless times by now, but he could never bring himself to do it to her.
He disliked this feeling of being out of control.
Now that she's gone, it's actually for the best.
No one could influence him anymore; he remained the same cold, ruthless, and unbreakable Meng Huaiyan.
He doesn't need any other feelings.
No, it's not possible either.
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It doesn't whitewash the female lead's past life, nor does it deliberately try to explain their past lives.
Because Meng Huaiyan saved her, Shen Tang considered herself his light, so she obsessively and desperately tried to hold on to him, even resorting to wrong means. Her fate was indeed her own doing.
Therefore, she didn't hate Meng Huaiyan at all after being reborn. She knew that she had made a mistake because she had experienced death and had truly let go of Meng Huaiyan.
In his past life, Meng Huaiyan had a special place in Shen Tang's heart, but this special place was buried before he could grow up because of the repeated drugging.
So that special feeling was ultimately suppressed by his reason and kept deep in his heart.
If Meng Huaiyan hadn't been drugged a second time, her feelings for Shen Tang would have grown stronger, and their love would have been mutual. Unfortunately...
Because they had gone through life and death together, he gradually became curious about her and his impression of her changed as they spent more time together.
Then, it was Shen Tang's smile while fishing that sparked his interest, tearing a crack in his heart and planting a seed.
He himself didn't realize it, nor did he take any special precautions, and eventually the seed grew into a towering tree without him even noticing.
Both he and Shen Tang are somewhat obsessive at heart. They both crave love and don't understand it, but Meng Huaiyan is a bit more eccentric.
That concludes the past life chapter!
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