Chapter 4 Chapter 4 Mutual resentment
==Chapter 4==
It's like this again.
Feng Wenyu's tense body suddenly relaxed. She felt powerless, but not surprised.
There is always one person who doesn't speak, so even arguing between the two becomes a luxury.
Even when he lay down, he still held her wrists, not relaxing his grip at all.
Feng Wenyu felt a little sad and thought it was a little ridiculous.
Who would have thought that this would be the most intimate behavior between them in the past two years.
The effect of the drug pulled her into a dream, but some people just couldn't fall asleep. Gu Yushi opened his eyes in the darkness and pulled his lips in self-mockery - they were fed up with each other.
It turned out that in her eyes, she and he had reached the point where they were disgusted with each other.
The position of the mistress of the Gu family, his wife, is so difficult for her to accept?
It was clearly her who broke the promise, so why did she look so aggrieved?
The person fell asleep. He turned over and touched the woman's forehead where no one could see. He only let go after making sure the fever had subsided.
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Although Feng Wenyu's fever had subsided, the strong medicine given by Doctor Li still required her to stay in bed for many days before she gradually got better.
On the day when she was about to check in, there was a knock on the side door of the Gu Mansion.
Jinshu went to the side door, and when he came back, his face was full of doubt and he lowered his voice and said:
“Madam, it’s…Mr. Shen who is here.”
Feng Wenyu suddenly raised her eyes, she was a little bit unbelievable: "Why is he here?"
As soon as the words fell, her dark eyebrows could not help but frowned, and she could not help but coughed softly, but thinking of Shen Jingchen's body, she still forced herself to get off the bed and ordered:
"Please invite the person in."
Her face still had an unhealthy paleness. Now that the autumn air was cold, Shuyao was worried that she would catch a cold again, so she put a thick crane cloak on her. This crane cloak was a reward from the palace. The master was valued by the emperor and often received gifts from the emperor. These items would be sent to the main courtyard. There were no other female relatives in the master's house, and the cooking in both the backyard and the front yard was managed by the lady.
Feng Wenyu walked to the outer room holding her crane cloak. She did not put on her makeup, which was impolite, but in her current situation, she really had no mood to put on makeup.
There were footsteps outside. Feng Wenyu looked up and saw the person coming in behind Jinshu.
He was wearing a light-colored robe. After a moment, he stopped when he was some distance away from Feng Wenyu. When he was still, he was like the laurel in the Moon Palace, cold and bright, making people dare not touch or break it. But if you look closely, you will find that he is very thin, and his complexion looks not much better than Feng Wenyu, who had just recovered from a serious illness.
Feng Wenyu was silent as she watched the former noble young man become like this. She rubbed her aching forehead and sighed:
"It rained a few days ago, and the weather is still chilly. Why did you come out?"
Shen Jingchen just stood there, except for the time he took a closer look at Feng Wenyu when he came in, his eyebrows were slightly lowered and his eyes were focused: "I heard that you were sick."
I hadn't heard from her for a long time, and when I asked around, I heard that she was bedridden.
After enduring for a few days, Shen Jingchen still knocked on the door of Gu Mansion.
Feng Wenyu asked him to sit down, and then asked Jinshu to serve tea and cakes. She knew Shen Jingchen's current situation. Even though she saw that he was thin, Feng Wenyu did not ask too much, for fear of mentioning his scar. She said:
"I haven't seen you for a long time. It's good that you came. It saves me from having to run back again."
That being said, she actually didn't agree with Shen Jingchen's trip. His health was not good to begin with, and it would be even more worrying if he got sick.
This mansion is under the management of Feng Wenyu, but she never gets to know the news in the mansion when she is with Gu Yu. She knows better than anyone that there are two masters in this mansion.
So, while the two were sitting and talking, Mu Fan was pacing back and forth at the gate of the palace. When he saw the master coming out of the palace, he hurriedly reported the news with a tingling scalp.
Gu Yushi's whole body was frozen in place, his eyes filled with coldness.
Mu Fan held his breath and dared not make a sound. He silently led the horse over.
Someone jumped on his horse and hurried back to the mansion.
At that time, in Gu's mansion, Shen Jingchen knew that he shouldn't stay in the mansion for long because of his identity. When he learned that Feng Wenyu's condition had improved, he got up and said goodbye.
Feng Wenyu didn't stop him.
She glanced at the tea next to Shen Jingchen that hadn't been touched the entire time, and stood up to see him off.
"It's a long way to the south of the city. How did you get here?"
Shen Jingchen paused and said nothing.
Feng Wenyu immediately understood what was going on, and she felt a headache again: "I'll have someone prepare a carriage and send you back."
If you walk from the south of the city to Gu's house, it will probably take nearly two hours.
I don't know when he left home, but he arrived at Gu's house before noon.
Feng Wenyu turned around to tell Jinshu to prepare the carriage. Shen Jingchen didn't want her to go through so much trouble, so he subconsciously reached out to stop her. But just as he raised his hand, he thought of something and immediately frowned and retracted it.
But during this pause, Feng Wenyu also noticed something, and her expression changed:
“Your hand—!”
Shen Jingchen's expression changed slightly, and he denied it flatly: "I'm fine."
But Feng Wenyu had already grabbed his sleeve, and when she saw the redness and swelling on his finger joints, she was suddenly stunned.
Feng Wenyu felt dizzy for a while.
His hand... was destroyed?
Shen Jingchen knew that he could no longer hide the truth, so he stopped struggling. However, when he saw Feng Wenyu's shocked expression, he still couldn't help but lower his eyes silently.
Feng Wenyu came back to her senses and couldn't help but ask, "How dare they—"
After a pause, she came back to her senses and felt that she had said some nonsense. What were they afraid of? Otherwise, they would not have sent Shen Jingchen to the Jiaofang Division in the first place.
Shen Jingchen lowered his eyes, his voice still calm, as if he was not the one injured. He said calmly:
"Now I don't have to pick up a pen to write, so this will give them some peace and quiet for a while."
He had given up hope of fame and fortune long ago, and his hands were only good for playing the zither and being teased by others. So let them be ruined.
Feng Wenyu's hand holding his sleeve was shaking a little. Suddenly, someone walked in quickly from outside, and what caught his eyes was this scene. His wife was pulling the sleeve of the man from outside, and the two were standing opposite each other. The look cast by the man, no matter how secretive his emotions were, were real.
What a picture of love between a man and a woman!
Gu Yushi stared at the scene, his breath slightly choking for a moment, his heart as if being gripped by a hand. He still maintained the motion of lifting the bead curtain, his finger bones turning pale blue. He looked intently at Feng Wenyu's hand holding the man's sleeve. The emotions in his eyes surged and then gradually calmed down, and his cold voice spread inch by inch:
"Everyone get out!"
Mu Fan stopped immediately, not daring to raise his head.
Feng Wenyu looked at Gu Yushi in astonishment as he barged in. She followed his gaze and saw that her hand was still on Shen Jingchen's sleeve. She realized something and instantly let go of her hand, frowning slightly.
"Gu Yushi——"
Since there were no outsiders here, Gu Yushi closed his eyes. He pulled the corners of his lips together, mocking himself and saying, "Feng Wenyu."
This voice stopped Feng Wenyu from talking and made her look up at him. He was full of oppressive energy, and his eyes were as dark and oppressive as the dark clouds in the sky, so depressing that it made people breathless. He didn't even look at Shen Jingchen, but only at Feng Wenyu, his emotions surging:
"You really want to leave the Gu Mansion? If divorce fails, you'll just openly let someone enter the mansion?!"
Let this actor enter the house without even the slightest cover.
She didn't even give him the slightest bit of face. What on earth was she trying to do? Was she trying to force him to divorce her?
Does she like this actor so much?
There were so many embarrassing words, but in the end they all merged into one grand statement.
Feng Wenyu's mind went blank. Gu Yushi was always calm and composed. Except for their wedding day, she had never seen him lose his composure like this. This made Feng Wenyu even more incredulous.
What is he talking about...
His words seeped into her mind bit by bit, making it impossible for her to not understand them. Her heart seemed to be tightened in an instant, tied to a heavy stone, and sank deeply to the bottom of the water, making it difficult for her to breathe.
In his eyes, she and Shen Jingchen were having an affair?
This realization made her breathe heavily. She looked up, but the voice was so light and vague that it had no landing point. She could only find a hint of the sound:
"…Are you crazy?"
Shen Jingchen's heart sank slightly, knowing that he was the one who caused the trouble. He took a step forward: "Master Gu misunderstood——"
Before he could finish his words, Gu Yushi suddenly turned around and looked at him. Unlike the questioning he had given Feng Wenyu, his gaze was chilling. Shen Jingchen had no doubt that he disliked him.
"There's no need for a third party to interfere in the matter between her and me. Master Lin Yu should know his own limitations."
Gu Yushi never showed his emotions. This was the first time he hated someone so much. He looked at Shen Jingchen with undisguised disgust. When did he and Feng Wenyu ever need someone to explain things to them?
Who can tell whether the words of a third party are explanations or instigations?
He called him Master Linyu.
This was his stage name in the Jiaofangsi.
Shen Jingchen fell silent. In an instant, he immediately realized that Gu Yushi might have known of his existence for a long time.
Once doubts arise, if they are not resolved in a timely manner, they will accumulate over time and eventually become a problem that will be difficult to eradicate.
Shen Jingchen knew very well that in this situation, it was not possible for him to dispel Gu Yushi's doubts with just a few words.
There is only one person who can calm Gu Yushi down.
And his speaking out would only add fuel to the fire.
When Feng Wenyu looked at Gu Yu without a mistake, they had been married for twelve years and she knew that Gu Yu was arrogant behind his appearance. The fact that he could lose his composure in front of Shen Jingchen showed that he was convinced that she and Shen Jingchen were having an affair.
She took a deep breath and felt ridiculous:
"We've known each other for fifteen years, and in your eyes, I'm such a fickle person?"
Gu Yushi also found it ridiculous: "Are you saying that I witnessed it with my own eyes and wronged you?"
Feng Wenyu closed his eyes numbly.
It seems like this has been going on for the past two years. One of them always becomes silent, and neither of them is willing to answer the other's questions properly.
He had already convicted her.
Feng Wenyu felt completely exhausted and could only ask him wearily, "Since you think I'm having an affair with a man outside your family, why don't you give me a divorce letter?"
Upon hearing this, Gu Yushi had a feeling that it was just as he expected.
Her goal was indeed to get a divorce.
Gu Yushi looked at the woman steadily. There was an indescribable weariness and numbness in her eyes and brows. Gu Yushi's heart sank a little bit.
During these two years of resentment between the two sides, Feng Wenyu was not the only one who felt tired.
"I have fulfilled all my promises to you before we got married."
He did not take concubines, did not divorce his wife, did not keep mistresses, and protected her all her life.
Even though their relationship had changed in the past two years, he protected her reputation externally and gave her wealth internally.
He didn't know why the two of them had come to this point.
Are you tired of each other?
Gu Yushi closed his eyes, then opened them again. He heard himself say:
"If divorce is what you insist on, I will grant your wish."
Everything around was quiet, so this sound became particularly clear.
Shen Jingchen was speechless.
Feng Wenyu's fingertips trembled, she suddenly turned her head, a tear fell silently from the corner of her eye, slid down her collar and disappeared.
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