After meeting Shen Ning that day, Xiao Ruyi sat alone in that teahouse for a long time.
She was confused after hearing Shen Ning's words, but she couldn't understand it herself at first. Han Yin liked Shen Shu not because of Shen Shu, but because of her?
Is Han Yin going to deal with her?
That shouldn't be the case. Even if their relationship isn't exactly blissful, they're childhood sweethearts and have no conflicts.
Thinking can calm people down. Xiao Ruyi gradually calmed down. She did not go to find Shen Shu again, but invited Han Yin back. The couple had a meal together with their child.
For the first time, Xiao Ruyi calmly mentioned Shen Shu: "What are your plans for her, husband?"
Han Yin glanced at her in surprise, then asked suspiciously, "What trick are you planning to pull now?"
Xiao Ruyi felt a sharp pain in her heart, but she could only endure it: "My husband is determined to have her, what can I do? She is carrying my husband's child now, there should be a plan, it is not right to let her live outside forever."
Han Yin saw through her hypocrisy at a glance and immediately put down his chopsticks: "I know you can't tolerate her, there's no need to pretend to be magnanimous. I'll take care of her affairs, you don't need to worry about it."
Regardless of whether his son was frightened, Han Yin coldly got up to leave. Xiao Ruyi was trembling with anger: "Han Yin, I am your lawfully wedded wife, but now you are completely devoted to a divorced woman. Where do you place us, mother and son?"
Han Yin stopped but did not turn around. His deep voice was filled with disgust: "If you behave yourself, you will still be the young mistress of the Han family. But if you do something you shouldn't, don't blame me for being ruthless."
He left so resolutely and ruthlessly that Xiao Ruyi realized with absolute certainty that Han Yin no longer loved her.
It's all because of that bitch, that shameless bitch seduced him.
Xiao Ruyi trembled with anger, feeling dejected and desperate.
They were perfectly fine before, it was all because of Shen Shu that things turned out this way.
She absolutely must kill that bitch!
Xiao Ruyi gritted her teeth in hatred, but after the hatred subsided, she slowly calmed down. Was everything really alright before...?
Xiao Ruyi thought back to the years since she married Han Yin. When she married into the Xiao family, the family was still at its peak. She had a grand wedding with a ten-mile-long red bridal procession. She married her childhood sweetheart, who was young, handsome, and from a similar social class. She was the envy of countless girls.
She loved her childhood sweetheart wholeheartedly, and marrying him was the happiest thing in the world. She took care of her husband, served her parents-in-law, and raised her children, devoting herself entirely to her family.
She loved Han Yin, and always had.
I worry about him getting wet in the rain, and I worry about him getting too hot in the sun. I worry about him getting tired when I do chores.
She made clothes for him by hand and cooked for him in her spare time.
She loved doing these things, enjoyed watching him drink the soup she cooked, and liked dressing him in clothes she made herself. She always felt that they were a loving couple.
But Han Yin... She could count the number of times he smiled at her on one hand; she couldn't even remember the last time he smiled at her.
He was usually cold and taciturn, and even in the rare instances of intimacy, he would complete them without uttering a word, showing no tenderness whatsoever.
Does Han Yin love her?
Xiao Ruyi's face turned pale. How come she only noticed this problem now?
Han Yin did not love her; he never loved her from the very beginning.
Because Han Yin only had her as his wife before, and she was trapped in her own fantasies, she never noticed anything was wrong. Now that Shen Shu has appeared, the stark contrast is something she can't accept.
She lay on the bed with a sad expression, recalling all the moments she had shared with Han Yin.
She and Han Yin had known each other since childhood, and she had always had feelings for Han Yin. When she came of age and learned that the Han family had come to propose marriage to her, and that the suitor was Han Yin, she was so happy that she couldn't sleep all night.
After the engagement, she counted down the days, eagerly anticipating the day she would marry Han Yin.
Later, her wish came true and everything was perfect. She felt that there was no one happier than herself.
Xiao Ruyi thought back to the time when she had just married Han Yin. No matter how Han Yin treated her, at least she was genuinely happy during that period.
Because the Xiao family was still around, everyone in the Han family went along with her. Even Han Yin's former concubines were taken away by his mother-in-law so that no one would cause her any trouble.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ruyi's expression changed slightly. Han Yin's concubine?
Yes, Han Yin had a concubine before, but she had never seen her, only heard about her from others. Anyway, when she married into the family, Han Yin was completely alone.
So, where did this concubine go?
A woman's intuition told her that this concubine must be very important.
Xiao Ruyi was cautious and did not directly ask the Han family. Instead, she found a servant who had been dismissed by the Han family and asked her about the events of a few years ago.
This old woman only swept and cleaned in Madam Han's courtyard and didn't know much, but from her, Xiao Ruyi learned that Han Yin had once been very fond of that concubine.
The concubine was named Liu'er. She was the daughter of Han Yin's wet nurse and could be considered to have grown up with Han Yin. She had been taking care of Han Yin's daily life since she was seven years old, and naturally became Han Yin's concubine after she came of age.
However, before Han Yin and Xiao Ruyi's wedding, Liu'er and her mother left the Han family, and no one knew of their existence afterward.
The wet nurse's daughter, they grew up together, they've been together since they were seven...
These unfamiliar words kept bombarding Xiao Ruyi's mind, and she suddenly felt that her childhood sweetheart relationship was ridiculous.
She thought of Han Yin as her childhood sweetheart, someone she often met and talked to, and someone she would hide on the grass to play with when her mother had a small gathering.
However, they were born and grew up together, and were very close; that's what true childhood sweethearts are all about.
If he is such an important person, why has Han Yin never mentioned him once?
Where did the Han family send the person?
Xiao Ruyi was eager to find this Liu'er. Her image as a good daughter-in-law in the Han family for many years still had some use. Without alarming her mother-in-law and Han Yin, she actually managed to find a clue.
However, when she found Liu'er, that was true despair.
Liu'er is dead.
Five years ago, a month before Han Yin was to marry her, her mother took her away from the Han family to the estate, and Liu'er left a letter and hanged herself.
She couldn't accept leaving her childhood sweetheart, and she couldn't accept watching him marry someone else.
Knowing she was not good enough for him, she committed suicide in despair. Only after her death was it discovered that she was two months pregnant.
"Hahahaha... Hahahaha..."
Xiao Ruyi was crying and laughing at the same time, acting like she had gone mad.
How ridiculous! The happy marriage she longed for turned out to be breaking up two people in love. She knew nothing about it, everyone was keeping it from her, she did nothing, yet she had to bear Han Yin's hatred in the end.
Yes, at this moment she was absolutely certain that Han Yin hated her!
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