Chapter 129
Wenji had never heard of the Pei family, but the valiant guards were renowned and famous. Upon hearing this, he frowned and asked, "Then why have you come to Shanzhou?"
"Come find my wife."
"Looking for a wife?"
Outside, Wen Shu was carrying a bowl of soup to help her sober up when she stepped up the stairs. She happened to hear those words, her brow furrowed, and she froze on the spot.
"Have you ever heard of the saying 'a beautiful woman's fate is intertwined with her past and present lives'?" The young man poured himself a glass of plum wine. "It may sound absurd and laughable, but A-Shu is my wife, she was before, and she will be in the future."
He raised his hand, tilted his head back, and drank the wine in one gulp.
Just as I was setting down the porcelain cup, I suddenly heard a loud crash outside.
The scalding hot hangover soup and the overturned porcelain bowl smashed to the ground, the soup splashing onto her shoes and seeping in. Wen Shu remained motionless.
When Pei Lingjun rushed out, he was met with a pale face. He took two steps forward and saw her half-wet shoes and socks. He said urgently, "Go and take care of it first."
When the truth finally came out, Wen Shu found herself unable to ask any more questions.
She let Pei Lingjun carry her into the house, take off her shoes and socks, and soak her scalded skin in cold water.
Like a puppet, without any hysterical emotions.
"When did you find out? You...you've been laughing at me all along?" He watched her call him "cousin" repeatedly to appease her.
Wen Shu breathed a sigh of relief, and for some reason, she felt somewhat relieved when Pei Lingjun mentioned her past life.
"What joke? A joke about turning your back on your husband and disowning him?"
Pei Lingjun knelt on one knee, holding her ankle with one hand and applying a wet cloth to the red and swollen area with the other.
"You knew all along! Why are you pretending to be confused?!" Wen Shu was furious and tried to kick him, but Pei Lingjun held her in his arms instead.
“No,” the young man pressed her feet into the cold water, which nearly made Wen Shu kick over the wooden tub. He looked up and said, “It was after I returned to Jijing that I remembered everything. A-Shu, do you hate me?”
The door was closed, and no one dared to go in.
For her, Pei Lingjun was both honey and poison.
The ice water was terribly cold, and the water clock inside the room dripped loudly. Wen Shu seemed to remember something and suddenly choked up, "It's good that you remembered, so I don't not know where to begin."
“Pei Lingjun, now that we have been reborn, I no longer wish to pursue the karma of our past lives. I only ask that in this life I can be with my mother and brother in peace and safety.”
Having said these words from the bottom of my heart, I felt a rare sense of relief. "I don't hate you anymore, Pei Lingjun. Let's let each other go and wish each other well."
“Ah Shu…”
He wanted to explain the cause of his past life, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the look in Wen Shu's eyes.
Calm and numb, just like the countless times she had looked at him in the backyard of the Marquis's mansion.
Pei Lingjun was speechless. He had wronged Wen Shu, so how could he expect her forgiveness?
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