Chapter 189 Stupid Poison
Shen Yuanzhu looked at Xie Qi, who had his eyes downcast and looked completely innocent.
She turned her head, thought for a moment, and said to Xie Xuchuan, "It should have been burned anyway."
"Yuanzhu!"
Xie Xuchuan couldn't help but say, "Those things are our past. Don't you feel sorry for us?"
"Do you remember? The clay figurine you gave me that Mid-Autumn Festival, the kite we made together, and the clothes and sachets you made for me..."
"They were all burned to the ground by Xie Qi."
Xie Xuchuan felt a lump in his throat as he looked at the people embracing each other and the glaring teeth marks on Xie Qi's shoulder, making his heart feel as bitter and painful as if it were being soaked in vinegar.
"How can you say so casually that those things should have been burned anyway?"
“Those are testimonies to our past, all from Xie Qi…”
Pointing his finger at Xie Qi, Xie Xuchuan trembled with anger.
"Xie Xuchuan."
Shen Yuanzhu looked up at the person in front of her for a long time, ignoring Xie Qi's rustling and disturbances beside her.
She looked at the familiar face in front of her, but for some reason, it seemed as if she hadn't seen him for many years, making him feel very unfamiliar.
"Since I remarried and you remarried, there has been no past between us."
“You shouldn’t have kept those things in the first place. Keeping those things is disrespectful to your wife and also damages my reputation…”
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi looked coldly at Xie Xuchuan and said quietly, "That's true."
"Yuanzhu, listen to me..."
Xie Xuchuan looked anxious, not wanting Shen Yuanzhu to misunderstand any further.
He stepped forward two paces and said anxiously, "Let me explain, Jiang Wansu and I are actually not..."
Before he could finish speaking, Xie Qi stepped in front of Xie Xuchuan.
His defiant gaze infuriated Xie Xuchuan, who raised his hand and shoved him hard.
Normally, Xie Qi wouldn't have been able to do anything, but today, whether Xie Qi was ill or not, this push sent Xie Qi crashing to the ground.
He was still naked, and the fall immediately left many bloody scratches on his body.
"Thank you, Qi."
Seeing this, Shen Yuanzhu hurriedly went to help him up, but Xie Xuchuan said, "Xie Qi, you despicable person."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and was about to hit someone.
"Xie Xuchuan, what's wrong with you?"
Protecting the person behind her, Shen Yuanzhu frowned deeply: "Xie Xuchuan, stop doing these stupid things."
"You're saying I... am doing something stupid?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Xuchuan couldn't hold back his tears and burst into tears instantly.
Yesterday, Xie Qi's nagging annoyed her, but seeing the argument between Xie San Niang and Xie Shan that day, which was truly heart-wrenching, she couldn't bear to mistreat Xie Qi any further.
She tolerated it; if Xie Xuchuan hadn't deliberately instigated it, Xie Qi wouldn't have gone crazy all night yesterday, causing her so much suffering.
Not wanting to confront Xie Xuchuan, Shen Yuanzhu could only suffer in silence.
This guy is something else; he even came knocking on our door first thing this morning.
A fire was burning fiercely in her heart. Shen Yuanzhu pushed Xie Qi and, seeing that he still looked weak and frail, reached out and pinched his waist hard.
Xie Qi winced in pain and quickly got up.
She pushed him into the house, but Xie Qi didn't move an inch. He just stood there with his eyes down, as if he wanted to hear her recount just how stupid Xie Xuchuan was.
Shen Yuanzhu had no time to care about him, and only said to Xie Xuchuan, "Xie Xuchuan, if I were you, I would be ashamed to face you. You shouldn't have the nerve to act so aggrieved, as if I had betrayed you."
"Whatever your relationship with Jiang Wansu was, you were the one who insisted on breaking off the engagement. Now that I've married Xie Qi, what are you complaining about?"
Shen Yuanzhu tilted her head slightly, and Xie Qi knew that this was a sign that she was confused.
Yesterday, when she asked him why there should be love between husband and wife, she said the same thing.
Recalling her words from yesterday, Xie Qi's breath hitched, and he raised his hand and pressed it hard on the wound that had just been scraped open and exposed flesh.
"I don't understand. Wasn't the reason we broke off the engagement because we no longer had any 'affection' for each other?"
"Why are you being so persistent now?"
"I……"
Xie Xuchuan said, "That's not how it is, Yuanzhu, listen to me..."
I don't want to hear it.
Shen Yuanzhu said, "What do you want to say? Even if you two are innocent, let alone now that you are married to Jiang Wansu, I am already a wife."
"You've bothered me several times, making things ugly, is it because I didn't live a miserable life as you wished after I got married, and that's making you unhappy?"
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi felt the thread of anxiety that had been hanging over his heart snap.
The pain, as if he had been forcibly pulled, vanished instantly, leaving him feeling extremely uncomfortable.
"I'm not..."
Xie Xuchuan's face turned deathly pale. He stammered as he tried to explain, but Shen Yuanzhu didn't give him the chance.
"Xie Qi is gentle by nature, so he ignores all your harassment..."
Although Xie Qi was in pain and harbored resentment towards her for having been engaged to Xie Xuchuan, he never insulted or made things difficult for her because of it.
If he feels uneasy, he will only hurt himself. This is why Shen Yuanzhu is willing to try to have an ordinary husband-wife relationship with him.
Xie Qi... at least the current Xie Qi, has never chosen to actively hurt her.
"Xie Xuchuan, you have harassed me time and time again without ever considering my situation as a married woman."
If Xie Qi is inherently violent and suspicious, if she really is just a seemingly weak and helpless "eldest daughter of the Shen family" without parents.
Xie Xuchuan's past "deep affection" and those unforgettable "pasts" will all become the driving force that pushes her to her death.
"Xie Xuchuan, admit it."
Shen Yuanzhu spoke softly and gently, with a touch of the crispness unique to young girls.
But when she looked at the person in front of her, she showed no mercy: "You and Jiang Wansu are not doing well, are you? Because you two are not doing well, Xie Qi's thoughtfulness towards me and my closeness with him are causing you great pain."
"You are not so deeply in love with me. If you were truly in love, you would not have given up our ten-year marriage agreement so easily."
"So, Xie Xuchuan, you are just..."
Shen Yuanzhu smiled gently: "Simply because they can't stand to see me doing well."
Xie Qi lowered his head, his face still flushed, as if he really was the gentle and refined person described by Shen Yuanzhu.
Xie Xuchuan's face turned deathly pale, and his eyes became empty and lifeless.
Shen Yuanzhu, however, did not intend to let him off the hook. She asked softly, "You have repeatedly provoked my husband. Do you want him to despise me, hate me, and preferably discard me like trash? Or do you want me to bear a reputation for promiscuity and be abandoned?"
"Then, you can use the name of salvation to rekindle our past relationship, right?"
"By then, Jiang Wansu and you will still be husband and wife, and the two of us can fulfill the 'childhood affection' you mentioned."
"Xie Xuchuan, why..."
Shen Yuanzhu looked at him and suddenly couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
Suddenly, her voice choked for a moment, but she quickly suppressed it.
Why do you always do such stupid and vicious things to me?
Even if they couldn't be husband and wife, they should still have some "brother-sister" bond from growing up together...
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