It's Zhao Zhiyuan!
She had received news that Zhao Zhiyuan was coming to find her, but she thought that, given Zhao Zhiyuan's personality, he might turn back halfway. She never expected him to come here.
She couldn't quite describe the feeling in her heart.
Zhao Zhiyuan's eyes reddened.
"Wan Ting, I've been looking for you so hard."
Mu Wanting sighed, "Now that we have both started our own families, I hope you take care of yourself."
Zhao Zhiyuan shook his head: "I can't let go, Wanting. You've already agreed to marry me."
"But Rongrong wants to marry you, and you know that she is more favored."
She had just been framed by Murong Rong, so naturally she couldn't take the blame for her.
Zhao Zhiyuan gritted his teeth: "That poisonous woman, she even tried to scheme against me before."
The commotion quickly caught the attention of the third branch of the family, and Shen Xinglan also looked over in this direction.
His eyes narrowed slightly when he saw Zhao Zhiyuan.
Back in the capital, after Mu Wanting drugged him, he never bothered him again.
He thought she had finally changed her ways and was feeling relieved.
Then he rode his horse along the long street and saw Zhao Zhiyuan and Mu Wanting walking together. He kept making her laugh the whole way.
When she was with him, she would laugh softly, covering her mouth with a handkerchief, just like a normal young lady in her boudoir, when he made her laugh at her jokes.
She exuded an indescribable air of poise and elegance.
For some reason, he just felt it was an eyesore, so he couldn't help but ride faster. The horse passed between the two of them, and he felt a little better after seeing the two of them forced apart.
Then one time we went to a restaurant. He was on the second floor, and there was a jewelry shop on the first floor opposite.
He saw Mu Wanting and Zhao Zhiyuan shopping together. Zhao Zhiyuan picked up a jade hairpin and put it in Mu Wanting's hair. Mu Wanting smiled at him, her expression gentle and tender.
Somehow, he crushed the wine glass, spilling wine that soaked his robe, just like his chaotic state of mind.
He glanced up casually and saw the jade hairpin Mu Wanting was wearing in her hair—the very same one Zhao Zhiyuan had given her. His face darkened even further.
Zhao Zhiyuan handed Mu Wanting some white flour pancakes.
"You eat, Wanting, you must be starving."
Mu Wanting shook her head: "I'm not hungry, I eat very well every day."
Zhao Zhiyuan's eyes reddened again.
"Do you think... if we hadn't been forced into this marriage, would we have been very happy?"
Mu Wanting shook her head. Her happiness with Zhao Zhiyuan was only temporary. As it turned out, the white moonlight that she obtained would turn into a grain of rice stuck to her clothes.
Su Yu glanced in this direction.
"Hurry up, don't dawdle."
These words saved Mu Wanting from this predicament, and she quickly caught up with the main group.
"Go back now, don't come back."
Zhao Zhiyuan said, "I came all this way not to hear you say such things."
Mu Wanting frowned: "Then what do you want to hear?"
Zhao Zhiyuan stared intently at Mu Wanting, his eyes overflowing with deep affection.
Mu Wanting looked away.
Shen Xinglan walked up to Mu Wanting and took her hand.
"Are you tired from walking? Let me help you."
She pursed her lips and let Shen Xinglan pull her along.
Having experienced things in her past life, she now hates Zhao Zhiyuan intensely; all her efforts and good intentions have been wasted.
No, feeding dogs is better than cultivating Zhao Zhiyuan.
Zhao Zhiyuan felt a pang of sadness as he looked at the two holding hands, but he wouldn't give up so easily, and stayed far behind them.
Shen Xinglan glanced back at Zhao Zhiyuan, her eyes growing even deeper.
My gaze involuntarily fell on her hair.
"You really like this jade hairpin?"
Mu Wanting nodded: "Yes, it looks pretty good."
She found it in her dowry; it had been so long that she had forgotten how she got it.
Shen Xinglan said, "Here's the jade hairpin I bought for you. Wear it."
Mu Wanting frowned: "That's not good. I said I would return it to you after the divorce."
Shen Xinglan was thoroughly angered.
"Mu Wanting, why do you think about divorce all the time?"
Mu Wanting blinked.
"You've always been the one who wanted a divorce." She was just going with the flow.
Shen Xinglan said coldly, "You wear it first."
Mu Wanting shrugged, wondering what had gotten into Shen Xinglan, but the person in question had spoken.
The jade hairpin looked better on Mu Wanting's head than the previous one, and Shen Xinglan's breathing became more even.
"I'll wear it from now on."
Mu Wanting remained silent.
Finally, it was lunchtime. Zhao Zhiyuan went over and handed Mu Wanting a few meat pies and some pastries.
He thought that Mu Wanting must be extremely hungry, since the food the convict was eating was so terrible.
But in the blink of an eye, he saw Mu Wanting take out dried meat and apples from her package, and then take out a piece of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat from the cart. She then set up a stove and started cooking.
Mu Wanting's cooking skills were surprisingly good. Soon, the aroma filled the air. The meal included both meat and vegetables. He had been eating and sleeping outdoors all the way, and he was quite hungry.
Mu Wanting was probably mindful of their past relationship and avoiding any appearance of impropriety, so she didn't invite him to dinner.
Chen's mother prepared a meal and handed it to him.
"You can eat now. After you finish eating, you can leave. Wan Ting is Xing Lan's wife now, so he can't possibly leave with you."
Zhao Zhiyuan shook his head: "Unless I take Mu Wanting with me, I won't leave. I've liked her for so many years, it won't hurt to wait a little longer."
After saying this, the third branch of the family looked embarrassed.
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