I thought that after I gave in, Ye Shu would be satisfied. However, what she had done had completely shattered my good impression of her, leaving me with only numbness.
On the wedding night, Xiao Hechuan sat there all night and refused to touch her.
Ye Shu was very angry and smashed everything she could. The porcelain pieces scraped across his neck, leaving a thin trail of blood, but he was completely unaware and let her do what she wanted.
Only after seeing the blood did Ye Shu feel afraid. She loved him, but her morbid possessiveness and desire for control turned her into a devil.
She finally stopped and fell asleep because she was tired.
Ye Shu knew that she had forced him to marry her, so it was normal for him to feel resentful. So the next day she softened her temper, coaxed him, and flattered him, so that he went to see Xiao Lanlan.
Lanlan was fine, but her face looked really ugly.
The moment the brother and sister met, they were speechless and their eyes were red.
Xiao Hechuan didn't want to bring his unhappiness to her. Lanlan also understood her brother's helplessness and didn't want to hurt his dignity and make things worse for him. She knew that she was the one who implicated him.
Everything was self-explanatory. Xiao Hechuan just told her to be patient for a while, and he would pick her up and leave here soon.
Ye Shu's flattery of him did not last long. Her patience was limited. Xiao Hechuan always had a blank expression on his face. No matter what she did or how she smiled, he remained unmoved and just refused to touch her.
He slept in the study every night and was unwilling to step into his own room.
She tried every method she could, even waiting for him on the bed in the study, but all she got was a look of disgust on his face. The more she did this, the more Xiao Hechuan hated her.
Ye Shu even drugged him, but Xiao Hechuan's willpower was extraordinary and she couldn't get him completely no matter how hard she tried.
Later, she finally calmed down.
He no longer used those dirty tricks. He just didn't allow him to see his sister to disgust him. He also sent many servants to surround the courtyard to prevent him from entering.
For a long time, he could only shout Lanlan through the courtyard gate. Every time he heard her voice, he relied on judging the emotions in her tone to determine whether she was okay.
Lanlan would always respond to him with a smile, and her voice sounded full of energy, so he didn't doubt anything at the time.
Time passed by so torturously, day after day. He found that Ye Shu's unreasonable behavior became less and less frequent. She began to go out more frequently, leaving early and returning late. After coming back, she was particularly excited, sometimes even drunk, with a rosy face.
He didn't care at all what she did outside. He had no dignity at all anyway. In the eyes of everyone, no matter how hard he tried to prove himself, he was just a gigolo who relied on women to get ahead.
He was obsessed with just going to high school, then getting away from the Ye family and Ye Shu, taking his sister away, and never coming back.
I still remember that the longest period of time he didn't see Lanlan was half a year.
One time, Ye Shu got drunk and passed out, but the maid beside her couldn't stand it anymore and secretly told him the truth.
It turned out that whenever Ye Shu ran into a setback with her, she would go to Lan Lan to vent her anger. At the very least, she would verbally insult her, and at the worst, she would beat and scold her. At one point, Lan Lan's body was covered with bruises.
The scars were hidden under the clothes and could not be seen at all. Lanlan had been enduring it and said nothing. In the rare times they met, she pretended to be strong so as not to reveal any flaws. She was seriously depressed. At the worst time, she wanted to end her life several times so that he could have no worries.
But after the first failure, Ye Shu sent more people to watch over her twelve hours a day. She knew that Xiao Lanlan was her only weakness and her only bargaining chip to keep herself.
After learning the truth, Xiao Hechuan did not make a fuss or quarrel, he was surprisingly calm. He sat in the study room all night, his eyes were bloodshot. Where no one could see, his eyes were filled with hatred. Once the seeds of hatred took root, crazy revenge would follow.
The maids around Ye Shu, one named Ru Yue and the other Ru Xing, had been oppressed and beaten by Ye Shu for a long time, and had long been resentful of her. They told Xiao Hechuan that Ye Shu had kept several lovers in the villa, and they were reveling in music and dancing every day and had a very extravagant life.
As a woman, she did such a frivolous and dissolute act. Once this matter was discovered and became known to everyone, her reputation would be ruined, and at that time, the Ye family and Baiyun Academy would also be greatly implicated.
The Autumn Examination will be held in a few months. Xiao Hechuan is not in a hurry. Instead, he remains silent and waits for the right opportunity. Now he is still in Baiyun Academy, and his future cannot be affected by Ye Shu, so he has to wait for the opportunity.
He asked Ruyue Ruxing to tell Lanlan to be patient for another half a year. At most, he would seek justice for her and make Ye Shu disgraced.
These actions of hers had already wiped out the kindness she had shown them when she saved them at the city gate.
Xiao Hechuan has never been a good person. He also has a dark side. He and Lanlan must get back the humiliation they have suffered.
Half a year later, Xiao Hechuan passed the imperial examination and became the top scorer. The Ministry of Personnel announced the list to the world. He returned home in glory wearing a bright red official uniform and a black gauze hat. That day, people from all over Jeju came to watch his show. Ye Congwen was the happiest because Xiao Hechuan was not only his student, but also his son-in-law. He was so proud of himself that he showed off everywhere.
Ye Shu also came. She secretly rejoiced that she had made the right choice of person and forced Xiao Hechuan to stay by her side.
Little did she know that Xiao Hechuan had prepared a big gift for her. They had enjoyed enough glory and it was time to fall into the quagmire!
Two major events happened in Jeju City that year. One was that after many years, Jeju finally had a top scholar. The other was that the scandal of Ye Shu, the only daughter of the Ye family, secretly keeping a lover was exposed. She even had two abortions.
This was enough to shock the whole city at the time, and for a time, it became the talk of the town.
Of course, it would be a lie to say that Xiao Hechuan, as her nominal husband, was not affected by such a scandal, but he held the only initiative, that is, Ye Shu was unfaithful to her husband, and he had every reason to give her a letter of divorce and sever their nominal marriage relationship.
Ye Congwen prided himself all his life on being a noble man, coming from a family of scholars and educating young people. He was completely disgraced when his daughter did such a shameful thing.
Xiao Hechuan wrote the divorce letter, but Ye Shu refused to accept it.
But he was already a famous top scholar with a bright future. All the officials in Jeju had to curry favor with him. It was a different time at that time. In the end, the governor of Jeju gave Xiao Hechuan a favor and forcibly ended their marriage on the grounds that Ye Shu had violated the seven reasons for divorce.
Xiao Hechuan left with Lan Lan in a very cool way. Later, the Ye family fell into decline. No matter how people said he was ungrateful, he didn't care. Hadn't he suffered enough humiliation and rumors? He didn't care at all!
This life is different from the previous one. The Ye family will never be able to control his life again!
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