Gu Qingxiu was embroidering in her room, intending to make a purse for each member of the Ning family. She just didn't know if her ex-husband would still approve.
Gu Qingxiu sighed softly and put down her needlework.
"Miss, your embroidery is so beautiful. The lotus flowers look just like the real thing." Xiaomei looked at it over and over again, her eyes practically overflowing with delight.
"Take it if you like it."
Gu Qingxiu said calmly.
"Isn't this meant for the second young master?"
Ning Zhen had just reached the door when she heard this sentence.
Is Qingxiu going to give him something?
What is it?
"I don't know if he wants it or not." Gu Qingxiu's voice carried a hint of disappointment. "After all, these are feudal things."
"But if everyone else has one, and only the second young master doesn't, wouldn't that be a little awkward?" Although she said this, Xiaomei didn't put down the purse in her hand.
"He wouldn't care about any of that."
If they cared, things wouldn't have turned out this way between them. "I've made him a lot of purses, handkerchiefs, and clothes, but I've never seen him wear or use them."
Ning Zhen's heart skipped a beat.
It seems there is such a thing.
He kept all those clothes and handkerchiefs in his study.
It was a long robe and overcoat, somewhat different from the white shirt, vest, and suit trousers he was wearing.
At that time, he was determined to oppose everything in the old society, so naturally he looked down on those clothes.
"But it doesn't matter, since you're going to remarry anyway, I hope your new husband will treat you well."
"I hope so!"
Gu Qingxiu sighed again.
If Ning Zhen still can't fall in love with her in the end, then she'll just have to think about it some more.
Ning Zhen felt somewhat depressed after hearing Gu Qingxiu and Xiao Mei's conversation.
Why are they all so eager to make her leave him?
Couldn't you just let him think about it some more?
He completely forgot that he was the one who urged the divorce in the first place.
Ning Zhen thought for a moment, then quietly left.
He decided to give Qingxiu a surprise.
When he returned to Gu Qingxiu's room, he had changed out of his suit and shirt and put on a robe that Gu Qingxiu had made by hand.
"How is it?" Seeing Gu Qingxiu's stunned expression, Ning Zhen spun around triumphantly. "Is it pretty?"
Ning Zhen was good-looking and tall, and the blue robe she wore added to her unique charm.
He looks completely different from when he's wearing a suit.
Why are you dressed like that?
Gu Qingxiu looked at Ning Zhen with surprise on her face.
"Is it pretty? You haven't answered my question yet."
"It looks pretty good."
Gu Qingxiu's cheeks were slightly flushed; she was indeed beautiful.
She looked good, but Ning Zhen looked even better dressed.
Why did you suddenly put it on?
When she gave it to him before, he looked disgusted. Unexpectedly, after she agreed to the divorce, he actually wore it.
"It seems that your impression of me has improved a lot since the divorce."
"ah?"
"You refused all the gifts I gave you before, but now that I've agreed to the divorce, you don't seem to mind."
"I did not mean that."
Ning Zhen blinked. He felt like Gu Qingxiu had misunderstood him.
"Um, I really didn't mean that."
"But this is obvious."
Xiaomei silently retorted.
"Where is it so obvious? What's so obvious?" Ning Zhen's face darkened. "Take it out."
"What?"
"Pouch".
"What purse? Oh, Second Young Master, you were eavesdropping on our conversation." Xiao Mei realized that the Second Young Master was referring to the purse that the young lady had just given her.
"I wasn't eavesdropping, I just happened to hear it," Ning Zhen explained. Seeing Xiao Mei take out the purse, he snatched it, examined it carefully, and then put it away. "Mine, I can't give it to anyone else next time."
"Ning Zhen?"
"Um?"
"What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell? Otherwise, why would you say something like that?" Gu Qingxiu was very worried and looked at him with concern.
"Xiaomei, go and fetch a doctor. Tell him that the second young master is a little confused. Oh, right, we need to find a Western doctor, the kind who can give injections."
"Okay, I'll go right away." Xiaomei turned around and wanted to find a doctor. She also felt that the second young master seemed a bit off today.
"Stop! I'm perfectly fine, why would I need a doctor?"
Ning Zhen said dejectedly, "You can go out first. I have something I want to say to your young lady."
"You don't intend to hit my young lady, do you?"
"What are you thinking? Do you think I'm that kind of person?"
Ning Zhen rolled her eyes in annoyance.
He pushed Xiaomei out the door and slammed the door shut with a 'bang'.
"Ning Zhen, this isn't a good thing for you."
Seeing Ning Zhen's actions, Gu Qingxiu's delicate brows furrowed.
"What you're doing isn't good for my reputation. I'll have to remarry eventually."
Gu Qingxiu said this on purpose. Ning Zhen's strange behavior today gave her a new idea: could it be that this guy has had a change of heart?
Or perhaps you suddenly discovered her wonderful qualities and wanted to spend more time with her?
It's no wonder Gu Qingxiu thought of this place; Ning Zhen's every move today gave her this feeling.
This long robe, this purse...
"Qingxiu, there's something I'd like to discuss with you."
Ning Zhen rubbed her hands together, feeling extremely uneasy.
"you say."
"Can we start over?"
He swallowed hard, and seeing that Gu Qingxiu kept her head down and didn't answer him, he became even more anxious.
"I know I was wrong before, I was bad, please give me another chance."
Is that really what he was thinking?
Why did you change your mind so suddenly?
"It wasn't without reason; I did it after careful consideration."
"Didn't you have someone you truly loved? What? You don't love them anymore?" Back then, it was precisely because of this so-called true love that he was single-mindedly determined to break up with her.
Saying things like "divorce" just means he doesn't want her anymore.
"To be honest, I don't really understand my own heart."
Ning Zhen poured herself a cup of tea and sat down. "I don't have many strengths, except that I'm honest. I really like Bai Chen."
Ning Zhen sighed, "Bai Chen gives me a very different feeling, you know? Even if dozens of women are standing together, she is definitely the most dazzling one among them."
Gu Qingxiu: "..."
She's never even met Bai Chen, how would she know?
"She is like a radiant sun, making people want to get closer, but the sun's temperature is too high and can easily burn people."
"And then? Because I don't emit light or heat, you thought about it and realized that you wouldn't get hurt if you were with me, so you decided to be with me, right?"
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