Xiao Mingyu gripped her teacup tightly, watching his tall yet aloof figure disappear through the doorway. The grievances and bitterness she had just suppressed surged up again, making her chest feel tight.
"Sister Yuewei," she forced a smile to change the subject, "Kang Kang really looks like his elder brother! That little nose and mouth..."
Shen Yuewei saw her disappointment and understood, but she didn't want to point it out. She simply praised Kang Kang in line with her words.
After staying at Prince Jing's residence for a few days, Xiao Mingyu spent her days playing with Kang Kang and An An, trying her best to appear happy. One afternoon, feeling troubled, she made an excuse to stroll through the garden and went alone to a secluded spot near the waterside pavilion in the back garden of the Prince's residence.
She had just turned past a cluster of peonies in full bloom when she suddenly stopped, as if she had been frozen in place.
Not far away, under the waterside veranda, Shen Wensong stood. Opposite him stood a young woman dressed in a light green silk shirt, her hair styled in a woman's bun. The woman was slender, with delicate and gentle features, and was looking up at Shen Wensong, speaking to him with a tender and familiar smile on her face.
What broke Xiao Mingyu's heart even more was—Shen Wensong! The Shen Wensong who always had a stern face and was as cold as ice when facing her! At this moment, he was actually lowering his head slightly, patiently listening to the woman speak, and the corners of his usually cold and hard lips were actually curving upwards into an extremely clear and gentle arc! He even reached out, as if to help the woman brush away a strand of hair that had been blown to her cheek by the wind, his movements carrying a kind of almost cautious tenderness that Xiao Mingyu had never seen before!
Boom!
Xiao Mingyu felt as if something had exploded in his mind! A sharp pang of bitterness and embarrassment instantly swept over him, a hundred times more humiliating than being publicly rejected for snacks on the official road! So it turned out he wasn't incapable of gentleness! He wasn't incapable of smiling! He just... just gave all his gentleness and smiles to the person in front of him!
Tears welled up unexpectedly, blurring her vision. She couldn't bear to watch any longer. She turned abruptly, like a wounded animal, staggering away from the heartbreaking scene. She ran back to her temporary room, slammed the door shut, threw herself onto the quilt, and sobbed uncontrollably. All her efforts, all her gentle persuasion and harsh words, had been nothing but a joke in his eyes! His heart already belonged to another!
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