Chapter 180 Trying to numb myself with busyness
"Is that so?" Ye Wanning looked at him and sneered, "What a coincidence? I saw it with my own eyes, it seems like it was done on purpose."
"Lord Pei is so charming that all the noble ladies of Jiangnan are infatuated with you. I, a commoner doctor, am truly unworthy of you!"
These words were like sharp needles, piercing Pei Zhi's heart with pain.
He knew that Ye Wanning was wary after her rebirth, but he did not expect her to misunderstand so easily and say such hurtful things.
"Wan Ning, in your heart, am I that kind of person?" Pei Zhi's voice carried a hurt tone.
"Can't you feel my feelings for you? How could I possibly fall for someone else?"
"Intentions?" Ye Wanning sneered, "In my past life, I trusted other people's intentions too much, which is why I was betrayed and hurt."
"Pei Zhi, in this life, I will never trust anyone again, including you."
After saying that, Ye Wanning turned and left without looking back.
Pei Zhi watched her resolute back, feeling both anxious and helpless.
He understood that Ye Wanning harbored too much pain in her heart, but he never expected that a small misunderstanding would elicit such a strong reaction from her.
He wanted to chase after her, but he was afraid that pressing her too hard would make her hate him even more, so he could only stand there and watch her figure disappear into the night.
My heart is filled with disappointment and anxiety.
Ye Wanning returned to the inn, and as soon as she entered, she locked herself in her room, lay on the table, and couldn't help but shed tears.
She knew her behavior was childish, but the hurt from her past life was too deep, making her afraid to open her heart again.
When she saw Pei Zhi getting close to another woman, her first reaction was to run away and protect herself.
"Miss, what's wrong? Why are you back so early?" Chun Tao came in with a cup of tea and asked with concern when she saw the girl's red eyes.
"I'm fine." Ye Wanning wiped away her tears. "Chuntao, I don't want to have anything to do with Pei Zhi anymore."
"We'll handle the branch school matter ourselves; let's not trouble Lord Pei any further."
Chuntao was dumbfounded: "Miss, did you and Lord Pei have a fight? He's been so good to you, how can you just stop talking to him like that?"
"He's good to me?" Ye Wanning smiled bitterly. "If he's good to me, why is he still close to other women?"
"Chuntao, you don't understand how painful the betrayal in my past life was. I will never experience it again."
Seeing her heartbroken state, Chuntao didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only silently leave.
In the following days, Ye Wanning began to deliberately avoid Pei Zhi.
Pei Zhi came to the inn looking for her, but she told Chun Tao to say she wasn't there.
Pei Zhi sent her some of her favorite snacks and warm clothes, but she told Chun Tao to return them unopened.
Even when the branch had important matters to discuss, she would find excuses to avoid them and let Chen Sheng and Su Xiao handle the communication.
Pei Zhi was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, but he was at a loss for what to do.
He knew Ye Wanning was angry, so he could only wait for her to calm down before finding an opportunity to explain.
Ye Wanning's attitude was extremely cold. She started looking for a house, wanting to move to the branch courtyard to live alone and completely cut off contact with Pei Zhi.
That day, Pei Zhi couldn't resist and went directly to the branch hospital to find her.
Ye Wanning was teaching Su Xiao to identify medicinal herbs when she saw him enter. Her expression immediately turned cold: "Lord Pei, this is not a place for you. Leave!"
"Wan Ning, can't we talk this out properly?" Pei Zhi pleaded. "I really want to clear up that misunderstanding!"
"There's nothing to explain!" Ye Wanning lowered her head and continued teaching Su Xiao to identify medicinal herbs, deliberately ignoring him.
“Lord Pei, we were only husband and wife in name only.”
"Now that my mother's revenge has been achieved and the medical classic has been retrieved, our cooperation should come to an end."
"After returning to the capital, I will discuss divorce with Grandma and will not hold you back any longer!"
"Divorce?" Pei Zhi's face turned pale. He stepped forward and grabbed her hand. "Wan Ning, you can't do this to me!"
"My feelings for you are genuine, and I've never considered divorcing you! That misunderstanding was truly an accident, so why won't you believe me?"
Ye Wanning forcefully broke free from his hand and took a step back to create distance: "It's not that I don't believe you, it's that I dare not believe anyone."
"Pei Zhi, let me go, and let yourself go too!"
Her words struck Pei Zhi's heart like a hammer blow.
Looking into Ye Wanning's cold eyes, he knew that she had completely shut down her heart, and despair and pain instantly overwhelmed him.
"Okay, I won't force you." Pei Zhi took a deep breath, his voice trembling slightly.
"But I will not give up. I will wait for you until the day you believe in me."
After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the branch campus alone, leaving behind a lonely figure.
Ye Wanning watched his retreating figure, tears streaming down her face.
Actually, she was also feeling bad inside. Every time she saw Pei Zhi get hurt, she felt heartbroken.
But the shadows of her past life acted like a curse, preventing her from taking another step forward.
She could only tell herself that a short, sharp pain was better than a long, drawn-out one, and that breaking up with Pei Zhi sooner would prevent her from getting hurt again.
But she didn't know that once feelings begin, they can't just end so easily.
Ye Wanning buried herself in work for the rest of the time, busy every day treating her child, teaching her apprentices, and organizing her mother's medical books and notes.
She wanted to numb herself with busyness and forget Pei Zhi.
But the more this happened, the more Pei Zhi's image lingered in her mind.
She remembered how he got hurt protecting her, how he ran around searching for medical books for her, and how he gently brought her warm water to her lips...
Every time I think about it, my heart aches as if it's being squeezed.
Seeing her increasingly haggard face, Chun Tao felt very anxious and couldn't help but say, "Miss, Lord Pei really likes you. Please give him another chance, okay?"
"Miss Jiang, I've found out. She's deliberately trying to sow discord between you two. Don't fall for it!"
Listening to Chun Tao's words, Ye Wanning said softly, "I know, but I really don't dare to believe anymore. I'm afraid of getting hurt again."
“But you can’t go on like this!” Chuntao said. “You’re unhappy every day, which is bad for your health and affects your work.”
"Miss, the hurt from your past life is in the past. You can't live in the shadows forever. You have to look forward!"
Ye Wanning fell silent. Chuntao was right; she couldn't live in the past forever.
But that mental hurdle is really hard to overcome.
Just then, Su Xiao rushed in anxiously and said, "Master, something terrible has happened! A child in the south of the city has fallen seriously ill, and the imperial physicians can't cure him. His family has come to beg you!"
Ye Wanning immediately gathered her thoughts, stood up, and said, "Quick, take me to see!"
When Su Xiao rushed into the branch hospital, panting, Ye Wanning was organizing the prescriptions in her mother's notes.
"Master! Something terrible has happened! The youngest son of the Zhang family in the south of the city is dying!" Su Xiao's face was flushed red, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.
"The imperial physicians treated him for a long time but it was no use. His parents came to you crying and begging you, saying that if you don't go now, it will be too late!"
Ye Wanning's pen fell to the paper with a "thud," the ink spreading everywhere. She jumped to her feet: "What symptoms?"
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